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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 104 68
Rank change year-on-year -25 -36 -17
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 296 284 369
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.23% 2.96% 2.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.65% 15.79% 30.25%
Number of salaries quoted 235 192 204
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £38,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -30.00% +3.34%
75th Percentile £58,750 £50,625 £64,063
90th Percentile £70,750 £62,500 £74,250
England median annual salary £51,500 £46,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +11.96% -10.68% -6.36%

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 1,506 1,799 1,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.27% 18.77% 9.22%
Number of salaries quoted 844 821 652
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,084 £28,775
25th Percentile £30,500 £25,087 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £30,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -33.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £45,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% -

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 +41 162 £40,000 +6.67% 85
Yorkshire -51 108 £40,000 +11.89% 42
North East -71 26 £40,000 +26.98% 18
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 60 (20.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (16.89%) SharePoint
3 12 (4.05%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 160 (54.05%) Microsoft 365
2 113 (38.18%) Azure
3 82 (27.70%) Entra ID
4 42 (14.19%) AWS
5 14 (4.73%) GCP
6 13 (4.39%) IaaS
7 12 (4.05%) GitHub
7 12 (4.05%) Power Platform
8 8 (2.70%) Mimecast
8 8 (2.70%) OneDrive
9 7 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.36%) SaaS
10 6 (2.03%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (1.01%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (1.01%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 3 (1.01%) PaaS
14 2 (0.68%) Amazon EC2
14 2 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 99 (33.45%) DNS
2 98 (33.11%) VPN
3 80 (27.03%) DHCP
4 70 (23.65%) TCP/IP
5 60 (20.27%) WAN
6 57 (19.26%) VLAN
7 54 (18.24%) LAN
7 54 (18.24%) Wi-Fi
8 52 (17.57%) Network Security
9 38 (12.84%) VoIP
10 31 (10.47%) SD-WAN
11 30 (10.14%) Wireless
12 25 (8.45%) BGP
13 18 (6.08%) OSPF
14 13 (4.39%) Cisco Firepower
14 13 (4.39%) Structured Cabling
15 11 (3.72%) Cisco ASA
15 11 (3.72%) NGFW
15 11 (3.72%) VXLAN
16 10 (3.38%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.07%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.68%) GIS
3 2 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.04%) JIRA
2 7 (2.36%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.68%) Git
3 2 (0.68%) GitLab
4 1 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 123 (41.55%) Social Skills
2 22 (7.43%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
3 10 (3.38%) Manufacturing
4 9 (3.04%) Finance
4 9 (3.04%) Law
5 6 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (1.69%) Public Sector
7 4 (1.35%) Advertising
7 4 (1.35%) Banking
7 4 (1.35%) Legal
7 4 (1.35%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.68%) Aviation
8 2 (0.68%) Retail
9 1 (0.34%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.34%) Games
9 1 (0.34%) Local Government
9 1 (0.34%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 80 (27.03%) IT Support
2 69 (23.31%) Support Engineer
3 61 (20.61%) IT Engineer
4 52 (17.57%) IT Support Engineer
5 46 (15.54%) Network Engineer
6 44 (14.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 37 (12.50%) Senior
8 27 (9.12%) 2nd Line Support
9 25 (8.45%) Security Engineer
10 23 (7.77%) Analyst
11 17 (5.74%) Consultant
11 17 (5.74%) IT Technician
11 17 (5.74%) Support Technician
12 16 (5.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 14 (4.73%) IT Manager
13 14 (4.73%) Support Analyst
14 13 (4.39%) Cloud Engineer
14 13 (4.39%) IT Support Technician
15 12 (4.05%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 12 (4.05%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (8.11%) Terraform
2 8 (2.70%) Middleware
3 7 (2.36%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (1.35%) React
5 2 (0.68%) .NET
5 2 (0.68%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.68%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.68%) Ajax
5 2 (0.68%) boto
5 2 (0.68%) CSS
5 2 (0.68%) Flask
5 2 (0.68%) HTML
5 2 (0.68%) Jinja
5 2 (0.68%) jQuery
5 2 (0.68%) Node.js
5 2 (0.68%) OpenLayers
5 2 (0.68%) SAML
5 2 (0.68%) SQLAlchemy
6 1 (0.34%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.34%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 53 (17.91%) Driving Licence
