Firewall Jobs in the Thames Valley

Firewall
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 59 69
Rank change year-on-year +18 +10 -5
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 322 295 308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.79% 4.94% 4.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.54% 30.99% 21.89%
Number of salaries quoted 291 240 248
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £37,125 £31,250 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -8.16% -10.91%
75th Percentile £59,000 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £74,575 £75,000
South East median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% -8.16% +3.16%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 960 952 1,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.28% 15.95% 20.22%
Number of salaries quoted 676 538 751
10th Percentile £28,375 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,500 £30,750 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £59,000 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £69,750 £73,875 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -1.04%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the Thames Valley

Firewall
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Firewall in the Thames Valley

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the Thames Valley

Firewall
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 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
Berkshire +48 167 £50,000 +4.17% 28
Oxfordshire +31 93 £42,500 +11.11% 11
Buckinghamshire -46 63 £41,500 +18.57% 8
Firewall
South East

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 74 (22.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (12.73%) SharePoint
3 20 (6.21%) IIS
4 17 (5.28%) Apache
5 16 (4.97%) WordPress
6 14 (4.35%) CMS
7 13 (4.04%) nginx
8 3 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.31%) Confluence
Applications
1 26 (8.07%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (7.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.24%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 145 (45.03%) Azure
2 142 (44.10%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (13.04%) AWS
4 33 (10.25%) Entra ID
5 22 (6.83%) Azure Storage
6 21 (6.52%) OneDrive
7 17 (5.28%) Azure Monitor
8 15 (4.66%) Azure Sentinel
9 12 (3.73%) iTunes
9 12 (3.73%) OCI
10 9 (2.80%) Cloud Computing
10 9 (2.80%) GCP
11 7 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.55%) Amazon S3
12 5 (1.55%) SaaS
13 4 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (1.24%) Google Workspace
14 3 (0.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 3 (0.93%) Azure Pipelines
14 3 (0.93%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 91 (28.26%) DNS
2 62 (19.25%) DHCP
3 56 (17.39%) VPN
4 41 (12.73%) Network Security
4 41 (12.73%) WAN
5 39 (12.11%) Wireless
6 38 (11.80%) SSL
7 34 (10.56%) TCP/IP
8 31 (9.63%) SAN
9 30 (9.32%) Intrusion Detection
10 29 (9.01%) Wi-Fi
11 27 (8.39%) SNMP
12 25 (7.76%) SD-WAN
13 22 (6.83%) LAN
14 21 (6.52%) VoIP
15 20 (6.21%) Internet
16 19 (5.90%) OSPF
17 18 (5.59%) BGP
17 18 (5.59%) VLAN
18 16 (4.97%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (13.66%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.04%) MySQL
3 5 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (1.55%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.93%) Power BI
5 1 (0.31%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database 11g
5 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.24%) JIRA
2 3 (0.93%) Git
General
1 99 (30.75%) Social Skills
2 34 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (6.21%) Documentation Skills
4 15 (4.66%) Law
5 13 (4.04%) Finance
5 13 (4.04%) Marketing
6 10 (3.11%) Legal
6 10 (3.11%) Telecoms
7 9 (2.80%) Retail
8 8 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.55%) Games
10 4 (1.24%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.62%) Electronics
11 2 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.31%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (24.22%) IT Engineer
2 75 (23.29%) Support Engineer
3 66 (20.50%) IT Support
4 63 (19.57%) IT Support Engineer
5 50 (15.53%) 3rd Line Support
6 48 (14.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 43 (13.35%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 39 (12.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 28 (8.70%) Analyst
10 26 (8.07%) Network Engineer
11 22 (6.83%) Senior
12 19 (5.90%) Architect
13 18 (5.59%) SOC Analyst
14 17 (5.28%) Lead
14 17 (5.28%) Systems Engineer
15 15 (4.66%) IT Manager
15 15 (4.66%) Project Engineer
16 14 (4.35%) 2nd Line Support
16 14 (4.35%) Active Directory Specialist
16 14 (4.35%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.35%) ARM Templates
2 12 (3.73%) 802.1X
3 6 (1.86%) Web Services
4 5 (1.55%) RabbitMQ
4 5 (1.55%) YAML
5 4 (1.24%) .NET
5 4 (1.24%) LAMP
5 4 (1.24%) REST
