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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 62 44
Rank change year-on-year -61 -18 +47
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 151 205 518
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.17% 4.11% 4.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.56% 24.09% 33.86%
Number of salaries quoted 109 166 469
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 £52,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £70,750 £57,500 £60,400
England median annual salary £53,875 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +2.62% +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 1,580 851 1,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.26% 17.05% 13.07%
Number of salaries quoted 455 468 1,287
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,039 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +5.88% -0.58%
75th Percentile £58,450 £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 13 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 13 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 -68 82 £55,500 +23.33% 35
East Midlands -11 69 £42,500 -6.59% 28
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 32 (21.19%) SharePoint
2 17 (11.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.32%) Confluence
4 1 (0.66%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.99%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 63 (41.72%) Azure
1 63 (41.72%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (31.13%) Entra ID
3 17 (11.26%) AWS
4 12 (7.95%) Mimecast
5 8 (5.30%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (3.97%) OneDrive
7 5 (3.31%) GCP
8 4 (2.65%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (2.65%) Google Workspace
8 4 (2.65%) IaaS
9 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (1.99%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.99%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.99%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.32%) Azure AKS
10 2 (1.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (1.32%) PaaS
10 2 (1.32%) Pulumi
11 1 (0.66%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 52 (34.44%) WAN
2 45 (29.80%) LAN
3 42 (27.81%) VPN
4 25 (16.56%) Network Security
5 18 (11.92%) Wi-Fi
6 17 (11.26%) DNS
7 14 (9.27%) SD-WAN
8 13 (8.61%) Internet
9 10 (6.62%) VLAN
10 9 (5.96%) SAN
10 9 (5.96%) Wireless
11 7 (4.64%) BGP
11 7 (4.64%) DHCP
11 7 (4.64%) MQTT
11 7 (4.64%) VoIP
12 6 (3.97%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (3.97%) Intrusion Detection
12 6 (3.97%) OSPF
12 6 (3.97%) TCP/IP
13 4 (2.65%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.30%) GIS
1 8 (5.30%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.31%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (2.65%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.99%) MySQL
4 3 (1.99%) Neo4j
General
1 33 (21.85%) Social Skills
2 13 (8.61%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (8.61%) Finance
3 9 (5.96%) Manufacturing
4 6 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (3.97%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.65%) Law
6 3 (1.99%) Aerospace
6 3 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.66%) Military
7 1 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (27.15%) Support Engineer
2 29 (19.21%) Senior
3 26 (17.22%) IT Support
4 25 (16.56%) IT Engineer
5 19 (12.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (11.26%) Analyst
6 17 (11.26%) IT Support Engineer
6 17 (11.26%) Network Engineer
6 17 (11.26%) Technical Engineer
7 14 (9.27%) Architect
7 14 (9.27%) Technical Support
7 14 (9.27%) Technical Support Engineer
8 13 (8.61%) Network Analyst
9 12 (7.95%) Firewall Specialist
9 12 (7.95%) Technical Specialist
10 11 (7.28%) Administrator
10 11 (7.28%) Systems Administrator
11 10 (6.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 10 (6.62%) 2nd Line Support
11 10 (6.62%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.58%) Data Centre
2 9 (5.96%) Driving Licence
3 8 (5.30%) Clustering
4 7 (4.64%) IoT
5 6 (3.97%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.97%) Security Posture
5 6 (3.97%) Smartphone
6 5 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (3.31%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.99%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (1.99%) Replication
8 2 (1.32%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.32%) PKI
8 2 (1.32%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.66%) CCTV
9 1 (0.66%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.66%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (0.66%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 61 (40.40%) Windows
2 31 (20.53%) Windows Server
3 19 (12.58%) Linux
4 10 (6.62%) Android
4 10 (6.62%) Apple iOS
5 9 (5.96%) Windows 10
6 6 (3.97%) Ubuntu
7 4 (2.65%) VMS
8 2 (1.32%) CentOS
8 2 (1.32%) Debian
8 2 (1.32%) Solaris
8 2 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.66%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (25.83%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (21.19%) Continuous Improvement
3 30 (19.87%) ITIL
4 27 (17.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 25 (16.56%) Cybersecurity
6 22 (14.57%) Proactive Monitoring
7 20 (13.25%) SIEM
8 19 (12.58%) High Availability
9 18 (11.92%) Migration
10 15 (9.93%) Disaster Recovery
11 13 (8.61%) Customer Service
11 13 (8.61%) Mobile Device Management
12 11 (7.28%) Roadmaps
13 10 (6.62%) Incident Management
13 10 (6.62%) Service Delivery
13 10 (6.62%) Vulnerability Management
14 9 (5.96%) Mentoring
14 9 (5.96%) Patch Management
14 9 (5.96%) Server Management
15 8 (5.30%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 24 (15.89%) PowerShell
2 18 (11.92%) SQL
3 8 (5.30%) Bash
3 8 (5.30%) Python
4 4 (2.65%) Bicep
5 2 (1.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 25 (16.56%) Security Cleared
2 24 (15.89%) SC Cleared
3 19 (12.58%) Degree
4 13 (8.61%) CCNP
4 13 (8.61%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (7.95%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (5.96%) A+ Certification
7 6 (3.97%) DBS Check
7 6 (3.97%) MCITP
8 5 (3.31%) CISSP
8 5 (3.31%) CTC Cleared
9 4 (2.65%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (2.65%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (1.99%) CCNA
10 3 (1.99%) CISM
10 3 (1.99%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.66%) CCIE
11 1 (0.66%) IISP
11 1 (0.66%) ISACA
11 1 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (13.91%) SLA
2 11 (7.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (5.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.65%) NIST
5 3 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.32%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.66%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.66%) GDPR
7 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 57 (37.75%) Active Directory
2 38 (25.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (13.25%) Hyper-V
4 8 (5.30%) vSphere
5 4 (2.65%) Firmware
5 4 (2.65%) Terminal Services
6 3 (1.99%) Docker
7 2 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 14 (9.27%) 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%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.32%) CASB
6 2 (1.32%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.32%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.32%) Puppet
6 2 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.66%) Podman
Vendors
1 73 (48.34%) Microsoft
2 47 (31.13%) Cisco
3 40 (26.49%) VMware
4 20 (13.25%) Juniper
5 16 (10.60%) Dell
6 14 (9.27%) HP
6 14 (9.27%) McAfee
7 9 (5.96%) Veeam
8 8 (5.30%) Fortinet
9 7 (4.64%) SonicWALL
10 6 (3.97%) Aruba
11 5 (3.31%) Logitech
11 5 (3.31%) Sophos
11 5 (3.31%) TOWER Software
12 4 (2.65%) Google
12 4 (2.65%) Meraki
12 4 (2.65%) Palo Alto
13 3 (1.99%) ConnectWise
13 3 (1.99%) Ubiquiti
13 3 (1.99%) Zscaler