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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 90 66
Rank change year-on-year -1 -24 +16
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 321 297 598
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.63% 3.70% 3.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.68% 18.07% 28.17%
Number of salaries quoted 284 183 493
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.24% -5.56% -5.26%
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 1,203 1,644 2,123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.11% 20.50% 11.02%
Number of salaries quoted 838 677 1,682
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £33,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.94% -21.18% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,239 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £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 11 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 11 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 +50 174 £43,500 -8.42% 65
Yorkshire -56 108 £48,445 +13.99% 32
North East -28 39 £45,250 +20.67% 13
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 64 (19.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (17.45%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.87%) IIS
Applications
1 24 (7.48%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 147 (45.79%) Azure
2 144 (44.86%) Microsoft 365
3 98 (30.53%) Entra ID
4 66 (20.56%) AWS
5 25 (7.79%) GitHub
5 25 (7.79%) Microsoft Purview
6 23 (7.17%) GCP
7 20 (6.23%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (6.23%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (4.05%) Power Platform
9 12 (3.74%) OCI
10 11 (3.43%) SaaS
11 10 (3.12%) IaaS
12 9 (2.80%) Google Workspace
13 8 (2.49%) Azure Sentinel
13 8 (2.49%) Mimecast
13 8 (2.49%) OneDrive
14 5 (1.56%) Intacct
14 5 (1.56%) Microsoft Copilot
15 4 (1.25%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 97 (30.22%) DNS
2 93 (28.97%) VPN
3 87 (27.10%) WAN
4 74 (23.05%) VLAN
5 72 (22.43%) DHCP
5 72 (22.43%) LAN
6 55 (17.13%) Network Security
6 55 (17.13%) TCP/IP
7 48 (14.95%) Wi-Fi
8 34 (10.59%) SD-WAN
9 24 (7.48%) VoIP
9 24 (7.48%) Wireless
10 23 (7.17%) NGFW
11 21 (6.54%) BGP
12 20 (6.23%) OSPF
13 19 (5.92%) VXLAN
14 16 (4.98%) HTTP
15 15 (4.67%) Cisco ASA
15 15 (4.67%) Wireshark
16 14 (4.36%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.54%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.93%) MySQL
4 2 (0.62%) GIS
5 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.31%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (5.30%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.62%) Git
3 2 (0.62%) GitLab
4 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
General
1 144 (44.86%) Social Skills
2 56 (17.45%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (8.72%) Law
4 25 (7.79%) Public Sector
5 19 (5.92%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (5.92%) Telecoms
6 17 (5.30%) Finance
7 12 (3.74%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.12%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.49%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.87%) Retail
11 5 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.25%) Social Housing
13 3 (0.93%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.93%) Legal
14 1 (0.31%) Digital Health
14 1 (0.31%) Electronics
14 1 (0.31%) German Language
14 1 (0.31%) Marketing
14 1 (0.31%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 72 (22.43%) IT Support
2 66 (20.56%) Support Engineer
3 58 (18.07%) IT Engineer
4 49 (15.26%) IT Support Engineer
4 49 (15.26%) Senior
5 48 (14.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 46 (14.33%) Network Engineer
7 25 (7.79%) Lead
8 22 (6.85%) Senior Network Engineer
9 20 (6.23%) Security Engineer
10 18 (5.61%) DevOps Engineer
10 18 (5.61%) IT Technician
11 17 (5.30%) Infrastructure Support
11 17 (5.30%) IT Support Technician
11 17 (5.30%) LAN Engineer
11 17 (5.30%) Support Technician
12 16 (4.98%) Cloud Engineer
13 15 (4.67%) 2nd Line Support
13 15 (4.67%) Analyst
14 13 (4.05%) Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.67%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (2.18%) Microsoft Graph
3 5 (1.56%) FreeSWITCH
4 4 (1.25%) Middleware
5 2 (0.62%) .NET
5 2 (0.62%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.62%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.62%) Ajax
5 2 (0.62%) boto
5 2 (0.62%) CSS
5 2 (0.62%) Flask
5 2 (0.62%) HTML
5 2 (0.62%) Jinja
5 2 (0.62%) jQuery
5 2 (0.62%) Node.js
5 2 (0.62%) OpenLayers
5 2 (0.62%) SAML
