Firewall Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Firewall
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 57 47
Rank change year-on-year -33 -10 +36
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 957 1,566 1,665
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.28% 4.18% 5.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.49% 30.95% 33.18%
Number of salaries quoted 763 990 1,463
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,063 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -3.06% +8.89%
75th Percentile £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £73,750
UK median annual salary £45,285 £53,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.56% +0.95% -

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 7,665 5,060 5,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.27% 13.52% 16.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,909 2,555 4,123
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,694 £35,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Firewall relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Firewall job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 December 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 31 December 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 -22 273 £46,000 -12.38% 167
North of England -43 208 £36,000 -24.21% 110
Midlands -33 165 £45,000 - 54
South West -10 142 £34,000 -23.38% 55
West Midlands -22 117 £50,000 +9.89% 45
East of England -27 103 £43,000 +1.18% 52
North West -24 92 £45,000 -5.26% 56
Yorkshire -36 87 £32,500 -35.00% 40
East Midlands -27 48 £37,500 -6.25% 9
Scotland -23 47 £60,000 +41.18% 28
North East -5 29 £31,500 -30.00% 15
Northern Ireland -7 12 £32,625 -45.63% 9
Wales -22 12 £35,000 -20.45% 17
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 197 (20.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 132 (13.79%) SharePoint
3 27 (2.82%) IIS
4 16 (1.67%) Confluence
5 7 (0.73%) WinCC
6 5 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2013
7 4 (0.42%) FactoryTalk
7 4 (0.42%) nginx
8 2 (0.21%) ArchestrA
8 2 (0.21%) CMS
8 2 (0.21%) WordPress
9 1 (0.10%) Apache
9 1 (0.10%) JBoss
9 1 (0.10%) OpenStack
Applications
1 50 (5.22%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (2.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.94%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.42%) CATIA
4 4 (0.42%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 3 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.21%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.10%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 470 (49.11%) Azure
2 446 (46.60%) Microsoft 365
3 188 (19.64%) Entra ID
4 134 (14.00%) AWS
5 40 (4.18%) GCP
6 29 (3.03%) SaaS
7 25 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (2.61%) Google Workspace
8 24 (2.51%) IaaS
9 22 (2.30%) Azure Sentinel
10 19 (1.99%) PaaS
11 18 (1.88%) OneDrive
12 17 (1.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 17 (1.78%) Power Platform
13 12 (1.25%) Amazon S3
14 11 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
14 11 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (1.15%) GitHub
14 11 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 10 (1.04%) Amazon ELB
Communications & Networking
1 278 (29.05%) VPN
2 262 (27.38%) WAN
3 253 (26.44%) DNS
4 223 (23.30%) LAN
5 204 (21.32%) DHCP
6 202 (21.11%) VLAN
7 181 (18.91%) TCP/IP
8 121 (12.64%) Network Security
9 118 (12.33%) Wireless
10 98 (10.24%) Wi-Fi
11 91 (9.51%) SD-WAN
12 69 (7.21%) VoIP
13 63 (6.58%) BGP
14 55 (5.75%) SAN
15 48 (5.02%) OSPF
16 45 (4.70%) MPLS
17 43 (4.49%) Wireshark
18 34 (3.55%) Cisco ASA
19 33 (3.45%) Internet
20 30 (3.13%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (3.87%) Amazon RDS
2 33 (3.45%) SQL Server
3 8 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (0.63%) Power BI
5 5 (0.52%) MySQL
6 4 (0.42%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.31%) GIS
