Firewall Jobs with Work from Home Options

Firewall
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 71 79 158
Rank change year-on-year +8 +79 -44
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 1,359 1,553 1,939
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.91% 4.04% 2.61%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.05% 35.26% 22.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,116 1,234 1,464
10th Percentile £33,250 £33,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £67,125 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,534 £83,000
UK median annual salary £48,500 £50,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -3.00% -1.96% +2.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,217 4,404 8,481
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.02% 11.45% 11.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,325 3,281 5,133
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Firewall trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Firewall.

Firewall salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Firewall over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Firewall salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 144 (10.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 106 (7.80%) SharePoint
3 67 (4.93%) Apache
4 60 (4.42%) IIS
5 16 (1.18%) CMS
6 13 (0.96%) nginx
7 12 (0.88%) WordPress
8 8 (0.59%) Confluence
9 6 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2000
10 5 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
10 5 (0.37%) Tomcat
11 4 (0.29%) Apache Spark
11 4 (0.29%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.29%) WebSphere
12 3 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2007
12 3 (0.22%) SAS
13 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 44 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.22%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.22%) SPSS
3 3 (0.22%) Trello
4 1 (0.074%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.074%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 636 (46.80%) Azure
2 409 (30.10%) Microsoft 365
3 244 (17.95%) AWS
4 140 (10.30%) Entra ID
5 69 (5.08%) Amazon S3
6 59 (4.34%) GCP
7 58 (4.27%) IaaS
8 55 (4.05%) SaaS
9 48 (3.53%) Azure DevOps
10 47 (3.46%) PaaS
11 39 (2.87%) Cloud Computing
12 30 (2.21%) OneDrive
13 28 (2.06%) Azure Sentinel
14 24 (1.77%) GitHub
15 23 (1.69%) Azure Storage
16 18 (1.32%) Azure Monitor
17 13 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
18 12 (0.88%) Serverless
19 11 (0.81%) Google Workspace
19 11 (0.81%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 392 (28.84%) VPN
2 389 (28.62%) WAN
3 342 (25.17%) DNS
4 309 (22.74%) LAN
5 225 (16.56%) TCP/IP
6 203 (14.94%) DHCP
7 196 (14.42%) Network Security
8 188 (13.83%) Wi-Fi
9 184 (13.54%) Wireless
10 149 (10.96%) VLAN
11 148 (10.89%) Internet
11 148 (10.89%) SD-WAN
12 101 (7.43%) MPLS
13 100 (7.36%) IPsec
14 92 (6.77%) SAN
15 86 (6.33%) Intrusion Detection
16 83 (6.11%) BGP
17 69 (5.08%) SNMP
18 62 (4.56%) OSPF
18 62 (4.56%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (5.74%) SQL Server
2 67 (4.93%) Elasticsearch
3 62 (4.56%) MongoDB
4 28 (2.06%) MySQL
5 24 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
6 11 (0.81%) Power BI
7 10 (0.74%) NoSQL
8 8 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.44%) Redis
11 4 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.29%) DB2
12 3 (0.22%) Big Data
12 3 (0.22%) EDRMS
13 2 (0.15%) NonStop SQL
13 2 (0.15%) OLAP
13 2 (0.15%) OLAP Cube
13 2 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
13 2 (0.15%) SAP Data Services
13 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 34 (2.50%) Git
2 27 (1.99%) Jenkins
3 25 (1.84%) JIRA
4 11 (0.81%) GitLab
5 10 (0.74%) Trac
6 4 (0.29%) Spinnaker
7 3 (0.22%) Subversion
