Firewall Jobs in Cardiff

Firewall
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 46 48
Rank change year-on-year +26 +2 +34
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 11 17 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 5.98% 2.57% 3.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.40% 26.56% 24.05%
Number of salaries quoted 10 17 13
10th Percentile £46,189 £33,860 £31,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £39,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £41,067 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.80% -31.56% +22.45%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £66,488 £64,000 -
South Wales median annual salary £47,500 £40,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +17.28% -32.50% +71.43%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 47 64 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 25.54% 9.68% 13.67%
Number of salaries quoted 37 52 38
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,750 £23,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £37,101 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,534 £39,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +5.15% -16.84%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,813 £62,500
90th Percentile £66,825 £71,689 £75,000
South Wales median annual salary £23,504 £41,067 £37,500
% change year-on-year -42.77% +9.51% -16.67%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Cardiff

Firewall
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for Firewall in Cardiff

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Cardiff over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Cardiff

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Network Security
2 3 (27.27%) VLAN
3 2 (18.18%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
3 2 (18.18%) VPN
3 2 (18.18%) Wireless
4 1 (9.09%) 802.11
4 1 (9.09%) BGP
4 1 (9.09%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (9.09%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (9.09%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (9.09%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (9.09%) DMARC
4 1 (9.09%) DNS
4 1 (9.09%) Internet
4 1 (9.09%) OSPF
4 1 (9.09%) VoIP
4 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) MariaDB
1 4 (36.36%) MySQL
1 4 (36.36%) RDBMS
1 4 (36.36%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JMeter
General
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
1 2 (18.18%) Retail
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Administrator
1 4 (36.36%) Linux Administrator
1 4 (36.36%) Linux Systems Administrator
1 4 (36.36%) Systems Administrator
1 4 (36.36%) VMWare Administrator
2 3 (27.27%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Technical Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Security Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Lead
4 1 (9.09%) Network Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Network Support
4 1 (9.09%) Network Support Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Support Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Management Information System
2 2 (18.18%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
3 1 (9.09%) IoT
3 1 (9.09%) NHS
3 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
3 1 (9.09%) SCADA
3 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) CentOS
1 4 (36.36%) Linux
1 4 (36.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (36.36%) Ubuntu
2 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Computer Science
2 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (36.36%) Security Patching
3 2 (18.18%) Information Security
4 1 (9.09%) Analytics
4 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (9.09%) Edge Computing
4 1 (9.09%) High Availability
4 1 (9.09%) ITIL
4 1 (9.09%) Network Architecture
4 1 (9.09%) Network Design
4 1 (9.09%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (9.09%) Performance Analysis
4 1 (9.09%) Performance Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (9.09%) Test Automation
4 1 (9.09%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (9.09%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
1 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) CCNA
2 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (18.18%) CCIE
3 2 (18.18%) CCNP
4 1 (9.09%) CISSP
4 1 (9.09%) CWNA
4 1 (9.09%) CWTS
4 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Virtual Servers
1 4 (36.36%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (36.36%) vSphere
2 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (9.09%) Iperf
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) VMware
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco
3 1 (9.09%) Aerohive Networks
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.09%) Okta
3 1 (9.09%) SolarWinds