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 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 99 71
Rank change year-on-year +40 -28 -3
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 95 52 89
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 2.24% 1.99% 2.63%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.55% 18.12% 27.55%
Number of salaries quoted 24 16 55
10th Percentile - £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -16.67% +2.27%
75th Percentile £53,338 £49,813 £56,250
90th Percentile £59,625 £70,125 £66,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £46,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -9.80% -7.27%

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 387 287 323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.14% 11.00% 9.54%
Number of salaries quoted 155 162 158
10th Percentile £26,200 - £29,925
25th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £37,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £30,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -42.86% +87.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £38,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,750 £71,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £38,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +29.87% -26.67% +1.94%

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 13 October 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 13 October 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 +19 23 £43,500 +16.00% 19
Stirling - 12 - -
West Lothian - 12 - -
Edinburgh -10 11 £57,500 -4.17% 10
North Lanarkshire - 10 - - 1
South Lanarkshire - 8 £28,000 -
Inverclyde - 7 - -
Renfrewshire +6 6 - -
Aberdeen - 4 £51,250 - 4
Fife - 1 £33,500 - 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 8 (8.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (7.37%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.16%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 34 (35.79%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (24.21%) Entra ID
3 11 (11.58%) Azure
4 6 (6.32%) SaaS
5 3 (3.16%) AWS
5 3 (3.16%) IaaS
5 3 (3.16%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.11%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (2.11%) GitHub
7 1 (1.05%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.05%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 59 (62.11%) VLAN
2 55 (57.89%) Network Security
3 29 (30.53%) VPN
4 25 (26.32%) VoIP
4 25 (26.32%) WAN
5 24 (25.26%) LAN
6 21 (22.11%) DNS
7 18 (18.95%) DHCP
8 16 (16.84%) MPLS
9 9 (9.47%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (6.32%) Wireless
11 5 (5.26%) BGP
11 5 (5.26%) OSPF
11 5 (5.26%) SD-WAN
12 4 (4.21%) Broadband
12 4 (4.21%) Cisco Nexus
12 4 (4.21%) EIGRP
12 4 (4.21%) TCP/IP
13 3 (3.16%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 3 (3.16%) PBX
Development Applications
1 10 (10.53%) JIRA
2 2 (2.11%) Jenkins
General
1 65 (68.42%) Social Skills
2 17 (17.89%) Telecoms
3 8 (8.42%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.11%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.11%) Banking
5 1 (1.05%) Aviation
5 1 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.05%) Legal
Job Titles
1 51 (53.68%) Senior
2 46 (48.42%) Security Engineer
2 46 (48.42%) Senior Security Engineer
3 20 (21.05%) Support Engineer
4 12 (12.63%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 12 (12.63%) 2nd Line Support
4 12 (12.63%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 12 (12.63%) 2nd Line Technical Support
4 12 (12.63%) 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
4 12 (12.63%) Technical Engineer
4 12 (12.63%) Technical Support
4 12 (12.63%) Technical Support Engineer
5 11 (11.58%) IT Support
6 10 (10.53%) IT Engineer
7 9 (9.47%) Network Engineer
8 8 (8.42%) IT Support Engineer
9 4 (4.21%) 3rd Line Support
9 4 (4.21%) Consultant
10 3 (3.16%) Analyst
10 3 (3.16%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.16%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 20 (21.05%) Driving Licence
2 8 (8.42%) FMCG
3 3 (3.16%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.16%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.16%) Operational Technology
3 3 (3.16%) Replication
4 2 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.11%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.05%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.05%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.05%) Handset
5 1 (1.05%) IVR
5 1 (1.05%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.05%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.05%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 20 (21.05%) Windows
2 11 (11.58%) Windows 10
3 6 (6.32%) Linux
3 6 (6.32%) Windows Server
4 3 (3.16%) Apple iOS
4 3 (3.16%) macOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (69.47%) Project Delivery
2 51 (53.68%) Cybersecurity
3 50 (52.63%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 46 (48.42%) BCP
4 46 (48.42%) Business Continuity
4 46 (48.42%) Business Continuity Planning
4 46 (48.42%) Capacity Planning
4 46 (48.42%) Decision-Making
4 46 (48.42%) Economics
4 46 (48.42%) Network Architecture
5 17 (17.89%) Stakeholder Management
6 16 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (15.79%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 12 (12.63%) Technology Transformation
9 9 (9.47%) Mentoring
10 8 (8.42%) Supply Chain Management
11 7 (7.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 7 (7.37%) Root Cause Analysis
12 5 (5.26%) ITIL
13 4 (4.21%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.37%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.16%) Python
3 2 (2.11%) ActionScript
4 1 (1.05%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (18.95%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (14.74%) CCNA
3 10 (10.53%) Network+ Certification
4 7 (7.37%) CCNP
5 5 (5.26%) Degree
6 3 (3.16%) Azure Certification
6 3 (3.16%) CCIE
6 3 (3.16%) MCSA
6 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.05%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.05%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.42%) SLA
2 4 (4.21%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.11%) NIST
4 1 (1.05%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.05%) GDPR
4 1 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (1.05%) NCSC
System Software
1 23 (24.21%) Active Directory
2 11 (11.58%) Hyper-V
3 9 (9.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.05%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (6.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.21%) Ansible
2 4 (4.21%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.11%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.05%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 26 (27.37%) Microsoft
2 25 (26.32%) Cisco
3 18 (18.95%) Fortinet
4 16 (16.84%) Meraki
5 9 (9.47%) VMware
6 7 (7.37%) Palo Alto
7 5 (5.26%) Aruba
8 3 (3.16%) Dell
8 3 (3.16%) F5
8 3 (3.16%) Veeam
9 2 (2.11%) HP
9 2 (2.11%) QNAP
9 2 (2.11%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.05%) Datto
10 1 (1.05%) Google
10 1 (1.05%) Openreach
10 1 (1.05%) Rapid7
10 1 (1.05%) SonicWALL
10 1 (1.05%) Splunk
10 1 (1.05%) Yealink