Firewall Job Trends in Scotland

Firewall
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland citing Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 10 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	62	96	63
Rank change year-on-year	+34	-33	+10
Permanent jobs citing Firewall	103	49	91
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland	2.26%	1.79%	2.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	24.18%	15.71%	26.61%
Number of salaries quoted	21	12	58
10^th Percentile	-	£29,725	£28,500
25^th Percentile	£27,500	£36,250	£31,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£43,500	£42,750	£43,750
Median % change year-on-year	+1.75%	-2.29%	-7.89%
75^th Percentile	£53,250	£66,313	£57,188
90^th Percentile	£53,750	£80,900	£68,625
UK median annual salary	£51,500	£45,000	£52,500
% change year-on-year	+14.44%	-14.29%	-

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 citing communications or computer networking skills in Scotland.

	6 months to 10 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills	426	312	342
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland	9.33%	11.42%	10.54%
Number of salaries quoted	155	188	150
10^th Percentile	£26,750	-	£28,500
25^th Percentile	£29,125	£25,087	£35,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£40,000	£30,000	£47,500
Median % change year-on-year	+33.33%	-36.84%	+69.64%
75^th Percentile	£60,000	£38,750	£67,688
90^th Percentile	£76,075	£71,250	£80,000
UK median annual salary	£50,000	£37,500	£53,000
% change year-on-year	+33.33%	-29.25%	+6.00%

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 Salary Trend in Scotland

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 10 November 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 10 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Glasgow	+16	25	£43,500	+16.00%	20
West Lothian	-	13	-	-	2
Stirling	-	12	-	-
Edinburgh	+1	10	-	-	12
North Lanarkshire	-	10	-	-
Inverclyde	-	7	-	-
Renfrewshire	+7	6	-	-	2
South Lanarkshire	-	6	£28,000	-
Dundee	-6	4	-	-	2
Aberdeen	-	4	£51,250	-	10
Clackmannanshire	-	3	-	-
Fife	-	2	£33,500	-
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Firewall Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 10 November 2026, job vacancies citing Firewall also mentioned 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 Scotland region citing Firewall.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Project Delivery	64.1%	66
2	VLAN	58.3%	60
3	Cybersecurity	57.3%	59
4	Network Security	55.3%	57
5	Vulnerability Remediation	48.5%	50
6	Decision-Making	47.6%	49
7	BCP	44.7%	46
7	Business Continuity	44.7%	46
7	Business Continuity Planning	44.7%	46
7	Capacity Planning	44.7%	46
7	Economics	44.7%	46
7	Network Architecture	44.7%	46
13	Microsoft 365	34.0%	35
13	VPN	34.0%	35
15	Microsoft	32.0%	33
16	WAN	27.2%	28
17	Active Directory	26.2%	27
17	LAN	26.2%	27
19	Cisco	24.3%	25
19	VoIP	24.3%	25
21	Entra ID	22.3%	23
22	DNS	20.4%	21
22	Windows	20.4%	21
24	Problem-Solving	19.4%	20
25	Cisco Certification	18.4%	19
25	DHCP	18.4%	19
27	Fortinet	17.5%	18
27	Stakeholder Management	17.5%	18
29	Azure	15.5%	16
29	CCNA	15.5%	16

Firewall Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	VLAN	58.3%	60
2	Network Security	55.3%	57
3	VPN	34.0%	35
4	WAN	27.2%	28
5	LAN	26.2%	27
6	VoIP	24.3%	25
7	DNS	20.4%	21
8	DHCP	18.4%	19
9	MPLS	15.5%	16
10	Wi-Fi	10.7%	11
11	SD-WAN	8.7%	9
12	Wireless	5.8%	6
13	Broadband	4.9%	5
14	BGP	3.9%	4
14	Intrusion Detection	3.9%	4
14	OSPF	3.9%	4
17	Cisco Nexus	2.9%	3
17	EIGRP	2.9%	3
17	Internet	2.9%	3
17	Modbus	2.9%	3