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 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 66 40
Rank change year-on-year -58 -26 +49
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 151 199 528
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.18% 3.95% 4.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.24% 23.06% 33.74%
Number of salaries quoted 108 166 481
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,688 £56,250
90th Percentile £68,250 £57,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year - +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 1,634 863 1,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.78% 17.13% 13.59%
Number of salaries quoted 451 469 1,303
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +5.88% -1.73%
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 3 May 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 3 May 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 -64 85 £55,500 +23.33% 35
East Midlands -21 66 £42,500 +3.03% 17
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 (20.53%) SharePoint
2 17 (11.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.32%) Confluence
4 1 (0.66%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.99%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 65 (43.05%) Azure
2 63 (41.72%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (32.45%) Entra ID
4 18 (11.92%) AWS
5 11 (7.28%) Mimecast
6 8 (5.30%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (3.97%) OneDrive
8 5 (3.31%) GCP
8 5 (3.31%) IaaS
9 4 (2.65%) Google Workspace
9 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.99%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.99%) PaaS
10 3 (1.99%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.99%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.99%) PowerApps
11 2 (1.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (1.32%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (1.32%) Pulumi
11 2 (1.32%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 56 (37.09%) WAN
2 47 (31.13%) LAN
3 39 (25.83%) VPN
4 21 (13.91%) Network Security
5 19 (12.58%) DNS
6 18 (11.92%) SD-WAN
7 17 (11.26%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (7.95%) Internet
9 11 (7.28%) Wireless
10 9 (5.96%) VLAN
11 8 (5.30%) DHCP
11 8 (5.30%) SAN
11 8 (5.30%) TCP/IP
11 8 (5.30%) VoIP
12 6 (3.97%) Intrusion Detection
12 6 (3.97%) MQTT
13 5 (3.31%) BGP
13 5 (3.31%) Cisco ASA
14 4 (2.65%) OSPF
14 4 (2.65%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.30%) GIS
2 7 (4.64%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.99%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.99%) MySQL
4 3 (1.99%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 1 (0.66%) JIRA
General
1 30 (19.87%) Social Skills
2 14 (9.27%) Finance
3 12 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (4.64%) Manufacturing
5 6 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.31%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.65%) Law
8 3 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.32%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.66%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.66%) Military
10 1 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.66%) Retail
Job Titles
1 42 (27.81%) Support Engineer
2 28 (18.54%) IT Support
3 26 (17.22%) IT Engineer
3 26 (17.22%) Senior
4 20 (13.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 19 (12.58%) IT Support Engineer
6 18 (11.92%) Technical Engineer
7 17 (11.26%) Analyst
8 14 (9.27%) Architect
8 14 (9.27%) Technical Support
8 14 (9.27%) Technical Support Engineer
9 13 (8.61%) Network Analyst
9 13 (8.61%) Network Engineer
10 12 (7.95%) Firewall Specialist
10 12 (7.95%) Technical Specialist
11 10 (6.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 10 (6.62%) 2nd Line Support
11 10 (6.62%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 10 (6.62%) Administrator
11 10 (6.62%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.25%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.62%) Driving Licence
3 7 (4.64%) Clustering
4 6 (3.97%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (3.97%) IoT
4 6 (3.97%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.97%) Smartphone
5 5 (3.31%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.65%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.99%) Replication
8 2 (1.32%) CCTV
8 2 (1.32%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.32%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (1.32%) PKI
8 2 (1.32%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.66%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.66%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 61 (40.40%) Windows
2 32 (21.19%) Windows Server
3 18 (11.92%) Linux
4 10 (6.62%) Android
4 10 (6.62%) Apple iOS
4 10 (6.62%) Windows 10
5 6 (3.97%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.99%) VMS
7 2 (1.32%) CentOS
7 2 (1.32%) Debian
7 2 (1.32%) Solaris
7 2 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.66%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (24.50%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (21.19%) ITIL
3 28 (18.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 26 (17.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 22 (14.57%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (13.91%) Proactive Monitoring
7 20 (13.25%) SIEM
8 18 (11.92%) Migration
9 16 (10.60%) High Availability
10 13 (8.61%) Customer Service
11 12 (7.95%) Disaster Recovery
11 12 (7.95%) Mobile Device Management
12 11 (7.28%) Service Delivery
13 10 (6.62%) Incident Management
14 9 (5.96%) Mentoring
15 8 (5.30%) Impact Assessments
15 8 (5.30%) Patch Management
15 8 (5.30%) Roadmaps
15 8 (5.30%) Server Management
15 8 (5.30%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 23 (15.23%) PowerShell
2 16 (10.60%) SQL
3 7 (4.64%) Bash
4 6 (3.97%) Python
5 4 (2.65%) Bicep
6 2 (1.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (15.23%) SC Cleared
1 23 (15.23%) Security Cleared
2 18 (11.92%) Degree
3 14 (9.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (7.95%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (6.62%) CCNP
6 9 (5.96%) A+ Certification
7 6 (3.97%) DBS Check
7 6 (3.97%) MCITP
8 5 (3.31%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (3.31%) CTC Cleared
9 4 (2.65%) CCNA
9 4 (2.65%) CISSP
9 4 (2.65%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (1.99%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.66%) CEH
11 1 (0.66%) GSEC
11 1 (0.66%) ISACA
11 1 (0.66%) OSCP
11 1 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (15.23%) SLA
2 11 (7.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (5.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (3.31%) NIST
5 2 (1.32%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.66%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.66%) GDPR
6 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 59 (39.07%) Active Directory
2 40 (26.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (13.91%) Hyper-V
4 8 (5.30%) vSphere
5 4 (2.65%) Terminal Services
6 3 (1.99%) Docker
6 3 (1.99%) Firmware
7 2 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.66%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 16 (10.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (5.96%) Terraform
3 5 (3.31%) Ansible
4 4 (2.65%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.99%) Galera Cluster
5 3 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.99%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.32%) CASB
6 2 (1.32%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.32%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.32%) Puppet
7 1 (0.66%) Nessus
7 1 (0.66%) Podman
Vendors
1 74 (49.01%) Microsoft
2 49 (32.45%) Cisco
3 43 (28.48%) VMware
4 23 (15.23%) Juniper
5 15 (9.93%) Dell
6 14 (9.27%) HP
6 14 (9.27%) McAfee
7 10 (6.62%) Aruba
7 10 (6.62%) Fortinet
8 9 (5.96%) Veeam
9 7 (4.64%) SonicWALL
10 6 (3.97%) Meraki
11 5 (3.31%) Google
11 5 (3.31%) Logitech
11 5 (3.31%) Sophos
11 5 (3.31%) TOWER Software
12 3 (1.99%) ConnectWise
12 3 (1.99%) ESET
12 3 (1.99%) Ubiquiti
12 3 (1.99%) Zscaler