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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 59 63
Rank change year-on-year -23 +4 -16
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 265 233 341
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.73% 4.17% 3.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.46% 28.07% 31.14%
Number of salaries quoted 203 178 226
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -3.23% +1.09%
75th Percentile £60,250 £53,735 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -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 792 830 1,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.16% 14.85% 10.98%
Number of salaries quoted 601 494 601
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,447 £36,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.94% -13.53% -3.95%
75th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £56,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £48,445 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.73% -17.00% -2.91%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 -46 140 £55,000 +22.22% 79
East Midlands +25 125 £42,500 +6.25% 44
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 42 (15.85%) SharePoint
2 35 (13.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (6.04%) IIS
4 8 (3.02%) Apache
4 8 (3.02%) nginx
Applications
1 12 (4.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.75%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.38%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 117 (44.15%) Azure
1 117 (44.15%) Microsoft 365
2 85 (32.08%) Entra ID
3 36 (13.58%) AWS
4 25 (9.43%) Mimecast
5 11 (4.15%) GCP
5 11 (4.15%) Power Automate
6 8 (3.02%) Microsoft Copilot
6 8 (3.02%) Microsoft Purview
6 8 (3.02%) SaaS
7 6 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.26%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (2.26%) Cloudflare
8 5 (1.89%) OneDrive
8 5 (1.89%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.51%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.13%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.75%) GitHub
11 2 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
12 1 (0.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 98 (36.98%) VPN
2 85 (32.08%) DNS
3 75 (28.30%) WAN
4 72 (27.17%) LAN
5 62 (23.40%) DHCP
6 48 (18.11%) TCP/IP
6 48 (18.11%) VLAN
7 42 (15.85%) Network Security
8 37 (13.96%) Wireless
9 35 (13.21%) Wi-Fi
10 29 (10.94%) BGP
11 27 (10.19%) EIGRP
11 27 (10.19%) OSPF
12 18 (6.79%) Cisco ASA
13 13 (4.91%) SD-WAN
14 12 (4.53%) VoIP
15 11 (4.15%) SAN
16 9 (3.40%) Internet
17 7 (2.64%) IP Telephony
17 7 (2.64%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.28%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.26%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.51%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.13%) MySQL
4 3 (1.13%) Neo4j
5 2 (0.75%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.75%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.75%) KNIME
5 2 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.75%) Power BI
6 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.26%) Git
2 5 (1.89%) JIRA
3 4 (1.51%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.13%) GitLab
General
1 92 (34.72%) Social Skills
2 24 (9.06%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (7.92%) Manufacturing
4 19 (7.17%) Telecoms
5 10 (3.77%) Finance
6 9 (3.40%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.64%) Law
8 6 (2.26%) Retail
9 5 (1.89%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.51%) Banking
10 4 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.51%) Legal
10 4 (1.51%) Marketing
11 3 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.38%) Aviation
13 1 (0.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 60 (22.64%) Senior
2 51 (19.25%) IT Engineer
3 46 (17.36%) Network Engineer
4 43 (16.23%) IT Support
4 43 (16.23%) Support Engineer
5 38 (14.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 21 (7.92%) Administrator
6 21 (7.92%) Analyst
6 21 (7.92%) IT Technician
7 19 (7.17%) IT Support Engineer
7 19 (7.17%) Senior Network Engineer
8 18 (6.79%) IT Support Technician
8 18 (6.79%) Support Technician
9 17 (6.42%) Field Engineer
9 17 (6.42%) Field Service Engineer
9 17 (6.42%) Lead
10 16 (6.04%) Senior Support Engineer
10 16 (6.04%) Systems Administrator
10 16 (6.04%) Technical Support
11 15 (5.66%) Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.42%) Terraform
2 6 (2.26%) Middleware
3 4 (1.51%) COM
3 4 (1.51%) DCOM
3 4 (1.51%) LDAP
3 4 (1.51%) YAML
4 2 (0.75%) Pulumi
