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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 82 117
Rank change year-on-year +27 +35 -44
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 3,480 3,588 4,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.07% 3.90% 3.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.64% 25.04% 23.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,972 2,592 3,195
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,000 £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 12,152 14,327 17,882
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.22% 15.56% 13.43%
Number of salaries quoted 8,597 7,418 10,447
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,250 £37,500
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 £48,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -4.76% +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 6 May 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 6 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
London +14 903 £65,000 +8.33% 199
South East +21 828 £42,500 -5.56% 154
North of England +15 608 £42,500 -10.53% 145
Midlands +34 527 £45,000 - 125
South West +4 354 £47,500 +12.43% 91
West Midlands +47 351 £45,000 - 69
Yorkshire +47 271 £45,000 -5.26% 49
North West -11 267 £50,000 - 79
East of England +35 262 £41,500 -2.35% 56
East Midlands +2 172 £41,250 -2.94% 56
North East 0 81 £42,328 -0.41% 19
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
1 532 (15.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 407 (11.70%) SharePoint
3 122 (3.51%) IIS
4 53 (1.52%) Apache
5 36 (1.03%) Confluence
6 28 (0.80%) nginx
7 24 (0.69%) WordPress
8 21 (0.60%) 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%) SharePoint 2010
13 9 (0.26%) SharePoint 2013
13 9 (0.26%) WebSphere
14 7 (0.20%) Apache Spark
14 7 (0.20%) SAS
15 6 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2000
16 5 (0.14%) Tomcat
17 4 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 281 (8.07%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.49%) 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 15 (0.43%) 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 (46.64%) Azure
2 1,334 (38.33%) Microsoft 365
3 521 (14.97%) AWS
4 406 (11.67%) Entra ID
5 150 (4.31%) GCP
6 120 (3.45%) OneDrive
7 119 (3.42%) SaaS
8 108 (3.10%) IaaS
9 92 (2.64%) PaaS
10 80 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
11 67 (1.93%) Cloud Computing
12 57 (1.64%) Amazon S3
13 56 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
14 54 (1.55%) Mimecast
15 47 (1.35%) GitHub
16 41 (1.18%) Power Platform
17 37 (1.06%) Google Workspace
18 29 (0.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
19 24 (0.69%) Serverless
20 23 (0.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 833 (23.94%) WAN
2 819 (23.53%) VPN
3 815 (23.42%) DNS
4 709 (20.37%) LAN
5 542 (15.57%) DHCP
6 470 (13.51%) TCP/IP
7 407 (11.70%) Wireless
8 394 (11.32%) Network Security
9 390 (11.21%) Wi-Fi
10 367 (10.55%) VLAN
11 259 (7.44%) SAN
12 252 (7.24%) SD-WAN
13 213 (6.12%) Internet
14 186 (5.34%) BGP
15 184 (5.29%) MPLS
16 180 (5.17%) VoIP
17 162 (4.66%) Intrusion Detection
18 152 (4.37%) OSPF
19 126 (3.62%) SSL
20 110 (3.16%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 238 (6.84%) SQL Server
2 79 (2.27%) MySQL
3 50 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
4 47 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
5 44 (1.26%) MongoDB
6 39 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
7 27 (0.78%) Power BI
8 20 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
9 14 (0.40%) Big Data
10 12 (0.34%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.23%) DB2
12 8 (0.23%) MariaDB
12 8 (0.23%) Redis
12 8 (0.23%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.14%) CockroachDB
15 4 (0.11%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 95 (2.73%) JIRA
