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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 102 71
Rank change year-on-year -14 -31 -13
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 303 286 373
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.28% 3.05% 2.66%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.74% 15.67% 29.25%
Number of salaries quoted 247 195 235
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £29,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £36,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -24.21% -1.64%
75th Percentile £58,750 £50,625 £63,125
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% -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 1,461 1,825 1,275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.16% 19.45% 9.08%
Number of salaries quoted 878 834 759
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,000 £28,700
25th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,215 £30,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.41% -32.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £43,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £48,445 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.16% -18.00% -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 17 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 17 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 +37 166 £42,500 +13.33% 84
Yorkshire -56 111 £40,000 +11.89% 42
North East -68 26 £42,500 +27.44% 17
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 55 (18.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (17.16%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.96%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 161 (53.14%) Microsoft 365
2 125 (41.25%) Azure
3 79 (26.07%) Entra ID
4 48 (15.84%) AWS
5 15 (4.95%) GCP
6 14 (4.62%) Power Platform
7 10 (3.30%) Mimecast
8 9 (2.97%) GitHub
8 9 (2.97%) OneDrive
9 8 (2.64%) SaaS
10 7 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.98%) IaaS
11 6 (1.98%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (1.65%) Google Workspace
13 4 (1.32%) PaaS
14 3 (0.99%) AWS CloudFormation
14 3 (0.99%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 2 (0.66%) Azure Sentinel
15 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 99 (32.67%) VPN
2 98 (32.34%) DNS
3 84 (27.72%) DHCP
4 68 (22.44%) TCP/IP
5 66 (21.78%) WAN
6 57 (18.81%) LAN
7 55 (18.15%) VLAN
7 55 (18.15%) Wi-Fi
8 48 (15.84%) Network Security
9 39 (12.87%) VoIP
10 32 (10.56%) Wireless
11 31 (10.23%) SD-WAN
12 25 (8.25%) BGP
13 20 (6.60%) OSPF
14 13 (4.29%) Intrusion Detection
14 13 (4.29%) Structured Cabling
15 12 (3.96%) Cisco Firepower
16 11 (3.63%) NGFW
17 10 (3.30%) Cisco ASA
17 10 (3.30%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.61%) 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 4 (1.32%) JIRA
2 2 (0.66%) Git
2 2 (0.66%) GitLab
2 2 (0.66%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 120 (39.60%) Social Skills
2 21 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (3.96%) Law
4 11 (3.63%) Manufacturing
5 10 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (3.30%) Finance
6 8 (2.64%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.32%) Advertising
9 4 (1.32%) Legal
9 4 (1.32%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.99%) Social Housing
11 2 (0.66%) Aviation
12 1 (0.33%) Banking
12 1 (0.33%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.33%) Games
12 1 (0.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 71 (23.43%) IT Support
2 62 (20.46%) Support Engineer
3 52 (17.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 52 (17.16%) IT Engineer
4 47 (15.51%) Network Engineer
5 43 (14.19%) IT Support Engineer
6 39 (12.87%) Senior
7 28 (9.24%) Security Engineer
8 26 (8.58%) Analyst
9 25 (8.25%) 2nd Line Support
10 18 (5.94%) Consultant
11 17 (5.61%) IT Technician
11 17 (5.61%) Support Technician
12 16 (5.28%) IT Manager
13 14 (4.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 14 (4.62%) Support Analyst
14 13 (4.29%) Architect
14 13 (4.29%) Cloud Engineer
14 13 (4.29%) IT Support Technician
15 11 (3.63%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (8.25%) Terraform
2 8 (2.64%) Middleware
3 7 (2.31%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (1.32%) React
5 2 (0.66%) .NET
5 2 (0.66%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.66%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.66%) Ajax
5 2 (0.66%) boto
5 2 (0.66%) CSS
5 2 (0.66%) Flask
5 2 (0.66%) HTML
5 2 (0.66%) Jinja
5 2 (0.66%) jQuery
5 2 (0.66%) Node.js
5 2 (0.66%) OpenLayers
5 2 (0.66%) SAML
5 2 (0.66%) SQLAlchemy
6 1 (0.33%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.33%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 51 (16.83%) Driving Licence
