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

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 75 129
Rank change year-on-year +11 +54 -45
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 3,727 4,072 5,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.69% 4.13% 3.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.69% 26.12% 23.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,116 2,801 3,525
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £29,100
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,625 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.75% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,548 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% -2.17% +2.22%

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 13,460 15,589 21,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.34% 15.83% 13.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,379 7,833 11,758
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

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 23 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 23 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 +22 3,424 £49,000 -2.00% 852
UK excluding London +13 2,743 £42,500 -5.56% 695
Work from Home +13 1,335 £52,500 -4.55% 349
London +9 873 £65,000 +4.00% 291
South East +23 834 £42,500 -5.56% 239
North of England +10 603 £45,000 -5.26% 152
Midlands +26 521 £45,000 - 102
South West +8 347 £45,000 +6.51% 99
West Midlands +45 340 £45,000 -0.83% 55
Yorkshire +41 270 £45,000 -2.70% 63
North West -24 268 £50,000 - 78
East of England +28 257 £41,500 -2.35% 52
East Midlands -5 177 £42,500 +0.59% 45
Scotland -119 97 £50,000 +11.11% 49
Wales +12 84 £40,500 -10.00% 16
North East +2 78 £40,000 -5.88% 11
Northern Ireland -8 21 £37,500 - 5
Isle of Man -2 16 £46,500 +3.33% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -

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
1 540 (14.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 414 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 119 (3.19%) IIS
4 72 (1.93%) Apache
5 36 (0.97%) Confluence
6 26 (0.70%) nginx
7 24 (0.64%) Skype for Business
8 23 (0.62%) WordPress
9 18 (0.48%) CMS
9 18 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2010
10 17 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2013
11 13 (0.35%) SharePoint 2010
11 13 (0.35%) SharePoint 2013
12 11 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2007
13 9 (0.24%) WebSphere
14 7 (0.19%) Apache Spark
14 7 (0.19%) SAS
15 6 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2000
16 5 (0.13%) Tomcat
17 4 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 306 (8.21%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.46%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.080%) SPSS
6 3 (0.080%) Trello
7 1 (0.027%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (0.46%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.13%) Oracle Cash Management
3 4 (0.11%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.080%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.080%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.054%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.054%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.054%) Shopify
6 1 (0.027%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.027%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.027%) Misys Opics
6 1 (0.027%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 1,709 (45.85%) Azure
2 1,362 (36.54%) Microsoft 365
3 569 (15.27%) AWS
4 417 (11.19%) Entra ID
5 172 (4.61%) GCP
6 140 (3.76%) IaaS
7 134 (3.60%) SaaS
8 124 (3.33%) OneDrive
9 121 (3.25%) PaaS
10 90 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
11 83 (2.23%) Cloud Computing
12 78 (2.09%) Amazon S3
13 64 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
14 49 (1.31%) Mimecast
15 47 (1.26%) GitHub
16 42 (1.13%) Power Platform
17 39 (1.05%) Google Workspace
18 30 (0.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
19 28 (0.75%) Serverless
20 24 (0.64%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 912 (24.47%) VPN
2 906 (24.31%) WAN
3 850 (22.81%) DNS
4 739 (19.83%) LAN
5 554 (14.86%) DHCP
6 516 (13.84%) TCP/IP
7 453 (12.15%) Wireless
