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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 153 56
Rank change year-on-year +16 -97 +26
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 34 112 203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.04% 1.72% 4.93%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.26% 17.92% 30.71%
Number of salaries quoted 21 87 85
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,750 £29,150
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £95,000 £55,000 £55,000
90th Percentile - £70,000 £62,833
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,985
% change year-on-year +5.26% -6.84% -2.89%

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 468 625 661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 14.32% 9.59% 16.05%
Number of salaries quoted 245 391 260
10th Percentile - £27,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £23,504 £35,000 £37,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £50,000 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year -49.83% -0.50% +4.69%
75th Percentile £42,500 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -26.32% -6.86% -2.86%

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 5 July 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 5 July 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 +6 15 £95,000 +117.14% 31
Glasgow +91 9 £37,500 -25.00% 31
Perth and Kinross +6 5 £33,000 -44.64%
Dunbartonshire - 3 - -
Dundee - 1 £37,500 - 3
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 10 (29.41%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (29.41%) SharePoint
2 3 (8.82%) JOnAS
3 1 (2.94%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.94%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 16 (47.06%) Azure
2 13 (38.24%) AWS
3 12 (35.29%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.88%) GCP
4 2 (5.88%) Serverless
5 1 (2.94%) Azure AKS
5 1 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (2.94%) Azure Functions
5 1 (2.94%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.94%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.94%) IaaS
5 1 (2.94%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.94%) PaaS
5 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (47.06%) VPN
2 9 (26.47%) DHCP
2 9 (26.47%) DNS
2 9 (26.47%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (23.53%) Network Security
4 6 (17.65%) BGP
4 6 (17.65%) WAN
5 5 (14.71%) DKIM
5 5 (14.71%) DMARC
5 5 (14.71%) OSPF
6 4 (11.76%) LAN
6 4 (11.76%) NAS
6 4 (11.76%) TCP/IP
6 4 (11.76%) Wireless
7 3 (8.82%) Internet
7 3 (8.82%) SD-WAN
7 3 (8.82%) VLAN
8 2 (5.88%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (5.88%) EIGRP
9 1 (2.94%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (2.94%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) JIRA
1 1 (2.94%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 12 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Finance
3 3 (8.82%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (35.29%) Lead
2 8 (23.53%) Cloud Engineer
3 7 (20.59%) Network Engineer
4 6 (17.65%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 6 (17.65%) Cloud Security Lead
4 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (17.65%) Lead Cloud Engineer
4 6 (17.65%) Security Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) Help Desk Team Lead
5 5 (14.71%) Support Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) Team Leader
6 4 (11.76%) Analyst
6 4 (11.76%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Firewall Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Network Manager
8 1 (2.94%) 2nd Line Support
8 1 (2.94%) Architect
8 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 1 (2.94%) Network Analyst
8 1 (2.94%) Network Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) 802.1X
1 1 (2.94%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Data Centre
2 5 (14.71%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (8.82%) Onboarding
3 3 (8.82%) Public Cloud
3 3 (8.82%) Replication
4 2 (5.88%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.94%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.94%) e-Learning
5 1 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.94%) IoT
5 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.94%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (44.12%) Windows
2 8 (23.53%) VMS
3 7 (20.59%) Unix
4 5 (14.71%) Linux
5 4 (11.76%) Windows Server
6 3 (8.82%) Windows 10
6 3 (8.82%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
1 10 (29.41%) Roadmaps
2 8 (23.53%) Mentoring
3 7 (20.59%) Network Design
3 7 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (17.65%) Cloud Security
4 6 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (17.65%) Strategic Roadmap
4 6 (17.65%) Technology Transformation
4 6 (17.65%) Threat Modelling
5 5 (14.71%) CI/CD
5 5 (14.71%) Customer Experience
5 5 (14.71%) DevOps
5 5 (14.71%) Incident Response
5 5 (14.71%) IT Strategy
5 5 (14.71%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 5 (14.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (11.76%) Agile
6 4 (11.76%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.59%) PowerShell
2 5 (14.71%) Python
3 2 (5.88%) SQL
4 1 (2.94%) Bicep
4 1 (2.94%) Java
4 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (17.65%) CISM
1 6 (17.65%) CISSP
2 4 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (8.82%) CCNP
4 2 (5.88%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (2.94%) CCNA
5 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.94%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.59%) NIST
2 6 (17.65%) Accessibility
2 6 (17.65%) NCSC
3 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (32.35%) Hyper-V
2 10 (29.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (11.76%) Active Directory
4 2 (5.88%) VMware NSX
5 1 (2.94%) Firmware
5 1 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (32.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (11.76%) Ansible
3 3 (8.82%) FortiGate
3 3 (8.82%) Terraform
4 1 (2.94%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (2.94%) Proxmox
4 1 (2.94%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 15 (44.12%) Microsoft
2 12 (35.29%) VMware
3 11 (32.35%) Cisco
4 8 (23.53%) Fortinet
5 6 (17.65%) ServiceNow
6 5 (14.71%) Apple
7 3 (8.82%) arcserve
7 3 (8.82%) Aruba
7 3 (8.82%) Nimsoft
7 3 (8.82%) Palo Alto
7 3 (8.82%) Sage
8 2 (5.88%) F5
9 1 (2.94%) Riverbed
9 1 (2.94%) SolarWinds
9 1 (2.94%) SonicWALL
9 1 (2.94%) Symantec