2 32 (10.56%) Data Centre
3 18 (5.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (5.61%) CCTV
4 17 (5.61%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.96%) Security Posture
6 10 (3.30%) Operational Technology
7 8 (2.64%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (2.64%) Life Science
8 7 (2.31%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (2.31%) SCADA
8 7 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.98%) Microsoft Licensing
9 6 (1.98%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.65%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.65%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.32%) Enterprise Cloud
12 3 (0.99%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (0.99%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 156 (51.49%) Windows
2 119 (39.27%) Windows Server
3 22 (7.26%) Linux
4 19 (6.27%) Windows 10
5 16 (5.28%) Android
6 14 (4.62%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (3.96%) VMS
8 8 (2.64%) Apple iOS
8 8 (2.64%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (1.98%) Mac OS
9 6 (1.98%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.99%) Debian
11 1 (0.33%) CentOS
11 1 (0.33%) Solaris
11 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (35.64%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (29.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 68 (22.44%) Cybersecurity
4 64 (21.12%) Disaster Recovery
5 46 (15.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 46 (15.18%) Customer Service
6 34 (11.22%) Mentoring
7 33 (10.89%) Migration
8 32 (10.56%) Infrastructure as Code
9 31 (10.23%) Service Delivery
10 30 (9.90%) ITIL
11 23 (7.59%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 22 (7.26%) Change Management
12 22 (7.26%) DevOps
13 21 (6.93%) Vulnerability Management
14 20 (6.60%) Stakeholder Management
15 19 (6.27%) Business Continuity
15 19 (6.27%) CI/CD
16 18 (5.94%) Collaborative Culture
16 18 (5.94%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 50 (16.50%) PowerShell
2 34 (11.22%) Python
3 23 (7.59%) SQL
4 12 (3.96%) Bicep
5 4 (1.32%) Go
5 4 (1.32%) TypeScript
6 3 (0.99%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.66%) ActionScript
7 2 (0.66%) Bash
7 2 (0.66%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 34 (11.22%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (7.26%) CCNA
3 17 (5.61%) Degree
4 16 (5.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (4.62%) Azure Certification
6 13 (4.29%) CCNP
7 12 (3.96%) SC Cleared
7 12 (3.96%) Security Cleared
8 11 (3.63%) Network+ Certification
9 7 (2.31%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.65%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.65%) CCIE
11 4 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.99%) CISSP
12 3 (0.99%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.66%) CISM
13 2 (0.66%) MCSE
14 1 (0.33%) CISA
14 1 (0.33%) GIAC
14 1 (0.33%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 31 (10.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (4.62%) NIST
4 9 (2.97%) SLA
5 8 (2.64%) GDPR
6 7 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.99%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.99%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.99%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.33%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.33%) NCSC
8 1 (0.33%) QA
System Software
1 124 (40.92%) Active Directory
2 60 (19.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (19.14%) Hyper-V
4 10 (3.30%) vSphere
5 8 (2.64%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (2.31%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.98%) Docker
8 5 (1.65%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.99%) iptables
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%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 64 (21.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (7.26%) FortiGate
3 12 (3.96%) Ansible
4 11 (3.63%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.98%) 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%) Plesk
8 3 (0.99%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.66%) Nessus
10 1 (0.33%) Grafana
10 1 (0.33%) SCCM
10 1 (0.33%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.33%) VxRail
Vendors
1 179 (59.08%) Microsoft
2 73 (24.09%) VMware
3 62 (20.46%) Cisco
4 29 (9.57%) Fortinet
5 26 (8.58%) SonicWALL
6 20 (6.60%) Veeam
7 19 (6.27%) Juniper
7 19 (6.27%) Palo Alto
8 15 (4.95%) Meraki
9 12 (3.96%) Aruba
10 11 (3.63%) Google
11 8 (2.64%) Okta
12 7 (2.31%) Apple
12 7 (2.31%) CheckPoint
12 7 (2.31%) iManage
13 6 (1.98%) Arista
13 6 (1.98%) Draytek
13 6 (1.98%) F5
13 6 (1.98%) Sophos
14 5 (1.65%) Splunk