Firewall Jobs in the Midlands

Firewall
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Firewall skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Firewall over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 72 77
Rank change year-on-year +23 +5 -29
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 529 399 443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.05% 4.66% 3.94%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.27% 23.33% 25.45%
Number of salaries quoted 464 245 341
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £56,250 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £63,375 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

Firewall 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 the Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,590 1,710 1,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.17% 19.99% 15.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,280 712 1,089
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £25,724
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £43,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% -3.89% -
75th Percentile £54,063 £60,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the Midlands

Firewall
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Firewall in the Midlands

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the Midlands

Firewall
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 June 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 +38 345 £45,000 - 50
East Midlands -18 180 £42,500 - 39
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 74 (13.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 70 (13.23%) SharePoint
3 35 (6.62%) IIS
4 10 (1.89%) nginx
5 6 (1.13%) Confluence
6 5 (0.95%) Apache
6 5 (0.95%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 58 (10.96%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.76%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.76%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 283 (53.50%) Azure
2 221 (41.78%) Microsoft 365
3 110 (20.79%) Entra ID
4 54 (10.21%) AWS
5 22 (4.16%) OneDrive
6 16 (3.02%) Mimecast
7 12 (2.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 12 (2.27%) SaaS
8 11 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (1.89%) IaaS
10 8 (1.51%) Google Workspace
10 8 (1.51%) Nutanix
11 7 (1.32%) Amazon S3
11 7 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
11 7 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (1.13%) GCP
12 6 (1.13%) PaaS
13 5 (0.95%) ChatGPT
13 5 (0.95%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 143 (27.03%) DNS
2 122 (23.06%) VPN
3 121 (22.87%) WAN
4 107 (20.23%) DHCP
5 89 (16.82%) LAN
6 77 (14.56%) VLAN
7 75 (14.18%) TCP/IP
8 65 (12.29%) SAN
9 58 (10.96%) Network Security
10 50 (9.45%) SD-WAN
11 48 (9.07%) Wireless
12 47 (8.88%) Wi-Fi
13 34 (6.43%) MPLS
14 20 (3.78%) Intrusion Detection
15 18 (3.40%) Internet
16 17 (3.21%) WLAN
17 16 (3.02%) PBX
18 15 (2.84%) OSPF
19 14 (2.65%) Cisco ASA
19 14 (2.65%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (7.56%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (2.27%) MySQL
4 7 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (0.95%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.76%) Power BI
7 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (5.29%) Git
2 11 (2.08%) JIRA
3 10 (1.89%) GNU Toolchain
3 10 (1.89%) Subversion
4 4 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.38%) GitLab
General
1 151 (28.54%) Social Skills
2 59 (11.15%) Finance
3 48 (9.07%) Telecoms
4 28 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (4.16%) Law
6 18 (3.40%) Retail
7 17 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (2.84%) Legal
9 14 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.65%) Manufacturing
10 13 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (2.27%) Public Sector
12 7 (1.32%) Local Government
13 6 (1.13%) Games
13 6 (1.13%) Marketing
13 6 (1.13%) Police
14 4 (0.76%) Automotive
15 3 (0.57%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.57%) Multimedia
15 3 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 111 (20.98%) Network Engineer
2 90 (17.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 71 (13.42%) IT Engineer
4 69 (13.04%) Senior
5 63 (11.91%) Support Engineer
6 61 (11.53%) IT Support
7 34 (6.43%) Analyst
8 32 (6.05%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 28 (5.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 28 (5.29%) IT Manager
10 27 (5.10%) Cloud Engineer
10 27 (5.10%) Lead
11 26 (4.91%) Senior Network Engineer
12 25 (4.73%) IT Support Engineer
12 25 (4.73%) IT Technician
13 22 (4.16%) 3rd Line Support
13 22 (4.16%) Support Technician
14 21 (3.97%) Developer
15 20 (3.78%) Architect
16 19 (3.59%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.40%) REST
2 15 (2.84%) 802.1X
3 11 (2.08%) YAML
4 10 (1.89%) Node.js
4 10 (1.89%) POSIX
5 9 (1.70%) .NET
5 9 (1.70%) AngularJS
5 9 (1.70%) ASP.NET
5 9 (1.70%) ASP.NET MVC
