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 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 62 41
Rank change year-on-year -58 -21 +52
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 156 203 522
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.23% 4.06% 4.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.52% 24.61% 33.50%
Number of salaries quoted 111 171 476
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,837 £32,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,625 £56,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £52,000 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -0.95% +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 1,638 825 1,558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.89% 16.51% 13.55%
Number of salaries quoted 453 468 1,297
10th Percentile £27,360 £27,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £31,438 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% -1.16%
75th Percentile £57,200 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +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 30 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 30 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 -59 91 £55,500 +23.33% 26
East Midlands -30 65 £42,500 +3.03% 16
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 (19.87%) SharePoint
2 16 (10.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.28%) Confluence
4 1 (0.64%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 67 (42.95%) Azure
2 63 (40.38%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (32.69%) Entra ID
4 20 (12.82%) AWS
5 10 (6.41%) Mimecast
6 8 (5.13%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (3.85%) GCP
7 6 (3.85%) IaaS
7 6 (3.85%) OneDrive
8 4 (2.56%) Google Workspace
8 4 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.56%) PaaS
9 3 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.92%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.92%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.92%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.92%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.92%) SaaS
10 2 (1.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.28%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 60 (38.46%) WAN
2 50 (32.05%) LAN
3 41 (26.28%) VPN
4 20 (12.82%) DNS
4 20 (12.82%) Network Security
4 20 (12.82%) SD-WAN
5 16 (10.26%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (8.33%) Wireless
7 10 (6.41%) Internet
8 9 (5.77%) TCP/IP
9 8 (5.13%) DHCP
9 8 (5.13%) VLAN
9 8 (5.13%) VoIP
10 7 (4.49%) SAN
11 6 (3.85%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
11 6 (3.85%) WebEx
12 5 (3.21%) BGP
12 5 (3.21%) MQTT
13 4 (2.56%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.13%) GIS
2 6 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.92%) MySQL
3 3 (1.92%) Neo4j
4 2 (1.28%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (1.28%) JIRA
General
1 29 (18.59%) Social Skills
2 15 (9.62%) Finance
3 11 (7.05%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (4.49%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.21%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.56%) Law
7 3 (1.92%) Retail
7 3 (1.92%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.64%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.64%) Marketing
9 1 (0.64%) Military
Job Titles
1 45 (28.85%) Support Engineer
2 30 (19.23%) IT Support
3 26 (16.67%) IT Engineer
4 25 (16.03%) Senior
5 21 (13.46%) IT Support Engineer
6 20 (12.82%) Technical Engineer
7 19 (12.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 18 (11.54%) Analyst
9 16 (10.26%) Technical Support
9 16 (10.26%) Technical Support Engineer
10 14 (8.97%) Architect
11 13 (8.33%) Network Analyst
11 13 (8.33%) Network Engineer
12 12 (7.69%) Firewall Specialist
12 12 (7.69%) Technical Specialist
13 10 (6.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 10 (6.41%) 2nd Line Support
13 10 (6.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 8 (5.13%) Digital Architect
14 8 (5.13%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (14.10%) Data Centre
2 11 (7.05%) Driving Licence
3 7 (4.49%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (3.85%) Clustering
4 6 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.85%) Smartphone
5 5 (3.21%) IoT
5 5 (3.21%) Operational Technology
5 5 (3.21%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.92%) CCTV
6 3 (1.92%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.92%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (1.92%) Replication
7 2 (1.28%) PKI
7 2 (1.28%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.64%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.64%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 64 (41.03%) Windows
2 32 (20.51%) Windows Server
3 19 (12.18%) Linux
4 11 (7.05%) Windows 10
5 10 (6.41%) Android
5 10 (6.41%) Apple iOS
6 6 (3.85%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.28%) CentOS
7 2 (1.28%) Debian
7 2 (1.28%) Solaris
7 2 (1.28%) VMS
7 2 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.64%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (23.72%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (21.79%) ITIL
3 29 (18.59%) Continuous Improvement
4 24 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
4 24 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 23 (14.74%) Proactive Monitoring
5 23 (14.74%) SIEM
6 19 (12.18%) Migration
7 15 (9.62%) High Availability
8 14 (8.97%) Customer Service
9 12 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
10 11 (7.05%) Mobile Device Management
10 11 (7.05%) Service Delivery
11 10 (6.41%) Incident Management
12 9 (5.77%) Mentoring
13 8 (5.13%) Impact Assessments
13 8 (5.13%) Patch Management
13 8 (5.13%) Roadmaps
13 8 (5.13%) Technical Leadership
13 8 (5.13%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 22 (14.10%) PowerShell
2 14 (8.97%) SQL
3 7 (4.49%) Bash
4 5 (3.21%) Python
5 4 (2.56%) Bicep
6 2 (1.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (14.74%) SC Cleared
1 23 (14.74%) Security Cleared
2 21 (13.46%) Degree
3 14 (8.97%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (8.97%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (7.05%) CCNP
5 9 (5.77%) A+ Certification
6 6 (3.85%) CCNA
6 6 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (3.85%) DBS Check
6 6 (3.85%) MCITP
7 5 (3.21%) CISSP
7 5 (3.21%) CTC Cleared
8 4 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (1.92%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.28%) CEH
10 2 (1.28%) GSEC
10 2 (1.28%) MCSA
10 2 (1.28%) MCSE
10 2 (1.28%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (16.03%) SLA
2 12 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (6.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (3.85%) NIST
5 2 (1.28%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.64%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.64%) GDPR
6 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 59 (37.82%) Active Directory
2 43 (27.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (14.10%) Hyper-V
4 8 (5.13%) vSphere
5 4 (2.56%) Terminal Services
6 3 (1.92%) Docker
6 3 (1.92%) Firmware
7 2 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.64%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 17 (10.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (5.77%) Terraform
3 5 (3.21%) Ansible
4 4 (2.56%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.92%) Galera Cluster
5 3 (1.92%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.28%) CASB
6 2 (1.28%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.28%) Nessus
6 2 (1.28%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.28%) Puppet
7 1 (0.64%) Podman
Vendors
1 74 (47.44%) Microsoft
2 54 (34.62%) Cisco
3 47 (30.13%) VMware
4 26 (16.67%) Juniper
5 17 (10.90%) Dell
6 16 (10.26%) McAfee
7 15 (9.62%) HP
8 11 (7.05%) Aruba
8 11 (7.05%) Fortinet
9 8 (5.13%) Veeam
10 7 (4.49%) Meraki
11 6 (3.85%) Google
11 6 (3.85%) SonicWALL
12 5 (3.21%) Logitech
12 5 (3.21%) Sophos
12 5 (3.21%) TOWER Software
13 3 (1.92%) CheckPoint
13 3 (1.92%) ConnectWise
13 3 (1.92%) Zscaler
14 2 (1.28%) ESET