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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 777 744 1095
Rank change year-on-year -33 +351 -286
Permanent jobs citing NGFW 59 165 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.066% 0.19% 0.051%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.49% 1.19% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 49 80 58
10th Percentile £44,200 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £36,250 £37,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -26.53% -18.33%
75th Percentile £72,250 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £72,500 £71,625
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +16.67% -26.53% -10.91%

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 12,108 13,862 18,697
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.63% 16.01% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,547 7,048 10,458
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,250 £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 28 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 28 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 +21 21 £52,500 -23.64% 1
Midlands -4 21 £52,500 -23.64% 1
London +138 13 £65,000 -5.45% 9
South East -4 13 £52,500 +6.06% 5
North of England -23 10 £46,000 +2.22% 2
North West -33 9 £50,000 +11.11% 2
East of England -11 1 £55,000 +29.41%
North East -17 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 (1.69%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 21 (35.59%) Azure
2 12 (20.34%) IaaS
3 11 (18.64%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (13.56%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (13.56%) PaaS
5 4 (6.78%) AWS
5 4 (6.78%) Entra ID
6 3 (5.08%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 41 (69.49%) Firewall
2 25 (42.37%) Wireless
3 22 (37.29%) Cisco Firepower
4 21 (35.59%) Network Security
5 19 (32.20%) VPN
5 19 (32.20%) WAN
6 18 (30.51%) LAN
7 14 (23.73%) BGP
7 14 (23.73%) OSPF
8 12 (20.34%) SD-WAN
9 8 (13.56%) Software-Defined Networking
10 7 (11.86%) DNS
10 7 (11.86%) TCP/IP
10 7 (11.86%) VLAN
10 7 (11.86%) WLAN
11 6 (10.17%) EIGRP
11 6 (10.17%) Internet
12 5 (8.47%) DHCP
12 5 (8.47%) IPsec
12 5 (8.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.47%) NoSQL
General
1 13 (22.03%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.47%) Legal
3 3 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (5.08%) Finance
4 2 (3.39%) Law
5 1 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.69%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.69%) Police
5 1 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.69%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (49.15%) Network Engineer
2 16 (27.12%) Senior
3 12 (20.34%) Senior Network Engineer
4 10 (16.95%) Network Security Engineer
4 10 (16.95%) Security Engineer
5 9 (15.25%) Architect
6 8 (13.56%) Citrix Architect
6 8 (13.56%) Cloud Architect
6 8 (13.56%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
6 8 (13.56%) DevOps Architect
7 5 (8.47%) Consultant
7 5 (8.47%) Security Consultant
8 4 (6.78%) Lead
8 4 (6.78%) Network Consultant
8 4 (6.78%) Network Security Consultant
9 3 (5.08%) Infrastructure Team Leader
9 3 (5.08%) IT Infrastructure Team Leader
9 3 (5.08%) Senior Network Consultant
9 3 (5.08%) Senior Network Security Consultant
9 3 (5.08%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (13.56%) ARM Templates
1 8 (13.56%) JSON
1 8 (13.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (40.68%) Data Centre
2 8 (13.56%) Hybrid Cloud
2 8 (13.56%) Private Cloud
2 8 (13.56%) Public Cloud
3 5 (8.47%) Algorithms
3 5 (8.47%) Data Structures
4 4 (6.78%) Driving Licence
5 3 (5.08%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.69%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.69%) IoT
6 1 (1.69%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.69%) NHS
6 1 (1.69%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.69%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.56%) Windows
2 5 (8.47%) Android
2 5 (8.47%) Apple iOS
2 5 (8.47%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.69%) Linux
3 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.03%) Network Design
2 11 (18.64%) Agile
2 11 (18.64%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (16.95%) ITIL
3 10 (16.95%) Project Delivery
4 8 (13.56%) CI/CD
4 8 (13.56%) DevOps
4 8 (13.56%) Infrastructure as Code
4 8 (13.56%) Mentoring
4 8 (13.56%) Network Architecture
4 8 (13.56%) Network Virtualisation
4 8 (13.56%) Penetration Testing
4 8 (13.56%) SDLC
5 7 (11.86%) Cloud Security
5 7 (11.86%) Configuration Management
5 7 (11.86%) Data Centre Operations
5 7 (11.86%) Information Security
5 7 (11.86%) Project Management
6 6 (10.17%) Computer Science
6 6 (10.17%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.56%) PowerShell
2 5 (8.47%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (42.37%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (33.90%) CCNP
3 11 (18.64%) CCIE
4 6 (10.17%) Degree
4 6 (10.17%) JNCIS
4 6 (10.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (8.47%) CCNA
5 5 (8.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (8.47%) JNCIE
6 4 (6.78%) MCSA
6 4 (6.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (5.08%) SC Cleared
7 3 (5.08%) Security Cleared
8 2 (3.39%) Azure Certification
8 2 (3.39%) CISSP
9 1 (1.69%) CISM
9 1 (1.69%) OSCP
9 1 (1.69%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.78%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.69%) GxP
2 1 (1.69%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (18.64%) Virtual Desktop
2 9 (15.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (13.56%) Active Directory
3 8 (13.56%) VMware ESXi
3 8 (13.56%) vSphere
4 5 (8.47%) Hyper-V
5 2 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (18.64%) FortiGate
2 9 (15.25%) Terraform
3 6 (10.17%) Ansible
3 6 (10.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.69%) CASB
Vendors
1 28 (47.46%) Cisco
2 23 (38.98%) Palo Alto
3 17 (28.81%) VMware
4 14 (23.73%) Fortinet
5 13 (22.03%) Microsoft
6 9 (15.25%) Aruba
6 9 (15.25%) CheckPoint
6 9 (15.25%) Meraki
7 8 (13.56%) Citrix
7 8 (13.56%) F5
8 6 (10.17%) Juniper
9 5 (8.47%) Veeam
10 4 (6.78%) Barracuda Networks
10 4 (6.78%) Sophos
11 3 (5.08%) SolarWinds
12 2 (3.39%) Dell
12 2 (3.39%) Zscaler
13 1 (1.69%) HP
13 1 (1.69%) NetApp
13 1 (1.69%) Ruckus Wireless