Firewall Job Trends in the North of England

Firewall
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 107 68
Rank change year-on-year -18 -39 -18
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 296 279 382
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.23% 2.91% 2.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.89% 15.59% 30.37%
Number of salaries quoted 234 188 220
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £28,875 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -30.00% +3.54%
75th Percentile £58,750 £50,625 £64,063
90th Percentile £70,750 £62,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £46,500 £50,654
% change year-on-year +12.90% -8.20% -5.32%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,488 1,790 1,258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.16% 18.68% 9.27%
Number of salaries quoted 850 808 685
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,084 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £25,087 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £29,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -33.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £43,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -21.57% -2.86%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in the North of England

Firewall
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the North of England

Firewall
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the North of England region over the 6 months to 3 October 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
North West +33 162 £42,250 +12.67% 91
Yorkshire -54 108 £40,000 +11.89% 49
North East -68 26 £40,000 +23.08% 14
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 57 (19.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 51 (17.23%) SharePoint
3 12 (4.05%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 158 (53.38%) Microsoft 365
2 117 (39.53%) Azure
3 81 (27.36%) Entra ID
4 42 (14.19%) AWS
5 14 (4.73%) GCP
6 13 (4.39%) GitHub
7 12 (4.05%) IaaS
7 12 (4.05%) Power Platform
8 9 (3.04%) Mimecast
8 9 (3.04%) OneDrive
9 7 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.36%) SaaS
10 5 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.69%) Google Workspace
11 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.35%) PaaS
12 3 (1.01%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (1.01%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 2 (0.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 100 (33.78%) DNS
2 99 (33.45%) VPN
3 82 (27.70%) DHCP
4 68 (22.97%) TCP/IP
5 62 (20.95%) WAN
6 57 (19.26%) VLAN
7 54 (18.24%) LAN
7 54 (18.24%) Wi-Fi
8 51 (17.23%) Network Security
9 38 (12.84%) VoIP
10 32 (10.81%) SD-WAN
11 31 (10.47%) Wireless
12 25 (8.45%) BGP
13 19 (6.42%) OSPF
14 13 (4.39%) Cisco Firepower
14 13 (4.39%) Structured Cabling
15 11 (3.72%) Cisco ASA
15 11 (3.72%) NGFW
15 11 (3.72%) SAN
16 10 (3.38%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.68%) GIS
3 2 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (2.70%) JIRA
2 6 (2.03%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.68%) Git
3 2 (0.68%) GitLab
4 1 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 121 (40.88%) Social Skills
2 22 (7.43%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
3 10 (3.38%) Finance
3 10 (3.38%) Manufacturing
4 9 (3.04%) Law
5 7 (2.36%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.35%) Advertising
7 4 (1.35%) Banking
7 4 (1.35%) Legal
7 4 (1.35%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.68%) Aviation
8 2 (0.68%) Retail
8 2 (0.68%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.34%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.34%) Games
Job Titles
1 76 (25.68%) IT Support
2 67 (22.64%) Support Engineer
3 57 (19.26%) IT Engineer
4 49 (16.55%) IT Support Engineer
5 48 (16.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 46 (15.54%) Network Engineer
7 39 (13.18%) Senior
8 26 (8.78%) 2nd Line Support
9 25 (8.45%) Security Engineer
10 23 (7.77%) Analyst
11 17 (5.74%) Consultant
12 16 (5.41%) IT Technician
12 16 (5.41%) Support Technician
13 15 (5.07%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 14 (4.73%) IT Manager
14 14 (4.73%) Support Analyst
15 13 (4.39%) Cloud Engineer
16 12 (4.05%) Architect
16 12 (4.05%) IT Support Technician
17 11 (3.72%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (8.11%) Terraform
2 8 (2.70%) Middleware
3 7 (2.36%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (1.35%) React
5 2 (0.68%) .NET
5 2 (0.68%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.68%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.68%) Ajax
5 2 (0.68%) boto
5 2 (0.68%) CSS
5 2 (0.68%) Flask
5 2 (0.68%) HTML
5 2 (0.68%) Jinja
5 2 (0.68%) jQuery
5 2 (0.68%) Node.js
5 2 (0.68%) OpenLayers
5 2 (0.68%) SAML
5 2 (0.68%) SQLAlchemy
