Firewall Jobs in the Midlands

Firewall
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 84 77
Rank change year-on-year +41 -7 -31
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 523 383 430
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.49% 3.98% 3.96%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 32.93% 22.25% 24.99%
Number of salaries quoted 472 235 345
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,688 £36,250 £34,242
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
75th Percentile £56,250 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £69,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,588 1,721 1,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.64% 17.88% 15.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,290 728 1,089
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,283 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,375 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.02% -0.29% -3.33%
75th Percentile £54,750 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,850
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +42 347 £45,000 -0.28% 83
East Midlands +9 172 £40,000 -5.88% 45
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 80 (15.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 72 (13.77%) SharePoint
3 35 (6.69%) IIS
4 10 (1.91%) nginx
5 6 (1.15%) Confluence
5 6 (1.15%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (0.96%) Apache
7 3 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 58 (11.09%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.76%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 269 (51.43%) Azure
2 222 (42.45%) Microsoft 365
3 114 (21.80%) Entra ID
4 55 (10.52%) AWS
5 22 (4.21%) OneDrive
6 15 (2.87%) Mimecast
7 11 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (2.10%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 11 (2.10%) Azure Logic Apps
8 9 (1.72%) IaaS
8 9 (1.72%) SaaS
9 8 (1.53%) Azure Sentinel
9 8 (1.53%) GCP
9 8 (1.53%) Google Workspace
10 7 (1.34%) Amazon S3
10 7 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (0.96%) ChatGPT
11 5 (0.96%) Nutanix
12 4 (0.76%) PaaS
12 4 (0.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 147 (28.11%) DNS
2 117 (22.37%) WAN
3 113 (21.61%) DHCP
4 112 (21.41%) VPN
5 86 (16.44%) LAN
6 77 (14.72%) VLAN
7 76 (14.53%) TCP/IP
8 67 (12.81%) SAN
9 55 (10.52%) Network Security
10 52 (9.94%) Wi-Fi
11 44 (8.41%) Wireless
12 43 (8.22%) SD-WAN
13 35 (6.69%) MPLS
14 24 (4.59%) Intrusion Detection
15 20 (3.82%) Internet
16 19 (3.63%) VoIP
17 17 (3.25%) Cisco ASA
17 17 (3.25%) WLAN
18 16 (3.06%) Cisco Firepower
19 15 (2.87%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (7.65%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.44%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (2.29%) MySQL
4 10 (1.91%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (0.96%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.38%) Power BI
6 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (4.59%) Git
2 14 (2.68%) JIRA
3 10 (1.91%) GNU Toolchain
3 10 (1.91%) Subversion
4 3 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.38%) GitLab
5 2 (0.38%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 148 (28.30%) Social Skills
2 62 (11.85%) Finance
3 46 (8.80%) Telecoms
4 26 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (3.44%) Retail
6 16 (3.06%) Law
6 16 (3.06%) Legal
7 15 (2.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (2.87%) Manufacturing
8 14 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (2.68%) Public Sector
9 8 (1.53%) Local Government
10 6 (1.15%) Games
10 6 (1.15%) Police
11 5 (0.96%) Marketing
12 4 (0.76%) Automotive
13 3 (0.57%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.57%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 111 (21.22%) Network Engineer
2 84 (16.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 78 (14.91%) Senior
4 71 (13.58%) IT Engineer
5 59 (11.28%) IT Support
5 59 (11.28%) Support Engineer
6 35 (6.69%) Analyst
7 33 (6.31%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 28 (5.35%) IT Manager
9 27 (5.16%) IT Technician
10 26 (4.97%) Lead
11 25 (4.78%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 25 (4.78%) Cloud Engineer
12 24 (4.59%) IT Support Engineer
13 23 (4.40%) Senior Network Engineer
14 22 (4.21%) Support Technician
15 21 (4.02%) Systems Engineer
16 19 (3.63%) 3rd Line Support
16 19 (3.63%) Developer
16 19 (3.63%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.40%) REST
2 14 (2.68%) 802.1X
2 14 (2.68%) WebRTC
3 10 (1.91%) Node.js
3 10 (1.91%) POSIX
4 9 (1.72%) .NET
4 9 (1.72%) AngularJS
4 9 (1.72%) ASP.NET
4 9 (1.72%) ASP.NET MVC
4 9 (1.72%) CSS
4 9 (1.72%) HTML
4 9 (1.72%) jQuery
4 9 (1.72%) React
4 9 (1.72%) Tailwind CSS
4 9 (1.72%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 9 (1.72%) Vue
4 9 (1.72%) WPF
4 9 (1.72%) YAML
5 5 (0.96%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (0.76%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.52%) Driving Licence
2 43 (8.22%) Data Centre
3 31 (5.93%) Clustering
4 21 (4.02%) Replication
5 18 (3.44%) Security Operations Centre
6 17 (3.25%) Management Information System
7 16 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (2.87%) Wiki
9 13 (2.49%) CCTV
10 11 (2.10%) Linux Command Line
11 10 (1.91%) Embedded Systems
11 10 (1.91%) Enterprise Storage
12 8 (1.53%) IoT
13 7 (1.34%) PKI
14 6 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
15 5 (0.96%) Client/Server
15 5 (0.96%) Onboarding
15 5 (0.96%) Public Cloud
15 5 (0.96%) Security Posture
16 4 (0.76%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 268 (51.24%) Windows
2 183 (34.99%) Windows Server
3 68 (13.00%) Linux
4 51 (9.75%) Windows 10
5 47 (8.99%) Windows Server 2012
6 44 (8.41%) Windows Server 2016
7 40 (7.65%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (2.49%) Unix
9 11 (2.10%) Windows Server 2008
10 10 (1.91%) Mac OS
11 8 (1.53%) VMS
12 6 (1.15%) Mac OS X
13 5 (0.96%) Apple iOS
13 5 (0.96%) Data ONTAP
13 5 (0.96%) Windows Server 2003
14 4 (0.76%) Ubuntu
15 3 (0.57%) SUSE
15 3 (0.57%) Windows 8
16 2 (0.38%) Android
16 2 (0.38%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (24.09%) Problem-Solving
2 112 (21.41%) Cybersecurity
3 105 (20.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 51 (9.75%) ITIL
5 47 (8.99%) Disaster Recovery
6 46 (8.80%) Customer Service
7 36 (6.88%) Migration
8 35 (6.69%) DevOps
9 32 (6.12%) Service Management
10 31 (5.93%) Mentoring
11 30 (5.74%) Risk Management
12 29 (5.54%) Project Delivery
13 28 (5.35%) Change Management
13 28 (5.35%) Infrastructure Management
14 27 (5.16%) Agile
15 26 (4.97%) Load Balancing
16 25 (4.78%) Project Management
16 25 (4.78%) Service Delivery
17 24 (4.59%) Information Security
18 23 (4.40%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 62 (11.85%) SQL
2 60 (11.47%) PowerShell
3 21 (4.02%) Python
4 15 (2.87%) Bash
5 12 (2.29%) C
6 11 (2.10%) Perl
7 10 (1.91%) C++
8 9 (1.72%) C#
8 9 (1.72%) XAML
9 4 (0.76%) Bicep
10 2 (0.38%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 56 (10.71%) Cisco Certification
2 53 (10.13%) Security Cleared
3 52 (9.94%) SC Cleared
4 49 (9.37%) CCNA
5 48 (9.18%) Degree
6 27 (5.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (4.40%) CCNP
8 17 (3.25%) Azure Certification
9 15 (2.87%) MCSE
10 13 (2.49%) Network+ Certification
11 12 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (1.53%) CCDA
13 7 (1.34%) A+ Certification
13 7 (1.34%) DBS Check
14 6 (1.15%) CCA
14 6 (1.15%) Citrix Certification
14 6 (1.15%) JNCIA
15 5 (0.96%) DV Cleared
15 5 (0.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 4 (0.76%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.93%) GDPR
2 19 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (3.25%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (2.68%) NIST
5 9 (1.72%) QA
5 9 (1.72%) SLA
6 6 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.96%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.38%) NCSC
9 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 213 (40.73%) Active Directory
2 143 (27.34%) Hyper-V
3 126 (24.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (3.63%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (3.44%) Docker
6 17 (3.25%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.53%) pfSense
7 8 (1.53%) Terminal Services
8 7 (1.34%) Virtual Servers
8 7 (1.34%) vSphere
9 6 (1.15%) NFS
10 4 (0.76%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 3 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.38%) Firmware
12 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.38%) XenApp
12 2 (0.38%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.19%) Squid
Systems Management
1 79 (15.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (6.12%) SCCM
3 19 (3.63%) Ansible
4 16 (3.06%) Kubernetes
5 14 (2.68%) SmoothWall
5 14 (2.68%) Terraform
6 12 (2.29%) FortiGate
7 9 (1.72%) Docker Swarm
7 9 (1.72%) Failover Clustering
8 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.96%) Autotask
10 5 (0.96%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.96%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.96%) WSUS
11 3 (0.57%) PaperCut
11 3 (0.57%) Trend Micro Deep Security
12 2 (0.38%) Backup Exec
12 2 (0.38%) Nagios
12 2 (0.38%) Nessus
Vendors
1 243 (46.46%) Microsoft
2 181 (34.61%) VMware
3 166 (31.74%) Cisco
4 67 (12.81%) Veeam
5 52 (9.94%) Meraki
6 51 (9.75%) CheckPoint
7 46 (8.80%) Palo Alto
8 43 (8.22%) Juniper
9 39 (7.46%) Aruba
10 33 (6.31%) Fortinet
11 31 (5.93%) HP
12 28 (5.35%) Dell
13 21 (4.02%) Sophos
14 19 (3.63%) Citrix
15 18 (3.44%) SonicWALL
16 16 (3.06%) NetApp
17 15 (2.87%) Nimble Storage
18 13 (2.49%) Apple
18 13 (2.49%) Ubiquiti
19 12 (2.29%) Sage