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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 59 41
Rank change year-on-year -59 -18 +52
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 160 207 518
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.27% 4.16% 4.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.77% 26.04% 33.42%
Number of salaries quoted 114 174 472
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,755 £32,500 £34,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £67,200 £57,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £50,860 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -3.12% +7.14% -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 1,638 795 1,550
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.97% 15.98% 13.51%
Number of salaries quoted 452 468 1,290
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £31,438 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% -2.02%
75th Percentile £57,050 £57,500 £54,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -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 28 April 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 28 April 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 -60 95 £55,500 +23.33% 28
East Midlands -32 65 £42,500 +6.25% 20
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 32 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 18 (11.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.25%) Confluence
4 1 (0.63%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 68 (42.50%) Azure
2 66 (41.25%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (32.50%) Entra ID
4 20 (12.50%) AWS
5 11 (6.88%) Mimecast
6 8 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (3.75%) IaaS
7 6 (3.75%) OneDrive
8 5 (3.13%) GCP
9 4 (2.50%) Google Workspace
9 4 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (2.50%) PaaS
10 3 (1.88%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.88%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.88%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.88%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.88%) SaaS
11 2 (1.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (1.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (1.25%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 61 (38.13%) WAN
2 51 (31.88%) LAN
3 42 (26.25%) VPN
4 21 (13.13%) DNS
4 21 (13.13%) Network Security
4 21 (13.13%) SD-WAN
5 16 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (8.13%) Wireless
7 11 (6.88%) Internet
8 9 (5.63%) DHCP
8 9 (5.63%) TCP/IP
9 8 (5.00%) VLAN
9 8 (5.00%) VoIP
10 7 (4.38%) SAN
11 6 (3.75%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (3.75%) Intrusion Detection
11 6 (3.75%) WebEx
12 5 (3.13%) BGP
12 5 (3.13%) MQTT
12 5 (3.13%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.00%) GIS
2 7 (4.38%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.88%) MySQL
3 3 (1.88%) Neo4j
4 2 (1.25%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (1.25%) JIRA
General
1 32 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (10.00%) Finance
3 11 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.00%) Manufacturing
5 6 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.13%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.50%) Law
8 3 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.88%) Retail
8 3 (1.88%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.63%) Back Office
10 1 (0.63%) Marketing
10 1 (0.63%) Military
Job Titles
1 46 (28.75%) Support Engineer
2 31 (19.38%) IT Support
3 26 (16.25%) IT Engineer
3 26 (16.25%) Senior
4 21 (13.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 21 (13.13%) IT Support Engineer
5 20 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
6 19 (11.88%) Analyst
7 16 (10.00%) Technical Support
7 16 (10.00%) Technical Support Engineer
8 14 (8.75%) Architect
9 13 (8.13%) Network Analyst
9 13 (8.13%) Network Engineer
10 12 (7.50%) Firewall Specialist
10 12 (7.50%) Technical Specialist
11 10 (6.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 10 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support
11 10 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 8 (5.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 8 (5.00%) Digital Architect
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.75%) Data Centre
2 12 (7.50%) Driving Licence
3 7 (4.38%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (3.75%) Clustering
4 6 (3.75%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.75%) Smartphone
5 5 (3.13%) IoT
5 5 (3.13%) Operational Technology
5 5 (3.13%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.88%) CCTV
6 3 (1.88%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.88%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (1.88%) PKI
6 3 (1.88%) Replication
7 2 (1.25%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.63%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.63%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.63%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 67 (41.88%) Windows
2 35 (21.88%) Windows Server
3 18 (11.25%) Linux
4 11 (6.88%) Windows 10
5 10 (6.25%) Android
5 10 (6.25%) Apple iOS
6 6 (3.75%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.88%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.88%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.25%) CentOS
8 2 (1.25%) Debian
8 2 (1.25%) Solaris
8 2 (1.25%) VMS
8 2 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.63%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (24.38%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (22.50%) ITIL
3 30 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 26 (16.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 23 (14.38%) Cybersecurity
5 23 (14.38%) Proactive Monitoring
5 23 (14.38%) SIEM
6 19 (11.88%) Migration
7 16 (10.00%) High Availability
8 15 (9.38%) Customer Service
9 12 (7.50%) Disaster Recovery
10 11 (6.88%) Incident Management
10 11 (6.88%) Mobile Device Management
10 11 (6.88%) Service Delivery
11 9 (5.63%) Mentoring
12 8 (5.00%) Impact Assessments
12 8 (5.00%) Patch Management
12 8 (5.00%) TOGAF
13 7 (4.38%) Roadmaps
13 7 (4.38%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 22 (13.75%) PowerShell
2 15 (9.38%) SQL
3 6 (3.75%) Bash
4 4 (2.50%) Bicep
4 4 (2.50%) Python
5 2 (1.25%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.63%) VB
6 1 (0.63%) VBA
Qualifications
1 22 (13.75%) SC Cleared
1 22 (13.75%) Security Cleared
2 21 (13.13%) Degree
3 15 (9.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (8.75%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (6.88%) CCNP
6 9 (5.63%) A+ Certification
7 6 (3.75%) CCNA
7 6 (3.75%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (3.75%) DBS Check
7 6 (3.75%) MCITP
8 5 (3.13%) CISSP
8 5 (3.13%) CTC Cleared
9 4 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (1.88%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.25%) CEH
11 2 (1.25%) GSEC
11 2 (1.25%) MCSE
11 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (1.25%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (15.63%) SLA
2 12 (7.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (3.75%) NIST
5 2 (1.25%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.63%) GDPR
6 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 62 (38.75%) Active Directory
2 45 (28.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (13.75%) Hyper-V
4 9 (5.63%) vSphere
5 4 (2.50%) Terminal Services
6 3 (1.88%) Docker
6 3 (1.88%) Firmware
7 2 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.25%) XenApp
8 1 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (11.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (5.63%) Terraform
3 5 (3.13%) Ansible
4 4 (2.50%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.88%) Galera Cluster
5 3 (1.88%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.25%) CASB
6 2 (1.25%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.25%) Nessus
6 2 (1.25%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.25%) Puppet
7 1 (0.63%) Podman
7 1 (0.63%) QRadar
7 1 (0.63%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 76 (47.50%) Microsoft
2 55 (34.38%) Cisco
3 49 (30.63%) VMware
4 26 (16.25%) Juniper
5 17 (10.63%) Dell
6 16 (10.00%) McAfee
7 15 (9.38%) HP
8 11 (6.88%) Aruba
8 11 (6.88%) Fortinet
9 10 (6.25%) Veeam
10 8 (5.00%) Meraki
11 7 (4.38%) Google
11 7 (4.38%) SonicWALL
12 5 (3.13%) Logitech
12 5 (3.13%) Sophos
12 5 (3.13%) TOWER Software
13 4 (2.50%) CheckPoint
14 3 (1.88%) ConnectWise
14 3 (1.88%) Zscaler
15 2 (1.25%) Netskope