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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 66 67
Rank change year-on-year -22 +1 -28
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 264 228 329
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.67% 4.06% 3.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.77% 27.21% 29.77%
Number of salaries quoted 201 177 191
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,750 £29,309
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £48,800
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -7.79% +3.83%
75th Percentile £60,250 £57,200 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £52,000 £46,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year +11.83% -7.92% -3.81%

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 858 838 1,105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.44% 14.93% 11.41%
Number of salaries quoted 633 497 524
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £36,500 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.29% -17.98% +2.89%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,250 £71,250 £70,875
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -20.79% -3.81%

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 30 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 30 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 -48 141 £55,000 +15.79% 57
East Midlands +12 123 £42,500 +10.39% 31
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 38 (14.39%) SharePoint
2 36 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (6.06%) IIS
4 8 (3.03%) Apache
4 8 (3.03%) nginx
Applications
1 12 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.76%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.38%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 119 (45.08%) Microsoft 365
2 118 (44.70%) Azure
3 86 (32.58%) Entra ID
4 39 (14.77%) AWS
5 26 (9.85%) Mimecast
6 14 (5.30%) GCP
7 10 (3.79%) Power Automate
8 9 (3.41%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (3.03%) Microsoft Copilot
9 8 (3.03%) SaaS
10 6 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.27%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (2.27%) Cloudflare
10 6 (2.27%) OneDrive
11 5 (1.89%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (1.52%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.76%) GitHub
13 2 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (0.76%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.76%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 101 (38.26%) VPN
2 87 (32.95%) DNS
3 74 (28.03%) WAN
4 72 (27.27%) LAN
5 67 (25.38%) DHCP
6 52 (19.70%) TCP/IP
7 49 (18.56%) VLAN
8 41 (15.53%) Network Security
9 35 (13.26%) Wi-Fi
9 35 (13.26%) Wireless
10 31 (11.74%) BGP
11 29 (10.98%) EIGRP
11 29 (10.98%) OSPF
12 20 (7.58%) Cisco ASA
13 12 (4.55%) SD-WAN
14 11 (4.17%) VoIP
15 10 (3.79%) IP Telephony
15 10 (3.79%) SAN
16 8 (3.03%) Internet
17 6 (2.27%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.92%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.52%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.76%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.76%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (0.76%) KNIME
4 2 (0.76%) MySQL
4 2 (0.76%) Neo4j
4 2 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.76%) Power BI
5 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.27%) Git
2 5 (1.89%) JIRA
3 4 (1.52%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.14%) GitLab
General
1 93 (35.23%) Social Skills
2 23 (8.71%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (8.33%) Telecoms
4 19 (7.20%) Manufacturing
5 9 (3.41%) Finance
6 7 (2.65%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.27%) Retail
8 5 (1.89%) Aerospace
8 5 (1.89%) Law
8 5 (1.89%) Legal
9 4 (1.52%) Banking
9 4 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.52%) Marketing
10 3 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.38%) Aviation
12 1 (0.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 63 (23.86%) Senior
2 56 (21.21%) IT Engineer
3 48 (18.18%) IT Support
4 46 (17.42%) Network Engineer
5 44 (16.67%) Support Engineer
6 35 (13.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 22 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
7 22 (8.33%) IT Technician
8 21 (7.95%) Administrator
9 20 (7.58%) IT Support Technician
9 20 (7.58%) Senior Network Engineer
9 20 (7.58%) Support Technician
10 19 (7.20%) Analyst
10 19 (7.20%) Field Engineer
10 19 (7.20%) Field Service Engineer
11 18 (6.82%) Lead
11 18 (6.82%) Senior Support Engineer
12 16 (6.06%) Systems Administrator
13 15 (5.68%) Technical Support
14 13 (4.92%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.44%) Terraform
2 6 (2.27%) Middleware
3 4 (1.52%) COM
