Firewall Job Trends in Scotland

Firewall
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 110 149
Rank change year-on-year +35 +39 -91
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 67 36 91
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.96% 1.42% 1.74%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.94% 13.28% 20.87%
Number of salaries quoted 24 21 75
10th Percentile - £32,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £36,250 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +1.12%
75th Percentile £53,250 £62,500 £54,375
90th Percentile £59,625 £95,000 £59,600
UK median annual salary £51,500 £48,387 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.43% -3.23% -4.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 320 271 436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.38% 10.69% 8.36%
Number of salaries quoted 131 145 286
10th Percentile £25,750 £23,504 £28,250
25th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £30,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -40.00% -
75th Percentile £64,268 £57,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,075 £77,250 £71,841
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -4.76%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Firewall relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Firewall job vacancy trend in Scotland

Firewall
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Scotland over the 6 months to 4 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Scotland

Firewall
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 August 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
Glasgow +18 15 £47,000 +25.33% 11
Edinburgh +3 9 £32,500 -58.06% 4
Stirling - 8 - - 1
North Lanarkshire - 8 - -
West Lothian - 6 - -
Aberdeen - 6 £50,000 - 2
Inverclyde - 5 - -
South Lanarkshire - 5 £28,000 -
Renfrewshire - 4 - - 2
Highlands - 1 £36,000 -
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 9 (13.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (10.45%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.99%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (2.99%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (2.99%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (2.99%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (35.82%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (20.90%) Entra ID
3 12 (17.91%) Azure
4 5 (7.46%) OneDrive
4 5 (7.46%) SaaS
5 3 (4.48%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.49%) AWS
6 1 (1.49%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.49%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 39 (58.21%) Network Security
1 39 (58.21%) VLAN
2 20 (29.85%) VPN
3 18 (26.87%) WAN
4 17 (25.37%) LAN
5 16 (23.88%) DNS
6 15 (22.39%) DHCP
7 14 (20.90%) VoIP
8 11 (16.42%) MPLS
9 7 (10.45%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (8.96%) Wireless
11 4 (5.97%) BGP
11 4 (5.97%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (5.97%) EIGRP
11 4 (5.97%) OSPF
11 4 (5.97%) SD-WAN
12 3 (4.48%) Broadband
12 3 (4.48%) PBX
13 2 (2.99%) Remote Desktop
14 1 (1.49%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 5 (7.46%) JIRA
General
1 44 (65.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (13.43%) Telecoms
3 5 (7.46%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.99%) Finance
4 2 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.49%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.49%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 34 (50.75%) Senior
2 33 (49.25%) Security Engineer
3 32 (47.76%) Senior Security Engineer
4 13 (19.40%) Support Engineer
5 11 (16.42%) Network Engineer
6 10 (14.93%) IT Support
7 7 (10.45%) IT Engineer
7 7 (10.45%) IT Support Engineer
8 6 (8.96%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 6 (8.96%) 2nd Line Support
8 6 (8.96%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 6 (8.96%) 2nd Line Technical Support
8 6 (8.96%) 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
8 6 (8.96%) Technical Engineer
8 6 (8.96%) Technical Support
8 6 (8.96%) Technical Support Engineer
9 4 (5.97%) 3rd Line Support
10 3 (4.48%) Analyst
10 3 (4.48%) IT Support Technician
10 3 (4.48%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.43%) Driving Licence
2 5 (7.46%) FMCG
3 4 (5.97%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.99%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.99%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.49%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 15 (22.39%) Windows
2 7 (10.45%) Windows 10
2 7 (10.45%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.97%) Linux
4 2 (2.99%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.99%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.99%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (2.99%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (2.99%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (65.67%) Project Delivery
2 34 (50.75%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (50.75%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 32 (47.76%) BCP
3 32 (47.76%) Business Continuity
3 32 (47.76%) Business Continuity Planning
3 32 (47.76%) Capacity Planning
3 32 (47.76%) Decision-Making
3 32 (47.76%) Economics
3 32 (47.76%) Network Architecture
4 10 (14.93%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (13.43%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 8 (11.94%) ITIL
7 7 (10.45%) Mentoring
8 6 (8.96%) Problem Management
8 6 (8.96%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (8.96%) Technology Transformation
9 5 (7.46%) Supply Chain Management
10 4 (5.97%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.96%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.49%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (23.88%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (16.42%) CCNA
3 8 (11.94%) CCNP
4 5 (7.46%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (4.48%) Azure Certification
5 3 (4.48%) CCIE
5 3 (4.48%) Degree
5 3 (4.48%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (4.48%) MCSA
5 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.49%) JNCIP
6 1 (1.49%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.49%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.46%) SLA
2 4 (5.97%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.99%) GDPR
3 2 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.49%) GRC
4 1 (1.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (23.88%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.96%) Hyper-V
3 5 (7.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.49%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (8.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.48%) FortiGate
2 3 (4.48%) Terraform
3 2 (2.99%) Ansible
3 2 (2.99%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (2.99%) SCCM
4 1 (1.49%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 20 (29.85%) Cisco
2 19 (28.36%) Microsoft
3 12 (17.91%) Fortinet
4 8 (11.94%) Meraki
5 7 (10.45%) Palo Alto
6 5 (7.46%) VMware
7 4 (5.97%) Aruba
7 4 (5.97%) HP
8 3 (4.48%) Dell
9 2 (2.99%) BeyondTrust
9 2 (2.99%) CheckPoint
9 2 (2.99%) F5
9 2 (2.99%) ServiceNow
9 2 (2.99%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.49%) Arista
10 1 (1.49%) Google
10 1 (1.49%) Juniper
10 1 (1.49%) Veeam