NGFW Job Trends in the North East

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring NGFW skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 - 114
Rank change year-on-year - - -9
Permanent jobs citing NGFW 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.16% - 0.055%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.03% - 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,446 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 - £39,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.00%
75th Percentile £50,443 - £40,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £48,445 £56,625 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.45% +7.86% +10.53%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 99 72 255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 5.39% 12.95% 14.00%
Number of salaries quoted 76 57 232
10th Percentile £25,087 £25,087 £25,575
25th Percentile £27,750 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £44,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.46% +4.71% +4.00%
75th Percentile £48,750 £64,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £56,250 £79,800 £72,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

NGFW
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

NGFW job vacancy trend in the North East

NGFW
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing NGFW.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing NGFW

NGFW
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NGFW within the North East region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Tyne and Wear - 3 £48,445 - 2
NGFW
England

NGFW
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) VXLAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Network Operations Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Coaching
1 3 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Ansible
1 3 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Arista
1 3 (100.00%) Aruba
1 3 (100.00%) NetScout