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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 62 39
Rank change year-on-year -56 -23 +54
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 151 207 504
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.32% 4.30% 4.70%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.46% 27.79% 33.44%
Number of salaries quoted 112 177 463
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,063 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,079 £56,250
90th Percentile £66,500 £62,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +8.16% -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 1,597 745 1,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.97% 15.47% 14.06%
Number of salaries quoted 425 449 1,270
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £30,330
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £48,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.08% +12.94% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £52,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.27% +9.47% -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 8 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 8 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 -50 92 £55,500 +23.33% 37
East Midlands -47 59 £35,000 -22.22% 25
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 31 (20.53%) SharePoint
2 18 (11.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.99%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 64 (42.38%) Azure
1 64 (42.38%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (35.10%) Entra ID
3 20 (13.25%) AWS
4 8 (5.30%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (3.97%) IaaS
5 6 (3.97%) OneDrive
6 5 (3.31%) GCP
6 5 (3.31%) Mimecast
7 4 (2.65%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (2.65%) Google Workspace
7 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (2.65%) PaaS
8 3 (1.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (1.99%) Datadog
8 3 (1.99%) SaaS
9 2 (1.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.32%) Nutanix
9 2 (1.32%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 58 (38.41%) WAN
2 50 (33.11%) LAN
3 41 (27.15%) VPN
4 22 (14.57%) SD-WAN
5 20 (13.25%) DNS
6 19 (12.58%) Network Security
7 13 (8.61%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (7.95%) Wireless
9 9 (5.96%) Cisco ASA
9 9 (5.96%) DHCP
9 9 (5.96%) TCP/IP
9 9 (5.96%) VoIP
10 7 (4.64%) Internet
11 6 (3.97%) Intrusion Detection
11 6 (3.97%) IP Telephony
11 6 (3.97%) VLAN
11 6 (3.97%) WebEx
12 5 (3.31%) BGP
12 5 (3.31%) Cisco Nexus
12 5 (3.31%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.30%) GIS
2 4 (2.65%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.99%) MySQL
3 3 (1.99%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 4 (2.65%) JIRA
General
1 29 (19.21%) Social Skills
2 16 (10.60%) Finance
3 8 (5.30%) Manufacturing
4 7 (4.64%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (4.64%) Telecoms
5 6 (3.97%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.65%) Law
8 3 (1.99%) Marketing
8 3 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.99%) Retail
9 1 (0.66%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 48 (31.79%) Support Engineer
2 34 (22.52%) IT Support
3 27 (17.88%) IT Engineer
4 26 (17.22%) IT Support Engineer
5 23 (15.23%) Senior
6 21 (13.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 20 (13.25%) Technical Engineer
8 19 (12.58%) Analyst
9 16 (10.60%) Technical Support
9 16 (10.60%) Technical Support Engineer
10 14 (9.27%) Architect
10 14 (9.27%) Network Engineer
11 10 (6.62%) Network Analyst
11 10 (6.62%) Security Engineer
12 8 (5.30%) 2nd Line Support
12 8 (5.30%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 8 (5.30%) Digital Architect
12 8 (5.30%) Firewall Specialist
12 8 (5.30%) Senior Network Engineer
12 8 (5.30%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 21 (13.91%) Data Centre
2 17 (11.26%) Driving Licence
3 7 (4.64%) CCTV
3 7 (4.64%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.31%) Operational Technology
5 4 (2.65%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.65%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.99%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.99%) Clustering
6 3 (1.99%) IoT
6 3 (1.99%) PKI
6 3 (1.99%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (1.99%) Replication
6 3 (1.99%) SCADA
6 3 (1.99%) Smartphone
7 2 (1.32%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (1.32%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.66%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.66%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 62 (41.06%) Windows
2 38 (25.17%) Windows Server
3 17 (11.26%) Linux
4 9 (5.96%) Windows 10
5 5 (3.31%) Android
5 5 (3.31%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.65%) Ubuntu
6 4 (2.65%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.99%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.66%) CentOS
8 1 (0.66%) Debian
8 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (23.84%) ITIL
2 35 (23.18%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (17.22%) Cybersecurity
4 25 (16.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (15.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 23 (15.23%) SIEM
7 19 (12.58%) Proactive Monitoring
8 15 (9.93%) Migration
9 13 (8.61%) High Availability
10 12 (7.95%) Mentoring
11 11 (7.28%) Customer Service
12 10 (6.62%) Service Delivery
13 9 (5.96%) Incident Management
13 9 (5.96%) ITSM
13 9 (5.96%) Mobile Device Management
14 8 (5.30%) Impact Assessments
14 8 (5.30%) Technical Leadership
14 8 (5.30%) Time Management
14 8 (5.30%) TOGAF
15 7 (4.64%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.93%) PowerShell
2 8 (5.30%) SQL
3 5 (3.31%) Bash
4 4 (2.65%) Bicep
5 1 (0.66%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.66%) VB
5 1 (0.66%) VBA
Qualifications
1 23 (15.23%) Degree
1 23 (15.23%) SC Cleared
1 23 (15.23%) Security Cleared
2 22 (14.57%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (10.60%) CCNP
3 16 (10.60%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (8.61%) CCNA
5 7 (4.64%) A+ Certification
6 6 (3.97%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (3.97%) MCITP
6 6 (3.97%) MCSA
6 6 (3.97%) MCSE
6 6 (3.97%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 5 (3.31%) CTC Cleared
7 5 (3.31%) DBS Check
8 4 (2.65%) CISSP
9 3 (1.99%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.99%) HND
10 2 (1.32%) GSEC
10 2 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (15.23%) SLA
2 14 (9.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (8.61%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (5.96%) NIST
5 3 (1.99%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.32%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 59 (39.07%) Active Directory
2 44 (29.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (17.22%) Hyper-V
4 9 (5.96%) vSphere
5 4 (2.65%) Terminal Services
6 3 (1.99%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.99%) XenApp
7 2 (1.32%) Firmware
7 2 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (15.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (5.30%) Terraform
3 4 (2.65%) Ansible
3 4 (2.65%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.99%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.99%) Galera Cluster
4 3 (1.99%) vCenter Server
5 2 (1.32%) CASB
5 2 (1.32%) Nessus
6 1 (0.66%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.66%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.66%) Puppet
6 1 (0.66%) QRadar
6 1 (0.66%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 66 (43.71%) Microsoft
2 61 (40.40%) Cisco
3 52 (34.44%) VMware
4 26 (17.22%) Juniper
5 17 (11.26%) Dell
6 16 (10.60%) McAfee
7 13 (8.61%) HP
7 13 (8.61%) Meraki
8 12 (7.95%) Fortinet
9 9 (5.96%) Veeam
10 8 (5.30%) Aruba
10 8 (5.30%) Google
11 6 (3.97%) Draytek
11 6 (3.97%) Mitel
11 6 (3.97%) SonicWALL
11 6 (3.97%) WatchGuard
12 4 (2.65%) CheckPoint
13 3 (1.99%) Citrix
13 3 (1.99%) IBM
13 3 (1.99%) ServiceNow