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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 107 60
Rank change year-on-year +5 -47 +17
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 301 261 586
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.54% 3.37% 3.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.73% 17.10% 28.68%
Number of salaries quoted 264 183 494
10th Percentile £28,650 £31,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £34,375 £33,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £44,250
Median % change year-on-year - +7.34% -6.84%
75th Percentile £57,239 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £52,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +6.12% -2.00%

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 2,193 1,526 2,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.22% 19.72% 11.85%
Number of salaries quoted 833 628 1,669
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,061 £25,875
25th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,239 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £49,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% -5.00%

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 May 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 May 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 +28 162 £46,500 -12.26% 68
Yorkshire -48 101 £48,445 +21.11% 31
North East -22 38 £45,000 +20.00% 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 59 (19.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (16.28%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.33%) IIS
Applications
1 25 (8.31%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.66%) MS Visio
3 7 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 142 (47.18%) Azure
2 131 (43.52%) Microsoft 365
3 91 (30.23%) Entra ID
4 59 (19.60%) AWS
5 25 (8.31%) GitHub
6 24 (7.97%) Microsoft Purview
7 23 (7.64%) GCP
8 21 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (6.64%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (3.99%) OCI
11 11 (3.65%) Power Platform
12 10 (3.32%) Azure Sentinel
12 10 (3.32%) IaaS
12 10 (3.32%) SaaS
13 7 (2.33%) Google Workspace
13 7 (2.33%) OneDrive
14 5 (1.66%) Intacct
15 4 (1.33%) Amazon ECS
15 4 (1.33%) Amazon EKS
15 4 (1.33%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 95 (31.56%) VPN
2 87 (28.90%) WAN
3 86 (28.57%) DNS
4 72 (23.92%) VLAN
5 71 (23.59%) LAN
6 63 (20.93%) DHCP
7 51 (16.94%) Network Security
7 51 (16.94%) TCP/IP
8 39 (12.96%) Wi-Fi
9 32 (10.63%) SD-WAN
10 25 (8.31%) Wireless
11 22 (7.31%) NGFW
12 20 (6.64%) BGP
12 20 (6.64%) VoIP
13 19 (6.31%) OSPF
13 19 (6.31%) VXLAN
14 16 (5.32%) Cisco ASA
14 16 (5.32%) HTTP
15 15 (4.98%) Cisco Nexus
15 15 (4.98%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.64%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.00%) MySQL
4 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.66%) GIS
5 1 (0.33%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 17 (5.65%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.66%) Git
3 2 (0.66%) GitLab
4 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
General
1 132 (43.85%) Social Skills
2 53 (17.61%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (8.97%) Law
4 23 (7.64%) Public Sector
5 18 (5.98%) Finance
6 17 (5.65%) Organisational Skills
6 17 (5.65%) Telecoms
7 15 (4.98%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (3.99%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.99%) Retail
10 8 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.33%) Social Housing
13 3 (1.00%) Advertising
13 3 (1.00%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.33%) Electronics
14 1 (0.33%) German Language
14 1 (0.33%) Legal
14 1 (0.33%) Marketing
14 1 (0.33%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 69 (22.92%) IT Support
2 68 (22.59%) Support Engineer
3 62 (20.60%) IT Engineer
4 53 (17.61%) IT Support Engineer
5 48 (15.95%) Senior
6 47 (15.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 45 (14.95%) Network Engineer
8 25 (8.31%) Lead
9 23 (7.64%) Senior Network Engineer
10 19 (6.31%) LAN Engineer
11 18 (5.98%) 2nd Line Support
11 18 (5.98%) DevOps Engineer
12 16 (5.32%) Cisco Engineer
12 16 (5.32%) Support Technician
13 15 (4.98%) Firewall Engineer
13 15 (4.98%) IT Support Technician
13 15 (4.98%) IT Technician
13 15 (4.98%) Presales Engineer
13 15 (4.98%) Security Engineer
13 15 (4.98%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.98%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Graph
3 5 (1.66%) FreeSWITCH
4 2 (0.66%) .NET
4 2 (0.66%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.66%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.66%) Ajax
