Firewall Jobs in the UK excluding London

Firewall
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firewall over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 62 74
Rank change year-on-year -26 +12 -1
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 1,111 2,788 2,569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.02% 3.97% 4.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.78% 28.41% 23.23%
Number of salaries quoted 946 2,378 1,728
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,625
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,563 £34,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,000 £65,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -2.00% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,346 9,815 11,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.52% 13.96% 18.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3,119 7,128 4,863
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £26,688 £31,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,625 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.31% -3.06% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,875 £50,250
% change year-on-year -0.78% -4.73% -4.29%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South East -31 301 £50,000 +17.65% 310
North of England -56 260 £45,000 +5.88% 220
Midlands -43 202 £45,000 - 132
South West +7 157 £47,500 - 124
West Midlands -30 149 £45,000 - 74
North West -49 145 £50,000 - 114
East of England -16 127 £47,500 +18.75% 115
Yorkshire -29 90 £44,700 -0.67% 84
East Midlands -39 53 £41,250 +3.13% 48
Scotland +73 38 £47,500 -5.00% 52
North East 0 25 £37,500 -11.76% 30
Wales -11 22 £47,500 +17.28% 19
Northern Ireland +20 6 - - 16
Isle of Man +3 2 £34,500 -25.81% 1
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 191 (17.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 110 (9.90%) SharePoint
3 37 (3.33%) IIS
4 14 (1.26%) Apache
5 13 (1.17%) Confluence
6 5 (0.45%) nginx
7 3 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.18%) SAS
8 2 (0.18%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.090%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.090%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.090%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.090%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 103 (9.27%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (3.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.81%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.63%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 4 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (1.53%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.54%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.45%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.27%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.090%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.090%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.090%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 442 (39.78%) Azure
2 362 (32.58%) Microsoft 365
3 168 (15.12%) AWS
4 148 (13.32%) Entra ID
5 34 (3.06%) SaaS
6 30 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
7 27 (2.43%) GCP
7 27 (2.43%) OneDrive
8 24 (2.16%) Google Workspace
9 20 (1.80%) IaaS
10 18 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (1.35%) GitHub
11 15 (1.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 14 (1.26%) Mimecast
13 13 (1.17%) PaaS
13 13 (1.17%) Power Platform
14 12 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
15 11 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (0.99%) PowerApps
16 10 (0.90%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 319 (28.71%) VPN
2 295 (26.55%) DNS
3 294 (26.46%) WAN
4 244 (21.96%) LAN
5 218 (19.62%) Network Security
6 217 (19.53%) DHCP
7 171 (15.39%) VLAN
8 165 (14.85%) TCP/IP
9 121 (10.89%) Wi-Fi
10 120 (10.80%) BGP
11 117 (10.53%) OSPF
12 99 (8.91%) SD-WAN
13 78 (7.02%) VoIP
14 65 (5.85%) Intrusion Detection
15 64 (5.76%) EIGRP
16 60 (5.40%) SAN
17 56 (5.04%) MPLS
17 56 (5.04%) Wireless
18 50 (4.50%) Cisco Firepower
19 34 (3.06%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (6.30%) SQL Server
