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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 68 49
Rank change year-on-year -35 -19 +36
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 183 211 526
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.46% 4.20% 4.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.76% 24.71% 33.67%
Number of salaries quoted 137 173 460
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £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 £53,688 £56,250
90th Percentile £74,250 £67,500 £62,625
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +2.04% -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 926 854 1,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.40% 16.99% 11.89%
Number of salaries quoted 495 468 1,271
10th Percentile £27,694 £26,968 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £40,313
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +11.63% -6.79%
75th Percentile £58,350 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £69,125 £63,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 6 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 6 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
West Midlands -64 93 £56,400 +22.61% 41
East Midlands -3 90 £42,500 -5.56% 24
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 33 (18.03%) SharePoint
2 20 (10.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.64%) IIS
4 2 (1.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (4.92%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 76 (41.53%) Microsoft 365
2 75 (40.98%) Azure
3 48 (26.23%) Entra ID
4 18 (9.84%) AWS
5 15 (8.20%) Mimecast
6 8 (4.37%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (2.73%) OneDrive
8 4 (2.19%) GCP
9 3 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.64%) Google Workspace
9 3 (1.64%) IaaS
9 3 (1.64%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.64%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.64%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.09%) Pulumi
11 1 (0.55%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 56 (30.60%) VPN
2 51 (27.87%) WAN
3 45 (24.59%) LAN
4 33 (18.03%) Network Security
5 26 (14.21%) DNS
6 21 (11.48%) VLAN
6 21 (11.48%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (8.74%) DHCP
8 14 (7.65%) Internet
8 14 (7.65%) TCP/IP
9 13 (7.10%) SD-WAN
10 12 (6.56%) BGP
10 12 (6.56%) Cisco ASA
10 12 (6.56%) Wireless
11 11 (6.01%) OSPF
12 10 (5.46%) EIGRP
13 9 (4.92%) SAN
14 8 (4.37%) MQTT
15 5 (2.73%) Intrusion Detection
15 5 (2.73%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.01%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.37%) GIS
3 4 (2.19%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (2.19%) MongoDB
3 4 (2.19%) MySQL
3 4 (2.19%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.55%) KNIME
4 1 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Git
1 1 (0.55%) JIRA
General
1 46 (25.14%) Social Skills
2 15 (8.20%) Finance
3 14 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.56%) Manufacturing
5 7 (3.83%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.73%) Law
8 4 (2.19%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.09%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.55%) Military
11 1 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (21.86%) Support Engineer
2 35 (19.13%) Senior
3 33 (18.03%) IT Engineer
4 32 (17.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 31 (16.94%) IT Support
6 26 (14.21%) Network Engineer
7 19 (10.38%) Analyst
8 16 (8.74%) Administrator
8 16 (8.74%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (8.20%) Network Analyst
9 15 (8.20%) Technical Engineer
10 14 (7.65%) Technical Support
10 14 (7.65%) Technical Support Engineer
11 13 (7.10%) Architect
11 13 (7.10%) Firewall Specialist
11 13 (7.10%) Senior Network Engineer
11 13 (7.10%) Technical Specialist
12 12 (6.56%) Systems Administrator
13 10 (5.46%) IT Administrator
13 10 (5.46%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.64%) Middleware
2 2 (1.09%) COM
2 2 (1.09%) DCOM
2 2 (1.09%) LDAP
3 1 (0.55%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.93%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.46%) Driving Licence
3 9 (4.92%) Clustering
4 8 (4.37%) IoT
4 8 (4.37%) Security Posture
5 7 (3.83%) Operational Technology
5 7 (3.83%) Smartphone
6 6 (3.28%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.19%) Cyber Security Posture
8 4 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.19%) PKI
8 4 (2.19%) Replication
9 2 (1.09%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.09%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.09%) Smartcard
10 1 (0.55%) CCTV
10 1 (0.55%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.55%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 76 (41.53%) Windows
2 40 (21.86%) Windows Server
3 26 (14.21%) Linux
4 12 (6.56%) Android
4 12 (6.56%) Apple iOS
5 10 (5.46%) Windows 10
6 7 (3.83%) Ubuntu
7 4 (2.19%) VMS
8 3 (1.64%) Solaris
9 2 (1.09%) CentOS
9 2 (1.09%) Debian
9 2 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (27.32%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (21.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 39 (21.31%) Continuous Improvement
4 36 (19.67%) ITIL
5 27 (14.75%) Cybersecurity
6 23 (12.57%) High Availability
7 22 (12.02%) Migration
8 21 (11.48%) Disaster Recovery
8 21 (11.48%) Proactive Monitoring
9 19 (10.38%) Customer Service
9 19 (10.38%) Mentoring
10 18 (9.84%) SIEM
11 14 (7.65%) Service Delivery
12 13 (7.10%) Mobile Device Management
12 13 (7.10%) Vulnerability Management
13 12 (6.56%) Roadmaps
14 11 (6.01%) Patch Management
14 11 (6.01%) Project Delivery
15 9 (4.92%) Server Management
15 9 (4.92%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 31 (16.94%) SQL
2 28 (15.30%) PowerShell
3 10 (5.46%) Python
4 9 (4.92%) Bash
5 6 (3.28%) VBA
6 5 (2.73%) Bicep
7 2 (1.09%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (16.94%) Security Cleared
2 28 (15.30%) SC Cleared
3 21 (11.48%) Degree
4 18 (9.84%) CCNP
4 18 (9.84%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (6.01%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (4.37%) A+ Certification
6 8 (4.37%) CISSP
7 6 (3.28%) DBS Check
8 5 (2.73%) CCNA
8 5 (2.73%) CISM
8 5 (2.73%) CTC Cleared
8 5 (2.73%) MCITP
9 4 (2.19%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (2.19%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (1.64%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.09%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.55%) IISP
12 1 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (12.02%) SLA
2 13 (7.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (6.01%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (2.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (2.19%) NIST
6 3 (1.64%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.55%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.55%) GDPR
7 1 (0.55%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.55%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.55%) NCSC
System Software
1 69 (37.70%) Active Directory
2 44 (24.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (18.03%) Hyper-V
4 11 (6.01%) vSphere
5 5 (2.73%) Docker
6 4 (2.19%) Firmware
7 2 (1.09%) Terminal Services
7 2 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (7.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.37%) Terraform
3 6 (3.28%) Kubernetes
4 5 (2.73%) Ansible
5 4 (2.19%) Galera Cluster
5 4 (2.19%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.09%) CASB
6 2 (1.09%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.09%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.09%) Puppet
6 2 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.55%) Grafana
7 1 (0.55%) Podman
7 1 (0.55%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 90 (49.18%) Microsoft
2 59 (32.24%) Cisco
3 48 (26.23%) VMware
4 18 (9.84%) Juniper
5 16 (8.74%) HP
6 15 (8.20%) Fortinet
7 14 (7.65%) Dell
8 13 (7.10%) Veeam
9 12 (6.56%) McAfee
10 9 (4.92%) Aruba
10 9 (4.92%) SonicWALL
11 8 (4.37%) Sophos
12 7 (3.83%) Logitech
12 7 (3.83%) Meraki
12 7 (3.83%) TOWER Software
13 3 (1.64%) CheckPoint
13 3 (1.64%) ConnectWise
13 3 (1.64%) ESET
13 3 (1.64%) Palo Alto
13 3 (1.64%) Ubiquiti