Firewall Jobs in the West Midlands

Firewall
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 40 87 64
Rank change year-on-year +47 -23 -18
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 341 228 329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.55% 3.66% 4.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 34.69% 20.77% 30.29%
Number of salaries quoted 301 174 234
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,938 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,637 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.39% +0.30% -9.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £71,975 £70,525
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 983 1,098 1,086
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.13% 17.60% 14.63%
Number of salaries quoted 802 514 709
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,913 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -2.17%
75th Percentile £56,950 £63,750 £59,125
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the West Midlands

Firewall
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Firewall in the West Midlands

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the West Midlands

Firewall
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +27 149 £46,500 -25.60% 26
Staffordshire -9 47 £38,250 -4.38% 16
Warwickshire +51 34 £52,500 -1.87% 11
Worcestershire +1 32 £49,500 +24.53% 4
Coventry +24 21 £49,000 +30.67% 2
Solihull 0 11 £45,000 +13.92% 3
Shropshire -6 9 £37,500 -6.25%
Tipton - 4 £24,000 -
Dudley - 4 £26,000 - 1
Wolverhampton +14 3 £20,000 -70.37%
Sutton Coldfield - 3 - -
Halesowen - 3 £40,000 -
Herefordshire +1 1 £32,500 -31.58% 2
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 39 (11.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (9.09%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.81%) IIS
4 10 (2.93%) nginx
5 5 (1.47%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 31 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.17%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.17%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 170 (49.85%) Azure
2 125 (36.66%) Microsoft 365
3 78 (22.87%) Entra ID
4 29 (8.50%) AWS
5 14 (4.11%) OneDrive
6 12 (3.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 11 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
8 8 (2.35%) IaaS
9 7 (2.05%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.76%) Google Workspace
11 4 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.17%) PaaS
11 4 (1.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (0.88%) GCP
12 3 (0.88%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.88%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.88%) SaaS
13 2 (0.59%) Azure Stack
13 2 (0.59%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 95 (27.86%) WAN
2 77 (22.58%) DNS
3 69 (20.23%) LAN
4 61 (17.89%) VPN
5 58 (17.01%) DHCP
6 45 (13.20%) Network Security
6 45 (13.20%) TCP/IP
7 36 (10.56%) SD-WAN
8 34 (9.97%) Wireless
9 31 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
10 30 (8.80%) MPLS
10 30 (8.80%) VLAN
11 23 (6.74%) SAN
12 18 (5.28%) Intrusion Detection
13 16 (4.69%) PBX
14 14 (4.11%) Cisco ASA
14 14 (4.11%) OSPF
14 14 (4.11%) WLAN
15 13 (3.81%) Cisco Firepower
16 11 (3.23%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.16%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.69%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (2.93%) MySQL
4 7 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.59%) Power BI
5 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (4.11%) Git
2 10 (2.93%) GNU Toolchain
2 10 (2.93%) Subversion
3 6 (1.76%) JIRA
4 3 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 84 (24.63%) Social Skills
2 48 (14.08%) Finance
3 35 (10.26%) Telecoms
4 16 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (4.11%) Retail
6 13 (3.81%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (3.52%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.93%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.64%) Law
10 8 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.35%) Local Government
11 7 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.76%) Police
13 5 (1.47%) Games
14 4 (1.17%) Marketing
15 3 (0.88%) Legal
15 3 (0.88%) Multimedia
16 2 (0.59%) Electronics
16 2 (0.59%) Fire and Rescue
17 1 (0.29%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 88 (25.81%) Network Engineer
2 61 (17.89%) Senior
3 50 (14.66%) IT Engineer
4 48 (14.08%) Support Engineer
5 39 (11.44%) IT Support
6 33 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 32 (9.38%) Analyst
8 25 (7.33%) IT Support Engineer
8 25 (7.33%) Senior Network Engineer
9 17 (4.99%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 17 (4.99%) Architect
10 16 (4.69%) Cisco Engineer
10 16 (4.69%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 16 (4.69%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (4.69%) IT Manager
10 16 (4.69%) Systems Engineer
11 14 (4.11%) IT Technician
11 14 (4.11%) Security Analyst