4 2 (0.75%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (0.75%) REST
5 1 (0.38%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.19%) Driving Licence
2 20 (7.55%) Data Centre
3 13 (4.91%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.53%) Security Posture
5 11 (4.15%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (4.15%) Operational Technology
6 10 (3.77%) CCTV
6 10 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (3.40%) Clustering
8 8 (3.02%) Smartphone
9 7 (2.64%) IoT
9 7 (2.64%) PKI
9 7 (2.64%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.89%) Cyber Security Posture
10 5 (1.89%) Replication
10 5 (1.89%) SCADA
11 4 (1.51%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.51%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.51%) PMI
11 4 (1.51%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 141 (53.21%) Windows
2 92 (34.72%) Windows Server
3 52 (19.62%) Linux
4 25 (9.43%) Android
4 25 (9.43%) Apple iOS
4 25 (9.43%) Windows 10
5 13 (4.91%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.89%) Solaris
7 4 (1.51%) VMS
8 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.38%) CentOS
9 1 (0.38%) Debian
9 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (25.66%) Continuous Improvement
2 66 (24.91%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (23.40%) Cybersecurity
4 59 (22.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 51 (19.25%) Disaster Recovery
6 48 (18.11%) Customer Service
6 48 (18.11%) ITIL
7 37 (13.96%) Mentoring
7 37 (13.96%) Migration
8 33 (12.45%) Service Delivery
9 30 (11.32%) Project Delivery
10 26 (9.81%) ITSM
11 24 (9.06%) Proactive Monitoring
12 23 (8.68%) Vulnerability Management
13 21 (7.92%) High Availability
13 21 (7.92%) Incident Response
13 21 (7.92%) Stakeholder Management
14 20 (7.55%) Technical Leadership
15 19 (7.17%) AI
16 18 (6.79%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (22.64%) PowerShell
2 48 (18.11%) SQL
3 25 (9.43%) Python
4 12 (4.53%) VBA
5 10 (3.77%) Bash
6 5 (1.89%) Bicep
7 3 (1.13%) C#
7 3 (1.13%) Java
7 3 (1.13%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 40 (15.09%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (12.45%) Degree
3 30 (11.32%) CCNP
4 28 (10.57%) Security Cleared
5 25 (9.43%) CCNA
6 23 (8.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (8.30%) SC Cleared
8 10 (3.77%) Azure Certification
8 10 (3.77%) CISSP
8 10 (3.77%) MCSE
9 7 (2.64%) CISM
9 7 (2.64%) MCSA
9 7 (2.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (2.26%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (1.51%) A+ Certification
11 4 (1.51%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.51%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.75%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.38%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (12.45%) SLA
2 27 (10.19%) Cyber Essentials
3 24 (9.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.40%) GDPR
5 8 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (2.26%) NIST
7 4 (1.51%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.75%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.75%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.38%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 93 (35.09%) Active Directory
2 72 (27.17%) Hyper-V
3 55 (20.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.40%) Firmware
4 9 (3.40%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (3.40%) vSphere
5 6 (2.26%) Docker
6 5 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.38%) FreeRADIUS
7 1 (0.38%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 35 (13.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.02%) Ansible
3 7 (2.64%) FortiGate
3 7 (2.64%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.13%) Galera Cluster
4 3 (1.13%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.75%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.75%) Grafana
5 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (0.75%) Nessus
5 2 (0.75%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.38%) Podman
6 1 (0.38%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.38%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.38%) Puppet
Vendors
1 144 (54.34%) Microsoft
2 75 (28.30%) Cisco
3 64 (24.15%) VMware
4 24 (9.06%) Fortinet
5 21 (7.92%) SonicWALL
5 21 (7.92%) Sophos
6 17 (6.42%) Logitech
6 17 (6.42%) TOWER Software
7 14 (5.28%) Meraki
8 13 (4.91%) Veeam
9 11 (4.15%) WatchGuard
10 10 (3.77%) Aruba
11 9 (3.40%) Citrix
11 9 (3.40%) HP
11 9 (3.40%) Palo Alto
12 8 (3.02%) Mitel
13 7 (2.64%) Draytek
13 7 (2.64%) Ubiquiti
14 6 (2.26%) Dell
14 6 (2.26%) ServiceNow