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 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	55	32	51
Rank change year-on-year	-23	+19	-9
Permanent jobs citing Firewall	33	23	23
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire	1.87%	3.92%	2.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	14.22%	15.23%	37.70%
Number of salaries quoted	27	8	16
10^th Percentile	£34,000	£26,250	£35,375
25^th Percentile	£37,500	£30,000	£50,938
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£42,500	£32,500	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+30.77%	-40.91%	+42.86%
75^th Percentile	£55,000	£57,500	£61,813
90^th Percentile	£62,750	£62,375	£67,500
Yorkshire median annual salary	£40,000	£35,000	£52,500
% change year-on-year	+14.29%	-33.33%	+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 requiring communications or computer networking skills in South Yorkshire.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills	232	151	61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire	13.14%	25.77%	6.67%
Number of salaries quoted	94	110	25
10^th Percentile	£23,250	£24,000	£29,595
25^th Percentile	£26,116	-	£50,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£40,000	£25,087	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+59.45%	-54.39%	+52.78%
75^th Percentile	£60,000	£33,750	£63,500
90^th Percentile	£75,000	£49,000	£78,978
Yorkshire median annual salary	£40,000	£32,000	£49,000
% change year-on-year	+25.00%	-34.69%	+18.07%

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 23 October 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 23 October 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	-3	31	£42,500	+30.77%	4
Doncaster	-28	1	£20,000	-
Firewall Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 23 October 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 with a requirement for Firewall.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	60.6%	20
2	Microsoft 365	45.5%	15
3	Microsoft	42.4%	14
3	Windows	42.4%	14
5	Active Directory	39.4%	13
5	Azure	39.4%	13
5	Windows Server	39.4%	13
8	Entra ID	36.4%	12
9	CCNA	33.3%	11
9	Cisco Certification	33.3%	11
11	Infrastructure Engineering	30.3%	10
11	Microsoft Intune	30.3%	10
11	PowerShell	30.3%	10
14	Cisco	24.2%	8
14	Disaster Recovery	24.2%	8
14	Project Delivery	24.2%	8
14	VPN	24.2%	8
18	Cybersecurity	21.2%	7
18	Internet	21.2%	7
18	Microsoft Exchange	21.2%	7
18	Network+ Certification	21.2%	7
18	Service Management	21.2%	7
18	SharePoint	21.2%	7
18	Stakeholder Management	21.2%	7
18	Veeam	21.2%	7
26	Ansible	18.2%	6
26	Linux	18.2%	6
26	Python	18.2%	6
26	TCP/IP	18.2%	6
26	Terraform	18.2%	6

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	24.2%	8
2	Internet	21.2%	7
3	TCP/IP	18.2%	6
3	Wi-Fi	18.2%	6
5	DHCP	15.2%	5
5	DNS	15.2%	5
5	Network Security	15.2%	5
8	LAN	12.1%	4
8	WAN	12.1%	4
10	Cisco ASA	9.1%	3
10	Cisco Firepower	9.1%	3
12	VLAN	6.1%	2
12	VoIP	6.1%	2
14	ADSL	3.0%	1
14	Broadband	3.0%	1
14	ISDN	3.0%	1
14	Unified Communications	3.0%	1
14	VDSL	3.0%	1
14	WebEx	3.0%	1