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 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 32 52 55
Rank change year-on-year +20 +3 +31
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 27 21 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 4.49% 2.01% 3.73%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.67% 30.88% 13.23%
Number of salaries quoted 10 14 21
10th Percentile £30,925 £33,725 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £51,563 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £55,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% +37.50% -12.57%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £63,625 £68,500 £65,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £35,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -32.69% +4.00% +11.11%

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 requiring communications or computer networking skills in South Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 162 68 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 26.96% 6.52% 28.21%
Number of salaries quoted 113 32 115
10th Percentile £24,050 £22,475 £27,600
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,267 £55,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -54.06% +52.78% -24.21%
75th Percentile £46,250 £61,250 £44,125
90th Percentile £50,000 £70,000 £56,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £32,000 £43,637 £42,500
% change year-on-year -26.67% +2.68% -10.53%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in South Yorkshire

Firewall
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Firewall.

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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025. 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sheffield +14 11 £32,500 -42.22% 4
Doncaster 0 7 - - 1
Barnsley - 2 £55,000 -
Firewall
Yorkshire

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (7.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (37.04%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 4 (14.81%) Azure
4 3 (11.11%) AWS
5 1 (3.70%) Azure AI
5 1 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (3.70%) IaaS
5 1 (3.70%) PaaS
5 1 (3.70%) Power Automate
5 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (33.33%) VPN
2 5 (18.52%) DNS
2 5 (18.52%) WAN
3 4 (14.81%) LAN
3 4 (14.81%) Network Security
4 2 (7.41%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (7.41%) DWDM
4 2 (7.41%) TCP/IP
4 2 (7.41%) Unified Communications
4 2 (7.41%) WLAN
5 1 (3.70%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (3.70%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (3.70%) NetScaler
5 1 (3.70%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.70%) MySQL
1 1 (3.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (3.70%) Git
General
1 4 (14.81%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.70%) Finance
2 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) IT Engineer
2 6 (22.22%) Lead
3 5 (18.52%) Help Desk Team Lead
3 5 (18.52%) Team Leader
4 4 (14.81%) Instrumentation Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Network Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 2 (7.41%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (7.41%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (7.41%) IT Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Security Specialist
7 1 (3.70%) Automation Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Cloud Architect
7 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Lead Network Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Network Security Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Security Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 13 (48.15%) Operational Technology
2 5 (18.52%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.70%) NHS
3 1 (3.70%) SCADA
3 1 (3.70%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.70%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 21 (77.78%) Windows
2 7 (25.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (44.44%) Network Design
2 12 (44.44%) Network Management
3 11 (40.74%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (25.93%) Mentoring
5 6 (22.22%) Customer Service
6 5 (18.52%) Client Onboarding
6 5 (18.52%) Process Improvement
7 4 (14.81%) Incident Response
8 3 (11.11%) Incident Management
8 3 (11.11%) ITIL
8 3 (11.11%) Migration
8 3 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
8 3 (11.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 2 (7.41%) B2B
9 2 (7.41%) Computer Science
9 2 (7.41%) Customer Requirements
9 2 (7.41%) Email Filtering
9 2 (7.41%) Security Testing
9 2 (7.41%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) SQL
2 2 (7.41%) Python
3 1 (3.70%) Bicep
3 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) CCNA
1 3 (11.11%) CCNP
1 3 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (7.41%) Azure Certification
2 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (7.41%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (7.41%) JNCIA
2 2 (7.41%) JNCIS
2 2 (7.41%) MCSE
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.70%) CCSA
3 1 (3.70%) CCSE
3 1 (3.70%) CEH
3 1 (3.70%) CISM
3 1 (3.70%) CISSP
3 1 (3.70%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (7.41%) NCSC
1 2 (7.41%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 12 (44.44%) Virtual Servers
3 6 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (18.52%) Hyper-V
5 2 (7.41%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (3.70%) XenApp
6 1 (3.70%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Ansible
1 2 (7.41%) Terraform
2 1 (3.70%) SCCM
2 1 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 6 (22.22%) VMware
3 3 (11.11%) Cisco
4 2 (7.41%) arcserve
4 2 (7.41%) Arista
4 2 (7.41%) Forcepoint
4 2 (7.41%) Fortinet
4 2 (7.41%) Sophos
5 1 (3.70%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.70%) Citrix
5 1 (3.70%) Commvault
5 1 (3.70%) Databricks
5 1 (3.70%) Meraki
5 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto