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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 105 79
Rank change year-on-year -16 -26 -14
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 303 295 378
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.32% 3.11% 2.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.04% 15.82% 27.10%
Number of salaries quoted 253 200 276
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,125 £29,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.44% -23.16% -1.82%
75th Percentile £58,750 £50,625 £62,813
90th Percentile £70,750 £62,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -2.21%

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 1,375 1,865 1,395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.00% 19.66% 9.39%
Number of salaries quoted 897 867 913
10th Percentile £27,000 £24,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £30,825 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.76% -31.50% -5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £43,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -3.85%

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 2 September 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 2 September 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 +39 169 £42,500 +13.33% 59
Yorkshire -60 107 £42,500 +21.43% 30
North East -60 27 £42,500 +28.02% 21
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 56 (18.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (17.82%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.29%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 162 (53.47%) Microsoft 365
2 132 (43.56%) Azure
3 76 (25.08%) Entra ID
4 52 (17.16%) AWS
5 17 (5.61%) GCP
6 15 (4.95%) Power Platform
7 10 (3.30%) Mimecast
7 10 (3.30%) OneDrive
8 9 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (2.97%) GitHub
9 8 (2.64%) SaaS
10 7 (2.31%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (2.31%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (1.98%) Google Workspace
12 5 (1.65%) IaaS
13 4 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.32%) PaaS
14 3 (0.99%) Amazon ECS
14 3 (0.99%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 97 (32.01%) DNS
1 97 (32.01%) VPN
2 83 (27.39%) DHCP
3 74 (24.42%) TCP/IP
4 73 (24.09%) WAN
5 63 (20.79%) LAN
6 59 (19.47%) VLAN
7 53 (17.49%) Wi-Fi
8 51 (16.83%) Network Security
9 41 (13.53%) VoIP
10 33 (10.89%) Wireless
11 32 (10.56%) SD-WAN
12 26 (8.58%) BGP
13 22 (7.26%) OSPF
14 13 (4.29%) Structured Cabling
15 11 (3.63%) Cisco ASA
15 11 (3.63%) Cisco Firepower
15 11 (3.63%) Cisco Nexus
15 11 (3.63%) NGFW
15 11 (3.63%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.94%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.66%) GIS
5 1 (0.33%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Git
1 2 (0.66%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.33%) GitLab
2 1 (0.33%) JIRA
2 1 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 119 (39.27%) Social Skills
2 22 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (4.62%) Law
4 11 (3.63%) Manufacturing
5 10 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (3.30%) Finance
5 10 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (2.97%) Public Sector
7 6 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (1.98%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.32%) Advertising
8 4 (1.32%) Social Housing
9 3 (0.99%) Legal
10 2 (0.66%) Retail
11 1 (0.33%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 71 (23.43%) IT Support
2 59 (19.47%) Support Engineer
3 53 (17.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 52 (17.16%) Network Engineer
5 49 (16.17%) IT Engineer
6 41 (13.53%) Senior
7 40 (13.20%) IT Support Engineer
8 27 (8.91%) Security Engineer
9 26 (8.58%) Analyst
10 20 (6.60%) 2nd Line Support
10 20 (6.60%) IT Technician
11 18 (5.94%) Support Technician
12 17 (5.61%) IT Manager
13 16 (5.28%) Consultant
13 16 (5.28%) IT Support Technician
14 14 (4.62%) Support Analyst
15 13 (4.29%) Cloud Engineer
16 12 (3.96%) Senior Network Engineer
17 11 (3.63%) Architect
17 11 (3.63%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (8.91%) Terraform
2 8 (2.64%) Middleware
3 7 (2.31%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (1.32%) React
5 3 (0.99%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.66%) .NET
6 2 (0.66%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.66%) Ajax
6 2 (0.66%) boto
6 2 (0.66%) CSS
6 2 (0.66%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.66%) Flask
6 2 (0.66%) HTML
6 2 (0.66%) Jinja
6 2 (0.66%) jQuery
6 2 (0.66%) Node.js
6 2 (0.66%) OpenLayers
6 2 (0.66%) SAML
6 2 (0.66%) SQLAlchemy
7 1 (0.33%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 49 (16.17%) Driving Licence
2 32 (10.56%) Data Centre
3 20 (6.60%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (5.61%) CCTV
4 17 (5.61%) Onboarding
