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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 100 67
Rank change year-on-year -23 -33 -14
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 302 287 370
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.26% 3.03% 2.83%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.95% 16.39% 30.81%
Number of salaries quoted 238 196 203
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £38,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £33,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -32.50% +3.09%
75th Percentile £58,625 £50,625 £61,875
90th Percentile £70,750 £62,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £51,500 £46,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +11.96% -10.68% -5.50%

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 1,514 1,751 1,201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.33% 18.46% 9.17%
Number of salaries quoted 843 828 632
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,084 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £25,087 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £30,375 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +43.21% -32.50% -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £45,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% -

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 12 October 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 12 October 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 +34 167 £42,500 +11.11% 78
Yorkshire -57 109 £40,000 +14.29% 37
North East -76 26 £40,000 +26.98% 17
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 65 (21.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (16.23%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.97%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 166 (54.97%) Microsoft 365
2 117 (38.74%) Azure
3 85 (28.15%) Entra ID
4 42 (13.91%) AWS
5 15 (4.97%) IaaS
6 14 (4.64%) GCP
7 12 (3.97%) GitHub
7 12 (3.97%) Power Platform
8 8 (2.65%) Mimecast
8 8 (2.65%) OneDrive
9 7 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.32%) SaaS
10 6 (1.99%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.66%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (0.99%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (0.99%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 3 (0.99%) PaaS
14 2 (0.66%) Amazon EC2
14 2 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 101 (33.44%) DNS
2 100 (33.11%) VPN
3 82 (27.15%) DHCP
4 73 (24.17%) TCP/IP
5 61 (20.20%) WAN
6 59 (19.54%) VLAN
7 55 (18.21%) LAN
8 54 (17.88%) Wi-Fi
9 52 (17.22%) Network Security
10 39 (12.91%) VoIP
11 31 (10.26%) SD-WAN
11 31 (10.26%) Wireless
12 25 (8.28%) BGP
13 18 (5.96%) OSPF
14 13 (4.30%) Cisco Firepower
14 13 (4.30%) Structured Cabling
15 11 (3.64%) Cisco ASA
15 11 (3.64%) NGFW
15 11 (3.64%) VXLAN
16 10 (3.31%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.97%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.32%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.66%) GIS
3 2 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (2.98%) JIRA
2 7 (2.32%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.66%) Git
3 2 (0.66%) GitLab
4 1 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 126 (41.72%) Social Skills
2 23 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
3 10 (3.31%) Manufacturing
4 9 (2.98%) Finance
4 9 (2.98%) Law
5 6 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (1.66%) Public Sector
7 4 (1.32%) Advertising
7 4 (1.32%) Banking
7 4 (1.32%) Legal
7 4 (1.32%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.66%) Aviation
8 2 (0.66%) Retail
9 1 (0.33%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.33%) Games
9 1 (0.33%) Local Government
9 1 (0.33%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 83 (27.48%) IT Support
2 71 (23.51%) Support Engineer
3 64 (21.19%) IT Engineer
4 54 (17.88%) IT Support Engineer
5 46 (15.23%) Network Engineer
6 44 (14.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 37 (12.25%) Senior
8 29 (9.60%) 2nd Line Support
9 25 (8.28%) Security Engineer
10 24 (7.95%) Analyst
11 18 (5.96%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 17 (5.63%) Consultant
12 17 (5.63%) IT Technician
12 17 (5.63%) Support Technician
13 15 (4.97%) Support Analyst
14 14 (4.64%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 14 (4.64%) IT Manager
15 13 (4.30%) Cloud Engineer
15 13 (4.30%) IT Support Technician
16 12 (3.97%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (7.95%) Terraform
2 8 (2.65%) Middleware
3 7 (2.32%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (1.32%) React
5 2 (0.66%) .NET
5 2 (0.66%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.66%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.66%) Ajax
5 2 (0.66%) boto
5 2 (0.66%) CSS
5 2 (0.66%) Flask
5 2 (0.66%) HTML
5 2 (0.66%) Jinja
5 2 (0.66%) jQuery
5 2 (0.66%) Node.js
5 2 (0.66%) OpenLayers
5 2 (0.66%) SAML
5 2 (0.66%) SQLAlchemy
