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 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	85	67	64
Rank change year-on-year	-18	-3	-26
Permanent jobs citing Firewall	261	225	303
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands	1.65%	4.06%	3.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	29.73%	27.27%	28.24%
Number of salaries quoted	198	176	172
10^th Percentile	£29,925	£29,375	£32,500
25^th Percentile	£38,000	£31,250	£35,938
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£45,000	£49,504
Median % change year-on-year	+11.11%	-9.10%	+2.30%
75^th Percentile	£63,392	£57,500	£58,750
90^th Percentile	£75,000	£73,750	£76,125
England median annual salary	£51,500	£45,285	£52,500
% change year-on-year	+13.73%	-13.74%	-3.67%

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.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills	878	825	1,073
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands	5.56%	14.90%	11.75%
Number of salaries quoted	630	503	458
10^th Percentile	£28,000	£25,750	£29,000
25^th Percentile	£32,313	£29,000	£35,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£45,000	£35,000	£45,000
Median % change year-on-year	+28.57%	-22.22%	+4.05%
75^th Percentile	£60,000	£53,594	£58,750
90^th Percentile	£75,000	£72,050	£73,750
England median annual salary	£50,000	£40,000	£52,500
% change year-on-year	+25.00%	-23.81%	-

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 Salary Trend in the Midlands

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 18 October 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 18 October 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	-50	142	£55,000	+12.82%	62
East Midlands	+14	119	£42,500	+13.33%	31
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Firewall Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, job vacancies citing Firewall also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region with a requirement for Firewall.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Windows	57.5%	150
2	Microsoft	56.3%	147
3	Microsoft 365	47.9%	125
4	Azure	45.2%	118
5	VPN	43.3%	113
6	Windows Server	42.1%	110
7	DNS	34.5%	90
8	Active Directory	34.1%	89
8	Entra ID	34.1%	89
10	Cisco	29.1%	76
11	Hyper-V	28.7%	75
11	WAN	28.7%	75
13	DHCP	27.6%	72
13	LAN	27.6%	72
15	Cybersecurity	26.4%	69
15	VMware	26.4%	69
17	Problem-Solving	24.9%	65
18	Continuous Improvement	24.1%	63
19	PowerShell	22.6%	59
20	Infrastructure Engineering	21.8%	57
21	Disaster Recovery	20.7%	54
21	ITIL	20.7%	54
21	Linux	20.7%	54
21	TCP/IP	20.7%	54
21	VMware Infrastructure	20.7%	54
26	Cisco Certification	20.3%	53
26	VLAN	20.3%	53
28	Customer Service	17.6%	46
29	Microsoft Intune	16.5%	43
29	Network Security	16.5%	43

Firewall Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	VPN	43.3%	113
2	DNS	34.5%	90
3	WAN	28.7%	75
4	DHCP	27.6%	72
4	LAN	27.6%	72
6	TCP/IP	20.7%	54
7	VLAN	20.3%	53
8	Network Security	16.5%	43
9	Wi-Fi	13.8%	36
10	BGP	13.4%	35
10	Wireless	13.4%	35
12	OSPF	13.0%	34
13	EIGRP	12.6%	33
14	Cisco ASA	8.4%	22
15	SD-WAN	5.4%	14
16	IP Telephony	4.6%	12
16	VoIP	4.6%	12
18	SAN	3.4%	9
19	Cisco Nexus	2.3%	6
20	Ethernet VPN	1.9%	5