Firewall Jobs in Bristol

Firewall
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firewall over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 78 105
Rank change year-on-year +3 +27 -14
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 37 90 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 2.95% 2.89% 2.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 49.33% 29.61% 19.05%
Number of salaries quoted 31 79 37
10th Percentile £30,750 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £32,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.00% +25.32%
75th Percentile £82,500 £61,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £68,000 £90,750
South West median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £42,250
% change year-on-year +5.56% +6.51% -8.15%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bristol

Firewall falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 75 304 336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 5.97% 9.77% 12.89%
Number of salaries quoted 50 233 119
10th Percentile £32,325 £30,000 £28,125
25th Percentile £37,313 £36,250 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £50,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.50% -9.91% +5.71%
75th Percentile £82,188 £65,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £97,832
South West median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -5.26%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Bristol

Firewall
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Firewall in Bristol

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Bristol over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Bristol

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.70%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (56.76%) Azure
2 17 (45.95%) AWS
3 11 (29.73%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (24.32%) Entra ID
5 6 (16.22%) IaaS
5 6 (16.22%) SaaS
6 4 (10.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 4 (10.81%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (8.11%) PaaS
8 2 (5.41%) OneDrive
9 1 (2.70%) Azure AI
9 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (2.70%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (2.70%) GCP
9 1 (2.70%) Mimecast
9 1 (2.70%) Power Automate
9 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 17 (45.95%) VPN
2 16 (43.24%) Network Security
3 11 (29.73%) WAN
4 9 (24.32%) LAN
5 8 (21.62%) SD-WAN
6 6 (16.22%) DNS
6 6 (16.22%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (13.51%) DHCP
7 5 (13.51%) MPLS
8 3 (8.11%) BGP
8 3 (8.11%) EIGRP
8 3 (8.11%) Internet
8 3 (8.11%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (8.11%) OSPF
8 3 (8.11%) Unified Communications
8 3 (8.11%) VLAN
8 3 (8.11%) Wireless
9 2 (5.41%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (5.41%) TCP/IP
10 1 (2.70%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.11%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (8.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.70%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.70%) MySQL
2 1 (2.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Burp Suite
1 2 (5.41%) Metasploit
2 1 (2.70%) Git
General
1 13 (35.14%) Finance
2 11 (29.73%) Social Skills
3 6 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Aerospace
4 3 (8.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (8.11%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (21.62%) Security Engineer
2 7 (18.92%) Cloud Engineer
2 7 (18.92%) IT Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Cloud Security Lead
3 6 (16.22%) Lead
3 6 (16.22%) Lead Cloud Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Senior
5 4 (10.81%) Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (8.11%) 2nd Line Support Technician
6 3 (8.11%) Architect
6 3 (8.11%) Network Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Network Manager
6 3 (8.11%) Security Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) Support Technician
7 2 (5.41%) Compliance Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) IT Support
7 2 (5.41%) Senior IT Support
7 2 (5.41%) Senior Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.92%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (13.51%) Data Centre
3 4 (10.81%) Driving Licence
3 4 (10.81%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (5.41%) Educational Technology
4 2 (5.41%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (5.41%) Security Posture
4 2 (5.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (2.70%) CCTV
5 1 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.70%) NHS
5 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.70%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.70%) Replication
5 1 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (24.32%) Windows
2 5 (13.51%) Linux
2 5 (13.51%) Windows Server
3 4 (10.81%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (10.81%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (8.11%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.70%) Android
5 1 (2.70%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (35.14%) Roadmaps
2 12 (32.43%) Cloud Security
2 12 (32.43%) Mentoring
3 10 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (24.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (24.32%) Information Security
4 9 (24.32%) Network Design
5 8 (21.62%) Disaster Recovery
5 8 (21.62%) Risk Management
5 8 (21.62%) Threat Modelling
6 7 (18.92%) Business Continuity
6 7 (18.92%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (18.92%) ITIL
6 7 (18.92%) Strategic Roadmap
7 6 (16.22%) Migration
7 6 (16.22%) Technology Transformation
8 5 (13.51%) Network Monitoring
9 4 (10.81%) Network Management
9 4 (10.81%) Risk Analysis
9 4 (10.81%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 8 (21.62%) PowerShell
2 4 (10.81%) Python
2 4 (10.81%) SQL
3 2 (5.41%) Bash
3 2 (5.41%) C#
4 1 (2.70%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 11 (29.73%) CISSP
2 8 (21.62%) CISM
3 4 (10.81%) Degree
3 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
4 3 (8.11%) AWS Certification
4 3 (8.11%) CCSK
4 3 (8.11%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (5.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 2 (5.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (5.41%) Azure Certification
5 2 (5.41%) CCNA
5 2 (5.41%) CEH
5 2 (5.41%) CHECK Team Member
5 2 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (5.41%) CREST Certified
5 2 (5.41%) DBS Check
5 2 (5.41%) GIAC
5 2 (5.41%) ISSAP
5 2 (5.41%) Master's Degree
5 2 (5.41%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (35.14%) NIST
2 11 (29.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (18.92%) PCI DSS
4 6 (16.22%) Accessibility
4 6 (16.22%) GDPR
4 6 (16.22%) NCSC
5 4 (10.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (10.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (5.41%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (5.41%) COBIT
6 2 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (5.41%) SOC 2
7 1 (2.70%) GRC
7 1 (2.70%) HIPAA
System Software
1 10 (27.03%) Active Directory
2 6 (16.22%) Hyper-V
3 4 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (8.11%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (8.11%) vSphere
5 1 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (2.70%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) Terraform
2 3 (8.11%) Ansible
3 2 (5.41%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (5.41%) Nmap
4 1 (2.70%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.70%) Iperf
4 1 (2.70%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (2.70%) Progress Chef
4 1 (2.70%) Puppet
4 1 (2.70%) SCCM
4 1 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (35.14%) Microsoft
2 8 (21.62%) Cisco
3 7 (18.92%) VMware
4 6 (16.22%) CheckPoint
4 6 (16.22%) Palo Alto
4 6 (16.22%) SolarWinds
5 4 (10.81%) Fortinet
6 3 (8.11%) Extreme Networks
6 3 (8.11%) Juniper
6 3 (8.11%) Zscaler
7 2 (5.41%) Meraki
8 1 (2.70%) Databricks
8 1 (2.70%) F5
8 1 (2.70%) Google
8 1 (2.70%) Mitel
8 1 (2.70%) MobileIron
8 1 (2.70%) Ruckus Wireless
8 1 (2.70%) SonicWALL
8 1 (2.70%) Symantec