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 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 56 39
Rank change year-on-year -52 -17 +41
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 146 254 424
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.59% 4.48% 5.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.15% 28.38% 32.17%
Number of salaries quoted 121 171 389
10th Percentile £29,000 - £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £58,250 £55,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £66,050 £65,500
England median annual salary £48,445 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.92% +10.00% -4.76%

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 1,595 895 1,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.39% 15.78% 15.60%
Number of salaries quoted 431 408 1,130
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,350 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,825 £36,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £53,750 £61,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £66,500 £74,144 £67,500
England median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year -23.64% +11.11% -4.66%

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 25 February 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 25 February 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 -45 93 £53,750 +11.98% 33
East Midlands -40 53 £37,500 -25.00% 12
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 31 (21.23%) SharePoint
2 23 (15.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (4.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.74%) CATIA
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 74 (50.68%) Azure
2 64 (43.84%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (33.56%) Entra ID
4 22 (15.07%) AWS
5 9 (6.16%) SaaS
6 8 (5.48%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (4.79%) GCP
8 6 (4.11%) IaaS
8 6 (4.11%) iPaaS
8 6 (4.11%) OneDrive
9 5 (3.42%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (2.74%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (2.74%) Google Workspace
10 4 (2.74%) PaaS
11 3 (2.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (2.05%) Datadog
12 2 (1.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (1.37%) Mimecast
12 2 (1.37%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 57 (39.04%) WAN
2 50 (34.25%) LAN
3 43 (29.45%) VPN
4 31 (21.23%) DNS
5 27 (18.49%) SD-WAN
6 23 (15.75%) DHCP
7 21 (14.38%) Network Security
7 21 (14.38%) TCP/IP
8 18 (12.33%) VLAN
9 11 (7.53%) Cisco ASA
9 11 (7.53%) VoIP
10 10 (6.85%) Wireless
11 9 (6.16%) SAN
11 9 (6.16%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (5.48%) Cisco Nexus
13 7 (4.79%) BGP
13 7 (4.79%) IP Telephony
13 7 (4.79%) MPLS
13 7 (4.79%) OSPF
14 6 (4.11%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.48%) GIS
2 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (5.48%) JIRA
General
1 37 (25.34%) Social Skills
2 12 (8.22%) Documentation Skills
2 12 (8.22%) Finance
3 10 (6.85%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.48%) Telecoms
5 7 (4.79%) Law
5 7 (4.79%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.74%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.05%) Marketing
8 3 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.05%) Retail
9 1 (0.68%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 50 (34.25%) Support Engineer
2 39 (26.71%) IT Support
3 34 (23.29%) IT Engineer
4 32 (21.92%) IT Support Engineer
5 25 (17.12%) Senior
6 23 (15.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 18 (12.33%) Architect
7 18 (12.33%) Network Engineer
8 17 (11.64%) Technical Engineer
9 12 (8.22%) 2nd Line Support
9 12 (8.22%) Analyst
9 12 (8.22%) Technical Support
9 12 (8.22%) Technical Support Engineer
10 11 (7.53%) Security Engineer
11 10 (6.85%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (6.16%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 9 (6.16%) Senior Network Engineer
13 8 (5.48%) Cisco Engineer
13 8 (5.48%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 8 (5.48%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (15.07%) Driving Licence
2 21 (14.38%) Data Centre
3 13 (8.90%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (8.22%) Onboarding
5 7 (4.79%) CCTV
5 7 (4.79%) Clustering
6 5 (3.42%) Cloud Native
6 5 (3.42%) Operational Technology
7 4 (2.74%) SCADA
7 4 (2.74%) Security Posture
8 3 (2.05%) PKI
8 3 (2.05%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.37%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.37%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.37%) Smartphone
10 1 (0.68%) iSeries
10 1 (0.68%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 67 (45.89%) Windows
2 42 (28.77%) Windows Server
3 15 (10.27%) Linux
4 9 (6.16%) Windows 10
5 6 (4.11%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (3.42%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (2.74%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (2.05%) Android
8 3 (2.05%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.37%) VMS
10 1 (0.68%) CentOS
10 1 (0.68%) Debian
10 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.68%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (25.34%) ITIL
2 34 (23.29%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (19.18%) Cybersecurity
4 27 (18.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 21 (14.38%) SIEM
6 18 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (10.96%) Customer Service
7 16 (10.96%) Disaster Recovery
8 15 (10.27%) Migration
8 15 (10.27%) Proactive Monitoring
9 13 (8.90%) High Availability
10 12 (8.22%) Service Delivery
11 10 (6.85%) Mentoring
12 9 (6.16%) ITSM
12 9 (6.16%) Risk Management
12 9 (6.16%) Stakeholder Management
13 8 (5.48%) Incident Management
13 8 (5.48%) Mobile Device Management
13 8 (5.48%) Time Management
13 8 (5.48%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.16%) PowerShell
2 8 (5.48%) SQL
3 1 (0.68%) Bash
3 1 (0.68%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.68%) VB
3 1 (0.68%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (21.23%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (16.44%) CCNP
3 20 (13.70%) SC Cleared
3 20 (13.70%) Security Cleared
4 18 (12.33%) Degree
5 17 (11.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (10.27%) CCNA
7 7 (4.79%) MCSA
7 7 (4.79%) MCSE
7 7 (4.79%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 6 (4.11%) A+ Certification
8 6 (4.11%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (4.11%) MCITP
9 5 (3.42%) CTC Cleared
9 5 (3.42%) DBS Check
10 3 (2.05%) Azure Certification
10 3 (2.05%) CISSP
10 3 (2.05%) HND
11 2 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.37%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.01%) SLA
2 17 (11.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (8.90%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (6.16%) NIST
5 7 (4.79%) GDPR
6 4 (2.74%) PCI DSS
7 3 (2.05%) NIST 800
System Software
1 64 (43.84%) Active Directory
2 41 (28.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (20.55%) Hyper-V
4 9 (6.16%) vSphere
5 4 (2.74%) Terminal Services
5 4 (2.74%) XenApp
6 3 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.37%) Firmware
7 2 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 22 (15.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (6.16%) Terraform
3 6 (4.11%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (3.42%) FortiGate
5 4 (2.74%) Ansible
5 4 (2.74%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.37%) CASB
6 2 (1.37%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (1.37%) Nessus
7 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.68%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.68%) Puppet
7 1 (0.68%) QRadar
7 1 (0.68%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 69 (47.26%) Microsoft
2 66 (45.21%) Cisco
3 50 (34.25%) VMware
4 25 (17.12%) Juniper
5 18 (12.33%) Meraki
6 17 (11.64%) Fortinet
7 15 (10.27%) Dell
8 14 (9.59%) Veeam
9 12 (8.22%) HP
9 12 (8.22%) McAfee
10 9 (6.16%) SonicWALL
11 8 (5.48%) Aruba
11 8 (5.48%) Google
12 7 (4.79%) Draytek
12 7 (4.79%) Mitel
12 7 (4.79%) WatchGuard
13 5 (3.42%) CheckPoint
13 5 (3.42%) Palo Alto
13 5 (3.42%) Zscaler
14 4 (2.74%) ConnectWise