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 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 60 56
Rank change year-on-year -30 -4 +27
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 201 233 529
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.60% 4.61% 3.70%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 31.11% 27.41% 31.81%
Number of salaries quoted 154 188 451
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,185 £33,438 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,704 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £62,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -5.00%

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 646 850 1,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.14% 16.82% 11.64%
Number of salaries quoted 506 494 1,259
10th Percentile £27,597 £26,941 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £30,750 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -9.60%
75th Percentile £58,450 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £69,625 £65,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.26% -3.16% -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 21 June 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 21 June 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
East Midlands -1 101 £43,486 +5.42% 27
West Midlands -57 100 £56,400 +22.61% 38
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 (17.41%) SharePoint
2 22 (10.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.99%) IIS
4 1 (0.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (5.47%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 82 (40.80%) Azure
2 80 (39.80%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (24.38%) Entra ID
4 19 (9.45%) AWS
5 16 (7.96%) Mimecast
6 6 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (2.99%) GCP
6 6 (2.99%) OneDrive
7 4 (1.99%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.49%) IaaS
8 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (1.49%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.49%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.00%) GitHub
9 2 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.00%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.00%) Pulumi
10 1 (0.50%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 59 (29.35%) VPN
2 54 (26.87%) WAN
3 49 (24.38%) LAN
4 33 (16.42%) Network Security
5 32 (15.92%) DNS
6 26 (12.94%) VLAN
7 23 (11.44%) Wi-Fi
8 22 (10.95%) DHCP
9 18 (8.96%) TCP/IP
10 14 (6.97%) Cisco ASA
10 14 (6.97%) Wireless
11 13 (6.47%) BGP
12 12 (5.97%) EIGRP
12 12 (5.97%) Internet
12 12 (5.97%) OSPF
12 12 (5.97%) SD-WAN
13 9 (4.48%) SAN
14 8 (3.98%) MQTT
15 5 (2.49%) VoIP
16 4 (1.99%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.97%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.99%) GIS
3 4 (1.99%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.99%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.99%) MySQL
3 4 (1.99%) Neo4j
4 2 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.50%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.50%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.50%) KNIME
5 1 (0.50%) Power BI
5 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.00%) Git
1 2 (1.00%) JIRA
2 1 (0.50%) GitLab
General
1 55 (27.36%) Social Skills
2 17 (8.46%) Manufacturing
3 14 (6.97%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (6.47%) Finance
5 7 (3.48%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.48%) Telecoms
6 6 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.99%) Law
7 5 (2.49%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 42 (20.90%) Support Engineer
2 39 (19.40%) Senior
3 35 (17.41%) IT Engineer
3 35 (17.41%) IT Support
4 34 (16.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 28 (13.93%) Network Engineer
6 20 (9.95%) Analyst
7 17 (8.46%) IT Support Engineer
8 16 (7.96%) Administrator
8 16 (7.96%) Firewall Specialist
8 16 (7.96%) Network Analyst
8 16 (7.96%) Technical Specialist
9 15 (7.46%) Technical Engineer
9 15 (7.46%) Technical Support
9 15 (7.46%) Technical Support Engineer
10 14 (6.97%) IT Technician
10 14 (6.97%) Senior Network Engineer
11 12 (5.97%) IT Support Technician
11 12 (5.97%) Support Technician
11 12 (5.97%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.49%) Middleware
2 3 (1.49%) COM
2 3 (1.49%) DCOM
2 3 (1.49%) LDAP
3 2 (1.00%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.50%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.95%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.98%) Driving Licence
2 10 (4.98%) Security Posture
3 9 (4.48%) Clustering
4 8 (3.98%) IoT
4 8 (3.98%) Operational Technology
4 8 (3.98%) Smartphone
5 6 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (2.99%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.49%) Cyber Security Posture
7 4 (1.99%) PKI
7 4 (1.99%) Replication
8 3 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.49%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.49%) Smartcard
9 2 (1.00%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.00%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.00%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (1.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 93 (46.27%) Windows
2 50 (24.88%) Windows Server
3 31 (15.42%) Linux
4 13 (6.47%) Android
4 13 (6.47%) Apple iOS
5 12 (5.97%) Windows 10
6 7 (3.48%) Ubuntu
7 5 (2.49%) Solaris
8 4 (1.99%) VMS
9 2 (1.00%) CentOS
9 2 (1.00%) Debian
9 2 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (28.36%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (20.90%) Continuous Improvement
2 42 (20.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 37 (18.41%) ITIL
4 30 (14.93%) Cybersecurity
5 25 (12.44%) Mentoring
6 24 (11.94%) High Availability
7 23 (11.44%) Customer Service
7 23 (11.44%) Disaster Recovery
8 22 (10.95%) Proactive Monitoring
9 21 (10.45%) Migration
10 17 (8.46%) Service Delivery
10 17 (8.46%) SIEM
11 15 (7.46%) Mobile Device Management
11 15 (7.46%) Project Delivery
11 15 (7.46%) Vulnerability Management
12 12 (5.97%) Roadmaps
12 12 (5.97%) Technical Leadership
13 11 (5.47%) Patch Management
14 10 (4.98%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 38 (18.91%) SQL
2 32 (15.92%) PowerShell
3 14 (6.97%) Python
4 10 (4.98%) Bash
5 9 (4.48%) VBA
6 5 (2.49%) Bicep
7 2 (1.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (15.92%) Security Cleared
2 28 (13.93%) SC Cleared
3 25 (12.44%) Degree
4 20 (9.95%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (9.45%) CCNP
6 12 (5.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (4.98%) CISSP
8 8 (3.98%) A+ Certification
9 6 (2.99%) CCNA
9 6 (2.99%) CISM
10 5 (2.49%) MCITP
11 4 (1.99%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.99%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (1.99%) DBS Check
11 4 (1.99%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (1.49%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (1.49%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.50%) IISP
13 1 (0.50%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (11.94%) SLA
2 13 (6.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (5.97%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.49%) NIST
6 2 (1.00%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.50%) GDPR
7 1 (0.50%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.50%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 74 (36.82%) Active Directory
2 48 (23.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (21.39%) Hyper-V
4 12 (5.97%) vSphere
5 6 (2.99%) Docker
6 5 (2.49%) Firmware
7 4 (1.99%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.50%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (5.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.48%) Terraform
3 7 (3.48%) Kubernetes
4 6 (2.99%) Ansible
5 4 (1.99%) Galera Cluster
5 4 (1.99%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.00%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.00%) Grafana
6 2 (1.00%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.00%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.00%) Puppet
7 1 (0.50%) Podman
Vendors
1 99 (49.25%) Microsoft
2 64 (31.84%) Cisco
3 52 (25.87%) VMware
4 16 (7.96%) Fortinet
4 16 (7.96%) Juniper
5 15 (7.46%) HP
6 14 (6.97%) Dell
7 13 (6.47%) Veeam
8 12 (5.97%) McAfee
9 10 (4.98%) Aruba
10 9 (4.48%) SonicWALL
10 9 (4.48%) Sophos
11 8 (3.98%) Logitech
11 8 (3.98%) Meraki
11 8 (3.98%) TOWER Software
12 5 (2.49%) CheckPoint
13 3 (1.49%) ConnectWise
13 3 (1.49%) ESET
13 3 (1.49%) Salesforce
13 3 (1.49%) Ubiquiti