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 2 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 90 62
Rank change year-on-year -13 -28 +19
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 316 295 589
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.57% 3.71% 3.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.40% 18.43% 28.34%
Number of salaries quoted 279 184 494
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £33,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £44,700 £44,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.03% +1.02% -6.84%
75th Percentile £57,239 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +2.04% -2.00%

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 2,195 1,601 2,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 10.92% 20.15% 11.40%
Number of salaries quoted 835 655 1,672
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £25,763
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,239 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £74,258 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +33 168 £43,500 -8.42% 72
Yorkshire -56 108 £48,445 +17.44% 34
North East -23 40 £45,250 +20.67% 16
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 65 (20.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 55 (17.41%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.27%) IIS
Applications
1 25 (7.91%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.53%) MS Visio
3 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 147 (46.52%) Azure
2 142 (44.94%) Microsoft 365
3 98 (31.01%) Entra ID
4 64 (20.25%) AWS
5 25 (7.91%) GitHub
5 25 (7.91%) Microsoft Purview
6 22 (6.96%) GCP
7 21 (6.65%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (6.33%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (3.80%) OCI
9 12 (3.80%) Power Platform
10 11 (3.48%) SaaS
11 10 (3.16%) Azure Sentinel
11 10 (3.16%) IaaS
12 9 (2.85%) OneDrive
13 8 (2.53%) Google Workspace
14 7 (2.22%) Mimecast
15 5 (1.58%) Intacct
15 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Copilot
16 4 (1.27%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 94 (29.75%) VPN
2 91 (28.80%) DNS
3 90 (28.48%) WAN
4 74 (23.42%) LAN
4 74 (23.42%) VLAN
5 66 (20.89%) DHCP
6 54 (17.09%) Network Security
7 51 (16.14%) TCP/IP
8 44 (13.92%) Wi-Fi
9 33 (10.44%) SD-WAN
10 24 (7.59%) VoIP
10 24 (7.59%) Wireless
11 23 (7.28%) NGFW
12 21 (6.65%) BGP
13 20 (6.33%) OSPF
14 19 (6.01%) VXLAN
15 16 (5.06%) Cisco ASA
15 16 (5.06%) HTTP
16 15 (4.75%) Cisco Nexus
16 15 (4.75%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.65%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.95%) MySQL
5 2 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.63%) GIS
6 1 (0.32%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (5.38%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.58%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.63%) Git
3 2 (0.63%) GitLab
4 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
General
1 142 (44.94%) Social Skills
2 56 (17.72%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (8.86%) Law
4 24 (7.59%) Public Sector
5 19 (6.01%) Finance
5 19 (6.01%) Telecoms
6 18 (5.70%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (4.43%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.85%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.22%) Retail
11 5 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.27%) Social Housing
13 3 (0.95%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.95%) Legal
14 1 (0.32%) Advertising
14 1 (0.32%) Electronics
14 1 (0.32%) German Language
14 1 (0.32%) Marketing
14 1 (0.32%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 70 (22.15%) IT Support
2 66 (20.89%) Support Engineer
3 60 (18.99%) IT Engineer
4 51 (16.14%) IT Support Engineer
4 51 (16.14%) Senior
5 49 (15.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 46 (14.56%) Network Engineer
7 25 (7.91%) Lead
8 23 (7.28%) Senior Network Engineer
9 18 (5.70%) DevOps Engineer
9 18 (5.70%) LAN Engineer
10 17 (5.38%) IT Technician
10 17 (5.38%) Security Engineer
10 17 (5.38%) Support Technician
11 16 (5.06%) Infrastructure Support
11 16 (5.06%) IT Support Technician
12 15 (4.75%) Cisco Engineer
12 15 (4.75%) Cloud Engineer
13 14 (4.43%) 2nd Line Support
13 14 (4.43%) Firewall Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.75%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Graph
3 5 (1.58%) FreeSWITCH
4 2 (0.63%) .NET
4 2 (0.63%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.63%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.63%) Ajax
4 2 (0.63%) boto
4 2 (0.63%) CSS
4 2 (0.63%) Flask
4 2 (0.63%) HTML
4 2 (0.63%) Jinja
4 2 (0.63%) jQuery
4 2 (0.63%) Middleware
