Firewall Jobs in Essex

Firewall
East of England > Essex

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 59 67
Rank change year-on-year +17 +8 -32
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 33 31 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 3.76% 3.64% 2.76%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.61% 15.74% 22.81%
Number of salaries quoted 33 28 19
10th Percentile £24,650 £21,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £37,563 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £47,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.17% +8.05% -13.00%
75th Percentile £35,000 £80,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £50,200 - £57,500
East of England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% -15.00% +11.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Essex

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 Essex with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 124 197 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 14.12% 23.12% 12.09%
Number of salaries quoted 89 69 66
10th Percentile £23,950 £25,400 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,500 £31,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £41,659 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.98% -4.23% -3.33%
75th Percentile £50,000 £72,500 £53,438
90th Percentile £62,000 £80,000 £80,693
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -15.00% +5.26%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Essex

Firewall
Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for Firewall in Essex

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Essex over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Essex

Firewall
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Essex region over the 6 months to 29 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
Chelmsford +4 7 £32,500 -32.99%
Basildon -6 6 £25,250 -73.56%
Billericay +5 5 £27,500 -26.67%
Harlow -5 2 £38,250 -10.00%
Saffron Walden - 2 £32,000 -
Waltham Abbey -4 1 £50,000 -16.67%
Witham - 1 £27,500 -
Loughton - 1 £45,000 -
Maldon - 1 £35,000 -
Firewall
East of England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 7 (21.21%) SharePoint
2 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (6.06%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (6.06%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (6.06%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (6.06%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (6.06%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 13 (39.39%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (78.79%) Azure
2 20 (60.61%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (18.18%) Entra ID
4 5 (15.15%) AWS
5 3 (9.09%) Mimecast
5 3 (9.09%) OneDrive
6 1 (3.03%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (39.39%) DHCP
1 13 (39.39%) DNS
2 12 (36.36%) TCP/IP
3 9 (27.27%) WAN
4 8 (24.24%) LAN
5 7 (21.21%) VLAN
6 4 (12.12%) VPN
7 2 (6.06%) Internet
7 2 (6.06%) MPLS
7 2 (6.06%) SAN
7 2 (6.06%) Skype
7 2 (6.06%) VoIP
7 2 (6.06%) VPLS
7 2 (6.06%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (6.06%) WLAN
8 1 (3.03%) Broadband
8 1 (3.03%) Network Security
8 1 (3.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (24.24%) Police
2 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 5 (15.15%) Finance
4 3 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Automotive
6 1 (3.03%) Billing
6 1 (3.03%) Legal
6 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 8 (24.24%) IT Engineer
2 8 (24.24%) IT Support
2 8 (24.24%) IT Support Engineer
2 8 (24.24%) Service Desk Technician
3 7 (21.21%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) IT Technician
5 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Lead
5 2 (6.06%) Service Desk Team Leader
5 2 (6.06%) Support Technician
5 2 (6.06%) Team Leader
6 1 (3.03%) 1st Line Support
6 1 (3.03%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Operations Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (27.27%) NHS
2 2 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 27 (81.82%) Windows
2 14 (42.42%) Windows Server
3 12 (36.36%) Windows 10
4 5 (15.15%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (12.12%) Linux
6 2 (6.06%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (6.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (6.06%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (3.03%) Mac OS
7 1 (3.03%) Unix
7 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (39.39%) ITIL
2 7 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (18.18%) Customer Service
4 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (12.12%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 3 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 3 (9.09%) Time Management
6 2 (6.06%) CAD
6 2 (6.06%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (6.06%) Information Security
6 2 (6.06%) IT Strategy
6 2 (6.06%) ITSM
6 2 (6.06%) Knowledge Transfer
6 2 (6.06%) Service Management
6 2 (6.06%) User Experience
6 2 (6.06%) Virtual Infrastructure
7 1 (3.03%) Customer-Centricity
7 1 (3.03%) Kalman Filter
7 1 (3.03%) Project Delivery
7 1 (3.03%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) DBS Check
1 8 (24.24%) Security Cleared
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (9.09%) CCNA
3 3 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (6.06%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (6.06%) MCSE
5 1 (3.03%) A+ Certification
5 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.03%) CWNA
5 1 (3.03%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (3.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (48.48%) Active Directory
2 11 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 9 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (6.06%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (6.06%) vSphere
5 1 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (6.06%) WSUS
2 1 (3.03%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (84.85%) Microsoft
2 9 (27.27%) VMware
3 3 (9.09%) SonicWALL
4 2 (6.06%) Acronis
4 2 (6.06%) Aruba
4 2 (6.06%) Citrix
4 2 (6.06%) Dell
4 2 (6.06%) EqualLogic
4 2 (6.06%) Mitel
4 2 (6.06%) N-able
4 2 (6.06%) Sophos
4 2 (6.06%) Symantec
4 2 (6.06%) Synology
5 1 (3.03%) Barracuda Networks
5 1 (3.03%) Cisco
5 1 (3.03%) ConnectWise
5 1 (3.03%) Meraki
5 1 (3.03%) Veeam
5 1 (3.03%) Xero