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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 51 53
Rank change year-on-year -29 +2 +32
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 263 364 510
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.23% 4.27% 4.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.88% 38.16% 32.04%
Number of salaries quoted 241 227 442
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £57,239 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +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 2,662 954 1,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 22.61% 11.18% 13.26%
Number of salaries quoted 809 537 1,369
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,400 £26,000
25th Percentile £26,251 £34,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £48,750 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -3.92%

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 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 2 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 -19 120 £42,500 -15.00% 65
Yorkshire -29 105 £45,000 -10.00% 32
North East -4 38 £33,500 -13.55% 11
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 66 (25.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (11.79%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.38%) IIS
3 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
Applications
1 26 (9.89%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.52%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 126 (47.91%) Microsoft 365
2 121 (46.01%) Azure
3 77 (29.28%) Entra ID
4 42 (15.97%) AWS
5 22 (8.37%) Microsoft Purview
6 16 (6.08%) GCP
7 13 (4.94%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (4.94%) GitHub
8 12 (4.56%) OCI
9 11 (4.18%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (3.80%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (3.04%) Google Workspace
11 8 (3.04%) SaaS
12 7 (2.66%) IaaS
13 6 (2.28%) OneDrive
13 6 (2.28%) Power Platform
14 3 (1.14%) Intacct
15 2 (0.76%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 2 (0.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 2 (0.76%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 85 (32.32%) VPN
2 77 (29.28%) WAN
3 71 (27.00%) VLAN
4 65 (24.71%) DNS
4 65 (24.71%) LAN
5 53 (20.15%) DHCP
6 51 (19.39%) TCP/IP
7 31 (11.79%) Wireless
8 26 (9.89%) Network Security
9 23 (8.75%) Wi-Fi
10 21 (7.98%) VoIP
11 15 (5.70%) SD-WAN
12 13 (4.94%) BGP
12 13 (4.94%) VXLAN
13 12 (4.56%) NGFW
13 12 (4.56%) Wireshark
14 11 (4.18%) SAN
15 10 (3.80%) HTTP
15 10 (3.80%) OSPF
16 7 (2.66%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.18%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (2.28%) Power BI
3 5 (1.90%) MySQL
4 3 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 12 (4.56%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.76%) GitLab
2 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 131 (49.81%) Social Skills
2 57 (21.67%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (9.13%) Law
4 22 (8.37%) Telecoms
5 19 (7.22%) Manufacturing
5 19 (7.22%) Presentation Skills
5 19 (7.22%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.32%) Finance
7 13 (4.94%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.04%) Retail
9 5 (1.90%) Advertising
9 5 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.52%) Legal
11 3 (1.14%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.76%) Military
13 1 (0.38%) Electronics
13 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.38%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 74 (28.14%) IT Support
2 66 (25.10%) Support Engineer
3 56 (21.29%) IT Engineer
4 47 (17.87%) IT Support Engineer
5 27 (10.27%) Senior
6 26 (9.89%) 2nd Line Support
7 22 (8.37%) Lead
7 22 (8.37%) Support Technician
8 21 (7.98%) Network Engineer
9 20 (7.60%) Cisco Engineer
9 20 (7.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 19 (7.22%) Firewall Engineer
10 19 (7.22%) Juniper Engineer
10 19 (7.22%) LAN Engineer
10 19 (7.22%) LAN/WAN Engineer
10 19 (7.22%) Presales Engineer
10 19 (7.22%) WAN Engineer
11 17 (6.46%) Analyst
11 17 (6.46%) Technical Support
12 16 (6.08%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.80%) Elastic Stack
2 8 (3.04%) FreeSWITCH
3 2 (0.76%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 40 (15.21%) Driving Licence
