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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 56 38
Rank change year-on-year -45 -18 +40
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 148 267 405
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.77% 4.37% 4.95%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.38% 28.56% 30.59%
Number of salaries quoted 123 168 370
10th Percentile £28,800 £32,350 £28,325
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,204
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.26%
75th Percentile £58,250 £55,000 £56,775
90th Percentile £70,000 £66,050 £66,150
England median annual salary £47,750 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.18% +10.00% -4.76%

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 1,577 935 1,324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 18.83% 15.31% 16.19%
Number of salaries quoted 417 404 1,151
10th Percentile £25,900 £30,575 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £36,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £66,500 £72,125 £67,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -3.85%

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 4 February 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 4 February 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 -33 98 £52,500 +13.51% 44
East Midlands -20 50 £37,500 -14.29% 17
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 26 (17.57%) SharePoint
2 23 (15.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (6.08%) Confluence
4 4 (2.70%) FactoryTalk
4 4 (2.70%) WinCC
5 2 (1.35%) ArchestrA
6 1 (0.68%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (2.70%) CATIA
2 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.68%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 69 (46.62%) Azure
2 61 (41.22%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (29.73%) Entra ID
4 22 (14.86%) AWS
5 9 (6.08%) SaaS
6 6 (4.05%) GCP
6 6 (4.05%) IaaS
6 6 (4.05%) iPaaS
7 5 (3.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 5 (3.38%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (3.38%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (2.70%) Google Workspace
8 4 (2.70%) PaaS
9 3 (2.03%) Datadog
9 3 (2.03%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.35%) AWS KMS
10 2 (1.35%) Nutanix
10 2 (1.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 57 (38.51%) WAN
2 49 (33.11%) LAN
3 40 (27.03%) VPN
4 36 (24.32%) DNS
5 31 (20.95%) SD-WAN
6 26 (17.57%) DHCP
7 22 (14.86%) TCP/IP
8 20 (13.51%) VLAN
9 18 (12.16%) Network Security
10 12 (8.11%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (6.76%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (6.76%) Cisco Nexus
12 9 (6.08%) BGP
12 9 (6.08%) MPLS
12 9 (6.08%) OSPF
12 9 (6.08%) VoIP
13 8 (5.41%) SAN
13 8 (5.41%) Wireless
14 7 (4.73%) IP Telephony
14 7 (4.73%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.38%) GIS
2 2 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.68%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (6.76%) JIRA
2 2 (1.35%) Git
2 2 (1.35%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.35%) Vagrant
3 1 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 40 (27.03%) Social Skills
2 15 (10.14%) Documentation Skills
3 12 (8.11%) Finance
4 11 (7.43%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.43%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.41%) Telecoms
6 7 (4.73%) Law
7 6 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.70%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.03%) Marketing
9 3 (2.03%) Retail
10 1 (0.68%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 44 (29.73%) Support Engineer
2 37 (25.00%) IT Support
3 31 (20.95%) IT Engineer
4 29 (19.59%) IT Support Engineer
5 27 (18.24%) Senior
6 23 (15.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 20 (13.51%) Network Engineer
8 18 (12.16%) Architect
9 15 (10.14%) 2nd Line Support
10 14 (9.46%) Technical Engineer
11 12 (8.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 11 (7.43%) Analyst
12 11 (7.43%) Cisco Engineer
12 11 (7.43%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 11 (7.43%) Senior Network Engineer
13 10 (6.76%) Firewall Engineer
13 10 (6.76%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (6.76%) Security Engineer
13 10 (6.76%) WAN Engineer
