Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for NGFW skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NGFW over the 6 months to 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 640 989 1058
Rank change year-on-year +349 +69 -344
Permanent jobs citing NGFW 93 101 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.080% 0.032%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.13% 0.64% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 77 63 33
10th Percentile £43,000 £34,918 £36,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £38,568 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £49,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +46.46% +4.21% -40.63%
75th Percentile £106,250 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £71,250 £93,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +58.82% -10.53% -20.83%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

NGFW is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,218 15,777 16,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.19% 12.54% 12.88%
Number of salaries quoted 6,418 10,533 11,407
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -

NGFW
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing NGFW as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for NGFW in the UK

NGFW
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NGFW.

Salary trend for NGFW in the UK

NGFW
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NGFW over the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for NGFW in the UK

NGFW
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NGFW within the UK over the 6 months to 29 November 2023. 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
England +316 92 £72,500 +46.46% 18
Work from Home +284 71 £72,500 +11.54% 15
UK excluding London +230 56 £67,500 +58.82% 12
London +272 37 £102,500 +69.97% 8
South East +167 31 £72,500 +16.00% 3
Midlands +137 11 £43,000 -36.30% 5
North of England +122 11 £62,500 +58.95% 2
West Midlands +124 9 £43,000 -39.65% 5
North West +104 7 £62,500 +48.24% 1
Yorkshire +90 3 £60,000 -
South West +61 2 £62,500 +63.45% 1
East Midlands +51 2 £48,628 -15.80%
Scotland +59 1 £72,500 +26.09%
North East +41 1 £70,000 +86.67% 1

NGFW
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 36 (38.71%) Azure
2 25 (26.88%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (25.81%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (24.73%) IaaS
4 23 (24.73%) PaaS
5 9 (9.68%) AWS
6 1 (1.08%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 56 (60.22%) Firewall
2 47 (50.54%) VPN
3 34 (36.56%) WAN
4 30 (32.26%) Network Security
5 29 (31.18%) Internet
6 25 (26.88%) Cisco Nexus
7 23 (24.73%) LAN
8 20 (21.51%) BGP
8 20 (21.51%) IPsec
9 17 (18.28%) Cisco Firepower
10 16 (17.20%) Wi-Fi
11 15 (16.13%) SD-WAN
11 15 (16.13%) Wireless
12 13 (13.98%) Cisco IOS
12 13 (13.98%) Ethernet
12 13 (13.98%) IPv4
12 13 (13.98%) MPLS
13 9 (9.68%) TCP/IP
14 7 (7.53%) OSPF
15 6 (6.45%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.45%) Big Data
2 3 (3.23%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (3.23%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 24 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 13 (13.98%) Telecoms
3 8 (8.60%) Retail
4 5 (5.38%) Finance
5 3 (3.23%) Law
6 2 (2.15%) Automotive
7 1 (1.08%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 35 (37.63%) Network Engineer
2 23 (24.73%) Architect
2 23 (24.73%) Citrix Architect
2 23 (24.73%) Cloud Architect
3 20 (21.51%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
4 18 (19.35%) Senior
5 14 (15.05%) Analyst
5 14 (15.05%) Security Analyst
6 13 (13.98%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 12 (12.90%) Azure Architect
7 12 (12.90%) Network Analyst
7 12 (12.90%) Network Security Analyst
8 10 (10.75%) IP Engineer
9 9 (9.68%) Network Security Engineer
9 9 (9.68%) Security Engineer
9 9 (9.68%) Senior Network Engineer
10 7 (7.53%) Consultant
10 7 (7.53%) DevOps Architect
11 6 (6.45%) Incident Responder
11 6 (6.45%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (24.73%) ARM Templates
1 23 (24.73%) JSON
1 23 (24.73%) YAML
2 2 (2.15%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (2.15%) XMPP
3 1 (1.08%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 24 (25.81%) Public Cloud
2 23 (24.73%) Private Cloud
3 21 (22.58%) Data Centre
4 6 (6.45%) Cyberattack
4 6 (6.45%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (6.45%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.23%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.60%) Linux
2 5 (5.38%) Windows
2 5 (5.38%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.15%) Debian
3 2 (2.15%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (2.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (30.11%) Network Design
2 26 (27.96%) Agile
2 26 (27.96%) Cybersecurity
3 25 (26.88%) Network Virtualisation
4 24 (25.81%) DevOps
5 23 (24.73%) CI/CD
5 23 (24.73%) Infrastructure as Code
5 23 (24.73%) SDLC
5 23 (24.73%) SIEM
6 20 (21.51%) Network Monitoring
7 14 (15.05%) Project Delivery
8 12 (12.90%) Security Monitoring
9 10 (10.75%) B2B
9 10 (10.75%) Network Load Balancing
10 9 (9.68%) Cloud Security
11 8 (8.60%) Mentoring
11 8 (8.60%) Presales
12 7 (7.53%) ITIL
12 7 (7.53%) Security Operations
13 6 (6.45%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 23 (24.73%) PowerShell
2 6 (6.45%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (3.23%) Python
4 2 (2.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (32.26%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (24.73%) CCNP
3 12 (12.90%) CCNA
3 12 (12.90%) SC Cleared
3 12 (12.90%) Security Cleared
4 9 (9.68%) CCIE
5 6 (6.45%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (6.45%) CTC Cleared
6 5 (5.38%) Degree
7 3 (3.23%) CISA
7 3 (3.23%) CISM
7 3 (3.23%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 25 (26.88%) VMware ESXi
1 25 (26.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (24.73%) Virtual Desktop
2 23 (24.73%) vSphere
3 2 (2.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 24 (25.81%) Terraform
2 8 (8.60%) FortiGate
3 6 (6.45%) CSIRT
4 5 (5.38%) Cisco CUCM
5 3 (3.23%) ZABBIX
6 2 (2.15%) Grafana
7 1 (1.08%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 58 (62.37%) Cisco
2 41 (44.09%) Palo Alto
3 25 (26.88%) VMware
4 23 (24.73%) Citrix
5 18 (19.35%) Fortinet
6 16 (17.20%) CheckPoint
6 16 (17.20%) Juniper
7 12 (12.90%) Meraki
8 11 (11.83%) Aruba
9 9 (9.68%) Microsoft
10 7 (7.53%) F5
10 7 (7.53%) SolarWinds
11 6 (6.45%) Intel
12 3 (3.23%) ServiceNow
13 2 (2.15%) Splunk
14 1 (1.08%) AirMagnet
14 1 (1.08%) Brocade
14 1 (1.08%) Dell
14 1 (1.08%) Ekahau