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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 98 71
Rank change year-on-year -13 -27 -5
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 310 315 403
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.42% 3.29% 2.67%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.20% 16.96% 26.83%
Number of salaries quoted 262 207 319
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,700 £29,950
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,875 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -21.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £58,063 £51,563 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,750 £66,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -1.96%

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 1,281 1,857 1,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.87% 19.38% 9.96%
Number of salaries quoted 850 845 1,079
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,084 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -28.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £47,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -2.63%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 +52 174 £42,500 +13.33% 50
Yorkshire -61 100 £40,000 +9.59% 30
North East -47 36 £45,000 +35.55% 15
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 61 (19.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (18.39%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.19%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 162 (52.26%) Microsoft 365
2 143 (46.13%) Azure
3 80 (25.81%) Entra ID
4 59 (19.03%) AWS
5 20 (6.45%) GCP
6 16 (5.16%) GitHub
7 15 (4.84%) Power Platform
8 14 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (4.19%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (3.23%) Mimecast
10 10 (3.23%) SaaS
11 9 (2.90%) Google Workspace
11 9 (2.90%) IaaS
11 9 (2.90%) OneDrive
12 7 (2.26%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (1.29%) Amazon ECS
15 3 (0.97%) Amazon EKS
15 3 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 95 (30.65%) DNS
2 93 (30.00%) VPN
3 80 (25.81%) WAN
4 77 (24.84%) TCP/IP
5 76 (24.52%) DHCP
6 67 (21.61%) LAN
7 63 (20.32%) VLAN
8 55 (17.74%) Network Security
9 43 (13.87%) Wi-Fi
10 40 (12.90%) VoIP
11 36 (11.61%) Wireless
12 35 (11.29%) SD-WAN
13 26 (8.39%) BGP
14 22 (7.10%) OSPF
15 12 (3.87%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (3.87%) Cisco Firepower
15 12 (3.87%) Cisco Nexus
16 11 (3.55%) NGFW
16 11 (3.55%) SAN
17 10 (3.23%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.77%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.65%) GIS
5 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.32%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.26%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.97%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.65%) Git
4 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.32%) GitLab
General
1 130 (41.94%) Social Skills
2 24 (7.74%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (5.81%) Law
4 15 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (3.55%) Finance
6 11 (3.55%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.55%) Telecoms
7 6 (1.94%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.29%) Advertising
9 4 (1.29%) Social Housing
10 3 (0.97%) Legal
10 3 (0.97%) Retail
11 1 (0.32%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.32%) German Language
11 1 (0.32%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 72 (23.23%) IT Support
2 62 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 54 (17.42%) Network Engineer
4 51 (16.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 48 (15.48%) IT Engineer
6 44 (14.19%) Senior
7 39 (12.58%) IT Support Engineer
8 26 (8.39%) Security Engineer
9 25 (8.06%) Analyst
10 23 (7.42%) IT Technician
11 19 (6.13%) IT Support Technician
11 19 (6.13%) Support Technician
12 17 (5.48%) IT Manager
13 16 (5.16%) Consultant
14 15 (4.84%) 2nd Line Support
14 15 (4.84%) Cloud Engineer
15 14 (4.52%) Senior Network Engineer
16 13 (4.19%) Infrastructure Support
16 13 (4.19%) Support Analyst
17 11 (3.55%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.58%) Middleware
2 7 (2.26%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (2.26%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.97%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (0.97%) React
4 2 (0.65%) .NET
4 2 (0.65%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.65%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.65%) Ajax
4 2 (0.65%) boto
4 2 (0.65%) CSS
4 2 (0.65%) Flask
4 2 (0.65%) HTML
4 2 (0.65%) Jinja
4 2 (0.65%) jQuery
4 2 (0.65%) Node.js
4 2 (0.65%) OpenLayers
4 2 (0.65%) SAML
4 2 (0.65%) SQLAlchemy
5 1 (0.32%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 46 (14.84%) Driving Licence
