Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 849 804 1151
Rank change year-on-year -45 +347 -326
Permanent jobs citing NGFW 55 189 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.056% 0.18% 0.050%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.40% 1.18% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 50 95 59
10th Percentile £44,250 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -28.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £106,875 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £72,500 £71,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -28.00% +0.81%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,628 15,972 20,897
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.82% 15.39% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,500 8,150 11,820
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% - -

NGFW
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for NGFW in the UK

NGFW
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for NGFW in the UK

NGFW
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NGFW over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for NGFW in the UK

NGFW
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NGFW within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
England -20 53 £53,750 +19.44% 24
UK excluding London -101 45 £52,500 +16.67% 14
Work from Home +66 31 £95,000 +52.00% 13
West Midlands +28 21 £80,000 +16.36% 3
Midlands +17 21 £80,000 +18.52% 3
South East +3 13 £52,500 -16.00% 4
London +111 10 £68,750 +3.77% 9
North of England -20 8 £44,500 -1.11% 3
North West -32 7 £50,000 +11.11% 3
Scotland -73 2 £39,500 - 2
East of England +8 1 £55,000 +29.41%
North East -16 1 £39,000 +4.00%

NGFW
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.82%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 23 (41.82%) Azure
2 17 (30.91%) IaaS
3 15 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (23.64%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (23.64%) PaaS
5 4 (7.27%) AWS
5 4 (7.27%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.82%) Serverless
6 1 (1.82%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 33 (60.00%) Firewall
2 26 (47.27%) VPN
2 26 (47.27%) Wireless
3 18 (32.73%) Cisco Firepower
3 18 (32.73%) LAN
3 18 (32.73%) Network Security
4 17 (30.91%) WAN
5 13 (23.64%) OSPF
6 11 (20.00%) BGP
7 8 (14.55%) DNS
7 8 (14.55%) SD-WAN
7 8 (14.55%) Software-Defined Networking
8 7 (12.73%) DHCP
8 7 (12.73%) IPsec
8 7 (12.73%) TCP/IP
8 7 (12.73%) WLAN
9 6 (10.91%) EIGRP
9 6 (10.91%) Internet
10 5 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (9.09%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.09%) NoSQL
General
1 13 (23.64%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.09%) Legal
3 2 (3.64%) Finance
4 1 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.82%) Police
4 1 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.82%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.82%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (47.27%) Network Engineer
2 15 (27.27%) Senior
3 13 (23.64%) Architect
3 13 (23.64%) Citrix Architect
3 13 (23.64%) Cloud Architect
3 13 (23.64%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
3 13 (23.64%) DevOps Architect
4 12 (21.82%) Senior Network Engineer
5 9 (16.36%) Network Security Engineer
5 9 (16.36%) Security Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) Consultant
6 3 (5.45%) Network Consultant
6 3 (5.45%) Network Security Consultant
6 3 (5.45%) Security Consultant
7 2 (3.64%) Network Technician
7 2 (3.64%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (3.64%) Senior Network Consultant
7 2 (3.64%) Senior Network Security Consultant
7 2 (3.64%) Senior Security Consultant
7 2 (3.64%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (23.64%) ARM Templates
1 13 (23.64%) JSON
1 13 (23.64%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (41.82%) Data Centre
2 13 (23.64%) Private Cloud
2 13 (23.64%) Public Cloud
3 6 (10.91%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (9.09%) Algorithms
4 5 (9.09%) Data Structures
5 4 (7.27%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.82%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.82%) NHS
6 1 (1.82%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.91%) Windows
2 5 (9.09%) Android
2 5 (9.09%) Apple iOS
2 5 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.82%) Linux
3 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (32.73%) Network Design
2 13 (23.64%) Agile
2 13 (23.64%) CI/CD
2 13 (23.64%) DevOps
2 13 (23.64%) Infrastructure as Code
2 13 (23.64%) Network Virtualisation
2 13 (23.64%) SDLC
3 9 (16.36%) Project Delivery
4 8 (14.55%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (14.55%) ITIL
4 8 (14.55%) Network Architecture
5 7 (12.73%) Cloud Security
5 7 (12.73%) Data Centre Operations
5 7 (12.73%) Mentoring
6 6 (10.91%) Configuration Management
6 6 (10.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (10.91%) Project Management
7 5 (9.09%) Data Modelling
7 5 (9.09%) Information Security
7 5 (9.09%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (23.64%) PowerShell
2 5 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (29.09%) CCNP
3 9 (16.36%) CCIE
4 6 (10.91%) Degree
4 6 (10.91%) JNCIS
5 5 (9.09%) CCNA
5 5 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (9.09%) JNCIE
5 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (7.27%) MCSA
6 4 (7.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (3.64%) SC Cleared
7 2 (3.64%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.82%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.82%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.27%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 16 (29.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (25.45%) Virtual Desktop
3 13 (23.64%) VMware ESXi
3 13 (23.64%) vSphere
4 5 (9.09%) Active Directory
4 5 (9.09%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.82%) Firmware
5 1 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (25.45%) Terraform
2 9 (16.36%) FortiGate
3 6 (10.91%) Ansible
4 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 26 (47.27%) Cisco
2 24 (43.64%) VMware
3 21 (38.18%) Palo Alto
4 13 (23.64%) Citrix
5 10 (18.18%) Meraki
5 10 (18.18%) Microsoft
6 9 (16.36%) Fortinet
7 8 (14.55%) CheckPoint
7 8 (14.55%) Juniper
8 7 (12.73%) Aruba
8 7 (12.73%) F5
9 4 (7.27%) Barracuda Networks
9 4 (7.27%) Sophos
9 4 (7.27%) Veeam
10 2 (3.64%) ConnectWise
11 1 (1.82%) Dell
11 1 (1.82%) HP
11 1 (1.82%) NetApp
11 1 (1.82%) Nokia
11 1 (1.82%) Riverbed