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 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 44 52
Rank change year-on-year -39 +8 +42
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 268 368 502
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.12% 4.70% 4.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.02% 38.86% 31.36%
Number of salaries quoted 243 233 431
10th Percentile £27,550 £35,200 £26,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £63,750 £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 2,675 947 1,601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.21% 12.10% 12.80%
Number of salaries quoted 789 546 1,364
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% +4.65% -3.37%
75th Percentile £50,000 £63,938 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -23.64% +10.00% -2.91%

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 17 February 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 17 February 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 -27 123 £42,500 -19.05% 78
Yorkshire -48 102 £45,000 -10.00% 24
North East -1 43 £33,500 -16.25% 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 62 (23.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (11.19%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.37%) IIS
3 1 (0.37%) OpenStack
Applications
1 29 (10.82%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.24%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 127 (47.39%) Azure
2 125 (46.64%) Microsoft 365
3 76 (28.36%) Entra ID
4 48 (17.91%) AWS
5 22 (8.21%) Microsoft Purview
6 20 (7.46%) GCP
7 19 (7.09%) GitHub
8 17 (6.34%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (5.97%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (4.48%) OCI
11 11 (4.10%) Azure Sentinel
12 10 (3.73%) Google Workspace
12 10 (3.73%) IaaS
12 10 (3.73%) SaaS
13 6 (2.24%) OneDrive
13 6 (2.24%) Power Platform
14 5 (1.87%) Intacct
15 3 (1.12%) Amazon EKS
16 2 (0.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 2 (0.75%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 88 (32.84%) VPN
2 79 (29.48%) WAN
3 71 (26.49%) DNS
4 69 (25.75%) VLAN
5 65 (24.25%) LAN
6 55 (20.52%) TCP/IP
7 54 (20.15%) DHCP
8 31 (11.57%) Wireless
9 30 (11.19%) Network Security
10 23 (8.58%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (6.34%) VoIP
12 16 (5.97%) SD-WAN
13 14 (5.22%) HTTP
14 13 (4.85%) BGP
14 13 (4.85%) VXLAN
15 12 (4.48%) NGFW
15 12 (4.48%) OSPF
15 12 (4.48%) Wireshark
16 9 (3.36%) Cisco ASA
16 9 (3.36%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.85%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.24%) Power BI
3 5 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.87%) MySQL
4 3 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 16 (5.97%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (1.12%) GitLab
4 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
General
1 134 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 58 (21.64%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (10.45%) Law
4 26 (9.70%) Telecoms
5 20 (7.46%) Public Sector
6 19 (7.09%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (6.34%) Manufacturing
8 16 (5.97%) Finance
9 15 (5.60%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.99%) Retail
11 7 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.87%) Advertising
13 4 (1.49%) Legal
14 3 (1.12%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.75%) Military
16 1 (0.37%) Electronics
16 1 (0.37%) German Language
16 1 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 1 (0.37%) Marketing
16 1 (0.37%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 74 (27.61%) IT Support
2 71 (26.49%) Support Engineer
3 58 (21.64%) IT Engineer
4 50 (18.66%) IT Support Engineer
5 27 (10.07%) 2nd Line Support
6 25 (9.33%) Senior
7 24 (8.96%) Network Engineer
8 22 (8.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 22 (8.21%) Lead
9 20 (7.46%) Cisco Engineer
9 20 (7.46%) DevOps Engineer
9 20 (7.46%) Support Technician
10 19 (7.09%) Firewall Engineer
10 19 (7.09%) Juniper Engineer
10 19 (7.09%) LAN Engineer
10 19 (7.09%) LAN/WAN Engineer
10 19 (7.09%) Presales Engineer
10 19 (7.09%) WAN Engineer
11 18 (6.72%) 1st Line Support
12 15 (5.60%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.22%) Elastic Stack
2 10 (3.73%) FreeSWITCH
