Firewall Jobs in the South West

Firewall
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 74 65
Rank change year-on-year +12 -9 -5
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 354 289 391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.84% 4.18% 4.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.23% 21.96% 31.51%
Number of salaries quoted 294 219 256
10th Percentile £27,800 £28,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,406 £33,875 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,250 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.43% -7.14% +5.81%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,254 1,316 1,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.59% 19.03% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 930 555 706
10th Percentile £26,475 £27,700 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,125 £63,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,000 £75,000
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the South West

Firewall
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Firewall in the South West

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the South West over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the South West

Firewall
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the South West region over the 6 months to 4 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
Bristol +33 91 £50,000 -13.79% 27
Wiltshire +3 82 £49,000 +40.00% 20
Gloucestershire +23 81 £42,500 +13.33% 21
Devon -7 47 £49,000 +10.24% 8
Dorset -25 28 £37,500 -12.54% 6
Somerset +9 17 £47,500 +2.70% 12
Cornwall -27 7 £42,000 +12.00% 2
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 63 (17.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (15.25%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.69%) SharePoint 2010
3 6 (1.69%) SharePoint 2013
4 5 (1.41%) Confluence
4 5 (1.41%) IIS
5 4 (1.13%) Apache
6 1 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 20 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.13%) Trello
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 136 (38.42%) Azure
2 120 (33.90%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (12.43%) AWS
4 24 (6.78%) GCP
5 23 (6.50%) Entra ID
6 20 (5.65%) OneDrive
7 19 (5.37%) SaaS
8 17 (4.80%) IaaS
9 16 (4.52%) PaaS
10 11 (3.11%) Power Platform
11 6 (1.69%) WhatsApp
12 5 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.13%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 4 (1.13%) GitHub
13 4 (1.13%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (1.13%) Mimecast
13 4 (1.13%) Slack
14 3 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
15 1 (0.28%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 116 (32.77%) WAN
2 91 (25.71%) LAN
3 60 (16.95%) VPN
4 53 (14.97%) DNS
5 50 (14.12%) Wireless
6 46 (12.99%) TCP/IP
7 40 (11.30%) SD-WAN
8 34 (9.60%) Network Security
9 32 (9.04%) Wi-Fi
10 27 (7.63%) Cisco ASA
10 27 (7.63%) DHCP
11 21 (5.93%) VLAN
12 20 (5.65%) Internet
13 17 (4.80%) BGP
13 17 (4.80%) SAN
14 13 (3.67%) OSPF
15 12 (3.39%) NetScaler
15 12 (3.39%) Software-Defined Networking
15 12 (3.39%) VoIP
15 12 (3.39%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.11%) Big Data
2 6 (1.69%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (1.13%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.56%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.28%) MySQL
5 1 (0.28%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 4 (1.13%) JIRA
2 3 (0.85%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.85%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.56%) Git
3 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 68 (19.21%) Social Skills
2 33 (9.32%) Aerospace
3 22 (6.21%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (4.80%) Manufacturing
4 17 (4.80%) Retail
5 15 (4.24%) Public Sector
6 14 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (3.95%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.26%) Military
8 6 (1.69%) Finance
8 6 (1.69%) Legal
9 5 (1.41%) Police
10 4 (1.13%) Law
11 3 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.28%) Aviation
12 1 (0.28%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.28%) Games
Job Titles
1 95 (26.84%) Network Engineer
2 88 (24.86%) Senior
3 63 (17.80%) Senior Network Engineer
3 63 (17.80%) Support Engineer
4 53 (14.97%) IT Engineer
5 51 (14.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 50 (14.12%) IT Support
7 37 (10.45%) IT Support Engineer
8 36 (10.17%) Analyst
9 21 (5.93%) 3rd Line Support
10 20 (5.65%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 19 (5.37%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 19 (5.37%) Administrator
11 19 (5.37%) Systems Administrator
12 18 (5.08%) Security Analyst
13 17 (4.80%) Consultant
14 16 (4.52%) 2nd Line Support
15 15 (4.24%) Network Manager
16 13 (3.67%) Senior Analyst
17 12 (3.39%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.41%) REST
2 4 (1.13%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.13%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (1.13%) YAML