8 2 (0.21%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.10%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.10%) DB2
9 1 (0.10%) DTS
9 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 30 (3.13%) JIRA
2 17 (1.78%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.04%) Git
4 9 (0.94%) Vagrant
5 5 (0.52%) GitLab
6 4 (0.42%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.42%) Metasploit
7 3 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio
General
1 409 (42.74%) Social Skills
2 79 (8.25%) Telecoms
3 78 (8.15%) Finance
4 69 (7.21%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (5.22%) Manufacturing
6 41 (4.28%) Public Sector
7 40 (4.18%) Law
8 34 (3.55%) Legal
9 33 (3.45%) Retail
10 23 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
11 22 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
12 21 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (1.78%) Marketing
14 13 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (0.84%) Electronics
16 7 (0.73%) Advertising
17 6 (0.63%) Aerospace
18 5 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
19 4 (0.42%) Back Office
19 4 (0.42%) Military
Job Titles
1 222 (23.20%) IT Support
2 221 (23.09%) Support Engineer
3 143 (14.94%) IT Engineer
4 127 (13.27%) Network Engineer
5 123 (12.85%) Senior
6 121 (12.64%) 2nd Line Support
6 121 (12.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 112 (11.70%) IT Support Engineer
8 102 (10.66%) Analyst
9 96 (10.03%) Technical Support
10 86 (8.99%) Technical Engineer
11 69 (7.21%) Technical Support Engineer
12 67 (7.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 60 (6.27%) Support Analyst
14 57 (5.96%) 3rd Line Support
15 54 (5.64%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 47 (4.91%) Security Engineer
17 46 (4.81%) 1st Line Support
18 43 (4.49%) Cloud Engineer
18 43 (4.49%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.30%) LDAP
2 9 (0.94%) FreeSWITCH
3 8 (0.84%) REST
4 5 (0.52%) 802.1X
5 4 (0.42%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (0.42%) ModSecurity
6 3 (0.31%) .NET
6 3 (0.31%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.31%) EDI
6 3 (0.31%) Node.js
7 2 (0.21%) Web Services
8 1 (0.10%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.10%) EJB
8 1 (0.10%) LAMP
8 1 (0.10%) Middleware
8 1 (0.10%) OpenAPI
8 1 (0.10%) React
8 1 (0.10%) Spring
8 1 (0.10%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.10%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 143 (14.94%) Driving Licence
2 105 (10.97%) Data Centre
3 44 (4.60%) Management Information System
4 40 (4.18%) Onboarding
5 34 (3.55%) Security Posture
6 33 (3.45%) PKI
7 28 (2.93%) Cloud Native
8 26 (2.72%) Clustering
9 24 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
10 22 (2.30%) Operational Technology
11 16 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (1.67%) SCADA
12 13 (1.36%) CCTV
12 13 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
12 13 (1.36%) Replication
13 12 (1.25%) Security Operations Centre
14 11 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (1.15%) Public Cloud
15 10 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (1.04%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 494 (51.62%) Windows
2 345 (36.05%) Windows Server
3 114 (11.91%) Linux
4 83 (8.67%) Windows 10
5 58 (6.06%) Windows Server 2019
6 46 (4.81%) Windows Server 2016
7 33 (3.45%) Mac OS
8 24 (2.51%) Android
9 17 (1.78%) VMS
10 14 (1.46%) Apple iOS
11 12 (1.25%) Ubuntu
12 9 (0.94%) Amazon Linux
13 6 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 5 (0.52%) Windows 7
14 5 (0.52%) Windows 8
14 5 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
15 4 (0.42%) Kali Linux
16 3 (0.31%) CentOS
17 2 (0.21%) Debian
17 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (25.29%) Problem-Solving
2 188 (19.64%) Customer Service
3 161 (16.82%) Cybersecurity
4 155 (16.20%) ITIL
