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 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 43 47
Rank change year-on-year -42 +4 +23
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 117 175 223
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.68% 5.05% 3.89%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.81% 30.43% 32.09%
Number of salaries quoted 109 88 176
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,063 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £57,239 £53,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £69,512 £73,750 £76,875
England median annual salary £51,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.00% +5.26% -6.86%

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 513 575 695
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 7.38% 16.60% 12.14%
Number of salaries quoted 310 384 502
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,087 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,188 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,750 £32,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -23.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,239 £47,313 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £77,375
England median annual salary £47,500 £43,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +9.20% -8.42% -5.94%

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 20 July 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 20 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
South Yorkshire -35 35 £42,500 -6.59% 5
West Yorkshire -61 32 £48,445 +21.11% 14
North Yorkshire -12 18 £31,750 +15.45% 4
East Yorkshire -35 2 £48,750 +15.38% 4
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 29 (24.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (23.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (6.84%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 52 (44.44%) Azure
1 52 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 46 (39.32%) Entra ID
3 15 (12.82%) Microsoft Purview
4 13 (11.11%) AWS
5 10 (8.55%) Power Platform
6 5 (4.27%) Mimecast
7 3 (2.56%) IaaS
7 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (2.56%) OCI
7 3 (2.56%) PaaS
8 2 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (1.71%) GCP
8 2 (1.71%) GitHub
8 2 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.71%) SaaS
9 1 (0.85%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.85%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 41 (35.04%) WAN
2 34 (29.06%) LAN
3 28 (23.93%) VPN
4 24 (20.51%) TCP/IP
5 18 (15.38%) Wireless
6 17 (14.53%) DNS
7 14 (11.97%) SD-WAN
8 13 (11.11%) DHCP
8 13 (11.11%) Network Security
9 12 (10.26%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (9.40%) BGP
10 11 (9.40%) VLAN
10 11 (9.40%) VoIP
11 8 (6.84%) VXLAN
12 7 (5.98%) MPLS
12 7 (5.98%) OSPF
13 6 (5.13%) Internet
14 5 (4.27%) ADSL
14 5 (4.27%) NGFW
15 4 (3.42%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.85%) InfluxDB
2 1 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.71%) Jenkins
General
1 73 (62.39%) Social Skills
2 28 (23.93%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (10.26%) Law
4 5 (4.27%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.71%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.85%) Digital Health
7 1 (0.85%) Finance
7 1 (0.85%) Legal
7 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (21.37%) Network Engineer
2 24 (20.51%) IT Support
3 21 (17.95%) Support Engineer
4 16 (13.68%) IT Engineer
5 15 (12.82%) IT Support Engineer
5 15 (12.82%) Senior
6 14 (11.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (11.11%) Lead
8 11 (9.40%) Architect
9 9 (7.69%) Analyst
9 9 (7.69%) Support Analyst
10 7 (5.98%) Network Architect
11 6 (5.13%) IT Technician
12 5 (4.27%) Help Desk Adviser
12 5 (4.27%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 5 (4.27%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
12 5 (4.27%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
12 5 (4.27%) Security Engineer
12 5 (4.27%) Senior Network Engineer
12 5 (4.27%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.71%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.85%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.85%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.97%) Data Centre
2 13 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
3 12 (10.26%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (6.84%) Life Science
4 8 (6.84%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (5.98%) Driving Licence
6 5 (4.27%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.56%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (2.56%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.56%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.56%) PKI
8 2 (1.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.85%) CCTV
9 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.85%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (0.85%) IoT
9 1 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 46 (39.32%) Windows
2 37 (31.62%) Windows Server
3 11 (9.40%) Windows Server 2019
4 9 (7.69%) Linux
5 7 (5.98%) VMS
6 6 (5.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (3.42%) Windows 10
8 3 (2.56%) Android
9 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.85%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (34.19%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (27.35%) Continuous Improvement
3 30 (25.64%) Disaster Recovery
3 30 (25.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 28 (23.93%) Cybersecurity
5 23 (19.66%) Incident Response
5 23 (19.66%) Stakeholder Management
6 20 (17.09%) Business Continuity
7 19 (16.24%) Decision-Making
8 17 (14.53%) Migration
9 16 (13.68%) BCP
10 14 (11.97%) Mentoring
11 13 (11.11%) Business Continuity Planning
11 13 (11.11%) Customer Service
11 13 (11.11%) Data Protection
11 13 (11.11%) Information Governance
11 13 (11.11%) Risk Management
11 13 (11.11%) Risk Register
11 13 (11.11%) Security Architecture
11 13 (11.11%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.11%) Python
2 12 (10.26%) PowerShell
3 6 (5.13%) SQL
4 3 (2.56%) Bash
5 2 (1.71%) Bicep
5 2 (1.71%) Go
Qualifications
1 21 (17.95%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (11.97%) CCNA
3 10 (8.55%) Network+ Certification
4 9 (7.69%) Azure Certification
4 9 (7.69%) Degree
5 8 (6.84%) CCNP
6 5 (4.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (4.27%) SC Cleared
6 5 (4.27%) Security Cleared
7 4 (3.42%) CCIE
7 4 (3.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.85%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (23.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 23 (19.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (12.82%) GDPR
4 13 (11.11%) NIST
5 4 (3.42%) SLA
6 2 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.85%) QA
System Software
1 41 (35.04%) Active Directory
2 15 (12.82%) Hyper-V
3 12 (10.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (4.27%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (4.27%) vSphere
5 2 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.85%) Docker
6 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.85%) XenApp
6 1 (0.85%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 29 (24.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (11.97%) Terraform
3 12 (10.26%) Ansible
4 3 (2.56%) Grafana
5 2 (1.71%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.71%) Nessus
5 2 (1.71%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.71%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 62 (52.99%) Microsoft
2 36 (30.77%) Cisco
3 14 (11.97%) VMware
4 12 (10.26%) Juniper
5 11 (9.40%) Fortinet
6 10 (8.55%) Meraki
6 10 (8.55%) Veeam
7 6 (5.13%) Palo Alto
8 5 (4.27%) Arista
8 5 (4.27%) iManage
9 4 (3.42%) CheckPoint
9 4 (3.42%) Huawei
9 4 (3.42%) Polycom
10 3 (2.56%) Aruba
10 3 (2.56%) NetScout
11 2 (1.71%) F5
11 2 (1.71%) Zoho
12 1 (0.85%) SolarWinds
12 1 (0.85%) SonicWALL
12 1 (0.85%) WatchGuard