Firewall Jobs in the North of England

Firewall
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 78 97
Rank change year-on-year +14 +19 -40
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 604 735 619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.45% 4.26% 3.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.89% 23.20% 22.19%
Number of salaries quoted 496 504 485
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,738 £28,189
25th Percentile £33,375 £37,500 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +9.20% -3.33%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,563 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,921 £69,900
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £50,200
% change year-on-year -2.00% -0.40% +0.40%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,166 3,168 2,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.39% 18.37% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,662 1,257 1,688
10th Percentile £25,888 £26,000 £26,675
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £60,938 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,706 £73,675
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the North of England

Firewall
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Firewall in the North of England

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the North of England

Firewall
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 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
Yorkshire +51 271 £45,000 -4.00% 48
North West -16 264 £49,250 -1.50% 77
North East +1 80 £42,155 -0.81% 18
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 77 (12.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 60 (9.93%) SharePoint
3 30 (4.97%) IIS
4 16 (2.65%) Apache
5 7 (1.16%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.66%) CMS
6 4 (0.66%) Confluence
6 4 (0.66%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 45 (7.45%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 276 (45.70%) Azure
2 208 (34.44%) Microsoft 365
3 96 (15.89%) AWS
4 55 (9.11%) Entra ID
5 39 (6.46%) GCP
6 22 (3.64%) SaaS
7 20 (3.31%) IaaS
8 17 (2.81%) PaaS
9 16 (2.65%) Amazon S3
9 16 (2.65%) GitHub
10 15 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (2.32%) OneDrive
12 13 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
13 11 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
14 10 (1.66%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 7 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
16 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
17 5 (0.83%) DigitalOcean
17 5 (0.83%) Power Automate
17 5 (0.83%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 167 (27.65%) WAN
2 143 (23.68%) VPN
3 137 (22.68%) LAN
4 115 (19.04%) DNS
5 86 (14.24%) TCP/IP
6 82 (13.58%) Network Security
7 80 (13.25%) DHCP
8 67 (11.09%) Wi-Fi
9 60 (9.93%) SD-WAN
10 53 (8.77%) Wireless
11 49 (8.11%) SAN
12 44 (7.28%) Internet
13 43 (7.12%) VLAN
14 38 (6.29%) VoIP
15 37 (6.13%) Intrusion Detection
16 36 (5.96%) OSPF
17 32 (5.30%) BGP
18 29 (4.80%) MPLS
19 28 (4.64%) SSL
20 26 (4.30%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (7.12%) SQL Server
2 20 (3.31%) Elasticsearch
3 15 (2.48%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (0.83%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.83%) Redis
6 4 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.66%) Power BI
7 3 (0.50%) MySQL
7 3 (0.50%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.17%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.17%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (1.82%) JIRA
2 10 (1.66%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.16%) Spinnaker
4 5 (0.83%) Git
5 4 (0.66%) GitLab
5 4 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.50%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.33%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.17%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.17%) Postman
8 1 (0.17%) Selenium
General
1 187 (30.96%) Social Skills
2 89 (14.74%) Finance
3 42 (6.95%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (5.30%) Law
5 27 (4.47%) Retail
6 25 (4.14%) Manufacturing
7 23 (3.81%) Public Sector
8 21 (3.48%) Telecoms
9 13 (2.15%) Legal
10 10 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.49%) Banking
12 7 (1.16%) Games
12 7 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.16%) Military
12 7 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.66%) Marketing
14 3 (0.50%) Local Government
15 2 (0.33%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
16 1 (0.17%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 88 (14.57%) Network Engineer
2 84 (13.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 75 (12.42%) IT Support
4 69 (11.42%) IT Engineer
5 68 (11.26%) Lead
6 62 (10.26%) Analyst
7 51 (8.44%) Senior
8 50 (8.28%) Support Engineer
9 40 (6.62%) Team Leader
10 37 (6.13%) IT Manager
11 30 (4.97%) 3rd Line Support
12 29 (4.80%) 2nd Line Support
13 28 (4.64%) IT Support Engineer
14 27 (4.47%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 27 (4.47%) Infrastructure Manager
15 24 (3.97%) Architect
15 24 (3.97%) Security Analyst
16 20 (3.31%) Cloud Engineer
16 20 (3.31%) Consultant
16 20 (3.31%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.48%) RabbitMQ
1 15 (2.48%) YAML
2 10 (1.66%) .NET
3 7 (1.16%) Kafka
3 7 (1.16%) Middleware
4 4 (0.66%) Akka
4 4 (0.66%) AngularJS
4 4 (0.66%) ASP.NET
4 4 (0.66%) ASP.NET MVC