2 31 (11.79%) Data Centre
3 21 (7.98%) Data Protection Act
4 17 (6.46%) Management Information System
5 16 (6.08%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (4.56%) PKI
7 11 (4.18%) Onboarding
8 8 (3.04%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (3.04%) Cloud Native
9 6 (2.28%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.90%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.14%) Cyberattack
11 3 (1.14%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (1.14%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.76%) Cloud Security Posture
12 2 (0.76%) Clustering
12 2 (0.76%) Handset
12 2 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
13 1 (0.38%) BYOD
13 1 (0.38%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 121 (46.01%) Windows
2 98 (37.26%) Windows Server
3 25 (9.51%) Windows 10
4 22 (8.37%) Linux
5 12 (4.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (3.42%) Mac OS
7 7 (2.66%) Windows 7
7 7 (2.66%) Windows 8
8 6 (2.28%) Android
8 6 (2.28%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.52%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.14%) Debian
11 2 (0.76%) CentOS
12 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (32.70%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (22.05%) Customer Service
3 55 (20.91%) Cybersecurity
4 44 (16.73%) Disaster Recovery
5 40 (15.21%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (14.83%) ITIL
7 37 (14.07%) Incident Response
8 30 (11.41%) Data Protection
8 30 (11.41%) Stakeholder Management
9 28 (10.65%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 26 (9.89%) SIEM
11 25 (9.51%) Decision-Making
11 25 (9.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 25 (9.51%) Security Architecture
12 24 (9.13%) Presales
13 23 (8.75%) Business Continuity
13 23 (8.75%) DevOps
13 23 (8.75%) Risk Management
14 22 (8.37%) CI/CD
14 22 (8.37%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 38 (14.45%) Python
2 21 (7.98%) PowerShell
3 19 (7.22%) Bash
4 11 (4.18%) SQL
5 10 (3.80%) Go
6 4 (1.52%) Bicep
6 4 (1.52%) VBA
7 2 (0.76%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 52 (19.77%) Cisco Certification
2 37 (14.07%) CCNA
3 31 (11.79%) Degree
4 21 (7.98%) CCNP
5 19 (7.22%) JNCIA
6 13 (4.94%) Network+ Certification
7 8 (3.04%) Azure Certification
7 8 (3.04%) DBS Check
8 7 (2.66%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (2.66%) SC Cleared
8 7 (2.66%) Security Cleared
9 5 (1.90%) CCIE
9 5 (1.90%) CISSP
10 4 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.14%) CISM
12 2 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (14.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (13.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 27 (10.27%) GDPR
4 25 (9.51%) NIST
5 4 (1.52%) PMO
6 3 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.14%) GRC
6 3 (1.14%) NCSC
7 2 (0.76%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.38%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 124 (47.15%) Active Directory
2 65 (24.71%) Hyper-V
3 47 (17.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.28%) VMware Workstation
5 4 (1.52%) Docker
5 4 (1.52%) ProxySG
5 4 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.14%) vSphere
7 2 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.38%) Firmware
8 1 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.38%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.38%) XenApp
8 1 (0.38%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 52 (19.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (12.93%) Terraform
3 25 (9.51%) Ansible
4 13 (4.94%) FortiGate
5 12 (4.56%) Autotask
6 11 (4.18%) Grafana
6 11 (4.18%) Prometheus
7 7 (2.66%) Kubernetes
7 7 (2.66%) SCCM
8 2 (0.76%) Plesk
9 1 (0.38%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.38%) Kibana
9 1 (0.38%) Nagios
9 1 (0.38%) VxRail
Vendors
1 148 (56.27%) Microsoft
2 66 (25.10%) Cisco
3 60 (22.81%) VMware
4 38 (14.45%) Aruba
5 32 (12.17%) Fortinet
6 22 (8.37%) Juniper
7 14 (5.32%) SonicWALL
8 12 (4.56%) Arista
8 12 (4.56%) NetScout
8 12 (4.56%) Veeam
9 11 (4.18%) Sage
10 10 (3.80%) Citrix
10 10 (3.80%) Meraki
10 10 (3.80%) Palo Alto
11 9 (3.42%) WatchGuard
12 8 (3.04%) CheckPoint
12 8 (3.04%) Google
13 7 (2.66%) ESET
14 6 (2.28%) Apple
14 6 (2.28%) F5