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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 102 71
Rank change year-on-year -19 -31 -7
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 305 307 397
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.36% 3.21% 2.61%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.88% 16.43% 27.23%
Number of salaries quoted 256 206 309
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £30,400
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.44% -23.16% -3.55%
75th Percentile £58,750 £50,469 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,750 £62,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.63% -5.00% -1.93%

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 1,333 1,868 1,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.94% 19.51% 9.60%
Number of salaries quoted 873 861 1,020
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,000 £44,274
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -27.72% -6.79%
75th Percentile £63,750 £43,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £47,620 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.05% -15.00% -2.91%

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 21 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 21 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 +36 173 £42,500 +13.33% 32
Yorkshire -61 105 £42,500 +16.44% 19
North East -58 27 £42,500 +28.02% 14
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 58 (19.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (18.36%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.26%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 164 (53.77%) Microsoft 365
2 133 (43.61%) Azure
3 77 (25.25%) Entra ID
4 52 (17.05%) AWS
5 17 (5.57%) GCP
6 15 (4.92%) Power Platform
7 10 (3.28%) Mimecast
7 10 (3.28%) OneDrive
8 9 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (2.95%) GitHub
9 8 (2.62%) SaaS
10 7 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (2.30%) Google Workspace
10 7 (2.30%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (1.64%) IaaS
11 5 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (1.31%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.31%) PaaS
13 3 (0.98%) Amazon ECS
13 3 (0.98%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 96 (31.48%) DNS
1 96 (31.48%) VPN
2 82 (26.89%) DHCP
3 77 (25.25%) WAN
4 74 (24.26%) TCP/IP
5 66 (21.64%) LAN
6 60 (19.67%) VLAN
7 53 (17.38%) Network Security
8 52 (17.05%) Wi-Fi
9 42 (13.77%) VoIP
10 34 (11.15%) SD-WAN
10 34 (11.15%) Wireless
11 26 (8.52%) BGP
12 22 (7.21%) OSPF
13 13 (4.26%) Structured Cabling
14 12 (3.93%) Cisco Firepower
15 11 (3.61%) Cisco ASA
15 11 (3.61%) Cisco Nexus
15 11 (3.61%) NGFW
15 11 (3.61%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.90%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.98%) 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 2 (0.66%) Git
1 2 (0.66%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 122 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 22 (7.21%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (4.26%) Law
4 12 (3.93%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (3.28%) Finance
5 10 (3.28%) Manufacturing
5 10 (3.28%) Public Sector
6 6 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (1.97%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.31%) Advertising
7 4 (1.31%) Social Housing
8 3 (0.98%) Legal
8 3 (0.98%) Retail
9 1 (0.33%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 71 (23.28%) IT Support
2 59 (19.34%) Support Engineer
3 53 (17.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 53 (17.38%) Network Engineer
4 48 (15.74%) IT Engineer
5 42 (13.77%) Senior
6 39 (12.79%) IT Support Engineer
7 27 (8.85%) Security Engineer
8 26 (8.52%) Analyst
9 21 (6.89%) IT Technician
10 17 (5.57%) 2nd Line Support
10 17 (5.57%) IT Manager
10 17 (5.57%) IT Support Technician
10 17 (5.57%) Support Technician
11 16 (5.25%) Consultant
12 14 (4.59%) Support Analyst
13 13 (4.26%) Cloud Engineer
14 12 (3.93%) Senior Network Engineer
15 11 (3.61%) Architect
15 11 (3.61%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.52%) Terraform
2 8 (2.62%) Middleware
3 7 (2.30%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (1.31%) React
5 3 (0.98%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.66%) .NET
6 2 (0.66%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.66%) Ajax
6 2 (0.66%) boto
6 2 (0.66%) CSS
6 2 (0.66%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.66%) Flask
6 2 (0.66%) HTML
6 2 (0.66%) Jinja
6 2 (0.66%) jQuery
6 2 (0.66%) Node.js
6 2 (0.66%) OpenLayers
6 2 (0.66%) SAML
6 2 (0.66%) SQLAlchemy
7 1 (0.33%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 48 (15.74%) Driving Licence
