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 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 58 57
Rank change year-on-year -34 -1 +40
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 276 284 582
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.84% 4.45% 3.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.10% 35.06% 30.41%
Number of salaries quoted 247 241 498
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,000 £26,675
25th Percentile £30,875 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £58,000 £77,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year -5.66% +7.07% -1.00%

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 2,734 810 1,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 18.23% 12.69% 12.45%
Number of salaries quoted 795 648 1,577
10th Percentile £25,087 £25,824 £26,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £50,443 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +9.38% -4.24%

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 26 March 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 26 March 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 -37 130 £42,500 -15.00% 67
Yorkshire -39 103 £43,750 -2.78% 27
North East -6 43 £45,000 +20.00% 12
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 66 (23.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (14.49%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.72%) IIS
4 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
Applications
1 30 (10.87%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.90%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 136 (49.28%) Azure
2 129 (46.74%) Microsoft 365
3 80 (28.99%) Entra ID
4 54 (19.57%) AWS
5 25 (9.06%) GCP
5 25 (9.06%) Microsoft Purview
6 23 (8.33%) GitHub
7 20 (7.25%) GitHub Actions
8 19 (6.88%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (4.35%) OCI
10 11 (3.99%) Google Workspace
11 10 (3.62%) Azure Sentinel
11 10 (3.62%) SaaS
12 9 (3.26%) IaaS
13 7 (2.54%) OneDrive
14 5 (1.81%) Intacct
15 4 (1.45%) Amazon EKS
16 3 (1.09%) Power Automate
16 3 (1.09%) Power Platform
17 2 (0.72%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 91 (32.97%) VPN
2 80 (28.99%) WAN
3 77 (27.90%) VLAN
4 74 (26.81%) DNS
5 67 (24.28%) LAN
6 64 (23.19%) TCP/IP
7 54 (19.57%) DHCP
8 35 (12.68%) Network Security
9 32 (11.59%) Wireless
10 26 (9.42%) Wi-Fi
11 20 (7.25%) VoIP
12 19 (6.88%) SD-WAN
13 18 (6.52%) HTTP
14 13 (4.71%) BGP
14 13 (4.71%) VXLAN
15 12 (4.35%) NGFW
15 12 (4.35%) OSPF
15 12 (4.35%) Wireshark
16 9 (3.26%) Cisco ASA
16 9 (3.26%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.80%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.81%) MySQL
3 4 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.36%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (7.25%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (1.09%) GitLab
4 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
General
1 131 (47.46%) Social Skills
2 51 (18.48%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (11.96%) Law
4 25 (9.06%) Telecoms
5 21 (7.61%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (7.25%) Public Sector
7 19 (6.88%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (6.16%) Manufacturing
9 11 (3.99%) Finance
9 11 (3.99%) Retail
10 8 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.81%) Advertising
12 4 (1.45%) Legal
13 3 (1.09%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.72%) Military
14 2 (0.72%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.36%) Electronics
15 1 (0.36%) German Language
15 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 1 (0.36%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 80 (28.99%) IT Support
2 74 (26.81%) Support Engineer
3 61 (22.10%) IT Engineer
4 53 (19.20%) IT Support Engineer
5 29 (10.51%) 2nd Line Support
5 29 (10.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 29 (10.51%) Senior
6 26 (9.42%) Network Engineer
7 24 (8.70%) Lead
8 22 (7.97%) Support Technician
9 21 (7.61%) DevOps Engineer
10 20 (7.25%) Cisco Engineer
11 19 (6.88%) Firewall Engineer
11 19 (6.88%) Juniper Engineer
11 19 (6.88%) LAN Engineer
11 19 (6.88%) LAN/WAN Engineer
11 19 (6.88%) Presales Engineer
11 19 (6.88%) WAN Engineer
12 15 (5.43%) IT Support Technician
12 15 (5.43%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.52%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (2.17%) FreeSWITCH
3 2 (0.72%) Middleware
