NGFW Jobs in the UK excluding London

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring NGFW skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited NGFW over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 567 718 550
Rank change year-on-year +151 -168 +255
Permanent jobs citing NGFW 8 45 187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.020% 0.063% 0.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.12% 0.46% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 6 40 80
10th Percentile - £37,400 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,875 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -28.00%
75th Percentile £51,188 £90,625 £60,625
90th Percentile £53,438 £115,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £49,750 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.55% +22.22% -28.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6,640 9,755 10,813
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.68% 13.62% 18.34%
Number of salaries quoted 3,242 7,073 4,698
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,625 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £43,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.49% -3.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,725 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,250
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.47% -4.29%

NGFW
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for NGFW in the UK excluding London

NGFW
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for NGFW in the UK excluding London

NGFW
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 NGFW within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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
East of England +44 6 £47,500 -13.64% 6
North of England +39 2 £53,250 +19.66% 11
North West -10 2 £53,250 +6.50% 4
NGFW
UK

NGFW
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 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (87.50%) Network Security
3 5 (62.50%) DHCP
3 5 (62.50%) DNS
3 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
4 3 (37.50%) VPN
5 1 (12.50%) LAN
5 1 (12.50%) SAN
5 1 (12.50%) VoIP
5 1 (12.50%) WAN
5 1 (12.50%) Wireless
General
1 2 (25.00%) Aviation
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Security Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Network Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Network Security Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Management Information System
2 4 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (12.50%) CSOC
3 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (62.50%) Computer Forensics
2 5 (62.50%) Identity Management
2 5 (62.50%) Incident Management
2 5 (62.50%) Incident Response
2 5 (62.50%) Malware Analysis
2 5 (62.50%) SIEM
3 4 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 4 (50.00%) Security Operations
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Architectural Design
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Security
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Maintenance
5 1 (12.50%) Migration
5 1 (12.50%) Network Management
5 1 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
5 1 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (12.50%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (12.50%) A+ Certification
1 1 (12.50%) CASP
1 1 (12.50%) CCSP
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (12.50%) CISM
1 1 (12.50%) CISMP
1 1 (12.50%) CISSP
1 1 (12.50%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (12.50%) CTC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) SSCP
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) CASB
1 1 (12.50%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Aruba
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Dell
2 1 (12.50%) EMC
2 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
2 1 (12.50%) VMware