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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 79 120
Rank change year-on-year +15 +41 -43
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 3,742 4,045 4,972
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.77% 4.00% 3.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.69% 25.70% 23.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3,138 2,813 3,552
10th Percentile £27,425 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -
75th Percentile £61,750 £67,500 £65,438
90th Percentile £76,475 £82,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -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 13,516 15,741 20,996
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.62% 15.58% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,426 8,007 11,698
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £45,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -2.78% -3.23% +3.33%

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 10 May 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 10 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
England +24 3,437 £49,000 -2.00% 714
UK excluding London +12 2,746 £42,500 -5.56% 563
Work from Home +12 1,333 £52,500 -4.55% 331
London +16 885 £65,000 +8.33% 186
South East +21 824 £42,500 -5.56% 142
North of England +12 602 £43,000 -9.47% 139
Midlands +28 525 £45,000 - 118
West Midlands +43 348 £45,000 -0.55% 66
South West +8 347 £45,000 +6.51% 76
Yorkshire +52 270 £45,000 -4.00% 47
North West -19 263 £50,000 - 74
East of England +32 258 £41,500 -2.35% 48
East Midlands -3 173 £41,250 -1.79% 52
Scotland -114 98 £50,000 +5.82% 35
Wales +4 86 £40,500 -10.00% 13
North East +4 80 £42,155 -0.81% 18
Northern Ireland -9 21 £37,500 +1.35% 5
Isle of Man -3 16 £46,500 +3.33% 2
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 - 1

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 (14.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 420 (11.22%) SharePoint
3 124 (3.31%) IIS
4 72 (1.92%) Apache
5 39 (1.04%) Confluence
6 27 (0.72%) nginx
7 24 (0.64%) Skype for Business
8 23 (0.61%) WordPress
9 18 (0.48%) CMS
9 18 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2010
10 17 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
11 11 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2007
11 11 (0.29%) SharePoint 2010
11 11 (0.29%) SharePoint 2013
12 9 (0.24%) WebSphere
13 7 (0.19%) Apache Spark
13 7 (0.19%) SAS
14 6 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2000
15 5 (0.13%) Tomcat
16 4 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 307 (8.20%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.45%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.11%) Trello
6 3 (0.080%) SPSS
7 1 (0.027%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (0.43%) Fidessa
2 4 (0.11%) Oracle Cash Management
2 4 (0.11%) Sage 200
2 4 (0.11%) Sage X3
3 3 (0.080%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.053%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.053%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.053%) Shopify
5 1 (0.027%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.027%) Misys Opics
5 1 (0.027%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 1,720 (45.96%) Azure
2 1,380 (36.88%) Microsoft 365
3 574 (15.34%) AWS
4 425 (11.36%) Entra ID
5 172 (4.60%) GCP
6 139 (3.71%) IaaS
7 130 (3.47%) SaaS
8 124 (3.31%) OneDrive
9 122 (3.26%) PaaS
10 92 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
11 82 (2.19%) Cloud Computing
12 80 (2.14%) Amazon S3
13 65 (1.74%) Azure Sentinel
14 48 (1.28%) GitHub
14 48 (1.28%) Mimecast
15 41 (1.10%) Power Platform
16 39 (1.04%) Google Workspace
17 29 (0.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 29 (0.77%) Serverless
18 24 (0.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 921 (24.61%) VPN
2 906 (24.21%) WAN
3 864 (23.09%) DNS
4 755 (20.18%) LAN
5 569 (15.21%) DHCP
6 518 (13.84%) TCP/IP
7 453 (12.11%) Wireless
8 448 (11.97%) Network Security
9 401 (10.72%) Wi-Fi
10 383 (10.24%) VLAN
11 286 (7.64%) SD-WAN
12 260 (6.95%) SAN
13 256 (6.84%) Internet
14 200 (5.34%) MPLS
15 188 (5.02%) BGP
16 177 (4.73%) VoIP
17 171 (4.57%) Intrusion Detection
18 159 (4.25%) OSPF
19 148 (3.96%) IPsec
20 123 (3.29%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 265 (7.08%) SQL Server
2 76 (2.03%) MySQL
3 70 (1.87%) Elasticsearch
4 64 (1.71%) MongoDB
5 49 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
6 38 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
7 27 (0.72%) Power BI
8 20 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
9 19 (0.51%) Big Data
10 12 (0.32%) NoSQL
11 10 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.21%) CockroachDB
12 8 (0.21%) DB2
12 8 (0.21%) MariaDB
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
1 101 (2.70%) JIRA
2 94 (2.51%) Jenkins
3 60 (1.60%) Git
4 28 (0.75%) Bitbucket
5 27 (0.72%) GitLab
6 15 (0.40%) Subversion
7 11 (0.29%) Robot Framework
7 11 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
8 10 (0.27%) GNU Toolchain
8 10 (0.27%) Trac
9 8 (0.21%) Jaeger
10 7 (0.19%) Katalon Studio
10 7 (0.19%) Spinnaker
10 7 (0.19%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (0.11%) Burp Suite
12 4 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
12 4 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
13 3 (0.080%) Maven
14 2 (0.053%) Hudson
General
1 1,065 (28.46%) Social Skills
2 494 (13.20%) Finance
3 300 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
4 209 (5.59%) Telecoms
5 153 (4.09%) Law
6 124 (3.31%) Retail
7 121 (3.23%) Legal
8 113 (3.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 98 (2.62%) Public Sector
10 87 (2.32%) Manufacturing
11 82 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
12 68 (1.82%) Aerospace
13 64 (1.71%) Banking
14 59 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
15 55 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
16 50 (1.34%) Games
17 42 (1.12%) Marketing
18 30 (0.80%) Police
19 22 (0.59%) Local Government
20 17 (0.45%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 650 (17.37%) Network Engineer
2 579 (15.47%) Senior
3 490 (13.09%) IT Engineer
4 479 (12.80%) Support Engineer
5 469 (12.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 436 (11.65%) IT Support
7 435 (11.62%) Analyst
8 278 (7.43%) IT Support Engineer
9 240 (6.41%) Lead
10 201 (5.37%) Architect
11 197 (5.26%) Senior Network Engineer
12 188 (5.02%) Security Analyst
13 179 (4.78%) 3rd Line Support
14 170 (4.54%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 161 (4.30%) Consultant
16 160 (4.28%) 2nd Line Support
17 149 (3.98%) IT Manager
18 134 (3.58%) Security Engineer
19 124 (3.31%) Cloud Engineer
20 122 (3.26%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (2.08%) YAML
2 63 (1.68%) 802.1X
3 60 (1.60%) REST
4 54 (1.44%) RabbitMQ
5 40 (1.07%) HTML
6 38 (1.02%) .NET
7 36 (0.96%) SAML
8 28 (0.75%) OAuth
9 22 (0.59%) ASP.NET
9 22 (0.59%) CSS
9 22 (0.59%) jQuery
10 20 (0.53%) Kafka
11 19 (0.51%) AngularJS
11 19 (0.51%) ASP.NET MVC
11 19 (0.51%) React
11 19 (0.51%) Tailwind CSS
11 19 (0.51%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 19 (0.51%) Vue
11 19 (0.51%) WPF
12 18 (0.48%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 479 (12.80%) Data Centre
2 282 (7.54%) Management Information System
3 221 (5.91%) Driving Licence
4 130 (3.47%) Public Cloud
4 130 (3.47%) Replication
5 128 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
6 94 (2.51%) Cyber Threat
7 91 (2.43%) PKI
8 85 (2.27%) Security Posture
9 76 (2.03%) Clustering
10 73 (1.95%) Onboarding
11 67 (1.79%) Security Operations Centre
12 51 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
13 49 (1.31%) Client/Server
14 45 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
15 43 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
16 41 (1.10%) CCTV
17 40 (1.07%) Cyberattack
18 39 (1.04%) IoT
19 37 (0.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 1,745 (46.63%) Windows
2 1,031 (27.55%) Windows Server
3 785 (20.98%) Linux
4 281 (7.51%) Windows 10
5 219 (5.85%) Windows Server 2016
6 185 (4.94%) Windows Server 2012
6 185 (4.94%) Windows Server 2019
7 104 (2.78%) Mac OS
8 92 (2.46%) Ubuntu
9 77 (2.06%) Unix
10 76 (2.03%) VMS
11 74 (1.98%) Apple iOS
12 60 (1.60%) Android
13 58 (1.55%) Windows Server 2008
14 54 (1.44%) Data ONTAP
15 37 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 36 (0.96%) CentOS
17 26 (0.69%) Windows 7
18 17 (0.45%) Windows XP
