Firewall Job Trends in Chippenham

Firewall
Wiltshire > Chippenham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Chippenham requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 6 17
Rank change year-on-year -16 +11 0
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 5 16 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Chippenham 7.04% 35.56% 11.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.73% 84.21% 46.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 9
10th Percentile - £53,250 -
25th Percentile £31,500 £53,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £62,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -47.20% +78.57% -21.79%
75th Percentile £41,500 £75,000 £37,500
90th Percentile £54,100 - £39,000
Wiltshire median annual salary £34,000 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -35.24% +7.14% +40.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Chippenham

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 Chippenham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 22 19 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chippenham 30.99% 42.22% 24.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7 12 10
10th Percentile £31,100 £25,500 -
25th Percentile £31,500 £45,938 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £62,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -47.20% +78.57% -30.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,188 £37,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £43,875
Wiltshire median annual salary £34,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -38.18% +12.24% +17.43%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Chippenham

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in Chippenham

Firewall
Salary Trend in Chippenham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chippenham citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chippenham citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Chippenham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Chippenham over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Chippenham

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chippenham 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 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) DNS
2 3 (60.00%) DHCP
2 3 (60.00%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) BGP
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (60.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) IT Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) IT Support
1 3 (60.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (20.00%) SIEM
2 1 (20.00%) Threat Management
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (20.00%) GRC
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (20.00%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) Dell
1 1 (20.00%) F5
1 1 (20.00%) Infoblox
1 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (20.00%) VMware