6 3 (0.93%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.93%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.93%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (0.93%) Azure Blueprints
6 3 (0.93%) CSS
6 3 (0.93%) HTML
6 3 (0.93%) jQuery
6 3 (0.93%) React
6 3 (0.93%) Tailwind CSS
6 3 (0.93%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 3 (0.93%) Vue
6 3 (0.93%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 43 (13.35%) Management Information System
2 36 (11.18%) Data Centre
3 23 (7.14%) Replication
3 23 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (6.21%) PKI
5 18 (5.59%) Cyber Threat
5 18 (5.59%) Driving Licence
6 17 (5.28%) CMDB
6 17 (5.28%) Security Operations Centre
7 13 (4.04%) Client/Server
8 9 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.86%) CCTV
10 5 (1.55%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
13 2 (0.62%) Digital Signage
13 2 (0.62%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 184 (57.14%) Windows
2 110 (34.16%) Windows Server
3 86 (26.71%) Linux
4 42 (13.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 40 (12.42%) Windows Server 2019
6 31 (9.63%) Windows 10
7 21 (6.52%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (3.73%) Windows XP
9 7 (2.17%) Android
10 6 (1.86%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (1.55%) Data ONTAP
11 5 (1.55%) Kali Linux
11 5 (1.55%) Ubuntu
12 4 (1.24%) VMS
13 3 (0.93%) Apple iOS
13 3 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.62%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.62%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.31%) Unix
15 1 (0.31%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (22.98%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (22.36%) Cybersecurity
3 51 (15.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 50 (15.53%) ITIL
5 34 (10.56%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 34 (10.56%) Project Management
6 33 (10.25%) Agile
6 33 (10.25%) SIEM
7 31 (9.63%) Incident Response
8 30 (9.32%) DevOps
9 29 (9.01%) Security Operations
10 26 (8.07%) Computer Science
10 26 (8.07%) Mentoring
11 23 (7.14%) Analytics
12 20 (6.21%) CI/CD
12 20 (6.21%) Infrastructure as Code
12 20 (6.21%) Service Management
13 19 (5.90%) Change Control
13 19 (5.90%) Disaster Recovery
13 19 (5.90%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 79 (24.53%) SQL
2 47 (14.60%) PowerShell
3 18 (5.59%) C#
4 15 (4.66%) VBScript
5 14 (4.35%) Bicep
5 14 (4.35%) Python
5 14 (4.35%) VB
6 12 (3.73%) PHP
7 7 (2.17%) Bash
8 3 (0.93%) XAML
9 1 (0.31%) Java
Qualifications
1 97 (30.12%) Degree
2 79 (24.53%) Security Cleared
3 64 (19.88%) SC Cleared
4 44 (13.66%) Cisco Certification
5 42 (13.04%) DV Cleared
6 34 (10.56%) CCNA
7 25 (7.76%) CISSP
8 24 (7.45%) CCNP
9 20 (6.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 19 (5.90%) CompTIA Security+
11 14 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 11 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (3.11%) MCSE
14 6 (1.86%) Azure Certification
15 5 (1.55%) AWS Certification
15 5 (1.55%) MCP
15 5 (1.55%) Network+ Certification
16 4 (1.24%) Master's Degree
17 2 (0.62%) GCIA
17 2 (0.62%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (4.04%) SLA
3 8 (2.48%) NIST
3 8 (2.48%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (1.55%) QA
5 4 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.93%) GDPR
7 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.31%) COBIT
8 1 (0.31%) IASME
System Software
1 139 (43.17%) Active Directory
2 98 (30.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (13.66%) Hyper-V
4 19 (5.90%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (5.59%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (4.35%) Docker
7 12 (3.73%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (2.48%) vSphere
9 4 (1.24%) Firmware
10 1 (0.31%) NFS
10 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.31%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 50 (15.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (13.35%) SCOM
3 33 (10.25%) SCCM
4 29 (9.01%) Kubernetes
5 26 (8.07%) WSUS
6 20 (6.21%) vCenter Server
7 18 (5.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 14 (4.35%) Ansible
9 12 (3.73%) EMC NetWorker
9 12 (3.73%) NetBackup
10 6 (1.86%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (1.55%) Prometheus
11 5 (1.55%) Suricata
12 3 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 1 (0.31%) Grafana
13 1 (0.31%) Icinga
13 1 (0.31%) Nessus
13 1 (0.31%) Network Intrusion Detection System
13 1 (0.31%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 173 (53.73%) Microsoft
2 128 (39.75%) VMware
3 60 (18.63%) Cisco
4 54 (16.77%) Veeam
5 48 (14.91%) Juniper
6 36 (11.18%) Citrix
7 29 (9.01%) Palo Alto
8 22 (6.83%) HP
9 19 (5.90%) Fortinet
10 16 (4.97%) Aruba
10 16 (4.97%) Dell
10 16 (4.97%) Extreme Networks
11 14 (4.35%) Oracle
12 13 (4.04%) Dynatrace
12 13 (4.04%) EMC
13 12 (3.73%) 3PAR
13 12 (3.73%) Symantec
14 9 (2.80%) Sage
14 9 (2.80%) WatchGuard
15 8 (2.48%) Red Hat