14 9 (6.08%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.68%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 25 (16.89%) Driving Licence
2 20 (13.51%) Data Centre
3 10 (6.76%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (6.76%) Onboarding
4 9 (6.08%) Operational Technology
5 8 (5.41%) SCADA
6 7 (4.73%) CCTV
7 6 (4.05%) Cloud Native
7 6 (4.05%) Clustering
8 5 (3.38%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (2.03%) PKI
9 3 (2.03%) Security Posture
10 2 (1.35%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.35%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.35%) Replication
10 2 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.35%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 71 (47.97%) Windows
2 43 (29.05%) Windows Server
3 16 (10.81%) Linux
4 13 (8.78%) Windows 10
5 7 (4.73%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (4.05%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.70%) VMS
7 4 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (2.03%) Android
8 3 (2.03%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.35%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.68%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (22.30%) ITIL
2 30 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (19.59%) Cybersecurity
4 28 (18.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 18 (12.16%) Customer Service
5 18 (12.16%) SIEM
6 14 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (9.46%) Disaster Recovery
6 14 (9.46%) High Availability
6 14 (9.46%) Migration
7 12 (8.11%) Service Delivery
8 11 (7.43%) Proactive Monitoring
9 10 (6.76%) Presales
10 9 (6.08%) DevOps
10 9 (6.08%) ITSM
10 9 (6.08%) Risk Management
11 8 (5.41%) Mentoring
11 8 (5.41%) Network Design
11 8 (5.41%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (5.41%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.43%) PowerShell
2 8 (5.41%) SQL
3 4 (2.70%) Python
4 2 (1.35%) Groovy
4 2 (1.35%) Ladder Logic
5 1 (0.68%) Bash
5 1 (0.68%) Java
5 1 (0.68%) Perl
5 1 (0.68%) VB
5 1 (0.68%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (24.32%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (19.59%) CCNP
3 25 (16.89%) SC Cleared
3 25 (16.89%) Security Cleared
4 17 (11.49%) CCNA
5 16 (10.81%) Degree
6 14 (9.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (4.73%) MCSA
7 7 (4.73%) MCSE
7 7 (4.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 6 (4.05%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (3.38%) Azure Certification
9 5 (3.38%) CTC Cleared
9 5 (3.38%) DBS Check
10 3 (2.03%) A+ Certification
10 3 (2.03%) HND
10 3 (2.03%) MCITP
11 2 (1.35%) CEH
11 2 (1.35%) CISSP
11 2 (1.35%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (10.14%) SLA
3 13 (8.78%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (6.08%) NIST
5 7 (4.73%) GDPR
6 4 (2.70%) IEC 61508
6 4 (2.70%) PCI DSS
6 4 (2.70%) QA
7 3 (2.03%) NIST 800
8 2 (1.35%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 60 (40.54%) Active Directory
2 39 (26.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (22.30%) Hyper-V
4 8 (5.41%) vSphere
5 4 (2.70%) Terminal Services
5 4 (2.70%) XenApp
6 3 (2.03%) Firmware
6 3 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.35%) Docker
7 2 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.68%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.68%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.68%) Postfix
8 1 (0.68%) Squid
Systems Management
1 24 (16.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (8.11%) Terraform
3 6 (4.05%) Failover Clustering
3 6 (4.05%) FortiGate
4 4 (2.70%) Ansible
4 4 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.03%) Dell DRAC
5 3 (2.03%) Nessus
6 2 (1.35%) CASB
6 2 (1.35%) Endace
6 2 (1.35%) Grafana
6 2 (1.35%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.68%) Nagios
7 1 (0.68%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.68%) QRadar
7 1 (0.68%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 65 (43.92%) Cisco
2 62 (41.89%) Microsoft
3 47 (31.76%) VMware
4 25 (16.89%) Juniper
5 20 (13.51%) Meraki
6 18 (12.16%) Fortinet
7 12 (8.11%) Dell
7 12 (8.11%) Veeam
8 9 (6.08%) Aruba
8 9 (6.08%) HP
9 8 (5.41%) Google
9 8 (5.41%) McAfee
9 8 (5.41%) SonicWALL
10 7 (4.73%) Draytek
10 7 (4.73%) Mitel
10 7 (4.73%) WatchGuard
11 5 (3.38%) Palo Alto
11 5 (3.38%) ServiceNow
11 5 (3.38%) SolarWinds
11 5 (3.38%) Zscaler