Firewall Job Trends in Sheffield

Firewall
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 39 56
Rank change year-on-year +5 +17 -4
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 36 12 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 3.47% 2.98% 1.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 45.57% 17.39% 26.79%
Number of salaries quoted 30 9 10
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,600 £50,625
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £32,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -40.91% +21.55%
75th Percentile £57,813 £62,500 £64,063
90th Percentile £61,250 £73,750 £70,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £42,500 £39,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.97% -29.09% +37.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 79 69 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 7.63% 17.12% 5.91%
Number of salaries quoted 61 60 38
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,913 £21,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £29,806
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £50,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £37,500 £30,825 £36,500
% change year-on-year +21.65% -15.55% +1.39%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Firewall relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Firewall job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Firewall
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Sheffield over the 6 months to 27 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Sheffield

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 9 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (47.22%) Azure
1 17 (47.22%) Entra ID
1 17 (47.22%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (27.78%) Power Platform
3 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 10 (27.78%) VPN
2 8 (22.22%) TCP/IP
3 7 (19.44%) Internet
4 5 (13.89%) DHCP
4 5 (13.89%) DNS
4 5 (13.89%) LAN
4 5 (13.89%) WAN
4 5 (13.89%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (11.11%) Network Security
6 2 (5.56%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (5.56%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (5.56%) VLAN
6 2 (5.56%) Wireless
General
1 22 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.22%) Law
3 7 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 19 (52.78%) Network Engineer
2 7 (19.44%) Support Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) IT Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) IT Support
3 5 (13.89%) IT Support Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Senior
5 3 (8.33%) Cloud Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Customer Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) IT Manager
6 2 (5.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (5.56%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (16.67%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.22%) Life Science
1 8 (22.22%) Linux Command Line
2 7 (19.44%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (8.33%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (5.56%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 14 (38.89%) Windows
1 14 (38.89%) Windows Server
2 8 (22.22%) Linux
3 5 (13.89%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (13.89%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (61.11%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 9 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 9 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (22.22%) Project Delivery
5 7 (19.44%) Business Continuity
6 6 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (13.89%) Identity Management
7 5 (13.89%) ITIL
7 5 (13.89%) Service Management
8 4 (11.11%) Coaching
8 4 (11.11%) Mentoring
9 3 (8.33%) BCP
9 3 (8.33%) Cost Control
9 3 (8.33%) Data Loss Prevention
9 3 (8.33%) Infrastructure Transformation
9 3 (8.33%) IT Strategy
9 3 (8.33%) Security Management
9 3 (8.33%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (27.78%) PowerShell
2 6 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (25.00%) CCNA
1 9 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (19.44%) Network+ Certification
3 5 (13.89%) Azure Certification
3 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 4 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (19.44%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (11.11%) SLA
3 3 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (38.89%) Active Directory
2 7 (19.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (11.11%) Hyper-V
4 3 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (5.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (41.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (16.67%) Ansible
Vendors
1 17 (47.22%) Microsoft
2 9 (25.00%) Veeam
3 7 (19.44%) VMware
4 6 (16.67%) Cisco
5 4 (11.11%) Fortinet
5 4 (11.11%) Juniper