6 1 (0.33%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.33%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 56 (18.54%) Driving Licence
2 38 (12.58%) Data Centre
3 17 (5.63%) Onboarding
4 16 (5.30%) CCTV
5 12 (3.97%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (3.64%) Public Cloud
6 11 (3.64%) Security Posture
7 10 (3.31%) Operational Technology
8 9 (2.98%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.65%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (2.32%) Life Science
10 7 (2.32%) SCADA
10 7 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.99%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Licensing
11 6 (1.99%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.66%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.99%) Cloud Native
13 3 (0.99%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 160 (52.98%) Windows
2 117 (38.74%) Windows Server
3 20 (6.62%) Windows 10
4 16 (5.30%) Android
4 16 (5.30%) Linux
5 12 (3.97%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (3.64%) VMS
7 8 (2.65%) Apple iOS
7 8 (2.65%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (2.32%) macOS
9 5 (1.66%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.99%) Debian
11 1 (0.33%) CentOS
11 1 (0.33%) Solaris
11 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (36.09%) Problem-Solving
2 95 (31.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 61 (20.20%) Cybersecurity
4 60 (19.87%) Disaster Recovery
5 51 (16.89%) Customer Service
6 48 (15.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 37 (12.25%) ITIL
8 31 (10.26%) Mentoring
9 30 (9.93%) Migration
10 29 (9.60%) Change Management
11 28 (9.27%) Infrastructure as Code
11 28 (9.27%) Service Delivery
12 27 (8.94%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 24 (7.95%) CI/CD
14 23 (7.62%) Information Security
15 22 (7.28%) Change Control
15 22 (7.28%) DevOps
16 20 (6.62%) Stakeholder Management
17 18 (5.96%) Business Continuity
17 18 (5.96%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 45 (14.90%) PowerShell
2 34 (11.26%) Python
3 18 (5.96%) SQL
4 9 (2.98%) Bicep
5 7 (2.32%) ActionScript
6 4 (1.32%) Go
6 4 (1.32%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.99%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.66%) Bash
8 2 (0.66%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 33 (10.93%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (8.28%) CCNA
3 15 (4.97%) Degree
3 15 (4.97%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (4.30%) Azure Certification
4 13 (4.30%) CCNP
4 13 (4.30%) SC Cleared
4 13 (4.30%) Security Cleared
5 12 (3.97%) Network+ Certification
6 11 (3.64%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.66%) CCIE
8 4 (1.32%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.99%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.66%) MCSE
11 1 (0.33%) CISSP
11 1 (0.33%) Linux+ Certification
11 1 (0.33%) NVQ Level 3
11 1 (0.33%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (11.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (9.93%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (3.97%) SLA
4 11 (3.64%) NIST
5 7 (2.32%) GDPR
6 5 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.32%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.99%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.99%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.99%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.33%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.33%) NCSC
10 1 (0.33%) QA
System Software
1 131 (43.38%) Active Directory
2 55 (18.21%) Hyper-V
3 51 (16.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (3.31%) vSphere
5 6 (1.99%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.99%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.66%) Docker
6 5 (1.66%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.99%) iptables
8 2 (0.66%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.33%) Firmware
9 1 (0.33%) KVM
9 1 (0.33%) MetaFrame
9 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 64 (21.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (7.28%) FortiGate
3 12 (3.97%) Ansible
4 10 (3.31%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.99%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (1.66%) Autotask
7 4 (1.32%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 4 (1.32%) Puppet
7 4 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.99%) cPanel
8 3 (0.99%) Plesk
8 3 (0.99%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.66%) Nessus
9 2 (0.66%) SCCM
10 1 (0.33%) VxRail
Vendors
1 180 (59.60%) Microsoft
2 69 (22.85%) VMware
3 62 (20.53%) Cisco
4 30 (9.93%) Fortinet
5 28 (9.27%) Veeam
6 26 (8.61%) Juniper
6 26 (8.61%) Palo Alto
7 25 (8.28%) SonicWALL
8 15 (4.97%) Meraki
9 12 (3.97%) Google
10 11 (3.64%) Apple
10 11 (3.64%) F5
11 10 (3.31%) Aruba
12 9 (2.98%) Datto
12 9 (2.98%) Okta
13 8 (2.65%) Arista
13 8 (2.65%) CheckPoint
13 8 (2.65%) WatchGuard
14 7 (2.32%) iManage
15 6 (1.99%) Draytek