Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 227 | 263 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +36 | - |
| Permanent jobs citing NGFW | 0 | 21 | 10 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | - | 0.28% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | 2.11% | 0.89% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 21 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £45,000 | £35,375 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £48,750 | £37,156 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £80,000 | £68,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +16.36% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £115,000 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £75,250 |
| England median annual salary | £52,000 | £55,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.45% | +22.22% | -28.00% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands
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 West Midlands.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 479 | 996 | 1,128 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 11.04% | 13.50% | 17.59% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 302 | 819 | 521 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,000 | £25,750 | £26,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,500 | £31,250 | £31,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,500 | £43,227 | £45,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.89% | -3.94% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £57,000 | £63,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £76,250 | £67,500 | £75,000 |
| England median annual salary | £47,500 | £47,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.00% | -4.76% |
NGFW
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing NGFW as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
NGFW
Salary Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NGFW in the West Midlands.