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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 41 46
Rank change year-on-year +1 +5 +35
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 7 19 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 1.56% 2.59% 4.59%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.94% 38.78% 16.83%
Number of salaries quoted 7 14 16
10th Percentile £26,250 £51,625 £36,250
25th Percentile £31,875 £52,500 £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £58,250 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.33% +43.83% -
75th Percentile £42,500 £70,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £75,000 £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 64 49 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 14.29% 6.68% 27.30%
Number of salaries quoted 56 23 90
10th Percentile - £33,460 £27,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £52,500 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £57,500 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -43.48% +59.72% -11.11%
75th Percentile £49,000 £72,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £82,971 £57,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £25,087 £57,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year -56.37% +59.72% -4.00%

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 November 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 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (57.14%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) SAN
2 2 (28.57%) DHCP
2 2 (28.57%) DNS
2 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 2 (28.57%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) MySQL
General
1 5 (71.43%) Manufacturing
2 4 (57.14%) Law
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) 3rd Line Support
1 3 (42.86%) IT Support
2 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
1 2 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
2 1 (14.29%) SCADA
2 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
1 6 (85.71%) Windows Server
2 2 (28.57%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 10
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 2 (28.57%) Server Migrations
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
3 1 (14.29%) IT Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) Threat Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
1 2 (28.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CEH
1 1 (14.29%) CISM
1 1 (14.29%) CISSP
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Hyper-V
2 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Plesk
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
1 6 (85.71%) VMware
2 2 (28.57%) Draytek