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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 46 55
Rank change year-on-year -37 +9 +38
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 272 359 529
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.05% 4.82% 4.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.12% 38.27% 31.45%
Number of salaries quoted 246 237 452
10th Percentile £27,625 £35,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,500 £32,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £57,239 £77,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £48,445 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.92% +10.00% -4.76%

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 2,689 938 1,682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 20.26% 12.58% 12.70%
Number of salaries quoted 775 588 1,420
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,675 £26,225
25th Percentile £27,750 £31,938 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £45,000 £43,481
Median % change year-on-year -31.11% +3.49% -3.38%
75th Percentile £50,250 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -23.64% +12.24% -5.77%

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 1 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 1 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 -36 122 £40,500 -22.86% 76
Yorkshire -41 105 £45,000 - 32
North East -4 45 £33,500 -13.55% 8
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 (24.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (12.87%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.37%) IIS
3 1 (0.37%) OpenStack
Applications
1 31 (11.40%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.21%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 131 (48.16%) Azure
2 129 (47.43%) Microsoft 365
3 80 (29.41%) Entra ID
4 48 (17.65%) AWS
5 22 (8.09%) GCP
5 22 (8.09%) Microsoft Purview
6 21 (7.72%) GitHub
7 18 (6.62%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (6.62%) GitHub Actions
8 12 (4.41%) IaaS
8 12 (4.41%) OCI
9 11 (4.04%) Google Workspace
10 10 (3.68%) Azure Sentinel
10 10 (3.68%) SaaS
11 6 (2.21%) OneDrive
11 6 (2.21%) Power Platform
12 5 (1.84%) Intacct
13 3 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
13 3 (1.10%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.74%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 90 (33.09%) VPN
2 81 (29.78%) WAN
3 73 (26.84%) DNS
4 72 (26.47%) VLAN
5 67 (24.63%) LAN
6 59 (21.69%) TCP/IP
7 55 (20.22%) DHCP
8 30 (11.03%) Network Security
8 30 (11.03%) Wireless
9 22 (8.09%) Wi-Fi
10 18 (6.62%) VoIP
11 17 (6.25%) SD-WAN
12 16 (5.88%) HTTP
13 13 (4.78%) VXLAN
14 12 (4.41%) NGFW
14 12 (4.41%) Wireshark
15 11 (4.04%) BGP
16 10 (3.68%) OSPF
17 8 (2.94%) DMZ
18 7 (2.57%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.15%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.21%) Power BI
3 5 (1.84%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.84%) MySQL
4 3 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 18 (6.62%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.84%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (1.10%) GitLab
4 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
General
1 136 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 55 (20.22%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (11.03%) Law
4 27 (9.93%) Telecoms
5 19 (6.99%) Presentation Skills
5 19 (6.99%) Public Sector
6 17 (6.25%) Manufacturing
6 17 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (5.51%) Finance
8 10 (3.68%) Retail
9 8 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.84%) Advertising
11 4 (1.47%) Legal
12 3 (1.10%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.74%) Military
14 1 (0.37%) Electronics
14 1 (0.37%) German Language
14 1 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.37%) Marketing
14 1 (0.37%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 78 (28.68%) IT Support
2 74 (27.21%) Support Engineer
3 60 (22.06%) IT Engineer
4 52 (19.12%) IT Support Engineer
5 28 (10.29%) 2nd Line Support
6 26 (9.56%) Senior
7 23 (8.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 22 (8.09%) Lead
8 22 (8.09%) Network Engineer
8 22 (8.09%) Support Technician
9 21 (7.72%) DevOps Engineer
10 20 (7.35%) Cisco Engineer
11 19 (6.99%) 1st Line Support
11 19 (6.99%) Firewall Engineer
11 19 (6.99%) Juniper Engineer
11 19 (6.99%) LAN Engineer
11 19 (6.99%) LAN/WAN Engineer
11 19 (6.99%) Presales Engineer
11 19 (6.99%) WAN Engineer
12 15 (5.51%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.88%) Elastic Stack
