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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 830 760 1167
Rank change year-on-year -70 +407 -332
Permanent jobs citing NGFW 60 217 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.060% 0.22% 0.048%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.45% 1.39% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 53 85 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% -10.71%
75th Percentile £82,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £72,500 £71,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -28.00% +4.17%

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 13,478 15,631 21,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.49% 15.76% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,397 7,898 11,750
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,580 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -5.26% +5.56%

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 18 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 18 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 -25 57 £55,000 +22.22% 17
UK excluding London -168 45 £52,500 +16.67% 12
Work from Home +57 32 £72,500 +52.63% 12
West Midlands +23 21 £80,000 +16.36% 2
Midlands -8 21 £80,000 +16.36% 2
London +102 14 £68,250 +1.11% 8
South East -4 13 £52,500 -16.00% 2
North of England -24 8 £44,500 -1.11% 4
North West -37 7 £50,000 +11.11% 4
Scotland -78 2 £39,500 - 4
East of England -3 1 £55,000 +29.41%
North East -18 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 (1.67%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 24 (40.00%) Azure
2 15 (25.00%) IaaS
3 14 (23.33%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (18.33%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (18.33%) PaaS
5 4 (6.67%) AWS
5 4 (6.67%) Entra ID
6 3 (5.00%) Serverless
7 1 (1.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 40 (66.67%) Firewall
2 26 (43.33%) Wireless
3 24 (40.00%) VPN
4 22 (36.67%) Cisco Firepower
5 21 (35.00%) WAN
6 20 (33.33%) LAN
6 20 (33.33%) Network Security
7 15 (25.00%) OSPF
8 13 (21.67%) BGP
9 12 (20.00%) SD-WAN
10 9 (15.00%) DNS
10 9 (15.00%) TCP/IP
11 8 (13.33%) Software-Defined Networking
12 7 (11.67%) DHCP
12 7 (11.67%) IPsec
12 7 (11.67%) VLAN
12 7 (11.67%) WLAN
13 6 (10.00%) EIGRP
13 6 (10.00%) Internet
14 5 (8.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.33%) NoSQL
General
1 14 (23.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.33%) Legal
3 2 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.33%) Finance
3 2 (3.33%) Law
4 1 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.67%) Police
4 1 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (46.67%) Network Engineer
2 16 (26.67%) Senior
3 12 (20.00%) Architect
3 12 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 11 (18.33%) Citrix Architect
4 11 (18.33%) Cloud Architect
4 11 (18.33%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
4 11 (18.33%) DevOps Architect
5 9 (15.00%) Network Security Engineer
5 9 (15.00%) Security Engineer
6 5 (8.33%) Consultant
6 5 (8.33%) Security Consultant
7 4 (6.67%) Network Consultant
7 4 (6.67%) Network Security Consultant
8 3 (5.00%) Infrastructure Team Leader
8 3 (5.00%) IT Infrastructure Team Leader
8 3 (5.00%) Lead
8 3 (5.00%) Senior Consultant
8 3 (5.00%) Senior Network Consultant
8 3 (5.00%) Senior Network Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (18.33%) ARM Templates
1 11 (18.33%) JSON
1 11 (18.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (41.67%) Data Centre
2 11 (18.33%) Private Cloud
2 11 (18.33%) Public Cloud
3 8 (13.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (8.33%) Algorithms
4 5 (8.33%) Data Structures
5 4 (6.67%) Driving Licence
6 3 (5.00%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.67%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.67%) IoT
7 1 (1.67%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.67%) NHS
7 1 (1.67%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.67%) Windows
2 5 (8.33%) Android
2 5 (8.33%) Apple iOS
2 5 (8.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.67%) Linux
3 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (26.67%) Network Design
2 14 (23.33%) Agile
3 11 (18.33%) CI/CD
3 11 (18.33%) DevOps
3 11 (18.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 11 (18.33%) Network Virtualisation
3 11 (18.33%) SDLC
4 10 (16.67%) ITIL
5 9 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (15.00%) Project Delivery
6 8 (13.33%) Mentoring
6 8 (13.33%) Network Architecture
7 7 (11.67%) Cloud Security
7 7 (11.67%) Configuration Management
7 7 (11.67%) Data Centre Operations
7 7 (11.67%) Project Management
8 6 (10.00%) Computer Science
8 6 (10.00%) Information Security
8 6 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (10.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 11 (18.33%) PowerShell
2 5 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (41.67%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (31.67%) CCNP
3 10 (16.67%) CCIE
4 7 (11.67%) Degree
5 6 (10.00%) JNCIS
5 6 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (8.33%) CCNA
6 5 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (8.33%) JNCIE
7 4 (6.67%) MCSA
7 4 (6.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (3.33%) Azure Certification
8 2 (3.33%) SC Cleared
8 2 (3.33%) Security Cleared
9 1 (1.67%) CISM
9 1 (1.67%) CISSP
9 1 (1.67%) JNCIA
9 1 (1.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.67%) GxP
2 1 (1.67%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (23.33%) Virtual Desktop
1 14 (23.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (18.33%) VMware ESXi
2 11 (18.33%) vSphere
3 7 (11.67%) Active Directory
4 5 (8.33%) Hyper-V
5 2 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (20.00%) Terraform
2 11 (18.33%) FortiGate
3 6 (10.00%) Ansible
3 6 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (50.00%) Cisco
2 23 (38.33%) Palo Alto
3 22 (36.67%) VMware
4 13 (21.67%) Fortinet
5 12 (20.00%) Microsoft
6 11 (18.33%) Citrix
7 10 (16.67%) Meraki
8 8 (13.33%) CheckPoint
8 8 (13.33%) Juniper
9 7 (11.67%) Aruba
9 7 (11.67%) F5
10 5 (8.33%) Veeam
11 4 (6.67%) Barracuda Networks
11 4 (6.67%) Sophos
12 2 (3.33%) ConnectWise
12 2 (3.33%) SolarWinds
13 1 (1.67%) NetApp
13 1 (1.67%) Nokia
13 1 (1.67%) Riverbed
13 1 (1.67%) Zscaler