NGFW Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring NGFW skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 50 59
Rank change year-on-year -6 +9 -
Permanent jobs citing NGFW 1 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 0.18% 1.12% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.45% 5.80% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £49,700 -
25th Percentile - £52,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £56,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% -13.08% -
75th Percentile - £60,750 £67,500
90th Percentile - £63,300 -
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £57,000 £56,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.88% -13.08% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 29 69 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 5.12% 19.27% 12.57%
Number of salaries quoted 23 60 63
10th Percentile £35,150 £35,000 £28,100
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +26.32% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £88,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £69,600 £92,000 £77,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £45,500 £57,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -20.87% +21.05% +2.15%

NGFW
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

NGFW job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

NGFW
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing NGFW.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing NGFW

NGFW
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) BIG-IP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) ICMP
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Availability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) VMware