Firewall Jobs in Merseyside

Firewall
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firewall 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 55 39 41
Rank change year-on-year -16 +2 +15
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 41 68 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 2.79% 6.93% 6.05%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.03% 27.87% 31.00%
Number of salaries quoted 31 28 59
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,275 £28,850
25th Percentile £37,500 £50,188 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £54,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.68% +28.24% +13.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £58,813 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £70,750
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Merseyside

Firewall 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 requiring communications or computer networking skills in Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 195 244 229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 13.26% 24.87% 19.52%
Number of salaries quoted 135 64 115
10th Percentile £26,100 £29,650 £23,132
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £42,500 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% +3.66% -4.09%
75th Percentile £58,750 £55,375 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,600 £59,700 £70,000
North West median annual salary £45,000 £48,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.22% +2.11% +5.56%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Merseyside

Firewall
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Firewall in Merseyside

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Merseyside over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Merseyside

Firewall
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 12 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
Liverpool -15 41 £62,500 +13.64% 5
Firewall
North West

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 5 (12.20%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (26.83%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (19.51%) Azure
3 5 (12.20%) Amazon S3
3 5 (12.20%) IaaS
3 5 (12.20%) PaaS
4 2 (4.88%) AWS
4 2 (4.88%) Dropbox
5 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.44%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 19 (46.34%) LAN
1 19 (46.34%) VPN
2 17 (41.46%) SD-WAN
2 17 (41.46%) WAN
3 11 (26.83%) DNS
3 11 (26.83%) Internet
3 11 (26.83%) IPsec
3 11 (26.83%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (21.95%) WLAN
5 8 (19.51%) DHCP
5 8 (19.51%) SSL
6 7 (17.07%) BGP
6 7 (17.07%) OSPF
7 6 (14.63%) MPLS
7 6 (14.63%) Wireless
8 5 (12.20%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (12.20%) SNMP
8 5 (12.20%) TCP/IP
8 5 (12.20%) VLAN
9 4 (9.76%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.20%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (12.20%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (12.20%) MongoDB
General
1 7 (17.07%) Finance
2 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (9.76%) Legal
2 4 (9.76%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.88%) Law
3 2 (4.88%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 9 (21.95%) Firewall Engineer
1 9 (21.95%) Lead
1 9 (21.95%) Presales Engineer
2 7 (17.07%) Network Engineer
3 6 (14.63%) LAN Engineer
3 6 (14.63%) LAN/WAN Engineer
3 6 (14.63%) WAN Engineer
3 6 (14.63%) WLAN Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) Consultant
4 5 (12.20%) NetApp Consultant
5 3 (7.32%) Head of Delivery
5 3 (7.32%) Head of Service Delivery
5 3 (7.32%) IT Support
5 3 (7.32%) Presales Network Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Desktop Support
6 2 (4.88%) IT Support Technician
6 2 (4.88%) IT Technician
6 2 (4.88%) Support Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.20%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (12.20%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.95%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.32%) CCTV
2 3 (7.32%) PKI
3 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.88%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (4.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (36.59%) Windows
2 6 (14.63%) Linux
3 5 (12.20%) Data ONTAP
3 5 (12.20%) Windows Server
4 3 (7.32%) Android
4 3 (7.32%) Apple iOS
5 2 (4.88%) Windows XP
6 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
1 10 (24.39%) Release Management
2 9 (21.95%) Presales
3 6 (14.63%) Business Development
3 6 (14.63%) Customer Requirements
3 6 (14.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 6 (14.63%) Line Management
4 5 (12.20%) Actionable Insight
4 5 (12.20%) Change Management
4 5 (12.20%) Cost Management
4 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure as Code
4 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure Management
4 5 (12.20%) Mentoring
4 5 (12.20%) Migration
4 5 (12.20%) Performance Management
4 5 (12.20%) Project Management
4 5 (12.20%) Project Planning
4 5 (12.20%) Resource Allocation
4 5 (12.20%) Service-Level Objective
4 5 (12.20%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.20%) Python
1 5 (12.20%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (14.63%) CCNA
1 6 (14.63%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (12.20%) CCNP
3 3 (7.32%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.88%) Degree
5 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.44%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.20%) SLA
2 2 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.44%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (17.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (12.20%) Docker
3 4 (9.76%) Active Directory
4 2 (4.88%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (12.20%) Ansible
1 5 (12.20%) Kubernetes
1 5 (12.20%) Prometheus
1 5 (12.20%) Terraform
1 5 (12.20%) vCenter Server
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (21.95%) VMware
2 8 (19.51%) Fortinet
3 6 (14.63%) Microsoft
3 6 (14.63%) Palo Alto
4 5 (12.20%) NetApp
4 5 (12.20%) Red Hat
4 5 (12.20%) SolidFire
5 4 (9.76%) Cisco
6 3 (7.32%) Dell
7 2 (4.88%) Acronis
7 2 (4.88%) Aruba
7 2 (4.88%) Rapid7
7 2 (4.88%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (2.44%) Apple
8 1 (2.44%) Google
8 1 (2.44%) HP
8 1 (2.44%) Juniper
8 1 (2.44%) Ruckus Wireless
8 1 (2.44%) SolarWinds