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 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 63 41
Rank change year-on-year -60 -22 +51
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 152 201 525
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.19% 4.02% 4.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.29% 24.28% 33.63%
Number of salaries quoted 109 169 478
10th Percentile £30,400 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,674 £32,500 £34,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £68,000 £57,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £51,750 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -1.43% +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 1,636 828 1,561
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.85% 16.57% 13.57%
Number of salaries quoted 453 471 1,299
10th Percentile £27,360 £27,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% -1.16%
75th Percentile £57,000 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £64,000
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 1 May 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 1 May 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 -69 86 £55,500 +23.33% 30
East Midlands -30 66 £42,500 +3.03% 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 31 (20.39%) SharePoint
2 16 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.32%) Confluence
4 1 (0.66%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.97%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 65 (42.76%) Azure
2 63 (41.45%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (32.24%) Entra ID
4 19 (12.50%) AWS
5 10 (6.58%) Mimecast
6 8 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (3.95%) OneDrive
8 5 (3.29%) GCP
8 5 (3.29%) IaaS
9 4 (2.63%) Google Workspace
9 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.97%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.97%) PaaS
10 3 (1.97%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.97%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.97%) PowerApps
11 2 (1.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (1.32%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (1.32%) Pulumi
11 2 (1.32%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 57 (37.50%) WAN
2 48 (31.58%) LAN
3 39 (25.66%) VPN
4 20 (13.16%) Network Security
5 18 (11.84%) DNS
5 18 (11.84%) SD-WAN
6 16 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (7.24%) Wireless
8 10 (6.58%) Internet
9 8 (5.26%) DHCP
9 8 (5.26%) TCP/IP
9 8 (5.26%) VLAN
9 8 (5.26%) VoIP
10 7 (4.61%) SAN
11 6 (3.95%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (3.95%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (3.29%) BGP
12 5 (3.29%) MQTT
13 4 (2.63%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (2.63%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.26%) GIS
2 6 (3.95%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.97%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.97%) MySQL
3 3 (1.97%) Neo4j
4 2 (1.32%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (0.66%) JIRA
General
1 29 (19.08%) Social Skills
2 15 (9.87%) Finance
3 11 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (4.61%) Manufacturing
5 6 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.29%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.63%) Law
8 3 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.97%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.66%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.66%) Marketing
10 1 (0.66%) Military
10 1 (0.66%) Retail
Job Titles
1 43 (28.29%) Support Engineer
2 29 (19.08%) IT Support
3 26 (17.11%) IT Engineer
4 25 (16.45%) Senior
5 20 (13.16%) IT Support Engineer
6 19 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
7 18 (11.84%) Analyst
8 15 (9.87%) Technical Support
8 15 (9.87%) Technical Support Engineer
9 14 (9.21%) Architect
10 13 (8.55%) Network Analyst
10 13 (8.55%) Network Engineer
11 12 (7.89%) Firewall Specialist
11 12 (7.89%) Technical Specialist
12 10 (6.58%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 10 (6.58%) 2nd Line Support
12 10 (6.58%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 9 (5.92%) Administrator
13 9 (5.92%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 21 (13.82%) Data Centre
2 11 (7.24%) Driving Licence
3 6 (3.95%) Clustering
3 6 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (3.95%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.95%) Smartphone
4 5 (3.29%) IoT
4 5 (3.29%) Operational Technology
5 4 (2.63%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.97%) CCTV
6 3 (1.97%) Replication
7 2 (1.32%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.32%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (1.32%) PKI
7 2 (1.32%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.66%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.66%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 63 (41.45%) Windows
2 32 (21.05%) Windows Server
3 19 (12.50%) Linux
4 11 (7.24%) Windows 10
5 10 (6.58%) Android
5 10 (6.58%) Apple iOS
6 6 (3.95%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.32%) CentOS
7 2 (1.32%) Debian
7 2 (1.32%) Solaris
7 2 (1.32%) VMS
7 2 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.66%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (24.34%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (21.71%) ITIL
3 28 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 24 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 23 (15.13%) Cybersecurity
6 22 (14.47%) Proactive Monitoring
7 21 (13.82%) SIEM
8 18 (11.84%) Migration
9 15 (9.87%) High Availability
10 14 (9.21%) Customer Service
11 12 (7.89%) Disaster Recovery
12 11 (7.24%) Mobile Device Management
12 11 (7.24%) Service Delivery
13 9 (5.92%) Incident Management
13 9 (5.92%) Mentoring
14 8 (5.26%) Impact Assessments
14 8 (5.26%) Patch Management
14 8 (5.26%) Roadmaps
14 8 (5.26%) TOGAF
15 7 (4.61%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 22 (14.47%) PowerShell
2 14 (9.21%) SQL
3 7 (4.61%) Bash
4 5 (3.29%) Python
5 4 (2.63%) Bicep
6 2 (1.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (15.13%) SC Cleared
1 23 (15.13%) Security Cleared
2 20 (13.16%) Degree
3 14 (9.21%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (9.21%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (7.24%) CCNP
5 9 (5.92%) A+ Certification
6 6 (3.95%) CCNA
6 6 (3.95%) DBS Check
6 6 (3.95%) MCITP
7 5 (3.29%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (3.29%) CTC Cleared
8 4 (2.63%) CISSP
8 4 (2.63%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (1.97%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.32%) MCSA
10 2 (1.32%) MCSE
10 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.66%) CCIE
11 1 (0.66%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (15.13%) SLA
2 11 (7.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (5.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (3.29%) NIST
5 2 (1.32%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.66%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.66%) GDPR
6 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 58 (38.16%) Active Directory
2 41 (26.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (14.47%) Hyper-V
4 8 (5.26%) vSphere
5 4 (2.63%) Terminal Services
6 3 (1.97%) Docker
6 3 (1.97%) Firmware
7 2 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.66%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 17 (11.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (5.92%) Terraform
3 5 (3.29%) Ansible
4 4 (2.63%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.97%) Galera Cluster
5 3 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.97%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.32%) CASB
6 2 (1.32%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.32%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.32%) Puppet
7 1 (0.66%) Nessus
7 1 (0.66%) Podman
Vendors
1 72 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 52 (34.21%) Cisco
3 45 (29.61%) VMware
4 24 (15.79%) Juniper
5 16 (10.53%) Dell
6 15 (9.87%) HP
6 15 (9.87%) McAfee
7 10 (6.58%) Aruba
7 10 (6.58%) Fortinet
8 8 (5.26%) Veeam
9 7 (4.61%) Meraki
10 6 (3.95%) SonicWALL
11 5 (3.29%) Google
11 5 (3.29%) Logitech
11 5 (3.29%) Sophos
11 5 (3.29%) TOWER Software
12 3 (1.97%) CheckPoint
12 3 (1.97%) ConnectWise
12 3 (1.97%) Zscaler
13 2 (1.32%) Red Hat