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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 29 65
Rank change year-on-year -11 +36 0
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 27 18 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 2.83% 4.99% 1.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 43.55% 21.69% 23.40%
Number of salaries quoted 25 10 20
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,925 £26,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £29,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -13.33% -30.23%
75th Percentile £55,000 £70,938 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £74,625 £70,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £42,500 £45,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -6.59% +21.33% -6.25%

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 62 83 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 6.49% 22.99% 7.59%
Number of salaries quoted 50 65 81
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £29,500 £30,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -13.33% +4.17%
75th Percentile £55,000 £49,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £64,375 £70,000 £70,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £34,000 £32,500 £35,500
% change year-on-year +4.62% -8.45% -0.70%

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 2 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 (37.04%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (37.04%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (55.56%) Azure
1 15 (55.56%) Entra ID
1 15 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (37.04%) Power Platform
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (25.93%) VPN
2 5 (18.52%) LAN
2 5 (18.52%) Network Security
2 5 (18.52%) TCP/IP
2 5 (18.52%) WAN
2 5 (18.52%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (11.11%) Internet
4 2 (7.41%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (7.41%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (7.41%) DHCP
4 2 (7.41%) DNS
4 2 (7.41%) VLAN
4 2 (7.41%) Wireless
5 1 (3.70%) NetScaler
General
1 20 (74.07%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.93%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Law
4 4 (14.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.70%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (44.44%) Network Engineer
2 7 (25.93%) Support Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) IT Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) IT Support
3 5 (18.52%) IT Support Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Engineer
4 4 (14.81%) Senior
5 3 (11.11%) Customer Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) IT Manager
6 2 (7.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (7.41%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (18.52%) Life Science
2 5 (18.52%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (11.11%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (7.41%) Driving Licence
5 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (40.74%) Windows
1 11 (40.74%) Windows Server
2 5 (18.52%) Linux
2 5 (18.52%) Windows Server 2016
2 5 (18.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (74.07%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (44.44%) Disaster Recovery
3 9 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (29.63%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (25.93%) Business Continuity
6 6 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (18.52%) Identity Management
7 5 (18.52%) ITIL
7 5 (18.52%) Project Delivery
7 5 (18.52%) Service Management
8 4 (14.81%) Coaching
8 4 (14.81%) Mentoring
9 3 (11.11%) BCP
9 3 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (11.11%) Cost Control
9 3 (11.11%) Data Loss Prevention
9 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 3 (11.11%) IT Strategy
9 3 (11.11%) Security Management
9 3 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.93%) PowerShell
2 3 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) Azure Certification
2 5 (18.52%) CCNA
2 5 (18.52%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (14.81%) SC Cleared
3 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
4 3 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.93%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (14.81%) SLA
3 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 8 (29.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (14.81%) Hyper-V
4 2 (7.41%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (7.41%) vSphere
5 1 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (3.70%) XenApp
5 1 (3.70%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (44.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (11.11%) Ansible
2 3 (11.11%) Terraform
3 1 (3.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 9 (33.33%) Veeam
3 8 (29.63%) VMware
4 6 (22.22%) Cisco
5 5 (18.52%) Fortinet
6 4 (14.81%) Juniper
7 1 (3.70%) Citrix
7 1 (3.70%) Commvault