Firewall Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Firewall
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 58 30
Rank change year-on-year -53 -28 +30
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 33 61 151
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.90% 3.98% 5.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.46% 32.28% 37.01%
Number of salaries quoted 32 37 116
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £35,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.11% -23.81% -
75th Percentile £69,390 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 189 189 408
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 5.16% 12.34% 13.97%
Number of salaries quoted 123 138 292
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,750 £34,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £50,750
Median % change year-on-year - -21.18% +1.50%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £65,625
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,250 £78,625
Yorkshire median annual salary £36,000 £32,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +10.77% -23.53% -3.48%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Firewall
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Firewall in West Yorkshire

Firewall
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 11 July 2026. 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
Leeds -40 26 £48,445 -15.75% 5
Bradford -9 4 £75,000 +80.72% 5
Wakefield -6 3 £31,000 - 3
Firewall
Yorkshire

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (30.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (24.24%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (51.52%) Azure
2 15 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (21.21%) AWS
3 7 (21.21%) Entra ID
4 5 (15.15%) Mimecast
4 5 (15.15%) OCI
5 2 (6.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (6.06%) IaaS
5 2 (6.06%) PaaS
6 1 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 18 (54.55%) WAN
2 15 (45.45%) LAN
3 10 (30.30%) DNS
3 10 (30.30%) SD-WAN
3 10 (30.30%) VXLAN
4 9 (27.27%) VPN
5 8 (24.24%) DHCP
5 8 (24.24%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (24.24%) Wireless
6 7 (21.21%) BGP
6 7 (21.21%) NGFW
6 7 (21.21%) OSPF
7 6 (18.18%) VLAN
8 5 (15.15%) TCP/IP
8 5 (15.15%) Wireshark
9 4 (12.12%) Network Security
10 3 (9.09%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (9.09%) MPLS
11 2 (6.06%) Ethernet VPN
12 1 (3.03%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (42.42%) Social Skills
2 10 (30.30%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.06%) Law
5 1 (3.03%) Digital Health
5 1 (3.03%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Architect
2 7 (21.21%) Network Architect
3 5 (15.15%) Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) Infrastructure Support
3 5 (15.15%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) IT Support
3 5 (15.15%) Network Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) Network Manager
3 5 (15.15%) Network Operations Manager
3 5 (15.15%) Operations Manager
3 5 (15.15%) Support Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) IT Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) IT Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) IT Support Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) Senior
4 4 (12.12%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) 802.1X
1 1 (3.03%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 12 (36.36%) Data Centre
2 5 (15.15%) PKI
3 2 (6.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 2 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.03%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (33.33%) Windows
2 10 (30.30%) Windows Server
3 8 (24.24%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (12.12%) Windows 10
5 2 (6.06%) VMS
5 2 (6.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (3.03%) Android
6 1 (3.03%) Apple iOS
6 1 (3.03%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (36.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 8 (24.24%) Incident Response
3 8 (24.24%) Mentoring
3 8 (24.24%) Migration
4 7 (21.21%) Coaching
4 7 (21.21%) Load Balancing
5 6 (18.18%) Presales
6 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (15.15%) Creative Thinking
6 5 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (15.15%) Information Security
6 5 (15.15%) ITSM
6 5 (15.15%) Network Monitoring
7 4 (12.12%) Collaborative Culture
7 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure as Code
7 4 (12.12%) Proactive Monitoring
7 4 (12.12%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 4 (12.12%) Security Monitoring
7 4 (12.12%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.15%) Python
2 4 (12.12%) PowerShell
3 2 (6.06%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 7 (21.21%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (18.18%) CCNP
3 4 (12.12%) CCIE
4 2 (6.06%) Azure Certification
4 2 (6.06%) CCNA
5 1 (3.03%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (21.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (6.06%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (39.39%) Active Directory
2 5 (15.15%) Hyper-V
3 4 (12.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (12.12%) vSphere
4 2 (6.06%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (18.18%) Terraform
3 5 (15.15%) Ansible
4 1 (3.03%) Nessus
Vendors
1 18 (54.55%) Cisco
2 16 (48.48%) Microsoft
3 8 (24.24%) Juniper
4 7 (21.21%) Arista
5 6 (18.18%) Palo Alto
6 5 (15.15%) Aruba
6 5 (15.15%) iManage
6 5 (15.15%) Meraki
6 5 (15.15%) NetScout
7 4 (12.12%) CheckPoint
7 4 (12.12%) VMware
8 2 (6.06%) Datto
8 2 (6.06%) F5
8 2 (6.06%) Fortinet
8 2 (6.06%) SonicWALL
8 2 (6.06%) Veeam
8 2 (6.06%) WatchGuard
9 1 (3.03%) SolarWinds