Firewall Job Trends in Bristol

Firewall
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 49 73
Rank change year-on-year -12 +24 +31
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 34 58 59
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 1.67% 4.18% 3.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.82% 40.00% 33.91%
Number of salaries quoted 32 43 52
10th Percentile £30,750 - £32,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £39,005 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.96% -21.99% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £59,675 £76,250 £94,625
South West median annual salary £34,000 £43,750 £49,000
% change year-on-year -22.29% -10.71% +11.36%

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 149 145 174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 7.30% 10.44% 9.70%
Number of salaries quoted 114 91 158
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £30,750 £38,148
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.57% +2.00% -4.23%
75th Percentile £52,500 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £75,750
South West median annual salary £33,500 £51,058 £49,000
% change year-on-year -34.39% +4.20% +3.16%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Firewall relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Firewall job vacancy trend in Bristol

Firewall
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Bristol over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Bristol

Firewall
Job Locations in Bristol

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Bristol region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Avonmouth - 1 £29,500 -
Firewall
South West

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 13 (38.24%) IIS
2 8 (23.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.94%) JBoss
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (32.35%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (29.41%) Azure
3 5 (14.71%) AWS
4 1 (2.94%) Amazon S3
4 1 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.94%) IaaS
4 1 (2.94%) PaaS
4 1 (2.94%) SaaS
4 1 (2.94%) Serverless
4 1 (2.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (64.71%) DNS
2 21 (61.76%) DHCP
3 10 (29.41%) LAN
3 10 (29.41%) WAN
4 9 (26.47%) Internet
4 9 (26.47%) Kerberos
4 9 (26.47%) VPN
5 7 (20.59%) IPsec
6 6 (17.65%) Remote Desktop
7 5 (14.71%) VLAN
7 5 (14.71%) Wireless
8 4 (11.76%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (11.76%) Network Security
8 4 (11.76%) VoIP
9 3 (8.82%) BGP
9 3 (8.82%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (8.82%) Cisco Firepower
9 3 (8.82%) EIGRP
9 3 (8.82%) HSRP
9 3 (8.82%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.71%) SQL Server
2 4 (11.76%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (2.94%) DB2
3 1 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.94%) Relational Database
General
1 23 (67.65%) Social Skills
2 9 (26.47%) Law
3 7 (20.59%) Legal
4 5 (14.71%) Finance
4 5 (14.71%) Public Sector
5 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (11.76%) Electronics
5 4 (11.76%) Manufacturing
5 4 (11.76%) Marketing
5 4 (11.76%) Telecoms
6 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 15 (44.12%) 2nd Line Support
2 11 (32.35%) Analyst
2 11 (32.35%) IT Support
3 8 (23.53%) Support Analyst
4 7 (20.59%) 3rd Line Support
5 6 (17.65%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 5 (14.71%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 5 (14.71%) Support Engineer
7 4 (11.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 4 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (11.76%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
7 4 (11.76%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (11.76%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (11.76%) IT Engineer
7 4 (11.76%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (11.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 4 (11.76%) Senior
7 4 (11.76%) Senior IT Engineer
7 4 (11.76%) Senior IT Support
7 4 (11.76%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (26.47%) LDAP
2 3 (8.82%) REST
3 1 (2.94%) EJB
3 1 (2.94%) OpenAPI
3 1 (2.94%) Spring
3 1 (2.94%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 10 (29.41%) PKI
2 7 (20.59%) Driving Licence
3 4 (11.76%) Clustering
4 3 (8.82%) Security Posture
5 2 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (5.88%) YubiKey
6 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.94%) Client/Server
6 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.94%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (2.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.94%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (64.71%) Windows
2 21 (61.76%) Windows Server
3 10 (29.41%) Windows 10
4 9 (26.47%) Windows Server 2016
4 9 (26.47%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (11.76%) Linux
5 4 (11.76%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.94%) Android
6 1 (2.94%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
1 12 (35.29%) Data Loss Prevention
2 8 (23.53%) Containerisation
3 6 (17.65%) SIEM
4 5 (14.71%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (14.71%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (14.71%) ITIL
5 4 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (11.76%) Coaching
5 4 (11.76%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (11.76%) Digital Marketing
5 4 (11.76%) IT Strategy
5 4 (11.76%) Mentoring
5 4 (11.76%) Migration
5 4 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (11.76%) Programme Management
5 4 (11.76%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 4 (11.76%) Server Building
5 4 (11.76%) Server Management
6 3 (8.82%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 16 (47.06%) PowerShell
2 9 (26.47%) VB
3 3 (8.82%) Python
4 1 (2.94%) Java
4 1 (2.94%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (23.53%) SC Cleared
1 8 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.76%) ACMT
2 4 (11.76%) DV Cleared
2 4 (11.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (5.88%) CEH
3 2 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (5.88%) Degree
4 1 (2.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (2.94%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.94%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.94%) CCSP
4 1 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.94%) CISSP
4 1 (2.94%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (29.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (26.47%) SLA
3 5 (14.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (11.76%) NIST
5 3 (8.82%) PCI DSS
6 2 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (5.88%) GDPR
6 2 (5.88%) NCSC
7 1 (2.94%) COBIT
7 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (2.94%) JSP 440
7 1 (2.94%) NIST 800
7 1 (2.94%) SOC 2
System Software
1 19 (55.88%) Active Directory
2 9 (26.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (14.71%) Hyper-V
4 4 (11.76%) Docker
4 4 (11.76%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (32.35%) WSUS
2 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (14.71%) Kubernetes
4 4 (11.76%) Autotask
4 4 (11.76%) vCenter Server
5 1 (2.94%) CASB
Vendors
1 26 (76.47%) Microsoft
2 9 (26.47%) VMware
3 7 (20.59%) Cisco
4 5 (14.71%) Oracle
5 4 (11.76%) Apple
5 4 (11.76%) Datto
5 4 (11.76%) SAP
5 4 (11.76%) Sophos
5 4 (11.76%) Veeam
6 3 (8.82%) CheckPoint
6 3 (8.82%) Palo Alto
6 3 (8.82%) Riverbed
6 3 (8.82%) Tenable
7 1 (2.94%) Acronis