Firewall Job Trends in Durham

Firewall
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Durham citing Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 33 25
Rank change year-on-year -7 -8 -5
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 7 6 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham 1.31% 2.28% 5.90%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.00% 5.88% 38.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 9
10th Percentile £37,927 - £31,450
25th Percentile £39,260 £29,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £31,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% -37.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile - £33,250 £52,500
90th Percentile - - £55,150
North East median annual salary £40,000 £31,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +26.98% -30.00% +7.78%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Durham

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 citing communications or computer networking skills in Durham.

6 months to
1 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills 35 102 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 6.53% 38.78% 15.50%
Number of salaries quoted 21 78 30
10th Percentile £27,505 - £22,000
25th Percentile £28,250 - £31,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £25,087 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +59.45% -49.83% +21.21%
75th Percentile £62,500 £33,250 £70,000
90th Percentile - £78,790 £70,414
North East median annual salary £42,500 £25,087 £44,274
% change year-on-year +69.41% -43.34% +11.58%

Firewall Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Firewall relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Durham.

Firewall job vacancy trend in Durham

Firewall Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Firewall

Firewall Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Durham region over the 6 months to 1 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Newton Aycliffe - 3 £40,000 -
Bishop Auckland - 1 - -
Firewall
North East

Firewall Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1TCP/IP42.9%3
2DHCP14.3%1
2DNS14.3%1
2LAN14.3%1
2SAN14.3%1
2SD-WAN14.3%1
2VPN14.3%1
2WAN14.3%1
2Wi-Fi14.3%1