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 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 100 72
Rank change year-on-year +2 -28 -2
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 337 316 484
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.60% 3.35% 2.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.00% 17.17% 26.74%
Number of salaries quoted 298 207 398
10th Percentile £28,425 £28,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £38,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.04% -17.20% -7.00%
75th Percentile £57,435 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +3.09% -5.96%

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 1,248 1,840 1,810
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.93% 19.51% 10.75%
Number of salaries quoted 866 841 1,387
10th Percentile £27,161 £25,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,500 £43,742
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -25.70% -7.91%
75th Percentile £60,000 £48,750 £60,676
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £43,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.47% -9.47% -6.86%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 +50 183 £42,250 +12.67% 42
Yorkshire -54 116 £42,500 +6.25% 32
North East -37 38 £45,000 +27.30% 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 68 (20.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 62 (18.40%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.56%) IIS
Applications
1 19 (5.64%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 169 (50.15%) Microsoft 365
2 162 (48.07%) Azure
3 95 (28.19%) Entra ID
4 69 (20.47%) AWS
5 22 (6.53%) GCP
5 22 (6.53%) GitHub
6 19 (5.64%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (5.64%) GitHub Actions
7 17 (5.04%) Microsoft Purview
8 15 (4.45%) Power Platform
9 11 (3.26%) Google Workspace
9 11 (3.26%) IaaS
9 11 (3.26%) SaaS
10 10 (2.97%) Mimecast
11 9 (2.67%) OneDrive
12 6 (1.78%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (1.78%) OCI
13 5 (1.48%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (1.48%) Azure Sentinel
14 4 (1.19%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 104 (30.86%) DNS
2 97 (28.78%) VPN
3 81 (24.04%) WAN
4 80 (23.74%) TCP/IP
5 79 (23.44%) DHCP
6 72 (21.36%) VLAN
7 66 (19.58%) LAN
8 56 (16.62%) Network Security
9 47 (13.95%) Wi-Fi
10 40 (11.87%) VoIP
11 38 (11.28%) SD-WAN
12 34 (10.09%) Wireless
13 24 (7.12%) BGP
14 20 (5.93%) OSPF
15 17 (5.04%) NGFW
16 14 (4.15%) HTTP
17 13 (3.86%) VXLAN
18 12 (3.56%) Cisco ASA
18 12 (3.56%) Cisco Nexus
19 11 (3.26%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.53%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.59%) GIS
5 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.30%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (3.56%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.59%) Git
3 2 (0.59%) GitLab
4 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
General
1 151 (44.81%) Social Skills
2 42 (12.46%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (7.42%) Law
4 20 (5.93%) Organisational Skills
5 18 (5.34%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.75%) Telecoms
7 14 (4.15%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (3.86%) Finance
9 5 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.19%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.19%) Social Housing
11 3 (0.89%) Advertising
11 3 (0.89%) Legal
11 3 (0.89%) Retail
12 1 (0.30%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.30%) German Language
12 1 (0.30%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 79 (23.44%) IT Support
2 70 (20.77%) Support Engineer
3 55 (16.32%) IT Engineer
4 53 (15.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 51 (15.13%) Network Engineer
6 46 (13.65%) IT Support Engineer
7 45 (13.35%) Senior
8 26 (7.72%) Security Engineer
9 23 (6.82%) Analyst
10 21 (6.23%) IT Technician
11 19 (5.64%) IT Support Technician
11 19 (5.64%) Support Technician
12 18 (5.34%) 2nd Line Support
13 17 (5.04%) Infrastructure Support
13 17 (5.04%) IT Manager
14 16 (4.75%) Cloud Engineer
14 16 (4.75%) Consultant
14 16 (4.75%) DevOps Engineer
14 16 (4.75%) Lead
15 15 (4.45%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.56%) Elastic Stack
2 8 (2.37%) Middleware
3 7 (2.08%) Microsoft Graph
4 5 (1.48%) FreeSWITCH
5 2 (0.59%) .NET
5 2 (0.59%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.59%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.59%) Ajax
5 2 (0.59%) boto
5 2 (0.59%) CSS
5 2 (0.59%) Flask
5 2 (0.59%) HTML
5 2 (0.59%) Jinja
5 2 (0.59%) jQuery
5 2 (0.59%) Node.js
5 2 (0.59%) OpenLayers
5 2 (0.59%) SAML
5 2 (0.59%) SQLAlchemy
6 1 (0.30%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.30%) React
Miscellaneous
1 54 (16.02%) Driving Licence
2 39 (11.57%) Data Centre
3 22 (6.53%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (5.04%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (4.75%) Security Posture
6 15 (4.45%) Onboarding
7 12 (3.56%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (2.97%) CCTV
9 8 (2.37%) Life Science
9 8 (2.37%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (1.78%) Microsoft Licensing
10 6 (1.78%) PKI
11 5 (1.48%) Enterprise Cloud
11 5 (1.48%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.48%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.19%) Public Cloud
13 3 (0.89%) Cyber Threat
13 3 (0.89%) Cyberattack
13 3 (0.89%) FMCG
13 3 (0.89%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 157 (46.59%) Windows
2 114 (33.83%) Windows Server
3 32 (9.50%) Linux
3 32 (9.50%) Windows 10
4 15 (4.45%) Windows Server 2019
5 13 (3.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (3.26%) Android
6 11 (3.26%) Mac OS
7 10 (2.97%) Debian
7 10 (2.97%) VMS
8 9 (2.67%) Apple iOS
9 7 (2.08%) Ubuntu
10 6 (1.78%) Windows 7
10 6 (1.78%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.30%) CentOS
11 1 (0.30%) Solaris
11 1 (0.30%) Unix
11 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (34.72%) Problem-Solving
2 76 (22.55%) Cybersecurity
3 75 (22.26%) Disaster Recovery
4 72 (21.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 59 (17.51%) Customer Service
6 53 (15.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (12.76%) Mentoring
8 42 (12.46%) Infrastructure as Code
9 39 (11.57%) Service Delivery
10 36 (10.68%) High Availability
11 35 (10.39%) ITIL
12 33 (9.79%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 32 (9.50%) DevOps
14 31 (9.20%) Business Continuity
14 31 (9.20%) Incident Response
14 31 (9.20%) Migration
14 31 (9.20%) Stakeholder Management
15 29 (8.61%) CI/CD
16 25 (7.42%) SIEM
17 24 (7.12%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 55 (16.32%) Python
2 50 (14.84%) PowerShell
3 27 (8.01%) SQL
4 20 (5.93%) Bash
5 13 (3.86%) Go
6 11 (3.26%) Bicep
7 4 (1.19%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.89%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 43 (12.76%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (9.50%) Degree
3 25 (7.42%) CCNA
4 23 (6.82%) Azure Certification
4 23 (6.82%) CCNP
5 22 (6.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (3.86%) Network+ Certification
6 13 (3.86%) SC Cleared
6 13 (3.86%) Security Cleared
7 9 (2.67%) CCIE
7 9 (2.67%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.48%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.89%) CISSP
10 3 (0.89%) MCSA
11 2 (0.59%) CEH
11 2 (0.59%) CISM
11 2 (0.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 2 (0.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (12.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 42 (12.46%) Cyber Essentials
3 23 (6.82%) NIST
4 21 (6.23%) GDPR
5 10 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (2.37%) SLA
7 4 (1.19%) PMO
8 3 (0.89%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.89%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.30%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.30%) QA
System Software
1 123 (36.50%) Active Directory
2 67 (19.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 54 (16.02%) Hyper-V
4 7 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (2.08%) vSphere
5 6 (1.78%) Docker
5 6 (1.78%) VMware Workstation
6 4 (1.19%) ProxySG
7 3 (0.89%) iptables
7 3 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.59%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.30%) Firmware
9 1 (0.30%) KVM
9 1 (0.30%) MetaFrame
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.30%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.30%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 70 (20.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (13.06%) Terraform
3 32 (9.50%) Ansible
4 21 (6.23%) FortiGate
5 14 (4.15%) Kubernetes
6 13 (3.86%) Grafana
7 12 (3.56%) Prometheus
8 9 (2.67%) Autotask
8 9 (2.67%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (2.08%) SCCM
10 4 (1.19%) Puppet
11 3 (0.89%) cPanel
11 3 (0.89%) Plesk
11 3 (0.89%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.59%) Nessus
13 1 (0.30%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 199 (59.05%) Microsoft
2 78 (23.15%) VMware
3 73 (21.66%) Cisco
4 22 (6.53%) Fortinet
5 20 (5.93%) Palo Alto
5 20 (5.93%) Veeam
6 19 (5.64%) Juniper
7 18 (5.34%) Google
8 16 (4.75%) Meraki
9 14 (4.15%) CheckPoint
10 13 (3.86%) Aruba
10 13 (3.86%) SonicWALL
11 11 (3.26%) Arista
12 9 (2.67%) Apple
12 9 (2.67%) Sophos
13 8 (2.37%) F5
14 7 (2.08%) iManage
14 7 (2.08%) NetScout
14 7 (2.08%) SolarWinds
15 6 (1.78%) ESET