2 85 (2.44%) Jenkins
3 57 (1.64%) Git
4 29 (0.83%) Bitbucket
5 26 (0.75%) 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
10 7 (0.20%) Spinnaker
10 7 (0.20%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.17%) Katalon Studio
12 5 (0.14%) Burp Suite
12 5 (0.14%) Jaeger
13 4 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
13 4 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
14 3 (0.086%) Metasploit
15 2 (0.057%) Selenium
15 2 (0.057%) TeamCity
General
1 1,014 (29.14%) Social Skills
2 440 (12.64%) Finance
3 281 (8.07%) Analytical Skills
4 180 (5.17%) Telecoms
5 147 (4.22%) Law
6 122 (3.51%) Retail
7 121 (3.48%) Legal
8 89 (2.56%) Public Sector
9 82 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
10 78 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 74 (2.13%) Manufacturing
12 62 (1.78%) Banking
13 59 (1.70%) Aerospace
14 58 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
15 55 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
16 52 (1.49%) Games
17 43 (1.24%) Marketing
18 22 (0.63%) Police
19 17 (0.49%) Billing
19 17 (0.49%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 605 (17.39%) Network Engineer
2 531 (15.26%) Senior
3 471 (13.53%) IT Engineer
4 452 (12.99%) Support Engineer
5 450 (12.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 410 (11.78%) IT Support
7 406 (11.67%) Analyst
8 269 (7.73%) IT Support Engineer
9 225 (6.47%) Lead
10 185 (5.32%) Security Analyst
11 184 (5.29%) Senior Network Engineer
12 180 (5.17%) Architect
13 173 (4.97%) 3rd Line Support
14 158 (4.54%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 149 (4.28%) 2nd Line Support
16 139 (3.99%) IT Manager
17 123 (3.53%) Security Engineer
18 118 (3.39%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
19 116 (3.33%) Consultant
20 113 (3.25%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (1.81%) 802.1X
2 61 (1.75%) REST
3 56 (1.61%) YAML
4 38 (1.09%) .NET
4 38 (1.09%) HTML
5 34 (0.98%) RabbitMQ
6 33 (0.95%) SAML
7 29 (0.83%) OAuth
8 22 (0.63%) ASP.NET
8 22 (0.63%) CSS
8 22 (0.63%) jQuery
9 19 (0.55%) AngularJS
9 19 (0.55%) ASP.NET MVC
9 19 (0.55%) React
9 19 (0.55%) Tailwind CSS
9 19 (0.55%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 19 (0.55%) Vue
9 19 (0.55%) WPF
10 18 (0.52%) ARM Templates
10 18 (0.52%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 387 (11.12%) Data Centre
2 260 (7.47%) Management Information System
3 205 (5.89%) Driving Licence
4 124 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
5 115 (3.30%) Public Cloud
6 107 (3.07%) Replication
7 89 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
8 87 (2.50%) PKI
9 78 (2.24%) Security Posture
10 72 (2.07%) Clustering
11 66 (1.90%) Onboarding
12 63 (1.81%) Security Operations Centre
13 48 (1.38%) Client/Server
14 47 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
15 43 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
16 41 (1.18%) CCTV
17 39 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
18 37 (1.06%) Cyberattack
19 36 (1.03%) IoT
20 32 (0.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 1,635 (46.98%) Windows
2 968 (27.82%) Windows Server
3 697 (20.03%) Linux
4 276 (7.93%) Windows 10
5 215 (6.18%) Windows Server 2016
6 178 (5.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 172 (4.94%) Windows Server 2019
8 97 (2.79%) Mac OS
9 90 (2.59%) Ubuntu
10 76 (2.18%) VMS
11 68 (1.95%) Unix
12 67 (1.93%) Apple iOS
13 57 (1.64%) Windows Server 2008
14 53 (1.52%) Android
15 37 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 34 (0.98%) Data ONTAP
17 25 (0.72%) CentOS
18 21 (0.60%) Windows 7
19 16 (0.46%) Mac OS X
19 16 (0.46%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 788 (22.64%) Cybersecurity
2 771 (22.16%) Problem-Solving
3 572 (16.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 487 (13.99%) ITIL
5 404 (11.61%) Customer Service
