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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 91 68
Rank change year-on-year +2 -23 +14
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 361 317 584
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.76% 3.60% 3.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.21% 18.06% 27.92%
Number of salaries quoted 321 205 481
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,700 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -8.05% -10.31%
75th Percentile £57,239 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +5.26% -5.00%

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 1,236 1,755 2,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.04% 19.92% 10.91%
Number of salaries quoted 866 777 1,628
10th Percentile £27,000 £24,500 £25,875
25th Percentile £29,750 £25,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,750 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.14% -24.71% -7.25%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -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 30 June 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 June 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 +48 198 £42,500 +6.25% 42
Yorkshire -43 120 £45,000 +12.50% 35
North East -30 43 £45,000 +27.30% 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 72 (19.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 66 (18.28%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.77%) IIS
Applications
1 24 (6.65%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 175 (48.48%) Microsoft 365
2 166 (45.98%) Azure
3 108 (29.92%) Entra ID
4 75 (20.78%) AWS
5 26 (7.20%) Microsoft Purview
6 25 (6.93%) GitHub
7 24 (6.65%) GCP
8 20 (5.54%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (5.54%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (3.88%) Power Platform
9 14 (3.88%) SaaS
10 12 (3.32%) Google Workspace
10 12 (3.32%) OCI
11 11 (3.05%) IaaS
12 10 (2.77%) Mimecast
12 10 (2.77%) OneDrive
13 6 (1.66%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (1.66%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (1.39%) AWS CloudFormation
14 5 (1.39%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 112 (31.02%) DNS
2 106 (29.36%) VPN
3 90 (24.93%) WAN
4 85 (23.55%) DHCP
5 83 (22.99%) VLAN
6 76 (21.05%) LAN
7 72 (19.94%) TCP/IP
8 62 (17.17%) Network Security
9 57 (15.79%) Wi-Fi
10 38 (10.53%) SD-WAN
11 34 (9.42%) VoIP
12 33 (9.14%) Wireless
13 24 (6.65%) BGP
14 23 (6.37%) NGFW
15 22 (6.09%) OSPF
16 19 (5.26%) VXLAN
17 16 (4.43%) Wireshark
18 15 (4.16%) HTTP
19 14 (3.88%) Cisco ASA
19 14 (3.88%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.37%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.83%) MySQL
4 2 (0.55%) GIS
5 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.28%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (4.43%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.55%) Git
3 2 (0.55%) GitLab
4 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
General
1 166 (45.98%) Social Skills
2 59 (16.34%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (8.03%) Law
4 24 (6.65%) Public Sector
5 22 (6.09%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (4.99%) Telecoms
7 15 (4.16%) Finance
8 14 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.94%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.66%) Retail
11 5 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.11%) Social Housing
13 3 (0.83%) Advertising
13 3 (0.83%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.83%) Legal
14 1 (0.28%) Digital Health
14 1 (0.28%) German Language
14 1 (0.28%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 86 (23.82%) IT Support
2 73 (20.22%) Support Engineer
3 63 (17.45%) IT Engineer
4 53 (14.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 53 (14.68%) Senior
5 51 (14.13%) IT Support Engineer
5 51 (14.13%) Network Engineer
6 25 (6.93%) Lead
6 25 (6.93%) Security Engineer
7 24 (6.65%) IT Technician
8 22 (6.09%) IT Support Technician
8 22 (6.09%) Support Technician
9 21 (5.82%) Senior Network Engineer
10 20 (5.54%) Analyst
11 19 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support
11 19 (5.26%) Infrastructure Support
12 17 (4.71%) Cloud Engineer
12 17 (4.71%) DevOps Engineer
12 17 (4.71%) IT Manager
13 16 (4.43%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.88%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (1.94%) Microsoft Graph
2 7 (1.94%) Middleware
3 5 (1.39%) FreeSWITCH
4 2 (0.55%) .NET
4 2 (0.55%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.55%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.55%) Ajax
4 2 (0.55%) boto
4 2 (0.55%) CSS
4 2 (0.55%) Flask
4 2 (0.55%) HTML
