Firewall Jobs in Kent

Firewall
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for Firewall skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Firewall over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 40 43
Rank change year-on-year +5 +3 -25
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 73 68 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 4.82% 6.15% 6.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 37.82% 19.71% 36.02%
Number of salaries quoted 67 67 84
10th Percentile £23,000 £32,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £50,250 £47,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £68,750 £60,125
South East median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Kent

Firewall is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 193 345 236
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 12.76% 31.19% 17.51%
Number of salaries quoted 152 175 180
10th Percentile £23,075 £25,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,375 £31,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +3.90% -3.75%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £65,500 £61,375
South East median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -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 19 May 2024.

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 19 May 2024. 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 +28 18 £42,500 +2.41% 1
Gravesend - 16 £55,000 - 2
Tonbridge - 5 £39,000 -
Dartford - 2 £40,000 - 4
Sevenoaks - 1 £40,000 -
West Malling - 1 £52,500 -
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 20 (27.40%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (26.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 39 (53.42%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (45.21%) Azure
3 10 (13.70%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 33 (45.21%) DNS
2 23 (31.51%) WAN
3 22 (30.14%) DHCP
4 15 (20.55%) 4G
4 15 (20.55%) 5G
4 15 (20.55%) MPLS
5 12 (16.44%) TCP/IP
6 10 (13.70%) VLAN
7 9 (12.33%) VPN
8 8 (10.96%) LAN
8 8 (10.96%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (9.59%) FTP
10 4 (5.48%) Network Security
10 4 (5.48%) Wireless
11 3 (4.11%) NAS
11 3 (4.11%) SAN
11 3 (4.11%) VoIP
12 2 (2.74%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.59%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.74%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (24.66%) Social Skills
2 15 (20.55%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 29 (39.73%) Analyst
2 16 (21.92%) 3rd Line Support
3 14 (19.18%) 1st Line Support
4 12 (16.44%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 12 (16.44%) First Line Help Desk Analyst
4 12 (16.44%) First Line Help Desk Support
4 12 (16.44%) Help Desk Analyst
4 12 (16.44%) Help Desk Support
4 12 (16.44%) Help Desk Support Analyst
4 12 (16.44%) Support Analyst
5 11 (15.07%) Security Analyst
5 11 (15.07%) Support Engineer
6 9 (12.33%) Systems Engineer
7 8 (10.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (10.96%) Senior
8 7 (9.59%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 7 (9.59%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 7 (9.59%) IT Support
9 6 (8.22%) Information Security Analyst
9 6 (8.22%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.11%) .NET
1 3 (4.11%) ASP.NET
1 3 (4.11%) CSS
1 3 (4.11%) HTML
1 3 (4.11%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.92%) Driving Licence
2 15 (20.55%) IoT
3 12 (16.44%) Management Information System
4 11 (15.07%) Client/Server
5 9 (12.33%) ARM Cortex
6 8 (10.96%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (4.11%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (2.74%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 44 (60.27%) Windows
2 18 (24.66%) Windows Server
3 16 (21.92%) Windows 10
4 3 (4.11%) Linux
4 3 (4.11%) Mac OS X
5 2 (2.74%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (2.74%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.37%) Android
6 1 (1.37%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.37%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (45.21%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (42.47%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (28.77%) Customer Service
4 18 (24.66%) Patch Management
5 15 (20.55%) Data Management
6 13 (17.81%) Project Management
7 11 (15.07%) Penetration Testing
7 11 (15.07%) Threat Detection
7 11 (15.07%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 9 (12.33%) Gamification
9 8 (10.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 7 (9.59%) ITIL
11 6 (8.22%) Change Control
11 6 (8.22%) Cloud Security
11 6 (8.22%) Information Security
11 6 (8.22%) Risk Assessment
11 6 (8.22%) Time Management
12 4 (5.48%) Business Continuity
13 3 (4.11%) High Availability
13 3 (4.11%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.11%) C#
1 3 (4.11%) JavaScript
1 3 (4.11%) SQL
1 3 (4.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 22 (30.14%) Security Cleared
2 10 (13.70%) BPSS Clearance
2 10 (13.70%) CTC Cleared
3 8 (10.96%) Degree
4 5 (6.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 5 (6.85%) Azure Certification
4 5 (6.85%) CCSP
4 5 (6.85%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (6.85%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (20.55%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (16.44%) SLA
3 11 (15.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (13.70%) GDPR
5 9 (12.33%) COSHH
System Software
1 41 (56.16%) Active Directory
2 25 (34.25%) Hyper-V
3 3 (4.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.37%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 15 (20.55%) FortiGate
2 11 (15.07%) WSUS
3 9 (12.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (42.47%) Cisco
2 24 (32.88%) Microsoft
3 15 (20.55%) Darktrace
3 15 (20.55%) HP
3 15 (20.55%) NEC
4 12 (16.44%) WatchGuard
5 9 (12.33%) Mitel
5 9 (12.33%) Ribbon
6 8 (10.96%) Veeam
6 8 (10.96%) VMware
7 7 (9.59%) Meraki
8 3 (4.11%) Apple
9 2 (2.74%) Progress