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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 62 55
Rank change year-on-year -31 -7 +50
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 227 393 366
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.40% 3.24% 5.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.02% 34.50% 31.18%
Number of salaries quoted 212 235 320
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £40,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £48,750 £61,250 £62,813
90th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £77,818
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -

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 1,744 1,139 1,174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 18.47% 9.39% 16.08%
Number of salaries quoted 870 610 911
10th Percentile - £29,225 £27,600
25th Percentile £25,087 £33,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% - -
75th Percentile £42,500 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £62,625 £74,144 £77,542
England median annual salary £40,000 £53,500 £51,934
% change year-on-year -25.23% +3.01% -1.08%

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 28 November 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 28 November 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 -23 98 £35,750 -31.90% 39
North West -17 95 £40,500 -14.74% 60
North East +4 34 £31,500 -21.25% 5
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 72 (31.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (10.13%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.44%) OpenStack
Applications
1 22 (9.69%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 125 (55.07%) Azure
1 125 (55.07%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (22.91%) Entra ID
3 24 (10.57%) AWS
4 9 (3.96%) GCP
4 9 (3.96%) SaaS
5 8 (3.52%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.64%) Google Workspace
6 6 (2.64%) IaaS
6 6 (2.64%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.76%) PaaS
8 3 (1.32%) GitHub
8 3 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.88%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (0.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.88%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.44%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.44%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.44%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 77 (33.92%) VLAN
2 68 (29.96%) VPN
3 62 (27.31%) WAN
4 59 (25.99%) TCP/IP
5 57 (25.11%) DNS
6 56 (24.67%) LAN
7 48 (21.15%) DHCP
8 44 (19.38%) VoIP
9 43 (18.94%) Wireless
10 33 (14.54%) Network Security
11 23 (10.13%) SAN
12 17 (7.49%) BGP
13 16 (7.05%) SD-WAN
14 11 (4.85%) WLAN
15 10 (4.41%) OSPF
15 10 (4.41%) Remote Desktop
15 10 (4.41%) Wi-Fi
16 7 (3.08%) Intrusion Detection
16 7 (3.08%) MPLS
17 6 (2.64%) Asterisk PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.17%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (2.64%) Power BI
3 5 (2.20%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.88%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.76%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.88%) GitLab
3 1 (0.44%) Git
3 1 (0.44%) JIRA
General
1 112 (49.34%) Social Skills
2 29 (12.78%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (11.45%) Manufacturing
4 19 (8.37%) Telecoms
5 13 (5.73%) Finance
6 10 (4.41%) Retail
7 9 (3.96%) Law
8 7 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.20%) Legal
9 5 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.20%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.76%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.32%) Advertising
12 2 (0.88%) Military
13 1 (0.44%) Banking
13 1 (0.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.44%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 61 (26.87%) Support Engineer
2 56 (24.67%) IT Support
3 42 (18.50%) Technical Support
4 39 (17.18%) Technical Engineer
5 38 (16.74%) IT Engineer
6 36 (15.86%) Technical Support Engineer
7 29 (12.78%) Analyst
8 28 (12.33%) Support Technician
9 26 (11.45%) IT Support Engineer
10 22 (9.69%) Network Engineer
11 20 (8.81%) Senior
12 18 (7.93%) Support Analyst
13 16 (7.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (6.61%) IT Manager
15 14 (6.17%) 2nd Line Support
15 14 (6.17%) 3rd Line Support
16 11 (4.85%) Security Engineer
17 10 (4.41%) 1st Line Support
17 10 (4.41%) IT Support Technician
17 10 (4.41%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.64%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (1.32%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.88%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.44%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 30 (13.22%) Driving Licence
2 23 (10.13%) Data Centre
3 16 (7.05%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (6.17%) Onboarding
5 13 (5.73%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (5.73%) Cloud Native
5 13 (5.73%) Clustering
5 13 (5.73%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.08%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.64%) Client/Server
7 6 (2.64%) FMCG
7 6 (2.64%) Handset
8 4 (1.76%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.32%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (1.32%) EPoS
10 2 (0.88%) Cloud Security Posture
10 2 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.88%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.88%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 113 (49.78%) Windows
2 81 (35.68%) Windows Server
3 36 (15.86%) Linux
4 22 (9.69%) Windows 10
5 17 (7.49%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (3.08%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.76%) Windows 7
7 4 (1.76%) Windows 8
7 4 (1.76%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.32%) Unix
8 3 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.88%) CentOS
9 2 (0.88%) Check Point GAiA
9 2 (0.88%) VMS
10 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (24.67%) Customer Service
2 55 (24.23%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (18.50%) ITIL
4 31 (13.66%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (13.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 28 (12.33%) Disaster Recovery
7 23 (10.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 19 (8.37%) Project Delivery
9 18 (7.93%) DevOps
10 16 (7.05%) Agile
10 16 (7.05%) Collaborative Working
11 15 (6.61%) Infrastructure as Code
12 14 (6.17%) Customer-Centricity
12 14 (6.17%) Incident Response
12 14 (6.17%) Network Management
13 13 (5.73%) Cloud Security
13 13 (5.73%) Information Security
13 13 (5.73%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 12 (5.29%) Data Protection
14 12 (5.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (9.25%) PowerShell
2 16 (7.05%) Python
2 16 (7.05%) SQL
3 13 (5.73%) Bash
4 5 (2.20%) Bicep
5 4 (1.76%) VBA
6 3 (1.32%) Go
7 2 (0.88%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 44 (19.38%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (11.89%) CCNA
3 24 (10.57%) Degree
4 15 (6.61%) CCNP
4 15 (6.61%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (5.29%) Network+ Certification
6 11 (4.85%) CISSP
7 8 (3.52%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (3.08%) DBS Check
9 6 (2.64%) JNCIA
9 6 (2.64%) SC Cleared
9 6 (2.64%) Security Cleared
10 5 (2.20%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.20%) CISMP
10 5 (2.20%) GSEC
10 5 (2.20%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.76%) CCIE
11 4 (1.76%) CISM
11 4 (1.76%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (5.73%) GDPR
3 11 (4.85%) NIST
4 5 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.76%) GRC
5 4 (1.76%) NCSC
6 3 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.88%) SLA
7 2 (0.88%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.44%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 114 (50.22%) Active Directory
2 81 (35.68%) Hyper-V
3 46 (20.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.32%) Docker
4 3 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.32%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (0.88%) vSphere
6 1 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 68 (29.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (9.69%) FortiGate
3 14 (6.17%) Terraform
4 9 (3.96%) Autotask
5 6 (2.64%) Ansible
6 5 (2.20%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.76%) Grafana
7 4 (1.76%) Prometheus
8 3 (1.32%) SCCM
9 2 (0.88%) Plesk
9 2 (0.88%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.44%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.44%) Kibana
10 1 (0.44%) Nagios
10 1 (0.44%) VxRail
Vendors
1 142 (62.56%) Microsoft
2 67 (29.52%) Cisco
3 56 (24.67%) VMware
4 36 (15.86%) SonicWALL
5 24 (10.57%) Veeam
6 22 (9.69%) Fortinet
7 17 (7.49%) Aruba
8 16 (7.05%) Meraki
9 15 (6.61%) HP
10 14 (6.17%) WatchGuard
11 13 (5.73%) Dell
11 13 (5.73%) Palo Alto
11 13 (5.73%) Sage
11 13 (5.73%) Supermicro
12 11 (4.85%) Apple
12 11 (4.85%) Sophos
13 10 (4.41%) Citrix
14 8 (3.52%) ESET
14 8 (3.52%) Juniper
15 7 (3.08%) CheckPoint