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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 98 71
Rank change year-on-year -8 -27 +1
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 322 317 470
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.53% 3.35% 2.87%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.84% 17.16% 26.61%
Number of salaries quoted 281 209 384
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -19.47% -5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% - -3.92%

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 1,246 1,847 1,766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.91% 19.54% 10.80%
Number of salaries quoted 848 842 1,343
10th Percentile £27,175 £25,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,500 £44,274
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -26.59% -6.79%
75th Percentile £62,500 £48,750 £61,180
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £70,400
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -11.46% -5.85%

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 July 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 July 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 +44 179 £42,000 +12.00% 49
Yorkshire -61 107 £42,500 +6.25% 38
North East -39 36 £45,000 +27.30% 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 67 (20.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 61 (18.94%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.73%) IIS
Applications
1 18 (5.59%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 169 (52.48%) Microsoft 365
2 153 (47.52%) Azure
3 89 (27.64%) Entra ID
4 63 (19.57%) AWS
5 20 (6.21%) GCP
5 20 (6.21%) GitHub
6 17 (5.28%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (5.28%) GitHub Actions
7 15 (4.66%) Power Platform
8 11 (3.42%) Google Workspace
8 11 (3.42%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (3.42%) SaaS
9 10 (3.11%) IaaS
9 10 (3.11%) Mimecast
10 9 (2.80%) OneDrive
11 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (1.55%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.24%) Amazon ECS
13 4 (1.24%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (1.24%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 99 (30.75%) DNS
2 95 (29.50%) VPN
3 80 (24.84%) WAN
4 79 (24.53%) TCP/IP
5 76 (23.60%) DHCP
6 69 (21.43%) VLAN
7 65 (20.19%) LAN
8 56 (17.39%) Network Security
9 44 (13.66%) Wi-Fi
10 40 (12.42%) VoIP
11 37 (11.49%) SD-WAN
12 34 (10.56%) Wireless
13 24 (7.45%) BGP
14 20 (6.21%) OSPF
15 13 (4.04%) NGFW
16 12 (3.73%) Cisco ASA
16 12 (3.73%) Cisco Nexus
16 12 (3.73%) HTTP
17 10 (3.11%) SAN
17 10 (3.11%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.21%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.86%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.62%) GIS
5 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.31%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (3.11%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.62%) Git
3 2 (0.62%) GitLab
4 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
General
1 143 (44.41%) Social Skills
2 32 (9.94%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (6.83%) Law
4 18 (5.59%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (4.35%) Telecoms
6 13 (4.04%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (4.04%) Finance
6 13 (4.04%) Public Sector
7 5 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.24%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.24%) Social Housing
9 3 (0.93%) Advertising
9 3 (0.93%) Legal
9 3 (0.93%) Retail
10 1 (0.31%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.31%) German Language
10 1 (0.31%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 77 (23.91%) IT Support
2 67 (20.81%) Support Engineer
3 52 (16.15%) IT Engineer
4 51 (15.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 50 (15.53%) Network Engineer
6 44 (13.66%) IT Support Engineer
6 44 (13.66%) Senior
7 26 (8.07%) Security Engineer
8 24 (7.45%) Analyst
9 22 (6.83%) IT Technician
10 19 (5.90%) IT Support Technician
10 19 (5.90%) Support Technician
11 17 (5.28%) 2nd Line Support
11 17 (5.28%) IT Manager
12 16 (4.97%) Consultant
12 16 (4.97%) Infrastructure Support
13 15 (4.66%) Cloud Engineer
14 14 (4.35%) DevOps Engineer
14 14 (4.35%) Senior Network Engineer
14 14 (4.35%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.11%) Elastic Stack
2 8 (2.48%) Middleware
3 7 (2.17%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (1.24%) FreeSWITCH
5 2 (0.62%) .NET
5 2 (0.62%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.62%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.62%) Ajax
5 2 (0.62%) boto
5 2 (0.62%) CSS
5 2 (0.62%) Flask
5 2 (0.62%) HTML
5 2 (0.62%) Jinja
5 2 (0.62%) jQuery
5 2 (0.62%) Node.js
5 2 (0.62%) OpenLayers
5 2 (0.62%) SAML
5 2 (0.62%) SQLAlchemy
6 1 (0.31%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.31%) React
Miscellaneous
1 51 (15.84%) Driving Licence
