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 7 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 113 156
Rank change year-on-year +22 +43 -94
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 50 34 101
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.50% 1.40% 1.64%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.92% 13.60% 18.67%
Number of salaries quoted 27 21 86
10th Percentile £21,250 £32,000 £30,625
25th Percentile £27,500 £36,250 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £56,000 £95,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £62,500 - £70,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -6.86%

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 279 250 541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 8.35% 10.30% 8.81%
Number of salaries quoted 122 137 383
10th Percentile £25,375 £23,504 £27,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,750 £33,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.45% -34.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,267 £71,050
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -6.86%

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 7 July 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 7 July 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 +17 14 £50,500 +34.67% 11
Edinburgh +4 9 £22,500 -76.32% 4
North Lanarkshire - 5 - - 1
South Lanarkshire - 5 £28,000 - 1
Aberdeen - 5 £50,000 - 1
West Lothian - 4 - - 1
Stirling - 2 - - 1
Lanarkshire - 2 £70,000 - 6
Inverclyde - 2 - - 1
Renfrewshire - 1 - - 1
Highlands - 1 £36,000 - 3
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 10 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (14.00%) SharePoint
3 5 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 7 (14.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 26 (52.00%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (36.00%) Azure
3 13 (26.00%) Entra ID
4 7 (14.00%) OneDrive
4 7 (14.00%) SaaS
5 4 (8.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (8.00%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (4.00%) Azure AKS
6 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (4.00%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.00%) AWS
7 1 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (2.00%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (2.00%) IaaS
7 1 (2.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (40.00%) DNS
2 18 (36.00%) DHCP
2 18 (36.00%) Network Security
2 18 (36.00%) VLAN
3 17 (34.00%) VPN
4 13 (26.00%) WAN
5 12 (24.00%) LAN
5 12 (24.00%) VoIP
6 10 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (18.00%) MPLS
8 6 (12.00%) Wireless
9 5 (10.00%) Broadband
10 4 (8.00%) BGP
10 4 (8.00%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (8.00%) EIGRP
10 4 (8.00%) OSPF
10 4 (8.00%) SD-WAN
11 3 (6.00%) PBX
12 2 (4.00%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (4.00%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 20 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.00%) Telecoms
3 5 (10.00%) Finance
3 5 (10.00%) Manufacturing
3 5 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (30.00%) IT Support
2 14 (28.00%) Support Engineer
3 12 (24.00%) Network Engineer
3 12 (24.00%) Security Engineer
4 11 (22.00%) IT Engineer
4 11 (22.00%) Senior
4 11 (22.00%) Senior Security Engineer
5 10 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
6 6 (12.00%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (10.00%) Junior
7 5 (10.00%) Junior IT Engineer
7 5 (10.00%) Junior IT Support
7 5 (10.00%) Junior Support Engineer
7 5 (10.00%) Remote Support Engineer
8 4 (8.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 4 (8.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (8.00%) 2nd Line Technical Support
8 4 (8.00%) 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
8 4 (8.00%) Analyst
8 4 (8.00%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Driving Licence
1 7 (14.00%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (10.00%) FMCG
3 3 (6.00%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.00%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (4.00%) iPhone
4 2 (4.00%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.00%) PKI
5 1 (2.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (36.00%) Windows
2 10 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 7 (14.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (10.00%) Windows 10
4 5 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (4.00%) Apple iOS
5 2 (4.00%) Linux
6 1 (2.00%) CentOS
6 1 (2.00%) Rocky
6 1 (2.00%) Ubuntu
6 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (44.00%) Project Delivery
2 15 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (22.00%) BCP
3 11 (22.00%) Business Continuity
3 11 (22.00%) Business Continuity Planning
3 11 (22.00%) Capacity Planning
3 11 (22.00%) Decision-Making
3 11 (22.00%) Economics
3 11 (22.00%) Network Architecture
3 11 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (22.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 8 (16.00%) Mentoring
5 7 (14.00%) ITIL
5 7 (14.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 7 (14.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (12.00%) Problem Management
7 5 (10.00%) Server Virtualisation
7 5 (10.00%) Supply Chain Management
8 4 (8.00%) Incident Response
8 4 (8.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (32.00%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (22.00%) CCNA
3 8 (16.00%) CCNP
4 5 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (6.00%) Azure Certification
5 3 (6.00%) CCIE
5 3 (6.00%) Degree
5 3 (6.00%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (6.00%) MCSA
5 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (4.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (4.00%) Security Cleared
7 1 (2.00%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.00%) SLA
2 4 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (6.00%) GDPR
3 3 (6.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.00%) GRC
4 1 (2.00%) NIST
4 1 (2.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (34.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.00%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.00%) BitLocker
4 2 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.00%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.00%) VMware NSX
5 1 (2.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (18.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.00%) Cisco Prime
2 2 (4.00%) FortiGate
2 2 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.00%) SCCM
3 1 (2.00%) CASB
3 1 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (42.00%) Cisco
1 21 (42.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (20.00%) Fortinet
3 7 (14.00%) HP
3 7 (14.00%) Meraki
3 7 (14.00%) Palo Alto
4 5 (10.00%) Dell
4 5 (10.00%) VMware
5 4 (8.00%) Aruba
6 2 (4.00%) BeyondTrust
6 2 (4.00%) Bomgar
6 2 (4.00%) CheckPoint
6 2 (4.00%) F5
6 2 (4.00%) iManage
6 2 (4.00%) ServiceNow
6 2 (4.00%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.00%) Arista
7 1 (2.00%) Google
7 1 (2.00%) Juniper
7 1 (2.00%) Red Hat