Firewall Jobs in the North of England

Firewall
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 71 65 103
Rank change year-on-year -6 +38 -38
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 463 621 619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.84% 4.78% 3.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.00% 25.32% 24.12%
Number of salaries quoted 365 441 505
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,500 £28,189
25th Percentile £35,750 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% +14.12% -5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £56,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £68,750
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
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,781 2,453 2,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 10.93% 18.90% 13.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,262 1,110 1,843
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -1.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,000 £62,833 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,675
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the North of England

Firewall
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the North of England.

Salary trend for Firewall in the North of England

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Firewall in the North of England

Firewall
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the North of England 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
North West -13 239 £50,000 -3.05% 56
Yorkshire +13 199 £47,500 -5.00% 36
North East -23 40 £39,000 -8.24% 18
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 60 (12.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (7.56%) SharePoint
3 18 (3.89%) IIS
4 15 (3.24%) Apache
5 4 (0.86%) CMS
5 4 (0.86%) Confluence
5 4 (0.86%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 42 (9.07%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 193 (41.68%) Azure
2 117 (25.27%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (11.23%) AWS
4 31 (6.70%) Entra ID
5 17 (3.67%) GCP
6 16 (3.46%) Amazon S3
7 11 (2.38%) IaaS
8 10 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.16%) PaaS
9 9 (1.94%) SaaS
10 8 (1.73%) OneDrive
11 7 (1.51%) GitHub
11 7 (1.51%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (1.30%) Power Platform
13 5 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (1.08%) Snowflake
14 4 (0.86%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 125 (27.00%) WAN
2 117 (25.27%) VPN
3 96 (20.73%) LAN
4 93 (20.09%) DNS
5 69 (14.90%) DHCP
5 69 (14.90%) TCP/IP
6 67 (14.47%) Network Security
7 52 (11.23%) SD-WAN
8 51 (11.02%) Wi-Fi
9 42 (9.07%) Wireless
10 40 (8.64%) Internet
11 37 (7.99%) BGP
11 37 (7.99%) OSPF
12 36 (7.78%) VLAN
13 34 (7.34%) IPsec
13 34 (7.34%) SAN
14 33 (7.13%) Intrusion Detection
14 33 (7.13%) MPLS
14 33 (7.13%) VoIP
15 24 (5.18%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (7.56%) SQL Server
2 20 (4.32%) Elasticsearch
3 15 (3.24%) MongoDB
4 11 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.30%) Power BI
6 5 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.08%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.08%) Redis
7 3 (0.65%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.43%) MySQL
9 1 (0.22%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.22%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (1.51%) JIRA
2 4 (0.86%) Git
3 3 (0.65%) GitLab
3 3 (0.65%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.65%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 120 (25.92%) Social Skills
2 66 (14.25%) Finance
3 48 (10.37%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (5.62%) Law
5 22 (4.75%) Retail
6 14 (3.02%) Manufacturing
7 13 (2.81%) Public Sector
8 9 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (1.94%) Military
8 9 (1.94%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.51%) Marketing
11 6 (1.30%) Legal
12 5 (1.08%) Local Government
13 4 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.43%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.22%) Banking
16 1 (0.22%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 81 (17.49%) Network Engineer
2 58 (12.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 51 (11.02%) Lead
4 50 (10.80%) IT Engineer
5 49 (10.58%) Senior
6 45 (9.72%) IT Support
7 42 (9.07%) Analyst
8 39 (8.42%) Support Engineer
9 33 (7.13%) IT Manager
10 26 (5.62%) Team Leader
11 25 (5.40%) Consultant
12 23 (4.97%) 3rd Line Support
13 20 (4.32%) IT Support Engineer
14 18 (3.89%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 16 (3.46%) 2nd Line Support
15 16 (3.46%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 15 (3.24%) Architect
16 15 (3.24%) Infrastructure Manager
16 15 (3.24%) NetApp Consultant
17 14 (3.02%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.24%) RabbitMQ
1 15 (3.24%) YAML
2 8 (1.73%) .NET
3 7 (1.51%) Middleware
3 7 (1.51%) REST
4 5 (1.08%) AngularJS
4 5 (1.08%) CSS
4 5 (1.08%) HTML
5 4 (0.86%) ASP.NET
5 4 (0.86%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (0.86%) jQuery
5 4 (0.86%) React
