Firewall Jobs in Yorkshire

Firewall
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firewall over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 39 68
Rank change year-on-year -9 +29 +42
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 163 269 305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 4.38% 4.16% 4.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.95% 33.67% 25.94%
Number of salaries quoted 75 207 189
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £28,350
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £55,000 £63,750 £65,313
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,500 £76,316
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -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 817 799 1,176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 21.94% 12.35% 17.51%
Number of salaries quoted 500 556 448
10th Percentile £25,084 £26,000 £27,600
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,425
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.94% - -15.00%
75th Percentile £41,313 £60,088 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,125 £73,750 £76,671
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in Yorkshire.

Salary trend for Firewall in Yorkshire

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 2 July 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 2 July 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 -22 58 £42,350 -19.33% 89
North Yorkshire -12 45 £40,000 +6.67% 31
South Yorkshire +41 35 £45,500 +21.33% 53
East Yorkshire 0 19 £42,500 - 21
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 14 (8.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.45%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.23%) Confluence
3 2 (1.23%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.23%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.23%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (0.61%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (5.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (5.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.68%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 57 (34.97%) Azure
2 40 (24.54%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (14.72%) Entra ID
4 21 (12.88%) AWS
5 8 (4.91%) GCP
6 7 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (3.68%) OCI
7 6 (3.68%) SaaS
8 2 (1.23%) Azure AI
8 2 (1.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (1.23%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (1.23%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.23%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (1.23%) GitHub
8 2 (1.23%) IaaS
8 2 (1.23%) PaaS
8 2 (1.23%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.23%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.61%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.61%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 40 (24.54%) VPN
2 30 (18.40%) LAN
3 28 (17.18%) Network Security
4 27 (16.56%) TCP/IP
4 27 (16.56%) WAN
5 23 (14.11%) DNS
6 20 (12.27%) VLAN
7 15 (9.20%) VoIP
7 15 (9.20%) Wireless
8 14 (8.59%) BGP
8 14 (8.59%) OSPF
9 12 (7.36%) DHCP
10 10 (6.13%) Cisco Nexus
10 10 (6.13%) SD-WAN
11 9 (5.52%) SAN
11 9 (5.52%) WLAN
12 6 (3.68%) DWDM
12 6 (3.68%) MPLS
13 5 (3.07%) Cisco Firepower
13 5 (3.07%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.84%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.23%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.23%) MySQL
2 2 (1.23%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (4.91%) Sonatype Nexus
2 5 (3.07%) JIRA
3 2 (1.23%) Git
3 2 (1.23%) Jenkins
General
1 41 (25.15%) Social Skills
2 10 (6.13%) Public Sector
3 6 (3.68%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (3.68%) Finance
4 4 (2.45%) Manufacturing
4 4 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (1.23%) Local Government
5 2 (1.23%) Police
5 2 (1.23%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.61%) Legal
Job Titles
1 44 (26.99%) IT Engineer
2 23 (14.11%) Network Engineer
3 19 (11.66%) Instrumentation Engineer
4 13 (7.98%) Lead
5 12 (7.36%) Analyst
5 12 (7.36%) Technical Support
6 10 (6.13%) Infrastructure Manager
6 10 (6.13%) Security Specialist
6 10 (6.13%) Support Engineer
7 9 (5.52%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 9 (5.52%) Service Desk Engineer
