Firewall Jobs in Hertfordshire

Firewall
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 90 72
Rank change year-on-year +58 -18 -23
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 102 51 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 5.22% 2.65% 4.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.10% 11.81% 25.91%
Number of salaries quoted 100 41 62
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,500 £29,300
25th Percentile £39,750 £34,000 £35,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £50,250 £51,000 £60,625
90th Percentile £53,875 £55,000 £72,500
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
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 363 432 328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 18.57% 22.48% 16.11%
Number of salaries quoted 290 156 196
10th Percentile £24,250 £23,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £26,813 £30,828 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -7.61% -3.16%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,125 £58,750
90th Percentile £69,125 £62,500 £68,750
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 Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Hertfordshire

Firewall
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for Firewall in Hertfordshire

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Hertfordshire

Firewall
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Stevenage +17 33 £45,000 +17.96% 7
Borehamwood +1 11 £40,000 -5.88% 6
Watford +25 8 £48,750 +20.37%
Hemel Hempstead +3 7 £50,000 +11.11% 2
Bishop's Stortford +4 6 £42,500 +19.72% 2
Potters Bar - 6 £47,500 -
Hertford +3 4 £27,000 -50.91% 1
Hatfield +13 1 £55,000 +15.79% 2
St Albans +3 1 £42,500 +13.33% 1
Rickmansworth - 1 £26,500 - 1
Hitchin - 1 £40,000 - 1
Tring - 1 £32,500 -
Firewall
East of England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 32 (31.37%) SharePoint
2 25 (24.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (4.90%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (3.92%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (3.92%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (3.92%) SAS
5 1 (0.98%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 61 (59.80%) Azure
2 50 (49.02%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (21.57%) Entra ID
4 7 (6.86%) OneDrive
5 5 (4.90%) AWS
6 4 (3.92%) Google Workspace
6 4 (3.92%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.96%) IaaS
7 2 (1.96%) PaaS
7 2 (1.96%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.96%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (28.43%) DNS
2 26 (25.49%) LAN
3 24 (23.53%) WAN
4 22 (21.57%) VLAN
5 20 (19.61%) VPN
6 18 (17.65%) Network Security
6 18 (17.65%) TCP/IP
7 13 (12.75%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (8.82%) Ethernet
9 7 (6.86%) Wireless
10 6 (5.88%) DHCP
10 6 (5.88%) SAN
11 5 (4.90%) Internet
11 5 (4.90%) iSCSI
11 5 (4.90%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (3.92%) HTTPS
13 2 (1.96%) Cisco ISE
13 2 (1.96%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 2 (1.96%) Telepresence
14 1 (0.98%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.90%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (3.92%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.96%) OLAP
3 2 (1.96%) OLAP Cube
3 2 (1.96%) Power BI
3 2 (1.96%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (1.96%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.98%) Selenium
General
1 18 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 13 (12.75%) Finance
3 10 (9.80%) Aerospace
4 7 (6.86%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.92%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.98%) Advertising
7 1 (0.98%) Law
7 1 (0.98%) Local Government
7 1 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.98%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (20.59%) Network Engineer
2 20 (19.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 12 (11.76%) Support Engineer
4 10 (9.80%) IT Engineer
5 9 (8.82%) 2nd Line Support
5 9 (8.82%) IT Manager
5 9 (8.82%) Network Security Specialist
5 9 (8.82%) Network Specialist
5 9 (8.82%) Security Specialist
5 9 (8.82%) Support Technician
6 8 (7.84%) Analyst
6 8 (7.84%) IT Support
6 8 (7.84%) IT Support Engineer
6 8 (7.84%) Security Analyst
6 8 (7.84%) Senior
7 7 (6.86%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 7 (6.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 5 (4.90%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 5 (4.90%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (4.90%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.96%) .NET
1 2 (1.96%) MDX
1 2 (1.96%) REST
1 2 (1.96%) SOAP
1 2 (1.96%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.80%) CCTV
2 9 (8.82%) Management Information System
2 9 (8.82%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (6.86%) Data Centre
4 6 (5.88%) Driving Licence
5 4 (3.92%) iPad
6 3 (2.94%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.96%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.98%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.98%) IoT
8 1 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (27.45%) Windows
2 25 (24.51%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (4.90%) Windows 10
4 5 (4.90%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (4.90%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (3.92%) VMS
6 3 (2.94%) Linux
6 3 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.96%) Unix
8 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (19.61%) Information Security
1 20 (19.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 19 (18.63%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (12.75%) ITIL
3 13 (12.75%) Presales
4 12 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
4 12 (11.76%) Project Management
5 11 (10.78%) Cryptography
5 11 (10.78%) Customer Service
6 10 (9.80%) Information Management
7 8 (7.84%) PRINCE2
7 8 (7.84%) Project Delivery
8 7 (6.86%) Incident Response
8 7 (6.86%) Internal Audit
9 5 (4.90%) Break/Fix
9 5 (4.90%) Business Case
9 5 (4.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (4.90%) Kalman Filter
10 4 (3.92%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (3.92%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 13 (12.75%) PowerShell
2 10 (9.80%) SQL
3 2 (1.96%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.98%) Bash
4 1 (0.98%) Python
4 1 (0.98%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 29 (28.43%) Security Cleared
2 19 (18.63%) SC Cleared
3 10 (9.80%) Azure Certification
3 10 (9.80%) DV Cleared
4 9 (8.82%) Degree
5 8 (7.84%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (7.84%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (6.86%) CISA
6 7 (6.86%) CISM
6 7 (6.86%) CISSP
6 7 (6.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 5 (4.90%) CCNA
8 4 (3.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (2.94%) CCNP
10 2 (1.96%) CCAA
10 2 (1.96%) Citrix Certification
10 2 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.96%) MCP
10 2 (1.96%) MCTS
10 2 (1.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.82%) GDPR
2 7 (6.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (6.86%) SLA
3 1 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 34 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 11 (10.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (7.84%) Hyper-V
3 8 (7.84%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.98%) Samba
5 1 (0.98%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (27.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.88%) SCCM
3 4 (3.92%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.96%) Aspera SmartTrack
4 2 (1.96%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.98%) Iperf
5 1 (0.98%) MobiControl
5 1 (0.98%) Nmap
5 1 (0.98%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 56 (54.90%) Microsoft
2 46 (45.10%) Cisco
3 28 (27.45%) Juniper
4 16 (15.69%) VMware
5 15 (14.71%) CheckPoint
6 13 (12.75%) Palo Alto
7 11 (10.78%) Blue Coat
7 11 (10.78%) Infoblox
8 10 (9.80%) Riverbed
9 9 (8.82%) Veeam
10 8 (7.84%) Meraki
11 6 (5.88%) Aruba
11 6 (5.88%) Citrix
12 4 (3.92%) Google
12 4 (3.92%) Oracle
12 4 (3.92%) Salesforce
13 3 (2.94%) Fortinet
13 3 (2.94%) HP
14 2 (1.96%) F5
14 2 (1.96%) Snow