Firewall Job Trends in Yorkshire

Firewall
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 42 46
Rank change year-on-year -51 +4 +4
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 106 167 157
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.41% 5.00% 3.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.56% 30.36% 39.05%
Number of salaries quoted 92 88 95
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £32,800
25th Percentile £30,500 £28,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -33.33% +5.00%
75th Percentile £52,250 £47,813 £65,000
90th Percentile £69,939 £72,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £51,500 £45,285 £52,500
% change year-on-year +13.73% -13.74% -3.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 Yorkshire.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 571 550 402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 7.60% 16.47% 9.21%
Number of salaries quoted 317 351 203
10th Percentile £25,825 - £26,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £25,087 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -36.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £61,250 £48,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £78,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% -

Firewall Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Firewall Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Firewall

Firewall Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Yorkshire

Firewall Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 18 October 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
South Yorkshire -23 35 £42,500 +30.77% 7
West Yorkshire -64 30 £47,661 +19.15% 22
North Yorkshire -3 19 £35,000 +27.27% 5
East Yorkshire -26 1 £42,500 +51.79%
Firewall
England

Firewall Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1WAN27.4%29
2VPN23.6%25
3LAN20.8%22
4TCP/IP18.9%20
5Wireless17.9%19
6DNS17.0%18
7Wi-Fi16.0%17
8Network Security13.2%14
9DHCP12.3%13
9VoIP12.3%13
11SD-WAN11.3%12
12BGP8.5%9
12VLAN8.5%9
14Internet6.6%7
14MPLS6.6%7
16ADSL4.7%5
16OSPF4.7%5
16VXLAN4.7%5
16WebEx4.7%5
20Intrusion Detection3.8%4