8 448 (12.02%) Network Security
9 398 (10.68%) Wi-Fi
10 382 (10.25%) VLAN
11 301 (8.08%) SD-WAN
12 257 (6.90%) Internet
13 249 (6.68%) SAN
14 209 (5.61%) MPLS
15 193 (5.18%) BGP
16 170 (4.56%) VoIP
17 166 (4.45%) OSPF
18 165 (4.43%) Intrusion Detection
19 155 (4.16%) IPsec
20 124 (3.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 257 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 70 (1.88%) MySQL
3 69 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
4 63 (1.69%) MongoDB
5 47 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
6 35 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
7 27 (0.72%) Power BI
8 20 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
8 20 (0.54%) Big Data
9 12 (0.32%) NoSQL
10 10 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (0.24%) MariaDB
12 8 (0.21%) CockroachDB
12 8 (0.21%) DB2
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 99 (2.66%) JIRA
2 92 (2.47%) Jenkins
3 59 (1.58%) Git
4 28 (0.75%) GitLab
5 25 (0.67%) Bitbucket
6 14 (0.38%) Subversion
7 13 (0.35%) Robot Framework
8 11 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
9 10 (0.27%) GNU Toolchain
9 10 (0.27%) Trac
10 8 (0.21%) Jaeger
11 7 (0.19%) Katalon Studio
11 7 (0.19%) Spinnaker
11 7 (0.19%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
13 4 (0.11%) Burp Suite
13 4 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
13 4 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
14 3 (0.080%) Maven
15 2 (0.054%) Selenium
General
1 1,065 (28.58%) Social Skills
2 498 (13.36%) Finance
3 302 (8.10%) Analytical Skills
4 214 (5.74%) Telecoms
5 153 (4.11%) Law
6 127 (3.41%) Retail
7 115 (3.09%) Legal
8 114 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 96 (2.58%) Public Sector
10 92 (2.47%) Manufacturing
11 82 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
12 76 (2.04%) Aerospace
13 66 (1.77%) Banking
14 58 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
15 54 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
16 48 (1.29%) Games
17 43 (1.15%) Marketing
18 28 (0.75%) Police
19 22 (0.59%) Local Government
20 16 (0.43%) Billing
Job Titles
1 639 (17.15%) Network Engineer
2 570 (15.29%) Senior
3 485 (13.01%) IT Engineer
4 481 (12.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 479 (12.85%) Support Engineer
6 434 (11.64%) IT Support
7 429 (11.51%) Analyst
8 277 (7.43%) IT Support Engineer
9 245 (6.57%) Lead
10 205 (5.50%) Architect
11 194 (5.21%) Senior Network Engineer
12 183 (4.91%) Security Analyst
13 179 (4.80%) 3rd Line Support
14 171 (4.59%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 164 (4.40%) Consultant
16 158 (4.24%) 2nd Line Support
17 149 (4.00%) IT Manager
18 130 (3.49%) Security Engineer
19 121 (3.25%) Cloud Engineer
19 121 (3.25%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (2.07%) YAML
2 63 (1.69%) 802.1X
3 59 (1.58%) REST
4 54 (1.45%) RabbitMQ
5 42 (1.13%) HTML
6 38 (1.02%) .NET
7 37 (0.99%) SAML
8 30 (0.80%) OAuth
9 22 (0.59%) ASP.NET
9 22 (0.59%) CSS
9 22 (0.59%) jQuery
10 20 (0.54%) ARM Templates
10 20 (0.54%) Kafka
10 20 (0.54%) XML
11 19 (0.51%) AngularJS
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
Miscellaneous
1 477 (12.80%) Data Centre
2 280 (7.51%) Management Information System
3 219 (5.88%) Driving Licence
4 129 (3.46%) Replication
5 127 (3.41%) Public Cloud
6 126 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
7 92 (2.47%) PKI
8 84 (2.25%) Cyber Threat
8 84 (2.25%) Security Posture
9 75 (2.01%) Clustering
10 72 (1.93%) Onboarding
11 67 (1.80%) Security Operations Centre
12 52 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
13 48 (1.29%) Client/Server
14 47 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
15 43 (1.15%) IoT
15 43 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
16 39 (1.05%) CCTV
16 39 (1.05%) Cyberattack
17 36 (0.97%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 1,723 (46.23%) Windows
2 1,009 (27.07%) Windows Server
3 790 (21.20%) Linux
4 278 (7.46%) Windows 10
5 215 (5.77%) Windows Server 2016
6 186 (4.99%) Windows Server 2019
7 176 (4.72%) Windows Server 2012
8 98 (2.63%) Mac OS
9 93 (2.50%) Ubuntu
10 79 (2.12%) Unix
10 79 (2.12%) VMS
11 74 (1.99%) Apple iOS
12 61 (1.64%) Android
13 54 (1.45%) Data ONTAP
14 53 (1.42%) Windows Server 2008