5 9 (1.70%) CSS
5 9 (1.70%) HTML
5 9 (1.70%) jQuery
5 9 (1.70%) React
5 9 (1.70%) Tailwind CSS
5 9 (1.70%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 9 (1.70%) Vue
5 9 (1.70%) WebRTC
5 9 (1.70%) WPF
6 6 (1.13%) JSON
7 5 (0.95%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 48 (9.07%) Driving Licence
2 46 (8.70%) Data Centre
3 30 (5.67%) Clustering
4 23 (4.35%) Replication
5 21 (3.97%) Security Operations Centre
6 19 (3.59%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.65%) Wiki
8 13 (2.46%) CCTV
8 13 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.89%) Embedded Systems
9 10 (1.89%) Enterprise Storage
9 10 (1.89%) Linux Command Line
9 10 (1.89%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.89%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.51%) IoT
11 7 (1.32%) PKI
12 6 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.13%) Operational Technology
13 5 (0.95%) Client/Server
13 5 (0.95%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 268 (50.66%) Windows
2 184 (34.78%) Windows Server
3 72 (13.61%) Linux
4 51 (9.64%) Windows 10
5 45 (8.51%) Windows Server 2012
6 43 (8.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 39 (7.37%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (2.08%) Unix
9 9 (1.70%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (1.51%) Mac OS
10 8 (1.51%) VMS
11 6 (1.13%) Mac OS X
12 5 (0.95%) Data ONTAP
13 4 (0.76%) Windows Server 2003
14 3 (0.57%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.57%) Windows 8
15 2 (0.38%) Android
15 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
15 2 (0.38%) SUSE
15 2 (0.38%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (22.50%) Problem-Solving
2 114 (21.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 112 (21.17%) Cybersecurity
4 56 (10.59%) ITIL
5 45 (8.51%) Disaster Recovery
6 44 (8.32%) Customer Service
7 40 (7.56%) DevOps
8 39 (7.37%) Migration
9 37 (6.99%) Agile
10 33 (6.24%) Service Management
11 32 (6.05%) Infrastructure Management
11 32 (6.05%) Mentoring
11 32 (6.05%) Risk Management
12 31 (5.86%) Project Delivery
13 28 (5.29%) Service Delivery
14 27 (5.10%) Project Management
15 26 (4.91%) Change Management
16 25 (4.73%) Patch Management
17 24 (4.54%) Information Security
17 24 (4.54%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 63 (11.91%) PowerShell
2 62 (11.72%) SQL
3 20 (3.78%) Python
4 15 (2.84%) Bash
5 12 (2.27%) C
5 12 (2.27%) C++
6 10 (1.89%) Perl
7 9 (1.70%) C#
7 9 (1.70%) XAML
8 4 (0.76%) Bicep
9 2 (0.38%) Go
9 2 (0.38%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.38%) Rust
9 2 (0.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 54 (10.21%) Security Cleared
2 53 (10.02%) Cisco Certification
3 51 (9.64%) Degree
3 51 (9.64%) SC Cleared
4 47 (8.88%) CCNA
5 29 (5.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (4.16%) CCNP
7 21 (3.97%) Azure Certification
8 16 (3.02%) MCSE
9 14 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (2.46%) Network+ Certification
11 8 (1.51%) CCDA
12 7 (1.32%) A+ Certification
12 7 (1.32%) CISM
12 7 (1.32%) CISSP
13 6 (1.13%) CCA
13 6 (1.13%) Citrix Certification
13 6 (1.13%) JNCIA
13 6 (1.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 5 (0.95%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.67%) GDPR
2 21 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (2.65%) NIST
4 14 (2.65%) QA
5 6 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.95%) SLA
6 5 (0.95%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 213 (40.26%) Active Directory
2 138 (26.09%) Hyper-V
3 126 (23.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (4.35%) Docker
4 23 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (3.21%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (1.89%) vSphere
7 9 (1.70%) Terminal Services
8 8 (1.51%) pfSense
9 5 (0.95%) NFS
10 4 (0.76%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 4 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.38%) XenApp
11 2 (0.38%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 80 (15.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (6.81%) SCCM
3 24 (4.54%) Ansible
4 20 (3.78%) Kubernetes
5 18 (3.40%) Terraform
6 14 (2.65%) FortiGate
7 13 (2.46%) Docker Swarm
8 11 (2.08%) Microsoft Clustering
8 11 (2.08%) SmoothWall
9 9 (1.70%) Failover Clustering
10 6 (1.13%) vCenter Server
11 5 (0.95%) Autotask
11 5 (0.95%) Prometheus
12 4 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.38%) Backup Exec
13 2 (0.38%) Nagios
13 2 (0.38%) Trend Micro Deep Security
14 1 (0.19%) CASB
14 1 (0.19%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 234 (44.23%) Microsoft
2 181 (34.22%) VMware
3 161 (30.43%) Cisco
4 72 (13.61%) Veeam
5 50 (9.45%) Meraki
6 45 (8.51%) Juniper
7 44 (8.32%) CheckPoint
7 44 (8.32%) Palo Alto
8 42 (7.94%) Aruba
9 39 (7.37%) Fortinet
10 35 (6.62%) HP
11 28 (5.29%) Dell
12 21 (3.97%) Sophos
13 20 (3.78%) Citrix
14 18 (3.40%) SonicWALL
15 15 (2.84%) NetApp
15 15 (2.84%) Nimble Storage
16 13 (2.46%) F5
16 13 (2.46%) Ubiquiti
17 12 (2.27%) Sage