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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 51 53
Rank change year-on-year -30 +2 +39
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 258 367 511
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.14% 4.44% 4.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.71% 38.27% 31.82%
Number of salaries quoted 236 232 440
10th Percentile £27,000 £35,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £29,938 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £50,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +14.29% -3.85%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £57,239 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £48,445 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.92% +10.00% -4.76%

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 2,656 959 1,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 22.03% 11.60% 13.02%
Number of salaries quoted 795 550 1,377
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £34,563 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £48,750 £63,688 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £76,375 £72,500
England median annual salary £40,582 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -26.22% +10.00% -3.85%

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 7 February 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 7 February 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 -24 118 £42,500 -15.00% 80
Yorkshire -42 102 £45,000 -14.29% 30
North East -6 38 £33,500 -13.55% 12
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 61 (23.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (12.02%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.39%) IIS
3 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
Applications
1 26 (10.08%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.55%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 122 (47.29%) Microsoft 365
2 118 (45.74%) Azure
3 74 (28.68%) Entra ID
4 44 (17.05%) AWS
5 22 (8.53%) Microsoft Purview
6 18 (6.98%) GCP
7 15 (5.81%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (5.81%) GitHub
8 13 (5.04%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (4.65%) OCI
10 10 (3.88%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (3.10%) Google Workspace
11 8 (3.10%) SaaS
12 7 (2.71%) IaaS
13 6 (2.33%) OneDrive
13 6 (2.33%) Power Platform
14 3 (1.16%) Intacct
15 2 (0.78%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 2 (0.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 2 (0.78%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 83 (32.17%) VPN
2 75 (29.07%) WAN
3 67 (25.97%) DNS
3 67 (25.97%) VLAN
4 63 (24.42%) LAN
5 53 (20.54%) DHCP
6 51 (19.77%) TCP/IP
7 29 (11.24%) Wireless
8 26 (10.08%) Network Security
9 23 (8.91%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (6.59%) VoIP
11 14 (5.43%) SD-WAN
12 13 (5.04%) VXLAN
13 12 (4.65%) BGP
13 12 (4.65%) HTTP
13 12 (4.65%) NGFW
13 12 (4.65%) Wireshark
14 10 (3.88%) OSPF
15 9 (3.49%) SAN
16 7 (2.71%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.26%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.33%) Power BI
3 5 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.94%) MySQL
4 3 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 14 (5.43%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.78%) GitLab
2 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 130 (50.39%) Social Skills
2 57 (22.09%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (10.08%) Law
4 24 (9.30%) Telecoms
5 19 (7.36%) Presentation Skills
5 19 (7.36%) Public Sector
6 17 (6.59%) Manufacturing
7 14 (5.43%) Finance
8 12 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.10%) Retail
10 5 (1.94%) Advertising
10 5 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.55%) Legal
12 3 (1.16%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.78%) Military
14 1 (0.39%) Electronics
14 1 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.39%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 72 (27.91%) IT Support
2 66 (25.58%) Support Engineer
3 55 (21.32%) IT Engineer
4 47 (18.22%) IT Support Engineer
5 26 (10.08%) 2nd Line Support
6 25 (9.69%) Senior
7 22 (8.53%) Lead
8 20 (7.75%) Cisco Engineer
8 20 (7.75%) Network Engineer
9 19 (7.36%) Firewall Engineer
9 19 (7.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 19 (7.36%) Juniper Engineer
9 19 (7.36%) LAN Engineer
9 19 (7.36%) LAN/WAN Engineer
9 19 (7.36%) Presales Engineer
9 19 (7.36%) Support Technician
9 19 (7.36%) WAN Engineer
10 17 (6.59%) DevOps Engineer
