Firewall Jobs in the South East

Firewall
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 64 82
Rank change year-on-year +24 +18 -19
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 831 660 817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.98% 4.41% 4.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.95% 25.55% 26.17%
Number of salaries quoted 732 520 641
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,675 £28,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -8.16% +3.16%
75th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £73,875 £77,500
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South 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 South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,775 2,583 3,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.62% 17.28% 15.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,907 1,523 1,864
10th Percentile £26,043 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -2.06%
75th Percentile £59,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £77,500
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the South East

Firewall
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Firewall in the South East

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the South East over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the South East

Firewall
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 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
Thames Valley +16 324 £47,125 +4.72% 49
Hampshire +18 217 £40,000 -13.04% 40
Berkshire +45 168 £50,000 +4.17% 29
Oxfordshire +33 93 £42,500 +18.06% 15
Surrey +18 92 £52,500 +19.32% 19
Kent -1 73 £42,500 +6.25% 17
East Sussex +60 71 £43,500 -5.95% 9
Buckinghamshire -39 64 £41,500 +18.57% 5
West Sussex +45 39 £45,000 -14.29% 7
Sussex - 7 £35,000 -
Middlesex - 3 £52,500 -
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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
1 152 (18.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 109 (13.12%) SharePoint
3 34 (4.09%) IIS
4 17 (2.05%) Apache
5 16 (1.93%) WordPress
6 14 (1.68%) CMS
7 13 (1.56%) nginx
8 6 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2000
9 3 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.12%) Confluence
10 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 87 (10.47%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.84%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.48%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 390 (46.93%) Azure
2 368 (44.28%) Microsoft 365
3 112 (13.48%) Entra ID
4 101 (12.15%) AWS
5 42 (5.05%) OneDrive
6 29 (3.49%) SaaS
7 23 (2.77%) Cloud Computing
8 22 (2.65%) Azure Storage
9 17 (2.05%) Azure Monitor
9 17 (2.05%) Azure Sentinel
10 16 (1.93%) IaaS
11 15 (1.81%) PaaS
12 13 (1.56%) Mimecast
13 12 (1.44%) iTunes
13 12 (1.44%) OCI
14 10 (1.20%) GitHub
15 9 (1.08%) GCP
16 7 (0.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 7 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
17 6 (0.72%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 211 (25.39%) DNS
2 187 (22.50%) VPN
3 138 (16.61%) DHCP
4 125 (15.04%) WAN
5 124 (14.92%) Wireless
6 105 (12.64%) TCP/IP
7 102 (12.27%) LAN
8 88 (10.59%) VLAN
9 71 (8.54%) Network Security
9 71 (8.54%) VoIP
10 68 (8.18%) Wi-Fi
11 48 (5.78%) SSL
12 47 (5.66%) BGP
12 47 (5.66%) SD-WAN
13 45 (5.42%) SAN
14 43 (5.17%) Intrusion Detection
15 38 (4.57%) OSPF
16 34 (4.09%) NAS
17 29 (3.49%) Internet
17 29 (3.49%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (8.18%) SQL Server
2 22 (2.65%) MySQL
3 10 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (0.60%) MongoDB
4 5 (0.60%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.60%) Power BI
5 3 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.12%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database 11g
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.12%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (3.49%) JIRA
2 19 (2.29%) Jenkins
3 13 (1.56%) Git
4 10 (1.20%) Trac
5 9 (1.08%) Robot Framework
6 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.24%) Hudson
General
1 280 (33.69%) Social Skills
2 65 (7.82%) Telecoms
3 62 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (4.45%) Finance
5 33 (3.97%) Documentation Skills
6 25 (3.01%) Law
7 23 (2.77%) Legal
8 20 (2.41%) Marketing
9 19 (2.29%) Games
10 17 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (1.81%) Manufacturing
11 15 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (1.68%) Back Office
12 14 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.56%) Retail
14 9 (1.08%) Advertising
14 9 (1.08%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.08%) Digital Economy
15 4 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.36%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 175 (21.06%) Support Engineer
2 169 (20.34%) IT Engineer
3 146 (17.57%) IT Support
4 119 (14.32%) IT Support Engineer
5 115 (13.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 115 (13.84%) Network Engineer
6 98 (11.79%) Analyst
7 92 (11.07%) Senior
8 81 (9.75%) 3rd Line Support
9 76 (9.15%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 64 (7.70%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 55 (6.62%) Architect
12 47 (5.66%) Lead
13 44 (5.29%) 2nd Line Support
14 36 (4.33%) IT Manager
15 31 (3.73%) Systems Engineer
16 29 (3.49%) Infrastructure Support
