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 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 92 71
Rank change year-on-year -4 -21 +14
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 328 306 600
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.65% 3.76% 3.05%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.20% 18.37% 28.02%
Number of salaries quoted 292 191 491
10th Percentile £28,275 £29,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £33,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.13% -11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,239 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £50,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +8.00% +3.09% -3.00%

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 1,206 1,666 2,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.06% 20.45% 10.88%
Number of salaries quoted 839 699 1,676
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £33,500 £43,231
Median % change year-on-year +11.94% -22.51% -6.02%
75th Percentile £57,239 £56,161 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,700 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 15 June 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 15 June 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 +41 180 £43,500 +2.35% 60
Yorkshire -53 108 £48,445 +21.11% 30
North East -31 40 £45,000 +20.00% 15
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 (20.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 62 (18.90%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.83%) IIS
Applications
1 24 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.83%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 154 (46.95%) Microsoft 365
2 151 (46.04%) Azure
3 102 (31.10%) Entra ID
4 64 (19.51%) AWS
5 25 (7.62%) GitHub
5 25 (7.62%) Microsoft Purview
6 23 (7.01%) GCP
7 20 (6.10%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (6.10%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (3.96%) Power Platform
9 12 (3.66%) OCI
9 12 (3.66%) SaaS
10 11 (3.35%) IaaS
11 10 (3.05%) Google Workspace
12 9 (2.74%) Mimecast
12 9 (2.74%) OneDrive
13 7 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
14 5 (1.52%) Intacct
14 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Copilot
15 4 (1.22%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 100 (30.49%) DNS
2 95 (28.96%) VPN
3 87 (26.52%) WAN
4 76 (23.17%) VLAN
5 75 (22.87%) DHCP
6 73 (22.26%) LAN
7 58 (17.68%) TCP/IP
8 56 (17.07%) Network Security
9 51 (15.55%) Wi-Fi
10 35 (10.67%) SD-WAN
11 26 (7.93%) VoIP
12 24 (7.32%) Wireless
13 23 (7.01%) NGFW
14 21 (6.40%) BGP
15 20 (6.10%) OSPF
16 19 (5.79%) VXLAN
17 16 (4.88%) HTTP
18 15 (4.57%) Wireshark
19 14 (4.27%) Cisco ASA
20 13 (3.96%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.79%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.91%) MySQL
4 2 (0.61%) GIS
5 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.30%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (5.18%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.61%) Git
3 2 (0.61%) GitLab
4 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
General
1 147 (44.82%) Social Skills
2 56 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (8.54%) Law
4 24 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 20 (6.10%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (5.49%) Telecoms
7 16 (4.88%) Finance
8 11 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.13%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.83%) Retail
12 5 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.22%) Social Housing
14 3 (0.91%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.91%) Legal
15 1 (0.30%) Advertising
15 1 (0.30%) Digital Health
15 1 (0.30%) German Language
15 1 (0.30%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 75 (22.87%) IT Support
2 66 (20.12%) Support Engineer
3 60 (18.29%) IT Engineer
4 49 (14.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 49 (14.94%) IT Support Engineer
4 49 (14.94%) Senior
5 45 (13.72%) Network Engineer
6 25 (7.62%) Lead
7 21 (6.40%) Security Engineer
7 21 (6.40%) Senior Network Engineer
8 19 (5.79%) IT Technician
9 18 (5.49%) DevOps Engineer
9 18 (5.49%) Infrastructure Support
9 18 (5.49%) IT Support Technician
9 18 (5.49%) Support Technician
10 17 (5.18%) LAN Engineer
11 16 (4.88%) 2nd Line Support
11 16 (4.88%) Analyst
11 16 (4.88%) Cloud Engineer
12 14 (4.27%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.57%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (2.13%) Microsoft Graph
3 5 (1.52%) FreeSWITCH
4 4 (1.22%) Middleware
5 2 (0.61%) .NET
5 2 (0.61%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.61%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.61%) Ajax
