Firewall Jobs in the South West

Firewall
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 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 68 76 64
Rank change year-on-year +8 -12 -1
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 351 268 407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.52% 4.07% 4.83%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.92% 21.10% 29.69%
Number of salaries quoted 280 207 258
10th Percentile £26,900 £28,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,938 £35,000 £31,156
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -8.60% +8.14%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,625 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,575 £75,000 £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 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 South West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,257 1,270 1,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.61% 19.30% 16.27%
Number of salaries quoted 942 525 731
10th Percentile £26,275 £27,700 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,028
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,833 £64,040
90th Percentile £72,423 £77,500 £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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the South West

Firewall
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Firewall in the South West

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Firewall in the South West

Firewall
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the South West 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
Bristol +20 93 £50,000 -16.00% 17
Wiltshire +2 91 £50,500 +44.29% 18
Gloucestershire +15 73 £37,500 - 16
Devon -7 44 £49,000 +10.63% 5
Dorset -28 29 £37,500 -11.24% 5
Somerset -1 12 £51,100 +13.56% 15
Cornwall -15 7 £42,000 +17.48% 1
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 71 (20.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (14.81%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.99%) SharePoint 2010
3 7 (1.99%) SharePoint 2013
4 4 (1.14%) Apache
4 4 (1.14%) Confluence
4 4 (1.14%) IIS
5 1 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 27 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.85%) Trello
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 140 (39.89%) Azure
2 126 (35.90%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (14.25%) AWS
4 25 (7.12%) GCP
5 21 (5.98%) Entra ID
6 20 (5.70%) OneDrive
6 20 (5.70%) SaaS
7 18 (5.13%) IaaS
8 17 (4.84%) PaaS
9 11 (3.13%) Power Platform
10 5 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.14%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 4 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.14%) GitHub
11 4 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.14%) Mimecast
11 4 (1.14%) WhatsApp
12 3 (0.85%) Slack
13 1 (0.28%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 102 (29.06%) WAN
2 69 (19.66%) LAN
3 62 (17.66%) VPN
4 50 (14.25%) DNS
5 48 (13.68%) Wireless
6 47 (13.39%) SD-WAN
7 45 (12.82%) TCP/IP
8 32 (9.12%) Network Security
9 31 (8.83%) Cisco ASA
9 31 (8.83%) Wi-Fi
10 25 (7.12%) DHCP
11 22 (6.27%) SAN
11 22 (6.27%) VLAN
12 21 (5.98%) Software-Defined Networking
13 19 (5.41%) Internet
14 14 (3.99%) VSAN
15 13 (3.70%) Remote Desktop
16 12 (3.42%) NetScaler
17 9 (2.56%) BGP
17 9 (2.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.70%) Big Data
2 4 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (1.14%) MongoDB
2 4 (1.14%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.57%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.28%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (0.85%) JIRA
2 2 (0.57%) Git
2 2 (0.57%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.28%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.28%) Metasploit
General
1 62 (17.66%) Social Skills
2 44 (12.54%) Aerospace
3 22 (6.27%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (4.84%) Manufacturing
4 17 (4.84%) Retail
5 15 (4.27%) Public Sector
5 15 (4.27%) Telecoms
6 14 (3.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (1.71%) Finance
8 5 (1.42%) Military
9 4 (1.14%) Law
9 4 (1.14%) Legal
10 3 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.57%) Police
12 1 (0.28%) Aviation
12 1 (0.28%) Games
12 1 (0.28%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 82 (23.36%) Network Engineer
2 69 (19.66%) Senior
3 65 (18.52%) Support Engineer
4 53 (15.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 53 (15.10%) IT Engineer
5 52 (14.81%) IT Support
6 48 (13.68%) Senior Network Engineer
7 38 (10.83%) IT Support Engineer
8 37 (10.54%) Analyst
9 22 (6.27%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 22 (6.27%) 3rd Line Support
9 22 (6.27%) Administrator
10 20 (5.70%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 20 (5.70%) Systems Administrator
11 19 (5.41%) Consultant
12 17 (4.84%) 2nd Line Support
13 15 (4.27%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
13 15 (4.27%) Infrastructure Support
13 15 (4.27%) Lead
13 15 (4.27%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.99%) REST
