Firewall Jobs

Firewall
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 64 73 135
Rank change year-on-year +9 +62 -51
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 3,788 4,017 5,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.61% 4.24% 3.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.84% 26.12% 22.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,131 2,784 3,551
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,548 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% +5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,607 15,377 22,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.96% 16.25% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9,414 7,683 11,818
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,419 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the UK

Firewall
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Firewall in the UK

Firewall
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Firewall in the UK

Firewall
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the UK 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
England +17 3,474 £49,000 -2.00% 684
UK excluding London +13 2,785 £42,500 -5.56% 554
Work from Home +8 1,359 £52,500 -4.55% 302
London +7 887 £65,000 +8.33% 176
South East +18 847 £42,500 -5.56% 150
North of England +8 606 £45,000 -5.26% 151
Midlands +23 529 £45,000 - 89
South West +8 351 £45,000 +5.88% 77
West Midlands +38 345 £45,000 - 50
North West -17 273 £50,000 - 81
Yorkshire +36 269 £47,500 +2.70% 55
East of England +25 262 £41,500 -2.35% 38
East Midlands -18 180 £42,500 - 39
Scotland -109 104 £50,000 +11.11% 47
Wales +14 87 £40,500 -10.00% 15
North East +3 78 £40,000 -5.88% 15
Northern Ireland -11 21 £37,500 +1.35% 5
Isle of Man -5 16 £46,500 +3.33% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 550 (14.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 415 (10.96%) SharePoint
3 116 (3.06%) IIS
4 72 (1.90%) Apache
5 36 (0.95%) Confluence
6 26 (0.69%) nginx
7 24 (0.63%) Skype for Business
8 23 (0.61%) WordPress
9 18 (0.48%) CMS
10 17 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2010
10 17 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
11 14 (0.37%) SharePoint 2010
11 14 (0.37%) SharePoint 2013
12 11 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2007
13 9 (0.24%) WebSphere
14 7 (0.18%) SAS
15 6 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2000
16 5 (0.13%) Tomcat
17 4 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2003
17 4 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 314 (8.29%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.45%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.079%) SPSS
6 3 (0.079%) Trello
7 1 (0.026%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (0.45%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.13%) Oracle Cash Management
3 4 (0.11%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.079%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.079%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.053%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.053%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.053%) Shopify
6 1 (0.026%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.026%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.026%) Misys Opics
6 1 (0.026%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 1,746 (46.09%) Azure
2 1,375 (36.30%) Microsoft 365
3 581 (15.34%) AWS
4 422 (11.14%) Entra ID
5 174 (4.59%) GCP
6 143 (3.78%) IaaS
7 132 (3.48%) SaaS
8 126 (3.33%) PaaS
9 123 (3.25%) OneDrive
10 92 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
11 82 (2.16%) Cloud Computing
12 77 (2.03%) Amazon S3
13 66 (1.74%) Azure Sentinel
14 50 (1.32%) Mimecast
15 46 (1.21%) Power Platform
16 44 (1.16%) GitHub
17 39 (1.03%) Google Workspace
18 30 (0.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
19 28 (0.74%) Serverless
20 26 (0.69%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 927 (24.47%) WAN
2 920 (24.29%) VPN
3 858 (22.65%) DNS
4 752 (19.85%) LAN
5 565 (14.92%) DHCP
6 523 (13.81%) TCP/IP
7 467 (12.33%) Network Security
8 458 (12.09%) Wireless
9 404 (10.67%) Wi-Fi
10 389 (10.27%) VLAN
11 314 (8.29%) SD-WAN
12 256 (6.76%) Internet
13 250 (6.60%) SAN
14 210 (5.54%) MPLS
