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 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 65 57
Rank change year-on-year -26 -8 +52
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 290 363 400
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.21% 2.85% 4.87%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.55% 31.29% 31.37%
Number of salaries quoted 201 204 348
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £31,124
25th Percentile £28,500 £38,438 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £50,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +3.09% +7.78%
75th Percentile £50,000 £61,563 £63,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £45,285 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.74% -4.55% +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 1,411 1,160 1,275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.64% 9.12% 15.51%
Number of salaries quoted 832 608 994
10th Percentile - £29,000 £27,825
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £45,445 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.99% -4.33% +5.56%
75th Percentile £45,000 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £77,542
England median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.81% - -

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 20 October 2025.

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 20 October 2025. 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
Yorkshire +10 168 £35,000 -33.33% 43
North West -51 87 £38,625 -22.75% 80
North East +8 35 £31,500 -30.00% 29
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 62 (21.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (6.21%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
Applications
1 17 (5.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 134 (46.21%) Azure
2 123 (42.41%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (19.31%) Entra ID
4 36 (12.41%) AWS
5 12 (4.14%) SaaS
6 10 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (3.45%) GCP
6 10 (3.45%) IaaS
6 10 (3.45%) Power Platform
7 8 (2.76%) PaaS
8 7 (2.41%) OCI
9 6 (2.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 5 (1.72%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (1.38%) Azure AI
11 4 (1.38%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (1.38%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (1.38%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.03%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
14 1 (0.34%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 81 (27.93%) VLAN
2 80 (27.59%) VPN
3 64 (22.07%) WAN
4 60 (20.69%) DNS
5 54 (18.62%) TCP/IP
6 52 (17.93%) LAN
7 45 (15.52%) DHCP
8 44 (15.17%) VoIP
9 42 (14.48%) Wireless
10 41 (14.14%) Network Security
11 21 (7.24%) BGP
12 20 (6.90%) SAN
13 18 (6.21%) SD-WAN
14 15 (5.17%) WLAN
15 14 (4.83%) OSPF
16 10 (3.45%) MPLS
16 10 (3.45%) Remote Desktop
17 9 (3.10%) Wi-Fi
18 8 (2.76%) Intrusion Detection
19 6 (2.07%) Asterisk PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.83%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (3.45%) Power BI
3 9 (3.10%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.72%) MySQL
5 4 (1.38%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 5 (1.72%) Git
2 2 (0.69%) JIRA
3 1 (0.34%) GitLab
3 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
General
1 109 (37.59%) Social Skills
2 24 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (6.21%) Manufacturing
4 16 (5.52%) Telecoms
5 13 (4.48%) Finance
6 9 (3.10%) Retail
7 6 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (1.38%) Legal
9 3 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.03%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.34%) Banking
10 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.34%) Law
10 1 (0.34%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 67 (23.10%) IT Engineer
2 56 (19.31%) Support Engineer
3 50 (17.24%) Technical Support
4 48 (16.55%) Technical Engineer
5 44 (15.17%) Technical Support Engineer
6 39 (13.45%) IT Support
7 32 (11.03%) Network Engineer
8 26 (8.97%) Analyst
9 25 (8.62%) Support Technician
10 20 (6.90%) Senior
11 19 (6.55%) Instrumentation Engineer
12 18 (6.21%) Support Analyst
13 15 (5.17%) IT Manager
14 14 (4.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 14 (4.83%) IT Support Engineer
14 14 (4.83%) Security Engineer
15 12 (4.14%) Lead
16 10 (3.45%) Architect
16 10 (3.45%) Security Specialist
17 9 (3.10%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.07%) FreeSWITCH
2 2 (0.69%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.69%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.34%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 61 (21.03%) Operational Technology
2 27 (9.31%) Driving Licence
3 25 (8.62%) Data Centre
4 15 (5.17%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (4.48%) Clustering
6 12 (4.14%) Onboarding
7 11 (3.79%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (3.79%) Cloud Native
8 8 (2.76%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.07%) Client/Server
9 6 (2.07%) FMCG
9 6 (2.07%) Handset
10 5 (1.72%) EPoS
10 5 (1.72%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.72%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.38%) NHS
12 3 (1.03%) Enterprise Storage
13 2 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
13 2 (0.69%) SCADA
14 1 (0.34%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 177 (61.03%) Windows
2 73 (25.17%) Windows Server
3 38 (13.10%) Linux
4 15 (5.17%) Windows 10
4 15 (5.17%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (2.76%) Mac OS
6 6 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.38%) Unix
9 3 (1.03%) VMS
10 2 (0.69%) Check Point GAiA
11 1 (0.34%) CentOS
11 1 (0.34%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.34%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (32.07%) Cybersecurity
2 71 (24.48%) Network Management
3 66 (22.76%) Network Design
4 64 (22.07%) Customer Service
5 61 (21.03%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (13.79%) ITIL
7 35 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (9.66%) Disaster Recovery
9 19 (6.55%) Incident Response
9 19 (6.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 19 (6.55%) Mentoring
9 19 (6.55%) SIEM
10 18 (6.21%) Agile
11 17 (5.86%) DevOps
12 16 (5.52%) Collaborative Working
13 15 (5.17%) Penetration Testing
13 15 (5.17%) Vulnerability Management
14 14 (4.83%) Customer-Centricity
14 14 (4.83%) Project Delivery
14 14 (4.83%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 27 (9.31%) PowerShell
2 23 (7.93%) SQL
3 20 (6.90%) Python
4 11 (3.79%) Bash
5 7 (2.41%) Bicep
6 3 (1.03%) VBA
7 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 42 (14.48%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (8.28%) CCNA
3 20 (6.90%) Degree
4 19 (6.55%) CCNP
5 15 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (4.48%) Network+ Certification
7 10 (3.45%) CISSP
7 10 (3.45%) DBS Check
8 9 (3.10%) Azure Certification
9 7 (2.41%) CISMP
9 7 (2.41%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (2.41%) GSEC
10 6 (2.07%) CCIE
10 6 (2.07%) SC Cleared
10 6 (2.07%) Security Cleared
11 4 (1.38%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (1.03%) CISM
13 2 (0.69%) CCSA
13 2 (0.69%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (5.17%) GDPR
3 11 (3.79%) NIST
4 5 (1.72%) NCSC
5 4 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.69%) GRC
6 2 (0.69%) SLA
7 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 159 (54.83%) Active Directory
2 71 (24.48%) Hyper-V
3 58 (20.00%) Virtual Servers
4 48 (16.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (3.10%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.03%) vSphere
7 2 (0.69%) Docker
8 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 68 (23.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (7.59%) FortiGate
3 9 (3.10%) Ansible
4 8 (2.76%) Terraform
5 6 (2.07%) Autotask
6 4 (1.38%) Proxmox
6 4 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.03%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.69%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.34%) Plesk
9 1 (0.34%) VxRail
Vendors
1 140 (48.28%) Microsoft
2 71 (24.48%) Cisco
3 52 (17.93%) VMware
4 36 (12.41%) SonicWALL
5 27 (9.31%) Veeam
6 21 (7.24%) Meraki
7 17 (5.86%) Fortinet
8 15 (5.17%) HP
8 15 (5.17%) Sophos
9 14 (4.83%) WatchGuard
10 13 (4.48%) Dell
10 13 (4.48%) Sage
10 13 (4.48%) Supermicro
11 12 (4.14%) Aruba
11 12 (4.14%) Palo Alto
12 10 (3.45%) Apple
13 9 (3.10%) Citrix
14 8 (2.76%) ESET
15 6 (2.07%) Huawei
15 6 (2.07%) Polycom