2 10 (3.68%) FreeSWITCH
3 2 (0.74%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 39 (14.34%) Driving Licence
2 28 (10.29%) Data Centre
3 21 (7.72%) Data Protection Act
4 18 (6.62%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (5.88%) Management Information System
6 13 (4.78%) Onboarding
7 12 (4.41%) PKI
8 6 (2.21%) Client/Server
9 5 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.84%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.84%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.10%) Cyberattack
10 3 (1.10%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.74%) Cloud Security Posture
11 2 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.74%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.37%) Distributed Systems
12 1 (0.37%) Educational Technology
12 1 (0.37%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 129 (47.43%) Windows
2 104 (38.24%) Windows Server
3 27 (9.93%) Windows 10
4 26 (9.56%) Linux
5 11 (4.04%) Mac OS
6 10 (3.68%) Windows 7
6 10 (3.68%) Windows 8
6 10 (3.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (2.57%) Debian
8 6 (2.21%) Android
8 6 (2.21%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.47%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.74%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.37%) CentOS
11 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (31.62%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (23.90%) Customer Service
3 58 (21.32%) Cybersecurity
4 50 (18.38%) Disaster Recovery
5 40 (14.71%) ITIL
6 37 (13.60%) Continuous Improvement
6 37 (13.60%) Incident Response
7 35 (12.87%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 30 (11.03%) Data Protection
8 30 (11.03%) Stakeholder Management
9 28 (10.29%) CI/CD
9 28 (10.29%) DevOps
9 28 (10.29%) Infrastructure as Code
10 26 (9.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 26 (9.56%) Mentoring
10 26 (9.56%) SIEM
11 25 (9.19%) Decision-Making
11 25 (9.19%) High Availability
12 24 (8.82%) Presales
12 24 (8.82%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 48 (17.65%) Python
2 28 (10.29%) Bash
3 22 (8.09%) PowerShell
4 16 (5.88%) Go
5 11 (4.04%) SQL
6 4 (1.47%) VBA
7 3 (1.10%) Bicep
8 2 (0.74%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.74%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 51 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
2 38 (13.97%) Degree
3 34 (12.50%) CCNA
4 24 (8.82%) CCNP
5 19 (6.99%) JNCIA
6 13 (4.78%) Network+ Certification
7 12 (4.41%) Azure Certification
8 9 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (2.94%) DBS Check
9 8 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (2.57%) CCIE
11 6 (2.21%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (2.21%) SC Cleared
11 6 (2.21%) Security Cleared
12 4 (1.47%) CISSP
12 4 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.74%) CISM
14 1 (0.37%) CREST Certified
14 1 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (15.07%) Cyber Essentials
2 35 (12.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (10.66%) GDPR
4 24 (8.82%) NIST
5 6 (2.21%) PMO
6 5 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.10%) NCSC
8 2 (0.74%) GRC
8 2 (0.74%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 123 (45.22%) Active Directory
2 62 (22.79%) Hyper-V
3 46 (16.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.31%) VMware Workstation
5 6 (2.21%) ProxySG
6 4 (1.47%) Docker
6 4 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.10%) vSphere
8 2 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.37%) Firmware
9 1 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.37%) XenApp
9 1 (0.37%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 57 (20.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (14.71%) Terraform
3 33 (12.13%) Ansible
4 17 (6.25%) Autotask
4 17 (6.25%) Grafana
4 17 (6.25%) Prometheus
5 13 (4.78%) FortiGate
6 10 (3.68%) SCCM
7 9 (3.31%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.74%) Plesk
9 1 (0.37%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.37%) Kibana
9 1 (0.37%) Nagios
9 1 (0.37%) VxRail
Vendors
1 157 (57.72%) Microsoft
2 68 (25.00%) Cisco
3 58 (21.32%) VMware
4 35 (12.87%) Aruba
5 32 (11.76%) Fortinet
6 22 (8.09%) Juniper
7 12 (4.41%) Arista
7 12 (4.41%) NetScout
7 12 (4.41%) SonicWALL
8 11 (4.04%) Google
9 10 (3.68%) ESET
9 10 (3.68%) Sage
9 10 (3.68%) Veeam
10 9 (3.31%) CheckPoint
11 8 (2.94%) Citrix
11 8 (2.94%) F5
11 8 (2.94%) Palo Alto
11 8 (2.94%) WatchGuard
12 7 (2.57%) Meraki
13 6 (2.21%) ServiceNow