Firewall Jobs in the UK excluding London

Firewall
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 74 76
Rank change year-on-year +12 +2 -18
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 2,737 2,553 2,944
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.82% 4.32% 4.05%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.06% 23.53% 26.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2,317 1,705 2,180
10th Percentile £26,400 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £34,342
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £71,550 £72,500
UK median annual salary £48,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.00% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,754 10,849 11,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.62% 18.34% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 7,061 4,721 6,541
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £74,919
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
South East +20 830 £42,500 -5.56% 168
North of England +13 602 £42,500 -10.53% 164
Midlands +28 519 £45,000 - 118
South West +6 347 £45,000 +6.51% 87
West Midlands +47 341 £45,000 -1.39% 65
Yorkshire +42 267 £45,000 -2.70% 65
North West -20 267 £50,000 - 85
East of England +26 253 £41,500 -2.35% 40
East Midlands -5 174 £42,500 +1.19% 53
Scotland -116 99 £50,000 +7.82% 43
Wales +10 84 £40,500 -10.00% 16
North East +7 80 £40,000 -5.88% 14
Northern Ireland -2 21 £37,500 - 6
Isle of Man -5 16 £46,500 +3.33% 2
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 - 1
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 442 (16.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 359 (13.12%) SharePoint
3 105 (3.84%) IIS
4 63 (2.30%) Apache
5 22 (0.80%) nginx
6 19 (0.69%) Confluence
7 18 (0.66%) CMS
7 18 (0.66%) WordPress
8 16 (0.58%) Skype for Business
9 15 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2010
10 12 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2013
11 9 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2007
12 7 (0.26%) Apache Spark
12 7 (0.26%) SharePoint 2010
12 7 (0.26%) SharePoint 2013
13 6 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2000
14 4 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2003
14 4 (0.15%) SAS
14 4 (0.15%) Umbraco
15 3 (0.11%) Jupyter
Applications
1 255 (9.32%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.40%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.15%) Trello
6 1 (0.037%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.15%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.11%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.073%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.073%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.073%) Shopify
4 1 (0.037%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 1,286 (46.99%) Azure
2 1,090 (39.82%) Microsoft 365
3 377 (13.77%) AWS
4 357 (13.04%) Entra ID
5 111 (4.06%) OneDrive
6 108 (3.95%) GCP
7 93 (3.40%) SaaS
8 84 (3.07%) IaaS
9 77 (2.81%) PaaS
10 58 (2.12%) Cloud Computing
11 55 (2.01%) Amazon S3
12 44 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
12 44 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
13 36 (1.32%) Mimecast
14 30 (1.10%) GitHub
15 27 (0.99%) Power Platform
16 23 (0.84%) Google Workspace
17 22 (0.80%) Azure Storage
18 21 (0.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
19 17 (0.62%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 620 (22.65%) VPN
2 615 (22.47%) DNS
3 606 (22.14%) WAN
4 491 (17.94%) LAN
5 409 (14.94%) DHCP
6 386 (14.10%) TCP/IP
7 303 (11.07%) Wireless
8 294 (10.74%) Network Security
9 282 (10.30%) VLAN
10 256 (9.35%) Wi-Fi
11 196 (7.16%) SD-WAN
12 191 (6.98%) SAN
13 157 (5.74%) Internet
14 135 (4.93%) VoIP
15 109 (3.98%) Intrusion Detection
16 106 (3.87%) MPLS
17 103 (3.76%) BGP
18 98 (3.58%) OSPF
19 95 (3.47%) IPsec
20 84 (3.07%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (7.09%) SQL Server
2 54 (1.97%) Elasticsearch
3 49 (1.79%) MongoDB
4 44 (1.61%) MySQL
5 40 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
6 21 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (0.62%) Big Data
