The first table below looks at the demand for the Firewall Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall Engineer
Rank 777 864 847
Rank change year-on-year
+87 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Firewall Engineer 81 32 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.075% 0.026% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.028% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 18 29 16
Average salary £41,500 £45,000 £31,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.77% +44.00%
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £40,000 £31,250
% change year-on-year
+3.75% +28.00%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101791 114576 116360
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.44% 94.74% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 84727 98303 98213
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Firewall Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Firewall Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Firewall Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Firewall Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Firewall Engineer within the UK.

Firewall Engineer Salary Trend

Firewall Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall Engineer over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

Firewall Engineer Salary Histogram

Firewall Engineer
Top 22 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +64 63 £41,500 -7.77%
London +44 21 £47,500 -17.39%
City of London +20 16 £45,000 -30.76%
West Midlands -11 11 - -
Northern Ireland - 11 - -
Birmingham - 11 - -
Belfast - 11 - -
County Antrim - 11 - -
South East +7 10 £41,500 -17.00%
Andover - 8 £41,500 -
Hampshire - 8 £41,500 -
West Yorkshire +5 7 - -
Yorkshire -12 7 - -
Leeds -12 7 - -
Scotland - 7 - -
South West - 7 - -
Glasgow - 7 - -
Bristol - 7 - -
North West - 7 - -
Manchester - 7 - -
Buckinghamshire - 2 £36,500 -
High Wycombe - 2 £36,500 -

Firewall Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Firewall Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Firewall Engineer in their job title.

1 182 (100.00%) Firewall
2 171 (93.96%) Cisco
3 160 (87.91%) Juniper
4 157 (86.26%) Cisco Certification
5 140 (76.92%) F5
6 139 (76.37%) CheckPoint
7 136 (74.73%) Cisco ASA
8 123 (67.58%) CCNP
9 121 (66.48%) Finance
10 118 (64.84%) CCSE
11 117 (64.29%) Blue Coat
11 117 (64.29%) Websense
12 115 (63.19%) Network Security
13 114 (62.64%) Cisco PIX
14 104 (57.14%) Telecoms
14 104 (57.14%) JNCIS
15 38 (20.88%) DNS
15 38 (20.88%) DHCP
16 28 (15.38%) TCP/IP
16 28 (15.38%) CCNA
17 26 (14.29%) UNIX
18 25 (13.74%) Microsoft
19 24 (13.19%) MPLS
19 24 (13.19%) OSPF
19 24 (13.19%) BGP
19 24 (13.19%) Fortinet
20 23 (12.64%) Cisco Nexus
21 22 (12.09%) CCIE
22 20 (10.99%) HP
22 20 (10.99%) Ethernet

Firewall Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Firewall Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Firewall Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.099%) IIS
1 2 (1.099%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 12 (6.593%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 182 (100.00%) Firewall
2 136 (74.73%) Cisco ASA
3 115 (63.19%) Network Security
4 114 (62.64%) Cisco PIX
5 38 (20.88%) DHCP
5 38 (20.88%) DNS
6 28 (15.38%) TCP/IP
7 24 (13.19%) MPLS
7 24 (13.19%) OSPF
7 24 (13.19%) BGP
8 23 (12.64%) Cisco Nexus
9 20 (10.99%) Ethernet
9 20 (10.99%) WAN
9 20 (10.99%) SNMP
9 20 (10.99%) IP Telephony
9 20 (10.99%) Junos
9 20 (10.99%) Wireless
10 16 (8.791%) DMZ
10 16 (8.791%) Extranet
10 16 (8.791%) X.400
General
1 121 (66.48%) Finance
2 104 (57.14%) Telecoms
3 16 (8.791%) Back Office
4 2 (1.099%) Banking
5 1 (0.549%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.99%) Video Conferencing
2 15 (8.242%) CESG
3 1 (0.549%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 26 (14.29%) UNIX
2 16 (8.791%) Linux
3 2 (1.099%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (1.099%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (1.099%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (10.99%) Migration
1 20 (10.99%) Network Management
2 10 (5.495%) SIEM
3 6 (3.297%) ITIL
4 5 (2.747%) Project Management
4 5 (2.747%) Information Management
4 5 (2.747%) Strategic Planning
4 5 (2.747%) Project Planning
4 5 (2.747%) Load Balancing
5 3 (1.648%) Change Management
5 3 (1.648%) Network Design
6 1 (0.549%) Business Development
6 1 (0.549%) Service Management
6 1 (0.549%) Business Continuity
6 1 (0.549%) Change Control
6 1 (0.549%) Mobile Device Management
Qualifications
1 157 (86.26%) Cisco Certification
2 123 (67.58%) CCNP
3 118 (64.84%) CCSE
4 104 (57.14%) JNCIS
5 28 (15.38%) CCNA
6 22 (12.09%) CCIE
7 20 (10.99%) JNCIE
8 16 (8.791%) Security Cleared
9 15 (8.242%) MCSE
9 15 (8.242%) SC Cleared
9 15 (8.242%) DV Cleared
9 15 (8.242%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (8.242%) RHCE
10 14 (7.692%) CCSA
11 11 (6.044%) CISSP
12 5 (2.747%) JNCIA
13 4 (2.198%) CCSP
13 4 (2.198%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.99%) PCI DSS
2 10 (5.495%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (10.99%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (9.890%) Active Directory
3 15 (8.242%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (10.99%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 171 (93.96%) Cisco
2 160 (87.91%) Juniper
3 140 (76.92%) F5
4 139 (76.37%) CheckPoint
5 117 (64.29%) Websense
5 117 (64.29%) Blue Coat
6 25 (13.74%) Microsoft
7 24 (13.19%) Fortinet
8 20 (10.99%) Polycom
8 20 (10.99%) Aruba
8 20 (10.99%) HP
8 20 (10.99%) Sourcefire
8 20 (10.99%) VMware
9 3 (1.648%) SonicWALL
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Network Security... Candidates must have solid NOC experience in configuring, troubleshooting and maintaining firewalls (reseller or service provider). Experience with Checkpoint/Juniper SRX/ Juniper Netscreen will give you...
Esum
Salary: Unspecified £Excellent + Bonus + Training + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Firewall Engineer. Juniper/Checkpoint A superb position has become available for a 2nd Line NOC Engineer with one of Europe’s fastest growing and most respected Network & Telecommunications...
Esum
Salary: Unspecified £Excellent + Bonus + Training + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cheshire
As such in depth Firewall knowledge is required, including but not limited to Checkpoint, Juniper and Fortigate knowledge... A professional qualification, such as CISSP, CISM or CISA is...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Package
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cheshire
As such in depth Firewall knowledge is required, including but not limited to Checkpoint, Juniper and Fortigate knowledge... A professional qualification, such as CISSP, CISM or CISA is...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £55000 - £70000 per annum + Package
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
My South Birmingham based client is seeking a Senior Network / Checkpoint Firewall Engineer to join their growing business and IT team, supporting business IT Operations to a first...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Experience of end-to-end PCI-DSS certification process... *Good working knowledge of Cisco ASA Firewalls... *Site to site VPN tunnels... *Network monitoring protocols such as Syslog and...
JP Specialist Contracts
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013