17 26 (3.13%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 26 (3.13%) Senior Network Engineer
18 25 (3.01%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.01%) REST
2 19 (2.29%) OAuth
2 19 (2.29%) OpenID
2 19 (2.29%) SAML
3 17 (2.05%) 802.1X
4 15 (1.81%) HTML
5 14 (1.68%) ARM Templates
6 9 (1.08%) XML
7 7 (0.84%) .NET
7 7 (0.84%) Web Services
8 6 (0.72%) ASP.NET
8 6 (0.72%) CSS
8 6 (0.72%) jQuery
9 5 (0.60%) RabbitMQ
9 5 (0.60%) YAML
10 4 (0.48%) LAMP
11 3 (0.36%) ASP.NET MVC
11 3 (0.36%) Tailwind CSS
11 3 (0.36%) Vue
11 3 (0.36%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 77 (9.27%) Management Information System
2 74 (8.90%) Driving Licence
3 55 (6.62%) Self-Motivation
4 52 (6.26%) Data Centre
5 26 (3.13%) Replication
6 24 (2.89%) Client/Server
7 20 (2.41%) Cyber Threat
7 20 (2.41%) PKI
8 19 (2.29%) Security Operations Centre
9 18 (2.17%) CMDB
10 16 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
11 15 (1.81%) IoT
12 14 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
13 12 (1.44%) Onboarding
14 11 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
15 10 (1.20%) CCTV
15 10 (1.20%) Clustering
16 9 (1.08%) ARM Cortex
17 8 (0.96%) Security Posture
18 7 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 443 (53.31%) Windows
2 260 (31.29%) Windows Server
3 168 (20.22%) Linux
4 93 (11.19%) Windows 10
5 73 (8.78%) Windows Server 2019
6 72 (8.66%) Windows Server 2016
7 36 (4.33%) Windows Server 2012
8 26 (3.13%) Apple iOS
9 17 (2.05%) Android
10 14 (1.68%) Windows Server 2008
11 12 (1.44%) Unix
11 12 (1.44%) Windows XP
12 11 (1.32%) Ubuntu
13 9 (1.08%) Windows 7
14 8 (0.96%) Mac OS
14 8 (0.96%) VMS
14 8 (0.96%) Windows 8
15 5 (0.60%) Data ONTAP
15 5 (0.60%) Mac OS X
15 5 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (25.51%) Problem-Solving
2 146 (17.57%) Cybersecurity
3 140 (16.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 136 (16.37%) Customer Service
5 101 (12.15%) ITIL
6 74 (8.90%) Agile
7 70 (8.42%) Project Management
8 55 (6.62%) Configuration Management
9 54 (6.50%) Mentoring
10 51 (6.14%) Service Delivery
11 50 (6.02%) DevOps
12 44 (5.29%) SIEM
13 43 (5.17%) Kalman Filter
14 42 (5.05%) Computer Science
15 38 (4.57%) Incident Response
16 37 (4.45%) Information Security
17 35 (4.21%) Disaster Recovery
17 35 (4.21%) Service Management
18 34 (4.09%) Multi-Factor Authentication
18 34 (4.09%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 96 (11.55%) SQL
2 95 (11.43%) PowerShell
3 50 (6.02%) Python
4 26 (3.13%) Bash
5 21 (2.53%) C#
5 21 (2.53%) Java
6 15 (1.81%) VBScript
7 14 (1.68%) Bicep
7 14 (1.68%) VB
8 12 (1.44%) PHP
9 3 (0.36%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.36%) VB.NET
9 3 (0.36%) XAML
10 1 (0.12%) C
10 1 (0.12%) Go
10 1 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 163 (19.61%) Security Cleared
2 160 (19.25%) Degree
3 113 (13.60%) SC Cleared
4 100 (12.03%) Cisco Certification
5 69 (8.30%) CCNA
6 48 (5.78%) DV Cleared
7 45 (5.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 37 (4.45%) CCNP
9 34 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
10 32 (3.85%) CISSP
11 26 (3.13%) Azure Certification
12 22 (2.65%) CompTIA Security+
12 22 (2.65%) Network+ Certification
13 20 (2.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 16 (1.93%) MCSE
15 15 (1.81%) MCP
16 13 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
17 10 (1.20%) CTC Cleared
18 9 (1.08%) AWS Certification
18 9 (1.08%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (5.17%) Cyber Essentials
1 43 (5.17%) SLA
2 40 (4.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (3.85%) GDPR
4 12 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 10 (1.20%) NIST
6 9 (1.08%) COSHH
6 9 (1.08%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.72%) QA
8 5 (0.60%) NCSC
9 4 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.36%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.12%) COBIT
11 1 (0.12%) IASME
11 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 352 (42.36%) Active Directory
2 185 (22.26%) Hyper-V
3 152 (18.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 45 (5.42%) Virtual Machines
5 32 (3.85%) Docker
6 29 (3.49%) Virtual Desktop
7 23 (2.77%) Virtual Servers
8 22 (2.65%) VMware ESXi
9 17 (2.05%) vSphere
10 16 (1.93%) pfSense
11 11 (1.32%) NFS
12 6 (0.72%) Firmware
12 6 (0.72%) XenApp
13 5 (0.60%) VMware Server
14 1 (0.12%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 105 (12.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (5.29%) SCOM
3 41 (4.93%) WSUS
4 40 (4.81%) Ansible
4 40 (4.81%) FortiGate
5 38 (4.57%) Kubernetes
6 34 (4.09%) SCCM
7 20 (2.41%) vCenter Server
8 19 (2.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 17 (2.05%) Grafana
10 16 (1.93%) EMC NetWorker
10 16 (1.93%) ZABBIX
11 13 (1.56%) Cisco CUCM
11 13 (1.56%) ServiceCenter
12 12 (1.44%) NetBackup
13 11 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
13 11 (1.32%) Terraform
14 10 (1.20%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 10 (1.20%) SCDPM
15 7 (0.84%) Nagios
Vendors
1 399 (48.01%) Microsoft
2 227 (27.32%) VMware
3 170 (20.46%) Cisco
4 99 (11.91%) Juniper
5 86 (10.35%) Veeam
6 73 (8.78%) Fortinet
7 62 (7.46%) Palo Alto
8 54 (6.50%) HP
9 53 (6.38%) Citrix
10 47 (5.66%) Aruba
11 42 (5.05%) Meraki
12 29 (3.49%) WatchGuard
13 25 (3.01%) Draytek
14 21 (2.53%) Dell
15 20 (2.41%) Apple
16 19 (2.29%) Sophos
17 18 (2.17%) Oracle
17 18 (2.17%) Splunk
18 17 (2.05%) Barracuda Networks
18 17 (2.05%) EMC