8 15 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
9 14 (0.51%) Power BI
10 10 (0.37%) NoSQL
11 8 (0.29%) MariaDB
12 5 (0.18%) Redis
12 5 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.15%) Relational Database
14 3 (0.11%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.11%) Metabase
14 3 (0.11%) Oracle Database
14 3 (0.11%) Oracle Reports
15 2 (0.073%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 65 (2.37%) JIRA
2 49 (1.79%) Git
3 38 (1.39%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.47%) Robot Framework
5 10 (0.37%) GNU Toolchain
5 10 (0.37%) Subversion
5 10 (0.37%) Trac
6 7 (0.26%) Spinnaker
6 7 (0.26%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.18%) GitLab
7 5 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
8 4 (0.15%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.073%) Hudson
10 2 (0.073%) Metasploit
10 2 (0.073%) Selenium
10 2 (0.073%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.037%) Maven
General
1 787 (28.75%) Social Skills
2 268 (9.79%) Finance
3 188 (6.87%) Analytical Skills
3 188 (6.87%) Telecoms
4 84 (3.07%) Law
5 82 (3.00%) Manufacturing
6 80 (2.92%) Retail
7 74 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 72 (2.63%) Aerospace
9 65 (2.37%) Public Sector
10 57 (2.08%) Legal
11 56 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
12 42 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
13 33 (1.21%) Games
14 31 (1.13%) Marketing
15 20 (0.73%) Local Government
15 20 (0.73%) Police
15 20 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
16 15 (0.55%) Back Office
17 12 (0.44%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 474 (17.32%) Network Engineer
2 435 (15.89%) IT Engineer
3 427 (15.60%) Support Engineer
4 400 (14.61%) IT Support
5 380 (13.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 360 (13.15%) Senior
7 271 (9.90%) Analyst
8 259 (9.46%) IT Support Engineer
9 164 (5.99%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 164 (5.99%) Lead
10 162 (5.92%) 3rd Line Support
11 140 (5.12%) Senior Network Engineer
12 130 (4.75%) IT Manager
13 129 (4.71%) 2nd Line Support
14 116 (4.24%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 109 (3.98%) Consultant
16 100 (3.65%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 95 (3.47%) Architect
18 90 (3.29%) Security Analyst
19 89 (3.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (1.97%) REST
1 54 (1.97%) YAML
2 49 (1.79%) RabbitMQ
3 36 (1.32%) 802.1X
4 35 (1.28%) HTML
5 33 (1.21%) .NET
6 23 (0.84%) SAML
7 22 (0.80%) ASP.NET
7 22 (0.80%) CSS
7 22 (0.80%) jQuery
8 19 (0.69%) AngularJS
8 19 (0.69%) ASP.NET MVC
8 19 (0.69%) React
8 19 (0.69%) Tailwind CSS
8 19 (0.69%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 19 (0.69%) Vue
8 19 (0.69%) WPF
9 18 (0.66%) OAuth
9 18 (0.66%) OpenID
10 17 (0.62%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 336 (12.28%) Data Centre
2 213 (7.78%) Driving Licence
3 179 (6.54%) Management Information System
4 98 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
5 95 (3.47%) Replication
6 78 (2.85%) Public Cloud
7 61 (2.23%) Clustering
8 58 (2.12%) Security Operations Centre
9 48 (1.75%) Onboarding
10 45 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
11 41 (1.50%) Security Posture
12 40 (1.46%) IoT
13 38 (1.39%) CCTV
14 37 (1.35%) PKI
15 36 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
16 34 (1.24%) Client/Server
17 29 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
18 25 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
18 25 (0.91%) Cyberattack
19 24 (0.88%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1,352 (49.40%) Windows
2 830 (30.33%) Windows Server
3 560 (20.46%) Linux
4 230 (8.40%) Windows 10
5 184 (6.72%) Windows Server 2016
6 151 (5.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 143 (5.22%) Windows Server 2012
8 61 (2.23%) Mac OS
9 49 (1.79%) Data ONTAP
10 45 (1.64%) Apple iOS
11 44 (1.61%) Unix
12 43 (1.57%) Windows Server 2008
13 37 (1.35%) Android
14 33 (1.21%) VMS
15 28 (1.02%) Ubuntu
16 25 (0.91%) Windows 7
17 16 (0.58%) Windows XP
18 14 (0.51%) Windows Server 2003
19 13 (0.47%) CentOS
