Firewall Jobs in England

Firewall
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 82 114
Rank change year-on-year +26 +32 -41
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 3,487 3,593 4,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.11% 3.85% 3.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.74% 24.93% 24.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2,978 2,614 3,216
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,952 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,031 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -
75th Percentile £61,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,134 14,414 17,659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.31% 15.46% 13.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8,588 7,484 10,465
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in England

Firewall
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Firewall in England

Firewall
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in England

Firewall
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London +20 913 £62,500 +4.17% 197
South East +24 827 £42,500 -5.56% 162
North of England +20 613 £42,500 -10.53% 146
Midlands +41 523 £45,000 - 128
South West +11 351 £47,500 +12.43% 87
West Midlands +42 347 £45,000 -0.28% 83
Yorkshire +49 274 £45,000 -2.70% 42
North West -4 271 £50,000 - 86
East of England +38 262 £40,000 -5.88% 60
East Midlands +9 172 £40,000 -5.88% 45
North East +5 81 £42,500 - 20
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 539 (15.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 404 (11.59%) SharePoint
3 123 (3.53%) IIS
4 53 (1.52%) Apache
5 36 (1.03%) Confluence
6 28 (0.80%) nginx
7 24 (0.69%) WordPress
8 23 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2010
9 18 (0.52%) CMS
10 17 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2013
11 11 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2007
12 10 (0.29%) Skype for Business
13 9 (0.26%) WebSphere
14 8 (0.23%) Apache Spark
15 7 (0.20%) SAS
15 7 (0.20%) SharePoint 2010
15 7 (0.20%) SharePoint 2013
16 6 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2000
17 5 (0.14%) Tomcat
18 4 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 282 (8.09%) Microsoft Office
2 54 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (0.46%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.11%) Trello
6 3 (0.086%) SPSS
7 1 (0.029%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (0.46%) Fidessa
2 4 (0.11%) Sage 200
2 4 (0.11%) Sage X3
3 3 (0.086%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.086%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.057%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.057%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.057%) Shopify
5 1 (0.029%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.029%) Misys Opics
5 1 (0.029%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 1,623 (46.54%) Azure
2 1,337 (38.34%) Microsoft 365
3 522 (14.97%) AWS
4 405 (11.61%) Entra ID
5 148 (4.24%) GCP
6 120 (3.44%) OneDrive
7 118 (3.38%) SaaS
8 111 (3.18%) IaaS
9 92 (2.64%) PaaS
10 81 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
11 68 (1.95%) Cloud Computing
12 59 (1.69%) Mimecast
13 57 (1.63%) Azure Sentinel
14 56 (1.61%) Amazon S3
15 47 (1.35%) GitHub
16 38 (1.09%) Power Platform
17 36 (1.03%) Google Workspace
18 28 (0.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
19 23 (0.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 23 (0.66%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 831 (23.83%) WAN
2 826 (23.69%) VPN
3 817 (23.43%) DNS
4 718 (20.59%) LAN
5 552 (15.83%) DHCP
6 476 (13.65%) TCP/IP
7 407 (11.67%) Wireless
8 397 (11.39%) Wi-Fi
9 388 (11.13%) Network Security
10 377 (10.81%) VLAN
11 267 (7.66%) SAN
12 247 (7.08%) SD-WAN
13 210 (6.02%) Internet
14 190 (5.45%) BGP
15 187 (5.36%) MPLS
16 185 (5.31%) VoIP
17 164 (4.70%) Intrusion Detection
18 155 (4.45%) OSPF
19 128 (3.67%) SSL
20 110 (3.15%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 247 (7.08%) SQL Server
2 83 (2.38%) MySQL
3 50 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
