Firewall Job Trends in the Midlands

Firewall
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 59 40
Rank change year-on-year -59 -19 +50
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 157 210 518
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.31% 4.35% 4.63%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.76% 29.70% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 113 178 473
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,688 £56,250
90th Percentile £66,500 £57,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% -2.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

Firewall falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,608 707 1,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.44% 14.66% 13.90%
Number of salaries quoted 426 455 1,297
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,433 £46,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.97% +8.24% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,000 £58,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £43,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.00% +5.26% -5.00%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Firewall relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Firewall job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Firewall
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the Midlands

Firewall
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -50 96 £53,750 +19.44% 32
East Midlands -42 61 £37,500 -14.29% 22
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 34 (21.66%) SharePoint
2 19 (12.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.91%) Confluence
4 1 (0.64%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 68 (43.31%) Microsoft 365
2 65 (41.40%) Azure
3 55 (35.03%) Entra ID
4 19 (12.10%) AWS
5 9 (5.73%) Mimecast
6 8 (5.10%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (4.46%) IaaS
8 6 (3.82%) OneDrive
9 5 (3.18%) GCP
9 5 (3.18%) PaaS
10 4 (2.55%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (2.55%) Google Workspace
10 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (2.55%) SaaS
11 3 (1.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (1.91%) Datadog
11 3 (1.91%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.91%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.91%) PowerApps
12 2 (1.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 59 (37.58%) WAN
2 50 (31.85%) LAN
3 42 (26.75%) VPN
4 21 (13.38%) SD-WAN
5 19 (12.10%) DNS
5 19 (12.10%) Network Security
6 16 (10.19%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (8.28%) Wireless
8 10 (6.37%) Internet
9 8 (5.10%) DHCP
9 8 (5.10%) VoIP
10 7 (4.46%) Cisco ASA
10 7 (4.46%) SAN
10 7 (4.46%) TCP/IP
11 6 (3.82%) Intrusion Detection
11 6 (3.82%) VLAN
11 6 (3.82%) WebEx
12 5 (3.18%) BGP
12 5 (3.18%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (2.55%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.10%) GIS
2 4 (2.55%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.91%) MySQL
3 3 (1.91%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 4 (2.55%) JIRA
General
1 32 (20.38%) Social Skills
2 19 (12.10%) Finance
3 10 (6.37%) Manufacturing
4 7 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (3.18%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.18%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.55%) Law
7 3 (1.91%) Marketing
7 3 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.91%) Retail
8 1 (0.64%) Back Office
8 1 (0.64%) Military
Job Titles
1 46 (29.30%) Support Engineer
2 35 (22.29%) IT Support
3 27 (17.20%) IT Engineer
4 24 (15.29%) IT Support Engineer
4 24 (15.29%) Senior
5 22 (14.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 20 (12.74%) Technical Engineer
7 18 (11.46%) Analyst
8 16 (10.19%) Technical Support
8 16 (10.19%) Technical Support Engineer
9 14 (8.92%) Architect
10 13 (8.28%) Network Engineer
11 11 (7.01%) Network Analyst
12 10 (6.37%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 10 (6.37%) 2nd Line Support
12 10 (6.37%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 10 (6.37%) Firewall Specialist
12 10 (6.37%) Security Engineer
12 10 (6.37%) Technical Specialist
13 8 (5.10%) 3rd Line Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (13.38%) Data Centre
2 15 (9.55%) Driving Licence
3 7 (4.46%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (3.82%) Clustering
4 6 (3.82%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.82%) Operational Technology
5 5 (3.18%) CCTV
6 4 (2.55%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.55%) Smartphone
7 3 (1.91%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.91%) IoT
7 3 (1.91%) PKI
7 3 (1.91%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.91%) Replication
7 3 (1.91%) SCADA
8 2 (1.27%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (1.27%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.64%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (0.64%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 65 (41.40%) Windows
2 35 (22.29%) Windows Server
3 16 (10.19%) Linux
4 11 (7.01%) Windows 10
5 8 (5.10%) Android
5 8 (5.10%) Apple iOS
6 5 (3.18%) Ubuntu
7 4 (2.55%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (2.55%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.91%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.64%) CentOS
9 1 (0.64%) Debian
9 1 (0.64%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (23.57%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (22.93%) ITIL
3 27 (17.20%) Continuous Improvement
3 27 (17.20%) Cybersecurity
4 24 (15.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 23 (14.65%) SIEM
6 21 (13.38%) Proactive Monitoring
7 17 (10.83%) Migration
8 14 (8.92%) Customer Service
9 12 (7.64%) High Availability
10 11 (7.01%) Mobile Device Management
10 11 (7.01%) Service Delivery
11 10 (6.37%) Mentoring
12 9 (5.73%) Incident Management
12 9 (5.73%) Patch Management
13 8 (5.10%) Disaster Recovery
13 8 (5.10%) ITSM
13 8 (5.10%) Storage Management
13 8 (5.10%) Time Management
13 8 (5.10%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.10%) PowerShell
2 10 (6.37%) SQL
3 5 (3.18%) Bash
4 4 (2.55%) Bicep
5 2 (1.27%) Python
6 1 (0.64%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.64%) VB
6 1 (0.64%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (15.92%) Degree
2 23 (14.65%) SC Cleared
2 23 (14.65%) Security Cleared
3 17 (10.83%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (10.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (8.28%) CCNP
5 9 (5.73%) A+ Certification
5 9 (5.73%) CCNA
6 6 (3.82%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (3.82%) DBS Check
6 6 (3.82%) MCITP
7 5 (3.18%) CTC Cleared
8 4 (2.55%) CISSP
8 4 (2.55%) MCSA
8 4 (2.55%) MCSE
8 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 4 (2.55%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (1.91%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.91%) HND
10 2 (1.27%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (15.92%) SLA
2 14 (8.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (7.01%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (5.73%) NIST
5 3 (1.91%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.27%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.64%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.64%) GDPR
7 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 64 (40.76%) Active Directory
2 43 (27.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (15.92%) Hyper-V
4 9 (5.73%) vSphere
5 4 (2.55%) Terminal Services
6 3 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.91%) XenApp
7 2 (1.27%) Docker
7 2 (1.27%) Firmware
7 2 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (13.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (5.10%) Terraform
3 4 (2.55%) Ansible
3 4 (2.55%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.91%) Galera Cluster
4 3 (1.91%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.91%) vCenter Server
5 2 (1.27%) CASB
5 2 (1.27%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.27%) Nessus
6 1 (0.64%) Podman
6 1 (0.64%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.64%) Puppet
6 1 (0.64%) QRadar
6 1 (0.64%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 74 (47.13%) Microsoft
2 57 (36.31%) Cisco
3 49 (31.21%) VMware
4 26 (16.56%) Juniper
5 17 (10.83%) Dell
6 16 (10.19%) McAfee
7 15 (9.55%) HP
8 11 (7.01%) Fortinet
8 11 (7.01%) Veeam
9 9 (5.73%) Aruba
9 9 (5.73%) Meraki
10 8 (5.10%) Google
10 8 (5.10%) SonicWALL
11 4 (2.55%) CheckPoint
11 4 (2.55%) Draytek
11 4 (2.55%) Mitel
11 4 (2.55%) WatchGuard
12 3 (1.91%) Citrix
12 3 (1.91%) IBM
12 3 (1.91%) Sophos