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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 851 795 1132
Rank change year-on-year -56 +337 -312
Permanent jobs citing NGFW 52 189 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.053% 0.18% 0.051%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.38% 1.18% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 47 93 60
10th Percentile £42,000 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,125 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -22.45% -20.97%
75th Percentile £115,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile - £72,500 £71,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -28.00% -2.34%

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 13,635 16,010 20,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.84% 15.39% 13.38%
Number of salaries quoted 9,509 8,145 11,813
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

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 2024.

Salary histogram for NGFW in the UK

NGFW
Top 12 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 2024. 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 -16 50 £52,500 +10.53% 28
UK excluding London -115 44 £52,500 +16.67% 14
Work from Home +56 30 £110,000 +76.00% 15
West Midlands +36 20 £81,250 +16.07% 4
Midlands +10 20 £81,250 +18.18% 4
South East +4 13 £52,500 -16.00% 4
London +114 8 £57,500 -13.21% 12
North of England -31 8 £44,500 -1.11% 3
North West -31 7 £50,000 +11.11% 3
Scotland -75 2 £39,500 - 1
East of England +4 1 £55,000 +29.41%
North East -14 1 £39,000 +4.00%

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 1 (1.92%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 23 (44.23%) Azure
2 17 (32.69%) IaaS
3 15 (28.85%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (25.00%) PaaS
5 4 (7.69%) AWS
5 4 (7.69%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.92%) Serverless
6 1 (1.92%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 30 (57.69%) Firewall
2 26 (50.00%) VPN
3 24 (46.15%) Wireless
4 18 (34.62%) LAN
5 15 (28.85%) Cisco Firepower
5 15 (28.85%) Network Security
6 14 (26.92%) WAN
7 13 (25.00%) OSPF
8 11 (21.15%) BGP
9 8 (15.38%) DNS
9 8 (15.38%) Software-Defined Networking
10 7 (13.46%) DHCP
10 7 (13.46%) IPsec
10 7 (13.46%) TCP/IP
10 7 (13.46%) WLAN
11 6 (11.54%) EIGRP
11 6 (11.54%) Internet
12 5 (9.62%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (9.62%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (9.62%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.62%) NoSQL
General
1 13 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.62%) Legal
3 2 (3.85%) Finance
4 1 (1.92%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.92%) Police
4 1 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.92%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 13 (25.00%) Architect
2 13 (25.00%) Citrix Architect
2 13 (25.00%) Cloud Architect
2 13 (25.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
2 13 (25.00%) DevOps Architect
2 13 (25.00%) Senior
3 12 (23.08%) Senior Network Engineer
4 9 (17.31%) Network Security Engineer
4 9 (17.31%) Security Engineer
5 2 (3.85%) Network Support
5 2 (3.85%) Network Support Technician
5 2 (3.85%) Network Technician
5 2 (3.85%) Support Technician
6 1 (1.92%) Implementation Engineer
6 1 (1.92%) Infrastructure Team Leader
6 1 (1.92%) IT Infrastructure Team Leader
6 1 (1.92%) Lead
6 1 (1.92%) Senior Implementation Engineer
6 1 (1.92%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (25.00%) ARM Templates
1 13 (25.00%) JSON
1 13 (25.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (40.38%) Data Centre
2 13 (25.00%) Private Cloud
2 13 (25.00%) Public Cloud
3 6 (11.54%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (9.62%) Algorithms
4 5 (9.62%) Data Structures
5 4 (7.69%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.92%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.92%) NHS
6 1 (1.92%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.54%) Windows
2 5 (9.62%) Android
2 5 (9.62%) Apple iOS
2 5 (9.62%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.92%) Linux
3 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (34.62%) Network Design
2 13 (25.00%) Agile
2 13 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 13 (25.00%) DevOps
2 13 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 13 (25.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 13 (25.00%) SDLC
3 8 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (15.38%) ITIL
3 8 (15.38%) Network Architecture
4 7 (13.46%) Cloud Security
4 7 (13.46%) Data Centre Operations
4 7 (13.46%) Mentoring
4 7 (13.46%) Project Delivery
5 6 (11.54%) Configuration Management
5 6 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (11.54%) Project Management
6 5 (9.62%) Information Security
6 5 (9.62%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (9.62%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (9.62%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (36.54%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (25.00%) CCNP
3 7 (13.46%) CCIE
4 6 (11.54%) Degree
4 6 (11.54%) JNCIS
5 5 (9.62%) CCNA
5 5 (9.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (9.62%) JNCIE
5 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (7.69%) MCSA
6 4 (7.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.92%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.92%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 16 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (26.92%) Virtual Desktop
3 13 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
3 13 (25.00%) vSphere
4 5 (9.62%) Active Directory
4 5 (9.62%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.92%) Firmware
5 1 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (26.92%) Terraform
2 6 (11.54%) Ansible
2 6 (11.54%) FortiGate
3 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (46.15%) VMware
2 23 (44.23%) Cisco
3 18 (34.62%) Palo Alto
4 13 (25.00%) Citrix
5 10 (19.23%) Microsoft
6 8 (15.38%) Juniper
6 8 (15.38%) Meraki
7 6 (11.54%) CheckPoint
7 6 (11.54%) Fortinet
8 5 (9.62%) Aruba
8 5 (9.62%) F5
9 4 (7.69%) Barracuda Networks
9 4 (7.69%) Sophos
9 4 (7.69%) Veeam
10 2 (3.85%) ConnectWise
11 1 (1.92%) Dell
11 1 (1.92%) HP
11 1 (1.92%) NetApp
11 1 (1.92%) Nokia
11 1 (1.92%) Riverbed