Firewall Jobs in the North of England

Firewall
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 79 87
Rank change year-on-year +15 +8 -29
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 613 739 642
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.55% 4.24% 3.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.47% 23.17% 22.73%
Number of salaries quoted 501 517 503
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,575 £28,350
25th Percentile £33,500 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +9.20% -3.33%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,153 3,190 2,824
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.47% 18.30% 15.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,652 1,285 1,725
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £73,675
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 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 28 April 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 28 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
Yorkshire +48 274 £45,000 -4.00% 46
North West -7 271 £50,000 - 88
North East +2 81 £42,500 - 20
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 79 (12.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 60 (9.79%) SharePoint
3 30 (4.89%) IIS
4 16 (2.61%) Apache
5 8 (1.31%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.65%) CMS
6 4 (0.65%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.49%) Confluence
8 2 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 46 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 279 (45.51%) Azure
2 208 (33.93%) Microsoft 365
3 96 (15.66%) AWS
4 57 (9.30%) Entra ID
5 41 (6.69%) GCP
6 22 (3.59%) IaaS
6 22 (3.59%) SaaS
7 17 (2.77%) GitHub
7 17 (2.77%) PaaS
8 15 (2.45%) Amazon S3
8 15 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (2.28%) OneDrive
10 13 (2.12%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (1.79%) Azure Sentinel
11 11 (1.79%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 7 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Purview
14 5 (0.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 5 (0.82%) DigitalOcean
14 5 (0.82%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 170 (27.73%) WAN
2 144 (23.49%) VPN
3 140 (22.84%) LAN
4 119 (19.41%) DNS
5 91 (14.85%) TCP/IP
6 84 (13.70%) DHCP
7 80 (13.05%) Network Security
8 67 (10.93%) Wi-Fi
9 62 (10.11%) SD-WAN
10 53 (8.65%) Wireless
11 51 (8.32%) SAN
12 45 (7.34%) VLAN
13 42 (6.85%) Internet
14 39 (6.36%) VoIP
15 37 (6.04%) Intrusion Detection
15 37 (6.04%) OSPF
16 32 (5.22%) BGP
17 30 (4.89%) SSL
18 29 (4.73%) MPLS
19 28 (4.57%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (7.50%) SQL Server
2 20 (3.26%) Elasticsearch
3 15 (2.45%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (0.82%) MySQL
5 5 (0.82%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.82%) Redis
6 4 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.65%) Power BI
7 3 (0.49%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.16%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.16%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (1.79%) Jenkins
2 10 (1.63%) JIRA
3 8 (1.31%) Spinnaker
4 5 (0.82%) Git
5 4 (0.65%) GitLab
5 4 (0.65%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.33%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.16%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.16%) Postman
8 1 (0.16%) Selenium
General
1 191 (31.16%) Social Skills
2 92 (15.01%) Finance
3 42 (6.85%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (5.38%) Law
5 27 (4.40%) Manufacturing
5 27 (4.40%) Retail
6 22 (3.59%) Public Sector
7 21 (3.43%) Telecoms
8 13 (2.12%) Legal
9 10 (1.63%) Banking
10 9 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.14%) Games
12 7 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.14%) Military
13 4 (0.65%) Marketing
14 3 (0.49%) Local Government
15 2 (0.33%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.16%) Financial Institution
16 1 (0.16%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 88 (14.36%) Network Engineer
2 83 (13.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 74 (12.07%) IT Support
4 72 (11.75%) Lead
5 68 (11.09%) IT Engineer
6 65 (10.60%) Analyst
7 52 (8.48%) Senior
8 50 (8.16%) Support Engineer
9 41 (6.69%) Team Leader
10 38 (6.20%) IT Manager
11 29 (4.73%) 2nd Line Support
11 29 (4.73%) 3rd Line Support
12 28 (4.57%) Infrastructure Manager
13 27 (4.40%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 27 (4.40%) IT Support Engineer
14 25 (4.08%) Security Analyst
15 24 (3.92%) Architect
16 22 (3.59%) Consultant
17 21 (3.43%) Cloud Engineer
18 20 (3.26%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.45%) RabbitMQ
1 15 (2.45%) YAML
2 10 (1.63%) .NET
3 8 (1.31%) Kafka
4 7 (1.14%) Middleware
5 4 (0.65%) Akka
5 4 (0.65%) AngularJS
5 4 (0.65%) ASP.NET
5 4 (0.65%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (0.65%) CSS
5 4 (0.65%) HTML
5 4 (0.65%) jQuery
5 4 (0.65%) React
5 4 (0.65%) REST
5 4 (0.65%) Tailwind CSS
5 4 (0.65%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 4 (0.65%) Vue
5 4 (0.65%) WPF
6 2 (0.33%) JSON