3 4 (1.52%) DCOM
3 4 (1.52%) LDAP
3 4 (1.52%) YAML
4 2 (0.76%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.76%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (0.76%) REST
5 1 (0.38%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.74%) Driving Licence
2 19 (7.20%) Data Centre
3 12 (4.55%) CCTV
3 12 (4.55%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.55%) Security Posture
4 11 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 11 (4.17%) Operational Technology
5 10 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (3.03%) Clustering
6 8 (3.03%) Smartphone
7 7 (2.65%) PKI
7 7 (2.65%) Private Cloud
8 6 (2.27%) IoT
9 5 (1.89%) Cyber Security Posture
9 5 (1.89%) PMI
9 5 (1.89%) SCADA
10 4 (1.52%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.52%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.52%) Replication
10 4 (1.52%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 147 (55.68%) Windows
2 99 (37.50%) Windows Server
3 54 (20.45%) Linux
4 28 (10.61%) Windows 10
5 26 (9.85%) Android
5 26 (9.85%) Apple iOS
6 12 (4.55%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.89%) Solaris
8 4 (1.52%) VMS
9 3 (1.14%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.76%) Unix
10 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.38%) CentOS
11 1 (0.38%) Debian
11 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.38%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (23.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 62 (23.48%) Cybersecurity
4 55 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 52 (19.70%) Disaster Recovery
6 51 (19.32%) ITIL
7 50 (18.94%) Customer Service
8 38 (14.39%) Migration
9 37 (14.02%) Mentoring
10 32 (12.12%) Service Delivery
11 31 (11.74%) Project Delivery
12 28 (10.61%) ITSM
13 25 (9.47%) Proactive Monitoring
14 24 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
15 22 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
16 21 (7.95%) Incident Response
17 20 (7.58%) High Availability
18 19 (7.20%) AI
18 19 (7.20%) Incident Management
18 19 (7.20%) Service Catalogue
Programming Languages
1 61 (23.11%) PowerShell
2 45 (17.05%) SQL
3 27 (10.23%) Python
4 12 (4.55%) VBA
5 10 (3.79%) Bash
6 3 (1.14%) Bicep
6 3 (1.14%) C#
6 3 (1.14%) Java
6 3 (1.14%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 44 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 34 (12.88%) CCNP
3 30 (11.36%) Degree
4 27 (10.23%) CCNA
5 26 (9.85%) Security Cleared
6 25 (9.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (7.58%) SC Cleared
8 13 (4.92%) MCSE
9 12 (4.55%) Azure Certification
10 10 (3.79%) MCSA
10 10 (3.79%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 9 (3.41%) CISSP
12 7 (2.65%) CISM
13 5 (1.89%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (1.89%) PMI Certification
14 4 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
15 3 (1.14%) A+ Certification
15 3 (1.14%) AWS Certification
16 2 (0.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (12.12%) SLA
2 30 (11.36%) Cyber Essentials
3 23 (8.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 9 (3.41%) GDPR
5 6 (2.27%) NIST
6 4 (1.52%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.76%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.76%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.38%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.38%) NCSC
8 1 (0.38%) QA
System Software
1 91 (34.47%) Active Directory
2 72 (27.27%) Hyper-V
3 54 (20.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.41%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (3.03%) Firmware
6 7 (2.65%) vSphere
7 6 (2.27%) Docker
8 5 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.38%) FreeRADIUS
9 1 (0.38%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 37 (14.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.65%) Ansible
2 7 (2.65%) FortiGate
2 7 (2.65%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.76%) Failover Clustering
3 2 (0.76%) Galera Cluster
3 2 (0.76%) Grafana
3 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Clustering
3 2 (0.76%) Nessus
3 2 (0.76%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.76%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.38%) Podman
4 1 (0.38%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.38%) Proxmox
4 1 (0.38%) Puppet
Vendors
1 144 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 74 (28.03%) Cisco
3 66 (25.00%) VMware
4 25 (9.47%) Fortinet
5 24 (9.09%) Sophos
6 21 (7.95%) SonicWALL
7 19 (7.20%) Logitech
7 19 (7.20%) TOWER Software
8 15 (5.68%) WatchGuard
9 14 (5.30%) Meraki
10 12 (4.55%) Veeam
11 11 (4.17%) Mitel
12 10 (3.79%) Aruba
12 10 (3.79%) Draytek
13 9 (3.41%) Citrix
13 9 (3.41%) HP
13 9 (3.41%) Palo Alto
14 7 (2.65%) Google
14 7 (2.65%) Ubiquiti
15 6 (2.27%) ServiceNow