15 198 (5.23%) BGP
16 179 (4.73%) VoIP
17 172 (4.54%) Intrusion Detection
18 169 (4.46%) OSPF
19 160 (4.22%) IPsec
20 124 (3.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 255 (6.73%) SQL Server
2 68 (1.80%) Elasticsearch
3 67 (1.77%) MySQL
4 62 (1.64%) MongoDB
5 46 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
6 36 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
7 32 (0.84%) Power BI
8 20 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
8 20 (0.53%) Big Data
9 12 (0.32%) NoSQL
10 11 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (0.24%) MariaDB
12 8 (0.21%) CockroachDB
12 8 (0.21%) DB2
12 8 (0.21%) Redis
12 8 (0.21%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (0.11%) Metabase
14 4 (0.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 95 (2.51%) JIRA
2 87 (2.30%) Jenkins
3 60 (1.58%) Git
4 28 (0.74%) GitLab
5 22 (0.58%) Bitbucket
6 13 (0.34%) Robot Framework
6 13 (0.34%) Subversion
7 11 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
8 10 (0.26%) GNU Toolchain
8 10 (0.26%) Trac
9 8 (0.21%) Jaeger
9 8 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
10 7 (0.18%) Katalon Studio
10 7 (0.18%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
11 4 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
11 4 (0.11%) Spinnaker
12 3 (0.079%) Burp Suite
12 3 (0.079%) Maven
13 2 (0.053%) Hudson
General
1 1,071 (28.27%) Social Skills
2 497 (13.12%) Finance
3 301 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
4 216 (5.70%) Telecoms
5 154 (4.07%) Law
6 131 (3.46%) Retail
7 118 (3.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 112 (2.96%) Legal
9 93 (2.46%) Public Sector
10 91 (2.40%) Manufacturing
11 82 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
12 77 (2.03%) Aerospace
13 65 (1.72%) Banking
14 57 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
15 54 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
16 49 (1.29%) Games
17 43 (1.14%) Marketing
18 29 (0.77%) Police
19 22 (0.58%) Local Government
20 16 (0.42%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 658 (17.37%) Network Engineer
2 578 (15.26%) Senior
3 486 (12.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 485 (12.80%) IT Engineer
5 480 (12.67%) Support Engineer
6 441 (11.64%) Analyst
7 435 (11.48%) IT Support
8 274 (7.23%) IT Support Engineer
9 251 (6.63%) Lead
10 208 (5.49%) Architect
11 199 (5.25%) Senior Network Engineer
12 182 (4.80%) Security Analyst
13 180 (4.75%) 3rd Line Support
14 175 (4.62%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 168 (4.44%) Consultant
16 160 (4.22%) 2nd Line Support
17 144 (3.80%) IT Manager
18 138 (3.64%) Security Engineer
19 120 (3.17%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
19 120 (3.17%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (2.06%) YAML
2 63 (1.66%) 802.1X
3 59 (1.56%) REST
4 54 (1.43%) RabbitMQ
5 42 (1.11%) HTML
6 38 (1.00%) .NET
6 38 (1.00%) SAML
7 31 (0.82%) OAuth
8 22 (0.58%) ARM Templates
8 22 (0.58%) ASP.NET
8 22 (0.58%) CSS
8 22 (0.58%) jQuery
9 20 (0.53%) OpenID
9 20 (0.53%) XML
10 19 (0.50%) AngularJS
10 19 (0.50%) ASP.NET MVC
10 19 (0.50%) React
10 19 (0.50%) Tailwind CSS
10 19 (0.50%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 19 (0.50%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 478 (12.62%) Data Centre
2 289 (7.63%) Management Information System
3 222 (5.86%) Driving Licence
4 130 (3.43%) Replication
5 125 (3.30%) Public Cloud
5 125 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
6 97 (2.56%) PKI
7 84 (2.22%) Security Posture
8 81 (2.14%) Cyber Threat
9 74 (1.95%) Clustering
10 73 (1.93%) Onboarding
11 71 (1.87%) Security Operations Centre
12 53 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
13 49 (1.29%) Client/Server
13 49 (1.29%) Linux Command Line
14 44 (1.16%) IoT
14 44 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
15 39 (1.03%) CCTV
16 37 (0.98%) Cyberattack
17 36 (0.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 1,739 (45.91%) Windows
2 1,032 (27.24%) Windows Server
3 793 (20.93%) Linux
4 286 (7.55%) Windows 10
5 222 (5.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 191 (5.04%) Windows Server 2019
7 177 (4.67%) Windows Server 2012
8 98 (2.59%) Mac OS
9 93 (2.46%) Ubuntu
10 81 (2.14%) VMS
11 77 (2.03%) Unix
