Firewall Engineer Job Trends in Northampton

Firewall Engineer
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The median Firewall Engineer salary in Northampton is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Firewall Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 0.41% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile £52,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northamptonshire median annual salary £50,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northampton. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Northampton with a recognized job title 234 351 189
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.10% 96.69% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 177 215 152
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,700 £25,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £36,094
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,200 £72,350
Northamptonshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +15.79%

Firewall Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Firewall Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northampton.

Firewall Engineer job vacancy trend in Northampton

Firewall Engineer
Salary Trend in Northampton

Salary distribution trend for Firewall Engineer job vacancies in Northampton.

Salary distribution trend for Firewall Engineer job vacancies in Northampton

Firewall Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton

For the 6 months to 29 November 2025, Firewall Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Northampton region featuring Firewall Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Progress
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Web Filtering

Firewall Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Web Filtering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Progress