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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 73 58
Rank change year-on-year -27 -15 +50
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 285 372 437
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.05% 2.65% 4.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.70% 29.09% 26.17%
Number of salaries quoted 194 234 379
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £47,500 £47,672
Median % change year-on-year -23.68% -0.36% +5.94%
75th Percentile £50,625 £63,438 £63,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -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 1,815 1,279 1,670
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 19.42% 9.10% 18.32%
Number of salaries quoted 823 760 1,034
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,725 £27,825
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,500 £32,749
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £45,000 £47,125
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -4.51% 0.00%
75th Percentile £44,375 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £77,542
England median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -17.00% -2.91% -1.90%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +8 161 £35,750 -31.58% 55
North West -69 95 £37,500 -25.00% 81
North East +17 29 £33,500 -11.84% 19
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 54 (18.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (7.37%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.35%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (4.56%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.70%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 129 (45.26%) Azure
2 110 (38.60%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (18.60%) Entra ID
4 35 (12.28%) AWS
5 12 (4.21%) SaaS
6 10 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (3.16%) GCP
8 8 (2.81%) IaaS
8 8 (2.81%) PaaS
8 8 (2.81%) Power Platform
9 7 (2.46%) OCI
10 6 (2.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 5 (1.75%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (1.40%) Azure AI
12 4 (1.40%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (1.40%) Azure Service Bus
12 4 (1.40%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.70%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 77 (27.02%) VPN
2 68 (23.86%) VLAN
3 58 (20.35%) WAN
4 57 (20.00%) DNS
5 44 (15.44%) Network Security
6 42 (14.74%) LAN
6 42 (14.74%) TCP/IP
6 42 (14.74%) VoIP
7 37 (12.98%) DHCP
8 35 (12.28%) Wireless
9 21 (7.37%) BGP
10 20 (7.02%) SAN
11 17 (5.96%) SD-WAN
12 14 (4.91%) OSPF
12 14 (4.91%) WLAN
13 12 (4.21%) Intrusion Detection
13 12 (4.21%) MPLS
14 9 (3.16%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (2.11%) Cisco ASA
15 6 (2.11%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.51%) Amazon RDS
1 10 (3.51%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.81%) Power BI
3 4 (1.40%) Data Lake
3 4 (1.40%) MySQL
4 2 (0.70%) EDMS
5 1 (0.35%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 5 (1.75%) Git
2 2 (0.70%) JIRA
2 2 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.35%) GitLab
3 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
General
1 101 (35.44%) Social Skills
2 24 (8.42%) Manufacturing
3 21 (7.37%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (4.91%) Finance
5 10 (3.51%) Telecoms
6 9 (3.16%) Pharmaceutical
6 9 (3.16%) Retail
7 6 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.75%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.35%) Automotive
9 1 (0.35%) Banking
9 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.35%) Law
9 1 (0.35%) Legal
9 1 (0.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 67 (23.51%) IT Engineer
2 51 (17.89%) Technical Support
3 49 (17.19%) Support Engineer
4 42 (14.74%) Technical Engineer
5 39 (13.68%) Network Engineer
6 38 (13.33%) Technical Support Engineer
7 31 (10.88%) IT Support
8 26 (9.12%) Analyst
9 19 (6.67%) Instrumentation Engineer
9 19 (6.67%) Senior
10 18 (6.32%) Security Engineer
10 18 (6.32%) Support Analyst
11 17 (5.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 17 (5.96%) Support Technician
12 15 (5.26%) Lead
13 13 (4.56%) IT Support Engineer
14 11 (3.86%) IT Manager
15 10 (3.51%) Network Security Engineer
15 10 (3.51%) Security Specialist
