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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 48 49
Rank change year-on-year +8 +1 +57
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 161 162 199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 4.89% 3.28% 5.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.60% 33.96% 27.95%
Number of salaries quoted 80 100 168
10th Percentile £25,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £41,188 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,750 £52,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +4.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £48,938 £65,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £82,548
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -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 544 477 712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 16.52% 9.67% 18.50%
Number of salaries quoted 351 268 439
10th Percentile - £25,750 £27,600
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £43,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.58% +1.18% -11.46%
75th Percentile £48,750 £62,500 £61,949
90th Percentile £66,250 £78,750 £77,542
England median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -17.00% -2.91% -1.90%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall 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 16 September 2025.

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 16 September 2025. 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 +13 64 £40,000 -33.33% 24
North Yorkshire -1 39 £27,500 -38.89% 7
South Yorkshire +22 27 £32,500 -40.91% 11
East Yorkshire 0 20 £31,500 -28.00% 9
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 22 (13.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (4.97%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.24%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 56 (34.78%) Azure
2 44 (27.33%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (18.01%) Entra ID
4 21 (13.04%) AWS
5 9 (5.59%) SaaS
6 8 (4.97%) GCP
7 7 (4.35%) OCI
8 6 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.24%) Azure AI
9 2 (1.24%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (1.24%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (1.24%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.24%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (1.24%) IaaS
9 2 (1.24%) PaaS
9 2 (1.24%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.24%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.62%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 35 (21.74%) VLAN
1 35 (21.74%) VPN
2 32 (19.88%) VoIP
3 26 (16.15%) LAN
3 26 (16.15%) WAN
4 25 (15.53%) DNS
5 23 (14.29%) Network Security
6 18 (11.18%) TCP/IP
7 17 (10.56%) DHCP
8 14 (8.70%) WLAN
9 13 (8.07%) BGP
9 13 (8.07%) SAN
10 12 (7.45%) Wireless
11 8 (4.97%) SD-WAN
12 7 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (3.73%) ADSL
13 6 (3.73%) Broadband
13 6 (3.73%) MPLS
13 6 (3.73%) OSPF
13 6 (3.73%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.24%) Data Lake
1 2 (1.24%) MySQL
1 2 (1.24%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.24%) Git
1 2 (1.24%) JIRA
1 2 (1.24%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 35 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 7 (4.35%) Manufacturing
3 6 (3.73%) Finance
4 5 (3.11%) Telecoms
5 3 (1.86%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.62%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.62%) Law
6 1 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (29.81%) IT Engineer
2 21 (13.04%) Analyst
3 19 (11.80%) Instrumentation Engineer
4 18 (11.18%) Network Engineer
4 18 (11.18%) Technical Support
5 15 (9.32%) Support Analyst
5 15 (9.32%) Support Engineer
6 13 (8.07%) Lead
6 13 (8.07%) Support Technician
7 12 (7.45%) IT Support
8 10 (6.21%) Security Specialist
9 9 (5.59%) Cybersecurity Specialist
9 9 (5.59%) Senior
9 9 (5.59%) Technical Analyst
9 9 (5.59%) Technical Engineer
9 9 (5.59%) Technical Support Analyst
9 9 (5.59%) Technical Support Engineer
10 7 (4.35%) Senior Support Technician
10 7 (4.35%) Senior Technician
11 6 (3.73%) Field Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.62%) ARM Templates
1 1 (0.62%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 59 (36.65%) Operational Technology
2 13 (8.07%) Clustering
2 13 (8.07%) Data Centre
3 11 (6.83%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.73%) FMCG
4 6 (3.73%) Handset
5 2 (1.24%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.24%) NHS
5 2 (1.24%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.62%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.62%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.62%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.62%) SCADA
6 1 (0.62%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 118 (73.29%) Windows
2 27 (16.77%) Linux
3 25 (15.53%) Windows Server
4 13 (8.07%) Windows 10
4 13 (8.07%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.24%) Check Point GAiA
6 1 (0.62%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.62%) Unix
6 1 (0.62%) VMS
6 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (47.20%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (39.13%) Network Design
3 62 (38.51%) Network Management
4 23 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 23 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (11.80%) ITIL
6 15 (9.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (8.07%) Incident Response
7 13 (8.07%) Penetration Testing
8 12 (7.45%) Process Improvement
9 11 (6.83%) Proactive Monitoring
9 11 (6.83%) Vulnerability Management
10 10 (6.21%) Incident Management
10 10 (6.21%) Migration
10 10 (6.21%) Security Architecture
10 10 (6.21%) SIEM
10 10 (6.21%) SOAR
11 9 (5.59%) Interactive Application Security Testing
11 9 (5.59%) Security Testing
11 9 (5.59%) Static Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.07%) PowerShell
2 12 (7.45%) Python
3 6 (3.73%) SQL
4 3 (1.86%) Bash
5 2 (1.24%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 16 (9.94%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (9.32%) CCNA
2 15 (9.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (5.59%) CCNP
4 7 (4.35%) CISMP
4 7 (4.35%) GSEC
5 4 (2.48%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.86%) CCSA
6 3 (1.86%) CCSE
6 3 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.86%) Degree
6 3 (1.86%) JNCIS
7 2 (1.24%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.24%) JNCIA
7 2 (1.24%) MCSE
7 2 (1.24%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.24%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.24%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.62%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.35%) GDPR
2 3 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.86%) NCSC
3 2 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.24%) NIST
3 2 (1.24%) SLA
System Software
1 85 (52.80%) Active Directory
2 58 (36.02%) Virtual Servers
3 25 (15.53%) Hyper-V
4 9 (5.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (4.97%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.24%) vSphere
7 1 (0.62%) Docker
7 1 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.62%) XenApp
7 1 (0.62%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 22 (13.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (6.83%) Ansible
3 6 (3.73%) Terraform
4 3 (1.86%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.24%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.62%) SCCM
6 1 (0.62%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 54 (33.54%) Microsoft
2 27 (16.77%) Cisco
3 18 (11.18%) SonicWALL
4 14 (8.70%) Meraki
5 13 (8.07%) Dell
5 13 (8.07%) HP
5 13 (8.07%) Supermicro
6 11 (6.83%) Fortinet
7 9 (5.59%) Citrix
7 9 (5.59%) VMware
8 8 (4.97%) Sophos
9 6 (3.73%) Aruba
9 6 (3.73%) Huawei
9 6 (3.73%) Polycom
10 5 (3.11%) Apple
10 5 (3.11%) Sage
11 4 (2.48%) CheckPoint
12 3 (1.86%) Palo Alto
13 2 (1.24%) Arista
13 2 (1.24%) Databricks