5 14 (4.62%) Security Posture
6 9 (2.97%) Life Science
6 9 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.64%) Linux Command Line
7 8 (2.64%) Operational Technology
8 7 (2.31%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (1.98%) Microsoft Licensing
10 5 (1.65%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (1.65%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.65%) SCADA
10 5 (1.65%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.32%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.99%) Cyberattack
12 3 (0.99%) FMCG
12 3 (0.99%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 154 (50.83%) Windows
2 117 (38.61%) Windows Server
3 25 (8.25%) Linux
4 23 (7.59%) Windows 10
5 14 (4.62%) Android
5 14 (4.62%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (3.96%) VMS
7 11 (3.63%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (2.64%) Apple iOS
9 7 (2.31%) Mac OS
10 6 (1.98%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.99%) Debian
12 1 (0.33%) CentOS
12 1 (0.33%) Solaris
12 1 (0.33%) Unix
12 1 (0.33%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.33%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (35.97%) Problem-Solving
2 84 (27.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 68 (22.44%) Cybersecurity
4 65 (21.45%) Disaster Recovery
5 47 (15.51%) Customer Service
6 46 (15.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (11.22%) Infrastructure as Code
7 34 (11.22%) Mentoring
8 33 (10.89%) Service Delivery
9 32 (10.56%) Migration
10 29 (9.57%) ITIL
11 24 (7.92%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 22 (7.26%) DevOps
12 22 (7.26%) High Availability
13 21 (6.93%) Vulnerability Management
14 20 (6.60%) Business Continuity
14 20 (6.60%) Change Management
15 19 (6.27%) Project Delivery
15 19 (6.27%) Stakeholder Management
16 18 (5.94%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 50 (16.50%) PowerShell
2 36 (11.88%) Python
3 23 (7.59%) SQL
4 11 (3.63%) Bicep
5 6 (1.98%) Go
6 4 (1.32%) Bash
6 4 (1.32%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.99%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.66%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 39 (12.87%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (7.92%) CCNA
3 21 (6.93%) Degree
4 18 (5.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (5.28%) CCNP
6 14 (4.62%) Azure Certification
7 12 (3.96%) SC Cleared
7 12 (3.96%) Security Cleared
8 11 (3.63%) Network+ Certification
9 9 (2.97%) DBS Check
10 7 (2.31%) CCIE
11 5 (1.65%) AWS Certification
12 4 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.99%) CISSP
13 3 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (0.66%) CISM
14 2 (0.66%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 2 (0.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 2 (0.66%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (9.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (3.96%) NIST
4 9 (2.97%) SLA
5 8 (2.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (2.31%) GDPR
7 3 (0.99%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.99%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.66%) PMO
9 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.33%) QA
System Software
1 121 (39.93%) Active Directory
2 61 (20.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (19.14%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.97%) vSphere
5 7 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (2.31%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.98%) Docker
7 5 (1.65%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.99%) iptables
9 2 (0.66%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.33%) Firmware
10 1 (0.33%) KVM
10 1 (0.33%) MetaFrame
10 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.33%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.33%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 65 (21.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (6.93%) FortiGate
3 14 (4.62%) Ansible
4 11 (3.63%) Kubernetes
5 8 (2.64%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.32%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 4 (1.32%) Puppet
8 3 (0.99%) cPanel
8 3 (0.99%) Grafana
8 3 (0.99%) Plesk
8 3 (0.99%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.66%) Autotask
9 2 (0.66%) Nessus
9 2 (0.66%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.33%) SCCM
10 1 (0.33%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.33%) VxRail
Vendors
1 179 (59.08%) Microsoft
2 74 (24.42%) VMware
3 63 (20.79%) Cisco
4 25 (8.25%) Fortinet
5 24 (7.92%) SonicWALL
6 20 (6.60%) Veeam
7 19 (6.27%) Palo Alto
8 18 (5.94%) Juniper
9 15 (4.95%) Meraki
10 13 (4.29%) Aruba
10 13 (4.29%) Google
11 10 (3.30%) CheckPoint
12 8 (2.64%) Apple
12 8 (2.64%) Sophos
13 7 (2.31%) iManage
14 6 (1.98%) F5
15 5 (1.65%) Arista
15 5 (1.65%) Atlassian
15 5 (1.65%) SolarWinds
15 5 (1.65%) Splunk