5 148 (15.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 94 (9.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 87 (9.09%) Mentoring
8 76 (7.94%) Disaster Recovery
9 63 (6.58%) SIEM
10 62 (6.48%) Project Delivery
11 61 (6.37%) DevOps
12 60 (6.27%) Cloud Security
13 58 (6.06%) High Availability
14 54 (5.64%) Incident Response
14 54 (5.64%) Migration
15 53 (5.54%) Service Delivery
16 49 (5.12%) Information Security
17 48 (5.02%) Infrastructure as Code
18 47 (4.91%) Remote Monitoring and Management
19 45 (4.70%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 138 (14.42%) PowerShell
2 74 (7.73%) Python
3 35 (3.66%) Bash
3 35 (3.66%) SQL
4 15 (1.57%) Bicep
5 13 (1.36%) VB
6 11 (1.15%) Java
7 9 (0.94%) Groovy
8 6 (0.63%) Go
8 6 (0.63%) R
9 5 (0.52%) C++
9 5 (0.52%) Perl
9 5 (0.52%) VBA
10 4 (0.42%) Rust
10 4 (0.42%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.31%) Korn
11 3 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.21%) Ladder Logic
12 2 (0.21%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.10%) C#
Qualifications
1 187 (19.54%) Cisco Certification
2 133 (13.90%) Security Cleared
3 117 (12.23%) CCNA
3 117 (12.23%) Degree
4 98 (10.24%) SC Cleared
5 95 (9.93%) CCNP
6 62 (6.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 46 (4.81%) DV Cleared
8 38 (3.97%) Azure Certification
9 36 (3.76%) JNCIA
10 34 (3.55%) CompTIA Security+
11 28 (2.93%) CISSP
12 26 (2.72%) DBS Check
13 25 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
14 21 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
15 18 (1.88%) MCP
16 15 (1.57%) CEH
16 15 (1.57%) MCSE
17 14 (1.46%) CCIE
17 14 (1.46%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (7.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 43 (4.49%) GDPR
4 40 (4.18%) SLA
5 33 (3.45%) NIST
6 20 (2.09%) PCI DSS
7 14 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 12 (1.25%) GRC
8 12 (1.25%) NCSC
9 7 (0.73%) IEC 61508
9 7 (0.73%) QA
10 6 (0.63%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.52%) IEC 61131
11 5 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 5 (0.52%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.42%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.31%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.21%) GxP
14 2 (0.21%) PMO
14 2 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 398 (41.59%) Active Directory
2 186 (19.44%) Hyper-V
3 172 (17.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 36 (3.76%) Docker
5 33 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
6 22 (2.30%) Firmware
6 22 (2.30%) Virtual Desktop
7 21 (2.19%) VMware NSX
8 17 (1.78%) vSphere
9 12 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
10 7 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (0.52%) DFS Replication
11 5 (0.52%) XenApp
12 4 (0.42%) Dovecot
12 4 (0.42%) Postfix
12 4 (0.42%) Squid
12 4 (0.42%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.31%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.31%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 218 (22.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 69 (7.21%) Terraform
3 45 (4.70%) FortiGate
4 40 (4.18%) Ansible
5 30 (3.13%) Kubernetes
6 25 (2.61%) SCCM
7 24 (2.51%) vCenter Server
8 22 (2.30%) Prometheus
9 20 (2.09%) Grafana
10 17 (1.78%) WSUS
11 15 (1.57%) Autotask
12 14 (1.46%) Nagios
12 14 (1.46%) Nessus
13 10 (1.04%) Failover Clustering
14 8 (0.84%) Endace
14 8 (0.84%) Proxmox
15 6 (0.63%) ZABBIX
16 5 (0.52%) Cisco CUCM
16 5 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
16 5 (0.52%) vRealize
Vendors
1 491 (51.31%) Microsoft
2 318 (33.23%) Cisco
3 235 (24.56%) VMware
4 102 (10.66%) Fortinet
5 86 (8.99%) Meraki
6 79 (8.25%) Juniper
7 75 (7.84%) Palo Alto
8 62 (6.48%) Veeam
9 55 (5.75%) SolarWinds
10 53 (5.54%) CheckPoint
11 45 (4.70%) Aruba
12 41 (4.28%) Sophos
13 40 (4.18%) Apple
14 38 (3.97%) SonicWALL
15 34 (3.55%) Google
16 33 (3.45%) ServiceNow
17 31 (3.24%) Dell
18 30 (3.13%) Citrix
19 28 (2.93%) F5
20 27 (2.82%) HP