3 50 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
4 44 (1.26%) MongoDB
5 40 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
6 25 (0.72%) Power BI
7 20 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (0.37%) Big Data
9 12 (0.34%) NoSQL
10 9 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (0.23%) DB2
11 8 (0.23%) MariaDB
11 8 (0.23%) Redis
11 8 (0.23%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.14%) CockroachDB
14 4 (0.11%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 95 (2.72%) JIRA
2 86 (2.47%) Jenkins
3 56 (1.61%) Git
4 30 (0.86%) Bitbucket
5 25 (0.72%) GitLab
6 15 (0.43%) Subversion
7 10 (0.29%) GNU Toolchain
7 10 (0.29%) Trac
8 9 (0.26%) Robot Framework
9 8 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
9 8 (0.23%) Spinnaker
10 7 (0.20%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.17%) Burp Suite
12 5 (0.14%) Jaeger
12 5 (0.14%) Katalon Studio
13 4 (0.11%) Metasploit
13 4 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
13 4 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
14 2 (0.057%) Selenium
14 2 (0.057%) TeamCity
General
1 1,013 (29.05%) Social Skills
2 442 (12.68%) Finance
3 279 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 175 (5.02%) Telecoms
5 150 (4.30%) Law
6 119 (3.41%) Legal
7 118 (3.38%) Retail
8 91 (2.61%) Public Sector
9 80 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
10 77 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 77 (2.21%) Manufacturing
11 63 (1.81%) Banking
12 59 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
13 56 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
14 52 (1.49%) Aerospace
15 51 (1.46%) Games
16 43 (1.23%) Marketing
17 22 (0.63%) Police
18 18 (0.52%) Billing
19 17 (0.49%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 612 (17.55%) Network Engineer
2 538 (15.43%) Senior
3 468 (13.42%) IT Engineer
4 448 (12.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 447 (12.82%) Support Engineer
6 411 (11.79%) Analyst
7 406 (11.64%) IT Support
8 265 (7.60%) IT Support Engineer
9 224 (6.42%) Lead
10 188 (5.39%) Senior Network Engineer
11 186 (5.33%) Security Analyst
12 179 (5.13%) Architect
13 174 (4.99%) 3rd Line Support
14 159 (4.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 145 (4.16%) 2nd Line Support
16 135 (3.87%) IT Manager
17 128 (3.67%) Security Engineer
18 118 (3.38%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
19 114 (3.27%) Consultant
20 112 (3.21%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (1.81%) 802.1X
1 63 (1.81%) REST
2 55 (1.58%) YAML
3 38 (1.09%) .NET
3 38 (1.09%) HTML
4 34 (0.98%) RabbitMQ
4 34 (0.98%) SAML
5 30 (0.86%) OAuth
6 22 (0.63%) ASP.NET
6 22 (0.63%) CSS
6 22 (0.63%) jQuery
7 19 (0.54%) AngularJS
7 19 (0.54%) ASP.NET MVC
7 19 (0.54%) OpenID
7 19 (0.54%) React
7 19 (0.54%) Tailwind CSS
7 19 (0.54%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 19 (0.54%) Vue
7 19 (0.54%) WPF
8 18 (0.52%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 391 (11.21%) Data Centre
2 260 (7.46%) Management Information System
3 206 (5.91%) Driving Licence
4 126 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
5 117 (3.36%) Public Cloud
6 106 (3.04%) Replication
7 92 (2.64%) Cyber Threat
8 85 (2.44%) PKI
9 74 (2.12%) Security Posture
10 73 (2.09%) Clustering
11 66 (1.89%) Onboarding
12 61 (1.75%) Security Operations Centre
13 47 (1.35%) Client/Server
14 44 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
14 44 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
15 41 (1.18%) CCTV
16 38 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
17 37 (1.06%) Cyberattack
18 35 (1.00%) IoT
19 33 (0.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 1,636 (46.92%) Windows
2 963 (27.62%) Windows Server
3 702 (20.13%) Linux
4 273 (7.83%) Windows 10
5 212 (6.08%) Windows Server 2016
6 175 (5.02%) Windows Server 2012
7 173 (4.96%) Windows Server 2019
8 100 (2.87%) Mac OS
9 92 (2.64%) Ubuntu
10 75 (2.15%) VMS
11 71 (2.04%) Unix
12 68 (1.95%) Apple iOS
13 57 (1.63%) Windows Server 2008
14 52 (1.49%) Android
15 36 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 34 (0.98%) Data ONTAP
