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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 63 61
Rank change year-on-year -20 -2 +10
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 245 241 401
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.72% 4.21% 3.72%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 34.12% 27.80% 32.03%
Number of salaries quoted 189 182 331
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £45,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -2.17% -
75th Percentile £60,250 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £68,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -1.96%

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 718 867 1,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.04% 15.13% 11.60%
Number of salaries quoted 580 523 851
10th Percentile £27,694 £26,250 £25,950
25th Percentile £31,000 £29,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.39% -9.41% -5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £54,069 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -2.63%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 -50 124 £55,000 +19.57% 33
East Midlands +30 121 £43,486 +8.72% 23
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 35 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 27 (11.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (3.67%) IIS
4 3 (1.22%) Apache
4 3 (1.22%) nginx
Applications
1 12 (4.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.82%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.41%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 102 (41.63%) Azure
2 97 (39.59%) Microsoft 365
3 63 (25.71%) Entra ID
4 29 (11.84%) AWS
5 23 (9.39%) Mimecast
6 10 (4.08%) GCP
7 8 (3.27%) SaaS
8 6 (2.45%) Azure Sentinel
8 6 (2.45%) Cloudflare
8 6 (2.45%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (2.45%) OneDrive
8 6 (2.45%) Power Automate
9 5 (2.04%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (1.22%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.82%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.82%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.82%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 86 (35.10%) VPN
2 70 (28.57%) WAN
3 66 (26.94%) LAN
4 61 (24.90%) DNS
5 42 (17.14%) DHCP
5 42 (17.14%) Network Security
6 38 (15.51%) VLAN
7 36 (14.69%) TCP/IP
8 33 (13.47%) Wi-Fi
9 30 (12.24%) Wireless
10 23 (9.39%) BGP
11 21 (8.57%) EIGRP
11 21 (8.57%) OSPF
12 17 (6.94%) Cisco ASA
13 13 (5.31%) SAN
14 12 (4.90%) Internet
14 12 (4.90%) SD-WAN
15 8 (3.27%) MQTT
15 8 (3.27%) VoIP
16 5 (2.04%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.31%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (1.63%) MongoDB
2 4 (1.63%) MySQL
2 4 (1.63%) Neo4j
3 3 (1.22%) GIS
4 2 (0.82%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.82%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (0.82%) KNIME
4 2 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.82%) Power BI
5 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.22%) JIRA
2 2 (0.82%) Git
3 1 (0.41%) GitLab
General
1 75 (30.61%) Social Skills
2 20 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (7.76%) Manufacturing
4 11 (4.49%) Finance
5 8 (3.27%) Telecoms
6 6 (2.45%) Law
7 5 (2.04%) Aerospace
7 5 (2.04%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.82%) Retail
11 1 (0.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 44 (17.96%) Senior
2 41 (16.73%) Network Engineer
3 40 (16.33%) Support Engineer
4 39 (15.92%) IT Engineer
5 36 (14.69%) IT Support
6 35 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 25 (10.20%) Analyst
8 22 (8.98%) Administrator
9 18 (7.35%) IT Technician
9 18 (7.35%) Network Analyst
9 18 (7.35%) Systems Administrator
9 18 (7.35%) Technical Engineer
10 17 (6.94%) Technical Support
10 17 (6.94%) Technical Support Engineer
11 16 (6.53%) Firewall Specialist
11 16 (6.53%) Technical Specialist
12 15 (6.12%) IT Support Technician
12 15 (6.12%) Support Technician
13 13 (5.31%) Field Engineer
13 13 (5.31%) Field Service Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.45%) Middleware
2 4 (1.63%) COM
2 4 (1.63%) DCOM
2 4 (1.63%) LDAP
3 2 (0.82%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (0.82%) REST
4 1 (0.41%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.57%) Data Centre
