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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 51 54
Rank change year-on-year +14 +3 +27
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 11 15 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 2.77% 1.75% 3.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.46% 29.41% 12.59%
Number of salaries quoted 8 10 13
10th Percentile £30,275 £52,375 £29,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £52,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £56,250 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -42.22% +38.89% -17.35%
75th Percentile £40,938 £64,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £65,875 £70,000 -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £55,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -40.91% +37.50% -12.57%

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 63 51 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 15.87% 5.94% 28.18%
Number of salaries quoted 54 28 102
10th Percentile £28,250 £21,750 £27,600
25th Percentile £29,913 £32,188 £31,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +52.78% -24.21%
75th Percentile £49,000 £62,188 £46,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £74,489 £57,250
South Yorkshire median annual salary £25,267 £55,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year -54.06% +52.78% -24.21%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall 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 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Sheffield

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (18.18%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Entra ID
2 6 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (18.18%) Azure
4 1 (9.09%) AWS
4 1 (9.09%) Azure AI
4 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (9.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (9.09%) IaaS
4 1 (9.09%) PaaS
4 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
4 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
4 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (81.82%) VPN
2 4 (36.36%) Network Security
3 3 (27.27%) DNS
3 3 (27.27%) WAN
4 2 (18.18%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (18.18%) DWDM
4 2 (18.18%) LAN
4 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
5 1 (9.09%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (9.09%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (9.09%) NetScaler
5 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Data Lake
1 1 (9.09%) MySQL
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
2 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Lead
2 5 (45.45%) Help Desk Team Lead
2 5 (45.45%) Team Leader
3 3 (27.27%) Network Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Lead Network Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) NHS
2 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
2 1 (9.09%) SCADA
2 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
2 1 (9.09%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
1 5 (45.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (63.64%) Mentoring
3 6 (54.55%) Customer Service
4 5 (45.45%) Client Onboarding
4 5 (45.45%) Process Improvement
5 3 (27.27%) Migration
5 3 (27.27%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (18.18%) B2B
6 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
6 2 (18.18%) Full-Stack Development
6 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
6 2 (18.18%) Network Architecture
6 2 (18.18%) Runbook
6 2 (18.18%) Task Automation
6 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
7 1 (9.09%) API Management
7 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
7 1 (9.09%) Log Analytics
7 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
7 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) Bicep
2 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) CCNA
1 3 (27.27%) CCNP
1 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Certification
2 2 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) JNCIA
2 2 (18.18%) JNCIS
3 1 (9.09%) CCSA
3 1 (9.09%) CCSE
3 1 (9.09%) CEH
3 1 (9.09%) CISM
3 1 (9.09%) CISSP
3 1 (9.09%) DBS Check
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (45.45%) Hyper-V
3 2 (18.18%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
4 1 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (9.09%) XenApp
4 1 (9.09%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Ansible
1 2 (18.18%) Terraform
2 1 (9.09%) SCCM
2 1 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 6 (54.55%) VMware
3 3 (27.27%) Cisco
4 2 (18.18%) Arista
4 2 (18.18%) Fortinet
5 1 (9.09%) CheckPoint
5 1 (9.09%) Citrix
5 1 (9.09%) Commvault
5 1 (9.09%) Databricks
5 1 (9.09%) Meraki
5 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto