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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 26 68
Rank change year-on-year -30 +42 +44
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 18 23 26
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 1.47% 6.10% 1.90%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.51% 24.73% 23.01%
Number of salaries quoted 18 15 23
10th Percentile £33,175 - £26,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £29,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £60,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +62.16% -8.64%
75th Percentile £56,563 £75,000 £39,500
90th Percentile £62,125 - £55,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £48,445 £44,700 £45,000
% change year-on-year +8.38% -0.67% -4.00%

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 109 93 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 8.88% 24.67% 8.27%
Number of salaries quoted 73 66 95
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,484 £26,350
25th Percentile £26,116 £29,913 £29,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% -7.14% -4.76%
75th Percentile £42,500 £70,000 £46,250
90th Percentile £58,750 £75,000 £59,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% -17.65% -

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 job vacancy trend 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 9 May 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 9 May 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sheffield -22 17 £42,500 -34.62% 6
Doncaster - 1 £32,500 -
Firewall
Yorkshire

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (22.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (55.56%) Azure
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (38.89%) Entra ID
3 6 (33.33%) Power Platform
4 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (5.56%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) Network Security
2 4 (22.22%) LAN
2 4 (22.22%) WAN
3 3 (16.67%) SAN
3 3 (16.67%) VPN
4 2 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (11.11%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
4 2 (11.11%) Wireless
5 1 (5.56%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (5.56%) DHCP
5 1 (5.56%) DMZ
5 1 (5.56%) DNS
5 1 (5.56%) NetScaler
5 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Law
3 4 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (16.67%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.56%) Finance
5 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 5 (27.78%) 3rd Line Support
2 5 (27.78%) IT Support
3 4 (22.22%) Support Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) IT Manager
5 2 (11.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) IT Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Senior
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Cyber Security Posture
1 3 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (11.11%) Life Science
2 2 (11.11%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (5.56%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (44.44%) Windows
1 8 (44.44%) Windows Server
2 2 (11.11%) Linux
2 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (5.56%) Android
3 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (22.22%) Coaching
4 4 (22.22%) ITIL
4 4 (22.22%) Mentoring
5 3 (16.67%) BCP
5 3 (16.67%) Business Continuity
5 3 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (16.67%) Cost Control
5 3 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
5 3 (16.67%) Email Filtering
5 3 (16.67%) IT Strategy
5 3 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
5 3 (16.67%) Security Management
5 3 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (16.67%) Web Filtering
6 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.56%) CCNA
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.56%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) SLA
2 3 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (27.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (22.22%) Hyper-V
4 1 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (5.56%) XenApp
4 1 (5.56%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (61.11%) Microsoft
2 8 (44.44%) VMware
3 6 (33.33%) Cisco
4 5 (27.78%) Fortinet
5 4 (22.22%) Juniper
5 4 (22.22%) Veeam
6 2 (11.11%) Citrix
7 1 (5.56%) Commvault
7 1 (5.56%) Meraki
7 1 (5.56%) WatchGuard