12 76 (2.01%) Apple iOS
13 63 (1.66%) Android
14 54 (1.43%) Data ONTAP
15 53 (1.40%) Windows Server 2008
16 38 (1.00%) CentOS
16 38 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 28 (0.74%) Windows 7
18 20 (0.53%) Windows XP
19 17 (0.45%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 836 (22.07%) Problem-Solving
2 831 (21.94%) Cybersecurity
3 622 (16.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 513 (13.54%) ITIL
5 449 (11.85%) Customer Service
6 345 (9.11%) Agile
6 345 (9.11%) Information Security
7 328 (8.66%) Disaster Recovery
8 319 (8.42%) SIEM
9 295 (7.79%) DevOps
10 276 (7.29%) Mentoring
11 259 (6.84%) Project Management
12 244 (6.44%) Incident Response
13 213 (5.62%) Migration
14 190 (5.02%) Cloud Security
15 189 (4.99%) Actionable Insight
15 189 (4.99%) Service Delivery
16 187 (4.94%) Project Delivery
17 165 (4.36%) Computer Science
18 164 (4.33%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 459 (12.12%) PowerShell
2 334 (8.82%) Python
3 322 (8.50%) SQL
4 180 (4.75%) Bash
5 67 (1.77%) C#
6 62 (1.64%) Java
7 45 (1.19%) Perl
8 33 (0.87%) JavaScript
9 29 (0.77%) Bicep
9 29 (0.77%) VBScript
10 21 (0.55%) Ruby
11 19 (0.50%) XAML
12 17 (0.45%) C++
12 17 (0.45%) VB
13 15 (0.40%) C
14 13 (0.34%) Shell Script
15 12 (0.32%) PHP
16 10 (0.26%) RPG
17 7 (0.18%) Go
18 6 (0.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 533 (14.07%) Cisco Certification
2 520 (13.73%) Degree
3 506 (13.36%) Security Cleared
4 360 (9.50%) CCNA
5 295 (7.79%) SC Cleared
6 275 (7.26%) CISSP
7 233 (6.15%) CCNP
8 223 (5.89%) Microsoft Certification
9 165 (4.36%) DV Cleared
10 122 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
11 119 (3.14%) Azure Certification
12 113 (2.98%) CISM
13 105 (2.77%) MCSE
14 69 (1.82%) CompTIA Security+
15 68 (1.80%) CISA
16 67 (1.77%) Network+ Certification
17 61 (1.61%) MCSA
18 58 (1.53%) AWS Certification
18 58 (1.53%) CCIE
18 58 (1.53%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 289 (7.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 168 (4.44%) SLA
3 167 (4.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 160 (4.22%) NIST
5 143 (3.78%) GDPR
6 100 (2.64%) PCI DSS
7 49 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 44 (1.16%) SOC 2
9 31 (0.82%) GRC
9 31 (0.82%) QA
10 24 (0.63%) NCSC
11 22 (0.58%) HIPAA
12 19 (0.50%) COBIT
13 11 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 9 (0.24%) COSHH
14 9 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 7 (0.18%) ISO 22301
15 7 (0.18%) NIST 800
15 7 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 6 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1,282 (33.84%) Active Directory
2 770 (20.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 616 (16.26%) Hyper-V
4 166 (4.38%) VMware ESXi
5 154 (4.07%) Docker
6 113 (2.98%) vSphere
7 103 (2.72%) Virtual Machines
8 85 (2.24%) Virtual Desktop
9 48 (1.27%) VMware NSX
10 42 (1.11%) Virtual Servers
11 35 (0.92%) XenApp
12 33 (0.87%) Firmware
12 33 (0.87%) XenDesktop
13 28 (0.74%) Terminal Services
14 25 (0.66%) pfSense
15 19 (0.50%) NFS
16 14 (0.37%) vCloud
17 12 (0.32%) KVM
18 7 (0.18%) VMware Server
18 7 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 434 (11.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 284 (7.50%) Ansible
3 199 (5.25%) Terraform
4 195 (5.15%) Kubernetes
5 165 (4.36%) SCCM
6 143 (3.78%) FortiGate
7 103 (2.72%) WSUS
8 99 (2.61%) vCenter Server
9 72 (1.90%) Prometheus
10 71 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
11 60 (1.58%) SCOM
12 42 (1.11%) Puppet
13 39 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 39 (1.03%) ZABBIX
14 34 (0.90%) Nagios
15 33 (0.87%) Grafana
16 29 (0.77%) Progress Chef
17 26 (0.69%) Failover Clustering
18 25 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
19 19 (0.50%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 1,605 (42.37%) Microsoft
2 1,093 (28.85%) VMware
3 1,077 (28.43%) Cisco
4 331 (8.74%) Palo Alto
5 296 (7.81%) Veeam
6 278 (7.34%) Fortinet
7 267 (7.05%) Juniper
8 232 (6.12%) Meraki
9 214 (5.65%) Citrix
10 183 (4.83%) Aruba
11 178 (4.70%) HP
12 176 (4.65%) CheckPoint
13 139 (3.67%) Dell
14 120 (3.17%) NetApp
14 120 (3.17%) Red Hat
15 116 (3.06%) Google
16 101 (2.67%) SolarWinds
17 91 (2.40%) Sophos
18 81 (2.14%) Oracle
19 73 (1.93%) Apple