2 12 (4.90%) Security Posture
3 11 (4.49%) Clustering
3 11 (4.49%) Driving Licence
4 9 (3.67%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.27%) IoT
5 8 (3.27%) Operational Technology
5 8 (3.27%) Smartphone
6 7 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.45%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.45%) Replication
8 5 (2.04%) Cyber Security Posture
8 5 (2.04%) PKI
8 5 (2.04%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.63%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.63%) Smartcard
10 3 (1.22%) CCTV
10 3 (1.22%) Cyberattack
10 3 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.82%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 118 (48.16%) Windows
2 69 (28.16%) Windows Server
3 38 (15.51%) Linux
4 19 (7.76%) Android
4 19 (7.76%) Apple iOS
4 19 (7.76%) Windows 10
5 10 (4.08%) Ubuntu
6 5 (2.04%) Solaris
7 4 (1.63%) VMS
8 2 (0.82%) CentOS
8 2 (0.82%) Debian
9 1 (0.41%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (26.94%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (24.49%) Continuous Improvement
3 49 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 40 (16.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 39 (15.92%) ITIL
6 38 (15.51%) Cybersecurity
7 35 (14.29%) Customer Service
8 29 (11.84%) Mentoring
9 26 (10.61%) High Availability
9 26 (10.61%) Migration
9 26 (10.61%) Proactive Monitoring
10 24 (9.80%) Vulnerability Management
11 23 (9.39%) Project Delivery
12 21 (8.57%) Service Delivery
13 20 (8.16%) Patch Management
14 18 (7.35%) Incident Response
14 18 (7.35%) ITSM
14 18 (7.35%) SIEM
14 18 (7.35%) Technical Leadership
15 15 (6.12%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (19.59%) SQL
2 46 (18.78%) PowerShell
3 18 (7.35%) Python
4 12 (4.90%) Bash
4 12 (4.90%) VBA
5 6 (2.45%) Bicep
6 2 (0.82%) C#
6 2 (0.82%) Java
6 2 (0.82%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.82%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 29 (11.84%) Degree
1 29 (11.84%) Security Cleared
2 27 (11.02%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (9.39%) SC Cleared
4 21 (8.57%) CCNP
5 13 (5.31%) CCNA
5 13 (5.31%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (4.49%) CISSP
7 7 (2.86%) A+ Certification
7 7 (2.86%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.86%) CISM
8 5 (2.04%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (1.22%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.22%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.22%) MCITP
10 2 (0.82%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.41%) CCIE
11 1 (0.41%) CWNA
11 1 (0.41%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (11.84%) SLA
2 20 (8.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (6.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (3.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (2.86%) GDPR
6 4 (1.63%) NIST
7 2 (0.82%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.41%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.41%) NCSC
System Software
1 89 (36.33%) Active Directory
2 59 (24.08%) Hyper-V
3 52 (21.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.67%) vSphere
5 8 (3.27%) Firmware
6 7 (2.86%) Docker
7 5 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.41%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 15 (6.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (4.49%) Terraform
3 8 (3.27%) Kubernetes
4 6 (2.45%) Ansible
5 4 (1.63%) FortiGate
5 4 (1.63%) Galera Cluster
5 4 (1.63%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.82%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.82%) Grafana
6 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.82%) Nessus
6 2 (0.82%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.82%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.82%) Puppet
7 1 (0.41%) Podman
7 1 (0.41%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 127 (51.84%) Microsoft
2 77 (31.43%) Cisco
3 55 (22.45%) VMware
4 23 (9.39%) Fortinet
5 16 (6.53%) Sophos
5 16 (6.53%) Veeam
6 14 (5.71%) Meraki
6 14 (5.71%) SonicWALL
7 13 (5.31%) Logitech
7 13 (5.31%) TOWER Software
8 12 (4.90%) Dell
8 12 (4.90%) HP
9 11 (4.49%) Juniper
10 10 (4.08%) McAfee
11 9 (3.67%) Aruba
11 9 (3.67%) Palo Alto
12 6 (2.45%) ServiceNow
13 5 (2.04%) CheckPoint
14 4 (1.63%) Citrix
14 4 (1.63%) Salesforce