5 2 (0.61%) boto
5 2 (0.61%) CSS
5 2 (0.61%) Flask
5 2 (0.61%) HTML
5 2 (0.61%) Jinja
5 2 (0.61%) jQuery
5 2 (0.61%) Node.js
5 2 (0.61%) OpenLayers
5 2 (0.61%) SAML
5 2 (0.61%) SQLAlchemy
6 1 (0.30%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 49 (14.94%) Driving Licence
2 45 (13.72%) Data Centre
3 21 (6.40%) Data Protection Act
4 19 (5.79%) Hybrid Cloud
5 17 (5.18%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (3.66%) PKI
7 11 (3.35%) Onboarding
8 10 (3.05%) Security Posture
9 7 (2.13%) CCTV
9 7 (2.13%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.52%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.22%) Public Cloud
12 3 (0.91%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (0.91%) FMCG
12 3 (0.91%) Life Science
12 3 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Licensing
12 3 (0.91%) Social Media
12 3 (0.91%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.61%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 142 (43.29%) Windows
2 102 (31.10%) Windows Server
3 34 (10.37%) Windows 10
4 25 (7.62%) Linux
5 17 (5.18%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (3.05%) Mac OS
8 9 (2.74%) Android
8 9 (2.74%) VMS
9 8 (2.44%) Apple iOS
9 8 (2.44%) Debian
10 7 (2.13%) Windows 7
10 7 (2.13%) Windows 8
11 4 (1.22%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (33.84%) Problem-Solving
2 81 (24.70%) Cybersecurity
3 73 (22.26%) Disaster Recovery
4 58 (17.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 54 (16.46%) Customer Service
6 53 (16.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 46 (14.02%) Mentoring
8 41 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
9 38 (11.59%) Stakeholder Management
10 37 (11.28%) Incident Response
11 36 (10.98%) Business Continuity
12 35 (10.67%) ITIL
13 33 (10.06%) CI/CD
13 33 (10.06%) SIEM
14 32 (9.76%) Load Balancing
14 32 (9.76%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 32 (9.76%) Service Delivery
15 31 (9.45%) Decision-Making
15 31 (9.45%) High Availability
16 30 (9.15%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 57 (17.38%) Python
2 43 (13.11%) PowerShell
3 21 (6.40%) Bash
4 19 (5.79%) SQL
5 15 (4.57%) Go
6 9 (2.74%) Bicep
7 4 (1.22%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (15.85%) Cisco Certification
2 35 (10.67%) Degree
3 32 (9.76%) CCNA
4 27 (8.23%) CCNP
5 22 (6.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (6.40%) Azure Certification
7 12 (3.66%) SC Cleared
7 12 (3.66%) Security Cleared
8 11 (3.35%) CCIE
8 11 (3.35%) JNCIA
9 9 (2.74%) DBS Check
10 7 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (1.52%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.91%) CISSP
12 3 (0.91%) MCSA
13 2 (0.61%) CEH
13 2 (0.61%) CISM
13 2 (0.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 2 (0.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (15.55%) Cyber Essentials
2 49 (14.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (9.76%) NIST
4 31 (9.45%) GDPR
5 8 (2.44%) SLA
6 7 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (1.83%) PMO
8 2 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.30%) QA
9 1 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 127 (38.72%) Active Directory
2 54 (16.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (12.50%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (2.13%) VMware Workstation
6 6 (1.83%) ProxySG
7 5 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.22%) Docker
8 4 (1.22%) vSphere
9 3 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.61%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.30%) iptables
11 1 (0.30%) MetaFrame
11 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.30%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.30%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 66 (20.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (13.72%) Terraform
3 32 (9.76%) Ansible
4 22 (6.71%) FortiGate
5 16 (4.88%) Grafana
6 15 (4.57%) Prometheus
7 10 (3.05%) Autotask
8 9 (2.74%) Kubernetes
9 8 (2.44%) SCCM
10 6 (1.83%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.61%) cPanel
12 2 (0.61%) Plesk
13 1 (0.30%) Nessus
13 1 (0.30%) Proxmox
13 1 (0.30%) Puppet
13 1 (0.30%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 184 (56.10%) Microsoft
2 75 (22.87%) Cisco
3 63 (19.21%) VMware
4 32 (9.76%) Fortinet
5 31 (9.45%) Aruba
6 29 (8.84%) Juniper
7 17 (5.18%) Palo Alto
7 17 (5.18%) Veeam
8 16 (4.88%) Arista
9 15 (4.57%) CheckPoint
9 15 (4.57%) Google
10 13 (3.96%) Meraki
11 12 (3.66%) NetScout
12 11 (3.35%) F5
12 11 (3.35%) SonicWALL
13 9 (2.74%) SolarWinds
14 8 (2.44%) Ubiquiti
15 7 (2.13%) ESET
15 7 (2.13%) Sophos
16 6 (1.83%) Motorola