Firewall Jobs in the North West

Firewall
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 82 69 102
Rank change year-on-year -13 +33 -26
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 239 281 335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.58% 4.34% 3.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.51% 23.81% 26.55%
Number of salaries quoted 195 201 282
10th Percentile £30,200 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,573 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% +14.61% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £69,875
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 West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 975 1,180 1,262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 10.53% 18.24% 12.49%
Number of salaries quoted 697 572 856
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,126
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +6.10% +4.72%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,200 £77,542 £71,250
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the North West

Firewall
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Firewall in the North West

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Firewall in the North West

Firewall
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the North West 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
Manchester -12 119 £57,500 +9.52% 12
Merseyside +8 42 £62,500 +15.74% 7
Cheshire -23 35 £37,500 -21.05% 11
Lancashire -10 33 £47,500 - 11
Cumbria -1 10 £32,000 +16.36% 10
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 16 (6.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.60%) IIS
3 10 (4.18%) Apache
4 7 (2.93%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.67%) CMS
5 4 (1.67%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (8.37%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 88 (36.82%) Azure
2 56 (23.43%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (12.55%) AWS
4 11 (4.60%) Amazon S3
4 11 (4.60%) Entra ID
4 11 (4.60%) GCP
5 9 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.35%) IaaS
6 8 (3.35%) PaaS
7 7 (2.93%) GitHub
7 7 (2.93%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (2.51%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (2.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 6 (2.51%) Power Platform
9 5 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.67%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.26%) Anthos
11 3 (1.26%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 3 (1.26%) SaaS
12 2 (0.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 58 (24.27%) WAN
2 54 (22.59%) VPN
3 48 (20.08%) LAN
4 46 (19.25%) DNS
5 41 (17.15%) TCP/IP
6 34 (14.23%) Network Security
7 32 (13.39%) SD-WAN
8 30 (12.55%) DHCP
9 29 (12.13%) IPsec
10 28 (11.72%) BGP
10 28 (11.72%) Wireless
11 27 (11.30%) OSPF
12 26 (10.88%) Internet
13 20 (8.37%) Wi-Fi
14 17 (7.11%) MPLS
14 17 (7.11%) VLAN
15 15 (6.28%) Intrusion Detection
15 15 (6.28%) SSL
16 14 (5.86%) EIGRP
16 14 (5.86%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.60%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.18%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (4.18%) MongoDB
3 6 (2.51%) Power BI
4 4 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.26%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.84%) MySQL
7 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.42%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.42%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 3 (1.26%) Jenkins
1 3 (1.26%) JIRA
1 3 (1.26%) Octopus Deploy
2 1 (0.42%) Git
2 1 (0.42%) GitLab
2 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 55 (23.01%) Social Skills
2 42 (17.57%) Finance
3 29 (12.13%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (4.18%) Retail
5 9 (3.77%) Military
6 8 (3.35%) Law
6 8 (3.35%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.09%) Legal
7 5 (2.09%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.84%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.42%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 55 (23.01%) Network Engineer
2 31 (12.97%) Senior
3 24 (10.04%) Analyst
3 24 (10.04%) IT Engineer
4 21 (8.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 21 (8.79%) IT Manager
5 20 (8.37%) Lead
6 18 (7.53%) IT Support
6 18 (7.53%) Support Engineer
7 13 (5.44%) Infrastructure Manager
8 12 (5.02%) Consultant
9 11 (4.60%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 11 (4.60%) IT Support Engineer
10 10 (4.18%) Azure Engineer
10 10 (4.18%) NetApp Consultant
10 10 (4.18%) Operations Analyst
11 9 (3.77%) Firewall Engineer
11 9 (3.77%) Platform Engineer
11 9 (3.77%) Presales Engineer
11 9 (3.77%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.18%) RabbitMQ
1 10 (4.18%) YAML
2 5 (2.09%) .NET
3 2 (0.84%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.84%) CSS
3 2 (0.84%) HTML
3 2 (0.84%) Web Services
4 1 (0.42%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.42%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.42%) jQuery
4 1 (0.42%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.42%) React
4 1 (0.42%) REST
