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 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 42 36
Rank change year-on-year -34 -6 +49
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 101 142 211
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 2.81% 4.67% 5.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.60% 42.77% 39.44%
Number of salaries quoted 92 90 182
10th Percentile £26,250 £36,125 £29,138
25th Percentile £28,000 £42,500 £35,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,239 £62,188 £61,949
90th Percentile - £75,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -4.76%

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 574 332 535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 16.00% 10.91% 13.39%
Number of salaries quoted 303 173 451
10th Percentile £25,087 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,000 £36,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £45,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% +11.11% -4.71%
75th Percentile £46,125 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £75,000 £72,433
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

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 25 January 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 25 January 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
West Yorkshire -28 34 £45,000 -14.29% 22
South Yorkshire -8 12 £40,000 -31.33% 8
East Yorkshire -17 12 £40,000 -11.11% 6
North Yorkshire -17 11 £27,501 -50.00% 3
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 27 (26.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (13.86%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.99%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (20.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 43 (42.57%) Azure
2 42 (41.58%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (37.62%) Entra ID
4 16 (15.84%) Microsoft Purview
5 12 (11.88%) AWS
6 4 (3.96%) GCP
6 4 (3.96%) OCI
7 3 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.97%) GitHub
7 3 (2.97%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (2.97%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.98%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 2 (1.98%) SaaS
9 1 (0.99%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 37 (36.63%) VPN
2 28 (27.72%) WAN
3 27 (26.73%) VLAN
4 26 (25.74%) LAN
5 22 (21.78%) DNS
6 20 (19.80%) TCP/IP
7 19 (18.81%) DHCP
8 16 (15.84%) Network Security
8 16 (15.84%) VoIP
9 10 (9.90%) SAN
10 8 (7.92%) Wireless
11 7 (6.93%) SD-WAN
11 7 (6.93%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (5.94%) BGP
13 5 (4.95%) MPLS
13 5 (4.95%) WLAN
14 4 (3.96%) ADSL
14 4 (3.96%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (3.96%) WebEx
14 4 (3.96%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.93%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.95%) MySQL
3 3 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.97%) Jenkins
General
1 49 (48.51%) Social Skills
2 22 (21.78%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (16.83%) Manufacturing
4 11 (10.89%) Law
5 9 (8.91%) Telecoms
6 8 (7.92%) Public Sector
6 8 (7.92%) Retail
7 5 (4.95%) Advertising
8 4 (3.96%) Finance
8 4 (3.96%) Legal
9 3 (2.97%) Aerospace
9 3 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.99%) Electronics
10 1 (0.99%) Marketing
10 1 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (30.69%) IT Support
2 18 (17.82%) Support Engineer
2 18 (17.82%) Support Technician
3 16 (15.84%) Lead
4 15 (14.85%) IT Engineer
5 13 (12.87%) 2nd Line Support
6 12 (11.88%) IT Support Engineer
7 11 (10.89%) Senior
8 10 (9.90%) 2nd Line Support Technician
8 10 (9.90%) Analyst
8 10 (9.90%) IT Support Technician
8 10 (9.90%) IT Technician
9 9 (8.91%) 3rd Line Support
10 7 (6.93%) Network Engineer
10 7 (6.93%) Support Analyst
10 7 (6.93%) Technical Support
11 6 (5.94%) Help Desk Support
11 6 (5.94%) Help Desk Support Technician
11 6 (5.94%) Help Desk Technician
11 6 (5.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.97%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.99%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 16 (15.84%) Data Protection Act
2 15 (14.85%) Data Centre
3 13 (12.87%) Driving Licence
4 9 (8.91%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (6.93%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.96%) Clustering
6 4 (3.96%) PKI
7 3 (2.97%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.97%) Handset
7 3 (2.97%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.98%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.98%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.98%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 50 (49.50%) Windows
2 42 (41.58%) Windows Server
3 15 (14.85%) Linux
4 9 (8.91%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (7.92%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.98%) Android
6 2 (1.98%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (28.71%) Disaster Recovery
2 26 (25.74%) Cybersecurity
3 25 (24.75%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (21.78%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (19.80%) Incident Response
6 19 (18.81%) Customer Service
6 19 (18.81%) Decision-Making
7 18 (17.82%) Data Protection
7 18 (17.82%) ITIL
7 18 (17.82%) Security Architecture
7 18 (17.82%) SIEM
8 17 (16.83%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (15.84%) BCP
9 16 (15.84%) Business Continuity
9 16 (15.84%) Business Continuity Planning
9 16 (15.84%) Information Governance
9 16 (15.84%) Risk Management
9 16 (15.84%) Risk Register
10 10 (9.90%) Time Management
11 9 (8.91%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.91%) PowerShell
2 8 (7.92%) Python
3 4 (3.96%) VBA
4 3 (2.97%) Bash
4 3 (2.97%) Go
4 3 (2.97%) SQL
5 2 (1.98%) Bicep
5 2 (1.98%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (9.90%) Cisco Certification
1 10 (9.90%) Degree
2 8 (7.92%) CCNA
3 6 (5.94%) CCNP
4 4 (3.96%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.99%) CISMP
6 1 (0.99%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.99%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (24.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (21.78%) GDPR
3 19 (18.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 18 (17.82%) NIST
5 3 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.98%) GRC
6 2 (1.98%) NCSC
6 2 (1.98%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.99%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 43 (42.57%) Active Directory
2 31 (30.69%) Hyper-V
3 16 (15.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.97%) vSphere
5 1 (0.99%) Docker
5 1 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (15.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (12.87%) Terraform
3 9 (8.91%) Ansible
4 3 (2.97%) Grafana
4 3 (2.97%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.98%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.98%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.98%) Plesk
6 1 (0.99%) Kibana
6 1 (0.99%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 66 (65.35%) Microsoft
2 26 (25.74%) VMware
3 18 (17.82%) Cisco
4 10 (9.90%) SonicWALL
5 9 (8.91%) Citrix
5 9 (8.91%) Fortinet
5 9 (8.91%) Meraki
6 7 (6.93%) Aruba
7 5 (4.95%) Huawei
8 4 (3.96%) Adobe
8 4 (3.96%) Apple
8 4 (3.96%) Arista
8 4 (3.96%) Dell
8 4 (3.96%) HP
8 4 (3.96%) NetScout
8 4 (3.96%) Polycom
8 4 (3.96%) Sage
8 4 (3.96%) Supermicro
8 4 (3.96%) Veeam
9 3 (2.97%) WatchGuard