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 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 99 75
Rank change year-on-year -19 -24 -8
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 303 298 372
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.32% 3.12% 2.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.18% 16.03% 27.02%
Number of salaries quoted 254 201 279
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.44% -23.16% -2.04%
75th Percentile £58,750 £50,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,750 £62,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -1.93%

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 1,366 1,859 1,377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.96% 19.49% 9.29%
Number of salaries quoted 890 858 920
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £30,913 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.40% -31.31% -5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £45,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -2.91%

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 30 August 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 30 August 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 +45 170 £42,500 +13.33% 47
Yorkshire -55 106 £42,500 +21.43% 24
North East -65 27 £42,500 +28.02% 15
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 56 (18.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (17.82%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.29%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 162 (53.47%) Microsoft 365
2 132 (43.56%) Azure
3 76 (25.08%) Entra ID
4 52 (17.16%) AWS
5 17 (5.61%) GCP
6 15 (4.95%) Power Platform
7 10 (3.30%) Mimecast
7 10 (3.30%) OneDrive
8 9 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (2.97%) GitHub
9 8 (2.64%) SaaS
10 7 (2.31%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (2.31%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (1.98%) Google Workspace
12 5 (1.65%) IaaS
12 5 (1.65%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.32%) PaaS
14 3 (0.99%) Amazon ECS
14 3 (0.99%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 97 (32.01%) VPN
2 96 (31.68%) DNS
3 82 (27.06%) DHCP
4 75 (24.75%) WAN
5 74 (24.42%) TCP/IP
6 65 (21.45%) LAN
7 60 (19.80%) VLAN
8 53 (17.49%) Wi-Fi
9 52 (17.16%) Network Security
10 42 (13.86%) VoIP
11 34 (11.22%) Wireless
12 33 (10.89%) SD-WAN
13 26 (8.58%) BGP
14 22 (7.26%) OSPF
15 13 (4.29%) Structured Cabling
16 12 (3.96%) Cisco Firepower
17 11 (3.63%) Cisco ASA
17 11 (3.63%) Cisco Nexus
17 11 (3.63%) NGFW
17 11 (3.63%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.94%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.66%) GIS
5 1 (0.33%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Git
1 2 (0.66%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 119 (39.27%) Social Skills
2 22 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (4.29%) Law
4 11 (3.63%) Manufacturing
5 10 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (3.30%) Finance
5 10 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (3.30%) Public Sector
6 6 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (1.98%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.32%) Advertising
7 4 (1.32%) Social Housing
8 3 (0.99%) Legal
9 2 (0.66%) Retail
10 1 (0.33%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 71 (23.43%) IT Support
2 59 (19.47%) Support Engineer
3 53 (17.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 53 (17.49%) Network Engineer
4 49 (16.17%) IT Engineer
5 41 (13.53%) Senior
6 40 (13.20%) IT Support Engineer
7 27 (8.91%) Security Engineer
8 26 (8.58%) Analyst
9 20 (6.60%) IT Technician
10 19 (6.27%) 2nd Line Support
11 17 (5.61%) IT Manager
11 17 (5.61%) Support Technician
12 16 (5.28%) Consultant
12 16 (5.28%) IT Support Technician
13 14 (4.62%) Support Analyst
14 13 (4.29%) Cloud Engineer
15 12 (3.96%) Senior Network Engineer
16 11 (3.63%) Architect
16 11 (3.63%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.58%) Terraform
2 8 (2.64%) Middleware
3 7 (2.31%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (1.32%) React
5 3 (0.99%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.66%) .NET
6 2 (0.66%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.66%) Ajax
6 2 (0.66%) boto
6 2 (0.66%) CSS
6 2 (0.66%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.66%) Flask
6 2 (0.66%) HTML
6 2 (0.66%) Jinja
6 2 (0.66%) jQuery
6 2 (0.66%) Node.js
6 2 (0.66%) OpenLayers
6 2 (0.66%) SAML
6 2 (0.66%) SQLAlchemy
7 1 (0.33%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 48 (15.84%) Driving Licence
2 31 (10.23%) Data Centre
3 20 (6.60%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (5.61%) CCTV
4 17 (5.61%) Onboarding
5 14 (4.62%) Security Posture
6 9 (2.97%) Life Science
