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 4 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 84 59
Rank change year-on-year -26 -25 +25
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 277 261 590
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.51% 3.63% 3.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.01% 21.00% 29.19%
Number of salaries quoted 240 224 494
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £56,000 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £77,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -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 2,768 1,243 2,021
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.05% 17.28% 12.14%
Number of salaries quoted 781 662 1,643
10th Percentile £25,875 £25,105 £25,875
25th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £53,750 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -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 4 May 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 4 May 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 -12 148 £43,500 -13.00% 55
Yorkshire -50 93 £45,500 +1.79% 33
North East -25 36 £45,000 +20.00% 25
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 55 (19.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (15.88%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.72%) IIS
Applications
1 20 (7.22%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.89%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 137 (49.46%) Azure
2 123 (44.40%) Microsoft 365
3 86 (31.05%) Entra ID
4 60 (21.66%) AWS
5 26 (9.39%) GitHub
6 25 (9.03%) GCP
6 25 (9.03%) Microsoft Purview
7 21 (7.58%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (7.58%) GitHub Actions
8 12 (4.33%) OCI
8 12 (4.33%) SaaS
9 10 (3.61%) Azure Sentinel
9 10 (3.61%) IaaS
10 8 (2.89%) Google Workspace
10 8 (2.89%) OneDrive
11 6 (2.17%) Power Platform
12 5 (1.81%) Intacct
13 4 (1.44%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (1.08%) Amazon ECS
14 3 (1.08%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 94 (33.94%) VPN
2 81 (29.24%) DNS
3 79 (28.52%) WAN
4 71 (25.63%) VLAN
5 66 (23.83%) LAN
6 61 (22.02%) DHCP
7 54 (19.49%) TCP/IP
8 36 (13.00%) Network Security
9 35 (12.64%) Wi-Fi
10 26 (9.39%) Wireless
11 22 (7.94%) SD-WAN
12 20 (7.22%) VoIP
13 19 (6.86%) HTTP
14 15 (5.42%) Wireshark
15 14 (5.05%) BGP
16 13 (4.69%) OSPF
17 12 (4.33%) Cisco ASA
17 12 (4.33%) NGFW
17 12 (4.33%) VXLAN
18 9 (3.25%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.50%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.08%) MySQL
4 2 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.36%) GIS
5 1 (0.36%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 20 (7.22%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.72%) GitLab
4 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.36%) Git
General
1 121 (43.68%) Social Skills
2 51 (18.41%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (11.91%) Law
4 21 (7.58%) Public Sector
5 20 (7.22%) Telecoms
6 19 (6.86%) Organisational Skills
6 19 (6.86%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (6.14%) Manufacturing
8 12 (4.33%) Finance
9 11 (3.97%) Retail
10 8 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.81%) Advertising
12 4 (1.44%) Social Housing
13 3 (1.08%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.72%) Military
15 1 (0.36%) Electronics
15 1 (0.36%) German Language
15 1 (0.36%) Marketing
15 1 (0.36%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 70 (25.27%) IT Support
2 68 (24.55%) Support Engineer
3 62 (22.38%) IT Engineer
4 53 (19.13%) IT Support Engineer
5 41 (14.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 39 (14.08%) Senior
7 33 (11.91%) Network Engineer
8 25 (9.03%) Lead
9 21 (7.58%) DevOps Engineer
9 21 (7.58%) LAN Engineer
10 20 (7.22%) 2nd Line Support
10 20 (7.22%) Cisco Engineer
11 19 (6.86%) Firewall Engineer
11 19 (6.86%) Juniper Engineer
11 19 (6.86%) LAN/WAN Engineer
11 19 (6.86%) Presales Engineer
11 19 (6.86%) WAN Engineer
12 17 (6.14%) Senior Network Engineer
13 14 (5.05%) Cloud Engineer
13 14 (5.05%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.50%) Elastic Stack
2 5 (1.81%) FreeSWITCH
3 2 (0.72%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.72%) Middleware
4 1 (0.36%) .NET
4 1 (0.36%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.36%) Ajax
4 1 (0.36%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.36%) boto
4 1 (0.36%) CSS
4 1 (0.36%) Flask
4 1 (0.36%) HTML