4 2 (0.66%) boto
4 2 (0.66%) CSS
4 2 (0.66%) Flask
4 2 (0.66%) HTML
4 2 (0.66%) Jinja
4 2 (0.66%) jQuery
4 2 (0.66%) Middleware
4 2 (0.66%) Node.js
4 2 (0.66%) OpenLayers
4 2 (0.66%) SQLAlchemy
5 1 (0.33%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (14.62%) Data Centre
2 39 (12.96%) Driving Licence
3 21 (6.98%) Data Protection Act
4 15 (4.98%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (4.65%) Hybrid Cloud
6 12 (3.99%) PKI
7 10 (3.32%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.33%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.66%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (1.66%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.33%) CCTV
10 4 (1.33%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.00%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (1.00%) FMCG
11 3 (1.00%) Social Media
12 2 (0.66%) Algorithms
12 2 (0.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 2 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.66%) Mobile App
12 2 (0.66%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 122 (40.53%) Windows
2 89 (29.57%) Windows Server
3 25 (8.31%) Windows 10
4 24 (7.97%) Linux
5 14 (4.65%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (3.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (2.33%) Debian
7 7 (2.33%) Windows 7
7 7 (2.33%) Windows 8
8 6 (1.99%) Android
8 6 (1.99%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.99%) VMS
9 4 (1.33%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.00%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.33%) CentOS
11 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (31.89%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (24.58%) Cybersecurity
3 60 (19.93%) Disaster Recovery
4 49 (16.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 48 (15.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 47 (15.61%) Mentoring
7 46 (15.28%) Customer Service
8 40 (13.29%) Infrastructure as Code
9 35 (11.63%) Incident Response
10 34 (11.30%) CI/CD
10 34 (11.30%) Load Balancing
11 31 (10.30%) Business Continuity
11 31 (10.30%) SIEM
12 30 (9.97%) ITIL
12 30 (9.97%) Stakeholder Management
13 29 (9.63%) Decision-Making
14 28 (9.30%) DevOps
14 28 (9.30%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 27 (8.97%) High Availability
16 25 (8.31%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 58 (19.27%) Python
2 40 (13.29%) PowerShell
3 21 (6.98%) Bash
4 17 (5.65%) SQL
5 15 (4.98%) Go
6 9 (2.99%) Bicep
7 4 (1.33%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.66%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (18.27%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (11.96%) Degree
3 34 (11.30%) CCNA
4 28 (9.30%) CCNP
5 19 (6.31%) Azure Certification
6 18 (5.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (4.98%) JNCIA
8 13 (4.32%) SC Cleared
8 13 (4.32%) Security Cleared
9 12 (3.99%) CCIE
10 9 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (2.66%) DBS Check
11 8 (2.66%) Network+ Certification
12 6 (1.99%) AWS Certification
13 3 (1.00%) CISSP
13 3 (1.00%) 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 48 (15.95%) Cyber Essentials
2 44 (14.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (10.30%) NIST
4 30 (9.97%) GDPR
5 8 (2.66%) PMO
5 8 (2.66%) SLA
6 7 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 116 (38.54%) Active Directory
2 44 (14.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (12.96%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.66%) ProxySG
4 8 (2.66%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (2.33%) VMware Workstation
6 5 (1.66%) Docker
7 4 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.66%) vSphere
10 1 (0.33%) Firmware
10 1 (0.33%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.33%) XenApp
10 1 (0.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 64 (21.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (14.62%) Terraform
3 31 (10.30%) Ansible
4 17 (5.65%) FortiGate
4 17 (5.65%) Grafana
5 16 (5.32%) Prometheus
6 10 (3.32%) Autotask
7 9 (2.99%) Kubernetes
8 8 (2.66%) SCCM
9 3 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.33%) Nagios
11 1 (0.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 159 (52.82%) Microsoft
2 74 (24.58%) Cisco
3 53 (17.61%) VMware
4 35 (11.63%) Aruba
4 35 (11.63%) Fortinet
5 29 (9.63%) Juniper
6 16 (5.32%) Arista
7 14 (4.65%) CheckPoint
7 14 (4.65%) Palo Alto
8 13 (4.32%) F5
8 13 (4.32%) Veeam
9 12 (3.99%) NetScout
10 11 (3.65%) Google
11 10 (3.32%) SolarWinds
12 9 (2.99%) Meraki
13 8 (2.66%) Blue Coat
13 8 (2.66%) Infoblox
13 8 (2.66%) Motorola
13 8 (2.66%) ServiceNow
13 8 (2.66%) Ubiquiti