Firewall Jobs in Staffordshire

Firewall
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 27 33
Rank change year-on-year -13 +6 +12
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 51 39 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 4.57% 7.34% 6.08%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 32.28% 30.00% 28.26%
Number of salaries quoted 39 36 36
10th Percentile £30,550 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £38,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £44,875 £62,500
90th Percentile £57,750 £58,750 £65,000
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £45,125 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.28% -5.00% -5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 158 130 138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 14.15% 24.48% 21.53%
Number of salaries quoted 120 82 93
10th Percentile £25,700 £23,525 £24,425
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £55,125 £58,750 £65,000
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% +3.26%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Staffordshire

Firewall
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

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

Salary trend for Firewall in Staffordshire

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Staffordshire

Firewall
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Tamworth - 9 £35,000 - 3
Burton-upon-Trent 0 6 £52,500 +31.25% 2
Stafford -6 6 - - 1
Cannock - 6 £37,500 - 1
Stoke-on-Trent -20 5 £30,250 -13.57% 7
Rugeley - 2 £35,000 -
Lichfield +5 1 £28,500 -28.75% 2
Firewall
West Midlands

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 25 (49.02%) Azure
2 12 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (21.57%) Azure Logic Apps
3 11 (21.57%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.92%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.96%) AWS
5 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.96%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.96%) GCP
5 1 (1.96%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.96%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.96%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.96%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (27.45%) VPN
2 9 (17.65%) LAN
2 9 (17.65%) Network Security
2 9 (17.65%) WAN
3 4 (7.84%) SAN
4 3 (5.88%) DNS
4 3 (5.88%) VLAN
4 3 (5.88%) VoIP
5 2 (3.92%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.92%) Wireless
5 2 (3.92%) Wireless Security
6 1 (1.96%) BGP
6 1 (1.96%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (1.96%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (1.96%) DHCP
6 1 (1.96%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.96%) OSPF
6 1 (1.96%) VXLAN
6 1 (1.96%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (19.61%) Social Skills
2 9 (17.65%) Finance
2 9 (17.65%) Retail
3 7 (13.73%) Public Sector
4 6 (11.76%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.92%) Electronics
6 1 (1.96%) Automotive
6 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (25.49%) IT Engineer
2 11 (21.57%) Analyst
2 11 (21.57%) Cloud Engineer
3 10 (19.61%) Network Engineer
3 10 (19.61%) Security Analyst
4 9 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (15.69%) Operations Analyst
5 8 (15.69%) Security Operations Analyst
6 6 (11.76%) Systems Engineer
7 5 (9.80%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (9.80%) Voice Engineer
7 5 (9.80%) Voice Network Engineer
8 4 (7.84%) Security Engineer
9 3 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 3 (5.88%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 2 (3.92%) 1st Line Support
10 2 (3.92%) 1st Line Support Technician
10 2 (3.92%) IT Support
10 2 (3.92%) Senior
10 2 (3.92%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.69%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (9.80%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (7.84%) Cloud Native
3 4 (7.84%) Driving Licence
3 4 (7.84%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.88%) IoT
4 3 (5.88%) Operational Technology
4 3 (5.88%) SCADA
4 3 (5.88%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.92%) NHS
5 2 (3.92%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.92%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.96%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 31 (60.78%) Windows
2 19 (37.25%) Windows Server
3 18 (35.29%) Linux
4 5 (9.80%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (9.80%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (7.84%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (3.92%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.96%) Mac OS X
7 1 (1.96%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (23.53%) Disaster Recovery
2 12 (23.53%) Information Security
2 12 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (23.53%) Network Virtualisation
3 11 (21.57%) DevOps
4 10 (19.61%) Risk Management
4 10 (19.61%) Security Operations
4 10 (19.61%) Vulnerability Management
5 9 (17.65%) Cloud Security
5 9 (17.65%) Performance Monitoring
6 5 (9.80%) Migration
6 5 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (9.80%) Server Management
7 4 (7.84%) Analytics
7 4 (7.84%) Innovative Thinking
7 4 (7.84%) ITIL
7 4 (7.84%) Performance Metrics
8 3 (5.88%) Incident Response
8 3 (5.88%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.84%) Bicep
1 4 (7.84%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.88%) SQL
3 2 (3.92%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.96%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (11.76%) MCSE
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (9.80%) CCNA
3 3 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.88%) Degree
3 3 (5.88%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.88%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.92%) CEH
4 2 (3.92%) CISA
4 2 (3.92%) CISM
4 2 (3.92%) CISSP
4 2 (3.92%) CRISC
4 2 (3.92%) GIAC
5 1 (1.96%) CCNP
5 1 (1.96%) HNC
5 1 (1.96%) HND
5 1 (1.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.69%) GDPR
1 8 (15.69%) NIST
2 2 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.92%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (35.29%) Active Directory
2 12 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (21.57%) Hyper-V
3 11 (21.57%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (3.92%) vSphere
5 1 (1.96%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.96%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.96%) Ansible
2 1 (1.96%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 14 (27.45%) Microsoft
2 13 (25.49%) VMware
3 12 (23.53%) Cisco
4 5 (9.80%) HP
4 5 (9.80%) Meraki
4 5 (9.80%) Ruckus Wireless
5 3 (5.88%) Ericsson
5 3 (5.88%) Sophos
5 3 (5.88%) ZyXEL
6 1 (1.96%) Apple
6 1 (1.96%) Dell
6 1 (1.96%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.96%) Google
6 1 (1.96%) LogRhythm
6 1 (1.96%) Ubiquiti