17 26 (0.75%) CentOS
18 21 (0.60%) Windows 7
19 17 (0.49%) SUSE
20 16 (0.46%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 791 (22.68%) Cybersecurity
2 777 (22.28%) Problem-Solving
3 568 (16.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 485 (13.91%) ITIL
5 405 (11.61%) Customer Service
6 321 (9.21%) Information Security
7 303 (8.69%) SIEM
8 298 (8.55%) Agile
9 286 (8.20%) Disaster Recovery
10 245 (7.03%) Mentoring
11 244 (7.00%) DevOps
12 237 (6.80%) Project Management
13 220 (6.31%) Incident Response
14 187 (5.36%) Service Delivery
15 185 (5.31%) Migration
16 182 (5.22%) Project Delivery
17 174 (4.99%) Cloud Security
18 167 (4.79%) Kalman Filter
18 167 (4.79%) Security Operations
19 148 (4.24%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 449 (12.88%) PowerShell
2 330 (9.46%) SQL
3 296 (8.49%) Python
4 184 (5.28%) Bash
5 66 (1.89%) C#
6 61 (1.75%) Java
7 46 (1.32%) Perl
8 32 (0.92%) JavaScript
9 25 (0.72%) Bicep
9 25 (0.72%) VBScript
10 19 (0.54%) Ruby
10 19 (0.54%) XAML
11 15 (0.43%) C
12 14 (0.40%) C++
12 14 (0.40%) VB
13 12 (0.34%) PHP
14 11 (0.32%) Shell Script
15 10 (0.29%) RPG
16 6 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
16 6 (0.17%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 477 (13.68%) Cisco Certification
2 460 (13.19%) Degree
3 450 (12.91%) Security Cleared
4 312 (8.95%) CCNA
5 243 (6.97%) CISSP
6 232 (6.65%) SC Cleared
7 203 (5.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 196 (5.62%) CCNP
9 175 (5.02%) DV Cleared
10 102 (2.93%) Azure Certification
11 101 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
12 100 (2.87%) MCSE
13 82 (2.35%) CISM
13 82 (2.35%) Network+ Certification
14 78 (2.24%) CompTIA Security+
15 61 (1.75%) MCSA
16 57 (1.63%) GIAC
17 55 (1.58%) CCSP
17 55 (1.58%) CISA
18 51 (1.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 259 (7.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 170 (4.88%) SLA
3 151 (4.33%) NIST
4 145 (4.16%) Cyber Essentials
5 134 (3.84%) GDPR
6 94 (2.70%) PCI DSS
7 53 (1.52%) SOC 2
8 40 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 25 (0.72%) GRC
10 24 (0.69%) NCSC
11 23 (0.66%) QA
12 21 (0.60%) HIPAA
13 18 (0.52%) COBIT
14 10 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 9 (0.26%) COSHH
15 9 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 6 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.17%) NIST 800
17 5 (0.14%) Accessibility
17 5 (0.14%) SOC 1
System Software
1 1,255 (35.99%) Active Directory
2 721 (20.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 603 (17.29%) Hyper-V
4 162 (4.65%) VMware ESXi
5 127 (3.64%) Docker
6 117 (3.36%) vSphere
7 92 (2.64%) Virtual Machines
8 79 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
9 44 (1.26%) Virtual Servers
10 31 (0.89%) Firmware
11 26 (0.75%) Terminal Services
12 25 (0.72%) VMware NSX
13 24 (0.69%) pfSense
13 24 (0.69%) XenApp
14 22 (0.63%) XenDesktop
15 19 (0.54%) vCloud
16 17 (0.49%) NFS
17 12 (0.34%) KVM
18 8 (0.23%) VMware Server
19 6 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 424 (12.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 229 (6.57%) Ansible
3 156 (4.47%) Kubernetes
3 156 (4.47%) Terraform
4 152 (4.36%) SCCM
5 123 (3.53%) FortiGate
6 106 (3.04%) WSUS
7 76 (2.18%) vCenter Server
8 68 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
9 62 (1.78%) SCOM
10 50 (1.43%) Prometheus
11 43 (1.23%) Puppet
12 38 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 36 (1.03%) ZABBIX
14 35 (1.00%) Grafana
15 34 (0.98%) Nagios
16 32 (0.92%) Progress Chef
17 31 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
18 23 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
19 20 (0.57%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 1,515 (43.45%) Microsoft
2 1,045 (29.97%) VMware
3 942 (27.01%) Cisco
4 277 (7.94%) Veeam
5 270 (7.74%) Palo Alto
6 239 (6.85%) Juniper
7 213 (6.11%) Fortinet
8 209 (5.99%) Meraki
9 198 (5.68%) Citrix
10 187 (5.36%) Aruba
11 167 (4.79%) HP
12 154 (4.42%) CheckPoint
13 120 (3.44%) Dell
14 104 (2.98%) Google
15 95 (2.72%) Red Hat
16 92 (2.64%) SolarWinds
17 88 (2.52%) Sophos
18 87 (2.49%) NetApp
19 75 (2.15%) Apple
20 64 (1.84%) F5