6 1 (0.34%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.34%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 52 (17.57%) Driving Licence
2 37 (12.50%) Data Centre
3 17 (5.74%) Onboarding
4 16 (5.41%) CCTV
5 15 (5.07%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (3.72%) Security Posture
7 10 (3.38%) Operational Technology
7 10 (3.38%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (2.36%) Life Science
9 7 (2.36%) SCADA
9 7 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (2.03%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (2.03%) Management Information System
10 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Licensing
11 5 (1.69%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.69%) Virtual Team
12 3 (1.01%) Cloud Native
12 3 (1.01%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 154 (52.03%) Windows
2 116 (39.19%) Windows Server
3 18 (6.08%) Windows 10
4 17 (5.74%) Linux
5 16 (5.41%) Android
6 13 (4.39%) Windows Server 2019
7 11 (3.72%) VMS
8 8 (2.70%) Apple iOS
8 8 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (2.03%) Mac OS
10 5 (1.69%) Ubuntu
11 3 (1.01%) Debian
12 1 (0.34%) CentOS
12 1 (0.34%) Solaris
12 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (35.47%) Problem-Solving
2 92 (31.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 60 (20.27%) Cybersecurity
4 59 (19.93%) Disaster Recovery
5 47 (15.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 47 (15.88%) Customer Service
6 34 (11.49%) ITIL
7 32 (10.81%) Migration
8 31 (10.47%) Mentoring
9 30 (10.14%) Infrastructure as Code
10 27 (9.12%) Service Delivery
11 25 (8.45%) Change Management
12 24 (8.11%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 23 (7.77%) CI/CD
14 22 (7.43%) DevOps
15 20 (6.76%) Stakeholder Management
16 18 (6.08%) Business Continuity
16 18 (6.08%) High Availability
17 17 (5.74%) Collaborative Culture
17 17 (5.74%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (15.88%) PowerShell
2 35 (11.82%) Python
3 20 (6.76%) SQL
4 11 (3.72%) Bicep
5 6 (2.03%) ActionScript
6 4 (1.35%) Go
6 4 (1.35%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.01%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.68%) Bash
8 2 (0.68%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 33 (11.15%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (8.11%) CCNA
3 15 (5.07%) Degree
4 14 (4.73%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (4.39%) Azure Certification
5 13 (4.39%) CCNP
5 13 (4.39%) SC Cleared
5 13 (4.39%) Security Cleared
6 11 (3.72%) Network+ Certification
7 8 (2.70%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.69%) CCIE
9 4 (1.35%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.01%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.68%) MCSE
12 1 (0.34%) CCSA
12 1 (0.34%) CISSP
12 1 (0.34%) GIAC
12 1 (0.34%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.47%) Cyber Essentials
1 31 (10.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (3.72%) NIST
3 9 (3.04%) SLA
4 7 (2.36%) GDPR
5 6 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.35%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.01%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.01%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.68%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.34%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.34%) NCSC
9 1 (0.34%) QA
System Software
1 126 (42.57%) Active Directory
2 55 (18.58%) Hyper-V
3 53 (17.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (3.38%) vSphere
5 8 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.03%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.69%) Docker
7 5 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (1.01%) iptables
9 2 (0.68%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.34%) Firmware
10 1 (0.34%) KVM
10 1 (0.34%) MetaFrame
10 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.34%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 64 (21.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (7.43%) FortiGate
3 12 (4.05%) Ansible
4 10 (3.38%) Kubernetes
5 6 (2.03%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (1.35%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 4 (1.35%) Puppet
6 4 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.01%) cPanel
7 3 (1.01%) Plesk
7 3 (1.01%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.68%) Autotask
8 2 (0.68%) Nessus
8 2 (0.68%) SCCM
9 1 (0.34%) VxRail
Vendors
1 175 (59.12%) Microsoft
2 68 (22.97%) VMware
3 61 (20.61%) Cisco
4 30 (10.14%) Fortinet
5 25 (8.45%) SonicWALL
6 23 (7.77%) Veeam
7 22 (7.43%) Juniper
7 22 (7.43%) Palo Alto
8 15 (5.07%) Meraki
9 11 (3.72%) Aruba
9 11 (3.72%) Google
10 10 (3.38%) F5
11 9 (3.04%) Okta
12 8 (2.70%) Apple
12 8 (2.70%) CheckPoint
13 7 (2.36%) Arista
13 7 (2.36%) iManage
14 6 (2.03%) Datto
14 6 (2.03%) Draytek
15 5 (1.69%) Atlassian