6 9 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.64%) Linux Command Line
7 8 (2.64%) Operational Technology
8 7 (2.31%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (1.98%) Microsoft Licensing
10 5 (1.65%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (1.65%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.65%) SCADA
10 5 (1.65%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.32%) Social Media
12 3 (0.99%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.99%) Cyberattack
12 3 (0.99%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 153 (50.50%) Windows
2 117 (38.61%) Windows Server
3 25 (8.25%) Linux
4 24 (7.92%) Windows 10
5 14 (4.62%) Android
5 14 (4.62%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (3.96%) VMS
6 12 (3.96%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (2.64%) Apple iOS
8 7 (2.31%) Mac OS
9 6 (1.98%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.99%) Debian
11 1 (0.33%) CentOS
11 1 (0.33%) Solaris
11 1 (0.33%) Unix
11 1 (0.33%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.33%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (35.97%) Problem-Solving
2 84 (27.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 69 (22.77%) Cybersecurity
4 64 (21.12%) Disaster Recovery
5 47 (15.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 47 (15.51%) Customer Service
6 34 (11.22%) Mentoring
7 33 (10.89%) Infrastructure as Code
7 33 (10.89%) Service Delivery
8 32 (10.56%) Migration
9 30 (9.90%) ITIL
10 24 (7.92%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 23 (7.59%) High Availability
12 21 (6.93%) DevOps
12 21 (6.93%) Vulnerability Management
13 20 (6.60%) Business Continuity
13 20 (6.60%) Change Management
14 19 (6.27%) Stakeholder Management
15 18 (5.94%) Project Delivery
15 18 (5.94%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 49 (16.17%) PowerShell
2 35 (11.55%) Python
3 23 (7.59%) SQL
4 11 (3.63%) Bicep
5 6 (1.98%) Go
6 4 (1.32%) Bash
6 4 (1.32%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.99%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.66%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 40 (13.20%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (7.92%) CCNA
3 21 (6.93%) Degree
4 18 (5.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (5.61%) CCNP
6 14 (4.62%) Azure Certification
7 12 (3.96%) SC Cleared
7 12 (3.96%) Security Cleared
8 11 (3.63%) Network+ Certification
9 10 (3.30%) DBS Check
10 7 (2.31%) CCIE
11 5 (1.65%) AWS Certification
12 4 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.99%) CISSP
13 3 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (0.99%) MCSA
14 2 (0.66%) CEH
14 2 (0.66%) CISM
14 2 (0.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 2 (0.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (9.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (3.96%) NIST
4 8 (2.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (2.64%) SLA
5 7 (2.31%) GDPR
6 3 (0.99%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.99%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.66%) PMO
8 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.33%) QA
System Software
1 121 (39.93%) Active Directory
2 60 (19.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (19.47%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.64%) vSphere
5 7 (2.31%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.98%) Docker
6 6 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.65%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.99%) iptables
9 2 (0.66%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.33%) Firmware
10 1 (0.33%) KVM
10 1 (0.33%) MetaFrame
10 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.33%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.33%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 65 (21.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (6.60%) FortiGate
3 14 (4.62%) Ansible
4 11 (3.63%) Kubernetes
5 9 (2.97%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.32%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 4 (1.32%) Puppet
8 3 (0.99%) cPanel
8 3 (0.99%) Grafana
8 3 (0.99%) Plesk
8 3 (0.99%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.66%) Autotask
9 2 (0.66%) Nessus
9 2 (0.66%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.33%) SCCM
10 1 (0.33%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.33%) VxRail
Vendors
1 178 (58.75%) Microsoft
2 73 (24.09%) VMware
3 64 (21.12%) Cisco
4 26 (8.58%) Fortinet
5 24 (7.92%) SonicWALL
6 20 (6.60%) Palo Alto
6 20 (6.60%) Veeam
7 18 (5.94%) Juniper
8 16 (5.28%) Meraki
9 13 (4.29%) Aruba
9 13 (4.29%) Google
10 11 (3.63%) CheckPoint
11 9 (2.97%) Apple
12 8 (2.64%) Sophos
13 7 (2.31%) iManage
14 6 (1.98%) F5
15 5 (1.65%) Arista
15 5 (1.65%) Okta
15 5 (1.65%) SolarWinds
15 5 (1.65%) Splunk