8 8 (4.91%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 8 (4.91%) Support Analyst
9 7 (4.29%) IT Support
10 6 (3.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (3.68%) Senior
10 6 (3.68%) Technical Analyst
10 6 (3.68%) Technical Engineer
10 6 (3.68%) Technical Support Analyst
10 6 (3.68%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.23%) LDAP
1 2 (1.23%) Middleware
2 1 (0.61%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 58 (35.58%) Operational Technology
2 9 (5.52%) Data Centre
3 8 (4.91%) Clustering
4 7 (4.29%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.07%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.84%) CCTV
6 3 (1.84%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.23%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.23%) FMCG
7 2 (1.23%) NHS
7 2 (1.23%) PKI
7 2 (1.23%) Replication
7 2 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.61%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.61%) SCADA
8 1 (0.61%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 117 (71.78%) Windows
2 28 (17.18%) Windows Server
3 23 (14.11%) Linux
4 9 (5.52%) Windows 10
5 8 (4.91%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.23%) Check Point GAiA
6 2 (1.23%) Solaris
7 1 (0.61%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.61%) Unix
7 1 (0.61%) VMS
7 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (46.01%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (38.65%) Network Design
3 59 (36.20%) Network Management
4 33 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (11.04%) Incident Management
6 16 (9.82%) Customer Service
6 16 (9.82%) ITIL
7 14 (8.59%) Incident Response
7 14 (8.59%) Technical Leadership
8 13 (7.98%) Penetration Testing
8 13 (7.98%) Service Delivery
9 12 (7.36%) Mentoring
9 12 (7.36%) Migration
9 12 (7.36%) Task Automation
9 12 (7.36%) Vulnerability Management
10 11 (6.75%) Proactive Monitoring
10 11 (6.75%) SIEM
11 10 (6.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (6.13%) SOAR
12 9 (5.52%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 20 (12.27%) SQL
2 16 (9.82%) Python
3 13 (7.98%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.45%) Bash
5 2 (1.23%) Bicep
5 2 (1.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (10.43%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (8.59%) CCNA
2 14 (8.59%) CCNP
3 12 (7.36%) SC Cleared
3 12 (7.36%) Security Cleared
4 9 (5.52%) Degree
5 7 (4.29%) JNCIS
5 7 (4.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.68%) JNCIA
7 5 (3.07%) CCSA
7 5 (3.07%) CISMP
7 5 (3.07%) GSEC
8 4 (2.45%) A+ Certification
8 4 (2.45%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.84%) CCSE
10 2 (1.23%) CEH
10 2 (1.23%) CISSP
10 2 (1.23%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.07%) GDPR
4 3 (1.84%) ISO 14001
4 3 (1.84%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.84%) NIST
5 2 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.23%) NCSC
5 2 (1.23%) SLA
6 1 (0.61%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.61%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 96 (58.90%) Active Directory
2 58 (35.58%) Virtual Servers
3 22 (13.50%) Hyper-V
4 15 (9.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (5.52%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.23%) Firmware
6 2 (1.23%) KVM
6 2 (1.23%) NFS
6 2 (1.23%) SRDF
6 2 (1.23%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 2 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.23%) vSphere
6 2 (1.23%) Xen
7 1 (0.61%) pfSense
7 1 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.61%) XenApp
7 1 (0.61%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 16 (9.82%) Ansible
2 14 (8.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (6.13%) FortiGate
3 10 (6.13%) Kubernetes
4 8 (4.91%) Terraform
5 5 (3.07%) WSUS
6 2 (1.23%) Puppet
6 2 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.61%) Nessus
7 1 (0.61%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.61%) SCCM
Vendors
1 60 (36.81%) Microsoft
2 27 (16.56%) Cisco
3 23 (14.11%) VMware
4 8 (4.91%) CheckPoint
5 7 (4.29%) Citrix
5 7 (4.29%) Fortinet
5 7 (4.29%) Meraki
5 7 (4.29%) SonicWALL
6 6 (3.68%) Arista
7 5 (3.07%) Dell
7 5 (3.07%) Draytek
7 5 (3.07%) HP
7 5 (3.07%) Palo Alto
7 5 (3.07%) Supermicro
7 5 (3.07%) Ubiquiti
8 4 (2.45%) Sophos
9 2 (1.23%) arcserve
9 2 (1.23%) Databricks
9 2 (1.23%) Forcepoint
9 2 (1.23%) Google