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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 30 64
Rank change year-on-year -11 +34 +2
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 31 17 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 3.17% 4.36% 1.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 43.06% 20.00% 22.35%
Number of salaries quoted 27 10 17
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,925 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -13.33% -31.82%
75th Percentile £52,500 £70,938 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £74,625 £67,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £42,500 £45,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -6.59% +21.33% -6.83%

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 72 85 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 7.36% 21.79% 7.26%
Number of salaries quoted 55 69 71
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +13.33% +4.17%
75th Percentile £58,750 £49,000 £54,375
90th Percentile £73,000 £70,000 £70,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £36,750 £32,500 £36,250
% change year-on-year +13.08% -10.34% +0.69%

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 16 July 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 10 (32.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (32.26%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (48.39%) Azure
1 15 (48.39%) Entra ID
1 15 (48.39%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (32.26%) Power Platform
3 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (22.58%) TCP/IP
1 7 (22.58%) VPN
2 5 (16.13%) Internet
2 5 (16.13%) LAN
2 5 (16.13%) Network Security
2 5 (16.13%) WAN
2 5 (16.13%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (6.45%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (6.45%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (6.45%) DHCP
3 2 (6.45%) DNS
3 2 (6.45%) VLAN
3 2 (6.45%) Wireless
4 1 (3.23%) NetScaler
General
1 22 (70.97%) Social Skills
2 7 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (22.58%) Law
3 4 (12.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.23%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (51.61%) Network Engineer
2 7 (22.58%) Support Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) IT Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) IT Support
3 5 (16.13%) IT Support Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Senior
5 3 (9.68%) Customer Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) IT Manager
6 2 (6.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (6.45%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (22.58%) Hybrid Cloud
1 7 (22.58%) Life Science
1 7 (22.58%) Linux Command Line
2 3 (9.68%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (6.45%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (35.48%) Windows
1 11 (35.48%) Windows Server
2 7 (22.58%) Linux
3 5 (16.13%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (16.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (70.97%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (38.71%) Disaster Recovery
3 9 (29.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (25.81%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (22.58%) Business Continuity
6 6 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (16.13%) Identity Management
7 5 (16.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (16.13%) ITIL
7 5 (16.13%) Project Delivery
7 5 (16.13%) Service Management
8 4 (12.90%) Coaching
8 4 (12.90%) Mentoring
9 3 (9.68%) BCP
9 3 (9.68%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (9.68%) Cost Control
9 3 (9.68%) Data Loss Prevention
9 3 (9.68%) IT Strategy
9 3 (9.68%) Security Management
9 3 (9.68%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (22.58%) PowerShell
2 5 (16.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (22.58%) CCNA
1 7 (22.58%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (19.35%) Azure Certification
3 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (16.13%) Network+ Certification
4 4 (12.90%) SC Cleared
4 4 (12.90%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (22.58%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (12.90%) SLA
3 3 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (38.71%) Active Directory
2 8 (25.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (12.90%) Hyper-V
4 2 (6.45%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (6.45%) vSphere
5 1 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (3.23%) XenApp
5 1 (3.23%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (38.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (16.13%) Ansible
2 5 (16.13%) Terraform
3 1 (3.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (48.39%) Microsoft
2 9 (29.03%) Veeam
3 8 (25.81%) VMware
4 6 (19.35%) Cisco
5 5 (16.13%) Fortinet
6 4 (12.90%) Juniper
7 1 (3.23%) Citrix
7 1 (3.23%) Commvault