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 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 67 65
Rank change year-on-year -15 -2 -10
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 263 230 345
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.75% 4.04% 3.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.46% 27.71% 31.17%
Number of salaries quoted 204 174 255
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,050 £27,050
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £45,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -3.23% +1.09%
75th Percentile £60,250 £53,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -3.05%

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 786 830 1,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.24% 14.57% 10.87%
Number of salaries quoted 609 494 667
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £26,620
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £31,931
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +24.29% -17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £71,500 £71,250 £68,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -3.85%

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 5 September 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 5 September 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 -47 134 £55,000 +22.22% 60
East Midlands +27 129 £42,500 +6.25% 25
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 40 (15.21%) SharePoint
2 33 (12.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (6.08%) IIS
4 8 (3.04%) Apache
4 8 (3.04%) nginx
Applications
1 12 (4.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.76%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.38%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 113 (42.97%) Microsoft 365
2 112 (42.59%) Azure
3 80 (30.42%) Entra ID
4 34 (12.93%) AWS
5 25 (9.51%) Mimecast
6 11 (4.18%) GCP
6 11 (4.18%) Power Automate
7 8 (3.04%) Microsoft Copilot
7 8 (3.04%) Microsoft Purview
7 8 (3.04%) SaaS
8 6 (2.28%) Azure Sentinel
8 6 (2.28%) Cloudflare
9 5 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.90%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.90%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.14%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.14%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.76%) GitHub
11 2 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
12 1 (0.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 95 (36.12%) VPN
2 82 (31.18%) DNS
3 71 (27.00%) WAN
4 69 (26.24%) LAN
5 58 (22.05%) DHCP
6 46 (17.49%) TCP/IP
6 46 (17.49%) VLAN
7 40 (15.21%) Network Security
8 36 (13.69%) Wireless
9 35 (13.31%) Wi-Fi
10 27 (10.27%) BGP
11 25 (9.51%) EIGRP
11 25 (9.51%) OSPF
12 18 (6.84%) Cisco ASA
13 12 (4.56%) SD-WAN
14 11 (4.18%) SAN
14 11 (4.18%) VoIP
15 9 (3.42%) Internet
16 8 (3.04%) MQTT
17 5 (1.90%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.32%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.52%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.52%) MySQL
3 4 (1.52%) Neo4j
4 2 (0.76%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.76%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (0.76%) KNIME
4 2 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.76%) Power BI
5 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.90%) JIRA
2 4 (1.52%) Git
3 3 (1.14%) GitLab
4 2 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 89 (33.84%) Social Skills
2 23 (8.75%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (7.98%) Manufacturing
4 15 (5.70%) Telecoms
5 11 (4.18%) Finance
6 8 (3.04%) Law
7 7 (2.66%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.90%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.52%) Retail
10 3 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.76%) Banking
11 2 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.76%) Legal
11 2 (0.76%) Marketing
11 2 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 56 (21.29%) Senior
2 48 (18.25%) IT Engineer
3 42 (15.97%) Network Engineer
3 42 (15.97%) Support Engineer
4 39 (14.83%) IT Support
5 38 (14.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 23 (8.75%) Analyst
7 21 (7.98%) Administrator
8 20 (7.60%) IT Technician
9 17 (6.46%) Field Engineer
9 17 (6.46%) Field Service Engineer
9 17 (6.46%) IT Support Technician
9 17 (6.46%) Lead
9 17 (6.46%) Network Analyst
9 17 (6.46%) Senior Network Engineer
9 17 (6.46%) Support Technician
9 17 (6.46%) Technical Support
10 16 (6.08%) IT Support Engineer
10 16 (6.08%) Systems Administrator
10 16 (6.08%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.70%) Terraform
