Firewall
UK > Northern Ireland
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firewall over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 31 | 51 | 50 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +20 | -1 | -19 |
| Permanent jobs citing Firewall | 6 | 21 | 51 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 2.08% | 3.03% | 5.88% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 14.63% | 18.42% | 39.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 11 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £31,250 | £31,175 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £33,750 | £32,188 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £37,500 | £37,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +1.35% | +5.71% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £65,000 | £44,625 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £90,000 | £53,875 |
| UK median annual salary | £52,500 | £49,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.14% | -2.00% | - |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northern Ireland
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 Northern Ireland.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 41 | 114 | 130 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 14.24% | 16.47% | 14.98% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 12 | 35 | 40 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £28,750 | £27,375 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £31,250 | £31,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £23,504 | £37,500 | £35,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -37.32% | +7.14% | -12.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £54,063 | £61,250 | £47,375 |
| 90th Percentile | £84,625 | £79,000 | £53,875 |
| UK median annual salary | £47,500 | £47,875 | £50,250 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.78% | -4.73% | -4.29% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland
Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.
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Salary Trend in Northern Ireland
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in Northern Ireland.
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Job Locations in Northern Ireland
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Antrim | +30 | 6 | - | - | 14 |
| Firewall UK |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: