NGFW Job Trends in the Midlands

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring NGFW skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 241 216
Rank change year-on-year - -25 +115
Permanent jobs citing NGFW 0 5 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands - 0.078% 0.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 0.52% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 14
10th Percentile - - £43,000
25th Percentile - - £46,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £48,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year - -56.36% +62.96%
75th Percentile - - £115,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £58,250 £52,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +10.95% -27.59% +61.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

NGFW 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 1,589 954 1,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.31% 14.95% 17.79%
Number of salaries quoted 423 398 880
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £36,063 £29,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £49,504 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.37% +10.01% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £66,500 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

NGFW
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NGFW relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

NGFW job vacancy trend in the Midlands

NGFW
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing NGFW.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing NGFW