Firewall Jobs in Kent

Firewall
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 47 37 37
Rank change year-on-year -10 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 25 73 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 3.27% 4.89% 6.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.78% 36.50% 20.74%
Number of salaries quoted 25 67 72
10th Percentile £29,000 £23,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.35% +6.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £38,750 £50,250 £45,000
90th Percentile £49,500 £58,750 £60,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 74 200 352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 9.69% 13.39% 30.64%
Number of salaries quoted 71 161 183
10th Percentile - £23,000 £26,200
25th Percentile £23,731 £27,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.76% +6.25% +3.90%
75th Percentile £38,750 £57,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £62,500 £62,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.06% +4.44% -5.26%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Kent

Firewall
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Firewall in Kent

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Kent

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

Salary histogram for Firewall in Kent

Firewall
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Kent region over the 6 months to 5 May 2025. 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
Maidstone +8 6 £33,000 -22.35% 6
Tunbridge Wells +18 5 £31,500 -70.00%
Dartford +10 4 £29,000 -27.50% 6
Canterbury - 1 £47,500 - 1
Firewall
South East

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 5 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (64.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (20.00%) OneDrive
3 3 (12.00%) Azure
4 2 (8.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (28.00%) VoIP
1 7 (28.00%) VPN
1 7 (28.00%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (24.00%) DNS
3 2 (8.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (8.00%) LAN
3 2 (8.00%) WAN
3 2 (8.00%) WLAN
4 1 (4.00%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (4.00%) Internet
4 1 (4.00%) iSCSI
4 1 (4.00%) NAS
4 1 (4.00%) Network Security
4 1 (4.00%) SAN
4 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.00%) VLAN
4 1 (4.00%) Wireless
4 1 (4.00%) Wireshark
General
1 6 (24.00%) Back Office
1 6 (24.00%) Retail
1 6 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 7 (28.00%) IT Support
3 6 (24.00%) Support Engineer
3 6 (24.00%) Technical Engineer
3 6 (24.00%) Technical Support
3 6 (24.00%) Technical Support Engineer
4 5 (20.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 5 (20.00%) Analyst
5 4 (16.00%) IT Analyst
5 4 (16.00%) IT Support Analyst
5 4 (16.00%) Support Analyst
6 3 (12.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
6 3 (12.00%) Desktop Support
7 2 (8.00%) Lead
7 2 (8.00%) Network Engineer
7 2 (8.00%) Network Manager
7 2 (8.00%) Network Team Leader
7 2 (8.00%) Senior
7 2 (8.00%) Senior Manager
7 2 (8.00%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (12.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (8.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 16 (64.00%) Windows
2 10 (40.00%) Windows 10
2 10 (40.00%) Windows Server
3 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (8.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Project Delivery
2 6 (24.00%) Server Virtualisation
3 4 (16.00%) Customer Service
3 4 (16.00%) ERP
3 4 (16.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (12.00%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (8.00%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (8.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (4.00%) BCP
6 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (4.00%) Information Security
6 1 (4.00%) ITIL
6 1 (4.00%) Load Balancing
6 1 (4.00%) Operations Management
6 1 (4.00%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (4.00%) Project Planning
6 1 (4.00%) Service Delivery
6 1 (4.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (4.00%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.00%) NIST
1 1 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (28.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.00%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (28.00%) Aruba
3 6 (24.00%) Fortinet
4 5 (20.00%) Veeam
4 5 (20.00%) VMware
5 4 (16.00%) Cisco
5 4 (16.00%) Sage
5 4 (16.00%) SAP
6 1 (4.00%) Dell
6 1 (4.00%) HP
6 1 (4.00%) Juniper
6 1 (4.00%) Meraki
6 1 (4.00%) Rapid7
6 1 (4.00%) Ruckus Wireless
6 1 (4.00%) Zerto