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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 112 147
Rank change year-on-year +37 +35 -90
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 62 36 98
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.85% 1.44% 1.72%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.46% 14.17% 20.16%
Number of salaries quoted 25 23 84
10th Percentile £21,250 £32,000 £30,375
25th Percentile £27,500 £36,250 £37,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +5.56% +4.05%
75th Percentile £53,250 £83,125 £55,000
90th Percentile £61,500 £95,000 £67,488
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%

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 303 254 486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.06% 10.16% 8.55%
Number of salaries quoted 128 142 343
10th Percentile £25,638 £23,504 £27,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £35,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £33,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.70% -34.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,591 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,252 £91,928 £70,200
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -11.46% -7.69%

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 21 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 21 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 16 £50,500 +34.67% 10
Edinburgh +7 10 £22,500 -76.32% 5
North Lanarkshire - 7 - -
Stirling - 6 - - 1
Aberdeen - 5 £50,000 - 2
South Lanarkshire - 5 £28,000 - 1
West Lothian - 5 - -
Inverclyde - 4 - - 1
Renfrewshire - 3 - - 1
Highlands - 1 £36,000 -
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 (16.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (12.90%) SharePoint
3 4 (6.45%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (6.45%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (6.45%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (1.61%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 27 (43.55%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (27.42%) Azure
3 14 (22.58%) Entra ID
4 7 (11.29%) OneDrive
5 6 (9.68%) SaaS
6 4 (6.45%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (6.45%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (3.23%) Azure AKS
7 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (3.23%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.61%) AWS
8 1 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 33 (53.23%) VLAN
2 32 (51.61%) Network Security
3 20 (32.26%) DNS
4 19 (30.65%) VPN
5 18 (29.03%) DHCP
6 15 (24.19%) WAN
7 14 (22.58%) LAN
8 13 (20.97%) VoIP
9 10 (16.13%) MPLS
10 9 (14.52%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (9.68%) Wireless
12 5 (8.06%) Broadband
13 4 (6.45%) BGP
13 4 (6.45%) Cisco Nexus
13 4 (6.45%) EIGRP
13 4 (6.45%) OSPF
13 4 (6.45%) SD-WAN
14 3 (4.84%) PBX
15 2 (3.23%) Remote Desktop
15 2 (3.23%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (8.06%) JIRA
General
1 35 (56.45%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.90%) Telecoms
3 5 (8.06%) Manufacturing
4 4 (6.45%) Finance
4 4 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.61%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (41.94%) Security Engineer
1 26 (41.94%) Senior
2 25 (40.32%) Senior Security Engineer
3 14 (22.58%) IT Support
3 14 (22.58%) Support Engineer
4 10 (16.13%) IT Engineer
4 10 (16.13%) Network Engineer
5 9 (14.52%) IT Support Engineer
6 7 (11.29%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (8.06%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 5 (8.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 5 (8.06%) 2nd Line Technical Support
7 5 (8.06%) 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
7 5 (8.06%) Technical Engineer
7 5 (8.06%) Technical Support
7 5 (8.06%) Technical Support Engineer
8 4 (6.45%) Junior IT Engineer
8 4 (6.45%) Junior IT Support
8 4 (6.45%) Junior Support Engineer
8 4 (6.45%) Remote Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.90%) Driving Licence
2 6 (9.68%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (8.06%) FMCG
4 2 (3.23%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.23%) iPhone
4 2 (3.23%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.61%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 18 (29.03%) Windows
2 9 (14.52%) Windows Server
3 6 (9.68%) Windows 10
3 6 (9.68%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (6.45%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (6.45%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (4.84%) Apple iOS
5 3 (4.84%) Linux
6 1 (1.61%) CentOS
6 1 (1.61%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.61%) Rocky
6 1 (1.61%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (59.68%) Project Delivery
2 28 (45.16%) Cybersecurity
3 26 (41.94%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 25 (40.32%) BCP
4 25 (40.32%) Business Continuity
4 25 (40.32%) Business Continuity Planning
4 25 (40.32%) Capacity Planning
4 25 (40.32%) Decision-Making
4 25 (40.32%) Economics
4 25 (40.32%) Network Architecture
5 11 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (14.52%) Mentoring
7 8 (12.90%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 8 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (11.29%) ITIL
9 6 (9.68%) Problem Management
10 5 (8.06%) Root Cause Analysis
10 5 (8.06%) Supply Chain Management
10 5 (8.06%) Technology Transformation
11 4 (6.45%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.61%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (25.81%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (17.74%) CCNA
3 8 (12.90%) CCNP
4 5 (8.06%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (4.84%) Azure Certification
5 3 (4.84%) CCIE
5 3 (4.84%) Degree
5 3 (4.84%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (4.84%) MCSA
5 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.61%) JNCIP
6 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) SLA
2 4 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (3.23%) GDPR
3 2 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.61%) GRC
4 1 (1.61%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (29.03%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (6.45%) Hyper-V
4 2 (3.23%) BitLocker
4 2 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.61%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.61%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.61%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (14.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.23%) Cisco Prime
2 2 (3.23%) FortiGate
2 2 (3.23%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.23%) SCCM
2 2 (3.23%) Terraform
3 1 (1.61%) Ansible
Vendors
1 22 (35.48%) Microsoft
2 21 (33.87%) Cisco
3 11 (17.74%) Fortinet
4 8 (12.90%) Meraki
5 7 (11.29%) Palo Alto
6 6 (9.68%) HP
7 5 (8.06%) VMware
8 4 (6.45%) Aruba
8 4 (6.45%) Dell
9 2 (3.23%) BeyondTrust
9 2 (3.23%) Bomgar
9 2 (3.23%) CheckPoint
9 2 (3.23%) F5
9 2 (3.23%) iManage
9 2 (3.23%) ServiceNow
9 2 (3.23%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.61%) Arista
10 1 (1.61%) Google
10 1 (1.61%) Juniper
10 1 (1.61%) Red Hat