8 2 (0.15%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.074%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.074%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.074%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.074%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.074%) Postman
9 1 (0.074%) Selenium
9 1 (0.074%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.074%) TeamCity
General
1 379 (27.89%) Social Skills
2 191 (14.05%) Finance
3 114 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 57 (4.19%) Telecoms
6 55 (4.05%) Retail
7 54 (3.97%) Law
8 41 (3.02%) Public Sector
9 37 (2.72%) Legal
10 30 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
10 30 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
11 25 (1.84%) Marketing
12 20 (1.47%) Games
13 18 (1.32%) Banking
14 13 (0.96%) Aerospace
14 13 (0.96%) Manufacturing
15 11 (0.81%) Advertising
15 11 (0.81%) Police
16 9 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.44%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 225 (16.56%) Network Engineer
2 208 (15.31%) Senior
3 197 (14.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 146 (10.74%) IT Engineer
5 133 (9.79%) Lead
6 108 (7.95%) Support Engineer
7 107 (7.87%) Consultant
8 98 (7.21%) Architect
9 92 (6.77%) Analyst
10 80 (5.89%) IT Support
11 66 (4.86%) Senior Network Engineer
12 61 (4.49%) Security Engineer
13 60 (4.42%) IT Support Engineer
14 54 (3.97%) NetApp Consultant
15 52 (3.83%) Team Leader
16 49 (3.61%) Cloud Engineer
17 48 (3.53%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 48 (3.53%) IT Manager
17 48 (3.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 46 (3.38%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (4.64%) YAML
2 54 (3.97%) RabbitMQ
3 43 (3.16%) REST
4 28 (2.06%) .NET
5 19 (1.40%) AngularJS
5 19 (1.40%) ASP.NET
5 19 (1.40%) ASP.NET MVC
5 19 (1.40%) CSS
5 19 (1.40%) HTML
5 19 (1.40%) jQuery
5 19 (1.40%) React
5 19 (1.40%) Tailwind CSS
5 19 (1.40%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 19 (1.40%) Vue
5 19 (1.40%) WPF
6 17 (1.25%) ARM Templates
6 17 (1.25%) OAuth
6 17 (1.25%) OpenID
6 17 (1.25%) SAML
7 11 (0.81%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 210 (15.45%) Data Centre
2 94 (6.92%) Management Information System
3 74 (5.45%) Driving Licence
4 66 (4.86%) Self-Motivation
5 37 (2.72%) PKI
6 34 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
6 34 (2.50%) Public Cloud
7 33 (2.43%) Security Operations Centre
8 29 (2.13%) Onboarding
9 25 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
10 24 (1.77%) Security Posture
11 22 (1.62%) Video Conferencing
12 20 (1.47%) Replication
13 19 (1.40%) Client/Server
13 19 (1.40%) Cloud Native
14 15 (1.10%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 14 (1.03%) Clustering
16 13 (0.96%) IoT
17 12 (0.88%) PMI
18 11 (0.81%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 586 (43.12%) Windows
2 331 (24.36%) Linux
3 323 (23.77%) Windows Server
4 85 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
5 74 (5.45%) Windows 10
6 64 (4.71%) Windows Server 2019
7 55 (4.05%) Windows Server 2012
8 54 (3.97%) Data ONTAP
9 50 (3.68%) Ubuntu
10 46 (3.38%) VMS
11 37 (2.72%) Apple iOS
12 36 (2.65%) Android
13 26 (1.91%) Unix
14 23 (1.69%) Windows Server 2008
15 18 (1.32%) Mac OS
16 12 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 9 (0.66%) CentOS
18 5 (0.37%) Windows 7
19 4 (0.29%) Debian
20 3 (0.22%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 300 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
2 278 (20.46%) Cybersecurity
3 277 (20.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 198 (14.57%) Agile
5 174 (12.80%) ITIL
6 150 (11.04%) DevOps
7 148 (10.89%) Information Security
8 134 (9.86%) SIEM
9 129 (9.49%) Project Management
10 119 (8.76%) Actionable Insight