2 6 (2.28%) Middleware
3 4 (1.52%) COM
3 4 (1.52%) DCOM
3 4 (1.52%) LDAP
4 2 (0.76%) Pulumi
4 2 (0.76%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (0.76%) REST
4 2 (0.76%) YAML
5 1 (0.38%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.13%) Driving Licence
2 19 (7.22%) Data Centre
3 12 (4.56%) Security Posture
4 11 (4.18%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.80%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (3.80%) Operational Technology
5 10 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (3.42%) Clustering
7 8 (3.04%) CCTV
7 8 (3.04%) IoT
7 8 (3.04%) Smartphone
8 7 (2.66%) PKI
8 7 (2.66%) Private Cloud
9 6 (2.28%) Replication
10 5 (1.90%) Cyber Security Posture
11 4 (1.52%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.52%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.52%) PMI
11 4 (1.52%) SCADA
11 4 (1.52%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 138 (52.47%) Windows
2 88 (33.46%) Windows Server
3 51 (19.39%) Linux
4 25 (9.51%) Android
4 25 (9.51%) Apple iOS
4 25 (9.51%) Windows 10
5 14 (5.32%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.90%) Solaris
7 4 (1.52%) VMS
8 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.38%) CentOS
9 1 (0.38%) Debian
9 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (25.10%) Continuous Improvement
2 65 (24.71%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (21.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 55 (20.91%) Cybersecurity
5 50 (19.01%) Disaster Recovery
6 48 (18.25%) Customer Service
7 47 (17.87%) ITIL
8 35 (13.31%) Mentoring
9 34 (12.93%) Migration
10 31 (11.79%) Service Delivery
11 30 (11.41%) Project Delivery
12 25 (9.51%) Proactive Monitoring
13 24 (9.13%) ITSM
14 23 (8.75%) Vulnerability Management
15 22 (8.37%) High Availability
16 21 (7.98%) Incident Response
17 19 (7.22%) Stakeholder Management
17 19 (7.22%) Technical Leadership
18 18 (6.84%) Patch Management
19 17 (6.46%) AI
Programming Languages
1 60 (22.81%) PowerShell
2 47 (17.87%) SQL
3 23 (8.75%) Python
4 12 (4.56%) VBA
5 11 (4.18%) Bash
6 6 (2.28%) Bicep
7 3 (1.14%) C#
7 3 (1.14%) Java
7 3 (1.14%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 37 (14.07%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (12.17%) Degree
3 29 (11.03%) Security Cleared
4 27 (10.27%) CCNP
5 23 (8.75%) SC Cleared
6 22 (8.37%) CCNA
7 21 (7.98%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (3.80%) CISSP
9 9 (3.42%) Azure Certification
10 8 (3.04%) MCSE
11 7 (2.66%) CISM
12 6 (2.28%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (1.90%) MCSA
13 5 (1.90%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 4 (1.52%) A+ Certification
14 4 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (1.52%) PMI Certification
15 3 (1.14%) DV Cleared
16 1 (0.38%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (12.93%) SLA
2 25 (9.51%) Cyber Essentials
3 24 (9.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.42%) GDPR
5 8 (3.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (1.90%) NIST
7 4 (1.52%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.76%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.38%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 92 (34.98%) Active Directory
2 68 (25.86%) Hyper-V
3 55 (20.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (3.80%) vSphere
5 9 (3.42%) Firmware
5 9 (3.42%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.28%) Docker
7 5 (1.90%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.38%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 30 (11.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.66%) Ansible
2 7 (2.66%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.28%) FortiGate
4 4 (1.52%) Galera Cluster
4 4 (1.52%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.76%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.76%) Grafana
5 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (0.76%) Nessus
5 2 (0.76%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.38%) Podman
6 1 (0.38%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.38%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.38%) Puppet
6 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 143 (54.37%) Microsoft
2 73 (27.76%) Cisco
3 62 (23.57%) VMware
4 23 (8.75%) Fortinet
5 21 (7.98%) SonicWALL
5 21 (7.98%) Sophos
6 17 (6.46%) Logitech
6 17 (6.46%) TOWER Software
7 13 (4.94%) Meraki
7 13 (4.94%) Veeam
8 9 (3.42%) Aruba
8 9 (3.42%) Citrix
8 9 (3.42%) HP
8 9 (3.42%) Palo Alto
8 9 (3.42%) WatchGuard
9 7 (2.66%) Dell
9 7 (2.66%) Ubiquiti
10 6 (2.28%) Juniper
10 6 (2.28%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.90%) Draytek