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 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 42 46
Rank change year-on-year -44 +4 0
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 112 160 166
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.46% 4.80% 3.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.07% 29.80% 36.40%
Number of salaries quoted 97 79 102
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,600 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £28,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -33.33% +10.53%
75th Percentile £55,000 £49,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,000 £46,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year +11.83% -7.92% -3.81%

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 558 537 456
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 7.27% 16.10% 9.61%
Number of salaries quoted 315 341 243
10th Percentile £25,800 - £26,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £25,087 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -28.89% +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £48,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £66,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £49,000 £40,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +22.50% -20.79% -3.81%

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 29 September 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 29 September 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 36 £42,500 +30.77% 9
West Yorkshire -56 34 £45,000 +12.50% 19
North Yorkshire -5 20 £41,250 +50.00% 5
East Yorkshire -30 1 £42,500 +51.79% 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 29 (25.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (23.21%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 61 (54.46%) Microsoft 365
2 51 (45.54%) Azure
3 37 (33.04%) Entra ID
4 9 (8.04%) AWS
5 8 (7.14%) Power Platform
6 6 (5.36%) IaaS
7 5 (4.46%) Mimecast
8 4 (3.57%) PaaS
9 2 (1.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (1.79%) GitHub
9 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.79%) SaaS
10 1 (0.89%) Azure App Service
10 1 (0.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (0.89%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.89%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (0.89%) GCP
10 1 (0.89%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.89%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 32 (28.57%) WAN
2 29 (25.89%) VPN
3 25 (22.32%) LAN
4 22 (19.64%) TCP/IP
5 21 (18.75%) DNS
6 18 (16.07%) Wireless
7 17 (15.18%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (14.29%) DHCP
9 15 (13.39%) Network Security
10 14 (12.50%) SD-WAN
11 12 (10.71%) VoIP
12 11 (9.82%) BGP
12 11 (9.82%) VLAN
13 7 (6.25%) Internet
13 7 (6.25%) MPLS
13 7 (6.25%) OSPF
14 5 (4.46%) ADSL
14 5 (4.46%) VXLAN
15 4 (3.57%) Intrusion Detection
15 4 (3.57%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.68%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.89%) InfluxDB
3 1 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.79%) Jenkins
1 2 (1.79%) JIRA
General
1 55 (49.11%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (7.14%) Law
4 7 (6.25%) Manufacturing
5 5 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.79%) Banking
7 1 (0.89%) Advertising
7 1 (0.89%) Digital Health
7 1 (0.89%) Finance
7 1 (0.89%) Legal
7 1 (0.89%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 32 (28.57%) IT Support
2 26 (23.21%) Support Engineer
3 24 (21.43%) IT Engineer
4 23 (20.54%) IT Support Engineer
4 23 (20.54%) Network Engineer
5 20 (17.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (10.71%) Analyst
7 11 (9.82%) Architect
8 10 (8.93%) Senior
9 9 (8.04%) Support Analyst
10 8 (7.14%) Support Technician
11 7 (6.25%) Network Architect
11 7 (6.25%) Security Engineer
12 6 (5.36%) IT Technician
13 5 (4.46%) 2nd Line Support
13 5 (4.46%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 5 (4.46%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
13 5 (4.46%) Infrastructure Support
13 5 (4.46%) Microsoft Engineer
13 5 (4.46%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.04%) Terraform
2 1 (0.89%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.89%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.61%) Data Centre
2 11 (9.82%) CCTV
3 10 (8.93%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (6.25%) Life Science
4 7 (6.25%) Linux Command Line
4 7 (6.25%) Operational Technology
5 4 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (3.57%) Driving Licence
5 4 (3.57%) SCADA
6 3 (2.68%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.79%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.89%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.89%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.89%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.89%) IoT
8 1 (0.89%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.89%) Social Media
8 1 (0.89%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 62 (55.36%) Windows
2 54 (48.21%) Windows Server
3 11 (9.82%) Windows Server 2019
4 9 (8.04%) Android
4 9 (8.04%) Linux
5 8 (7.14%) VMS
6 5 (4.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (3.57%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.89%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.89%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.89%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (38.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 27 (24.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 23 (20.54%) Cybersecurity
5 20 (17.86%) Disaster Recovery
6 19 (16.96%) Migration
7 17 (15.18%) Customer Service
8 14 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
8 14 (12.50%) ITIL
9 12 (10.71%) Project Delivery
10 10 (8.93%) Incident Response
10 10 (8.93%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (7.14%) Infrastructure Maintenance
11 8 (7.14%) Security Monitoring
11 8 (7.14%) Service Delivery
12 7 (6.25%) Business Continuity
12 7 (6.25%) Information Security
12 7 (6.25%) Service Management
13 6 (5.36%) Customer Engagement
13 6 (5.36%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 15 (13.39%) PowerShell
2 10 (8.93%) Python
3 7 (6.25%) SQL
4 2 (1.79%) ActionScript
4 2 (1.79%) Bicep
5 1 (0.89%) Bash
Qualifications
1 20 (17.86%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (12.50%) CCNA
3 11 (9.82%) Network+ Certification
4 8 (7.14%) Azure Certification
5 6 (5.36%) CCNP
5 6 (5.36%) SC Cleared
5 6 (5.36%) Security Cleared
6 5 (4.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (3.57%) CCIE
7 4 (3.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.79%) Degree
9 1 (0.89%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.89%) CCSA
9 1 (0.89%) CCSE
9 1 (0.89%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.89%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.57%) SLA
4 2 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.79%) GDPR
5 1 (0.89%) NIST
5 1 (0.89%) QA
System Software
1 48 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 27 (24.11%) Hyper-V
3 11 (9.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (5.36%) vSphere
5 4 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (2.68%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 35 (31.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (6.25%) Ansible
3 4 (3.57%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 2 (1.79%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.79%) Nessus
4 2 (1.79%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.89%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.89%) Grafana
5 1 (0.89%) VxRail
Vendors
1 57 (50.89%) Microsoft
2 31 (27.68%) Cisco
3 14 (12.50%) VMware
4 11 (9.82%) Fortinet
4 11 (9.82%) Juniper
4 11 (9.82%) Meraki
4 11 (9.82%) SonicWALL
5 9 (8.04%) Veeam
6 7 (6.25%) Palo Alto
7 5 (4.46%) CheckPoint
7 5 (4.46%) iManage
8 4 (3.57%) F5
8 4 (3.57%) Huawei
8 4 (3.57%) Polycom
9 2 (1.79%) Arista
9 2 (1.79%) Zoho
10 1 (0.89%) Okta
10 1 (0.89%) SolarWinds