Firewall Jobs in the North East

Firewall
England > North East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 47 45
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 80 72 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 4.30% 5.66% 4.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 31.62% 24.24% 30.20%
Number of salaries quoted 65 67 73
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,150 £27,950
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,155 £42,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.81% +13.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £40,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £59,500 £44,150
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% -2.91% +3.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North East

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 East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 253 297 245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 13.59% 23.35% 16.48%
Number of salaries quoted 230 110 155
10th Percentile £25,500 £30,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,188 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,683 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +4.21% +1.91%
75th Percentile £62,500 £48,750 £44,000
90th Percentile £70,250 £63,750 £59,100
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 East

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the North East

Firewall
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for Firewall in the North East

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the North East over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the North East

Firewall
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the North East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Tyne and Wear -7 54 £42,500 - 5
Durham +13 23 £34,000 -9.33% 5
Northumberland -3 3 £27,000 -1.82% 3
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 13 (16.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (8.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 33 (41.25%) Azure
2 29 (36.25%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (22.50%) Entra ID
4 4 (5.00%) AWS
5 2 (2.50%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (2.50%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (2.50%) Slack
5 2 (2.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.25%) Dropbox
6 1 (1.25%) Google Drive
6 1 (1.25%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (25.00%) WAN
2 18 (22.50%) LAN
3 16 (20.00%) DNS
3 16 (20.00%) VPN
3 16 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
4 15 (18.75%) VoIP
5 11 (13.75%) DHCP
6 8 (10.00%) Network Security
6 8 (10.00%) VLAN
7 5 (6.25%) DMZ
7 5 (6.25%) SSL
7 5 (6.25%) Wireless
8 4 (5.00%) BGP
9 3 (3.75%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (3.75%) IPsec
9 3 (3.75%) MPLS
9 3 (3.75%) OSPF
9 3 (3.75%) SD-WAN
10 2 (2.50%) HTTPS
10 2 (2.50%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.75%) JIRA
2 2 (2.50%) Git
2 2 (2.50%) GitLab
General
1 38 (47.50%) Social Skills
2 10 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 6 (7.50%) Manufacturing
4 5 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (6.25%) Legal
5 4 (5.00%) Retail
6 3 (3.75%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.75%) Law
7 2 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (20.00%) Analyst
1 16 (20.00%) Security Analyst
2 11 (13.75%) Lead
3 10 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (11.25%) Network Engineer
4 9 (11.25%) Network Specialist
4 9 (11.25%) Support Engineer
4 9 (11.25%) Team Leader
5 7 (8.75%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 7 (8.75%) Infrastructure Team Leader
5 7 (8.75%) Network Infrastructure Team Leader
5 7 (8.75%) Network Team Leader
5 7 (8.75%) Project Leader
6 6 (7.50%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (7.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 6 (7.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 6 (7.50%) IT Support
7 4 (5.00%) Support Technician
8 3 (3.75%) Firewall Engineer
8 3 (3.75%) Help Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.00%) Management Information System
2 9 (11.25%) Data Centre
3 6 (7.50%) Clustering
3 6 (7.50%) Driving Licence
3 6 (7.50%) IoT
4 3 (3.75%) Mobile Computing
4 3 (3.75%) PKI
5 2 (2.50%) Cyber Security Posture
5 2 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.50%) Handset
5 2 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.50%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.50%) Robotics
5 2 (2.50%) Tandem
6 1 (1.25%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.25%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.25%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.25%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 41 (51.25%) Windows
2 38 (47.50%) Windows Server
3 14 (17.50%) Windows 10
4 12 (15.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 10 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (7.50%) Mac OS
6 6 (7.50%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (2.50%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (2.50%) Linux
7 2 (2.50%) Unix
7 2 (2.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (21.25%) Network Architecture
2 17 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (20.00%) SIEM
4 11 (13.75%) Cloud Security
4 11 (13.75%) Kalman Filter
5 10 (12.50%) Web Filtering
6 9 (11.25%) Document Management
6 9 (11.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 9 (11.25%) User Experience
7 8 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (10.00%) Security Management
7 8 (10.00%) Threat Analysis
7 8 (10.00%) Zero Trust
8 7 (8.75%) Business Case
8 7 (8.75%) Cloud Operations
8 7 (8.75%) Decision-Making
8 7 (8.75%) Energy Management
8 7 (8.75%) Project Delivery
8 7 (8.75%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 15 (18.75%) PowerShell
2 9 (11.25%) Bash
2 9 (11.25%) SQL
3 7 (8.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (15.00%) Degree
2 7 (8.75%) CISSP
2 7 (8.75%) CompTIA Security+
3 6 (7.50%) CISA
3 6 (7.50%) CISMP
3 6 (7.50%) GIAC
3 6 (7.50%) SANS
4 5 (6.25%) Security Cleared
5 4 (5.00%) Azure Certification
5 4 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (5.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.75%) CCNA
6 3 (3.75%) CCNP
6 3 (3.75%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.50%) HNC
7 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.25%) CCSP
8 1 (1.25%) CISM
8 1 (1.25%) MCSE
8 1 (1.25%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (16.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (16.25%) NIST
2 9 (11.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (5.00%) SLA
4 2 (2.50%) GDPR
4 2 (2.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 40 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 16 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (12.50%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.75%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (3.75%) vSphere
5 2 (2.50%) VMware Server
6 1 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.25%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (13.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (7.50%) Autotask
3 6 (7.50%) Failover Clustering
3 6 (7.50%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (7.50%) SCCM
4 3 (3.75%) FortiGate
5 2 (2.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (38.75%) Microsoft
2 26 (32.50%) VMware
3 23 (28.75%) Cisco
4 12 (15.00%) Aruba
5 10 (12.50%) Palo Alto
6 7 (8.75%) Juniper
7 6 (7.50%) CheckPoint
8 5 (6.25%) Datto
8 5 (6.25%) Intel
9 4 (5.00%) Apple
10 3 (3.75%) Fortinet
10 3 (3.75%) Meraki
11 2 (2.50%) Forcepoint
11 2 (2.50%) Mitel
12 1 (1.25%) Citrix
12 1 (1.25%) Draytek
12 1 (1.25%) Oracle
12 1 (1.25%) Qualys
12 1 (1.25%) SAP
12 1 (1.25%) Sophos