Firewall Jobs in Lancashire

Firewall
North West > Lancashire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 44 97
Rank change year-on-year -16 +53 -71
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 26 34 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 2.02% 4.96% 1.99%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.49% 20.86% 18.18%
Number of salaries quoted 23 32 22
10th Percentile £27,350 - £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.88%
75th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £51,875
90th Percentile £52,000 £51,000 £59,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 121 163 143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 9.39% 23.76% 10.94%
Number of salaries quoted 115 60 64
10th Percentile £25,400 £23,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £28,250 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -9.09% +3.53%
75th Percentile £57,500 £48,750 £53,125
90th Percentile £69,937 £49,760 £66,750
North West median annual salary £45,000 £47,000 £45,250
% change year-on-year -4.26% +3.87% +0.56%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Lancashire

Firewall
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary trend for Firewall in Lancashire

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Lancashire over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Lancashire

Firewall
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Blackpool - 9 £42,500 -
Preston -12 7 £50,000 +8.11% 4
Barnoldswick - 2 £45,000 -
Firewall
North West

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 3 (11.54%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (23.08%) Azure
3 4 (15.38%) AWS
4 3 (11.54%) Entra ID
4 3 (11.54%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (46.15%) TCP/IP
2 9 (34.62%) LAN
2 9 (34.62%) WAN
3 7 (26.92%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (23.08%) Network Security
5 4 (15.38%) MPLS
5 4 (15.38%) Wireless
6 3 (11.54%) DNS
6 3 (11.54%) VLAN
6 3 (11.54%) VoIP
6 3 (11.54%) VPN
7 2 (7.69%) Internet
8 1 (3.85%) DHCP
General
1 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Military
3 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (7.69%) Aerospace
5 2 (7.69%) Finance
5 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) IT Manager
2 6 (23.08%) Analyst
2 6 (23.08%) Senior
2 6 (23.08%) Senior Analyst
3 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure Manager
3 5 (19.23%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 4 (15.38%) Network Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Operations Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) Senior Operations Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) Senior Technical Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) Technical Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) Technical Operations Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Help Desk Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Administrator
6 2 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Project Leader
6 2 (7.69%) Support Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (7.69%) Technical Leader
6 2 (7.69%) Technical Project Leader
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) Cyberattack
2 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 20 (76.92%) Windows
2 18 (69.23%) Windows Server
3 7 (26.92%) Linux
4 3 (11.54%) Windows 10
4 3 (11.54%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (26.92%) Incident Response
3 6 (23.08%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 6 (23.08%) Threat Intelligence
3 6 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
4 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (19.23%) Time Management
5 4 (15.38%) Computer Science
5 4 (15.38%) Dashboard Development
5 4 (15.38%) Data Cleansing
5 4 (15.38%) Data Interpretation
5 4 (15.38%) Network Monitoring
5 4 (15.38%) SIEM
5 4 (15.38%) SOAR
5 4 (15.38%) Tech Ops
6 3 (11.54%) Business Development
6 3 (11.54%) Coaching
6 3 (11.54%) Customer Service
6 3 (11.54%) Data Security
6 3 (11.54%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 4 (15.38%) Python
2 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) CCNA
1 4 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (15.38%) Degree
1 4 (15.38%) MCSE
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (11.54%) CISSP
2 3 (11.54%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (7.69%) GIAC
3 2 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.85%) AWS Certification
4 1 (3.85%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
4 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) SLA
2 2 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (7.69%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (34.62%) Active Directory
2 7 (26.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (7.69%) Hyper-V
3 2 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (7.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 9 (34.62%) VMware
3 4 (15.38%) Aruba
3 4 (15.38%) Cisco
3 4 (15.38%) Dell
3 4 (15.38%) Fortinet
3 4 (15.38%) HP
3 4 (15.38%) SolarWinds
3 4 (15.38%) Ubiquiti
4 2 (7.69%) CA
5 1 (3.85%) Spotify
5 1 (3.85%) Veeam