2 4 (1.14%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.14%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (1.14%) YAML
3 3 (0.85%) .NET
3 3 (0.85%) AngularJS
3 3 (0.85%) ASP.NET
3 3 (0.85%) ASP.NET MVC
3 3 (0.85%) CSS
3 3 (0.85%) HTML
3 3 (0.85%) jQuery
3 3 (0.85%) React
3 3 (0.85%) Tailwind CSS
3 3 (0.85%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 3 (0.85%) Vue
3 3 (0.85%) WPF
4 2 (0.57%) OAuth
4 2 (0.57%) OpenID
4 2 (0.57%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (17.09%) Data Centre
2 30 (8.55%) Driving Licence
3 18 (5.13%) Public Cloud
4 13 (3.70%) Cyber Defence
5 12 (3.42%) PKI
5 12 (3.42%) Replication
6 9 (2.56%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 5 (1.42%) Clustering
9 5 (1.42%) Cyber Security Posture
9 5 (1.42%) Cyberattack
9 5 (1.42%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.42%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.85%) Client/Server
11 3 (0.85%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.57%) CCTV
12 2 (0.57%) Life Science
12 2 (0.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 138 (39.32%) Windows
2 75 (21.37%) Linux
3 72 (20.51%) Windows Server
4 22 (6.27%) Windows 10
5 16 (4.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (2.56%) Apple iOS
7 8 (2.28%) Android
7 8 (2.28%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (1.99%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (1.14%) Data ONTAP
10 4 (1.14%) Debian
10 4 (1.14%) Mac OS
10 4 (1.14%) Unix
10 4 (1.14%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.85%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.57%) CentOS
12 2 (0.57%) Windows 2000
12 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.57%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (17.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 55 (15.67%) Cybersecurity
3 52 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (14.25%) Agile
5 49 (13.96%) Customer Service
6 41 (11.68%) Collaborative Working
7 37 (10.54%) ITIL
8 31 (8.83%) Service Delivery
9 29 (8.26%) Actionable Insight
10 26 (7.41%) Virtual Infrastructure
11 25 (7.12%) Network Monitoring
12 22 (6.27%) Project Delivery
13 20 (5.70%) Incident Response
14 19 (5.41%) Office Automation
15 17 (4.84%) Migration
15 17 (4.84%) Presales
16 16 (4.56%) Computer Science
17 15 (4.27%) Cloud Security
17 15 (4.27%) Infrastructure as Code
17 15 (4.27%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 38 (10.83%) PowerShell
2 30 (8.55%) Python
3 14 (3.99%) Bash
4 12 (3.42%) C#
5 10 (2.85%) Java
6 8 (2.28%) SQL
7 4 (1.14%) Bicep
7 4 (1.14%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.85%) XAML
9 1 (0.28%) C
9 1 (0.28%) Perl
Qualifications
1 91 (25.93%) Security Cleared
2 40 (11.40%) DV Cleared
3 36 (10.26%) Cisco Certification
4 35 (9.97%) SC Cleared
5 34 (9.69%) Degree
6 28 (7.98%) CCNA
7 23 (6.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (5.98%) CCNP
9 16 (4.56%) MCSE
10 9 (2.56%) CISSP
10 9 (2.56%) MCITP
10 9 (2.56%) MCP
11 8 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.99%) DBS Check
12 7 (1.99%) MCSA
13 6 (1.71%) CCA
13 6 (1.71%) CCSK
13 6 (1.71%) Citrix Certification
13 6 (1.71%) GIAC
14 5 (1.42%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (3.70%) SLA
3 9 (2.56%) PCI DSS
4 8 (2.28%) NIST
5 7 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.99%) SOC 2
6 6 (1.71%) GDPR
7 5 (1.42%) SOC 1
8 3 (0.85%) QA
9 2 (0.57%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.28%) GRC
10 1 (0.28%) NCSC
System Software
1 89 (25.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 76 (21.65%) Active Directory
3 46 (13.11%) Hyper-V
4 26 (7.41%) VMware ESXi
5 25 (7.12%) VMware NSX
6 18 (5.13%) XenDesktop
7 17 (4.84%) vSphere
8 13 (3.70%) XenApp
9 8 (2.28%) Firmware
10 5 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (1.42%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (1.14%) Docker
11 4 (1.14%) KVM
11 4 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (1.14%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.57%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.28%) Samba
Systems Management
1 52 (14.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (8.83%) SCCM
3 27 (7.69%) Ansible
3 27 (7.69%) WSUS
4 16 (4.56%) vCenter Server
5 9 (2.56%) FortiGate
6 8 (2.28%) Kubernetes
6 8 (2.28%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.28%) Terraform
7 6 (1.71%) Cisco Prime
7 6 (1.71%) Nagios
8 5 (1.42%) Backup Exec
8 5 (1.42%) OfficeScan
8 5 (1.42%) Opsview
8 5 (1.42%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 4 (1.14%) Istio
10 3 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.85%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.85%) Puppet
10 3 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 121 (34.47%) Cisco
2 108 (30.77%) VMware
3 107 (30.48%) Microsoft
4 28 (7.98%) Citrix
5 21 (5.98%) Dell
5 21 (5.98%) Fortinet
5 21 (5.98%) HP
5 21 (5.98%) Veeam
6 20 (5.70%) Google
7 17 (4.84%) Symantec
8 15 (4.27%) Sophos
9 13 (3.70%) Aruba
10 11 (3.13%) Meraki
11 10 (2.85%) Palo Alto
11 10 (2.85%) Red Hat
12 9 (2.56%) CheckPoint
13 6 (1.71%) Apple
13 6 (1.71%) Juniper
13 6 (1.71%) NetApp
13 6 (1.71%) PagerDuty