Firewall Jobs in Scotland

Firewall
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 181 72
Rank change year-on-year +54 -109 -5
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 37 98 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.24% 1.46% 3.94%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.79% 14.92% 24.01%
Number of salaries quoted 26 76 77
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £30,314
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,270
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +5.26% +2.70%
75th Percentile £67,688 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £76,000 £62,833
UK median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -2.00% -

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 343 657 758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.46% 9.80% 16.40%
Number of salaries quoted 194 399 264
10th Percentile - £28,000 £25,369
25th Percentile £23,504 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -0.99% +5.21%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £68,125
90th Percentile £85,875 £70,000 £82,839
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Scotland

Firewall
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in Scotland.

Salary trend for Firewall in Scotland

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

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 12 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
Edinburgh 0 18 £74,750 +75.88% 12
Glasgow +143 10 £37,500 -25.00% 20
Perth and Kinross - 5 £33,000 -
Argyll and Bute +8 1 - - 1
Aberdeen - 1 £40,000 - 11
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (18.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (43.24%) Azure
2 14 (37.84%) AWS
3 11 (29.73%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.41%) GCP
4 2 (5.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.70%) IaaS
5 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.70%) PaaS
5 1 (2.70%) SaaS
5 1 (2.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (48.65%) VPN
2 12 (32.43%) DHCP
2 12 (32.43%) DNS
3 9 (24.32%) Network Security
4 7 (18.92%) WAN
5 6 (16.22%) LAN
5 6 (16.22%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (13.51%) DKIM
6 5 (13.51%) DMARC
6 5 (13.51%) TCP/IP
7 4 (10.81%) BGP
8 3 (8.11%) OSPF
8 3 (8.11%) Wireless
9 1 (2.70%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (2.70%) EIGRP
9 1 (2.70%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 1 (2.70%) MPLS
9 1 (2.70%) NAS
9 1 (2.70%) SAN
9 1 (2.70%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 9 (24.32%) Finance
1 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Automotive
3 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.70%) Banking
4 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) Lead
2 7 (18.92%) Cloud Engineer
2 7 (18.92%) Lead Cloud Engineer
2 7 (18.92%) Security Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Analyst
3 6 (16.22%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Cloud Security Lead
3 6 (16.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Network Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Help Desk Team Lead
4 5 (13.51%) Team Leader
5 3 (8.11%) IT Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) IT Technician
5 3 (8.11%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Senior
6 2 (5.41%) Firewall Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Network Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Senior IT Technician
6 2 (5.41%) Senior Technician
6 2 (5.41%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) Azure Blueprints
1 1 (2.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (10.81%) Data Centre
3 3 (8.11%) Onboarding
3 3 (8.11%) Public Cloud
4 2 (5.41%) Driving Licence
4 2 (5.41%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.70%) e-Learning
5 1 (2.70%) Life Science
5 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.70%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (43.24%) Windows
2 7 (18.92%) Windows Server
3 6 (16.22%) Linux
3 6 (16.22%) Unix
4 5 (13.51%) VMS
5 2 (5.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (5.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (24.32%) Continuous Improvement
1 9 (24.32%) Roadmaps
2 8 (21.62%) Mentoring
3 7 (18.92%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (18.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 7 (18.92%) Network Design
4 6 (16.22%) Cloud Security
4 6 (16.22%) DevOps
4 6 (16.22%) Incident Response
4 6 (16.22%) Strategic Roadmap
4 6 (16.22%) Technology Transformation
4 6 (16.22%) Threat Modelling
5 5 (13.51%) Agile
5 5 (13.51%) IT Strategy
5 5 (13.51%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 5 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (10.81%) CI/CD
6 4 (10.81%) ITIL
7 3 (8.11%) ITSM
7 3 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (21.62%) PowerShell
1 8 (21.62%) Python
2 2 (5.41%) Java
2 2 (5.41%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.41%) Perl
3 1 (2.70%) Bash
3 1 (2.70%) Bicep
3 1 (2.70%) C#
3 1 (2.70%) Go
3 1 (2.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) CISM
1 7 (18.92%) CISSP
2 4 (10.81%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (8.11%) CCNP
4 2 (5.41%) Degree
5 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.70%) CCNA
5 1 (2.70%) CEH
5 1 (2.70%) GIAC
5 1 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) Accessibility
1 6 (16.22%) NCSC
1 6 (16.22%) NIST
2 2 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 12 (32.43%) Hyper-V
2 11 (29.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (13.51%) Active Directory
4 2 (5.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.41%) FortiGate
2 2 (5.41%) Terraform
3 1 (2.70%) Ansible
3 1 (2.70%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (2.70%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.70%) Opsview
Vendors
1 13 (35.14%) VMware
2 12 (32.43%) Microsoft
3 8 (21.62%) Cisco
4 7 (18.92%) Fortinet
5 5 (13.51%) Apple
6 3 (8.11%) ServiceNow
7 2 (5.41%) Aruba
7 2 (5.41%) F5
7 2 (5.41%) Palo Alto
7 2 (5.41%) SolarWinds
8 1 (2.70%) Hitachi
8 1 (2.70%) Oracle
8 1 (2.70%) Planview
8 1 (2.70%) Riverbed
8 1 (2.70%) SonicWALL
8 1 (2.70%) Symantec