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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 68 34
Rank change year-on-year +6 -34 +51
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 203 314 308
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.33% 3.68% 6.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.62% 27.96% 31.02%
Number of salaries quoted 160 184 282
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,325 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,750 £32,500 £37,090
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £58,063 £55,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £67,065 £77,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -

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 663 1,123 993
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.88% 13.15% 20.26%
Number of salaries quoted 473 452 812
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £29,788
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £45,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +3.45% -8.42%
75th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £69,750 £72,375 £68,625
England median annual salary £40,000 £53,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -25.23% +3.88% -1.90%

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 2025. 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 +8 142 £50,000 +7.53% 49
East Midlands +2 61 £37,500 -6.25% 18
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 33 (16.26%) Confluence
2 23 (11.33%) SharePoint
3 22 (10.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.96%) nginx
4 6 (2.96%) WinCC
5 4 (1.97%) FactoryTalk
6 2 (0.99%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 6 (2.96%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 4 (1.97%) CATIA
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 91 (44.83%) Azure
2 81 (39.90%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (23.65%) AWS
4 35 (17.24%) Entra ID
5 30 (14.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 27 (13.30%) Amazon EC2
6 27 (13.30%) Amazon ELB
6 27 (13.30%) Amazon S3
6 27 (13.30%) AWS KMS
6 27 (13.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 21 (10.34%) Amazon Glacier
8 9 (4.43%) SaaS
9 6 (2.96%) Amazon ECS
9 6 (2.96%) iPaaS
9 6 (2.96%) Nutanix
9 6 (2.96%) Route 53
10 5 (2.46%) GCP
10 5 (2.46%) IaaS
10 5 (2.46%) PaaS
11 4 (1.97%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 70 (34.48%) DNS
2 67 (33.00%) WAN
3 55 (27.09%) LAN
4 50 (24.63%) VPN
5 41 (20.20%) DHCP
6 33 (16.26%) TCP/IP
6 33 (16.26%) VLAN
7 32 (15.76%) SD-WAN
8 31 (15.27%) Wi-Fi
9 22 (10.84%) Network Security
10 21 (10.34%) HTTP
11 20 (9.85%) SSH
12 18 (8.87%) FTP
12 18 (8.87%) SMTP
13 15 (7.39%) SAN
14 11 (5.42%) Cisco Nexus
15 9 (4.43%) Modbus
15 9 (4.43%) MPLS
16 8 (3.94%) Cisco ASA
16 8 (3.94%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (13.79%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (2.96%) Amazon Aurora
2 6 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.48%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 36 (17.73%) JIRA
2 28 (13.79%) Git
2 28 (13.79%) Jenkins
3 27 (13.30%) Vagrant
4 7 (3.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 67 (33.00%) Social Skills
2 28 (13.79%) Public Sector
3 15 (7.39%) Documentation Skills
4 14 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
5 11 (5.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (4.93%) Finance
7 9 (4.43%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (4.43%) Law
7 9 (4.43%) Manufacturing
8 7 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.45%) Retail
8 7 (3.45%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.97%) Back Office
10 3 (1.48%) Billing
10 3 (1.48%) Marketing
10 3 (1.48%) Publishing
11 2 (0.99%) Legal
12 1 (0.49%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.49%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 59 (29.06%) Support Engineer
2 50 (24.63%) IT Support
3 44 (21.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 35 (17.24%) IT Engineer
5 30 (14.78%) Senior
6 28 (13.79%) IT Support Engineer
7 24 (11.82%) Network Engineer
8 20 (9.85%) Infrastructure Support
8 20 (9.85%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 19 (9.36%) 2nd Line Support
10 18 (8.87%) Analyst
10 18 (8.87%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 18 (8.87%) Technical Engineer
11 16 (7.88%) DevOps Engineer
12 13 (6.40%) Technical Support
12 13 (6.40%) Technical Support Engineer
13 11 (5.42%) Architect
13 11 (5.42%) AWS Engineer
14 10 (4.93%) 3rd Line Support
14 10 (4.93%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.96%) LDAP