2 31 (2.79%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (1.44%) Relational Database
4 8 (0.72%) MySQL
5 7 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.45%) MariaDB
6 5 (0.45%) Power BI
7 4 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.36%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.27%) Big Data
8 3 (0.27%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.27%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.18%) EDMS
10 1 (0.090%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.090%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.090%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.090%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.090%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (1.98%) JIRA
2 21 (1.89%) Jenkins
3 15 (1.35%) Sonatype Nexus
4 10 (0.90%) Bitbucket
5 9 (0.81%) Git
6 7 (0.63%) Bitbucket Server
7 5 (0.45%) GitLab
7 5 (0.45%) Vagrant
8 4 (0.36%) Spinnaker
9 2 (0.18%) Apache Archiva
9 2 (0.18%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.18%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.18%) JMeter
9 2 (0.18%) Metasploit
10 1 (0.090%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.090%) Maven
10 1 (0.090%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.090%) Subversion
General
1 377 (33.93%) Social Skills
2 81 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (6.57%) Finance
4 58 (5.22%) Manufacturing
5 50 (4.50%) Retail
6 37 (3.33%) Law
7 36 (3.24%) Telecoms
8 33 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 33 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
9 29 (2.61%) Automotive
9 29 (2.61%) Public Sector
10 24 (2.16%) Legal
11 18 (1.62%) Local Government
12 15 (1.35%) Aerospace
12 15 (1.35%) Police
13 12 (1.08%) Back Office
13 12 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (0.90%) Aviation
14 10 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 182 (16.38%) Network Engineer
2 151 (13.59%) Analyst
3 132 (11.88%) Support Engineer
4 131 (11.79%) Senior
5 123 (11.07%) IT Support
6 113 (10.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 112 (10.08%) Security Engineer
8 96 (8.64%) IT Engineer
9 89 (8.01%) 2nd Line Support
10 78 (7.02%) Architect
11 76 (6.84%) Lead
12 75 (6.75%) Support Analyst
12 75 (6.75%) Technical Support
13 66 (5.94%) 3rd Line Support
14 62 (5.58%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 59 (5.31%) Cloud Engineer
16 48 (4.32%) IT Analyst
17 43 (3.87%) Technical Engineer
18 42 (3.78%) Technical Support Engineer
19 41 (3.69%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.89%) LDAP
2 11 (0.99%) YAML
3 9 (0.81%) 802.1X
4 8 (0.72%) HTML
4 8 (0.72%) SAML
5 5 (0.45%) JSON
5 5 (0.45%) Middleware
5 5 (0.45%) Node.js
6 4 (0.36%) AngularJS
6 4 (0.36%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (0.36%) HTML5
6 4 (0.36%) Sass
6 4 (0.36%) SOAP
6 4 (0.36%) WebRTC
6 4 (0.36%) XML
6 4 (0.36%) XSLT
7 3 (0.27%) Azure Blueprints
8 2 (0.18%) .NET
8 2 (0.18%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (0.18%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 97 (8.73%) Management Information System
2 94 (8.46%) Data Centre
3 70 (6.30%) Driving Licence
4 64 (5.76%) Security Posture
5 54 (4.86%) Self-Motivation
6 52 (4.68%) Onboarding
7 38 (3.42%) Cyber Threat
8 27 (2.43%) Security Operations Centre
9 25 (2.25%) Video Conferencing
10 24 (2.16%) PKI
11 22 (1.98%) Cloud Security Posture
12 19 (1.71%) Clustering
12 19 (1.71%) Replication
13 17 (1.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 16 (1.44%) CCTV
15 15 (1.35%) Client/Server
15 15 (1.35%) Private Cloud
15 15 (1.35%) Smartphone
16 14 (1.26%) Operational Technology
16 14 (1.26%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 524 (47.16%) Windows
2 355 (31.95%) Windows Server
3 174 (15.66%) Linux
4 89 (8.01%) Windows 10
5 77 (6.93%) Windows Server 2019
6 74 (6.66%) Windows Server 2016
7 35 (3.15%) Ubuntu
8 34 (3.06%) Mac OS
9 27 (2.43%) Android
10 22 (1.98%) Apple iOS
11 17 (1.53%) Unix
12 16 (1.44%) Mac OS X
13 14 (1.26%) CentOS
13 14 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 14 (1.26%) Windows Vista
14 11 (0.99%) VMS
15 9 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
16 6 (0.54%) Debian