4 1 (0.42%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (0.42%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 1 (0.42%) Vue
4 1 (0.42%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.30%) Data Centre
2 18 (7.53%) Security Posture
3 14 (5.86%) Management Information System
4 13 (5.44%) Cyber Threat
5 12 (5.02%) Cyberattack
6 6 (2.51%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (2.51%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 6 (2.51%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.51%) PMI
6 6 (2.51%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (2.09%) PKI
8 4 (1.67%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.84%) Anti-Spyware
9 2 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.84%) Replication
9 2 (0.84%) Smart Energy
9 2 (0.84%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.42%) IoT
10 1 (0.42%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 95 (39.75%) Windows
2 66 (27.62%) Windows Server
3 45 (18.83%) Linux
4 15 (6.28%) Windows 10
5 12 (5.02%) Windows Server 2012
6 10 (4.18%) Data ONTAP
6 10 (4.18%) VMS
6 10 (4.18%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (3.77%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.26%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.26%) Unix
9 2 (0.84%) Android
9 2 (0.84%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.84%) CentOS
9 2 (0.84%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.42%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.42%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.42%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (29.71%) Cybersecurity
1 71 (29.71%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (14.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 33 (13.81%) Disaster Recovery
4 29 (12.13%) Incident Response
4 29 (12.13%) ITIL
4 29 (12.13%) SIEM
5 26 (10.88%) Customer Service
5 26 (10.88%) Mentoring
6 25 (10.46%) Project Management
7 23 (9.62%) Information Security
8 18 (7.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (7.53%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 18 (7.53%) Release Management
8 18 (7.53%) Threat Intelligence
8 18 (7.53%) Vulnerability Management
9 17 (7.11%) Business Continuity
9 17 (7.11%) Network Monitoring
10 16 (6.69%) DevOps
11 15 (6.28%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 30 (12.55%) Python
2 12 (5.02%) PowerShell
3 9 (3.77%) Bash
4 6 (2.51%) SQL
5 3 (1.26%) Go
5 3 (1.26%) Ruby
6 2 (0.84%) Java
6 2 (0.84%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.42%) C#
7 1 (0.42%) C++
7 1 (0.42%) Perl
7 1 (0.42%) XAML
Qualifications
1 37 (15.48%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (13.39%) Degree
3 26 (10.88%) CCNP
4 24 (10.04%) CCNA
5 18 (7.53%) CISSP
6 15 (6.28%) Security Cleared
7 12 (5.02%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (4.18%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (3.35%) SC Cleared
10 7 (2.93%) CCIE
10 7 (2.93%) CISM
11 6 (2.51%) PMI Certification
12 5 (2.09%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (1.67%) CCNA CyberOps
13 4 (1.67%) CISA
13 4 (1.67%) CRISC
13 4 (1.67%) GIAC
13 4 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.67%) Master's Degree
13 4 (1.67%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (6.28%) SLA
3 14 (5.86%) NIST
4 11 (4.60%) PCI DSS
5 9 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (2.09%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.67%) GDPR
8 2 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.84%) NCSC
9 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.42%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.42%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.42%) NIST 800
System Software
1 63 (26.36%) Active Directory
2 51 (21.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (12.97%) Hyper-V
4 12 (5.02%) Docker
5 7 (2.93%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.67%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.26%) vSphere
8 2 (0.84%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.42%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.42%) Firmware
9 1 (0.42%) NFS
9 1 (0.42%) Postfix
9 1 (0.42%) Snort
9 1 (0.42%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (6.28%) Kubernetes
2 13 (5.44%) Ansible
2 13 (5.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (4.60%) Prometheus
4 10 (4.18%) vCenter Server
5 9 (3.77%) Terraform
6 6 (2.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (2.51%) Nessus
6 6 (2.51%) Opsgenie
6 6 (2.51%) VxRail
6 6 (2.51%) ZABBIX
7 3 (1.26%) WSUS
8 2 (0.84%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.84%) SELinux
9 1 (0.42%) cPanel
9 1 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.42%) Nagios
9 1 (0.42%) SCCM
9 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.42%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 90 (37.66%) Microsoft
2 82 (34.31%) Cisco
3 72 (30.13%) VMware
4 37 (15.48%) Fortinet
5 30 (12.55%) Palo Alto
6 20 (8.37%) SolarWinds
7 17 (7.11%) Dell
8 16 (6.69%) NetApp
9 15 (6.28%) Meraki
10 14 (5.86%) Aruba
11 13 (5.44%) Citrix
12 12 (5.02%) HP
12 12 (5.02%) Juniper
13 11 (4.60%) Red Hat
14 10 (4.18%) SolidFire
14 10 (4.18%) Veeam
15 9 (3.77%) Ubiquiti
16 7 (2.93%) ESET
16 7 (2.93%) Google
16 7 (2.93%) Sophos