NGFW Jobs in England

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for NGFW skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NGFW over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 766 748 1079
Rank change year-on-year -18 +331 -288
Permanent jobs citing NGFW 56 173 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.065% 0.20% 0.052%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.46% 1.24% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 50 87 57
10th Percentile £45,000 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -28.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £82,500 £63,125 £67,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £72,500 £71,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +22.22% -28.00% -10.71%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

NGFW is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,058 13,979 18,050
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.96% 15.83% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,529 7,169 10,362
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

NGFW
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing NGFW as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for NGFW in England

NGFW
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NGFW in England.

Salary trend for NGFW in England

NGFW
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing NGFW in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for NGFW in England

NGFW
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NGFW within the England region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. 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 Midlands +26 21 £80,000 +16.36% 2
Midlands -5 21 £80,000 +16.36% 2
London +113 13 £68,250 +1.11% 8
South East -9 13 £52,500 -16.00% 2
North of England -30 8 £44,500 -1.11% 4
North West -46 7 £50,000 +11.11% 4
East of England +4 1 £55,000 +29.41%
North East -15 1 £39,000 +4.00%
NGFW
UK

NGFW
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (1.79%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 23 (41.07%) Azure
2 15 (26.79%) IaaS
3 14 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (19.64%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (19.64%) PaaS
5 4 (7.14%) AWS
5 4 (7.14%) Entra ID
6 3 (5.36%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 36 (64.29%) Firewall
2 24 (42.86%) Wireless
3 22 (39.29%) VPN
4 21 (37.50%) Cisco Firepower
5 18 (32.14%) LAN
5 18 (32.14%) Network Security
5 18 (32.14%) WAN
6 13 (23.21%) BGP
6 13 (23.21%) OSPF
7 11 (19.64%) SD-WAN
8 8 (14.29%) Software-Defined Networking
9 7 (12.50%) DNS
9 7 (12.50%) TCP/IP
9 7 (12.50%) VLAN
9 7 (12.50%) WLAN
10 6 (10.71%) EIGRP
10 6 (10.71%) Internet
11 5 (8.93%) DHCP
11 5 (8.93%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (8.93%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.93%) NoSQL
General
1 11 (19.64%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.93%) Legal
3 2 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.57%) Law
4 1 (1.79%) Finance
4 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.79%) Police
4 1 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 15 (26.79%) Senior
3 12 (21.43%) Senior Network Engineer
4 11 (19.64%) Architect
4 11 (19.64%) Citrix Architect
4 11 (19.64%) Cloud Architect
4 11 (19.64%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
4 11 (19.64%) DevOps Architect
5 9 (16.07%) Network Security Engineer
5 9 (16.07%) Security Engineer
6 4 (7.14%) Consultant
6 4 (7.14%) Security Consultant
7 3 (5.36%) Infrastructure Team Leader
7 3 (5.36%) IT Infrastructure Team Leader
7 3 (5.36%) Lead
7 3 (5.36%) Network Consultant
7 3 (5.36%) Network Security Consultant
7 3 (5.36%) Team Leader
8 2 (3.57%) Senior Network Consultant
8 2 (3.57%) Senior Network Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (19.64%) ARM Templates
1 11 (19.64%) JSON
1 11 (19.64%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (41.07%) Data Centre
2 11 (19.64%) Private Cloud
2 11 (19.64%) Public Cloud
3 8 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (8.93%) Algorithms
4 5 (8.93%) Data Structures
5 4 (7.14%) Driving Licence
6 3 (5.36%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.79%) NHS
7 1 (1.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.50%) Windows
2 5 (8.93%) Android
2 5 (8.93%) Apple iOS
2 5 (8.93%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.79%) Linux
3 1 (1.79%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (28.57%) Network Design
2 13 (23.21%) Agile
3 11 (19.64%) CI/CD
3 11 (19.64%) DevOps
3 11 (19.64%) Infrastructure as Code
3 11 (19.64%) Network Virtualisation
3 11 (19.64%) SDLC
4 10 (17.86%) ITIL
5 9 (16.07%) Project Delivery
6 8 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (14.29%) Network Architecture
7 7 (12.50%) Cloud Security
7 7 (12.50%) Configuration Management
7 7 (12.50%) Data Centre Operations
7 7 (12.50%) Mentoring
7 7 (12.50%) Project Management
8 6 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 5 (8.93%) Contract Negotiation
9 5 (8.93%) Strategic Roadmap
9 5 (8.93%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 11 (19.64%) PowerShell
2 5 (8.93%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (39.29%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (30.36%) CCNP
3 9 (16.07%) CCIE
4 6 (10.71%) JNCIS
4 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (8.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (8.93%) Degree
5 5 (8.93%) JNCIE
6 4 (7.14%) CCNA
6 4 (7.14%) MCSA
6 4 (7.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (3.57%) Azure Certification
7 2 (3.57%) SC Cleared
7 2 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 14 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 12 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (19.64%) VMware ESXi
3 11 (19.64%) vSphere
4 6 (10.71%) Active Directory
5 5 (8.93%) Hyper-V
6 2 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (21.43%) Terraform
2 10 (17.86%) FortiGate
3 6 (10.71%) Ansible
3 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (48.21%) Cisco
2 20 (35.71%) Palo Alto
2 20 (35.71%) VMware
3 12 (21.43%) Fortinet
3 12 (21.43%) Microsoft
4 11 (19.64%) Citrix
5 8 (14.29%) CheckPoint
5 8 (14.29%) Meraki
6 7 (12.50%) Aruba
6 7 (12.50%) F5
7 6 (10.71%) Juniper
8 5 (8.93%) Veeam
9 4 (7.14%) Barracuda Networks
9 4 (7.14%) Sophos
10 2 (3.57%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.79%) Dell
11 1 (1.79%) HP
11 1 (1.79%) NetApp
11 1 (1.79%) Nokia
11 1 (1.79%) Riverbed