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

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 51 42
Rank change year-on-year +19 -9 +44
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 23 23 27
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 3.92% 2.52% 4.75%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.23% 37.70% 20.30%
Number of salaries quoted 8 16 26
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,375 £28,375
25th Percentile £30,000 £50,938 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £55,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% +42.86% -1.28%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,813 £47,938
90th Percentile £62,375 £67,500 £65,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £35,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -33.33% +10.53% +5.56%

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 151 61 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 25.77% 6.67% 23.37%
Number of salaries quoted 110 25 113
10th Percentile £24,000 £29,595 £27,520
25th Percentile - £50,000 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £55,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -54.39% +52.78% -12.20%
75th Percentile £33,750 £63,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £49,000 £78,978 £57,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £32,000 £49,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year -34.69% +18.07% -12.63%

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 23 October 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 23 October 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 +11 7 £32,500 -42.22% 3
Doncaster -1 7 - - 1
Barnsley - 2 £55,000 -
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 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (8.70%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (39.13%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (26.09%) Entra ID
3 3 (13.04%) AWS
3 3 (13.04%) Azure
4 1 (4.35%) Azure AI
4 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (4.35%) IaaS
4 1 (4.35%) PaaS
4 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
4 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) VPN
2 5 (21.74%) DNS
3 3 (13.04%) WAN
4 2 (8.70%) DHCP
4 2 (8.70%) LAN
4 2 (8.70%) TCP/IP
4 2 (8.70%) Unified Communications
4 2 (8.70%) WLAN
5 1 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (4.35%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) MySQL
2 1 (4.35%) Data Lake
2 1 (4.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Git
General
1 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
1 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (4.35%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) IT Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Instrumentation Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Help Desk Team Lead
3 3 (13.04%) Lead
3 3 (13.04%) Team Leader
4 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (8.70%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (8.70%) IT Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Security Specialist
4 2 (8.70%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 13 (56.52%) Operational Technology
2 3 (13.04%) Onboarding
3 2 (8.70%) Driving Licence
3 2 (8.70%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.35%) NHS
4 1 (4.35%) SCADA
4 1 (4.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 21 (91.30%) Windows
2 7 (30.43%) Windows Server
3 2 (8.70%) Linux
3 2 (8.70%) Windows 10
3 2 (8.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (52.17%) Network Design
2 12 (52.17%) Network Management
3 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (21.74%) Customer Service
5 3 (13.04%) Client Onboarding
5 3 (13.04%) Incident Management
5 3 (13.04%) Incident Response
5 3 (13.04%) ITIL
5 3 (13.04%) Mentoring
5 3 (13.04%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (13.04%) Process Improvement
6 2 (8.70%) Business Strategy
6 2 (8.70%) Interactive Application Security Testing
6 2 (8.70%) Kalman Filter
6 2 (8.70%) Security Architecture
6 2 (8.70%) Security Testing
6 2 (8.70%) SIEM
6 2 (8.70%) SOAR
6 2 (8.70%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) PowerShell
1 3 (13.04%) SQL
2 2 (8.70%) Shell Script
3 1 (4.35%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (8.70%) MCSE
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
2 1 (4.35%) CEH
2 1 (4.35%) CISM
2 1 (4.35%) CISSP
2 1 (4.35%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (8.70%) NCSC
1 2 (8.70%) NIST
System Software
1 16 (69.57%) Active Directory
2 12 (52.17%) Virtual Servers
3 5 (21.74%) Hyper-V
4 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Plesk
2 1 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) VMware
3 2 (8.70%) arcserve
3 2 (8.70%) Draytek
3 2 (8.70%) Forcepoint
3 2 (8.70%) Sophos
4 1 (4.35%) Databricks
4 1 (4.35%) Meraki