12 13 (3.81%) Developer
13 12 (3.52%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.81%) REST
2 12 (3.52%) 802.1X
3 10 (2.93%) Node.js
3 10 (2.93%) POSIX
3 10 (2.93%) WebRTC
4 4 (1.17%) JSON
4 4 (1.17%) YAML
5 3 (0.88%) .NET
5 3 (0.88%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.88%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.88%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (0.88%) CSS
5 3 (0.88%) EDI
5 3 (0.88%) HTML
5 3 (0.88%) jQuery
5 3 (0.88%) React
5 3 (0.88%) Tailwind CSS
5 3 (0.88%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 3 (0.88%) Vue
5 3 (0.88%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.74%) Replication
2 22 (6.45%) Data Centre
3 19 (5.57%) Clustering
4 18 (5.28%) Driving Licence
5 17 (4.99%) Security Operations Centre
6 14 (4.11%) Management Information System
7 13 (3.81%) CCTV
7 13 (3.81%) Wiki
8 10 (2.93%) Embedded Systems
8 10 (2.93%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (2.64%) Security Posture
10 8 (2.35%) IoT
11 7 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.76%) Operational Technology
13 5 (1.47%) Client/Server
13 5 (1.47%) Enterprise Storage
13 5 (1.47%) PKI
14 4 (1.17%) FMCG
14 4 (1.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 152 (44.57%) Windows
2 100 (29.33%) Windows Server
3 46 (13.49%) Windows Server 2012
4 44 (12.90%) Windows 10
5 40 (11.73%) Linux
6 27 (7.92%) Windows Server 2016
7 22 (6.45%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (3.52%) Unix
9 9 (2.64%) Windows Server 2008
10 6 (1.76%) Mac OS
11 4 (1.17%) VMS
11 4 (1.17%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (0.88%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.88%) Windows 8
13 2 (0.59%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.59%) SUSE
13 2 (0.59%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (22.29%) Cybersecurity
2 74 (21.70%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (14.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 40 (11.73%) ITIL
5 33 (9.68%) Disaster Recovery
6 28 (8.21%) Customer Service
7 23 (6.74%) Agile
8 21 (6.16%) Information Security
9 20 (5.87%) Load Balancing
9 20 (5.87%) Network Monitoring
9 20 (5.87%) Security Operations
10 19 (5.57%) Risk Management
11 18 (5.28%) DevOps
12 17 (4.99%) Vulnerability Management
13 16 (4.69%) Change Management
13 16 (4.69%) Network Virtualisation
14 15 (4.40%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (4.40%) Incident Response
14 15 (4.40%) Mentoring
14 15 (4.40%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 36 (10.56%) SQL
2 34 (9.97%) PowerShell
3 13 (3.81%) C
4 10 (2.93%) Bash
4 10 (2.93%) C++
4 10 (2.93%) Perl
4 10 (2.93%) Python
5 4 (1.17%) Bicep
6 3 (0.88%) C#
6 3 (0.88%) XAML
7 2 (0.59%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 50 (14.66%) Security Cleared
2 47 (13.78%) SC Cleared
3 38 (11.14%) Cisco Certification
4 32 (9.38%) CCNA
5 22 (6.45%) Degree
6 18 (5.28%) CCNP
7 14 (4.11%) Azure Certification
7 14 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.93%) Network+ Certification
10 9 (2.64%) MCSE
11 5 (1.47%) A+ Certification
11 5 (1.47%) DV Cleared
12 4 (1.17%) CISA
12 4 (1.17%) CISM
12 4 (1.17%) CISSP
12 4 (1.17%) CRISC
12 4 (1.17%) JNCIA
13 3 (0.88%) CCDA
13 3 (0.88%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.87%) GDPR
2 12 (3.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (3.52%) NIST
3 7 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.05%) SLA
4 6 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.88%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 121 (35.48%) Active Directory
2 90 (26.39%) Hyper-V
3 73 (21.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (6.45%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (4.99%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.76%) pfSense
7 5 (1.47%) NFS
8 4 (1.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 3 (0.88%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.59%) Docker
10 2 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.59%) XenApp
10 2 (0.59%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 44 (12.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (7.62%) SCCM
3 10 (2.93%) Terraform
4 9 (2.64%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (2.05%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.47%) Ansible
7 4 (1.17%) Autotask
7 4 (1.17%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.88%) Nagios
9 2 (0.59%) Backup Exec
9 2 (0.59%) Trend Micro Deep Security
10 1 (0.29%) CASB
10 1 (0.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 125 (36.66%) Cisco
2 124 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 100 (29.33%) VMware
4 48 (14.08%) CheckPoint
5 42 (12.32%) Juniper
6 39 (11.44%) Palo Alto
6 39 (11.44%) Veeam
7 33 (9.68%) Aruba
8 32 (9.38%) Fortinet
9 26 (7.62%) Meraki
10 19 (5.57%) Sophos
11 17 (4.99%) Dell
12 16 (4.69%) HP
13 12 (3.52%) Citrix
13 12 (3.52%) Sage
14 10 (2.93%) F5
15 9 (2.64%) EqualLogic
16 8 (2.35%) Avaya
16 8 (2.35%) SolarWinds
17 7 (2.05%) WatchGuard