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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 53 55
Rank change year-on-year -27 +2 +30
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 257 367 477
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.21% 4.19% 4.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.66% 38.11% 32.76%
Number of salaries quoted 234 230 415
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £27,600
25th Percentile £29,750 £41,250 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £57,422 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +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 2,660 963 1,456
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 22.88% 10.98% 12.95%
Number of salaries quoted 805 542 1,244
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £47,500 £62,438 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.39%

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 30 January 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 30 January 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 -18 116 £43,000 -14.00% 60
Yorkshire -34 104 £45,000 -12.20% 32
North East -5 37 £31,500 -21.25% 12
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 (25.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (11.28%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.39%) IIS
3 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
Applications
1 24 (9.34%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.56%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 123 (47.86%) Microsoft 365
2 116 (45.14%) Azure
3 74 (28.79%) Entra ID
4 40 (15.56%) AWS
5 22 (8.56%) Microsoft Purview
6 14 (5.45%) GCP
7 12 (4.67%) OCI
8 11 (4.28%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (4.28%) GitHub
9 9 (3.50%) Azure Sentinel
9 9 (3.50%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (2.72%) Google Workspace
10 7 (2.72%) SaaS
11 6 (2.33%) IaaS
11 6 (2.33%) OneDrive
11 6 (2.33%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.78%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 2 (0.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (0.78%) Intacct
12 2 (0.78%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 82 (31.91%) VPN
2 76 (29.57%) WAN
3 70 (27.24%) VLAN
4 65 (25.29%) LAN
5 62 (24.12%) DNS
6 52 (20.23%) DHCP
7 50 (19.46%) TCP/IP
8 32 (12.45%) Wireless
9 25 (9.73%) Network Security
10 23 (8.95%) Wi-Fi
11 22 (8.56%) VoIP
12 15 (5.84%) SD-WAN
13 14 (5.45%) BGP
14 13 (5.06%) VXLAN
15 12 (4.67%) NGFW
15 12 (4.67%) SAN
15 12 (4.67%) Wireshark
16 10 (3.89%) OSPF
17 8 (3.11%) HTTP
18 7 (2.72%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.89%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (2.33%) Power BI
4 5 (1.95%) MySQL
5 3 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 10 (3.89%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.78%) GitLab
3 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 127 (49.42%) Social Skills
2 57 (22.18%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (8.56%) Law
4 20 (7.78%) Telecoms
5 19 (7.39%) Manufacturing
5 19 (7.39%) Presentation Skills
5 19 (7.39%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.67%) Finance
6 12 (4.67%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (3.11%) Retail
8 5 (1.95%) Advertising
9 4 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.56%) Legal
10 3 (1.17%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.78%) Military
12 1 (0.39%) Electronics
12 1 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.39%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 70 (27.24%) IT Support
2 62 (24.12%) Support Engineer
3 52 (20.23%) IT Engineer
4 43 (16.73%) IT Support Engineer
5 28 (10.89%) Senior
6 26 (10.12%) 2nd Line Support
7 23 (8.95%) Support Technician
8 22 (8.56%) Lead
9 21 (8.17%) Network Engineer
10 20 (7.78%) Cisco Engineer
11 19 (7.39%) Firewall Engineer
11 19 (7.39%) Juniper Engineer
11 19 (7.39%) LAN Engineer
11 19 (7.39%) LAN/WAN Engineer
11 19 (7.39%) Presales Engineer
11 19 (7.39%) Technical Support
11 19 (7.39%) WAN Engineer
12 18 (7.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (6.61%) Analyst
13 17 (6.61%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.11%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (2.72%) FreeSWITCH
3 2 (0.78%) Middleware