6 323 (9.28%) Information Security
7 306 (8.79%) Agile
8 303 (8.71%) SIEM
9 285 (8.19%) Disaster Recovery
10 248 (7.13%) Mentoring
11 246 (7.07%) DevOps
12 242 (6.95%) Project Management
13 222 (6.38%) Incident Response
14 186 (5.34%) Migration
15 185 (5.32%) Service Delivery
16 180 (5.17%) Project Delivery
17 173 (4.97%) Cloud Security
18 167 (4.80%) Kalman Filter
19 165 (4.74%) Security Operations
20 145 (4.17%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 449 (12.90%) PowerShell
2 323 (9.28%) SQL
3 295 (8.48%) Python
4 179 (5.14%) Bash
5 65 (1.87%) C#
6 59 (1.70%) Java
7 45 (1.29%) Perl
8 31 (0.89%) JavaScript
9 26 (0.75%) VBScript
10 25 (0.72%) Bicep
11 19 (0.55%) XAML
12 18 (0.52%) Ruby
13 15 (0.43%) C
14 14 (0.40%) C++
14 14 (0.40%) VB
15 12 (0.34%) PHP
16 11 (0.32%) Shell Script
17 10 (0.29%) RPG
18 6 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
18 6 (0.17%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 476 (13.68%) Cisco Certification
2 457 (13.13%) Degree
3 449 (12.90%) Security Cleared
4 312 (8.97%) CCNA
5 246 (7.07%) CISSP
6 232 (6.67%) SC Cleared
7 204 (5.86%) Microsoft Certification
8 198 (5.69%) CCNP
9 174 (5.00%) DV Cleared
10 104 (2.99%) Azure Certification
11 100 (2.87%) MCSE
12 99 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
13 86 (2.47%) CISM
14 78 (2.24%) Network+ Certification
15 76 (2.18%) CompTIA Security+
16 60 (1.72%) MCSA
17 58 (1.67%) CISA
17 58 (1.67%) GIAC
18 53 (1.52%) CCSP
19 49 (1.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 262 (7.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 165 (4.74%) SLA
3 151 (4.34%) NIST
4 147 (4.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 133 (3.82%) GDPR
6 93 (2.67%) PCI DSS
7 54 (1.55%) SOC 2
8 40 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 27 (0.78%) GRC
10 26 (0.75%) QA
11 24 (0.69%) NCSC
12 20 (0.57%) HIPAA
13 19 (0.55%) COBIT
14 10 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 10 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 9 (0.26%) COSHH
16 6 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.17%) NIST 800
17 5 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 5 (0.14%) SOC 1
System Software
1 1,253 (36.01%) Active Directory
2 718 (20.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 602 (17.30%) Hyper-V
4 166 (4.77%) VMware ESXi
5 127 (3.65%) Docker
6 117 (3.36%) vSphere
7 92 (2.64%) Virtual Machines
8 79 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
9 41 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
10 30 (0.86%) Firmware
11 27 (0.78%) VMware NSX
11 27 (0.78%) XenApp
12 26 (0.75%) Terminal Services
13 25 (0.72%) XenDesktop
14 24 (0.69%) pfSense
15 18 (0.52%) NFS
15 18 (0.52%) vCloud
16 12 (0.34%) KVM
17 8 (0.23%) VMware Server
18 6 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 425 (12.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 233 (6.70%) Ansible
3 157 (4.51%) Terraform
4 156 (4.48%) SCCM
5 155 (4.45%) Kubernetes
6 125 (3.59%) FortiGate
7 106 (3.05%) WSUS
8 77 (2.21%) vCenter Server
9 69 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
10 61 (1.75%) SCOM
11 50 (1.44%) Prometheus
12 42 (1.21%) Puppet
13 37 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 36 (1.03%) ZABBIX
15 35 (1.01%) Grafana
16 34 (0.98%) Nagios
17 31 (0.89%) Progress Chef
18 30 (0.86%) Jamf Pro
19 22 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
20 20 (0.57%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 1,505 (43.25%) Microsoft
2 1,037 (29.80%) VMware
3 938 (26.95%) Cisco
4 274 (7.87%) Veeam
5 272 (7.82%) Palo Alto
6 241 (6.93%) Juniper
7 222 (6.38%) Fortinet
8 207 (5.95%) Meraki
9 199 (5.72%) Citrix
10 187 (5.37%) Aruba
11 171 (4.91%) HP
12 159 (4.57%) CheckPoint
13 121 (3.48%) Dell
14 108 (3.10%) Google
15 95 (2.73%) Red Hat
16 89 (2.56%) SolarWinds
17 86 (2.47%) NetApp
17 86 (2.47%) Sophos
18 76 (2.18%) Apple
19 65 (1.87%) F5