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 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 66 58
Rank change year-on-year -4 -8 +41
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 296 375 372
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.01% 3.02% 4.89%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.03% 32.84% 30.64%
Number of salaries quoted 216 218 325
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,425 £30,050
25th Percentile £28,500 £38,563 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £48,750 £61,188 £63,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £81,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -

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 1,847 1,142 1,214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 18.80% 9.19% 15.96%
Number of salaries quoted 900 605 939
10th Percentile - £29,000 £27,600
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% - -
75th Percentile £42,500 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £77,508
England median annual salary £40,000 £53,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -24.53% +2.91% -1.90%

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 14 November 2025.

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 14 November 2025. 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
Yorkshire +5 169 £35,750 -31.90% 33
North West -17 92 £40,000 -17.95% 44
North East 0 35 £31,500 -16.00% 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 75 (25.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (7.77%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
Applications
1 24 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 140 (47.30%) Azure
2 135 (45.61%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (18.24%) Entra ID
4 34 (11.49%) AWS
5 10 (3.38%) GCP
6 9 (3.04%) SaaS
7 6 (2.03%) Google Workspace
7 6 (2.03%) IaaS
7 6 (2.03%) OCI
7 6 (2.03%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.35%) PaaS
10 2 (0.68%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (0.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.68%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.34%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.34%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.34%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.34%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 83 (28.04%) VLAN
2 72 (24.32%) VPN
3 62 (20.95%) TCP/IP
3 62 (20.95%) WAN
4 57 (19.26%) DNS
5 56 (18.92%) LAN
6 50 (16.89%) DHCP
7 44 (14.86%) VoIP
8 43 (14.53%) Wireless
9 40 (13.51%) Network Security
10 23 (7.77%) SAN
11 22 (7.43%) BGP
12 16 (5.41%) SD-WAN
13 15 (5.07%) OSPF
14 13 (4.39%) WLAN
15 10 (3.38%) Remote Desktop
15 10 (3.38%) Wi-Fi
16 8 (2.70%) Intrusion Detection
17 7 (2.36%) MPLS
18 6 (2.03%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.07%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (2.70%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.03%) Power BI
4 2 (0.68%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.68%) GitLab
2 1 (0.34%) Git
2 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.34%) JIRA
General
1 113 (38.18%) Social Skills
2 31 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (7.77%) Manufacturing
4 16 (5.41%) Telecoms
5 13 (4.39%) Finance
6 9 (3.04%) Retail
7 7 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.69%) Law
8 5 (1.69%) Legal
8 5 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (1.69%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.68%) Military
9 2 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.34%) Banking
10 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.34%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 73 (24.66%) IT Engineer
2 58 (19.59%) Support Engineer
3 52 (17.57%) IT Support
4 44 (14.86%) Technical Support
5 41 (13.85%) Technical Engineer
6 38 (12.84%) Technical Support Engineer
7 30 (10.14%) Network Engineer
8 29 (9.80%) Analyst
9 28 (9.46%) Support Technician
10 21 (7.09%) IT Support Engineer
10 21 (7.09%) Senior
11 19 (6.42%) Instrumentation Engineer
12 18 (6.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 18 (6.08%) Support Analyst
13 16 (5.41%) IT Manager
14 12 (4.05%) Security Engineer
15 11 (3.72%) 2nd Line Support
15 11 (3.72%) 3rd Line Support
15 11 (3.72%) Security Specialist
16 10 (3.38%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.03%) FreeSWITCH
2 2 (0.68%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.34%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 61 (20.61%) Operational Technology
2 31 (10.47%) Driving Licence
3 23 (7.77%) Data Centre
4 16 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (4.39%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (4.39%) Cloud Native
5 13 (4.39%) Clustering
5 13 (4.39%) Management Information System
5 13 (4.39%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.36%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.03%) Client/Server
7 6 (2.03%) FMCG
7 6 (2.03%) Handset
8 5 (1.69%) EPoS
9 3 (1.01%) Enterprise Storage
10 2 (0.68%) Cloud Security Posture
10 2 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.68%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.68%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 180 (60.81%) Windows
2 80 (27.03%) Windows Server
3 37 (12.50%) Linux
4 22 (7.43%) Windows 10
5 17 (5.74%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (2.36%) Mac OS
7 6 (2.03%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.35%) Unix
9 4 (1.35%) Windows 7
9 4 (1.35%) Windows 8
10 3 (1.01%) VMS
11 2 (0.68%) Check Point GAiA
12 1 (0.34%) CentOS
12 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (33.11%) Cybersecurity
2 71 (23.99%) Network Management
3 65 (21.96%) Network Design
4 62 (20.95%) Problem-Solving
5 59 (19.93%) Customer Service
6 42 (14.19%) ITIL
7 35 (11.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 29 (9.80%) Disaster Recovery
9 25 (8.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 24 (8.11%) Incident Response
11 22 (7.43%) SIEM
12 19 (6.42%) Project Delivery
13 17 (5.74%) Collaborative Working
14 16 (5.41%) Agile
14 16 (5.41%) Vulnerability Management
15 15 (5.07%) Customer-Centricity
15 15 (5.07%) DevOps
15 15 (5.07%) Penetration Testing
16 13 (4.39%) Proactive Monitoring
16 13 (4.39%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (7.43%) PowerShell
2 19 (6.42%) SQL
3 18 (6.08%) Python
4 10 (3.38%) Bash
5 5 (1.69%) Bicep
6 4 (1.35%) VBA
7 2 (0.68%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 42 (14.19%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (8.45%) CCNA
3 24 (8.11%) Degree
4 16 (5.41%) CCNP
4 16 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (4.39%) Network+ Certification
6 11 (3.72%) CISSP
7 8 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (2.36%) DBS Check
9 6 (2.03%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (2.03%) SC Cleared
9 6 (2.03%) Security Cleared
10 5 (1.69%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.69%) CISMP
10 5 (1.69%) GSEC
11 4 (1.35%) CCIE
11 4 (1.35%) CISM
11 4 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.01%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (8.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (4.73%) GDPR
3 13 (4.39%) NIST
4 6 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.69%) NCSC
6 4 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.35%) GRC
7 2 (0.68%) SLA
7 2 (0.68%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 172 (58.11%) Active Directory
2 78 (26.35%) Hyper-V
3 58 (19.59%) Virtual Servers
4 47 (15.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.01%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.68%) Docker
6 2 (0.68%) vSphere
7 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 71 (23.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (8.11%) FortiGate
3 10 (3.38%) Terraform
4 9 (3.04%) Autotask
5 7 (2.36%) Ansible
6 4 (1.35%) Kubernetes
7 3 (1.01%) SCCM
8 2 (0.68%) Plesk
8 2 (0.68%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.34%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.34%) Kibana
9 1 (0.34%) VxRail
Vendors
1 153 (51.69%) Microsoft
2 68 (22.97%) Cisco
3 56 (18.92%) VMware
4 37 (12.50%) SonicWALL
5 27 (9.12%) Veeam
6 20 (6.76%) Fortinet
7 17 (5.74%) Meraki
8 15 (5.07%) HP
8 15 (5.07%) WatchGuard
9 14 (4.73%) Aruba
10 13 (4.39%) Dell
10 13 (4.39%) Palo Alto
10 13 (4.39%) Sage
10 13 (4.39%) Sophos
10 13 (4.39%) Supermicro
11 11 (3.72%) Apple
12 10 (3.38%) Citrix
13 9 (3.04%) ESET
14 7 (2.36%) CheckPoint
14 7 (2.36%) Huawei