Firewall Jobs in the North West

Firewall
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 73 121
Rank change year-on-year -12 +48 -55
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 280 342 276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.50% 4.68% 2.80%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.12% 21.76% 21.33%
Number of salaries quoted 234 235 213
10th Percentile £26,750 £34,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £74,625 £76,525 £71,000
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
North West

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 North West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,211 1,572 1,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 10.80% 21.50% 13.15%
Number of salaries quoted 904 615 725
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,063 £58,228
90th Percentile £72,500 £74,500 £72,500
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the North West

Firewall
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Firewall in the North West

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the North West over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the North West

Firewall
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the North West region over the 6 months to 9 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
Manchester -1 149 £57,500 +11.49% 39
Cheshire -16 50 £37,500 -21.05% 14
Merseyside -14 42 £55,500 +1.83% 4
Lancashire -18 29 £45,000 -5.26% 10
Cumbria -20 10 £34,250 -23.89% 6
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 17 (6.07%) IIS
2 15 (5.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (5.36%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.57%) Apache
4 4 (1.43%) CMS
4 4 (1.43%) Umbraco
5 3 (1.07%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 116 (41.43%) Azure
2 85 (30.36%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (17.14%) AWS
4 26 (9.29%) GCP
5 13 (4.64%) Entra ID
6 11 (3.93%) Amazon S3
7 10 (3.57%) GitHub
7 10 (3.57%) IaaS
8 9 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (3.21%) PaaS
9 7 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (2.50%) OneDrive
9 7 (2.50%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.14%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (2.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (2.14%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 5 (1.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.43%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 4 (1.43%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 75 (26.79%) WAN
2 65 (23.21%) LAN
3 61 (21.79%) DNS
4 53 (18.93%) VPN
5 48 (17.14%) TCP/IP
6 40 (14.29%) DHCP
7 39 (13.93%) Network Security
8 38 (13.57%) SD-WAN
9 34 (12.14%) Wireless
10 27 (9.64%) OSPF
11 25 (8.93%) IPsec
12 24 (8.57%) Internet
13 23 (8.21%) BGP
13 23 (8.21%) Wi-Fi
14 22 (7.86%) VLAN
15 21 (7.50%) SAN
16 17 (6.07%) SSL
17 16 (5.71%) Intrusion Detection
17 16 (5.71%) MPLS
18 15 (5.36%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.36%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.57%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (3.57%) MongoDB
3 6 (2.14%) Power BI
4 5 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.07%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.36%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.36%) MySQL
7 1 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.36%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (2.50%) JIRA
2 6 (2.14%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.43%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (1.07%) Octopus Deploy
4 3 (1.07%) Spinnaker
5 2 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.71%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.36%) Git
6 1 (0.36%) GitLab
General
1 79 (28.21%) Social Skills
2 48 (17.14%) Finance
3 29 (10.36%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (3.57%) Retail
4 10 (3.57%) Telecoms
5 9 (3.21%) Law
6 8 (2.86%) Military
6 8 (2.86%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.14%) Legal
8 5 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.43%) Banking
10 3 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.71%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.36%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 60 (21.43%) Network Engineer
2 35 (12.50%) IT Engineer
3 32 (11.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 31 (11.07%) IT Support
5 30 (10.71%) Senior
6 24 (8.57%) IT Manager
7 23 (8.21%) Support Engineer
8 22 (7.86%) Lead
9 21 (7.50%) Analyst
10 18 (6.43%) Infrastructure Manager
11 17 (6.07%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 17 (6.07%) IT Support Engineer
12 15 (5.36%) 2nd Line Support
13 11 (3.93%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 11 (3.93%) Consultant
14 10 (3.57%) Azure Engineer
14 10 (3.57%) Cloud Engineer
14 10 (3.57%) Firewall Engineer
14 10 (3.57%) NetApp Consultant
15 9 (3.21%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.57%) RabbitMQ
1 10 (3.57%) YAML
2 5 (1.79%) .NET
3 4 (1.43%) Akka
4 3 (1.07%) Kafka
5 2 (0.71%) Web Services