4 4 (0.66%) CSS
4 4 (0.66%) HTML
4 4 (0.66%) jQuery
4 4 (0.66%) React
4 4 (0.66%) REST
4 4 (0.66%) Tailwind CSS
4 4 (0.66%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 4 (0.66%) Vue
4 4 (0.66%) WPF
5 2 (0.33%) Web Services
6 1 (0.17%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 70 (11.59%) Data Centre
2 54 (8.94%) Management Information System
3 25 (4.14%) Driving Licence
4 23 (3.81%) Public Cloud
5 19 (3.15%) PMI
6 18 (2.98%) Security Posture
7 17 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (2.65%) Cyber Threat
9 14 (2.32%) Onboarding
10 13 (2.15%) Clustering
10 13 (2.15%) Security Operations Centre
11 11 (1.82%) Cyberattack
11 11 (1.82%) IoT
12 8 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
13 7 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
13 7 (1.16%) Product Ownership
14 6 (0.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 5 (0.83%) CCTV
16 4 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
16 4 (0.66%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 291 (48.18%) Windows
2 183 (30.30%) Windows Server
3 130 (21.52%) Linux
4 42 (6.95%) Windows 10
5 41 (6.79%) Windows Server 2012
6 37 (6.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 20 (3.31%) Mac OS
8 16 (2.65%) Windows Server 2019
9 15 (2.48%) Data ONTAP
10 13 (2.15%) Windows Server 2008
11 10 (1.66%) Android
11 10 (1.66%) Apple iOS
11 10 (1.66%) VMS
12 7 (1.16%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.66%) Kali Linux
13 4 (0.66%) Unix
13 4 (0.66%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.50%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.33%) Windows 8
15 2 (0.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (24.67%) Problem-Solving
2 142 (23.51%) Cybersecurity
3 129 (21.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 105 (17.38%) Customer Service
5 93 (15.40%) ITIL
6 73 (12.09%) SIEM
7 64 (10.60%) Incident Response
8 55 (9.11%) Disaster Recovery
9 53 (8.77%) Kalman Filter
10 49 (8.11%) Agile
11 46 (7.62%) Mentoring
12 45 (7.45%) Migration
13 44 (7.28%) Project Management
14 42 (6.95%) Information Security
15 39 (6.46%) Continuous Improvement
16 35 (5.79%) Computer Science
17 34 (5.63%) Service Delivery
18 33 (5.46%) DevOps
19 32 (5.30%) Threat Intelligence
20 31 (5.13%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 82 (13.58%) PowerShell
2 54 (8.94%) Python
3 52 (8.61%) SQL
4 26 (4.30%) Bash
5 10 (1.66%) Java
5 10 (1.66%) VBScript
6 4 (0.66%) C#
6 4 (0.66%) XAML
7 3 (0.50%) Go
7 3 (0.50%) Ruby
8 2 (0.33%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.17%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.17%) Bicep
9 1 (0.17%) Perl
Qualifications
1 91 (15.07%) Cisco Certification
2 81 (13.41%) Degree
3 55 (9.11%) CCNA
4 49 (8.11%) CCNP
5 48 (7.95%) CISSP
6 38 (6.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 31 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (5.13%) Security Cleared
8 22 (3.64%) MCSE
9 19 (3.15%) Azure Certification
9 19 (3.15%) CCIE
9 19 (3.15%) MCP
9 19 (3.15%) PMI Certification
10 17 (2.81%) SC Cleared
11 14 (2.32%) AWS Certification
11 14 (2.32%) CISA
11 14 (2.32%) CompTIA Security+
11 14 (2.32%) SANS
12 11 (1.82%) MCSA
13 9 (1.49%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (8.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 45 (7.45%) SLA
3 37 (6.13%) NIST
4 21 (3.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 19 (3.15%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.32%) GDPR
7 6 (0.99%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (0.66%) QA
9 3 (0.50%) NCSC
9 3 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.33%) COBIT
10 2 (0.33%) GLBA
10 2 (0.33%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.17%) FISMA
11 1 (0.17%) HITRUST
System Software
1 224 (37.09%) Active Directory
2 153 (25.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 121 (20.03%) Hyper-V
4 24 (3.97%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (3.64%) Docker
6 21 (3.48%) vSphere
7 15 (2.48%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (1.82%) Terminal Services
9 10 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
9 10 (1.66%) VMware NSX
10 7 (1.16%) XenApp
10 7 (1.16%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.66%) Firmware
11 4 (0.66%) vCloud
12 3 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.50%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.17%) Dovecot
13 1 (0.17%) Postfix
13 1 (0.17%) Snort
13 1 (0.17%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 86 (14.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (6.79%) Kubernetes
3 28 (4.64%) SCCM
4 20 (3.31%) Ansible
4 20 (3.31%) Prometheus
4 20 (3.31%) vCenter Server
5 19 (3.15%) FortiGate
6 16 (2.65%) Terraform
7 15 (2.48%) ZABBIX
8 13 (2.15%) Failover Clustering
9 12 (1.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 12 (1.99%) Opsgenie
9 12 (1.99%) VxRail
10 9 (1.49%) Autotask
10 9 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (1.16%) Jamf Pro
11 7 (1.16%) Nessus
12 6 (0.99%) Nagios
12 6 (0.99%) Nmap
12 6 (0.99%) WSUS
Vendors
1 283 (46.85%) Microsoft
2 243 (40.23%) VMware
3 163 (26.99%) Cisco
4 63 (10.43%) Fortinet
5 43 (7.12%) Palo Alto
6 39 (6.46%) Aruba
7 32 (5.30%) Meraki
8 29 (4.80%) Citrix
8 29 (4.80%) Juniper
8 29 (4.80%) NetApp
9 27 (4.47%) Veeam
10 26 (4.30%) SolarWinds
11 23 (3.81%) Dell
12 16 (2.65%) CheckPoint
12 16 (2.65%) Datto
12 16 (2.65%) Ubiquiti
13 15 (2.48%) HP
13 15 (2.48%) Red Hat
13 15 (2.48%) SolidFire
14 13 (2.15%) Sophos