3 3 (0.85%) .NET
3 3 (0.85%) AngularJS
3 3 (0.85%) ASP.NET
3 3 (0.85%) ASP.NET MVC
3 3 (0.85%) CSS
3 3 (0.85%) HTML
3 3 (0.85%) jQuery
3 3 (0.85%) React
3 3 (0.85%) Tailwind CSS
3 3 (0.85%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 3 (0.85%) Vue
3 3 (0.85%) WPF
4 1 (0.28%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 58 (16.38%) Data Centre
2 25 (7.06%) Driving Licence
3 18 (5.08%) Public Cloud
4 11 (3.11%) Cyber Defence
5 10 (2.82%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.82%) PKI
6 8 (2.26%) Replication
6 8 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (1.41%) Clustering
8 5 (1.41%) CMDB
8 5 (1.41%) Cyber Security Posture
8 5 (1.41%) Cyberattack
8 5 (1.41%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.13%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.13%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (0.85%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (0.85%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 138 (38.98%) Windows
2 74 (20.90%) Windows Server
3 68 (19.21%) Linux
4 21 (5.93%) Windows 10
5 15 (4.24%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (1.98%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (1.69%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.69%) Unix
7 6 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.41%) Android
8 5 (1.41%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.13%) Data ONTAP
9 4 (1.13%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.85%) Debian
10 3 (0.85%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.56%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.56%) Windows 2000
11 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.56%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (18.08%) Cybersecurity
2 59 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 52 (14.69%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (12.43%) Customer Service
5 41 (11.58%) ITIL
6 37 (10.45%) Agile
7 30 (8.47%) Collaborative Working
8 29 (8.19%) Actionable Insight
8 29 (8.19%) Service Delivery
9 25 (7.06%) Project Delivery
10 23 (6.50%) Incident Response
10 23 (6.50%) Network Monitoring
11 19 (5.37%) Office Automation
12 17 (4.80%) Cloud Security
12 17 (4.80%) Computer Science
12 17 (4.80%) Virtual Infrastructure
13 15 (4.24%) Security Operations
13 15 (4.24%) Security Patching
14 14 (3.95%) DevOps
14 14 (3.95%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 36 (10.17%) PowerShell
2 33 (9.32%) Python
3 16 (4.52%) Bash
4 14 (3.95%) C#
5 11 (3.11%) SQL
6 8 (2.26%) Java
7 4 (1.13%) Bicep
8 3 (0.85%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.85%) XAML
9 1 (0.28%) C
9 1 (0.28%) Perl
Qualifications
1 96 (27.12%) Security Cleared
2 53 (14.97%) DV Cleared
3 39 (11.02%) Cisco Certification
4 33 (9.32%) Degree
5 29 (8.19%) SC Cleared
6 28 (7.91%) CCNA
7 22 (6.21%) CCNP
8 21 (5.93%) Microsoft Certification
9 17 (4.80%) MCSE
10 11 (3.11%) CISSP
11 8 (2.26%) GIAC
11 8 (2.26%) MCITP
11 8 (2.26%) Network+ Certification
12 7 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (1.69%) CCSK
13 6 (1.69%) CompTIA Security+
13 6 (1.69%) MCSA
14 5 (1.41%) MCP
15 4 (1.13%) CCSP
15 4 (1.13%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (3.67%) SLA
3 10 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (2.82%) NIST
4 9 (2.54%) PCI DSS
4 9 (2.54%) SOC 2
5 6 (1.69%) GDPR
6 5 (1.41%) SOC 1
7 4 (1.13%) QA
8 2 (0.56%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.28%) GRC
9 1 (0.28%) NCSC
System Software
1 77 (21.75%) Active Directory
2 74 (20.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (11.30%) Hyper-V
4 22 (6.21%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (4.52%) VMware NSX
6 15 (4.24%) vSphere
7 13 (3.67%) XenDesktop
8 8 (2.26%) Firmware
8 8 (2.26%) XenApp
9 5 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (1.13%) Docker
10 4 (1.13%) KVM
10 4 (1.13%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.56%) Terminal Server
11 2 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.28%) Samba
Systems Management
1 56 (15.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (8.19%) SCCM
3 27 (7.63%) WSUS
4 25 (7.06%) Ansible
5 15 (4.24%) vCenter Server
6 12 (3.39%) FortiGate
7 8 (2.26%) Kubernetes
7 8 (2.26%) Prometheus
7 8 (2.26%) Terraform
8 6 (1.69%) Cisco Prime
8 6 (1.69%) Nagios
9 5 (1.41%) OfficeScan
9 5 (1.41%) Opsview
10 4 (1.13%) Istio
10 4 (1.13%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.85%) Nmap
11 3 (0.85%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.85%) Puppet
12 2 (0.56%) CASB
Vendors
1 135 (38.14%) Cisco
2 100 (28.25%) Microsoft
3 89 (25.14%) VMware
4 22 (6.21%) Citrix
5 21 (5.93%) HP
6 19 (5.37%) Google
7 17 (4.80%) Fortinet
8 16 (4.52%) Dell
9 15 (4.24%) Veeam
10 14 (3.95%) Sophos
11 13 (3.67%) Aruba
12 12 (3.39%) Meraki
13 11 (3.11%) Symantec
14 9 (2.54%) CheckPoint
14 9 (2.54%) Palo Alto
14 9 (2.54%) Red Hat
15 7 (1.98%) Apple
16 6 (1.69%) Juniper
16 6 (1.69%) NetApp
16 6 (1.69%) PagerDuty