4 1 (0.39%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 38 (14.79%) Driving Licence
2 32 (12.45%) Data Centre
3 21 (8.17%) Data Protection Act
4 16 (6.23%) Management Information System
5 15 (5.84%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (4.67%) PKI
7 11 (4.28%) Onboarding
8 8 (3.11%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (3.11%) Cloud Native
9 6 (2.33%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.95%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.17%) Clustering
11 3 (1.17%) Cyberattack
11 3 (1.17%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (1.17%) Handset
11 3 (1.17%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.78%) Cloud Security Posture
12 2 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
13 1 (0.39%) BYOD
13 1 (0.39%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 117 (45.53%) Windows
2 94 (36.58%) Windows Server
3 25 (9.73%) Windows 10
4 22 (8.56%) Linux
5 13 (5.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (3.50%) Mac OS
7 6 (2.33%) Android
7 6 (2.33%) Windows 7
7 6 (2.33%) Windows 8
7 6 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.56%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.78%) CentOS
9 2 (0.78%) Debian
10 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (32.30%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (21.79%) Customer Service
3 54 (21.01%) Cybersecurity
4 43 (16.73%) Disaster Recovery
5 40 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 38 (14.79%) ITIL
7 37 (14.40%) Incident Response
8 30 (11.67%) Data Protection
8 30 (11.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 26 (10.12%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 26 (10.12%) SIEM
10 25 (9.73%) Decision-Making
10 25 (9.73%) Security Architecture
11 24 (9.34%) Presales
12 23 (8.95%) Business Continuity
12 23 (8.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 23 (8.95%) Risk Management
13 22 (8.56%) Risk Register
14 21 (8.17%) Business Continuity Planning
14 21 (8.17%) Information Governance
Programming Languages
1 36 (14.01%) Python
2 21 (8.17%) PowerShell
3 16 (6.23%) Bash
4 11 (4.28%) SQL
5 8 (3.11%) Go
6 4 (1.56%) Bicep
6 4 (1.56%) VBA
7 2 (0.78%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 53 (20.62%) Cisco Certification
2 38 (14.79%) CCNA
3 30 (11.67%) Degree
4 21 (8.17%) CCNP
5 19 (7.39%) JNCIA
6 12 (4.67%) Network+ Certification
7 8 (3.11%) DBS Check
8 7 (2.72%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (2.72%) SC Cleared
8 7 (2.72%) Security Cleared
9 5 (1.95%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.95%) CCIE
9 5 (1.95%) CISSP
10 4 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.17%) CISM
12 2 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.39%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (15.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (13.23%) Cyber Essentials
3 27 (10.51%) GDPR
4 25 (9.73%) NIST
5 4 (1.56%) PMO
6 3 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.17%) GRC
6 3 (1.17%) NCSC
7 2 (0.78%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.39%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 118 (45.91%) Active Directory
2 66 (25.68%) Hyper-V
3 46 (17.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.95%) VMware Workstation
5 4 (1.56%) Docker
5 4 (1.56%) ProxySG
5 4 (1.56%) vSphere
6 3 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.39%) Firmware
7 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.39%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 52 (20.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (12.84%) Terraform
3 24 (9.34%) Ansible
4 14 (5.45%) FortiGate
5 11 (4.28%) Autotask
6 9 (3.50%) Grafana
6 9 (3.50%) Prometheus
7 7 (2.72%) Kubernetes
8 5 (1.95%) SCCM
9 2 (0.78%) Plesk
10 1 (0.39%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.39%) Kibana
10 1 (0.39%) Nagios
10 1 (0.39%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.39%) VxRail
Vendors
1 145 (56.42%) Microsoft
2 67 (26.07%) Cisco
3 59 (22.96%) VMware
4 39 (15.18%) Aruba
5 32 (12.45%) Fortinet
6 22 (8.56%) Juniper
7 16 (6.23%) SonicWALL
8 13 (5.06%) Veeam
9 12 (4.67%) Arista
9 12 (4.67%) NetScout
10 11 (4.28%) Meraki
11 10 (3.89%) Palo Alto
11 10 (3.89%) Sage
11 10 (3.89%) WatchGuard
12 9 (3.50%) Citrix
13 8 (3.11%) CheckPoint
14 7 (2.72%) Google
15 6 (2.33%) Apple
15 6 (2.33%) ESET
15 6 (2.33%) F5