Firewall Job Trends in Wakefield

Firewall
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wakefield requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - 9
Rank change year-on-year - - +23
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 5 0 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Wakefield 7.35% - 15.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 100.00% - 78.57%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 11
10th Percentile - - £33,250
25th Percentile - - £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £46,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.41%
75th Percentile - - £52,500
90th Percentile - - £67,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £40,700 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -22.48% -4.55% +10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wakefield

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 Wakefield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5 0 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wakefield 7.35% - 19.18%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 13
10th Percentile - - £33,600
25th Percentile - - £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.88%
75th Percentile - - £50,000
90th Percentile - - £65,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £34,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -28.42% - +5.56%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in Wakefield

Firewall
Salary Trend in Wakefield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Firewall

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) VLAN
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 5 (100.00%) Advertising
1 5 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 5 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) IT Support
1 5 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
2 3 (60.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 3 (60.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 2 (40.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (60.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) VMware