4 2 (0.63%) Node.js
4 2 (0.63%) OpenLayers
4 2 (0.63%) SAML
4 2 (0.63%) SQLAlchemy
5 1 (0.32%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 47 (14.87%) Data Centre
2 40 (12.66%) Driving Licence
3 21 (6.65%) Data Protection Act
4 16 (5.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 16 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (3.80%) PKI
6 11 (3.48%) Onboarding
7 8 (2.53%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.22%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.58%) CCTV
9 5 (1.58%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.27%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.95%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (0.95%) FMCG
11 3 (0.95%) Life Science
11 3 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.95%) Social Media
12 2 (0.63%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.63%) Housing Association
12 2 (0.63%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 132 (41.77%) Windows
2 96 (30.38%) Windows Server
3 27 (8.54%) Windows 10
4 25 (7.91%) Linux
5 15 (4.75%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (4.43%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (2.53%) Debian
7 8 (2.53%) Mac OS
7 8 (2.53%) VMS
8 7 (2.22%) Android
8 7 (2.22%) Windows 7
8 7 (2.22%) Windows 8
9 5 (1.58%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.27%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (32.28%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (25.95%) Cybersecurity
3 66 (20.89%) Disaster Recovery
4 54 (17.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 53 (16.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 50 (15.82%) Customer Service
7 47 (14.87%) Mentoring
8 40 (12.66%) Infrastructure as Code
9 38 (12.03%) Incident Response
10 34 (10.76%) CI/CD
10 34 (10.76%) Load Balancing
11 33 (10.44%) Business Continuity
11 33 (10.44%) ITIL
11 33 (10.44%) Stakeholder Management
12 32 (10.13%) SIEM
13 30 (9.49%) Decision-Making
13 30 (9.49%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 29 (9.18%) DevOps
15 28 (8.86%) High Availability
16 25 (7.91%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 59 (18.67%) Python
2 42 (13.29%) PowerShell
3 21 (6.65%) Bash
4 20 (6.33%) SQL
5 15 (4.75%) Go
6 9 (2.85%) Bicep
7 4 (1.27%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (17.72%) Cisco Certification
2 37 (11.71%) Degree
3 34 (10.76%) CCNA
4 29 (9.18%) CCNP
5 21 (6.65%) Azure Certification
6 20 (6.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (4.43%) JNCIA
8 13 (4.11%) CCIE
8 13 (4.11%) SC Cleared
8 13 (4.11%) Security Cleared
9 9 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (2.53%) DBS Check
10 8 (2.53%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (1.90%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.95%) CISSP
12 3 (0.95%) MCSA
13 2 (0.63%) CEH
13 2 (0.63%) CISM
13 2 (0.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 2 (0.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (16.46%) Cyber Essentials
2 48 (15.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (10.13%) NIST
4 30 (9.49%) GDPR
5 8 (2.53%) PMO
5 8 (2.53%) SLA
6 7 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.32%) QA
System Software
1 123 (38.92%) Active Directory
2 49 (15.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (12.97%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.85%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (2.53%) ProxySG
6 7 (2.22%) VMware Workstation
7 5 (1.58%) Docker
8 4 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.95%) vSphere
10 2 (0.63%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.32%) Firmware
11 1 (0.32%) iptables
11 1 (0.32%) MetaFrame
11 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.32%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.32%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 67 (21.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (13.92%) Terraform
3 32 (10.13%) Ansible
4 19 (6.01%) FortiGate
5 16 (5.06%) Grafana
6 15 (4.75%) Prometheus
7 10 (3.16%) Autotask
8 9 (2.85%) Kubernetes
9 8 (2.53%) SCCM
10 4 (1.27%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.63%) cPanel
12 2 (0.63%) Plesk
13 1 (0.32%) Nessus
13 1 (0.32%) Proxmox
13 1 (0.32%) Puppet
13 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 169 (53.48%) Microsoft
2 77 (24.37%) Cisco
3 59 (18.67%) VMware
4 34 (10.76%) Aruba
4 34 (10.76%) Fortinet
5 30 (9.49%) Juniper
6 16 (5.06%) Arista
6 16 (5.06%) Palo Alto
6 16 (5.06%) Veeam
7 15 (4.75%) CheckPoint
8 13 (4.11%) F5
9 12 (3.80%) Google
9 12 (3.80%) NetScout
10 11 (3.48%) Meraki
10 11 (3.48%) SolarWinds
11 9 (2.85%) SonicWALL
12 8 (2.53%) Blue Coat
12 8 (2.53%) Infoblox
12 8 (2.53%) Motorola
12 8 (2.53%) ServiceNow