2 31 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 22 (7.10%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (5.81%) Onboarding
5 16 (5.16%) Security Posture
6 14 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (4.19%) CCTV
8 8 (2.58%) Life Science
8 8 (2.58%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (1.94%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (1.94%) Microsoft Licensing
10 5 (1.61%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (1.61%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.61%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.61%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.29%) SCADA
12 3 (0.97%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.97%) FMCG
12 3 (0.97%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.97%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 153 (49.35%) Windows
2 112 (36.13%) Windows Server
3 31 (10.00%) Linux
4 27 (8.71%) Windows 10
5 13 (4.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (3.55%) Android
6 11 (3.55%) VMS
6 11 (3.55%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (2.90%) Mac OS
8 8 (2.58%) Apple iOS
9 7 (2.26%) Debian
9 7 (2.26%) Ubuntu
10 4 (1.29%) Windows 7
10 4 (1.29%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.32%) CentOS
11 1 (0.32%) Solaris
11 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (34.84%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (23.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 65 (20.97%) Cybersecurity
4 63 (20.32%) Disaster Recovery
5 53 (17.10%) Customer Service
6 44 (14.19%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (12.58%) Infrastructure as Code
8 38 (12.26%) Mentoring
9 35 (11.29%) Service Delivery
10 33 (10.65%) ITIL
11 32 (10.32%) Migration
12 29 (9.35%) High Availability
13 27 (8.71%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 26 (8.39%) DevOps
15 23 (7.42%) CI/CD
16 20 (6.45%) Business Continuity
16 20 (6.45%) Load Balancing
17 19 (6.13%) Change Management
17 19 (6.13%) Stakeholder Management
17 19 (6.13%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (15.81%) PowerShell
2 44 (14.19%) Python
3 25 (8.06%) SQL
4 13 (4.19%) Bash
5 11 (3.55%) Bicep
6 10 (3.23%) Go
7 3 (0.97%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.97%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.97%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 43 (13.87%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (9.03%) Degree
3 24 (7.74%) CCNA
4 21 (6.77%) CCNP
4 21 (6.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (6.13%) Azure Certification
6 13 (4.19%) SC Cleared
6 13 (4.19%) Security Cleared
7 12 (3.87%) Network+ Certification
8 9 (2.90%) CCIE
8 9 (2.90%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.61%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.97%) CISSP
11 3 (0.97%) MCSA
12 2 (0.65%) CEH
12 2 (0.65%) CISM
12 2 (0.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 2 (0.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (8.71%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (3.55%) NIST
4 9 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (2.58%) GDPR
5 8 (2.58%) SLA
6 4 (1.29%) PMO
7 3 (0.97%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.97%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.32%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.32%) QA
System Software
1 117 (37.74%) Active Directory
2 63 (20.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (17.74%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.58%) vSphere
5 7 (2.26%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.94%) Docker
6 6 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.29%) ProxySG
7 4 (1.29%) VMware Workstation
8 3 (0.97%) iptables
8 3 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.32%) Firmware
9 1 (0.32%) KVM
9 1 (0.32%) MetaFrame
9 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.32%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.32%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 68 (21.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (10.32%) Terraform
3 21 (6.77%) FortiGate
4 20 (6.45%) Ansible
5 13 (4.19%) Kubernetes
6 9 (2.90%) Jamf Pro
7 8 (2.58%) Grafana
8 7 (2.26%) Autotask
8 7 (2.26%) Prometheus
9 5 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.29%) Puppet
10 4 (1.29%) SCCM
11 3 (0.97%) cPanel
11 3 (0.97%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 3 (0.97%) Plesk
11 3 (0.97%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.65%) Nessus
13 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 179 (57.74%) Microsoft
2 74 (23.87%) VMware
3 70 (22.58%) Cisco
4 22 (7.10%) Fortinet
5 20 (6.45%) Palo Alto
5 20 (6.45%) Veeam
6 18 (5.81%) Juniper
7 16 (5.16%) Google
7 16 (5.16%) SonicWALL
8 15 (4.84%) Meraki
9 14 (4.52%) CheckPoint
10 10 (3.23%) Aruba
11 9 (2.90%) Apple
11 9 (2.90%) Sophos
12 8 (2.58%) F5
13 7 (2.26%) iManage
13 7 (2.26%) SolarWinds
14 5 (1.61%) Arista
14 5 (1.61%) Okta
14 5 (1.61%) Ubiquiti