NGFW Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 456 564 612
Rank change year-on-year +108 +48 +207
Permanent jobs citing NGFW 8 30 51
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.043% 0.089% 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.17% 0.58% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7 25 45
10th Percentile - £39,900 £35,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £80,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.63% +60.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £58,688 £115,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £62,500 - £75,000
UK median annual salary £49,750 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.24% +16.67% -28.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,641 5,187 4,554
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.94% 15.35% 11.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,710 3,334 3,388
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £25,087 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £60,938 £67,500 £76,316
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,250
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.47% -4.29%

NGFW
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing NGFW as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

NGFW trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

NGFW
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing NGFW.

NGFW salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

NGFW
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing NGFW over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

NGFW salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

NGFW
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (25.00%) AWS
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
1 8 (100.00%) Network Security
2 6 (75.00%) DHCP
2 6 (75.00%) DNS
2 6 (75.00%) TCP/IP
3 4 (50.00%) VPN
4 2 (25.00%) 802.11
4 2 (25.00%) BGP
4 2 (25.00%) BIG-IP
4 2 (25.00%) EIGRP
4 2 (25.00%) IPsec
4 2 (25.00%) LAN
4 2 (25.00%) MPLS
4 2 (25.00%) OSPF
4 2 (25.00%) PBX
4 2 (25.00%) SNMP
4 2 (25.00%) SSL
4 2 (25.00%) VLAN
4 2 (25.00%) WAN
4 2 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Analyst
2 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 4 (50.00%) Security Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Network Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Network Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Network Operations Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Network Security Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Operations Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (75.00%) Incident Management
2 4 (50.00%) Computer Forensics
2 4 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 4 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (50.00%) Malware Analysis
2 4 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 4 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (50.00%) SIEM
3 2 (25.00%) BCP
3 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity Planning
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Converged Infrastructure
3 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) CCNA
1 2 (25.00%) CCNP
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Avaya
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco
2 2 (25.00%) F5
2 2 (25.00%) ForeScout
2 2 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (25.00%) SevOne
2 2 (25.00%) SolarWinds