19 13 (0.47%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 645 (23.57%) Problem-Solving
2 531 (19.40%) Cybersecurity
3 488 (17.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 401 (14.65%) Customer Service
5 366 (13.37%) ITIL
6 217 (7.93%) Disaster Recovery
7 212 (7.75%) Agile
8 192 (7.01%) Mentoring
9 186 (6.80%) Project Management
10 179 (6.54%) DevOps
11 167 (6.10%) Incident Response
12 163 (5.96%) Service Delivery
13 152 (5.55%) Information Security
14 147 (5.37%) Project Delivery
14 147 (5.37%) SIEM
15 146 (5.33%) Migration
16 136 (4.97%) Actionable Insight
17 129 (4.71%) Kalman Filter
18 128 (4.68%) Computer Science
19 115 (4.20%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 308 (11.25%) PowerShell
2 241 (8.81%) SQL
3 192 (7.01%) Python
4 98 (3.58%) Bash
5 51 (1.86%) C#
6 37 (1.35%) Java
7 24 (0.88%) Bicep
7 24 (0.88%) VBScript
8 19 (0.69%) XAML
9 15 (0.55%) C
10 14 (0.51%) VB
11 12 (0.44%) Perl
11 12 (0.44%) PHP
12 11 (0.40%) C++
13 9 (0.33%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.26%) JavaScript
15 5 (0.18%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.15%) Go
16 4 (0.15%) Ruby
17 3 (0.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 394 (14.40%) Degree
2 387 (14.14%) Security Cleared
3 374 (13.66%) Cisco Certification
4 278 (10.16%) CCNA
5 238 (8.70%) SC Cleared
6 166 (6.07%) Microsoft Certification
7 151 (5.52%) CCNP
8 120 (4.38%) CISSP
9 112 (4.09%) DV Cleared
10 104 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
11 88 (3.22%) Azure Certification
12 82 (3.00%) MCSE
13 63 (2.30%) Network+ Certification
14 53 (1.94%) CompTIA Security+
15 46 (1.68%) MCP
16 38 (1.39%) CISM
17 36 (1.32%) MCSA
18 34 (1.24%) CCIE
19 33 (1.21%) AWS Certification
20 28 (1.02%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (5.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 139 (5.08%) SLA
3 97 (3.54%) Cyber Essentials
3 97 (3.54%) GDPR
4 79 (2.89%) NIST
5 43 (1.57%) PCI DSS
6 29 (1.06%) QA
7 23 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 21 (0.77%) SOC 2
9 9 (0.33%) COSHH
9 9 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 8 (0.29%) NCSC
11 5 (0.18%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.18%) ISO 22301
11 5 (0.18%) SOC 1
12 4 (0.15%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.11%) COBIT
13 3 (0.11%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 3 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 992 (36.24%) Active Directory
2 612 (22.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 536 (19.58%) Hyper-V
4 106 (3.87%) Docker
5 103 (3.76%) VMware ESXi
6 95 (3.47%) Virtual Machines
7 79 (2.89%) vSphere
8 63 (2.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 44 (1.61%) VMware NSX
10 33 (1.21%) Virtual Servers
11 26 (0.95%) XenApp
12 25 (0.91%) XenDesktop
13 24 (0.88%) pfSense
14 22 (0.80%) Firmware
15 20 (0.73%) Terminal Services
16 16 (0.58%) NFS
17 7 (0.26%) VMware Server
18 6 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
19 4 (0.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
19 4 (0.15%) KVM
Systems Management
1 371 (13.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 162 (5.92%) Ansible
3 141 (5.15%) Kubernetes
4 132 (4.82%) SCCM
5 106 (3.87%) FortiGate
6 85 (3.11%) Terraform
7 81 (2.96%) vCenter Server
8 77 (2.81%) WSUS
9 58 (2.12%) Prometheus
10 49 (1.79%) SCOM
11 35 (1.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 32 (1.17%) ZABBIX
13 27 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
14 23 (0.84%) Failover Clustering
14 23 (0.84%) Nagios
15 21 (0.77%) Grafana
16 19 (0.69%) Docker Swarm
16 19 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
17 18 (0.66%) SmoothWall
18 16 (0.58%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 1,235 (45.12%) Microsoft
2 872 (31.86%) VMware
3 778 (28.43%) Cisco
4 242 (8.84%) Veeam
5 223 (8.15%) Palo Alto
6 203 (7.42%) Juniper
7 189 (6.91%) Fortinet
8 160 (5.85%) Meraki
9 149 (5.44%) Aruba
10 147 (5.37%) Citrix
11 131 (4.79%) HP
12 115 (4.20%) CheckPoint
13 99 (3.62%) Dell
14 93 (3.40%) NetApp
15 85 (3.11%) Sophos
16 61 (2.23%) Red Hat
17 60 (2.19%) Google
18 50 (1.83%) Apple
19 49 (1.79%) SolidFire
20 48 (1.75%) SolarWinds