3 2 (0.75%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 40 (14.93%) Driving Licence
2 29 (10.82%) Data Centre
3 21 (7.84%) Data Protection Act
4 17 (6.34%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (5.97%) Management Information System
6 12 (4.48%) PKI
7 11 (4.10%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (2.61%) Cloud Native
9 6 (2.24%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.12%) Cyberattack
10 3 (1.12%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.12%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.75%) Cloud Security Posture
11 2 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.75%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.37%) Distributed Systems
12 1 (0.37%) Educational Technology
12 1 (0.37%) Enterprise Software
12 1 (0.37%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 122 (45.52%) Windows
2 99 (36.94%) Windows Server
3 25 (9.33%) Windows 10
4 24 (8.96%) Linux
5 10 (3.73%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (3.36%) Mac OS
6 9 (3.36%) Windows 7
6 9 (3.36%) Windows 8
7 6 (2.24%) Android
7 6 (2.24%) Debian
7 6 (2.24%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.49%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.75%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.37%) CentOS
10 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (32.09%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (22.01%) Customer Service
3 57 (21.27%) Cybersecurity
4 45 (16.79%) Disaster Recovery
5 39 (14.55%) ITIL
6 37 (13.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 37 (13.81%) Incident Response
7 32 (11.94%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 30 (11.19%) Data Protection
8 30 (11.19%) Stakeholder Management
9 27 (10.07%) CI/CD
9 27 (10.07%) DevOps
9 27 (10.07%) Infrastructure as Code
10 26 (9.70%) SIEM
11 25 (9.33%) Decision-Making
11 25 (9.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 24 (8.96%) Mentoring
12 24 (8.96%) Presales
12 24 (8.96%) Security Architecture
13 23 (8.58%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (17.54%) Python
2 26 (9.70%) Bash
3 22 (8.21%) PowerShell
4 14 (5.22%) Go
5 12 (4.48%) SQL
6 4 (1.49%) Bicep
6 4 (1.49%) VBA
7 2 (0.75%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 53 (19.78%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (13.43%) Degree
3 34 (12.69%) CCNA
4 25 (9.33%) CCNP
5 19 (7.09%) JNCIA
6 14 (5.22%) Network+ Certification
7 11 (4.10%) Azure Certification
8 9 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (2.99%) DBS Check
9 8 (2.99%) SC Cleared
9 8 (2.99%) Security Cleared
10 7 (2.61%) CCIE
10 7 (2.61%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.87%) CISSP
12 4 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.12%) CISM
14 2 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
15 1 (0.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 1 (0.37%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (14.93%) Cyber Essentials
2 37 (13.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (10.45%) GDPR
4 24 (8.96%) NIST
5 6 (2.24%) PMO
6 4 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.12%) NCSC
8 2 (0.75%) GRC
8 2 (0.75%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 122 (45.52%) Active Directory
2 63 (23.51%) Hyper-V
3 44 (16.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.99%) VMware Workstation
5 6 (2.24%) ProxySG
6 4 (1.49%) Docker
6 4 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.12%) vSphere
8 2 (0.75%) 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 54 (20.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (14.55%) Terraform
3 31 (11.57%) Ansible
4 15 (5.60%) Autotask
4 15 (5.60%) Grafana
4 15 (5.60%) Prometheus
5 12 (4.48%) FortiGate
6 9 (3.36%) Kubernetes
6 9 (3.36%) SCCM
7 2 (0.75%) Plesk
8 1 (0.37%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.37%) Kibana
8 1 (0.37%) Nagios
8 1 (0.37%) VxRail
Vendors
1 151 (56.34%) Microsoft
2 68 (25.37%) Cisco
3 56 (20.90%) VMware
4 35 (13.06%) Aruba
5 32 (11.94%) Fortinet
6 22 (8.21%) Juniper
7 12 (4.48%) Arista
7 12 (4.48%) NetScout
8 11 (4.10%) CheckPoint
8 11 (4.10%) SonicWALL
9 10 (3.73%) Google
9 10 (3.73%) Palo Alto
9 10 (3.73%) Sage
9 10 (3.73%) Veeam
10 9 (3.36%) ESET
11 8 (2.99%) Citrix
11 8 (2.99%) F5
11 8 (2.99%) WatchGuard
12 7 (2.61%) Meraki
13 6 (2.24%) ServiceNow