NGFW Jobs with Work from Home Options

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring NGFW skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited NGFW over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 571 592 868
Rank change year-on-year +21 +276 -311
Permanent jobs citing NGFW 31 41 33
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.087% 0.11% 0.044%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.59% 0.95% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 23 36 17
10th Percentile £38,200 £35,813 £55,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% -1.92% -18.75%
75th Percentile £98,750 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £75,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £46,750 £61,250
% change year-on-year +12.30% -23.67% -7.20%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

NGFW falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,272 4,323 8,699
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.83% 11.53% 11.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,327 3,265 5,154
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,316 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% +5.00%

NGFW
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

NGFW trend for jobs with a WFH option

NGFW
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

NGFW salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

NGFW
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing NGFW over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

NGFW salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

NGFW
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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (45.16%) Azure
2 10 (32.26%) IaaS
3 9 (29.03%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (19.35%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (19.35%) PaaS
5 5 (16.13%) Entra ID
6 2 (6.45%) Serverless
7 1 (3.23%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (58.06%) Wireless
2 17 (54.84%) Firewall
3 14 (45.16%) Network Security
4 13 (41.94%) LAN
5 11 (35.48%) VPN
6 10 (32.26%) WAN
7 7 (22.58%) DNS
7 7 (22.58%) Software-Defined Networking
7 7 (22.58%) WLAN
8 6 (19.35%) TCP/IP
8 6 (19.35%) VLAN
9 5 (16.13%) BGP
9 5 (16.13%) DHCP
9 5 (16.13%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (16.13%) IPsec
9 5 (16.13%) OSPF
9 5 (16.13%) SSL
10 4 (12.90%) Cisco Firepower
10 4 (12.90%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.13%) NoSQL
General
1 6 (19.35%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.13%) Legal
3 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (29.03%) Network Engineer
2 7 (22.58%) Architect
3 6 (19.35%) Citrix Architect
3 6 (19.35%) Cloud Architect
3 6 (19.35%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
3 6 (19.35%) DevOps Architect
4 5 (16.13%) Network Security Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) Security Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) Consultant
5 4 (12.90%) Security Consultant
6 3 (9.68%) Network Consultant
6 3 (9.68%) Network Security Consultant
6 3 (9.68%) Senior
7 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Team Leader
7 2 (6.45%) Lead
7 2 (6.45%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (6.45%) Senior Network Consultant
7 2 (6.45%) Senior Network Security Consultant
7 2 (6.45%) Senior Security Consultant
7 2 (6.45%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (19.35%) ARM Templates
1 6 (19.35%) JSON
1 6 (19.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (41.94%) Data Centre
2 7 (22.58%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (19.35%) Private Cloud
3 6 (19.35%) Public Cloud
4 5 (16.13%) Algorithms
4 5 (16.13%) Data Structures
5 4 (12.90%) Driving Licence
6 2 (6.45%) Cloud Native
7 1 (3.23%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (3.23%) IoT
7 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
7 1 (3.23%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 6 (19.35%) Windows
2 5 (16.13%) Android
2 5 (16.13%) Apple iOS
3 4 (12.90%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) Network Design
2 8 (25.81%) Cloud Security
2 8 (25.81%) Data Centre Operations
2 8 (25.81%) Mentoring
2 8 (25.81%) Network Architecture
3 7 (22.58%) Agile
3 7 (22.58%) Configuration Management
3 7 (22.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 7 (22.58%) Project Management
4 6 (19.35%) CI/CD
4 6 (19.35%) Computer Science
4 6 (19.35%) DevOps
4 6 (19.35%) Information Security
4 6 (19.35%) Infrastructure as Code
4 6 (19.35%) Migration
4 6 (19.35%) Network Virtualisation
4 6 (19.35%) Penetration Testing
4 6 (19.35%) Roadmaps
4 6 (19.35%) SDLC
5 5 (16.13%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (19.35%) PowerShell
2 5 (16.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (32.26%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (19.35%) CCIE
2 6 (19.35%) Degree
3 5 (16.13%) CCNP
3 5 (16.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (16.13%) JNCIE
4 2 (6.45%) Azure Certification
4 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.23%) CISM
5 1 (3.23%) CISSP
5 1 (3.23%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (3.23%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.23%) GxP
2 1 (3.23%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (25.81%) Active Directory
1 8 (25.81%) Virtual Desktop
2 6 (19.35%) VMware ESXi
2 6 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (19.35%) vSphere
3 4 (12.90%) Hyper-V
4 2 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (19.35%) Terraform
3 5 (16.13%) Ansible
4 4 (12.90%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 13 (41.94%) Cisco
1 13 (41.94%) Palo Alto
2 11 (35.48%) Fortinet
3 10 (32.26%) VMware
4 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
5 6 (19.35%) Citrix
6 4 (12.90%) Aruba
6 4 (12.90%) Barracuda Networks
6 4 (12.90%) Sophos
6 4 (12.90%) Veeam
7 1 (3.23%) CA
7 1 (3.23%) CheckPoint
7 1 (3.23%) Zscaler