4 1 (0.36%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 40 (14.49%) Driving Licence
2 30 (10.87%) Data Centre
3 21 (7.61%) Data Protection Act
4 19 (6.88%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (5.07%) Onboarding
6 12 (4.35%) Management Information System
6 12 (4.35%) PKI
7 9 (3.26%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.45%) CCTV
9 4 (1.45%) Social Media
10 3 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.09%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.09%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.09%) Cyberattack
11 2 (0.72%) Cloud Security Posture
11 2 (0.72%) Cyber Security Posture
11 2 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.72%) Housing Association
11 2 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 128 (46.38%) Windows
2 109 (39.49%) Windows Server
3 34 (12.32%) Windows 10
4 30 (10.87%) Linux
5 13 (4.71%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (3.99%) Windows 7
6 11 (3.99%) Windows 8
7 7 (2.54%) Debian
7 7 (2.54%) Mac OS
8 6 (2.17%) Android
8 6 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.45%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.09%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.36%) CentOS
11 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (33.70%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 65 (23.55%) Customer Service
4 53 (19.20%) Disaster Recovery
5 41 (14.86%) ITIL
6 40 (14.49%) Incident Response
7 36 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (13.04%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 33 (11.96%) Mentoring
9 30 (10.87%) Infrastructure as Code
10 29 (10.51%) CI/CD
10 29 (10.51%) High Availability
10 29 (10.51%) SIEM
11 28 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 26 (9.42%) Data Protection
12 26 (9.42%) Decision-Making
12 26 (9.42%) DevOps
13 25 (9.06%) Business Continuity
13 25 (9.06%) Load Balancing
13 25 (9.06%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (18.12%) Python
2 26 (9.42%) Bash
3 21 (7.61%) PowerShell
4 18 (6.52%) Go
5 10 (3.62%) SQL
6 4 (1.45%) VBA
7 2 (0.72%) Bicep
7 2 (0.72%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.72%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 51 (18.48%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (13.04%) Degree
3 32 (11.59%) CCNA
4 24 (8.70%) CCNP
5 19 (6.88%) JNCIA
6 14 (5.07%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (4.35%) Azure Certification
8 10 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (3.26%) CCIE
9 9 (3.26%) Network+ Certification
10 8 (2.90%) SC Cleared
10 8 (2.90%) Security Cleared
11 6 (2.17%) CISSP
11 6 (2.17%) DBS Check
12 4 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.45%) MCSA
13 3 (1.09%) CEH
13 3 (1.09%) CISM
13 3 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (15.58%) Cyber Essentials
2 37 (13.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (10.51%) GDPR
4 27 (9.78%) NIST
5 8 (2.90%) PMO
6 7 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.72%) GRC
7 2 (0.72%) SLA
7 2 (0.72%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.36%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 119 (43.12%) Active Directory
2 63 (22.83%) Hyper-V
3 49 (17.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (3.62%) VMware Workstation
5 8 (2.90%) ProxySG
6 4 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.09%) Docker
7 3 (1.09%) vSphere
8 2 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.36%) Firmware
9 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.36%) XenApp
9 1 (0.36%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 54 (19.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (15.22%) Terraform
3 34 (12.32%) Ansible
4 19 (6.88%) Grafana
4 19 (6.88%) Prometheus
5 16 (5.80%) FortiGate
6 15 (5.43%) Autotask
7 11 (3.99%) SCCM
8 9 (3.26%) Kubernetes
9 4 (1.45%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.72%) Plesk
11 1 (0.36%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.36%) Kibana
11 1 (0.36%) Nagios
11 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.36%) VxRail
Vendors
1 159 (57.61%) Microsoft
2 69 (25.00%) Cisco
3 63 (22.83%) VMware
4 35 (12.68%) Aruba
5 33 (11.96%) Fortinet
6 22 (7.97%) Juniper
7 14 (5.07%) SonicWALL
8 13 (4.71%) CheckPoint
9 12 (4.35%) Arista
9 12 (4.35%) Google
9 12 (4.35%) NetScout
10 11 (3.99%) ESET
11 10 (3.62%) F5
11 10 (3.62%) Palo Alto
11 10 (3.62%) Veeam
12 9 (3.26%) Meraki
12 9 (3.26%) Sage
12 9 (3.26%) Ubiquiti
13 8 (2.90%) Motorola
13 8 (2.90%) ServiceNow