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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 38 45
Rank change year-on-year -61 +7 +21
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 107 178 206
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.53% 5.12% 3.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.10% 30.58% 30.98%
Number of salaries quoted 98 91 159
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,875 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £57,239 £51,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% - -3.92%

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 507 582 665
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 7.24% 16.73% 12.24%
Number of salaries quoted 298 387 470
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,087 £26,000
25th Percentile £28,813 £26,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,250 £32,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.46% -23.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,239 £48,125 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -11.46% -5.85%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -30 34 £42,500 -6.59% 6
West Yorkshire -64 30 £48,445 +21.11% 26
North Yorkshire -9 19 £31,750 +18.14% 4
East Yorkshire -43 1 £52,500 +25.00% 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 (27.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (25.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (6.54%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 53 (49.53%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (46.73%) Azure
3 39 (36.45%) Entra ID
4 11 (10.28%) AWS
5 10 (9.35%) Power Platform
6 8 (7.48%) Microsoft Purview
7 5 (4.67%) Mimecast
8 3 (2.80%) IaaS
8 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (2.80%) PaaS
9 2 (1.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (1.87%) OCI
9 2 (1.87%) SaaS
10 1 (0.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.93%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (0.93%) GCP
10 1 (0.93%) GitHub
10 1 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.93%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 38 (35.51%) WAN
2 31 (28.97%) LAN
3 27 (25.23%) VPN
4 24 (22.43%) TCP/IP
5 18 (16.82%) Wireless
6 15 (14.02%) DNS
7 13 (12.15%) Network Security
7 13 (12.15%) SD-WAN
8 12 (11.21%) DHCP
8 12 (11.21%) VoIP
9 11 (10.28%) BGP
9 11 (10.28%) VLAN
9 11 (10.28%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (6.54%) MPLS
10 7 (6.54%) OSPF
10 7 (6.54%) VXLAN
11 6 (5.61%) Internet
12 5 (4.67%) ADSL
13 4 (3.74%) NGFW
13 4 (3.74%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.87%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.93%) InfluxDB
2 1 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Jenkins
General
1 66 (61.68%) Social Skills
2 20 (18.69%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (9.35%) Law
4 4 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.80%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.93%) Digital Health
6 1 (0.93%) Finance
6 1 (0.93%) Legal
6 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (22.43%) IT Support
2 23 (21.50%) Network Engineer
3 21 (19.63%) Support Engineer
4 15 (14.02%) IT Engineer
4 15 (14.02%) IT Support Engineer
5 14 (13.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 14 (13.08%) Senior
6 11 (10.28%) Architect
7 10 (9.35%) Analyst
8 9 (8.41%) Support Analyst
9 7 (6.54%) Network Architect
10 6 (5.61%) IT Technician
10 6 (5.61%) Lead
11 5 (4.67%) Help Desk Adviser
11 5 (4.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 5 (4.67%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
11 5 (4.67%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
11 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Engineer
11 5 (4.67%) Security Engineer
11 5 (4.67%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.93%) 802.1X
1 1 (0.93%) ARM Templates
1 1 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.21%) Data Centre
1 12 (11.21%) Hybrid Cloud
2 8 (7.48%) Life Science
2 8 (7.48%) Linux Command Line
3 6 (5.61%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (5.61%) Driving Licence
4 5 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.80%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (2.80%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.80%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.87%) PKI
7 1 (0.93%) CCTV
7 1 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.93%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.93%) IoT
7 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.93%) SCADA
7 1 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 46 (42.99%) Windows
2 37 (34.58%) Windows Server
3 11 (10.28%) Windows Server 2019
4 9 (8.41%) Linux
5 7 (6.54%) VMS
6 5 (4.67%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (3.74%) Windows 10
8 2 (1.87%) Android
9 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.93%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (35.51%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (28.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 25 (23.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 23 (21.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 22 (20.56%) Cybersecurity
6 18 (16.82%) Migration
7 16 (14.95%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (14.02%) Incident Response
9 13 (12.15%) Business Continuity
10 12 (11.21%) Customer Service
10 12 (11.21%) Decision-Making
10 12 (11.21%) ITIL
10 12 (11.21%) Mentoring
11 10 (9.35%) Collaborative Culture
11 10 (9.35%) Service Delivery
12 9 (8.41%) BCP
13 8 (7.48%) Coaching
14 7 (6.54%) Information Security
14 7 (6.54%) SIEM
14 7 (6.54%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.21%) PowerShell
2 11 (10.28%) Python
3 6 (5.61%) SQL
4 2 (1.87%) Bash
4 2 (1.87%) Bicep
5 1 (0.93%) Go
Qualifications
1 19 (17.76%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (11.21%) CCNA
3 10 (9.35%) Network+ Certification
4 9 (8.41%) Azure Certification
5 8 (7.48%) Degree
6 6 (5.61%) CCNP
7 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (4.67%) SC Cleared
7 5 (4.67%) Security Cleared
8 4 (3.74%) CCIE
8 4 (3.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.93%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.93%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (18.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (14.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (7.48%) GDPR
4 6 (5.61%) NIST
5 4 (3.74%) SLA
6 2 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.93%) QA
System Software
1 41 (38.32%) Active Directory
2 15 (14.02%) Hyper-V
3 11 (10.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (4.67%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (4.67%) vSphere
5 2 (1.87%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.93%) Docker
6 1 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.93%) XenApp
6 1 (0.93%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 30 (28.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (11.21%) Terraform
3 10 (9.35%) Ansible
4 2 (1.87%) Grafana
4 2 (1.87%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.87%) Nessus
4 2 (1.87%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.93%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.93%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.93%) SCCM
Vendors
1 55 (51.40%) Microsoft
2 33 (30.84%) Cisco
3 13 (12.15%) VMware
4 11 (10.28%) Fortinet
4 11 (10.28%) Juniper
5 9 (8.41%) Meraki
5 9 (8.41%) Veeam
6 6 (5.61%) Palo Alto
7 5 (4.67%) iManage
8 4 (3.74%) Arista
8 4 (3.74%) CheckPoint
8 4 (3.74%) Huawei
8 4 (3.74%) Polycom
9 2 (1.87%) Aruba
9 2 (1.87%) F5
9 2 (1.87%) NetScout
9 2 (1.87%) Zoho
10 1 (0.93%) Commvault
10 1 (0.93%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.93%) SonicWALL