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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 25 65
Rank change year-on-year -21 +40 +8
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 17 19 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 2.25% 6.46% 1.82%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.91% 26.39% 22.22%
Number of salaries quoted 17 11 17
10th Percentile £34,000 - -
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £32,500 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -12.16% -38.33%
75th Percentile £58,750 £68,125 £38,750
90th Percentile £63,250 £75,000 £57,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £36,250
% change year-on-year +6.25% +10.34% -17.61%

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 55 72 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 7.27% 24.49% 8.17%
Number of salaries quoted 48 54 79
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,225 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £30,625 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% -7.14% -4.76%
75th Percentile £50,313 £60,625 £46,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £72,450 £60,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £30,500 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.15% -7.14% -2.78%

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 21 May 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 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (35.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (58.82%) Azure
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (52.94%) Entra ID
3 8 (47.06%) Power Platform
4 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (5.88%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) Network Security
2 3 (17.65%) LAN
2 3 (17.65%) VPN
2 3 (17.65%) WAN
2 3 (17.65%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (11.76%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (11.76%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
3 2 (11.76%) Wireless
4 1 (5.88%) DMZ
4 1 (5.88%) NetScaler
4 1 (5.88%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (17.65%) Law
5 1 (5.88%) Finance
5 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Network Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) Support Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) IT Support
4 3 (17.65%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (17.65%) IT Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) IT Manager
4 3 (17.65%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Senior
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Cyber Security Posture
1 3 (17.65%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (11.76%) Life Science
2 2 (11.76%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (41.18%) Windows
1 7 (41.18%) Windows Server
2 3 (17.65%) Windows Server 2016
2 3 (17.65%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (11.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (47.06%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (41.18%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (29.41%) Business Continuity
5 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (23.53%) Coaching
6 4 (23.53%) ITIL
6 4 (23.53%) Mentoring
7 3 (17.65%) BCP
7 3 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (17.65%) Cost Control
7 3 (17.65%) Data Loss Prevention
7 3 (17.65%) Identity Management
7 3 (17.65%) IT Strategy
7 3 (17.65%) Security Management
7 3 (17.65%) Service Delivery
7 3 (17.65%) Service Management
8 2 (11.76%) Email Filtering
8 2 (11.76%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Azure Certification
1 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) CCNA
2 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (23.53%) SLA
3 3 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (41.18%) Active Directory
2 4 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (5.88%) XenApp
3 1 (5.88%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 5 (29.41%) Cisco
2 5 (29.41%) Fortinet
2 5 (29.41%) Veeam
2 5 (29.41%) VMware
3 4 (23.53%) Juniper
4 2 (11.76%) Citrix
5 1 (5.88%) Commvault