NGFW Job Trends in Surrey

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring NGFW skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 - 153
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing NGFW 4 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.20% - 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.69% - 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - -
75th Percentile £68,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £80,000 - £52,500
% change year-on-year - - +45.83%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Surrey

NGFW 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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 237 150 540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 11.84% 15.09% 20.41%
Number of salaries quoted 146 133 256
10th Percentile £31,250 £23,731 £29,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £50,024
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -20.04% -2.87%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +4.40%

NGFW
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NGFW relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

NGFW job vacancy trend in Surrey

NGFW
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing NGFW.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing NGFW

NGFW
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NGFW within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 16 June 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
Epsom - 2 - -
NGFW
South East

NGFW
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
1 4 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Network Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Senior
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Network Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Security Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (75.00%) Data Security
2 3 (75.00%) Load Balancing
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) BCP
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Network Load Balancing
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Aruba
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 4 (100.00%) Qualys