Firewall Jobs in the West Midlands

Firewall
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West 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 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 51 82 70
Rank change year-on-year +31 -12 -17
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 338 220 320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.00% 3.80% 4.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 32.34% 20.30% 29.52%
Number of salaries quoted 284 182 224
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,625 £36,375 £37,655
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,750 £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
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,045 1,084 1,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.37% 18.74% 13.94%
Number of salaries quoted 777 510 700
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% +3.26%
75th Percentile £56,950 £63,750 £60,156
90th Percentile £68,300 £73,075 £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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the West Midlands

Firewall
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Firewall in the West Midlands

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Firewall in the West Midlands

Firewall
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +19 144 £46,500 -25.60% 8
Staffordshire -21 50 £38,250 -5.56% 16
Warwickshire +36 36 £52,500 -1.87% 4
Worcestershire -8 36 £50,000 +25.79% 5
Coventry +22 18 £47,545 +26.79% 3
Shropshire -1 10 £37,500 -16.67%
Solihull -3 10 £51,900 +31.39% 3
Tipton - 4 £24,000 -
Dudley - 4 £26,000 -
Wolverhampton +7 3 £20,000 -69.58%
Sutton Coldfield - 3 - -
Halesowen - 3 £40,000 -
Herefordshire +1 1 £32,500 -31.58% 3
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 40 (11.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (9.17%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.25%) IIS
4 9 (2.66%) nginx
5 5 (1.48%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.89%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 32 (9.47%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.18%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.18%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 173 (51.18%) Azure
2 122 (36.09%) Microsoft 365
3 73 (21.60%) Entra ID
4 28 (8.28%) AWS
5 14 (4.14%) OneDrive
6 12 (3.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 11 (3.25%) Azure Logic Apps
7 11 (3.25%) IaaS
8 9 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.07%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (2.07%) PaaS
10 6 (1.78%) Google Workspace
11 4 (1.18%) GCP
11 4 (1.18%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (0.89%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.89%) SaaS
13 2 (0.59%) Amazon S3
13 2 (0.59%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.59%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 94 (27.81%) WAN
2 79 (23.37%) DNS
3 68 (20.12%) VPN
4 67 (19.82%) LAN
5 59 (17.46%) DHCP
6 52 (15.38%) Network Security
7 48 (14.20%) TCP/IP
8 36 (10.65%) SD-WAN
9 35 (10.36%) VLAN
10 33 (9.76%) Wireless
11 31 (9.17%) Wi-Fi
12 30 (8.88%) MPLS
13 26 (7.69%) SAN
14 17 (5.03%) Intrusion Detection
15 14 (4.14%) OSPF
16 13 (3.85%) PBX
16 13 (3.85%) WLAN
17 12 (3.55%) Cisco ASA
17 12 (3.55%) Cisco Firepower
17 12 (3.55%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.21%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (2.66%) MySQL
4 7 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.59%) Power BI
5 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (4.73%) Git
2 9 (2.66%) GNU Toolchain
2 9 (2.66%) Subversion
3 5 (1.48%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (1.18%) JIRA
5 3 (0.89%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 84 (24.85%) Social Skills
2 46 (13.61%) Finance
3 31 (9.17%) Telecoms
4 17 (5.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (4.14%) Retail
6 13 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (3.55%) Law
7 12 (3.55%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.96%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.78%) Local Government
10 6 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.78%) Police
11 5 (1.48%) Games
12 3 (0.89%) Legal
12 3 (0.89%) Marketing
12 3 (0.89%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.59%) Back Office
13 2 (0.59%) Banking
13 2 (0.59%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 86 (25.44%) Network Engineer
2 57 (16.86%) Senior
3 49 (14.50%) IT Engineer
4 46 (13.61%) Support Engineer
5 37 (10.95%) IT Support
6 34 (10.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 29 (8.58%) Analyst
8 26 (7.69%) Senior Network Engineer
9 25 (7.40%) IT Support Engineer
10 20 (5.92%) Architect
11 17 (5.03%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 17 (5.03%) Developer
12 15 (4.44%) Cisco Engineer
12 15 (4.44%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 15 (4.44%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (4.44%) IT Manager
13 14 (4.14%) IT Technician
13 14 (4.14%) Systems Engineer
14 13 (3.85%) 3rd Line Support
