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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 46 54
Rank change year-on-year -38 +8 +38
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 272 362 506
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.10% 4.68% 4.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.13% 38.23% 31.63%
Number of salaries quoted 246 229 435
10th Percentile £27,750 £35,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £30,125 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £63,500 £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 2,685 947 1,600
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 20.76% 12.24% 12.73%
Number of salaries quoted 792 558 1,365
10th Percentile £25,087 £28,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £33,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.11% +4.65% -4.44%
75th Percentile £50,298 £63,938 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -23.64% +10.00% -2.98%

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 21 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 21 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 -30 123 £41,500 -20.95% 78
Yorkshire -46 103 £45,000 - 27
North East -6 46 £33,500 -16.25% 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 63 (23.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (11.76%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.37%) IIS
3 1 (0.37%) OpenStack
Applications
1 30 (11.03%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.21%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 131 (48.16%) Azure
2 127 (46.69%) Microsoft 365
3 78 (28.68%) Entra ID
4 49 (18.01%) AWS
5 22 (8.09%) GCP
5 22 (8.09%) Microsoft Purview
6 21 (7.72%) GitHub
7 19 (6.99%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (6.62%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (4.41%) IaaS
9 12 (4.41%) OCI
10 11 (4.04%) Azure Sentinel
11 10 (3.68%) Google Workspace
11 10 (3.68%) SaaS
12 6 (2.21%) OneDrive
12 6 (2.21%) Power Platform
13 5 (1.84%) Intacct
14 3 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
15 2 (0.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 2 (0.74%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 90 (33.09%) VPN
2 80 (29.41%) WAN
3 73 (26.84%) DNS
4 71 (26.10%) VLAN
5 66 (24.26%) LAN
6 58 (21.32%) TCP/IP
7 54 (19.85%) DHCP
8 31 (11.40%) Wireless
9 30 (11.03%) Network Security
10 22 (8.09%) Wi-Fi
11 18 (6.62%) VoIP
12 16 (5.88%) HTTP
12 16 (5.88%) SD-WAN
13 13 (4.78%) VXLAN
14 12 (4.41%) BGP
14 12 (4.41%) NGFW
14 12 (4.41%) Wireshark
15 11 (4.04%) OSPF
16 8 (2.94%) DMZ
16 8 (2.94%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.15%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.21%) Power BI
3 5 (1.84%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.84%) MySQL
4 3 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 18 (6.62%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.84%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (1.10%) GitLab
4 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
General
1 135 (49.63%) Social Skills
2 57 (20.96%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (11.03%) Law
4 28 (10.29%) Telecoms
5 19 (6.99%) Presentation Skills
5 19 (6.99%) Public Sector
6 17 (6.25%) Manufacturing
7 16 (5.88%) Finance
8 15 (5.51%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (3.31%) Retail
10 8 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.84%) Advertising
12 4 (1.47%) Legal
13 3 (1.10%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.74%) 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 76 (27.94%) IT Support
2 73 (26.84%) Support Engineer
3 59 (21.69%) IT Engineer
4 51 (18.75%) IT Support Engineer
5 28 (10.29%) 2nd Line Support
6 26 (9.56%) Senior
7 23 (8.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 23 (8.46%) Network Engineer
8 22 (8.09%) DevOps Engineer
8 22 (8.09%) Lead
9 21 (7.72%) Support Technician
10 20 (7.35%) Cisco Engineer
11 19 (6.99%) Firewall Engineer
11 19 (6.99%) Juniper Engineer
11 19 (6.99%) LAN Engineer
11 19 (6.99%) LAN/WAN Engineer
11 19 (6.99%) Presales Engineer
11 19 (6.99%) WAN Engineer
12 18 (6.62%) 1st Line Support
13 15 (5.51%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.88%) Elastic Stack
2 11 (4.04%) FreeSWITCH
3 2 (0.74%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 39 (14.34%) Driving Licence