2 38 (12.84%) Data Centre
3 17 (5.74%) Onboarding
4 16 (5.41%) CCTV
5 12 (4.05%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (3.72%) Public Cloud
6 11 (3.72%) Security Posture
7 10 (3.38%) Operational Technology
8 8 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (2.70%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.36%) Life Science
9 7 (2.36%) SCADA
9 7 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (2.03%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Licensing
10 6 (2.03%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.69%) Virtual Team
12 3 (1.01%) Cloud Native
12 3 (1.01%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 154 (52.03%) Windows
2 113 (38.18%) Windows Server
3 19 (6.42%) Windows 10
4 16 (5.41%) Android
4 16 (5.41%) Linux
5 12 (4.05%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (3.72%) VMS
7 8 (2.70%) Apple iOS
7 8 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (2.36%) Mac OS
9 5 (1.69%) Ubuntu
10 3 (1.01%) Debian
11 1 (0.34%) CentOS
11 1 (0.34%) Solaris
11 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (36.15%) Problem-Solving
2 91 (30.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 60 (20.27%) Cybersecurity
3 60 (20.27%) Disaster Recovery
4 49 (16.55%) Customer Service
5 48 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (11.82%) ITIL
7 31 (10.47%) Mentoring
8 30 (10.14%) Migration
9 28 (9.46%) Infrastructure as Code
9 28 (9.46%) Service Delivery
10 27 (9.12%) Change Management
11 25 (8.45%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 24 (8.11%) CI/CD
13 22 (7.43%) DevOps
14 20 (6.76%) Stakeholder Management
15 19 (6.42%) Information Security
16 18 (6.08%) Business Continuity
16 18 (6.08%) Change Control
17 17 (5.74%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (14.86%) PowerShell
2 34 (11.49%) Python
3 18 (6.08%) SQL
4 9 (3.04%) Bicep
5 7 (2.36%) ActionScript
6 4 (1.35%) Go
6 4 (1.35%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.01%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.68%) Bash
8 2 (0.68%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (10.81%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (8.11%) CCNA
3 15 (5.07%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (4.73%) Degree
5 13 (4.39%) Azure Certification
5 13 (4.39%) CCNP
5 13 (4.39%) SC Cleared
5 13 (4.39%) Security Cleared
6 12 (4.05%) Network+ Certification
7 10 (3.38%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.69%) CCIE
9 4 (1.35%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.01%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.68%) MCSE
12 1 (0.34%) CISSP
12 1 (0.34%) Linux+ Certification
12 1 (0.34%) NVQ Level 3
12 1 (0.34%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (11.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (10.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (3.72%) NIST
3 11 (3.72%) SLA
4 7 (2.36%) GDPR
5 5 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.35%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.01%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.01%) ISO 9001
7 3 (1.01%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.34%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.34%) NCSC
9 1 (0.34%) QA
System Software
1 125 (42.23%) Active Directory
2 54 (18.24%) Hyper-V
3 50 (16.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (3.38%) vSphere
5 6 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (2.03%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.69%) Docker
7 4 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (1.01%) iptables
9 2 (0.68%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.34%) Firmware
10 1 (0.34%) KVM
10 1 (0.34%) MetaFrame
10 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.34%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 63 (21.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (7.43%) FortiGate
3 12 (4.05%) Ansible
4 10 (3.38%) Kubernetes
5 6 (2.03%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (1.35%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 4 (1.35%) Puppet
6 4 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.01%) Autotask
7 3 (1.01%) cPanel
7 3 (1.01%) Plesk
7 3 (1.01%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.68%) Nessus
8 2 (0.68%) SCCM
9 1 (0.34%) VxRail
Vendors
1 175 (59.12%) Microsoft
2 66 (22.30%) VMware
3 61 (20.61%) Cisco
4 30 (10.14%) Fortinet
5 25 (8.45%) SonicWALL
5 25 (8.45%) Veeam
6 24 (8.11%) Juniper
6 24 (8.11%) Palo Alto
7 15 (5.07%) Meraki
8 12 (4.05%) Google
9 11 (3.72%) F5
10 10 (3.38%) Aruba
11 9 (3.04%) Apple
11 9 (3.04%) Okta
12 8 (2.70%) Arista
12 8 (2.70%) CheckPoint
13 7 (2.36%) Datto
13 7 (2.36%) iManage
14 6 (2.03%) Draytek
14 6 (2.03%) WatchGuard