Firewall Jobs in the West Midlands

Firewall
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 49 81 71
Rank change year-on-year +32 -10 -18
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 339 219 315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.95% 3.79% 4.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 32.13% 20.26% 29.30%
Number of salaries quoted 282 181 219
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,375 £36,250 £39,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £48,750 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% +5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,055 1,081 1,075
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.31% 18.71% 13.77%
Number of salaries quoted 778 509 689
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% +3.26%
75th Percentile £56,950 £63,750 £61,000
90th Percentile £68,000 £73,150 £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 12 June 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 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
Birmingham +18 144 £46,500 -25.60% 9
Staffordshire -18 51 £38,250 -5.56% 16
Worcestershire -4 36 £50,000 +25.79% 5
Warwickshire +28 35 £52,500 -7.49% 11
Coventry +23 18 £47,545 +26.79% 5
Shropshire -2 11 £37,500 -16.67%
Solihull -3 10 £51,900 +31.39% 4
Tipton - 4 £24,000 -
Dudley - 4 £26,000 -
Wolverhampton +7 3 £20,000 -69.58%
Sutton Coldfield - 3 - -
Halesowen - 3 £40,000 -
Herefordshire -1 1 £32,500 -31.58% 3
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 40 (11.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (9.44%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.95%) IIS
4 9 (2.65%) 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 32 (9.44%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.18%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.18%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 172 (50.74%) Azure
2 122 (35.99%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (21.83%) Entra ID
4 28 (8.26%) AWS
5 14 (4.13%) OneDrive
6 12 (3.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 11 (3.24%) Azure Logic Apps
7 11 (3.24%) IaaS
8 9 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.06%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (2.06%) PaaS
10 6 (1.77%) Google Workspace
11 4 (1.18%) GCP
11 4 (1.18%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (0.88%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.59%) Azure Stack
13 2 (0.59%) Mimecast
13 2 (0.59%) OpenDNS
13 2 (0.59%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 94 (27.73%) WAN
2 79 (23.30%) DNS
3 68 (20.06%) LAN
3 68 (20.06%) VPN
4 59 (17.40%) DHCP
5 53 (15.63%) Network Security
6 49 (14.45%) TCP/IP
7 37 (10.91%) SD-WAN
8 36 (10.62%) VLAN
9 33 (9.73%) Wireless
10 32 (9.44%) Wi-Fi
11 30 (8.85%) MPLS
12 26 (7.67%) SAN
13 17 (5.01%) Intrusion Detection
14 14 (4.13%) OSPF
15 13 (3.83%) PBX
15 13 (3.83%) WLAN
16 12 (3.54%) Cisco ASA
16 12 (3.54%) Cisco Firepower
16 12 (3.54%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.90%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (2.65%) MySQL
4 7 (2.06%) 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 16 (4.72%) Git
2 9 (2.65%) GNU Toolchain
2 9 (2.65%) Subversion
3 5 (1.47%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (1.18%) JIRA
5 3 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 84 (24.78%) Social Skills
2 46 (13.57%) Finance
3 31 (9.14%) Telecoms
4 17 (5.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (4.13%) Retail
6 13 (3.83%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (3.83%) Law
7 12 (3.54%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.95%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.77%) Local Government
10 6 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.77%) Police
11 5 (1.47%) Games
12 4 (1.18%) Legal
13 3 (0.88%) Marketing
13 3 (0.88%) Multimedia
14 2 (0.59%) Back Office
14 2 (0.59%) Banking
14 2 (0.59%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 87 (25.66%) Network Engineer
2 57 (16.81%) Senior
3 50 (14.75%) IT Engineer
4 47 (13.86%) Support Engineer
5 38 (11.21%) IT Support
6 35 (10.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 29 (8.55%) Analyst
8 27 (7.96%) Senior Network Engineer
9 26 (7.67%) IT Support Engineer
10 20 (5.90%) Architect
11 17 (5.01%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 17 (5.01%) Developer
12 15 (4.42%) Cisco Engineer
12 15 (4.42%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 15 (4.42%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (4.42%) IT Manager
13 14 (4.13%) IT Technician