2 3 (1.48%) EDI
3 1 (0.49%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (15.27%) Driving Licence
2 27 (13.30%) Data Centre
3 20 (9.85%) Replication
4 15 (7.39%) Operational Technology
5 10 (4.93%) Onboarding
5 10 (4.93%) SCADA
6 8 (3.94%) Clustering
6 8 (3.94%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (3.94%) Security Posture
7 7 (3.45%) CCTV
7 7 (3.45%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (2.46%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.48%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.99%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.99%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.99%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 122 (60.10%) Windows
2 52 (25.62%) Windows Server
3 46 (22.66%) Linux
4 29 (14.29%) VMS
5 25 (12.32%) Windows 10
6 18 (8.87%) Amazon Linux
7 16 (7.88%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (7.39%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (3.45%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.99%) AIX
10 2 (0.99%) Android
10 2 (0.99%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.49%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.49%) Unix
11 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (26.11%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (25.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 34 (16.75%) DevOps
4 31 (15.27%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (14.78%) Change Management
5 30 (14.78%) ITIL
6 28 (13.79%) Cloud Security
6 28 (13.79%) Configuration Management
7 26 (12.81%) Customer Service
8 22 (10.84%) Patch Management
9 21 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
9 21 (10.34%) SIEM
10 17 (8.37%) High Availability
11 15 (7.39%) Proactive Monitoring
12 14 (6.90%) Platform Engineering
13 13 (6.40%) Migration
14 12 (5.91%) Incident Response
15 11 (5.42%) Network Design
16 10 (4.93%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 38 (18.72%) PowerShell
2 32 (15.76%) Python
3 27 (13.30%) Groovy
4 13 (6.40%) SQL
5 12 (5.91%) Java
5 12 (5.91%) Perl
6 3 (1.48%) Bash
7 2 (0.99%) Ladder Logic
8 1 (0.49%) Bicep
8 1 (0.49%) Go
8 1 (0.49%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.49%) VB
8 1 (0.49%) VBA
Qualifications
1 39 (19.21%) Security Cleared
2 38 (18.72%) Cisco Certification
2 38 (18.72%) SC Cleared
3 33 (16.26%) Degree
4 26 (12.81%) CCNP
5 24 (11.82%) CCNA
6 15 (7.39%) Azure Certification
7 13 (6.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (4.93%) AWS Certification
9 8 (3.94%) MCSA
10 7 (3.45%) MCP
10 7 (3.45%) MCSE
11 4 (1.97%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (1.48%) CEH
12 3 (1.48%) CISSP
12 3 (1.48%) DV Cleared
12 3 (1.48%) HND
12 3 (1.48%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (0.99%) A+ Certification
13 2 (0.99%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.36%) SLA
2 13 (6.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (4.93%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (3.94%) GDPR
5 6 (2.96%) IEC 61508
5 6 (2.96%) QA
6 5 (2.46%) NIST
7 4 (1.97%) IEC 61131
8 3 (1.48%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.99%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 94 (46.31%) Active Directory
2 44 (21.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (19.21%) Hyper-V
4 20 (9.85%) Docker
5 19 (9.36%) DFS Replication
6 6 (2.96%) Dovecot
6 6 (2.96%) Postfix
6 6 (2.96%) Squid
7 5 (2.46%) vSphere
7 5 (2.46%) XenApp
8 3 (1.48%) Firmware
8 3 (1.48%) Terminal Services
8 3 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 37 (18.23%) Terraform
2 28 (13.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 27 (13.30%) Grafana
3 27 (13.30%) Prometheus
4 12 (5.91%) Ansible
5 9 (4.43%) Nessus
6 6 (2.96%) Failover Clustering
6 6 (2.96%) FortiGate
6 6 (2.96%) Proxmox
6 6 (2.96%) SCCM
7 3 (1.48%) Autotask
7 3 (1.48%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (0.99%) Endace
8 2 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.49%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.49%) Nagios
9 1 (0.49%) Puppet
9 1 (0.49%) QRadar
9 1 (0.49%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 79 (38.92%) Microsoft
2 75 (36.95%) Cisco
3 53 (26.11%) VMware
4 36 (17.73%) Juniper
5 30 (14.78%) ServiceNow
6 25 (12.32%) Meraki
7 19 (9.36%) Fortinet
8 17 (8.37%) Dell
9 13 (6.40%) McAfee
10 12 (5.91%) Aruba
10 12 (5.91%) Veeam
11 10 (4.93%) HP
11 10 (4.93%) SonicWALL
12 7 (3.45%) Draytek
12 7 (3.45%) Mitel
12 7 (3.45%) WatchGuard
13 6 (2.96%) Jaspersoft
13 6 (2.96%) Palo Alto
13 6 (2.96%) Rockwell
13 6 (2.96%) Siemens