4 2 (0.55%) Jinja
4 2 (0.55%) jQuery
4 2 (0.55%) Node.js
4 2 (0.55%) OpenLayers
4 2 (0.55%) SAML
4 2 (0.55%) SQLAlchemy
5 1 (0.28%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 61 (16.90%) Driving Licence
2 46 (12.74%) Data Centre
3 22 (6.09%) Hybrid Cloud
4 21 (5.82%) Data Protection Act
5 19 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (4.16%) Onboarding
7 14 (3.88%) Security Posture
8 12 (3.32%) PKI
9 9 (2.49%) CCTV
10 7 (1.94%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.66%) Microsoft Licensing
12 5 (1.39%) Enterprise Cloud
12 5 (1.39%) Life Science
12 5 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.39%) Virtual Team
13 4 (1.11%) Public Cloud
14 3 (0.83%) Cloud Native
14 3 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
14 3 (0.83%) Cyberattack
14 3 (0.83%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 160 (44.32%) Windows
2 115 (31.86%) Windows Server
3 37 (10.25%) Windows 10
4 29 (8.03%) Linux
5 18 (4.99%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (4.43%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (3.32%) Mac OS
8 11 (3.05%) Android
9 10 (2.77%) Apple iOS
9 10 (2.77%) Debian
9 10 (2.77%) VMS
10 7 (1.94%) Windows 7
10 7 (1.94%) Windows 8
11 6 (1.66%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (34.90%) Problem-Solving
2 88 (24.38%) Cybersecurity
3 84 (23.27%) Disaster Recovery
4 62 (17.17%) Continuous Improvement
4 62 (17.17%) Customer Service
5 61 (16.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 48 (13.30%) Mentoring
7 44 (12.19%) Infrastructure as Code
8 41 (11.36%) Incident Response
8 41 (11.36%) Stakeholder Management
9 39 (10.80%) Business Continuity
9 39 (10.80%) Service Delivery
10 38 (10.53%) ITIL
11 36 (9.97%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 35 (9.70%) High Availability
13 34 (9.42%) SIEM
14 32 (8.86%) CI/CD
14 32 (8.86%) Decision-Making
14 32 (8.86%) DevOps
15 31 (8.59%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 60 (16.62%) Python
2 49 (13.57%) PowerShell
3 25 (6.93%) SQL
4 20 (5.54%) Bash
5 14 (3.88%) Go
6 10 (2.77%) Bicep
7 4 (1.11%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.83%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 49 (13.57%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (9.97%) Degree
3 29 (8.03%) CCNA
4 28 (7.76%) CCNP
5 24 (6.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 23 (6.37%) Azure Certification
7 12 (3.32%) CCIE
8 11 (3.05%) SC Cleared
8 11 (3.05%) Security Cleared
9 9 (2.49%) DBS Check
9 9 (2.49%) Network+ Certification
10 7 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.66%) JNCIA
12 5 (1.39%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.83%) CISSP
13 3 (0.83%) MCSA
14 2 (0.55%) CEH
14 2 (0.55%) CISM
14 2 (0.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 2 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (14.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 52 (14.40%) Cyber Essentials
3 32 (8.86%) GDPR
3 32 (8.86%) NIST
4 8 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (2.22%) SLA
5 6 (1.66%) PMO
6 3 (0.83%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.83%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.28%) QA
System Software
1 135 (37.40%) Active Directory
2 67 (18.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 51 (14.13%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.94%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (1.94%) VMware Workstation
5 7 (1.94%) vSphere
6 6 (1.66%) Docker
6 6 (1.66%) ProxySG
7 3 (0.83%) iptables
7 3 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.55%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.28%) MetaFrame
9 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.28%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.28%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 68 (18.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 49 (13.57%) Terraform
3 35 (9.70%) Ansible
4 22 (6.09%) FortiGate
5 15 (4.16%) Grafana
6 14 (3.88%) Prometheus
7 13 (3.60%) Kubernetes
8 10 (2.77%) Autotask
9 9 (2.49%) Jamf Pro
10 8 (2.22%) SCCM
11 3 (0.83%) cPanel
11 3 (0.83%) Plesk
11 3 (0.83%) Puppet
11 3 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.55%) Proxmox
13 1 (0.28%) Nessus
13 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 211 (58.45%) Microsoft
2 80 (22.16%) Cisco
3 78 (21.61%) VMware
4 29 (8.03%) Fortinet
5 27 (7.48%) Juniper
6 26 (7.20%) Aruba
7 21 (5.82%) Veeam
8 20 (5.54%) Palo Alto
9 19 (5.26%) Google
10 17 (4.71%) Arista
11 16 (4.43%) CheckPoint
12 15 (4.16%) Meraki
13 14 (3.88%) SonicWALL
14 13 (3.60%) NetScout
15 10 (2.77%) F5
16 9 (2.49%) Apple
16 9 (2.49%) SolarWinds
16 9 (2.49%) Sophos
17 8 (2.22%) Ubiquiti
18 7 (1.94%) iManage