Firewall Jobs in the South East

Firewall
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 42 60 84
Rank change year-on-year +18 +24 -23
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 847 632 830
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.76% 4.60% 4.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.28% 25.70% 25.30%
Number of salaries quoted 734 499 625
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,750 £28,050
25th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £74,250 £75,000
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
South East

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 South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,797 2,459 3,281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.70% 17.88% 15.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,887 1,448 1,867
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £76,550
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the South East

Firewall
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Firewall in the South East

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Firewall in the South East

Firewall
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the South East 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
Thames Valley +11 331 £49,881 +10.85% 51
Hampshire +12 222 £39,250 -16.04% 31
Berkshire +39 173 £50,000 - 30
Oxfordshire +20 96 £42,500 +2.41% 9
Surrey +17 96 £52,500 +25.75% 15
Kent +6 76 £42,500 +4.94% 21
East Sussex +48 69 £45,000 - 5
Buckinghamshire -43 63 £41,500 +18.57% 12
West Sussex +23 36 £36,500 -18.89% 8
Sussex - 7 £35,000 -
Middlesex - 4 £52,500 - 1
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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
1 147 (17.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 107 (12.63%) SharePoint
3 31 (3.66%) IIS
4 17 (2.01%) Apache
5 16 (1.89%) WordPress
6 14 (1.65%) CMS
7 12 (1.42%) nginx
8 6 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2000
9 3 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.12%) Confluence
10 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 87 (10.27%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.83%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.35%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 384 (45.34%) Azure
2 358 (42.27%) Microsoft 365
3 112 (13.22%) Entra ID
4 108 (12.75%) AWS
5 42 (4.96%) OneDrive
6 28 (3.31%) SaaS
7 27 (3.19%) Cloud Computing
8 25 (2.95%) Azure Storage
9 20 (2.36%) Azure Monitor
10 17 (2.01%) Azure Sentinel
11 15 (1.77%) PaaS
12 14 (1.65%) IaaS
13 13 (1.53%) GCP
14 12 (1.42%) iTunes
14 12 (1.42%) Mimecast
14 12 (1.42%) OCI
15 10 (1.18%) GitHub
16 7 (0.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 7 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
17 6 (0.71%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 201 (23.73%) DNS
2 185 (21.84%) VPN
3 130 (15.35%) DHCP
4 122 (14.40%) WAN
5 121 (14.29%) Wireless
6 103 (12.16%) TCP/IP
7 95 (11.22%) LAN
8 84 (9.92%) VLAN
9 77 (9.09%) Network Security
10 72 (8.50%) VoIP
11 69 (8.15%) Wi-Fi
12 48 (5.67%) BGP
13 46 (5.43%) SD-WAN
13 46 (5.43%) SSL
14 41 (4.84%) Intrusion Detection
14 41 (4.84%) SAN
15 39 (4.60%) OSPF
16 35 (4.13%) Internet
17 34 (4.01%) NAS
18 33 (3.90%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (8.26%) SQL Server
2 22 (2.60%) MySQL
3 10 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (0.59%) MongoDB
4 5 (0.59%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.35%) Power BI
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.12%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.12%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database 11g
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.12%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 32 (3.78%) JIRA
2 24 (2.83%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.65%) Git
4 13 (1.53%) Robot Framework
5 10 (1.18%) Trac
6 3 (0.35%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.24%) Hudson
General
1 288 (34.00%) Social Skills
2 73 (8.62%) Telecoms
3 66 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (4.49%) Finance
5 31 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
6 26 (3.07%) Law
7 21 (2.48%) Legal
8 20 (2.36%) Marketing
9 19 (2.24%) Games
9 19 (2.24%) Manufacturing
10 17 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (1.89%) Retail
12 15 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (1.65%) Back Office
13 14 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
14 13 (1.53%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.06%) Digital Economy
16 8 (0.94%) Advertising
17 6 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
18 3 (0.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 176 (20.78%) Support Engineer
2 162 (19.13%) IT Engineer
3 142 (16.77%) IT Support
4 122 (14.40%) Network Engineer
5 118 (13.93%) IT Support Engineer
6 115 (13.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 97 (11.45%) Analyst
8 93 (10.98%) Senior
9 80 (9.45%) 3rd Line Support
10 75 (8.85%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 63 (7.44%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 56 (6.61%) Architect
13 49 (5.79%) Lead
14 41 (4.84%) 2nd Line Support
15 35 (4.13%) IT Manager
16 29 (3.42%) Consultant
16 29 (3.42%) Senior Network Engineer
17 27 (3.19%) Infrastructure Support
18 26 (3.07%) Systems Engineer
