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 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 60 52
Rank change year-on-year -24 -8 +27
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 192 219 528
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.56% 4.40% 3.82%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.95% 25.89% 32.27%
Number of salaries quoted 145 179 455
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,688 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £63,750
England median annual salary £52,750 £50,000 £48,775
% change year-on-year +5.50% +2.51% -2.45%

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 641 846 1,636
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.20% 17.00% 11.85%
Number of salaries quoted 499 478 1,263
10th Percentile £27,694 £26,968 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.66% -5.20%
75th Percentile £58,350 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £69,125 £65,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -53 99 £56,400 +22.61% 38
East Midlands -3 93 £42,500 +3.03% 26
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 (17.71%) SharePoint
2 21 (10.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.56%) IIS
4 2 (1.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 80 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 77 (40.10%) Azure
3 48 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 17 (8.85%) AWS
5 16 (8.33%) Mimecast
6 8 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (2.60%) OneDrive
8 4 (2.08%) GCP
9 3 (1.56%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.56%) Google Workspace
9 3 (1.56%) IaaS
9 3 (1.56%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.56%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.56%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.04%) Pulumi
11 1 (0.52%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.52%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 60 (31.25%) VPN
2 53 (27.60%) WAN
3 47 (24.48%) LAN
4 34 (17.71%) Network Security
5 28 (14.58%) DNS
6 23 (11.98%) VLAN
7 22 (11.46%) Wi-Fi
8 18 (9.38%) DHCP
9 15 (7.81%) TCP/IP
10 14 (7.29%) Cisco ASA
10 14 (7.29%) Internet
11 13 (6.77%) BGP
11 13 (6.77%) SD-WAN
11 13 (6.77%) Wireless
12 12 (6.25%) EIGRP
12 12 (6.25%) OSPF
13 9 (4.69%) SAN
14 8 (4.17%) MQTT
15 5 (2.60%) Intrusion Detection
16 4 (2.08%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.73%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.17%) GIS
3 4 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (2.08%) MongoDB
3 4 (2.08%) MySQL
3 4 (2.08%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.52%) KNIME
4 1 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Git
1 1 (0.52%) JIRA
General
1 50 (26.04%) Social Skills
2 15 (7.81%) Finance
3 14 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.25%) Manufacturing
5 7 (3.65%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.60%) Law
8 4 (2.08%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.56%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 41 (21.35%) Support Engineer
2 38 (19.79%) Senior
3 35 (18.23%) IT Engineer
4 34 (17.71%) IT Support
5 32 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 28 (14.58%) Network Engineer
7 19 (9.90%) Analyst
8 17 (8.85%) IT Support Engineer
9 16 (8.33%) Administrator
10 15 (7.81%) Firewall Specialist
10 15 (7.81%) Network Analyst
10 15 (7.81%) Technical Specialist
11 14 (7.29%) Senior Network Engineer
11 14 (7.29%) Technical Engineer
11 14 (7.29%) Technical Support
11 14 (7.29%) Technical Support Engineer
12 13 (6.77%) Architect
13 12 (6.25%) IT Technician
13 12 (6.25%) Systems Administrator
14 11 (5.73%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.56%) Middleware
2 2 (1.04%) COM
2 2 (1.04%) DCOM
2 2 (1.04%) LDAP
3 1 (0.52%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.42%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.21%) Driving Licence
3 9 (4.69%) Clustering
3 9 (4.69%) Security Posture
4 8 (4.17%) IoT
5 7 (3.65%) Operational Technology
5 7 (3.65%) Smartphone
6 6 (3.13%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.08%) Cyber Security Posture
8 4 (2.08%) PKI
8 4 (2.08%) Replication
9 2 (1.04%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.04%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.04%) Smartcard
10 1 (0.52%) CCTV
10 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.52%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 82 (42.71%) Windows
2 43 (22.40%) Windows Server
3 28 (14.58%) Linux
4 13 (6.77%) Android
4 13 (6.77%) Apple iOS
5 11 (5.73%) Windows 10
6 7 (3.65%) Ubuntu
7 4 (2.08%) Solaris
7 4 (2.08%) VMS
8 2 (1.04%) CentOS
8 2 (1.04%) Debian
8 2 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (27.60%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (21.35%) Continuous Improvement
3 40 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 37 (19.27%) ITIL
5 27 (14.06%) Cybersecurity
6 23 (11.98%) High Availability
6 23 (11.98%) Mentoring
6 23 (11.98%) Migration
7 22 (11.46%) Disaster Recovery
8 21 (10.94%) Customer Service
8 21 (10.94%) Proactive Monitoring
9 18 (9.38%) SIEM
10 15 (7.81%) Service Delivery
11 13 (6.77%) Mobile Device Management
11 13 (6.77%) Project Delivery
11 13 (6.77%) Vulnerability Management
12 12 (6.25%) Roadmaps
13 11 (5.73%) Patch Management
14 10 (5.21%) Technical Leadership
15 9 (4.69%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (17.71%) SQL
2 30 (15.63%) PowerShell
3 11 (5.73%) Python
4 9 (4.69%) Bash
5 8 (4.17%) VBA
6 5 (2.60%) Bicep
7 2 (1.04%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 29 (15.10%) SC Cleared
3 22 (11.46%) Degree
4 19 (9.90%) CCNP
4 19 (9.90%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (5.73%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (4.17%) A+ Certification
6 8 (4.17%) CISSP
7 6 (3.13%) DBS Check
8 5 (2.60%) CCNA
8 5 (2.60%) CISM
8 5 (2.60%) CTC Cleared
8 5 (2.60%) MCITP
9 4 (2.08%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (1.56%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.56%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.52%) CCIE
11 1 (0.52%) IISP
11 1 (0.52%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.46%) SLA
2 12 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (5.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (2.08%) NIST
6 3 (1.56%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.52%) GDPR
7 1 (0.52%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.52%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.52%) NCSC
System Software
1 71 (36.98%) Active Directory
2 46 (23.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (18.75%) Hyper-V
4 11 (5.73%) vSphere
5 5 (2.60%) Docker
5 5 (2.60%) Firmware
6 2 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.52%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (6.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.17%) Terraform
3 6 (3.13%) Kubernetes
4 5 (2.60%) Ansible
5 4 (2.08%) Galera Cluster
5 4 (2.08%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.04%) CASB
6 2 (1.04%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.04%) Puppet
6 2 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.52%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.52%) Grafana
7 1 (0.52%) Podman
7 1 (0.52%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 95 (49.48%) Microsoft
2 64 (33.33%) Cisco
3 50 (26.04%) VMware
4 18 (9.38%) Juniper
5 16 (8.33%) HP
6 15 (7.81%) Fortinet
7 14 (7.29%) Dell
8 13 (6.77%) Veeam
9 12 (6.25%) McAfee
10 9 (4.69%) Aruba
10 9 (4.69%) SonicWALL
10 9 (4.69%) Sophos
11 8 (4.17%) Logitech
11 8 (4.17%) Meraki
11 8 (4.17%) TOWER Software
12 4 (2.08%) CheckPoint
13 3 (1.56%) ConnectWise
13 3 (1.56%) Google
13 3 (1.56%) Palo Alto
13 3 (1.56%) Ubiquiti