2 29 (10.66%) Data Centre
3 21 (7.72%) Data Protection Act
4 17 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (5.88%) Management Information System
6 12 (4.41%) Onboarding
6 12 (4.41%) PKI
7 6 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.21%) Client/Server
7 6 (2.21%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.47%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.10%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.10%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.74%) Cloud Security Posture
10 2 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.74%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.37%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.37%) Educational Technology
11 1 (0.37%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.37%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 126 (46.32%) Windows
2 102 (37.50%) Windows Server
3 26 (9.56%) Linux
4 25 (9.19%) Windows 10
5 10 (3.68%) Mac OS
5 10 (3.68%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (3.31%) Windows 7
6 9 (3.31%) Windows 8
7 7 (2.57%) Debian
8 6 (2.21%) Android
8 6 (2.21%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.47%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.74%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.37%) CentOS
11 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (22.79%) Customer Service
3 57 (20.96%) Cybersecurity
4 47 (17.28%) Disaster Recovery
5 39 (14.34%) ITIL
6 37 (13.60%) Continuous Improvement
6 37 (13.60%) Incident Response
7 33 (12.13%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 30 (11.03%) Data Protection
8 30 (11.03%) Stakeholder Management
9 29 (10.66%) CI/CD
9 29 (10.66%) DevOps
9 29 (10.66%) Infrastructure as Code
10 26 (9.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 26 (9.56%) SIEM
11 25 (9.19%) Decision-Making
11 25 (9.19%) High Availability
11 25 (9.19%) Mentoring
12 24 (8.82%) Presales
12 24 (8.82%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 50 (18.38%) Python
2 29 (10.66%) Bash
3 23 (8.46%) PowerShell
4 16 (5.88%) Go
5 12 (4.41%) SQL
6 4 (1.47%) Bicep
6 4 (1.47%) VBA
7 2 (0.74%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 53 (19.49%) Cisco Certification
2 38 (13.97%) Degree
3 34 (12.50%) CCNA
4 25 (9.19%) CCNP
5 19 (6.99%) JNCIA
6 14 (5.15%) Network+ Certification
7 12 (4.41%) Azure Certification
8 9 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (2.94%) DBS Check
10 7 (2.57%) CCIE
10 7 (2.57%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (2.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (2.57%) SC Cleared
10 7 (2.57%) Security Cleared
11 5 (1.84%) CISSP
12 4 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.10%) CISM
14 2 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
15 1 (0.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 1 (0.37%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (14.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 36 (13.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (10.29%) GDPR
4 24 (8.82%) NIST
5 6 (2.21%) PMO
6 4 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.10%) NCSC
8 2 (0.74%) GRC
8 2 (0.74%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 123 (45.22%) Active Directory
2 62 (22.79%) Hyper-V
3 44 (16.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.94%) VMware Workstation
5 6 (2.21%) ProxySG
6 4 (1.47%) Docker
6 4 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.10%) vSphere
8 2 (0.74%) 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 56 (20.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (15.07%) Terraform
3 33 (12.13%) Ansible
4 17 (6.25%) Grafana
4 17 (6.25%) Prometheus
5 16 (5.88%) Autotask
6 12 (4.41%) FortiGate
7 9 (3.31%) Kubernetes
7 9 (3.31%) SCCM
8 2 (0.74%) Plesk
9 1 (0.37%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.37%) Kibana
9 1 (0.37%) Nagios
9 1 (0.37%) VxRail
Vendors
1 154 (56.62%) Microsoft
2 69 (25.37%) Cisco
3 56 (20.59%) VMware
4 35 (12.87%) Aruba
5 32 (11.76%) Fortinet
6 22 (8.09%) Juniper
7 12 (4.41%) Arista
7 12 (4.41%) NetScout
8 11 (4.04%) SonicWALL
9 10 (3.68%) CheckPoint
9 10 (3.68%) Google
9 10 (3.68%) Sage
9 10 (3.68%) Veeam
10 9 (3.31%) ESET
10 9 (3.31%) Palo Alto
11 8 (2.94%) Citrix
11 8 (2.94%) F5
11 8 (2.94%) WatchGuard
12 7 (2.57%) Meraki
13 6 (2.21%) ServiceNow