15 37 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 36 (0.97%) CentOS
17 26 (0.70%) Windows 7
18 18 (0.48%) Windows XP
19 17 (0.46%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 830 (22.27%) Problem-Solving
2 823 (22.08%) Cybersecurity
3 616 (16.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 511 (13.71%) ITIL
5 447 (11.99%) Customer Service
6 341 (9.15%) Agile
7 337 (9.04%) Information Security
8 328 (8.80%) Disaster Recovery
9 312 (8.37%) SIEM
10 291 (7.81%) DevOps
11 274 (7.35%) Mentoring
12 262 (7.03%) Project Management
13 240 (6.44%) Incident Response
14 209 (5.61%) Migration
15 190 (5.10%) Service Delivery
16 189 (5.07%) Actionable Insight
17 186 (4.99%) Cloud Security
17 186 (4.99%) Project Delivery
18 163 (4.37%) Security Operations
19 161 (4.32%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 451 (12.10%) PowerShell
2 328 (8.80%) Python
3 322 (8.64%) SQL
4 184 (4.94%) Bash
5 65 (1.74%) C#
6 62 (1.66%) Java
7 46 (1.23%) Perl
8 33 (0.89%) JavaScript
9 27 (0.72%) Bicep
9 27 (0.72%) VBScript
10 21 (0.56%) Ruby
11 19 (0.51%) XAML
12 16 (0.43%) C
13 15 (0.40%) VB
14 14 (0.38%) C++
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
1 531 (14.25%) Cisco Certification
2 512 (13.74%) Degree
3 498 (13.36%) Security Cleared
4 363 (9.74%) CCNA
5 288 (7.73%) SC Cleared
6 270 (7.24%) CISSP
7 224 (6.01%) CCNP
8 220 (5.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 164 (4.40%) DV Cleared
10 120 (3.22%) Azure Certification
11 117 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
12 107 (2.87%) CISM
13 105 (2.82%) MCSE
14 72 (1.93%) Network+ Certification
15 69 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
16 63 (1.69%) CISA
17 60 (1.61%) MCSA
18 58 (1.56%) AWS Certification
19 57 (1.53%) GIAC
20 53 (1.42%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 286 (7.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 165 (4.43%) SLA
3 164 (4.40%) NIST
4 163 (4.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 141 (3.78%) GDPR
6 101 (2.71%) PCI DSS
7 47 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 46 (1.23%) SOC 2
9 30 (0.80%) GRC
9 30 (0.80%) QA
10 23 (0.62%) NCSC
11 21 (0.56%) HIPAA
12 20 (0.54%) COBIT
13 11 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 10 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 9 (0.24%) COSHH
16 8 (0.21%) ISO 22301
17 7 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 6 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
18 6 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1,272 (34.13%) Active Directory
2 765 (20.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 606 (16.26%) Hyper-V
4 166 (4.45%) VMware ESXi
5 154 (4.13%) Docker
6 115 (3.09%) vSphere
7 104 (2.79%) Virtual Machines
8 85 (2.28%) Virtual Desktop
9 45 (1.21%) VMware NSX
10 41 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
11 34 (0.91%) XenApp
12 33 (0.89%) Firmware
13 32 (0.86%) XenDesktop
14 29 (0.78%) Terminal Services
15 25 (0.67%) pfSense
16 19 (0.51%) NFS
17 15 (0.40%) vCloud
18 12 (0.32%) KVM
19 7 (0.19%) VMware Server
20 6 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 427 (11.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 282 (7.57%) Ansible
3 196 (5.26%) Terraform
4 195 (5.23%) Kubernetes
5 161 (4.32%) SCCM
6 138 (3.70%) FortiGate
7 103 (2.76%) WSUS
8 97 (2.60%) vCenter Server
9 71 (1.91%) Prometheus
9 71 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
10 59 (1.58%) SCOM
11 43 (1.15%) Puppet
12 38 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 37 (0.99%) ZABBIX
14 35 (0.94%) Nagios
15 33 (0.89%) Grafana
16 29 (0.78%) Progress Chef
17 25 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
18 24 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
19 19 (0.51%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 1,592 (42.72%) Microsoft
2 1,084 (29.09%) VMware
3 1,058 (28.39%) Cisco
4 328 (8.80%) Palo Alto
5 293 (7.86%) Veeam
6 266 (7.14%) Fortinet
7 263 (7.06%) Juniper
8 226 (6.06%) Meraki
9 210 (5.63%) Citrix
10 180 (4.83%) Aruba
11 179 (4.80%) CheckPoint
12 172 (4.61%) HP
13 136 (3.65%) Dell
14 119 (3.19%) NetApp
15 116 (3.11%) Red Hat
16 115 (3.09%) Google
17 97 (2.60%) SolarWinds
18 90 (2.41%) Sophos
19 80 (2.15%) Oracle
20 73 (1.96%) Apple