Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 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 681 843 799
Rank change year-on-year +162 -44 +328
Permanent jobs citing NGFW 11 53 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.054% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.16% 0.39% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 9 48 93
10th Percentile - £42,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,438 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,250 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +10.53% -22.45%
75th Percentile £62,500 £115,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,500 - £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -28.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6,964 13,635 16,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.38% 13.84% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4,270 9,518 8,181
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,063 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,875 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year -0.78% -4.73% -4.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,625 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.31% -3.06% -

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 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for NGFW in the UK

NGFW
Top 7 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 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
England +134 11 £53,250 +1.43% 28
Work from Home +172 7 £50,375 -54.20% 9
UK excluding London +172 7 £47,500 -9.52% 23
East of England +61 5 £47,500 -13.64% 10
London +105 4 £65,000 +13.04% 8
North of England +79 2 £53,250 +19.66% 5
North West +27 2 £53,250 +6.50%

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
1 4 (36.36%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (18.18%) AWS
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) Firewall
2 8 (72.73%) Network Security
3 6 (54.55%) DHCP
3 6 (54.55%) DNS
3 6 (54.55%) TCP/IP
4 5 (45.45%) VPN
5 3 (27.27%) LAN
5 3 (27.27%) WAN
5 3 (27.27%) Wireless
6 2 (18.18%) 802.11
6 2 (18.18%) BGP
6 2 (18.18%) EIGRP
6 2 (18.18%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (18.18%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 2 (18.18%) IPsec
6 2 (18.18%) MPLS
6 2 (18.18%) OSPF
6 2 (18.18%) PBX
6 2 (18.18%) SNMP
6 2 (18.18%) SSL
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Aviation
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Legal
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Security Analyst
3 4 (36.36%) Network Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Network Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Network Operations Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Operations Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Security Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Lead
5 1 (9.09%) Lead Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Management Information System
2 3 (27.27%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
4 1 (9.09%) CSOC
4 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (63.64%) Incident Management
2 5 (45.45%) Incident Response
2 5 (45.45%) SIEM
3 4 (36.36%) Computer Forensics
3 4 (36.36%) Identity Management
3 4 (36.36%) Malware Analysis
3 4 (36.36%) Security Operations
4 3 (27.27%) Change Management
4 3 (27.27%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (18.18%) BCP
5 2 (18.18%) Business Continuity
5 2 (18.18%) Business Continuity Planning
5 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) Converged Infrastructure
5 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (18.18%) ITIL
5 2 (18.18%) Knowledge Management
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (27.27%) CCNA
2 3 (27.27%) CCNP
3 1 (9.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (9.09%) A+ Certification
3 1 (9.09%) CASP
3 1 (9.09%) CCSP
3 1 (9.09%) CISM
3 1 (9.09%) CISMP
3 1 (9.09%) CISSP
3 1 (9.09%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (9.09%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
3 1 (9.09%) PMP
3 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) CASB
1 1 (9.09%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 5 (45.45%) Cisco
3 2 (18.18%) Avaya
3 2 (18.18%) CheckPoint
3 2 (18.18%) F5
3 2 (18.18%) ForeScout
3 2 (18.18%) Palo Alto
3 2 (18.18%) SevOne
3 2 (18.18%) SolarWinds
4 1 (9.09%) Aruba
4 1 (9.09%) Dell
4 1 (9.09%) EMC
4 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
4 1 (9.09%) VMware
4 1 (9.09%) Zscaler