Firewall Jobs in South Wales

Firewall
Wales > South Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 31 44 84
Rank change year-on-year +13 +40 -26
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 78 65 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 5.42% 5.65% 2.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 38.61% 32.34% 14.77%
Number of salaries quoted 34 16 31
10th Percentile £24,500 £31,853 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,025 £34,747 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £60,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +71.43% +7.69%
75th Percentile £45,780 £75,000 £44,125
90th Percentile £53,375 - £50,000
Wales median annual salary £40,500 £45,000 £40,250
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.80% +15.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 202 201 237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 14.05% 17.46% 16.49%
Number of salaries quoted 102 55 118
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,290 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,067 £37,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.99% -17.78% +26.76%
75th Percentile £47,070 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £64,625 £75,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £40,500 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% -16.67% +24.73%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in South Wales

Firewall
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Firewall in South Wales

Firewall
Salary Histogram in South Wales

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

Salary histogram for Firewall in South Wales

Firewall
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the South Wales 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
Bridgend +5 42 £44,886 - 2
Cardiff 0 17 £41,067 -31.56% 9
Newport +13 12 £40,000 +15.32% 2
Gwent - 4 - -
Caerphilly - 3 £23,800 -
Firewall
Wales

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 14 (17.95%) Skype for Business
2 11 (14.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (6.41%) Apache
4 2 (2.56%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.28%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (19.23%) Azure
2 12 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (6.41%) Amazon S3
3 5 (6.41%) AWS
4 3 (3.85%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.56%) IaaS
5 2 (2.56%) PaaS
6 1 (1.28%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 27 (34.62%) DNS
1 27 (34.62%) LAN
1 27 (34.62%) WAN
1 27 (34.62%) Wireless
2 20 (25.64%) VPN
3 18 (23.08%) TCP/IP
4 17 (21.79%) Network Security
5 14 (17.95%) Cisco IOS
5 14 (17.95%) IP Telephony
6 11 (14.10%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (14.10%) DHCP
6 11 (14.10%) MPLS
7 10 (12.82%) VLAN
8 9 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (10.26%) Internet
10 7 (8.97%) IPsec
11 6 (7.69%) HTTP
12 5 (6.41%) SNMP
12 5 (6.41%) WLAN
13 4 (5.13%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.41%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (6.41%) MongoDB
1 5 (6.41%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (16.67%) Finance
2 12 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 8 (10.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (10.26%) Social Skills
4 7 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (8.97%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.41%) Local Government
5 5 (6.41%) Police
6 3 (3.85%) Advertising
6 3 (3.85%) Automotive
6 3 (3.85%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.85%) Retail
7 2 (2.56%) Games
7 2 (2.56%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 35 (44.87%) Senior
2 34 (43.59%) Network Engineer
3 21 (26.92%) Consultant
3 21 (26.92%) Senior Network Engineer
4 14 (17.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 14 (17.95%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 11 (14.10%) Project Consultant
5 11 (14.10%) Senior Consultant
5 11 (14.10%) Senior Network Consultant
5 11 (14.10%) Senior Project Consultant
6 8 (10.26%) Analyst
6 8 (10.26%) IT Engineer
7 7 (8.97%) Security Engineer
8 6 (7.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 6 (7.69%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
9 5 (6.41%) ICT Engineer
9 5 (6.41%) IT Security Engineer
9 5 (6.41%) NetApp Consultant
10 4 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (5.13%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.41%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (6.41%) YAML
2 3 (3.85%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 35 (44.87%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.41%) Replication
3 4 (5.13%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (2.56%) PKI
4 2 (2.56%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.28%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 23 (29.49%) Windows
2 17 (21.79%) Windows Server
3 10 (12.82%) Linux
4 7 (8.97%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (6.41%) Data ONTAP
7 3 (3.85%) CatOS
8 2 (2.56%) VMS
8 2 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.28%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (47.44%) Actionable Insight
2 25 (32.05%) Business Continuity
2 25 (32.05%) Network Management
3 21 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (24.36%) Customer Service
5 18 (23.08%) Incident Management
6 16 (20.51%) Migration
7 15 (19.23%) ITIL
8 11 (14.10%) Change Control
8 11 (14.10%) Change Management
8 11 (14.10%) Network Design
9 8 (10.26%) Storage Management
10 7 (8.97%) Disaster Recovery
10 7 (8.97%) Infrastructure Management
11 6 (7.69%) Line Management
11 6 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
12 5 (6.41%) High Availability
12 5 (6.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 5 (6.41%) Project Management
12 5 (6.41%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.41%) Python
2 3 (3.85%) SQL
3 1 (1.28%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 28 (35.90%) SC Cleared
1 28 (35.90%) Security Cleared
2 23 (29.49%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (23.08%) CCNA
4 12 (15.38%) Degree
5 7 (8.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (7.69%) CCNP
7 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (3.85%) CCIE
8 3 (3.85%) Check Point Certification
9 1 (1.28%) CISMP
9 1 (1.28%) CISSP
9 1 (1.28%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.13%) SLA
2 2 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.28%) GDPR
3 1 (1.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (17.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 5 (6.41%) Docker
3 5 (6.41%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (5.13%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (3.85%) Hyper-V
6 2 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (6.41%) Ansible
1 5 (6.41%) Kubernetes
1 5 (6.41%) Prometheus
1 5 (6.41%) vCenter Server
2 3 (3.85%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.56%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (2.56%) WhatsUp Gold
4 1 (1.28%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 47 (60.26%) Cisco
2 32 (41.03%) Microsoft
3 17 (21.79%) CheckPoint
4 16 (20.51%) Palo Alto
4 16 (20.51%) VMware
5 14 (17.95%) Avaya
5 14 (17.95%) Mitel
6 11 (14.10%) Fortinet
6 11 (14.10%) McAfee
6 11 (14.10%) Oracle
7 8 (10.26%) Veeam
8 5 (6.41%) NetApp
8 5 (6.41%) Red Hat
8 5 (6.41%) SolidFire
8 5 (6.41%) Sophos
9 4 (5.13%) Asigra
9 4 (5.13%) Datto
9 4 (5.13%) IBM
9 4 (5.13%) Sage
10 3 (3.85%) Juniper