4 1 (0.36%) Jinja
4 1 (0.36%) jQuery
4 1 (0.36%) Node.js
4 1 (0.36%) OpenLayers
4 1 (0.36%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 35 (12.64%) Driving Licence
2 28 (10.11%) Data Centre
3 21 (7.58%) Data Protection Act
4 14 (5.05%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (4.69%) Onboarding
6 12 (4.33%) PKI
7 10 (3.61%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (3.25%) Security Posture
9 6 (2.17%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.44%) CCTV
10 4 (1.44%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.44%) Social Media
11 3 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.08%) Cloud Native
11 3 (1.08%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (1.08%) Cyberattack
11 3 (1.08%) Public Cloud
12 2 (0.72%) Cloud Security Posture
12 2 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.72%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 119 (42.96%) Windows
2 95 (34.30%) Windows Server
3 28 (10.11%) Windows 10
4 26 (9.39%) Linux
5 11 (3.97%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (2.89%) Windows 7
6 8 (2.89%) Windows 8
7 7 (2.53%) Debian
7 7 (2.53%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (2.17%) Android
8 6 (2.17%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.44%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.08%) Ubuntu
10 3 (1.08%) VMS
11 1 (0.36%) CentOS
11 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (32.49%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (24.91%) Cybersecurity
3 50 (18.05%) Disaster Recovery
4 47 (16.97%) Customer Service
5 44 (15.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (14.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 38 (13.72%) Incident Response
7 38 (13.72%) Infrastructure as Code
8 37 (13.36%) Mentoring
9 33 (11.91%) SIEM
10 31 (11.19%) CI/CD
10 31 (11.19%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 30 (10.83%) High Availability
11 30 (10.83%) ITIL
12 27 (9.75%) Business Continuity
13 26 (9.39%) Decision-Making
13 26 (9.39%) DevOps
14 25 (9.03%) Load Balancing
15 24 (8.66%) Data Protection
15 24 (8.66%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (20.58%) Python
2 28 (10.11%) PowerShell
3 24 (8.66%) Bash
4 18 (6.50%) Go
5 14 (5.05%) SQL
6 9 (3.25%) Bicep
7 3 (1.08%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 49 (17.69%) Cisco Certification
2 35 (12.64%) Degree
3 32 (11.55%) CCNA
4 20 (7.22%) CCNP
5 19 (6.86%) JNCIA
6 16 (5.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (5.42%) Azure Certification
8 9 (3.25%) CCIE
8 9 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (2.89%) Network+ Certification
10 7 (2.53%) DBS Check
10 7 (2.53%) SC Cleared
10 7 (2.53%) Security Cleared
11 5 (1.81%) AWS Certification
12 4 (1.44%) CISSP
12 4 (1.44%) MCSA
13 3 (1.08%) CEH
14 2 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 2 (0.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (16.97%) Cyber Essentials
2 39 (14.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (11.55%) GDPR
4 27 (9.75%) NIST
5 9 (3.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (2.89%) PMO
7 5 (1.81%) SLA
8 2 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.72%) GRC
8 2 (0.72%) SOC 2
System Software
1 107 (38.63%) Active Directory
2 47 (16.97%) Hyper-V
3 46 (16.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.89%) ProxySG
4 8 (2.89%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (2.89%) VMware Workstation
5 4 (1.44%) Docker
5 4 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.72%) vSphere
7 1 (0.36%) Firmware
7 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.36%) XenApp
7 1 (0.36%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 55 (19.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 46 (16.61%) Terraform
3 34 (12.27%) Ansible
4 20 (7.22%) Grafana
5 19 (6.86%) Prometheus
6 15 (5.42%) FortiGate
7 11 (3.97%) Autotask
8 9 (3.25%) Kubernetes
8 9 (3.25%) SCCM
9 4 (1.44%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.36%) Kibana
10 1 (0.36%) Nagios
10 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 152 (54.87%) Microsoft
2 66 (23.83%) Cisco
3 55 (19.86%) VMware
4 35 (12.64%) Aruba
5 33 (11.91%) Fortinet
6 24 (8.66%) Juniper
7 14 (5.05%) CheckPoint
8 12 (4.33%) Arista
8 12 (4.33%) NetScout
9 11 (3.97%) Google
10 9 (3.25%) F5
10 9 (3.25%) Meraki
10 9 (3.25%) SolarWinds
10 9 (3.25%) Ubiquiti
11 8 (2.89%) Blue Coat
11 8 (2.89%) ESET
11 8 (2.89%) Infoblox
11 8 (2.89%) Palo Alto
11 8 (2.89%) ServiceNow
11 8 (2.89%) Veeam