6 1 (0.36%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.36%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.36%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.36%) CSS
6 1 (0.36%) HTML
6 1 (0.36%) jQuery
6 1 (0.36%) React
6 1 (0.36%) REST
6 1 (0.36%) Tailwind CSS
6 1 (0.36%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 1 (0.36%) Vue
6 1 (0.36%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 19 (6.79%) Management Information System
3 17 (6.07%) Security Posture
4 14 (5.00%) Driving Licence
5 12 (4.29%) PMI
6 11 (3.93%) Cyber Threat
6 11 (3.93%) Cyberattack
7 7 (2.50%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.14%) Cyber Defence
8 6 (2.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 6 (2.14%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (1.79%) CCTV
9 5 (1.79%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.43%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.43%) PKI
11 3 (1.07%) Smart Energy
12 2 (0.71%) Anti-Spyware
12 2 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.71%) Virtual Team
13 1 (0.36%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 114 (40.71%) Windows
2 77 (27.50%) Windows Server
3 57 (20.36%) Linux
4 18 (6.43%) Windows 10
5 12 (4.29%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (3.93%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (3.57%) Data ONTAP
7 10 (3.57%) VMS
8 7 (2.50%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.43%) Android
9 4 (1.43%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.43%) Ubuntu
10 3 (1.07%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.71%) CentOS
11 2 (0.71%) Unix
11 2 (0.71%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.36%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.36%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.36%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 53 (18.93%) ITIL
4 52 (18.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 45 (16.07%) Disaster Recovery
6 43 (15.36%) Customer Service
7 34 (12.14%) Incident Response
8 33 (11.79%) Project Management
9 31 (11.07%) Mentoring
10 25 (8.93%) Agile
10 25 (8.93%) Information Security
11 24 (8.57%) SIEM
12 20 (7.14%) Release Management
13 19 (6.79%) Continuous Improvement
14 18 (6.43%) Computer Science
14 18 (6.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 18 (6.43%) Line Management
14 18 (6.43%) Network Monitoring
14 18 (6.43%) Server Management
14 18 (6.43%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 33 (11.79%) Python
2 18 (6.43%) PowerShell
3 11 (3.93%) Bash
4 8 (2.86%) SQL
5 5 (1.79%) Java
6 3 (1.07%) Go
6 3 (1.07%) Ruby
7 1 (0.36%) C#
7 1 (0.36%) C++
7 1 (0.36%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.36%) Perl
7 1 (0.36%) XAML
Qualifications
1 49 (17.50%) Cisco Certification
2 43 (15.36%) Degree
3 32 (11.43%) CCNA
4 29 (10.36%) CCNP
5 18 (6.43%) CISSP
6 14 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (4.64%) Security Cleared
8 12 (4.29%) AWS Certification
8 12 (4.29%) PMI Certification
9 11 (3.93%) MCP
10 7 (2.50%) CISM
11 6 (2.14%) CCIE
11 6 (2.14%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (2.14%) SC Cleared
12 5 (1.79%) CISA
12 5 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (1.43%) CRISC
13 4 (1.43%) HNC
13 4 (1.43%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (8.57%) SLA
3 14 (5.00%) NIST
4 10 (3.57%) PCI DSS
5 9 (3.21%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.79%) GDPR
6 5 (1.79%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.71%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.36%) NCSC
9 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
System Software
1 88 (31.43%) Active Directory
2 75 (26.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (16.43%) Hyper-V
4 12 (4.29%) Docker
5 8 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (2.50%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.43%) vSphere
8 3 (1.07%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.36%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.36%) Firmware
10 1 (0.36%) Postfix
10 1 (0.36%) Snort
10 1 (0.36%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 19 (6.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (6.43%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.64%) Ansible
4 12 (4.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 12 (4.29%) Opsgenie
4 12 (4.29%) VxRail
4 12 (4.29%) ZABBIX
5 11 (3.93%) Prometheus
6 10 (3.57%) Terraform
6 10 (3.57%) vCenter Server
7 7 (2.50%) Nessus
8 3 (1.07%) SELinux
9 2 (0.71%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.71%) SCCM
9 2 (0.71%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.71%) vRealize
10 1 (0.36%) Grafana
10 1 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.36%) Nagios
10 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 124 (44.29%) Microsoft
2 99 (35.36%) VMware
3 93 (33.21%) Cisco
4 46 (16.43%) Fortinet
5 25 (8.93%) Dell
6 23 (8.21%) Palo Alto
7 22 (7.86%) NetApp
7 22 (7.86%) SolarWinds
8 20 (7.14%) Aruba
9 16 (5.71%) Citrix
9 16 (5.71%) Meraki
10 15 (5.36%) HP
11 14 (5.00%) Juniper
12 13 (4.64%) Ubiquiti
13 11 (3.93%) Red Hat
14 10 (3.57%) SolidFire
15 9 (3.21%) ESET
15 9 (3.21%) Sophos
16 7 (2.50%) Extreme Networks
16 7 (2.50%) Google