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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 45 54
Rank change year-on-year -41 +9 +37
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 273 350 538
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.02% 4.84% 4.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.20% 38.25% 31.93%
Number of salaries quoted 247 234 459
10th Percentile £27,650 £35,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,500 £32,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,188 £62,500
90th Percentile £57,239 £77,500 £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 2,676 915 1,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 19.76% 12.65% 12.60%
Number of salaries quoted 760 588 1,419
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,000 £26,200
25th Percentile £28,000 £31,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +4.65% -4.44%
75th Percentile £50,443 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +12.24% -4.85%

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 4 March 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 4 March 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 -37 123 £40,500 -22.86% 74
Yorkshire -38 105 £45,000 - 31
North East -7 45 £33,500 -13.55% 7
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 66 (24.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (12.82%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.37%) IIS
3 1 (0.37%) OpenStack
Applications
1 31 (11.36%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.20%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 131 (47.99%) Azure
2 129 (47.25%) Microsoft 365
3 80 (29.30%) Entra ID
4 48 (17.58%) AWS
5 23 (8.42%) Microsoft Purview
6 22 (8.06%) GCP
7 21 (7.69%) GitHub
8 18 (6.59%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (6.59%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (4.40%) IaaS
9 12 (4.40%) OCI
10 11 (4.03%) Google Workspace
11 10 (3.66%) Azure Sentinel
11 10 (3.66%) SaaS
12 6 (2.20%) OneDrive
12 6 (2.20%) Power Platform
13 5 (1.83%) Intacct
14 3 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (1.10%) Power Automate
15 2 (0.73%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 90 (32.97%) VPN
2 82 (30.04%) WAN
3 73 (26.74%) DNS
3 73 (26.74%) VLAN
4 68 (24.91%) LAN
5 59 (21.61%) TCP/IP
6 55 (20.15%) DHCP
7 31 (11.36%) Network Security
7 31 (11.36%) Wireless
8 22 (8.06%) Wi-Fi
9 19 (6.96%) VoIP
10 18 (6.59%) SD-WAN
11 16 (5.86%) HTTP
12 13 (4.76%) VXLAN
13 12 (4.40%) NGFW
13 12 (4.40%) Wireshark
14 11 (4.03%) BGP
15 10 (3.66%) OSPF
16 8 (2.93%) DMZ
17 7 (2.56%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.13%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.20%) Power BI
3 5 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.83%) MySQL
4 3 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 18 (6.59%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (1.10%) GitLab
4 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
General
1 137 (50.18%) Social Skills
2 55 (20.15%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (10.99%) Law
4 27 (9.89%) Telecoms
5 20 (7.33%) Public Sector
6 19 (6.96%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (6.23%) Manufacturing
7 17 (6.23%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (5.49%) Finance
9 10 (3.66%) Retail
10 8 (2.93%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.83%) Advertising
12 4 (1.47%) Legal
13 3 (1.10%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.73%) Military
15 1 (0.37%) Electronics
15 1 (0.37%) German Language
15 1 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 1 (0.37%) Marketing
15 1 (0.37%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 78 (28.57%) IT Support
2 74 (27.11%) Support Engineer
3 60 (21.98%) IT Engineer
4 52 (19.05%) IT Support Engineer
5 28 (10.26%) 2nd Line Support
6 26 (9.52%) Senior
7 24 (8.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 23 (8.42%) Network Engineer
9 22 (8.06%) Lead
9 22 (8.06%) Support Technician
10 21 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
11 20 (7.33%) Cisco Engineer
12 19 (6.96%) 1st Line Support
12 19 (6.96%) Firewall Engineer
12 19 (6.96%) Juniper Engineer
12 19 (6.96%) LAN Engineer
12 19 (6.96%) LAN/WAN Engineer
12 19 (6.96%) Presales Engineer
12 19 (6.96%) WAN Engineer
13 15 (5.49%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.86%) Elastic Stack
2 10 (3.66%) FreeSWITCH