16 6 (0.54%) Windows 7
17 5 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (24.48%) Problem-Solving
2 219 (19.71%) Cybersecurity
3 147 (13.23%) Customer Service
4 141 (12.69%) ITIL
5 128 (11.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 114 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 106 (9.54%) SIEM
8 101 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
8 101 (9.09%) Information Security
9 100 (9.00%) Cloud Security
10 97 (8.73%) Mentoring
11 80 (7.20%) Computer Science
12 79 (7.11%) DevOps
13 77 (6.93%) Security Operations
14 72 (6.48%) Vulnerability Management
15 69 (6.21%) Incident Response
16 64 (5.76%) Service Delivery
17 63 (5.67%) Roadmaps
18 61 (5.49%) Incident Management
19 60 (5.40%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 187 (16.83%) PowerShell
2 98 (8.82%) SQL
3 91 (8.19%) Python
4 53 (4.77%) Bash
5 16 (1.44%) Perl
6 15 (1.35%) C#
7 11 (0.99%) Bicep
8 9 (0.81%) Java
8 9 (0.81%) JavaScript
9 8 (0.72%) Shell Script
9 8 (0.72%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.63%) C++
11 5 (0.45%) C
12 4 (0.36%) Jython
12 4 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.27%) Groovy
13 3 (0.27%) Progress 4GL
13 3 (0.27%) Ruby
14 2 (0.18%) Go
14 2 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 198 (17.82%) Security Cleared
2 180 (16.20%) Cisco Certification
3 155 (13.95%) SC Cleared
4 150 (13.50%) Degree
5 112 (10.08%) CCNA
6 101 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 79 (7.11%) CISSP
8 78 (7.02%) CCNP
8 78 (7.02%) DV Cleared
9 64 (5.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 55 (4.95%) CISM
11 47 (4.23%) JNCIA
12 34 (3.06%) CEH
12 34 (3.06%) Network+ Certification
13 33 (2.97%) AWS Certification
13 33 (2.97%) Azure Certification
14 28 (2.52%) A+ Certification
15 26 (2.34%) MCSE
16 22 (1.98%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 22 (1.98%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (9.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 78 (7.02%) NIST
3 61 (5.49%) GDPR
4 40 (3.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 28 (2.52%) SLA
6 25 (2.25%) NCSC
7 23 (2.07%) PCI DSS
8 16 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 14 (1.26%) COBIT
10 13 (1.17%) Accessibility
11 12 (1.08%) QA
12 7 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.54%) HIPAA
13 6 (0.54%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.45%) GRC
15 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
16 3 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
16 3 (0.27%) ISO 14001
16 3 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 428 (38.52%) Active Directory
2 238 (21.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 187 (16.83%) Hyper-V
4 49 (4.41%) Virtual Machines
5 48 (4.32%) VMware ESXi
6 31 (2.79%) Docker
7 25 (2.25%) Virtual Desktop
8 24 (2.16%) vSphere
9 18 (1.62%) XenApp
10 17 (1.53%) Terminal Services
11 12 (1.08%) Firmware
12 10 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
13 7 (0.63%) BitLocker
13 7 (0.63%) Microsoft App-V
14 6 (0.54%) pfSense
14 6 (0.54%) VMware NSX
15 4 (0.36%) XenDesktop
16 3 (0.27%) DFS Replication
16 3 (0.27%) NFS
17 2 (0.18%) KVM
Systems Management
1 132 (11.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 60 (5.40%) FortiGate
3 58 (5.22%) Ansible
4 41 (3.69%) Terraform
5 29 (2.61%) Kubernetes
6 24 (2.16%) SCCM
7 23 (2.07%) vCenter Server
8 19 (1.71%) Nessus
8 19 (1.71%) QRadar
9 17 (1.53%) Puppet
10 13 (1.17%) Proxmox
10 13 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
11 12 (1.08%) WSUS
12 11 (0.99%) Nagios
13 8 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
14 7 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 7 (0.63%) vMotion
14 7 (0.63%) ZABBIX
15 6 (0.54%) Iperf
15 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 471 (42.39%) Microsoft
2 363 (32.67%) Cisco
3 273 (24.57%) VMware
4 179 (16.11%) Fortinet
5 102 (9.18%) Juniper
6 85 (7.65%) Palo Alto
7 75 (6.75%) Meraki
8 70 (6.30%) Aruba
9 65 (5.85%) Veeam
10 60 (5.40%) Citrix
11 53 (4.77%) Dell
12 52 (4.68%) CheckPoint
13 49 (4.41%) HP
14 44 (3.96%) Apple
14 44 (3.96%) Google
15 43 (3.87%) SolarWinds
16 34 (3.06%) SonicWALL
16 34 (3.06%) Ubiquiti
17 26 (2.34%) WatchGuard
18 22 (1.98%) Splunk