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 citing Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 88 66
Rank change year-on-year -34 -22 -7
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 303 292 361
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.25% 3.18% 2.85%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.65% 20.56% 31.17%
Number of salaries quoted 233 204 203
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £38,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £33,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -32.50% +3.54%
75th Percentile £58,750 £49,625 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,750 £62,500 £69,750
England median annual salary £51,731 £45,285 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.24% -13.74% -2.78%

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 citing communications or computer networking skills in the North of England.

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills 1,542 1,420 1,158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.37% 15.48% 9.15%
Number of salaries quoted 834 841 606
10th Percentile £27,250 - £29,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £25,087 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £30,000 £45,096
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -33.48% -0.34%
75th Percentile £63,750 £45,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% -

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 24 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 24 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
North West +27 170 £40,000 +4.58% 92
Yorkshire -56 103 £40,000 +14.29% 35
North East -77 30 £40,000 +26.98% 22
Firewall
England

Firewall Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1DNS31.7%96
2VPN30.7%93
3DHCP25.1%76
4TCP/IP23.4%71
5VLAN19.5%59
6WAN18.8%57
7Wi-Fi17.2%52
8LAN16.5%50
9Network Security16.2%49
10VoIP12.5%38
11Wireless10.2%31
12SD-WAN8.3%25
13BGP7.6%23
14OSPF5.3%16
14Structured Cabling5.3%16
16Cisco Firepower4.3%13
17Intrusion Detection4.0%12
18Cisco ASA3.6%11
18NGFW3.6%11
18VXLAN3.6%11
148 Firewall jobs in the North of England