11 16 (6.20%) 1st Line Support
11 16 (6.20%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.65%) Elastic Stack
2 8 (3.10%) FreeSWITCH
3 2 (0.78%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 40 (15.50%) Driving Licence
2 29 (11.24%) Data Centre
3 21 (8.14%) Data Protection Act
4 17 (6.59%) Management Information System
5 16 (6.20%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (4.65%) PKI
7 11 (4.26%) Onboarding
8 8 (3.10%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (3.10%) Cloud Native
9 6 (2.33%) Client/Server
10 4 (1.55%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.16%) Cyberattack
11 3 (1.16%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (1.16%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.78%) Cloud Security Posture
12 2 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
13 1 (0.39%) Educational Technology
13 1 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
13 1 (0.39%) Mobile App
13 1 (0.39%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 117 (45.35%) Windows
2 97 (37.60%) Windows Server
3 23 (8.91%) Windows 10
4 19 (7.36%) Linux
5 10 (3.88%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (3.49%) Mac OS
7 7 (2.71%) Windows 7
7 7 (2.71%) Windows 8
8 6 (2.33%) Android
8 6 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.55%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.16%) Debian
11 1 (0.39%) CentOS
11 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (32.56%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (21.71%) Cybersecurity
3 55 (21.32%) Customer Service
4 44 (17.05%) Disaster Recovery
5 39 (15.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 37 (14.34%) Incident Response
6 37 (14.34%) ITIL
7 30 (11.63%) Data Protection
7 30 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
8 28 (10.85%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 26 (10.08%) SIEM
10 25 (9.69%) Decision-Making
10 25 (9.69%) Security Architecture
11 24 (9.30%) CI/CD
11 24 (9.30%) DevOps
11 24 (9.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 24 (9.30%) Presales
12 23 (8.91%) Business Continuity
12 23 (8.91%) Infrastructure as Code
12 23 (8.91%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (15.50%) Python
2 21 (8.14%) Bash
2 21 (8.14%) PowerShell
3 12 (4.65%) Go
4 11 (4.26%) SQL
5 4 (1.55%) Bicep
5 4 (1.55%) VBA
6 2 (0.78%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.39%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 50 (19.38%) Cisco Certification
2 35 (13.57%) CCNA
3 32 (12.40%) Degree
4 21 (8.14%) CCNP
5 19 (7.36%) JNCIA
6 13 (5.04%) Network+ Certification
7 8 (3.10%) DBS Check
8 7 (2.71%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.71%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.71%) SC Cleared
8 7 (2.71%) Security Cleared
9 5 (1.94%) CCIE
9 5 (1.94%) CISSP
9 5 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.16%) CISM
12 2 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (15.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (14.34%) Cyber Essentials
3 28 (10.85%) GDPR
4 25 (9.69%) NIST
5 4 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (1.55%) PMO
6 3 (1.16%) GRC
6 3 (1.16%) NCSC
7 2 (0.78%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.39%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 120 (46.51%) Active Directory
2 62 (24.03%) Hyper-V
3 45 (17.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.33%) VMware Workstation
5 4 (1.55%) Docker
5 4 (1.55%) ProxySG
5 4 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.16%) vSphere
7 2 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.39%) Firmware
8 1 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.39%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.39%) XenApp
8 1 (0.39%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 49 (18.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (13.95%) Terraform
3 27 (10.47%) Ansible
4 13 (5.04%) Grafana
4 13 (5.04%) Prometheus
5 12 (4.65%) Autotask
5 12 (4.65%) FortiGate
6 7 (2.71%) Kubernetes
6 7 (2.71%) SCCM
7 2 (0.78%) Plesk
8 1 (0.39%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.39%) Kibana
8 1 (0.39%) Nagios
8 1 (0.39%) VxRail
Vendors
1 144 (55.81%) Microsoft
2 63 (24.42%) Cisco
3 57 (22.09%) VMware
4 36 (13.95%) Aruba
5 31 (12.02%) Fortinet
6 22 (8.53%) Juniper
7 12 (4.65%) Arista
7 12 (4.65%) NetScout
8 11 (4.26%) SonicWALL
9 10 (3.88%) Sage
9 10 (3.88%) Veeam
10 9 (3.49%) Citrix
10 9 (3.49%) Palo Alto
11 8 (3.10%) CheckPoint
11 8 (3.10%) Google
11 8 (3.10%) Meraki
11 8 (3.10%) WatchGuard
12 7 (2.71%) ESET
13 6 (2.33%) Apple
13 6 (2.33%) F5