2 31 (10.16%) Data Centre
3 21 (6.89%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (5.90%) Onboarding
5 16 (5.25%) CCTV
6 15 (4.92%) Security Posture
7 11 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (2.95%) Life Science
9 8 (2.62%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (2.30%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (2.30%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.97%) Microsoft Licensing
12 5 (1.64%) Enterprise Cloud
12 5 (1.64%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.64%) SCADA
12 5 (1.64%) Virtual Team
13 4 (1.31%) Social Media
14 3 (0.98%) Cyberattack
14 3 (0.98%) FMCG
14 3 (0.98%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 153 (50.16%) Windows
2 116 (38.03%) Windows Server
3 26 (8.52%) Windows 10
4 25 (8.20%) Linux
5 14 (4.59%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (4.26%) Android
7 12 (3.93%) VMS
7 12 (3.93%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (2.62%) Apple iOS
8 8 (2.62%) Mac OS
9 6 (1.97%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.98%) Debian
11 2 (0.66%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.66%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.33%) CentOS
12 1 (0.33%) Solaris
12 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (36.07%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (26.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 69 (22.62%) Cybersecurity
4 65 (21.31%) Disaster Recovery
5 48 (15.74%) Customer Service
6 47 (15.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (11.48%) Mentoring
8 33 (10.82%) Infrastructure as Code
8 33 (10.82%) Service Delivery
9 32 (10.49%) Migration
10 31 (10.16%) ITIL
11 25 (8.20%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 23 (7.54%) High Availability
13 21 (6.89%) DevOps
13 21 (6.89%) Vulnerability Management
14 20 (6.56%) Business Continuity
14 20 (6.56%) Change Management
15 19 (6.23%) Stakeholder Management
16 18 (5.90%) Project Delivery
16 18 (5.90%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 49 (16.07%) PowerShell
2 35 (11.48%) Python
3 23 (7.54%) SQL
4 11 (3.61%) Bicep
5 6 (1.97%) Go
6 4 (1.31%) Bash
6 4 (1.31%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.98%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.98%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 40 (13.11%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (7.87%) CCNA
3 22 (7.21%) Degree
4 19 (6.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (5.57%) CCNP
6 14 (4.59%) Azure Certification
7 12 (3.93%) SC Cleared
7 12 (3.93%) Security Cleared
8 11 (3.61%) Network+ Certification
9 10 (3.28%) DBS Check
10 7 (2.30%) CCIE
11 5 (1.64%) AWS Certification
12 4 (1.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.98%) CISSP
13 3 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (0.98%) MCSA
14 2 (0.66%) CEH
14 2 (0.66%) CISM
14 2 (0.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 2 (0.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (9.84%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (3.93%) NIST
4 9 (2.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (2.62%) GDPR
5 8 (2.62%) SLA
6 3 (0.98%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.98%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.66%) PMO
8 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.33%) QA
System Software
1 121 (39.67%) Active Directory
2 62 (20.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (19.02%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.62%) vSphere
5 7 (2.30%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.97%) Docker
6 6 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.98%) iptables
9 2 (0.66%) ProxySG
9 2 (0.66%) VMware Workstation
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 65 (21.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (6.89%) FortiGate
3 14 (4.59%) Ansible
4 11 (3.61%) Kubernetes
5 9 (2.95%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.31%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 4 (1.31%) Puppet
8 3 (0.98%) Autotask
8 3 (0.98%) cPanel
8 3 (0.98%) Grafana
8 3 (0.98%) Plesk
8 3 (0.98%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.66%) Nessus
9 2 (0.66%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.66%) SCCM
10 1 (0.33%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.33%) VxRail
Vendors
1 180 (59.02%) Microsoft
2 75 (24.59%) VMware
3 65 (21.31%) Cisco
4 25 (8.20%) Fortinet
5 22 (7.21%) SonicWALL
6 20 (6.56%) Palo Alto
6 20 (6.56%) Veeam
7 18 (5.90%) Juniper
8 16 (5.25%) Meraki
9 14 (4.59%) Google
10 13 (4.26%) Aruba
11 11 (3.61%) CheckPoint
12 9 (2.95%) Apple
12 9 (2.95%) Sophos
13 7 (2.30%) iManage
14 6 (1.97%) F5
15 5 (1.64%) Arista
15 5 (1.64%) Atlassian
15 5 (1.64%) SolarWinds
15 5 (1.64%) Splunk