15 10 (3.51%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.40%) FreeSWITCH
2 2 (0.70%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.70%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.35%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 60 (21.05%) Operational Technology
2 25 (8.77%) Data Centre
3 23 (8.07%) Driving Licence
4 14 (4.91%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (4.56%) Clustering
5 13 (4.56%) Onboarding
6 11 (3.86%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (3.86%) Cloud Native
7 8 (2.81%) FMCG
8 7 (2.46%) Private Cloud
9 6 (2.11%) Handset
10 5 (1.75%) EPoS
10 5 (1.75%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.75%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.40%) NHS
12 3 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (1.05%) Enterprise Storage
12 3 (1.05%) Housing Association
13 2 (0.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 2 (0.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 165 (57.89%) Windows
2 63 (22.11%) Windows Server
3 35 (12.28%) Linux
4 14 (4.91%) Windows Server 2016
5 13 (4.56%) Windows 10
6 8 (2.81%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (2.46%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.40%) Unix
10 3 (1.05%) VMS
11 2 (0.70%) CentOS
11 2 (0.70%) Check Point GAiA
11 2 (0.70%) Debian
12 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (34.04%) Cybersecurity
2 68 (23.86%) Network Management
3 64 (22.46%) Network Design
3 64 (22.46%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (17.89%) Customer Service
5 35 (12.28%) ITIL
6 32 (11.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 28 (9.82%) Disaster Recovery
8 22 (7.72%) Mentoring
8 22 (7.72%) SIEM
9 20 (7.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 19 (6.67%) Incident Response
11 16 (5.61%) DevOps
11 16 (5.61%) Penetration Testing
12 15 (5.26%) Agile
12 15 (5.26%) Vulnerability Management
13 14 (4.91%) Security Architecture
14 13 (4.56%) Migration
14 13 (4.56%) Process Improvement
14 13 (4.56%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 28 (9.82%) PowerShell
2 26 (9.12%) SQL
3 20 (7.02%) Python
4 9 (3.16%) Bash
5 7 (2.46%) Bicep
6 3 (1.05%) Progress 4GL
7 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 39 (13.68%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (9.12%) CCNA
3 17 (5.96%) CCNP
4 16 (5.61%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (4.91%) Degree
6 12 (4.21%) Network+ Certification
7 11 (3.86%) CISSP
8 10 (3.51%) Azure Certification
9 8 (2.81%) DBS Check
10 7 (2.46%) CISMP
10 7 (2.46%) GSEC
11 6 (2.11%) CCIE
11 6 (2.11%) SC Cleared
11 6 (2.11%) Security Cleared
12 5 (1.75%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (1.40%) CISM
13 4 (1.40%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (1.05%) CCSA
14 3 (1.05%) CCSE
14 3 (1.05%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (7.02%) GDPR
3 15 (5.26%) NIST
4 5 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.40%) NCSC
6 3 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.70%) GRC
7 2 (0.70%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 149 (52.28%) Active Directory
2 65 (22.81%) Hyper-V
3 58 (20.35%) Virtual Servers
4 43 (15.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (4.21%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.05%) vSphere
7 2 (0.70%) Docker
8 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.35%) XenApp
8 1 (0.35%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 57 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (5.96%) FortiGate
3 12 (4.21%) Ansible
4 10 (3.51%) Terraform
5 7 (2.46%) Proxmox
6 4 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.05%) Autotask
7 3 (1.05%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.70%) SCCM
8 2 (0.70%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.35%) Grafana
9 1 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 123 (43.16%) Microsoft
2 78 (27.37%) Cisco
3 44 (15.44%) VMware
4 33 (11.58%) SonicWALL
5 26 (9.12%) Meraki
6 24 (8.42%) Veeam
7 21 (7.37%) Fortinet
8 15 (5.26%) Sophos
8 15 (5.26%) WatchGuard
9 14 (4.91%) HP
10 13 (4.56%) Dell
10 13 (4.56%) Supermicro
11 11 (3.86%) Aruba
11 11 (3.86%) Palo Alto
12 10 (3.51%) Citrix
12 10 (3.51%) Sage
13 8 (2.81%) CheckPoint
14 7 (2.46%) Apple
14 7 (2.46%) ESET
15 6 (2.11%) Huawei