6 2 (0.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 75 (12.23%) Data Centre
2 58 (9.46%) Management Information System
3 26 (4.24%) Driving Licence
4 24 (3.92%) Public Cloud
5 19 (3.10%) PMI
6 18 (2.94%) Security Posture
7 17 (2.77%) Onboarding
7 17 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (2.61%) Cyber Threat
9 13 (2.12%) Clustering
9 13 (2.12%) Security Operations Centre
10 11 (1.79%) Cyberattack
10 11 (1.79%) IoT
11 8 (1.31%) Cyber Defence
12 7 (1.14%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (1.14%) Product Ownership
13 6 (0.98%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 6 (0.98%) Life Science
14 5 (0.82%) CCTV
15 4 (0.65%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 296 (48.29%) Windows
2 185 (30.18%) Windows Server
3 132 (21.53%) Linux
4 43 (7.01%) Windows Server 2012
5 42 (6.85%) Windows 10
6 37 (6.04%) Windows Server 2016
7 20 (3.26%) Mac OS
8 18 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
9 15 (2.45%) Data ONTAP
9 15 (2.45%) Windows Server 2008
10 10 (1.63%) Android
10 10 (1.63%) Apple iOS
10 10 (1.63%) VMS
11 7 (1.14%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.65%) Kali Linux
12 4 (0.65%) Unix
12 4 (0.65%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.49%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.33%) Windows 8
14 2 (0.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (24.63%) Problem-Solving
2 145 (23.65%) Cybersecurity
3 128 (20.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 106 (17.29%) Customer Service
5 96 (15.66%) ITIL
6 74 (12.07%) SIEM
7 65 (10.60%) Incident Response
8 55 (8.97%) Disaster Recovery
9 53 (8.65%) Kalman Filter
10 48 (7.83%) Agile
11 47 (7.67%) Mentoring
12 45 (7.34%) Information Security
12 45 (7.34%) Migration
12 45 (7.34%) Project Management
13 41 (6.69%) Continuous Improvement
14 35 (5.71%) Computer Science
14 35 (5.71%) Service Delivery
15 34 (5.55%) DevOps
15 34 (5.55%) Threat Intelligence
16 30 (4.89%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 82 (13.38%) PowerShell
2 55 (8.97%) Python
2 55 (8.97%) SQL
3 26 (4.24%) Bash
4 11 (1.79%) Java
5 10 (1.63%) VBScript
6 4 (0.65%) C#
6 4 (0.65%) XAML
7 3 (0.49%) Go
7 3 (0.49%) Ruby
8 2 (0.33%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.16%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.16%) Bicep
9 1 (0.16%) Perl
Qualifications
1 91 (14.85%) Cisco Certification
2 83 (13.54%) Degree
3 56 (9.14%) CCNA
4 48 (7.83%) CCNP
4 48 (7.83%) CISSP
5 38 (6.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 33 (5.38%) Security Cleared
7 31 (5.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (3.59%) MCSE
9 19 (3.10%) MCP
9 19 (3.10%) PMI Certification
9 19 (3.10%) SC Cleared
10 18 (2.94%) Azure Certification
10 18 (2.94%) CCIE
11 14 (2.28%) CISA
11 14 (2.28%) CompTIA Security+
11 14 (2.28%) SANS
12 13 (2.12%) AWS Certification
13 11 (1.79%) MCSA
14 9 (1.47%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (8.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 47 (7.67%) SLA
3 39 (6.36%) NIST
4 23 (3.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (2.77%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.31%) GDPR
7 5 (0.82%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (0.65%) QA
9 3 (0.49%) NCSC
9 3 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.33%) COBIT
10 2 (0.33%) GLBA
10 2 (0.33%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.16%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.16%) FISMA
11 1 (0.16%) HITRUST
System Software
1 229 (37.36%) Active Directory
2 159 (25.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 122 (19.90%) Hyper-V
4 24 (3.92%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (3.59%) Docker
6 21 (3.43%) vSphere
7 15 (2.45%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (1.79%) Terminal Services
8 11 (1.79%) VMware NSX
9 10 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
10 7 (1.14%) XenApp
10 7 (1.14%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.65%) Firmware
11 4 (0.65%) vCloud
12 3 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.49%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.16%) Dovecot
13 1 (0.16%) Postfix
13 1 (0.16%) Snort
13 1 (0.16%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 88 (14.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (6.85%) Kubernetes
3 28 (4.57%) SCCM
4 22 (3.59%) FortiGate
5 21 (3.43%) Ansible
6 20 (3.26%) Prometheus
6 20 (3.26%) vCenter Server
7 17 (2.77%) Terraform
8 15 (2.45%) ZABBIX
9 13 (2.12%) Failover Clustering
10 12 (1.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 12 (1.96%) Opsgenie
10 12 (1.96%) VxRail
11 9 (1.47%) Autotask
11 9 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
12 7 (1.14%) Nessus
13 6 (0.98%) Nagios
13 6 (0.98%) Nmap
13 6 (0.98%) WSUS
Vendors
1 286 (46.66%) Microsoft
2 249 (40.62%) VMware
3 169 (27.57%) Cisco
4 64 (10.44%) Fortinet
5 44 (7.18%) Palo Alto
6 40 (6.53%) Aruba
7 35 (5.71%) Meraki
8 30 (4.89%) Juniper
9 29 (4.73%) Citrix
9 29 (4.73%) NetApp
9 29 (4.73%) Veeam
10 27 (4.40%) SolarWinds
11 24 (3.92%) Dell
12 17 (2.77%) CheckPoint
12 17 (2.77%) Datto
13 15 (2.45%) HP
13 15 (2.45%) Red Hat
13 15 (2.45%) SolidFire
13 15 (2.45%) Ubiquiti
14 14 (2.28%) Sophos