Firewall Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Firewall
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire citing Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	59	34	46
Rank change year-on-year	-25	+12	0
Permanent jobs citing Firewall	27	26	23
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire	1.56%	3.89%	2.66%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	11.49%	15.76%	37.10%
Number of salaries quoted	21	12	16
10^th Percentile	£34,000	£26,750	£35,375
25^th Percentile	£37,500	£31,250	£50,938
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£40,000	£40,000	£56,250
Median % change year-on-year	-	-28.89%	+46.10%
75^th Percentile	£55,000	£46,250	£63,875
90^th Percentile	£61,250	£57,500	£70,000
Yorkshire median annual salary	£40,000	£35,750	£52,500
% change year-on-year	+11.89%	-31.90%	+10.53%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South Yorkshire

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 citing communications or computer networking skills in South Yorkshire.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills	235	165	62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire	13.55%	24.66%	7.18%
Number of salaries quoted	79	124	26
10^th Percentile	£23,250	-	£29,163
25^th Percentile	£26,116	-	£42,125
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£37,500	£25,087	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+49.48%	-54.39%	+52.78%
75^th Percentile	£60,000	£33,750	£64,625
90^th Percentile	£75,000	£49,000	£79,982
Yorkshire median annual salary	£40,000	£30,500	£45,445
% change year-on-year	+31.15%	-32.89%	+10.21%

Firewall Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Firewall relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Firewall Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Firewall.

Firewall Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 13 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Firewall in South Yorkshire

Firewall Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 13 November 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Sheffield	0	25	£40,000	-	7
Doncaster	-28	1	£20,000	-
Firewall Yorkshire

Firewall Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 13 November 2026, job vacancies citing Firewall also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South Yorkshire region citing Firewall.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	51.9%	14
2	Microsoft 365	48.1%	13
3	Microsoft	44.4%	12
3	Windows	44.4%	12
5	Active Directory	40.7%	11
5	Azure	40.7%	11
5	Windows Server	40.7%	11
8	Entra ID	37.0%	10
8	Infrastructure Engineering	37.0%	10
10	CCNA	33.3%	9
10	Cisco Certification	33.3%	9
12	Microsoft Intune	29.6%	8
12	PowerShell	29.6%	8
12	Project Delivery	29.6%	8
12	VPN	29.6%	8
16	Internet	25.9%	7
16	Network+ Certification	25.9%	7
18	Ansible	22.2%	6
18	Disaster Recovery	22.2%	6
18	Linux	22.2%	6
18	Python	22.2%	6
18	TCP/IP	22.2%	6
18	Terraform	22.2%	6
24	Cybersecurity	18.5%	5
24	DHCP	18.5%	5
24	DNS	18.5%	5
24	Microsoft Exchange	18.5%	5
24	Service Management	18.5%	5
24	SharePoint	18.5%	5
24	Stakeholder Management	18.5%	5

Firewall Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	VPN	29.6%	8
2	Internet	25.9%	7
3	TCP/IP	22.2%	6
4	DHCP	18.5%	5
4	DNS	18.5%	5
6	LAN	14.8%	4
6	WAN	14.8%	4
6	Wi-Fi	14.8%	4
9	VLAN	7.4%	2
9	VoIP	7.4%	2
11	ADSL	3.7%	1
11	Broadband	3.7%	1
11	Cisco ASA	3.7%	1
11	Cisco Firepower	3.7%	1
11	ISDN	3.7%	1
11	Network Security	3.7%	1
11	Unified Communications	3.7%	1
11	VDSL	3.7%	1
11	WebEx	3.7%	1