Firewall Jobs in Merseyside

Firewall
North West > Merseyside

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 58 38 43
Rank change year-on-year -20 +5 +5
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 37 69 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 2.86% 6.34% 5.61%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.02% 27.82% 30.99%
Number of salaries quoted 27 29 48
10th Percentile £28,450 £42,200 £33,775
25th Percentile £32,500 £50,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £53,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.28% +24.42% +14.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,000 £79,500 £73,750
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 176 248 213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 13.59% 22.77% 18.11%
Number of salaries quoted 115 70 110
10th Percentile £24,750 £26,650 £22,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,063 £32,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £61,875
90th Percentile £68,500 £75,000 £73,750
North West median annual salary £45,000 £47,000 £46,127
% change year-on-year -4.26% +1.89% +2.50%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Merseyside

Firewall
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Firewall in Merseyside

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

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

Salary histogram for Firewall in Merseyside

Firewall
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Merseyside 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
Liverpool -14 37 £48,000 -10.28% 4
Firewall
North West

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 5 (13.51%) Apache
2 3 (8.11%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (21.62%) Azure
3 5 (13.51%) Amazon S3
3 5 (13.51%) IaaS
3 5 (13.51%) PaaS
4 3 (8.11%) SaaS
5 2 (5.41%) AWS
5 2 (5.41%) Dropbox
6 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.70%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 18 (48.65%) VPN
2 15 (40.54%) LAN
3 14 (37.84%) SD-WAN
3 14 (37.84%) WAN
4 11 (29.73%) Internet
4 11 (29.73%) IPsec
5 10 (27.03%) DNS
5 10 (27.03%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (21.62%) SSL
7 7 (18.92%) BGP
7 7 (18.92%) DHCP
7 7 (18.92%) OSPF
7 7 (18.92%) Wireless
8 6 (16.22%) MPLS
9 5 (13.51%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (13.51%) SNMP
9 5 (13.51%) TCP/IP
9 5 (13.51%) WLAN
10 4 (10.81%) Network Security
10 4 (10.81%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.51%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (13.51%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (13.51%) MongoDB
General
1 5 (13.51%) Finance
1 5 (13.51%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.81%) Law
2 4 (10.81%) Legal
3 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (18.92%) Lead
1 7 (18.92%) Network Engineer
2 6 (16.22%) Analyst
3 5 (13.51%) Consultant
3 5 (13.51%) Firewall Engineer
3 5 (13.51%) NetApp Consultant
3 5 (13.51%) Presales Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) Head of Delivery
4 3 (8.11%) Head of Service Delivery
4 3 (8.11%) IT Support
4 3 (8.11%) Presales Network Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Security Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Desktop Support
5 2 (5.41%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) IT Support Technician
5 2 (5.41%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Support Technician
5 2 (5.41%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.51%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (13.51%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.62%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.11%) CCTV
2 3 (8.11%) PKI
3 2 (5.41%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.41%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (5.41%) Security Posture
3 2 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (35.14%) Windows
2 5 (13.51%) Data ONTAP
2 5 (13.51%) Linux
3 4 (10.81%) Windows Server
4 3 (8.11%) Android
4 3 (8.11%) Apple iOS
5 2 (5.41%) Windows XP
6 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.03%) Release Management
2 8 (21.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (16.22%) Kalman Filter
3 6 (16.22%) Web Filtering
4 5 (13.51%) Actionable Insight
4 5 (13.51%) Change Management
4 5 (13.51%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (13.51%) Infrastructure as Code
4 5 (13.51%) Infrastructure Management
4 5 (13.51%) Line Management
4 5 (13.51%) Mentoring
4 5 (13.51%) Migration
4 5 (13.51%) Performance Management
4 5 (13.51%) Presales
4 5 (13.51%) Project Management
4 5 (13.51%) Project Planning
4 5 (13.51%) Service-Level Objective
4 5 (13.51%) SIEM
4 5 (13.51%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.51%) Python
1 5 (13.51%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (13.51%) CCNA
1 5 (13.51%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (10.81%) CCNP
2 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) Degree
4 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.70%) JNCIA
4 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) SLA
2 2 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (16.22%) Active Directory
1 6 (16.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (13.51%) Docker
3 1 (2.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (13.51%) Ansible
1 5 (13.51%) Kubernetes
1 5 (13.51%) Prometheus
1 5 (13.51%) Terraform
1 5 (13.51%) vCenter Server
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (24.32%) Fortinet
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 8 (21.62%) VMware
3 6 (16.22%) Cisco
4 5 (13.51%) NetApp
4 5 (13.51%) Palo Alto
4 5 (13.51%) Red Hat
4 5 (13.51%) SolidFire
5 2 (5.41%) Acronis
5 2 (5.41%) Dell
5 2 (5.41%) Juniper
5 2 (5.41%) Rapid7
5 2 (5.41%) Ubiquiti
6 1 (2.70%) Apple
6 1 (2.70%) Aruba
6 1 (2.70%) Google
6 1 (2.70%) HP