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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 38 49
Rank change year-on-year -66 +11 +17
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 99 183 184
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.39% 5.18% 3.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.08% 30.30% 30.41%
Number of salaries quoted 88 95 139
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,550 £30,400
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £55,938 £50,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,750 £73,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.25% -3.00% -1.93%

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 493 604 605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 6.91% 17.10% 11.46%
Number of salaries quoted 285 401 413
10th Percentile £26,046 £25,087 £26,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £26,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -24.71% -3.48%
75th Percentile £57,500 £47,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £77,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -13.27% -3.89%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 -27 35 £42,500 -6.59% 8
West Yorkshire -64 28 £62,500 +56.25% 20
North Yorkshire -8 20 £31,750 +15.45% 4
East Yorkshire -36 1 £42,500 +1.19% 2
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 26 (26.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (24.24%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 52 (52.53%) Microsoft 365
2 46 (46.46%) Azure
3 31 (31.31%) Entra ID
4 10 (10.10%) Power Platform
5 9 (9.09%) AWS
6 5 (5.05%) Mimecast
7 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (3.03%) IaaS
8 3 (3.03%) PaaS
9 2 (2.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (2.02%) SaaS
10 1 (1.01%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (1.01%) Azure Functions
10 1 (1.01%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (1.01%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (1.01%) ChatGPT
10 1 (1.01%) GCP
10 1 (1.01%) OpenShift
10 1 (1.01%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 37 (37.37%) WAN
2 30 (30.30%) LAN
3 26 (26.26%) VPN
4 23 (23.23%) TCP/IP
5 18 (18.18%) Wireless
6 15 (15.15%) DNS
7 13 (13.13%) DHCP
7 13 (13.13%) SD-WAN
8 12 (12.12%) Network Security
8 12 (12.12%) VoIP
9 11 (11.11%) BGP
10 10 (10.10%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (9.09%) VLAN
12 7 (7.07%) Internet
12 7 (7.07%) MPLS
12 7 (7.07%) OSPF
13 5 (5.05%) ADSL
13 5 (5.05%) VXLAN
14 4 (4.04%) Unified Communications
14 4 (4.04%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.03%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.01%) InfluxDB
2 1 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
General
1 58 (58.59%) Social Skills
2 12 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (9.09%) Law
4 4 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.02%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.01%) Advertising
6 1 (1.01%) Digital Health
6 1 (1.01%) Legal
6 1 (1.01%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (24.24%) IT Support
1 24 (24.24%) Network Engineer
2 21 (21.21%) Support Engineer
3 16 (16.16%) IT Engineer
4 15 (15.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 15 (15.15%) IT Support Engineer
5 12 (12.12%) Senior
6 11 (11.11%) Analyst
6 11 (11.11%) Architect
7 9 (9.09%) Support Analyst
8 7 (7.07%) Network Architect
9 6 (6.06%) IT Technician
10 5 (5.05%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 5 (5.05%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
10 5 (5.05%) Infrastructure Support
10 5 (5.05%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
10 5 (5.05%) Microsoft Engineer
10 5 (5.05%) Security Engineer
10 5 (5.05%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (4.04%) Junior Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.01%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.01%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.12%) Hybrid Cloud
2 10 (10.10%) Data Centre
3 8 (8.08%) Life Science
3 8 (8.08%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (5.05%) Driving Licence
5 3 (3.03%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (3.03%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.02%) CCTV
6 2 (2.02%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (2.02%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.02%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.02%) SCADA
7 1 (1.01%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.01%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (1.01%) IoT
7 1 (1.01%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.01%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 47 (47.47%) Windows
2 38 (38.38%) Windows Server
3 11 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
4 10 (10.10%) Linux
5 7 (7.07%) VMS
6 5 (5.05%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (4.04%) Windows 10
8 3 (3.03%) Android
9 1 (1.01%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.01%) Mac OS
9 1 (1.01%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 20 (20.20%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
4 18 (18.18%) Migration
5 15 (15.15%) Disaster Recovery
6 12 (12.12%) ITIL
7 10 (10.10%) Collaborative Culture
7 10 (10.10%) Customer Service
7 10 (10.10%) Mentoring
7 10 (10.10%) Service Delivery
7 10 (10.10%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (9.09%) Incident Response
8 9 (9.09%) Project Delivery
9 7 (7.07%) Business Continuity
9 7 (7.07%) Information Security
9 7 (7.07%) Service Management
10 6 (6.06%) Customer Engagement
10 6 (6.06%) Decision-Making
10 6 (6.06%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 13 (13.13%) PowerShell
2 8 (8.08%) Python
3 6 (6.06%) SQL
4 2 (2.02%) Bicep
5 1 (1.01%) Bash
Qualifications
1 20 (20.20%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (13.13%) CCNA
3 11 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
4 8 (8.08%) Azure Certification
5 7 (7.07%) Degree
6 6 (6.06%) CCNP
7 5 (5.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (5.05%) SC Cleared
7 5 (5.05%) Security Cleared
8 4 (4.04%) CCIE
8 4 (4.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.01%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.01%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (14.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (10.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.04%) SLA
4 2 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (2.02%) GDPR
5 1 (1.01%) QA
System Software
1 39 (39.39%) Active Directory
2 16 (16.16%) Hyper-V
3 11 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (6.06%) vSphere
5 4 (4.04%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (2.02%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.01%) Docker
7 1 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (29.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (9.09%) Terraform
3 7 (7.07%) Ansible
4 2 (2.02%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.02%) Nessus
4 2 (2.02%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 2 (2.02%) Proxmox
5 1 (1.01%) Grafana
Vendors
1 48 (48.48%) Microsoft
2 33 (33.33%) Cisco
3 13 (13.13%) VMware
4 11 (11.11%) Juniper
5 10 (10.10%) Fortinet
6 9 (9.09%) Meraki
6 9 (9.09%) Veeam
7 6 (6.06%) Palo Alto
8 5 (5.05%) iManage
9 4 (4.04%) CheckPoint
9 4 (4.04%) Huawei
9 4 (4.04%) Polycom
10 2 (2.02%) Arista
10 2 (2.02%) F5
10 2 (2.02%) SonicWALL
10 2 (2.02%) Zoho
11 1 (1.01%) SolarWinds