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 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 39 32
Rank change year-on-year 0 -7 +51
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 10 17 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 2.30% 3.26% 6.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.08% 35.42% 25.33%
Number of salaries quoted 10 13 17
10th Percentile £26,250 £50,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £52,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £59,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.20% +45.68% -
75th Percentile £42,500 £75,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £52,375 - £65,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £57,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year -30.43% +49.35% -1.28%

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 71 48 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 16.32% 9.20% 25.86%
Number of salaries quoted 59 25 73
10th Percentile - £29,495 £24,900
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £57,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -43.48% +53.33% -
75th Percentile £47,625 £75,000 £51,250
90th Percentile £65,000 - £63,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £30,000 £57,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year -47.83% +55.41% -1.33%

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 18 December 2025.

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 8 (80.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (60.00%) Azure
3 1 (10.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) SAN
2 2 (20.00%) DHCP
2 2 (20.00%) DNS
2 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (20.00%) VPN
3 1 (10.00%) DMZ
3 1 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) MySQL
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (70.00%) Manufacturing
2 6 (60.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 5 (50.00%) IT Support
2 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Driving Licence
1 2 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (10.00%) SCADA
2 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Windows
1 9 (90.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (20.00%) Linux
2 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) ITIL
2 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (20.00%) Server Migrations
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (10.00%) Data Encryption
3 1 (10.00%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (10.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (10.00%) Server Patching
3 1 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (10.00%) Threat Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (20.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) CEH
1 1 (10.00%) CISM
1 1 (10.00%) CISSP
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Plesk
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (80.00%) VMware
2 2 (20.00%) Draytek
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix