Firewall Jobs in the Midlands

Firewall
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 61 86
Rank change year-on-year +3 +25 -34
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 438 381 462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.77% 5.02% 3.75%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 31.60% 26.50% 28.97%
Number of salaries quoted 367 259 363
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £29,200
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,985 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.93% -2.89% +5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,386 1,438 1,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.93% 18.94% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 947 710 1,127
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,813 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £44,625 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -6.05% +7.95%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,819 £75,000
England median annual salary £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the Midlands

Firewall
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Firewall in the Midlands

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the Midlands

Firewall
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
West Midlands +5 255 £46,090 +2.42% 42
East Midlands -18 179 £42,500 -8.11% 16
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 62 (14.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 59 (13.47%) SharePoint
3 26 (5.94%) IIS
4 5 (1.14%) Apache
4 5 (1.14%) Confluence
5 2 (0.46%) nginx
Applications
1 49 (11.19%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.91%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.46%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 222 (50.68%) Azure
2 184 (42.01%) Microsoft 365
3 78 (17.81%) Entra ID
4 44 (10.05%) AWS
5 21 (4.79%) OneDrive
6 15 (3.42%) Mimecast
7 13 (2.97%) Google Workspace
8 12 (2.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 11 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (2.51%) IaaS
9 11 (2.51%) SaaS
10 10 (2.28%) Nutanix
11 8 (1.83%) PaaS
12 7 (1.60%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (1.37%) Power Platform
14 5 (1.14%) Amazon S3
14 5 (1.14%) ChatGPT
14 5 (1.14%) GCP
14 5 (1.14%) Power Automate
15 4 (0.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 121 (27.63%) DNS
2 114 (26.03%) VPN
3 89 (20.32%) WAN
4 85 (19.41%) DHCP
5 79 (18.04%) VLAN
6 62 (14.16%) TCP/IP
7 60 (13.70%) LAN
8 56 (12.79%) Network Security
9 51 (11.64%) SAN
10 44 (10.05%) Wi-Fi
11 39 (8.90%) SD-WAN
12 38 (8.68%) Wireless
13 21 (4.79%) Internet
14 19 (4.34%) IPsec
15 18 (4.11%) MPLS
15 18 (4.11%) OSPF
16 15 (3.42%) VoIP
17 14 (3.20%) BGP
17 14 (3.20%) Intrusion Detection
17 14 (3.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (7.31%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (1.14%) MongoDB
2 5 (1.14%) Power BI
3 4 (0.91%) MySQL
3 4 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (4.79%) Git
2 8 (1.83%) JIRA
3 5 (1.14%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.46%) GitLab
4 2 (0.46%) GNU Toolchain
4 2 (0.46%) Subversion
5 1 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 127 (29.00%) Social Skills
2 46 (10.50%) Telecoms
3 36 (8.22%) Finance
4 22 (5.02%) Law
5 21 (4.79%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (4.11%) Retail
7 15 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (2.97%) Legal
8 13 (2.97%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.28%) Public Sector
10 9 (2.05%) Automotive
11 7 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.14%) Games
12 5 (1.14%) Marketing
12 5 (1.14%) Police
13 3 (0.68%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.46%) Back Office
14 2 (0.46%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 92 (21.00%) Network Engineer
2 75 (17.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 60 (13.70%) IT Engineer
4 54 (12.33%) Senior
5 46 (10.50%) Support Engineer
6 41 (9.36%) IT Support
7 30 (6.85%) IT Manager
8 28 (6.39%) Analyst
8 28 (6.39%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 26 (5.94%) Lead
10 22 (5.02%) Senior Network Engineer
11 20 (4.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 19 (4.34%) Systems Engineer
13 18 (4.11%) 3rd Line Support
13 18 (4.11%) Cloud Engineer
14 16 (3.65%) Architect
14 16 (3.65%) Developer
14 16 (3.65%) IT Technician
14 16 (3.65%) Linux Engineer
14 16 (3.65%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.20%) 802.1X
2 12 (2.74%) YAML
3 11 (2.51%) .NET
3 11 (2.51%) REST
4 9 (2.05%) AngularJS
4 9 (2.05%) ASP.NET
4 9 (2.05%) ASP.NET MVC
4 9 (2.05%) CSS
4 9 (2.05%) HTML
4 9 (2.05%) jQuery
4 9 (2.05%) React
4 9 (2.05%) Tailwind CSS
4 9 (2.05%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 9 (2.05%) Vue
4 9 (2.05%) WPF
5 7 (1.60%) JSON
6 5 (1.14%) RabbitMQ
7 3 (0.68%) EDI
8 2 (0.46%) POSIX
8 2 (0.46%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (9.13%) Data Centre
2 38 (8.68%) Driving Licence
3 24 (5.48%) Management Information System
4 23 (5.25%) Clustering
5 18 (4.11%) Replication
6 17 (3.88%) Security Operations Centre
7 12 (2.74%) Smartphone
8 11 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.28%) Enterprise Storage
9 10 (2.28%) Onboarding
10 9 (2.05%) Wiki
11 8 (1.83%) Operational Technology
12 7 (1.60%) Security Posture
13 6 (1.37%) CCTV
13 6 (1.37%) PKI
13 6 (1.37%) Video Conferencing
14 5 (1.14%) Client/Server
14 5 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
15 4 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
15 4 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 221 (50.46%) Windows
2 154 (35.16%) Windows Server
3 59 (13.47%) Linux
4 53 (12.10%) Windows 10
5 43 (9.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 37 (8.45%) Windows Server 2019
7 31 (7.08%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (2.51%) Mac OS X
9 7 (1.60%) VMS
9 7 (1.60%) Windows Server 2008
10 6 (1.37%) Mac OS
10 6 (1.37%) Ubuntu
11 5 (1.14%) Data ONTAP
12 3 (0.68%) Unix
13 2 (0.46%) Android
13 2 (0.46%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.23%) SUSE
14 1 (0.23%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (23.06%) Cybersecurity
2 96 (21.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 91 (20.78%) Problem-Solving
4 61 (13.93%) ITIL
5 41 (9.36%) Customer Service
6 35 (7.99%) Agile
6 35 (7.99%) Disaster Recovery
7 32 (7.31%) DevOps
8 30 (6.85%) Infrastructure Management
8 30 (6.85%) Migration
9 28 (6.39%) Mentoring
9 28 (6.39%) Project Management
9 28 (6.39%) Risk Management
9 28 (6.39%) Service Management
10 27 (6.16%) Kalman Filter
11 26 (5.94%) Change Management
12 25 (5.71%) Patch Management
13 24 (5.48%) Information Security
14 23 (5.25%) CI/CD
14 23 (5.25%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 63 (14.38%) PowerShell
2 55 (12.56%) SQL
3 18 (4.11%) Python
4 9 (2.05%) C#
4 9 (2.05%) XAML
5 8 (1.83%) Bash
5 8 (1.83%) C++
5 8 (1.83%) Perl
6 5 (1.14%) C
6 5 (1.14%) Go
6 5 (1.14%) Rust
7 2 (0.46%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.46%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.23%) Bicep
8 1 (0.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 48 (10.96%) Degree
2 46 (10.50%) Security Cleared
3 44 (10.05%) SC Cleared
4 36 (8.22%) Cisco Certification
5 30 (6.85%) CCNA
6 28 (6.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (4.34%) MCSE
8 18 (4.11%) Azure Certification
9 17 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (3.65%) CCNP
11 8 (1.83%) CISM
11 8 (1.83%) CISSP
12 7 (1.60%) HND
12 7 (1.60%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (1.37%) CISA
13 6 (1.37%) HNC
14 5 (1.14%) CCDA
14 5 (1.14%) DV Cleared
15 4 (0.91%) CRISC
15 4 (0.91%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (4.79%) GDPR
3 14 (3.20%) QA
4 13 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (2.51%) NIST
6 7 (1.60%) SLA
7 5 (1.14%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.46%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.46%) NCSC
8 2 (0.46%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.23%) GRC
System Software
1 176 (40.18%) Active Directory
2 100 (22.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 97 (22.15%) Hyper-V
4 21 (4.79%) Docker
5 19 (4.34%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (2.05%) vSphere
7 6 (1.37%) pfSense
8 4 (0.91%) NFS
8 4 (0.91%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.68%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.23%) Firmware
11 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 71 (16.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (7.53%) SCCM
3 22 (5.02%) Ansible
4 20 (4.57%) Kubernetes
5 17 (3.88%) Terraform
6 13 (2.97%) Docker Swarm
6 13 (2.97%) FortiGate
7 12 (2.74%) Microsoft Clustering
8 9 (2.05%) SmoothWall
8 9 (2.05%) vCenter Server
9 8 (1.83%) Failover Clustering
10 5 (1.14%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.91%) Autotask
12 3 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.68%) Nagios
13 2 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.46%) SCOM
13 2 (0.46%) VxRail
13 2 (0.46%) ZABBIX
14 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 196 (44.75%) Microsoft
2 141 (32.19%) VMware
3 127 (29.00%) Cisco
4 60 (13.70%) Veeam
5 50 (11.42%) Meraki
6 36 (8.22%) Fortinet
7 33 (7.53%) Dell
8 32 (7.31%) Palo Alto
9 31 (7.08%) Aruba
10 30 (6.85%) Juniper
11 29 (6.62%) CheckPoint
11 29 (6.62%) HP
12 20 (4.57%) Ubiquiti
13 16 (3.65%) Sophos
14 15 (3.42%) Apple
14 15 (3.42%) Nimble Storage
15 13 (2.97%) Google
16 12 (2.74%) Avaya
16 12 (2.74%) NetApp
17 11 (2.51%) Sage