5 4 (0.86%) Tailwind CSS
5 4 (0.86%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 4 (0.86%) Vue
5 4 (0.86%) WPF
6 2 (0.43%) Web Services
7 1 (0.22%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 49 (10.58%) Data Centre
2 27 (5.83%) Management Information System
3 21 (4.54%) Security Posture
4 19 (4.10%) Public Cloud
5 17 (3.67%) Driving Licence
6 16 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (3.24%) Cyber Threat
8 13 (2.81%) Cyberattack
8 13 (2.81%) PMI
9 10 (2.16%) Replication
9 10 (2.16%) Security Operations Centre
10 8 (1.73%) Clustering
10 8 (1.73%) Cyber Defence
11 7 (1.51%) Product Ownership
12 6 (1.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 6 (1.30%) Onboarding
13 5 (1.08%) IoT
13 5 (1.08%) PKI
13 5 (1.08%) Robotics
14 3 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 212 (45.79%) Windows
2 137 (29.59%) Windows Server
3 94 (20.30%) Linux
4 34 (7.34%) Windows 10
4 34 (7.34%) Windows Server 2012
5 33 (7.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 19 (4.10%) Windows Server 2019
7 15 (3.24%) Data ONTAP
8 11 (2.38%) Mac OS
8 11 (2.38%) VMS
9 10 (2.16%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (1.73%) Windows 7
11 6 (1.30%) Unix
12 5 (1.08%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.65%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.43%) Android
14 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
14 2 (0.43%) CentOS
14 2 (0.43%) Kali Linux
14 2 (0.43%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (26.57%) Problem-Solving
2 120 (25.92%) Cybersecurity
3 90 (19.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 68 (14.69%) Customer Service
5 58 (12.53%) Incident Response
6 57 (12.31%) SIEM
7 51 (11.02%) ITIL
8 43 (9.29%) Disaster Recovery
9 38 (8.21%) Mentoring
10 33 (7.13%) Information Security
10 33 (7.13%) Project Management
11 31 (6.70%) Computer Science
12 30 (6.48%) Kalman Filter
13 28 (6.05%) Storage Management
14 27 (5.83%) DevOps
14 27 (5.83%) Migration
15 25 (5.40%) Agile
16 24 (5.18%) Continuous Improvement
16 24 (5.18%) ITSM
16 24 (5.18%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 57 (12.31%) PowerShell
2 43 (9.29%) Python
3 36 (7.78%) SQL
4 21 (4.54%) Bash
5 6 (1.30%) VBScript
6 4 (0.86%) C#
6 4 (0.86%) XAML
7 3 (0.65%) Go
7 3 (0.65%) Ruby
8 2 (0.43%) Java
8 2 (0.43%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.22%) Bicep
9 1 (0.22%) C++
9 1 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.22%) Perl
9 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 78 (16.85%) Cisco Certification
2 59 (12.74%) Degree
3 53 (11.45%) CCNP
4 47 (10.15%) CCNA
5 42 (9.07%) CISSP
6 31 (6.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 28 (6.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (6.05%) Security Cleared
8 25 (5.40%) CCIE
9 15 (3.24%) SC Cleared
10 13 (2.81%) MCSE
10 13 (2.81%) PMI Certification
11 11 (2.38%) Azure Certification
11 11 (2.38%) CompTIA Security+
12 10 (2.16%) CISM
12 10 (2.16%) MCP
13 7 (1.51%) CCDP
13 7 (1.51%) CISA
13 7 (1.51%) GIAC
13 7 (1.51%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.34%) SLA
2 32 (6.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (4.75%) NIST
4 13 (2.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (2.59%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.73%) GDPR
7 6 (1.30%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.43%) GRC
9 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.43%) NCSC
10 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.22%) NIST 800
System Software
1 152 (32.83%) Active Directory
2 101 (21.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 87 (18.79%) Hyper-V
4 20 (4.32%) vSphere
5 18 (3.89%) Docker
6 13 (2.81%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (1.51%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.86%) Terminal Services
9 4 (0.86%) vCloud
10 3 (0.65%) Ceph
10 3 (0.65%) Firmware
11 2 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.43%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.22%) Dovecot
12 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.22%) Postfix
12 1 (0.22%) Snort
12 1 (0.22%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 59 (12.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (6.48%) Kubernetes
3 21 (4.54%) Ansible
3 21 (4.54%) Prometheus
4 19 (4.10%) SCCM
5 17 (3.67%) vCenter Server
6 12 (2.59%) Terraform
6 12 (2.59%) WSUS
7 11 (2.38%) FortiGate
8 9 (1.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 8 (1.73%) Autotask
9 8 (1.73%) Failover Clustering
10 7 (1.51%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (1.51%) ZABBIX
11 6 (1.30%) Grafana
11 6 (1.30%) Nessus
11 6 (1.30%) Opsgenie
11 6 (1.30%) VxRail
12 5 (1.08%) SCOM
13 3 (0.65%) Puppet
Vendors
1 194 (41.90%) Microsoft
2 165 (35.64%) VMware
3 144 (31.10%) Cisco
4 56 (12.10%) Fortinet
5 54 (11.66%) Palo Alto
6 36 (7.78%) Meraki
7 28 (6.05%) SolarWinds
8 27 (5.83%) Citrix
9 24 (5.18%) Veeam
10 23 (4.97%) Sophos
11 21 (4.54%) Juniper
11 21 (4.54%) NetApp
12 20 (4.32%) Aruba
13 17 (3.67%) Dell
14 16 (3.46%) Red Hat
15 15 (3.24%) SolidFire
16 14 (3.02%) Datto
17 13 (2.81%) Ubiquiti
18 12 (2.59%) HP
19 8 (1.73%) Draytek