Firewall Jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne

Firewall
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firewall over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 36 32
Rank change year-on-year +1 -4 +31
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 12 47 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 3.65% 4.54% 6.92%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 34.29% 31.54% 33.97%
Number of salaries quoted 12 45 53
10th Percentile £31,689 £36,250 £32,748
25th Percentile £35,313 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,125 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - +13.33%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £48,750
90th Percentile - £72,500 £71,600
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% - +13.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 35 149 156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 10.64% 14.40% 20.37%
Number of salaries quoted 29 141 87
10th Percentile £25,087 £25,000 £31,050
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +41.25% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £53,750 £50,438
90th Percentile £82,500 £67,968 £71,750
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £25,087 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -37.28% -5.88% +1.19%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Newcastle upon Tyne

Firewall
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Salary trend for Firewall in Newcastle upon Tyne

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Newcastle upon Tyne

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) VPN
2 6 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 6 (50.00%) Network Security
3 2 (16.67%) Internet
3 2 (16.67%) Unified Communications
3 2 (16.67%) WAN
3 2 (16.67%) Wireless
4 1 (8.33%) DHCP
4 1 (8.33%) DNS
4 1 (8.33%) NAS
4 1 (8.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) EDMS
General
1 5 (41.67%) Manufacturing
1 5 (41.67%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Law
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Security Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Network Security Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) IT Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Applications Support
4 2 (16.67%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) IT Security Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Architect
5 1 (8.33%) IT Security Specialist
5 1 (8.33%) IT Support
5 1 (8.33%) IT Support Specialist
5 1 (8.33%) IT Technician
5 1 (8.33%) Security Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Security Specialist
5 1 (8.33%) Senior IT Technician
5 1 (8.33%) Support Specialist
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Specialist
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Support
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Housing Association
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (8.33%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Business Continuity
2 6 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 6 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 5 (41.67%) BCP
3 5 (41.67%) Business Continuity Planning
3 5 (41.67%) Identity Access Management
3 5 (41.67%) SIEM
4 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (16.67%) Change Control
5 2 (16.67%) Information Security
5 2 (16.67%) IT Strategy
5 2 (16.67%) Project Management
5 2 (16.67%) Trend Analysis
6 1 (8.33%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
6 1 (8.33%) Security Architecture
6 1 (8.33%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (16.67%) Progress 4GL
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) CCDA
1 1 (8.33%) CCNA
1 1 (8.33%) CCNP
1 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (8.33%) CISM
1 1 (8.33%) CISSP
1 1 (8.33%) GIAC
1 1 (8.33%) MCSD
1 1 (8.33%) MCSE
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (50.00%) GDPR
2 6 (50.00%) NIST
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (8.33%) ISO 9001
3 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
3 1 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (25.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Capita
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco
2 2 (16.67%) Progress
2 2 (16.67%) Sun
2 2 (16.67%) VMware