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 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 102 125
Rank change year-on-year +37 +23 -57
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 83 41 98
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 2.26% 1.62% 2.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.92% 16.87% 23.90%
Number of salaries quoted 22 18 70
10th Percentile - £32,000 £29,625
25th Percentile £27,500 £33,063 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £37,500 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -17.58% +7.06%
75th Percentile £53,513 £50,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £59,875 £72,250 £60,163
UK median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -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 333 243 410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.08% 9.61% 8.62%
Number of salaries quoted 137 138 243
10th Percentile £25,750 £23,504 £28,750
25th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £30,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -40.00% +25.76%
75th Percentile £55,000 £52,258 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £73,802
UK median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -2.91%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 +11 17 £47,000 +25.33% 17
Stirling - 12 - -
North Lanarkshire - 10 - -
Edinburgh -2 9 £57,500 +0.88% 14
West Lothian - 9 - - 1
Inverclyde - 7 - -
South Lanarkshire - 7 £28,000 - 1
Renfrewshire - 6 - -
Aberdeen - 5 £50,000 - 1
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 7 (8.43%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (8.43%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.61%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 27 (32.53%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (19.28%) Entra ID
3 9 (10.84%) Azure
4 4 (4.82%) OneDrive
4 4 (4.82%) SaaS
5 3 (3.61%) AWS
6 2 (2.41%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.20%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.20%) IaaS
7 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.20%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (63.86%) Network Security
1 53 (63.86%) VLAN
2 24 (28.92%) VPN
3 22 (26.51%) WAN
4 21 (25.30%) LAN
5 19 (22.89%) VoIP
6 17 (20.48%) DNS
7 16 (19.28%) DHCP
8 13 (15.66%) MPLS
9 7 (8.43%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (6.02%) BGP
10 5 (6.02%) OSPF
10 5 (6.02%) SD-WAN
10 5 (6.02%) Wireless
11 4 (4.82%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (4.82%) EIGRP
12 3 (3.61%) Broadband
12 3 (3.61%) PBX
13 2 (2.41%) TCP/IP
14 1 (1.20%) SSL
Development Applications
1 7 (8.43%) JIRA
General
1 59 (71.08%) Social Skills
2 12 (14.46%) Telecoms
3 7 (8.43%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.41%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.20%) Legal
Job Titles
1 49 (59.04%) Senior
2 46 (55.42%) Security Engineer
2 46 (55.42%) Senior Security Engineer
3 16 (19.28%) Support Engineer
4 10 (12.05%) IT Support
5 9 (10.84%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 9 (10.84%) 2nd Line Support
5 9 (10.84%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 9 (10.84%) 2nd Line Technical Support
5 9 (10.84%) 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
5 9 (10.84%) Network Engineer
5 9 (10.84%) Technical Engineer
5 9 (10.84%) Technical Support
5 9 (10.84%) Technical Support Engineer
6 7 (8.43%) IT Engineer
6 7 (8.43%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (4.82%) 3rd Line Support
7 4 (4.82%) Analyst
8 3 (3.61%) Support Technician
8 3 (3.61%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.61%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.46%) Driving Licence
2 7 (8.43%) FMCG
3 2 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.41%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.41%) Operational Technology
3 2 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.20%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.20%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (1.20%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.20%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.20%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 15 (18.07%) Windows
2 10 (12.05%) Windows 10
3 4 (4.82%) Linux
3 4 (4.82%) Windows Server
4 3 (3.61%) Apple iOS
4 3 (3.61%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (73.49%) Project Delivery
2 50 (60.24%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 49 (59.04%) Cybersecurity
4 46 (55.42%) BCP
4 46 (55.42%) Business Continuity
4 46 (55.42%) Business Continuity Planning
4 46 (55.42%) Capacity Planning
4 46 (55.42%) Decision-Making
4 46 (55.42%) Economics
4 46 (55.42%) Network Architecture
5 12 (14.46%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 12 (14.46%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (13.25%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (10.84%) Technology Transformation
8 8 (9.64%) Mentoring
9 7 (8.43%) Root Cause Analysis
9 7 (8.43%) Supply Chain Management
10 6 (7.23%) ITIL
11 5 (6.02%) Problem Management
12 4 (4.82%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.43%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.20%) Python
2 1 (1.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (19.28%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (14.46%) CCNA
3 7 (8.43%) Network+ Certification
4 6 (7.23%) CCNP
5 4 (4.82%) Degree
6 3 (3.61%) Azure Certification
6 3 (3.61%) CCIE
6 3 (3.61%) MCSA
6 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.41%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.20%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.43%) SLA
2 4 (4.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.20%) GDPR
4 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (1.20%) NCSC
4 1 (1.20%) NIST
System Software
1 17 (20.48%) Active Directory
2 7 (8.43%) Hyper-V
3 5 (6.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (7.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.82%) Ansible
2 4 (4.82%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.41%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.20%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (24.10%) Cisco
1 20 (24.10%) Microsoft
2 15 (18.07%) Fortinet
3 11 (13.25%) Meraki
4 7 (8.43%) Palo Alto
5 5 (6.02%) VMware
6 4 (4.82%) Aruba
7 2 (2.41%) HP
7 2 (2.41%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.20%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (1.20%) Dell
8 1 (1.20%) F5
8 1 (1.20%) Google
8 1 (1.20%) Qualys
8 1 (1.20%) Rapid7
8 1 (1.20%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.20%) Splunk
8 1 (1.20%) Veeam