Firewall Jobs in Reading

Firewall
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 76 74
Rank change year-on-year +42 -2 -7
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 99 64 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 5.79% 3.96% 3.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 35.74% 28.83% 18.12%
Number of salaries quoted 80 34 44
10th Percentile - £32,800 £32,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £66,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.61% +21.36% -2.22%
75th Percentile - £80,000 £75,625
90th Percentile £78,750 £84,250 £78,750
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -20.83%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 277 222 298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 16.21% 13.73% 17.11%
Number of salaries quoted 183 91 182
10th Percentile £31,050 £23,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £32,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -7.27% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £70,938
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £81,250
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £47,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.71% -4.50% -9.09%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Reading

Firewall
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Firewall in Reading

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Reading over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Reading

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 18 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (15.15%) IIS
3 5 (5.05%) Apache
4 2 (2.02%) CMS
5 1 (1.01%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 53 (53.54%) Azure
2 22 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (14.14%) Azure Monitor
3 14 (14.14%) Azure Storage
3 14 (14.14%) Entra ID
4 12 (12.12%) OCI
5 5 (5.05%) Amazon S3
6 4 (4.04%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (3.03%) AWS
8 1 (1.01%) GCP
8 1 (1.01%) IaaS
8 1 (1.01%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (46.46%) DNS
2 41 (41.41%) DHCP
3 21 (21.21%) WAN
4 20 (20.20%) SNMP
5 17 (17.17%) SD-WAN
6 16 (16.16%) SAN
6 16 (16.16%) Wireless
7 15 (15.15%) VPN
8 14 (14.14%) Network Security
9 9 (9.09%) Internet
10 8 (8.08%) Intrusion Detection
10 8 (8.08%) IPsec
11 7 (7.07%) OSPF
12 6 (6.06%) LAN
13 5 (5.05%) Wireshark
14 4 (4.04%) NAS
14 4 (4.04%) TCP/IP
14 4 (4.04%) VoIP
15 3 (3.03%) DMZ
15 3 (3.03%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.05%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (5.05%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.01%) Hadoop
2 1 (1.01%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.01%) Oracle Database 11g
2 1 (1.01%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.01%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.01%) JIRA
General
1 35 (35.35%) Social Skills
2 6 (6.06%) Finance
3 3 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (3.03%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (2.02%) Retail
5 1 (1.01%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (17.17%) Architect
2 16 (16.16%) Systems Engineer
3 15 (15.15%) Windows Engineer
3 15 (15.15%) Windows Systems Engineer
4 14 (14.14%) Active Directory Specialist
4 14 (14.14%) Active Directory Support
4 14 (14.14%) Azure Specialist
4 14 (14.14%) Solutions Architect
4 14 (14.14%) Support Specialist
5 13 (13.13%) IP Architect
6 12 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (9.09%) Firewall Specialist
7 9 (9.09%) Network Specialist
8 8 (8.08%) IT Engineer
8 8 (8.08%) PowerShell Engineer
8 8 (8.08%) VMware Engineer
8 8 (8.08%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (6.06%) Consultant
9 6 (6.06%) Senior
9 6 (6.06%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (14.14%) ARM Templates
2 5 (5.05%) RabbitMQ
2 5 (5.05%) YAML
3 4 (4.04%) 802.1X
4 3 (3.03%) Web Services
5 1 (1.01%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 25 (25.25%) Data Centre
2 19 (19.19%) CMDB
3 17 (17.17%) PKI
4 14 (14.14%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (6.06%) Driving Licence
6 5 (5.05%) Management Information System
7 4 (4.04%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (4.04%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (3.03%) Security Posture
9 2 (2.02%) Digital Signage
9 2 (2.02%) IPTV
9 2 (2.02%) Operational Technology
10 1 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (1.01%) Cyberattack
10 1 (1.01%) IoT
10 1 (1.01%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 61 (61.62%) Windows
2 52 (52.53%) Linux
3 46 (46.46%) Windows Server
4 26 (26.26%) Windows Server 2016
4 26 (26.26%) Windows Server 2019
5 13 (13.13%) Windows 10
6 12 (12.12%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (12.12%) Windows XP
7 5 (5.05%) Data ONTAP
8 3 (3.03%) Kali Linux
9 2 (2.02%) Android
10 1 (1.01%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (32.32%) ITIL
2 30 (30.30%) Agile
3 22 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (19.19%) Configuration Management
4 19 (19.19%) Release Management
5 17 (17.17%) Project Management
5 17 (17.17%) Storage Management
6 15 (15.15%) DevOps
6 15 (15.15%) Service Management
6 15 (15.15%) Waterfall
7 14 (14.14%) Analytics
7 14 (14.14%) CI/CD
7 14 (14.14%) Identity Management
7 14 (14.14%) Infrastructure as Code
7 14 (14.14%) Log Analytics
7 14 (14.14%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 14 (14.14%) Privileged Identity Management
7 14 (14.14%) RBAC
8 13 (13.13%) Business Development
8 13 (13.13%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 33 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 17 (17.17%) SQL
3 15 (15.15%) C#
4 14 (14.14%) Bicep
4 14 (14.14%) VB
4 14 (14.14%) VBScript
5 12 (12.12%) Python
6 4 (4.04%) Bash
7 1 (1.01%) Java
Qualifications
1 58 (58.59%) Security Cleared
2 47 (47.47%) SC Cleared
3 41 (41.41%) DV Cleared
4 38 (38.38%) Degree
5 19 (19.19%) CCNA
5 19 (19.19%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (14.14%) CCNP
6 14 (14.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (5.05%) CISSP
8 4 (4.04%) Azure Certification
8 4 (4.04%) MCSE
8 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (3.03%) AWS Certification
9 3 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (2.02%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (2.02%) GCIA
10 2 (2.02%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (2.02%) SANS
11 1 (1.01%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (6.06%) PCI DSS
2 5 (5.05%) NIST
2 5 (5.05%) SLA
3 3 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.01%) COBIT
System Software
1 50 (50.51%) Active Directory
2 22 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (15.15%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (14.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (13.13%) Hyper-V
6 12 (12.12%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (5.05%) Docker
8 4 (4.04%) Firmware
9 1 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (1.01%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 45 (45.45%) SCOM
2 26 (26.26%) SCCM
2 26 (26.26%) WSUS
3 20 (20.20%) Kubernetes
4 17 (17.17%) vCenter Server
5 15 (15.15%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (14.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 12 (12.12%) EMC NetWorker
7 12 (12.12%) NetBackup
8 5 (5.05%) Ansible
8 5 (5.05%) Prometheus
9 3 (3.03%) Suricata
10 1 (1.01%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (1.01%) Nessus
10 1 (1.01%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 50 (50.51%) Microsoft
2 28 (28.28%) Juniper
3 26 (26.26%) Cisco
4 22 (22.22%) VMware
5 20 (20.20%) Palo Alto
6 16 (16.16%) Extreme Networks
7 15 (15.15%) Dynatrace
8 13 (13.13%) Oracle
9 12 (12.12%) 3PAR
9 12 (12.12%) Dell
9 12 (12.12%) EMC
9 12 (12.12%) Fortinet
9 12 (12.12%) HP
9 12 (12.12%) Symantec
9 12 (12.12%) Veeam
10 5 (5.05%) NetApp
10 5 (5.05%) Red Hat
10 5 (5.05%) SolidFire
10 5 (5.05%) Splunk
11 4 (4.04%) ServiceNow