19 16 (0.43%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 840 (22.45%) Cybersecurity
2 836 (22.34%) Problem-Solving
3 603 (16.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 526 (14.06%) ITIL
5 447 (11.95%) Customer Service
6 338 (9.03%) Information Security
7 331 (8.85%) Disaster Recovery
8 321 (8.58%) Agile
9 316 (8.44%) SIEM
10 289 (7.72%) DevOps
11 278 (7.43%) Mentoring
12 268 (7.16%) Project Management
13 243 (6.49%) Incident Response
14 210 (5.61%) Migration
15 196 (5.24%) Service Delivery
16 191 (5.10%) Actionable Insight
16 191 (5.10%) Cloud Security
16 191 (5.10%) Project Delivery
17 171 (4.57%) Security Operations
18 169 (4.52%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 456 (12.19%) PowerShell
2 340 (9.09%) SQL
3 326 (8.71%) Python
4 185 (4.94%) Bash
5 64 (1.71%) C#
6 62 (1.66%) Java
7 47 (1.26%) Perl
8 32 (0.86%) JavaScript
9 27 (0.72%) VBScript
10 26 (0.69%) Bicep
11 20 (0.53%) Ruby
12 19 (0.51%) XAML
13 15 (0.40%) C
14 14 (0.37%) C++
14 14 (0.37%) VB
15 12 (0.32%) PHP
15 12 (0.32%) Shell Script
16 10 (0.27%) RPG
17 6 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
17 6 (0.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 545 (14.56%) Cisco Certification
2 510 (13.63%) Degree
3 501 (13.39%) Security Cleared
4 364 (9.73%) CCNA
5 288 (7.70%) SC Cleared
6 266 (7.11%) CISSP
7 225 (6.01%) CCNP
8 218 (5.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 165 (4.41%) DV Cleared
10 117 (3.13%) Azure Certification
11 116 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
12 106 (2.83%) MCSE
13 100 (2.67%) CISM
14 78 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
15 74 (1.98%) CompTIA Security+
16 61 (1.63%) CISA
16 61 (1.63%) MCSA
17 60 (1.60%) GIAC
18 58 (1.55%) AWS Certification
19 56 (1.50%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 281 (7.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 168 (4.49%) SLA
3 164 (4.38%) NIST
4 161 (4.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 140 (3.74%) GDPR
6 100 (2.67%) PCI DSS
7 51 (1.36%) SOC 2
8 46 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 28 (0.75%) GRC
9 28 (0.75%) QA
10 23 (0.61%) NCSC
11 21 (0.56%) HIPAA
12 20 (0.53%) COBIT
13 11 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 10 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 9 (0.24%) COSHH
16 7 (0.19%) ISO 22301
16 7 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 6 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
17 6 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1,292 (34.53%) Active Directory
2 778 (20.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 608 (16.25%) Hyper-V
4 171 (4.57%) VMware ESXi
5 153 (4.09%) Docker
6 116 (3.10%) vSphere
7 102 (2.73%) Virtual Machines
8 84 (2.24%) Virtual Desktop
9 42 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
9 42 (1.12%) VMware NSX
10 30 (0.80%) Firmware
10 30 (0.80%) Terminal Services
10 30 (0.80%) XenApp
11 28 (0.75%) XenDesktop
12 24 (0.64%) pfSense
13 17 (0.45%) NFS
13 17 (0.45%) vCloud
14 12 (0.32%) KVM
15 8 (0.21%) VMware Server
16 6 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 430 (11.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 280 (7.48%) Ansible
3 197 (5.26%) Terraform
4 189 (5.05%) Kubernetes
5 158 (4.22%) SCCM
6 138 (3.69%) FortiGate
7 102 (2.73%) WSUS
8 98 (2.62%) vCenter Server
9 72 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
10 70 (1.87%) Prometheus
11 60 (1.60%) SCOM
12 45 (1.20%) Puppet
13 38 (1.02%) ZABBIX
14 37 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 35 (0.94%) Grafana
15 35 (0.94%) Nagios
16 28 (0.75%) Progress Chef
17 25 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
18 23 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
19 19 (0.51%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 1,609 (43.00%) Microsoft
2 1,109 (29.64%) VMware
3 1,057 (28.25%) Cisco
4 326 (8.71%) Palo Alto
5 292 (7.80%) Veeam
6 262 (7.00%) Juniper
7 257 (6.87%) Fortinet
8 229 (6.12%) Meraki
9 208 (5.56%) Citrix
10 183 (4.89%) CheckPoint
11 182 (4.86%) Aruba
12 174 (4.65%) HP
13 128 (3.42%) Dell
14 118 (3.15%) NetApp
15 115 (3.07%) Red Hat
16 114 (3.05%) Google
17 93 (2.49%) SolarWinds
18 90 (2.41%) Sophos
19 78 (2.08%) Oracle
20 73 (1.95%) Apple