3 2 (0.73%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 39 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 28 (10.26%) Data Centre
3 21 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
4 18 (6.59%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (5.86%) Management Information System
6 13 (4.76%) Onboarding
7 12 (4.40%) PKI
8 6 (2.20%) Client/Server
9 5 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.83%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.83%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.10%) Cyberattack
10 3 (1.10%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.73%) Cloud Security Posture
11 2 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.73%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.73%) Social Media
12 1 (0.37%) CCTV
12 1 (0.37%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 129 (47.25%) Windows
2 104 (38.10%) Windows Server
3 28 (10.26%) Windows 10
4 26 (9.52%) Linux
5 11 (4.03%) Mac OS
5 11 (4.03%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (3.66%) Windows 7
6 10 (3.66%) Windows 8
7 7 (2.56%) Debian
8 6 (2.20%) Android
8 6 (2.20%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.47%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.73%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.37%) CentOS
11 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (31.87%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (24.18%) Customer Service
3 59 (21.61%) Cybersecurity
4 50 (18.32%) Disaster Recovery
5 41 (15.02%) ITIL
6 38 (13.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 37 (13.55%) Incident Response
8 35 (12.82%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 30 (10.99%) Data Protection
9 30 (10.99%) Stakeholder Management
10 28 (10.26%) CI/CD
10 28 (10.26%) DevOps
10 28 (10.26%) Infrastructure as Code
11 27 (9.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 26 (9.52%) High Availability
12 26 (9.52%) Mentoring
12 26 (9.52%) SIEM
13 25 (9.16%) Decision-Making
14 24 (8.79%) Presales
14 24 (8.79%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 48 (17.58%) Python
2 28 (10.26%) Bash
3 22 (8.06%) PowerShell
4 16 (5.86%) Go
5 11 (4.03%) SQL
6 4 (1.47%) VBA
7 3 (1.10%) Bicep
8 2 (0.73%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.73%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 53 (19.41%) Cisco Certification
2 38 (13.92%) Degree
3 35 (12.82%) CCNA
4 25 (9.16%) CCNP
5 19 (6.96%) JNCIA
6 13 (4.76%) Network+ Certification
7 12 (4.40%) Azure Certification
8 9 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (3.30%) DBS Check
8 9 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (2.56%) CCIE
9 7 (2.56%) SC Cleared
9 7 (2.56%) Security Cleared
10 6 (2.20%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (1.47%) CISSP
11 4 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.73%) CISM
12 2 (0.73%) MCSA
13 1 (0.37%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (15.02%) Cyber Essentials
2 35 (12.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (10.62%) GDPR
4 24 (8.79%) NIST
5 6 (2.20%) PMO
6 5 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.10%) NCSC
8 2 (0.73%) GRC
8 2 (0.73%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 123 (45.05%) Active Directory
2 63 (23.08%) Hyper-V
3 45 (16.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.30%) VMware Workstation
5 6 (2.20%) ProxySG
6 4 (1.47%) Docker
6 4 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.10%) vSphere
8 2 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.37%) Firmware
9 1 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.37%) XenApp
9 1 (0.37%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 58 (21.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (14.65%) Terraform
3 33 (12.09%) Ansible
4 17 (6.23%) Autotask
4 17 (6.23%) Grafana
4 17 (6.23%) Prometheus
5 13 (4.76%) FortiGate
6 10 (3.66%) SCCM
7 9 (3.30%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.73%) Plesk
9 1 (0.37%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.37%) Kibana
9 1 (0.37%) Nagios
9 1 (0.37%) VxRail
Vendors
1 157 (57.51%) Microsoft
2 70 (25.64%) Cisco
3 57 (20.88%) VMware
4 35 (12.82%) Aruba
5 33 (12.09%) Fortinet
6 22 (8.06%) Juniper
7 12 (4.40%) Arista
7 12 (4.40%) NetScout
7 12 (4.40%) SonicWALL
8 11 (4.03%) Google
9 10 (3.66%) CheckPoint
9 10 (3.66%) ESET
9 10 (3.66%) Veeam
10 9 (3.30%) Palo Alto
10 9 (3.30%) Sage
11 8 (2.93%) Citrix
11 8 (2.93%) F5
11 8 (2.93%) Meraki
11 8 (2.93%) WatchGuard
12 7 (2.56%) Ubiquiti