11 107 (7.87%) Migration
12 104 (7.65%) Infrastructure Management
13 100 (7.36%) Customer Service
14 96 (7.06%) Disaster Recovery
15 92 (6.77%) Mentoring
16 84 (6.18%) CI/CD
17 83 (6.11%) Cloud Security
18 81 (5.96%) Release Management
19 73 (5.37%) Infrastructure as Code
19 73 (5.37%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 161 (11.85%) PowerShell
2 144 (10.60%) Python
3 67 (4.93%) SQL
4 49 (3.61%) C#
5 46 (3.38%) Bash
6 37 (2.72%) Java
7 29 (2.13%) VBScript
8 21 (1.55%) Bicep
9 19 (1.40%) XAML
10 17 (1.25%) VB
11 12 (0.88%) PHP
12 9 (0.66%) Perl
13 6 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.15%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.074%) ActionScript
15 1 (0.074%) C
15 1 (0.074%) Go
15 1 (0.074%) JavaScript
15 1 (0.074%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 189 (13.91%) Cisco Certification
2 187 (13.76%) Security Cleared
3 151 (11.11%) Degree
4 118 (8.68%) CCNA
5 101 (7.43%) CISSP
5 101 (7.43%) SC Cleared
6 84 (6.18%) CCNP
7 82 (6.03%) DV Cleared
8 50 (3.68%) Microsoft Certification
9 47 (3.46%) Azure Certification
10 41 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
11 29 (2.13%) CCIE
12 27 (1.99%) CISM
13 25 (1.84%) SSCP
14 24 (1.77%) CCSP
14 24 (1.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 24 (1.77%) MCSE
15 23 (1.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 23 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
16 21 (1.55%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (8.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 78 (5.74%) NIST
3 70 (5.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 61 (4.49%) PCI DSS
5 40 (2.94%) SLA
6 32 (2.35%) GDPR
7 24 (1.77%) GRC
7 24 (1.77%) SOC 2
8 22 (1.62%) QA
9 17 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 11 (0.81%) NCSC
11 6 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.29%) COBIT
13 3 (0.22%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.15%) GLBA
14 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.074%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 1 (0.074%) GxP
15 1 (0.074%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 408 (30.02%) Active Directory
2 274 (20.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 217 (15.97%) Hyper-V
4 118 (8.68%) Docker
5 60 (4.42%) Virtual Machines
6 56 (4.12%) VMware ESXi
7 54 (3.97%) Virtual Desktop
8 31 (2.28%) vSphere
9 24 (1.77%) Virtual Servers
10 19 (1.40%) NFS
11 17 (1.25%) pfSense
12 7 (0.52%) XenDesktop
13 6 (0.44%) Firmware
13 6 (0.44%) XenApp
14 5 (0.37%) vCloud
14 5 (0.37%) VMware Server
15 4 (0.29%) KVM
15 4 (0.29%) Terminal Services
15 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
16 2 (0.15%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 170 (12.51%) Ansible
2 151 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 118 (8.68%) Kubernetes
4 99 (7.28%) Terraform
5 69 (5.08%) vCenter Server
6 60 (4.42%) Prometheus
7 56 (4.12%) WSUS
8 50 (3.68%) FortiGate
8 50 (3.68%) SCCM
9 35 (2.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 31 (2.28%) ZABBIX
11 30 (2.21%) Grafana
12 26 (1.91%) SCOM
13 21 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
14 19 (1.40%) Docker Swarm
14 19 (1.40%) Nagios
15 14 (1.03%) Cisco CUCM
15 14 (1.03%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 14 (1.03%) Nmap
15 14 (1.03%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 460 (33.85%) Microsoft
2 427 (31.42%) Cisco
3 393 (28.92%) VMware
4 165 (12.14%) Palo Alto
5 148 (10.89%) Fortinet
6 129 (9.49%) Meraki
7 113 (8.31%) Juniper
8 74 (5.45%) NetApp
9 72 (5.30%) CheckPoint
10 71 (5.22%) Red Hat
11 66 (4.86%) Veeam
12 65 (4.78%) Aruba
13 54 (3.97%) SolidFire
14 51 (3.75%) HP
15 42 (3.09%) SolarWinds
16 41 (3.02%) Citrix
17 35 (2.58%) Dell
18 28 (2.06%) Sophos
19 25 (1.84%) F5
19 25 (1.84%) Rapid7