2 34 (10.56%) Data Centre
3 22 (6.83%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (5.28%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (4.97%) Onboarding
5 16 (4.97%) Security Posture
6 10 (3.11%) CCTV
7 8 (2.48%) Life Science
7 8 (2.48%) Linux Command Line
8 6 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Licensing
9 5 (1.55%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (1.55%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.55%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.24%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.93%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.93%) Cyberattack
11 3 (0.93%) FMCG
11 3 (0.93%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 155 (48.14%) Windows
2 112 (34.78%) Windows Server
3 31 (9.63%) Linux
3 31 (9.63%) Windows 10
4 14 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
5 11 (3.42%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (3.11%) Android
6 10 (3.11%) Mac OS
6 10 (3.11%) VMS
7 9 (2.80%) Apple iOS
7 9 (2.80%) Debian
8 7 (2.17%) Ubuntu
9 6 (1.86%) Windows 7
9 6 (1.86%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.31%) CentOS
10 1 (0.31%) Solaris
10 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (34.16%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (22.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 69 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
3 69 (21.43%) Disaster Recovery
4 57 (17.70%) Customer Service
5 47 (14.60%) Continuous Improvement
6 40 (12.42%) Infrastructure as Code
7 38 (11.80%) Mentoring
7 38 (11.80%) Service Delivery
8 36 (11.18%) ITIL
9 33 (10.25%) High Availability
10 32 (9.94%) Migration
11 31 (9.63%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 30 (9.32%) DevOps
13 27 (8.39%) CI/CD
14 25 (7.76%) Business Continuity
14 25 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
15 23 (7.14%) Incident Response
16 20 (6.21%) Load Balancing
16 20 (6.21%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 49 (15.22%) PowerShell
2 48 (14.91%) Python
3 26 (8.07%) SQL
4 17 (5.28%) Bash
5 11 (3.42%) Bicep
5 11 (3.42%) Go
6 4 (1.24%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.93%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 42 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (9.63%) Degree
3 23 (7.14%) CCNA
4 22 (6.83%) Azure Certification
4 22 (6.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 21 (6.52%) CCNP
6 13 (4.04%) SC Cleared
6 13 (4.04%) Security Cleared
7 12 (3.73%) Network+ Certification
8 9 (2.80%) CCIE
8 9 (2.80%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.55%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.93%) CISSP
11 3 (0.93%) MCSA
12 2 (0.62%) CEH
12 2 (0.62%) CISM
12 2 (0.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 2 (0.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (11.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (10.87%) Cyber Essentials
3 17 (5.28%) NIST
4 15 (4.66%) GDPR
5 10 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (2.48%) SLA
7 4 (1.24%) PMO
8 3 (0.93%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.93%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.31%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.31%) QA
System Software
1 122 (37.89%) Active Directory
2 66 (20.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 54 (16.77%) Hyper-V
4 7 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (2.17%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (2.17%) vSphere
5 6 (1.86%) Docker
5 6 (1.86%) VMware Workstation
6 4 (1.24%) ProxySG
7 3 (0.93%) iptables
7 3 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.62%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.31%) Firmware
9 1 (0.31%) KVM
9 1 (0.31%) MetaFrame
9 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.31%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.31%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 70 (21.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (11.80%) Terraform
3 26 (8.07%) Ansible
4 21 (6.52%) FortiGate
5 14 (4.35%) Kubernetes
6 11 (3.42%) Grafana
7 10 (3.11%) Prometheus
8 9 (2.80%) Autotask
8 9 (2.80%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (2.17%) SCCM
10 4 (1.24%) Puppet
10 4 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.93%) cPanel
11 3 (0.93%) Plesk
11 3 (0.93%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.62%) Nessus
13 1 (0.31%) Network Intrusion Detection System
13 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 191 (59.32%) Microsoft
2 77 (23.91%) VMware
3 70 (21.74%) Cisco
4 22 (6.83%) Fortinet
5 20 (6.21%) Palo Alto
6 19 (5.90%) Veeam
7 18 (5.59%) Google
7 18 (5.59%) Juniper
8 15 (4.66%) Meraki
9 14 (4.35%) CheckPoint
10 13 (4.04%) SonicWALL
11 10 (3.11%) Aruba
12 9 (2.80%) Apple
12 9 (2.80%) Sophos
13 8 (2.48%) F5
14 7 (2.17%) Arista
14 7 (2.17%) iManage
14 7 (2.17%) SolarWinds
15 6 (1.86%) ESET
15 6 (1.86%) Ubiquiti