5 2 (0.62%) SQLAlchemy
6 1 (0.31%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 46 (14.33%) Data Centre
2 45 (14.02%) Driving Licence
3 21 (6.54%) Data Protection Act
4 18 (5.61%) Hybrid Cloud
5 16 (4.98%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (3.74%) PKI
7 10 (3.12%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.49%) Security Posture
9 7 (2.18%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.87%) CCTV
11 5 (1.56%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.25%) Public Cloud
13 3 (0.93%) Cyber Security Posture
13 3 (0.93%) FMCG
13 3 (0.93%) Life Science
13 3 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.93%) Social Media
14 2 (0.62%) Distributed Systems
14 2 (0.62%) Housing Association
14 2 (0.62%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 136 (42.37%) Windows
2 99 (30.84%) Windows Server
3 31 (9.66%) Windows 10
4 25 (7.79%) Linux
5 16 (4.98%) Windows Server 2016
5 16 (4.98%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (2.80%) Mac OS
6 9 (2.80%) VMS
7 8 (2.49%) Android
7 8 (2.49%) Debian
8 7 (2.18%) Apple iOS
8 7 (2.18%) Windows 7
8 7 (2.18%) Windows 8
9 4 (1.25%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (33.64%) Problem-Solving
2 80 (24.92%) Cybersecurity
3 70 (21.81%) Disaster Recovery
4 55 (17.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 52 (16.20%) Customer Service
5 52 (16.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 46 (14.33%) Mentoring
7 41 (12.77%) Infrastructure as Code
8 37 (11.53%) Incident Response
9 36 (11.21%) Business Continuity
9 36 (11.21%) Stakeholder Management
10 34 (10.59%) CI/CD
11 33 (10.28%) ITIL
11 33 (10.28%) Load Balancing
12 32 (9.97%) SIEM
13 30 (9.35%) Decision-Making
13 30 (9.35%) High Availability
13 30 (9.35%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 29 (9.03%) DevOps
14 29 (9.03%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 58 (18.07%) Python
2 42 (13.08%) PowerShell
3 21 (6.54%) Bash
3 21 (6.54%) SQL
4 15 (4.67%) Go
5 9 (2.80%) Bicep
6 4 (1.25%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.62%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (16.82%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (11.21%) Degree
3 33 (10.28%) CCNA
4 28 (8.72%) CCNP
5 21 (6.54%) Azure Certification
5 21 (6.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (3.74%) CCIE
6 12 (3.74%) JNCIA
6 12 (3.74%) SC Cleared
6 12 (3.74%) Security Cleared
7 8 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.49%) DBS Check
7 8 (2.49%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (1.56%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.93%) CISSP
9 3 (0.93%) MCSA
10 2 (0.62%) CEH
10 2 (0.62%) CISM
10 2 (0.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (0.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (15.89%) Cyber Essentials
2 48 (14.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (9.97%) NIST
4 30 (9.35%) GDPR
5 8 (2.49%) SLA
6 7 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (2.18%) PMO
7 2 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.31%) QA
8 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 123 (38.32%) Active Directory
2 51 (15.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (12.46%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.49%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (2.18%) ProxySG
5 7 (2.18%) VMware Workstation
6 4 (1.25%) Docker
6 4 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.93%) vSphere
8 2 (0.62%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.31%) iptables
9 1 (0.31%) MetaFrame
9 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.31%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.31%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 64 (19.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (14.02%) Terraform
3 32 (9.97%) Ansible
4 20 (6.23%) FortiGate
5 16 (4.98%) Grafana
6 15 (4.67%) Prometheus
7 10 (3.12%) Autotask
8 9 (2.80%) Kubernetes
9 8 (2.49%) SCCM
10 5 (1.56%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.62%) cPanel
12 2 (0.62%) Plesk
13 1 (0.31%) Nessus
13 1 (0.31%) Proxmox
13 1 (0.31%) Puppet
13 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 174 (54.21%) Microsoft
2 76 (23.68%) Cisco
3 60 (18.69%) VMware
4 32 (9.97%) Aruba
4 32 (9.97%) Fortinet
5 29 (9.03%) Juniper
6 17 (5.30%) Palo Alto
7 16 (4.98%) Arista
8 15 (4.67%) CheckPoint
8 15 (4.67%) Veeam
9 14 (4.36%) Google
10 12 (3.74%) F5
10 12 (3.74%) Meraki
10 12 (3.74%) NetScout
11 10 (3.12%) SolarWinds
11 10 (3.12%) SonicWALL
12 8 (2.49%) Ubiquiti
13 7 (2.18%) ESET
13 7 (2.18%) Infoblox
13 7 (2.18%) ServiceNow