Firewall Jobs in Wales

Firewall
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 53 83
Rank change year-on-year +9 +30 -36
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 87 82 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 4.31% 4.92% 3.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.59% 32.54% 19.59%
Number of salaries quoted 43 32 53
10th Percentile £24,500 £30,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £26,500 £32,000 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £45,780 £62,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £75,000 -
UK median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 259 252 291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 12.84% 15.14% 15.38%
Number of salaries quoted 149 80 155
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,113 £27,000
25th Percentile £28,290 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -16.67% +24.47%
75th Percentile £47,500 £55,563 £55,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £69,451 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Wales

Firewall
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Firewall in Wales

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Wales over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Wales

Firewall
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Wales region over the 6 months to 27 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
South Wales +16 78 £40,500 -32.50% 14
North Wales +1 3 £27,500 -14.06%
West Wales 0 3 £55,000 +22.22%
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 (16.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 14 (16.09%) Skype for Business
2 8 (9.20%) SharePoint
3 5 (5.75%) Apache
4 3 (3.45%) Confluence
4 3 (3.45%) Jupyter
5 1 (1.15%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (9.20%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (27.59%) Azure
2 21 (24.14%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (6.90%) Entra ID
4 5 (5.75%) Amazon S3
4 5 (5.75%) AWS
5 2 (2.30%) IaaS
5 2 (2.30%) PaaS
6 1 (1.15%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 30 (34.48%) LAN
1 30 (34.48%) WAN
2 27 (31.03%) DNS
2 27 (31.03%) Wireless
3 20 (22.99%) VPN
4 18 (20.69%) TCP/IP
5 17 (19.54%) Network Security
6 14 (16.09%) Cisco IOS
6 14 (16.09%) Internet
6 14 (16.09%) IP Telephony
7 11 (12.64%) Cisco ASA
7 11 (12.64%) DHCP
7 11 (12.64%) MPLS
8 10 (11.49%) VLAN
9 9 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (8.05%) IPsec
11 6 (6.90%) HTTP
12 5 (5.75%) SNMP
12 5 (5.75%) WLAN
13 4 (4.60%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.75%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (5.75%) MongoDB
1 5 (5.75%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.45%) Metabase
Development Applications
1 3 (3.45%) JIRA
1 3 (3.45%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 13 (14.94%) Finance
2 12 (13.79%) Telecoms
3 8 (9.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (9.20%) Social Skills
4 7 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (8.05%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.90%) Manufacturing
6 5 (5.75%) Local Government
6 5 (5.75%) Police
6 5 (5.75%) Welsh Language
7 3 (3.45%) Advertising
7 3 (3.45%) Automotive
7 3 (3.45%) Retail
8 2 (2.30%) Games
Job Titles
1 35 (40.23%) Senior
2 34 (39.08%) Network Engineer
3 21 (24.14%) Consultant
3 21 (24.14%) Senior Network Engineer
4 14 (16.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 14 (16.09%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 11 (12.64%) IT Engineer
5 11 (12.64%) Project Consultant
5 11 (12.64%) Senior Consultant
5 11 (12.64%) Senior Network Consultant
5 11 (12.64%) Senior Project Consultant
6 9 (10.34%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 8 (9.20%) Analyst
8 7 (8.05%) Security Engineer
9 6 (6.90%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
9 6 (6.90%) IT Support
10 5 (5.75%) ICT Engineer
10 5 (5.75%) IT Security Engineer
10 5 (5.75%) NetApp Consultant
11 4 (4.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.75%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (5.75%) YAML
2 3 (3.45%) LDAP
2 3 (3.45%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (43.68%) Data Centre
2 5 (5.75%) Replication
3 4 (4.60%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.45%) Raspberry Pi
5 2 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.30%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (2.30%) PKI
5 2 (2.30%) Public Cloud
5 2 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.15%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 32 (36.78%) Windows
2 20 (22.99%) Windows Server
3 16 (18.39%) Linux
4 7 (8.05%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (6.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (5.75%) Data ONTAP
7 3 (3.45%) CatOS
7 3 (3.45%) Windows 7
8 2 (2.30%) VMS
8 2 (2.30%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.15%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (42.53%) Actionable Insight
2 28 (32.18%) Network Management
3 25 (28.74%) Business Continuity
4 24 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (21.84%) Customer Service
6 18 (20.69%) Incident Management
6 18 (20.69%) ITIL
7 16 (18.39%) Migration
8 14 (16.09%) Change Management
9 11 (12.64%) Change Control
9 11 (12.64%) Network Design
10 10 (11.49%) Disaster Recovery
11 8 (9.20%) Storage Management
12 7 (8.05%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (8.05%) Infrastructure Management
13 6 (6.90%) Line Management
13 6 (6.90%) Root Cause Analysis
14 5 (5.75%) High Availability
14 5 (5.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 5 (5.75%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.90%) SQL
2 5 (5.75%) Python
3 1 (1.15%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 28 (32.18%) SC Cleared
1 28 (32.18%) Security Cleared
2 26 (29.89%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (24.14%) CCNA
4 15 (17.24%) Degree
5 7 (8.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (8.05%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (6.90%) CCNP
7 3 (3.45%) CCIE
7 3 (3.45%) Check Point Certification
8 1 (1.15%) CISMP
8 1 (1.15%) CISSP
8 1 (1.15%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.05%) SLA
2 2 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.15%) GDPR
3 1 (1.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (21.84%) Active Directory
2 17 (19.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (5.75%) Docker
3 5 (5.75%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (4.60%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (3.45%) Hyper-V
6 2 (2.30%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (5.75%) Ansible
1 5 (5.75%) Kubernetes
1 5 (5.75%) Prometheus
1 5 (5.75%) vCenter Server
2 3 (3.45%) FortiGate
2 3 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.30%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (2.30%) WhatsUp Gold
4 1 (1.15%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 50 (57.47%) Cisco
2 38 (43.68%) Microsoft
3 19 (21.84%) VMware
4 17 (19.54%) CheckPoint
5 16 (18.39%) Palo Alto
6 14 (16.09%) Avaya
6 14 (16.09%) Fortinet
6 14 (16.09%) Mitel
7 11 (12.64%) McAfee
7 11 (12.64%) Oracle
7 11 (12.64%) Veeam
8 5 (5.75%) NetApp
8 5 (5.75%) Red Hat
8 5 (5.75%) SolidFire
8 5 (5.75%) Sophos
9 4 (4.60%) Asigra
9 4 (4.60%) Datto
9 4 (4.60%) IBM
9 4 (4.60%) Meraki
9 4 (4.60%) Sage