14 13 (3.83%) 3rd Line Support
14 13 (3.83%) Security Analyst
14 13 (3.83%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.54%) 802.1X
2 10 (2.95%) REST
3 9 (2.65%) Node.js
3 9 (2.65%) POSIX
4 7 (2.06%) JSON
4 7 (2.06%) WebRTC
4 7 (2.06%) 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 22 (6.49%) Data Centre
2 20 (5.90%) Replication
3 17 (5.01%) Clustering
4 16 (4.72%) Driving Licence
5 15 (4.42%) Security Operations Centre
6 14 (4.13%) Management Information System
7 13 (3.83%) CCTV
8 11 (3.24%) Security Posture
8 11 (3.24%) Wiki
9 9 (2.65%) Embedded Systems
9 9 (2.65%) Linux Command Line
10 8 (2.36%) IoT
11 6 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.47%) Client/Server
12 5 (1.47%) Enterprise Storage
12 5 (1.47%) Onboarding
12 5 (1.47%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.47%) PKI
13 4 (1.18%) SCADA
13 4 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 148 (43.66%) Windows
2 102 (30.09%) Windows Server
3 43 (12.68%) Windows Server 2012
4 40 (11.80%) Windows 10
5 38 (11.21%) Linux
6 27 (7.96%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (6.19%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (2.95%) Windows Server 2008
9 9 (2.65%) Unix
10 6 (1.77%) Mac OS
11 4 (1.18%) VMS
11 4 (1.18%) 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 (22.42%) Cybersecurity
2 69 (20.35%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (15.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 39 (11.50%) ITIL
5 34 (10.03%) Disaster Recovery
6 29 (8.55%) Customer Service
7 24 (7.08%) Agile
8 21 (6.19%) DevOps
9 19 (5.60%) Information Security
9 19 (5.60%) Network Monitoring
10 17 (5.01%) Load Balancing
10 17 (5.01%) Risk Management
10 17 (5.01%) Security Operations
11 16 (4.72%) Cloud Security
11 16 (4.72%) Migration
11 16 (4.72%) Network Virtualisation
11 16 (4.72%) Vulnerability Management
12 15 (4.42%) Mentoring
13 14 (4.13%) IT Strategy
13 14 (4.13%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 39 (11.50%) PowerShell
2 35 (10.32%) SQL
3 14 (4.13%) C++
4 11 (3.24%) C
5 10 (2.95%) Python
6 9 (2.65%) Bash
6 9 (2.65%) Perl
7 5 (1.47%) Go
7 5 (1.47%) Rust
8 4 (1.18%) Bicep
9 3 (0.88%) C#
9 3 (0.88%) XAML
10 2 (0.59%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 50 (14.75%) Security Cleared
2 48 (14.16%) SC Cleared
3 35 (10.32%) Cisco Certification
4 30 (8.85%) CCNA
5 23 (6.78%) Degree
6 16 (4.72%) Azure Certification
6 16 (4.72%) CCNP
6 16 (4.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (2.95%) MCSE
8 10 (2.95%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (1.47%) A+ Certification
9 5 (1.47%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.18%) CISA
10 4 (1.18%) CISM
10 4 (1.18%) CISSP
10 4 (1.18%) CRISC
10 4 (1.18%) JNCIA
11 3 (0.88%) CCDA
11 3 (0.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.60%) GDPR
2 10 (2.95%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (2.95%) NIST
3 7 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.06%) SLA
4 6 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.59%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 119 (35.10%) Active Directory
2 88 (25.96%) Hyper-V
3 73 (21.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (6.19%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (5.01%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.77%) pfSense
7 5 (1.47%) NFS
8 4 (1.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 3 (0.88%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.88%) vSphere
10 2 (0.59%) Docker
10 2 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.59%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.59%) XenApp
10 2 (0.59%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (12.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (7.08%) SCCM
3 14 (4.13%) Terraform
4 10 (2.95%) FortiGate
5 9 (2.65%) Failover Clustering
6 6 (1.77%) Ansible
7 4 (1.18%) Autotask
7 4 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.88%) Nagios
9 2 (0.59%) Backup Exec
9 2 (0.59%) SCOM
9 2 (0.59%) Trend Micro Deep Security
9 2 (0.59%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.29%) VxRail
10 1 (0.29%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 122 (35.99%) Cisco
2 120 (35.40%) Microsoft
3 101 (29.79%) VMware
4 44 (12.98%) CheckPoint
5 42 (12.39%) Juniper
6 38 (11.21%) Veeam
7 37 (10.91%) Palo Alto
8 34 (10.03%) Fortinet
9 32 (9.44%) Aruba
10 27 (7.96%) Meraki
11 19 (5.60%) Sophos
12 18 (5.31%) Dell
12 18 (5.31%) HP
13 14 (4.13%) Citrix
14 12 (3.54%) F5
14 12 (3.54%) Sage
15 9 (2.65%) EqualLogic
15 9 (2.65%) SolarWinds
15 9 (2.65%) WatchGuard
16 8 (2.36%) Avaya