14 13 (3.85%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.55%) 802.1X
2 11 (3.25%) REST
3 9 (2.66%) Node.js
3 9 (2.66%) POSIX
4 8 (2.37%) WebRTC
5 7 (2.07%) JSON
5 7 (2.07%) YAML
6 3 (0.89%) .NET
6 3 (0.89%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.89%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.89%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (0.89%) CSS
6 3 (0.89%) EDI
6 3 (0.89%) HTML
6 3 (0.89%) jQuery
6 3 (0.89%) React
6 3 (0.89%) Tailwind CSS
6 3 (0.89%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 3 (0.89%) Vue
6 3 (0.89%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.51%) Data Centre
2 20 (5.92%) Replication
3 18 (5.33%) Clustering
4 16 (4.73%) Driving Licence
5 15 (4.44%) Security Operations Centre
6 14 (4.14%) Management Information System
7 13 (3.85%) CCTV
8 11 (3.25%) Wiki
9 10 (2.96%) Security Posture
10 9 (2.66%) Embedded Systems
10 9 (2.66%) Linux Command Line
11 8 (2.37%) IoT
12 6 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (1.48%) Client/Server
13 5 (1.48%) Enterprise Storage
13 5 (1.48%) Onboarding
13 5 (1.48%) Operational Technology
13 5 (1.48%) PKI
14 4 (1.18%) SCADA
14 4 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 146 (43.20%) Windows
2 100 (29.59%) Windows Server
3 43 (12.72%) Windows Server 2012
4 40 (11.83%) Windows 10
5 38 (11.24%) Linux
6 27 (7.99%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (6.21%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (2.96%) Windows Server 2008
9 9 (2.66%) Unix
10 6 (1.78%) Mac OS
11 4 (1.18%) VMS
11 4 (1.18%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (0.89%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.89%) Windows 8
13 2 (0.59%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.59%) SUSE
13 2 (0.59%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (22.78%) Cybersecurity
2 68 (20.12%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (15.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 39 (11.54%) ITIL
5 34 (10.06%) Disaster Recovery
6 29 (8.58%) Customer Service
7 24 (7.10%) Agile
8 21 (6.21%) DevOps
9 19 (5.62%) Information Security
9 19 (5.62%) Network Monitoring
10 18 (5.33%) Load Balancing
10 18 (5.33%) Security Operations
11 17 (5.03%) Cloud Security
11 17 (5.03%) Risk Management
11 17 (5.03%) Vulnerability Management
12 16 (4.73%) Migration
12 16 (4.73%) Network Virtualisation
13 15 (4.44%) Mentoring
14 14 (4.14%) IT Strategy
14 14 (4.14%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 39 (11.54%) PowerShell
2 36 (10.65%) SQL
3 14 (4.14%) C++
4 11 (3.25%) C
5 10 (2.96%) Python
6 9 (2.66%) Bash
6 9 (2.66%) Perl
7 5 (1.48%) Go
7 5 (1.48%) Rust
8 4 (1.18%) Bicep
9 3 (0.89%) C#
9 3 (0.89%) XAML
10 2 (0.59%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 51 (15.09%) Security Cleared
2 49 (14.50%) SC Cleared
3 35 (10.36%) Cisco Certification
4 30 (8.88%) CCNA
5 23 (6.80%) Degree
6 16 (4.73%) Azure Certification
6 16 (4.73%) CCNP
6 16 (4.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (2.96%) MCSE
8 10 (2.96%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (1.48%) A+ Certification
9 5 (1.48%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.18%) CISA
10 4 (1.18%) CISM
10 4 (1.18%) CISSP
10 4 (1.18%) CRISC
10 4 (1.18%) JNCIA
11 3 (0.89%) CCDA
11 3 (0.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.62%) GDPR
2 10 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (2.96%) NIST
3 7 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (1.78%) SLA
5 2 (0.59%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 118 (34.91%) Active Directory
2 88 (26.04%) Hyper-V
3 73 (21.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (6.21%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (5.03%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.78%) pfSense
7 5 (1.48%) NFS
8 4 (1.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 3 (0.89%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.59%) Docker
10 2 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.59%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.59%) vSphere
10 2 (0.59%) XenApp
10 2 (0.59%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 41 (12.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (7.10%) SCCM
3 14 (4.14%) Terraform
4 10 (2.96%) FortiGate
5 9 (2.66%) Failover Clustering
6 6 (1.78%) Ansible
7 4 (1.18%) Autotask
7 4 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.89%) Nagios
9 2 (0.59%) Backup Exec
9 2 (0.59%) SCOM
9 2 (0.59%) Trend Micro Deep Security
9 2 (0.59%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.30%) CASB
10 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.30%) VxRail
10 1 (0.30%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 120 (35.50%) Cisco
1 120 (35.50%) Microsoft
2 101 (29.88%) VMware
3 44 (13.02%) CheckPoint
4 42 (12.43%) Juniper
5 38 (11.24%) Veeam
6 37 (10.95%) Palo Alto
7 34 (10.06%) Fortinet
8 32 (9.47%) Aruba
9 27 (7.99%) Meraki
10 19 (5.62%) Sophos
11 18 (5.33%) Dell
11 18 (5.33%) HP
12 14 (4.14%) Citrix
13 12 (3.55%) F5
13 12 (3.55%) Sage
14 9 (2.66%) EqualLogic
14 9 (2.66%) SolarWinds
15 8 (2.37%) Avaya
15 8 (2.37%) WatchGuard