19 25 (2.95%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.83%) REST
2 19 (2.24%) HTML
3 18 (2.13%) OAuth
3 18 (2.13%) OpenID
3 18 (2.13%) SAML
4 17 (2.01%) 802.1X
4 17 (2.01%) ARM Templates
5 13 (1.53%) XML
6 8 (0.94%) Web Services
7 7 (0.83%) .NET
8 6 (0.71%) ASP.NET
8 6 (0.71%) CSS
8 6 (0.71%) jQuery
9 5 (0.59%) RabbitMQ
9 5 (0.59%) YAML
10 4 (0.47%) LAMP
11 3 (0.35%) ASP.NET MVC
11 3 (0.35%) SOAP
11 3 (0.35%) Vue
11 3 (0.35%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 81 (9.56%) Management Information System
2 79 (9.33%) Driving Licence
3 58 (6.85%) Data Centre
4 55 (6.49%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (3.19%) Replication
6 24 (2.83%) Client/Server
6 24 (2.83%) PKI
7 21 (2.48%) Cyber Threat
7 21 (2.48%) Linux Command Line
8 19 (2.24%) IoT
8 19 (2.24%) Security Operations Centre
9 17 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (1.65%) CMDB
11 13 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.06%) ARM Cortex
12 9 (1.06%) CCTV
12 9 (1.06%) Onboarding
12 9 (1.06%) Security Posture
13 8 (0.94%) Clustering
14 7 (0.83%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 438 (51.71%) Windows
2 257 (30.34%) Windows Server
3 178 (21.02%) Linux
4 92 (10.86%) Windows 10
5 71 (8.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 71 (8.38%) Windows Server 2019
6 35 (4.13%) Windows Server 2012
7 23 (2.72%) Apple iOS
8 17 (2.01%) Android
9 12 (1.42%) Unix
9 12 (1.42%) Windows XP
10 11 (1.30%) Ubuntu
10 11 (1.30%) Windows Server 2008
11 9 (1.06%) Windows 7
12 8 (0.94%) VMS
13 6 (0.71%) Mac OS
14 5 (0.59%) Kali Linux
14 5 (0.59%) Mac OS X
14 5 (0.59%) Windows 8
14 5 (0.59%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
2 148 (17.47%) Cybersecurity
3 145 (17.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 142 (16.77%) Customer Service
5 105 (12.40%) ITIL
6 79 (9.33%) Agile
7 68 (8.03%) Project Management
8 58 (6.85%) DevOps
9 55 (6.49%) Service Delivery
10 54 (6.38%) Configuration Management
10 54 (6.38%) Mentoring
11 45 (5.31%) SIEM
12 44 (5.19%) Computer Science
12 44 (5.19%) Kalman Filter
13 38 (4.49%) Incident Response
13 38 (4.49%) Service Management
14 37 (4.37%) Information Security
14 37 (4.37%) Multi-Factor Authentication
14 37 (4.37%) Time Management
15 36 (4.25%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 97 (11.45%) PowerShell
2 89 (10.51%) SQL
3 57 (6.73%) Python
4 30 (3.54%) Bash
5 24 (2.83%) C#
6 20 (2.36%) Java
7 17 (2.01%) Bicep
7 17 (2.01%) VB
7 17 (2.01%) VBScript
8 12 (1.42%) PHP
9 3 (0.35%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.35%) VB.NET
9 3 (0.35%) XAML
10 1 (0.12%) C
10 1 (0.12%) Go
10 1 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 169 (19.95%) Degree
2 157 (18.54%) Security Cleared
3 110 (12.99%) SC Cleared
4 100 (11.81%) Cisco Certification
5 67 (7.91%) CCNA
6 47 (5.55%) DV Cleared
7 44 (5.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 40 (4.72%) CCNP
9 34 (4.01%) CISSP
10 32 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
11 27 (3.19%) Azure Certification
12 23 (2.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 23 (2.72%) Network+ Certification
13 22 (2.60%) CompTIA Security+
14 16 (1.89%) MCSE
15 15 (1.77%) MCP
16 14 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
17 10 (1.18%) AWS Certification
17 10 (1.18%) CTC Cleared
18 9 (1.06%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (5.79%) Cyber Essentials
2 44 (5.19%) SLA
3 42 (4.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 33 (3.90%) GDPR
5 14 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 11 (1.30%) NIST
6 11 (1.30%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.06%) COSHH
8 8 (0.94%) QA
9 5 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 5 (0.59%) NCSC
10 3 (0.35%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.12%) COBIT
11 1 (0.12%) GRC
11 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.12%) IASME
11 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 341 (40.26%) Active Directory
2 179 (21.13%) Hyper-V
3 148 (17.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 47 (5.55%) Virtual Machines
5 33 (3.90%) Docker
5 33 (3.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 24 (2.83%) Virtual Servers
7 20 (2.36%) VMware ESXi
8 18 (2.13%) vSphere
9 17 (2.01%) pfSense
10 12 (1.42%) NFS
11 8 (0.94%) Firmware
12 6 (0.71%) XenApp
13 5 (0.59%) VMware Server
14 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 101 (11.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 46 (5.43%) Kubernetes
3 44 (5.19%) WSUS
4 43 (5.08%) SCOM
5 42 (4.96%) FortiGate
6 41 (4.84%) Ansible
7 37 (4.37%) SCCM
8 21 (2.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 21 (2.48%) vCenter Server
9 17 (2.01%) ZABBIX
10 16 (1.89%) EMC NetWorker
10 16 (1.89%) Grafana
11 13 (1.53%) Cisco CUCM
11 13 (1.53%) ServiceCenter
12 12 (1.42%) NetBackup
13 11 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
13 11 (1.30%) Terraform
14 10 (1.18%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 10 (1.18%) SCDPM
15 8 (0.94%) Nagios
Vendors
1 397 (46.87%) Microsoft
2 223 (26.33%) VMware
3 188 (22.20%) Cisco
4 97 (11.45%) Juniper
5 85 (10.04%) Veeam
6 79 (9.33%) Fortinet
7 64 (7.56%) Palo Alto
8 57 (6.73%) HP
9 53 (6.26%) Citrix
10 49 (5.79%) Aruba
11 42 (4.96%) Meraki
12 29 (3.42%) WatchGuard
13 25 (2.95%) Draytek
14 21 (2.48%) Dell
15 20 (2.36%) Splunk
16 19 (2.24%) Apple
16 19 (2.24%) Oracle
17 18 (2.13%) ServiceNow
17 18 (2.13%) Sophos
18 17 (2.01%) Darktrace