Firewall Jobs in Somerset

Firewall
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 47 48
Rank change year-on-year +24 +1 -13
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 30 16 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 8.04% 2.17% 2.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 53.57% 11.59% 13.56%
Number of salaries quoted 30 14 14
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,625
25th Percentile £37,500 £44,188 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £48,750 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% +9.55% +28.99%
75th Percentile £53,125 £64,375 £54,375
90th Percentile £57,057 £66,250 £69,000
South West median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -8.60%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 56 138 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 15.01% 18.70% 20.59%
Number of salaries quoted 51 132 64
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,125 £34,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.00%
75th Percentile £60,404 £57,000 £59,344
90th Percentile £73,750 £60,000 £77,500
South West median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -5.26%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Somerset

Firewall
Salary Trend in Somerset

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

Salary trend for Firewall in Somerset

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Somerset over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Somerset

Firewall
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. 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
Frome - 17 £40,000 -
Portishead +16 9 £56,121 +24.71% 3
Bath +5 2 £32,500 -40.91%
Firewall
South West

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 11 (36.67%) IIS
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 27 (90.00%) Azure
2 22 (73.33%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (13.33%) Entra ID
4 3 (10.00%) AWS
5 1 (3.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (3.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (66.67%) DNS
2 19 (63.33%) DHCP
2 19 (63.33%) VLAN
3 17 (56.67%) VPN
4 11 (36.67%) VoIP
5 10 (33.33%) ADSL
5 10 (33.33%) WAN
6 7 (23.33%) SSH
7 6 (20.00%) EIGRP
7 6 (20.00%) OSPF
7 6 (20.00%) RIP
7 6 (20.00%) SNMP
8 3 (10.00%) LAN
9 2 (6.67%) DMZ
9 2 (6.67%) Wireshark
10 1 (3.33%) IPsec
10 1 (3.33%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (3.33%) SAN
10 1 (3.33%) SD-WAN
10 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (50.00%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (3.33%) Oracle Database
General
1 7 (23.33%) Police
2 2 (6.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Fire and Rescue
3 1 (3.33%) Local Government
3 1 (3.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (53.33%) Analyst
1 16 (53.33%) IT Support
2 15 (50.00%) IT Analyst
2 15 (50.00%) IT Support Analyst
2 15 (50.00%) Support Analyst
3 11 (36.67%) 3rd Line Support
4 10 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 7 (23.33%) Senior
6 6 (20.00%) Network Engineer
6 6 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
7 5 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 3 (10.00%) Support Engineer
9 2 (6.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 1 (3.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 1 (3.33%) IT Engineer
10 1 (3.33%) Linux Engineer
10 1 (3.33%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 1 (3.33%) Service Analyst
10 1 (3.33%) Technical Services Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (30.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.33%) Distributed Applications
3 1 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 24 (80.00%) Windows
2 22 (73.33%) Windows Server
3 17 (56.67%) Linux
4 2 (6.67%) Mac OS
4 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (3.33%) Android
5 1 (3.33%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.33%) Solaris
5 1 (3.33%) Unix
5 1 (3.33%) Windows 10
5 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (63.33%) ITIL
2 18 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (56.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (23.33%) Line Management
4 7 (23.33%) Technical Analysis
5 6 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
5 6 (20.00%) Inventory Management
5 6 (20.00%) Network Design
5 6 (20.00%) Network Management
5 6 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
6 5 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 5 (16.67%) Project Planning
7 3 (10.00%) Customer Service
7 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Management
7 3 (10.00%) Server Management
8 2 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (6.67%) Network Architecture
8 2 (6.67%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (43.33%) PowerShell
2 11 (36.67%) SQL
3 1 (3.33%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (33.33%) A+ Certification
1 10 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (10.00%) MCP
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (6.67%) AWS Certification
3 2 (6.67%) Azure Certification
3 2 (6.67%) CCNA
3 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.67%) MCSA
4 1 (3.33%) CCA
4 1 (3.33%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (3.33%) Degree
System Software
1 23 (76.67%) Active Directory
2 5 (16.67%) Hyper-V
2 5 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.33%) Docker
3 1 (3.33%) LXC
3 1 (3.33%) Samba
3 1 (3.33%) XenApp
3 1 (3.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (56.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.67%) Iperf
3 1 (3.33%) Backup Exec
3 1 (3.33%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.33%) Puppet
3 1 (3.33%) SCCM
3 1 (3.33%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 21 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (26.67%) Cisco
3 6 (20.00%) CheckPoint
3 6 (20.00%) SolarWinds
4 5 (16.67%) VMware
5 3 (10.00%) Fortinet
6 2 (6.67%) Google
6 2 (6.67%) Ruckus Wireless
6 2 (6.67%) SonicWALL
7 1 (3.33%) Citrix
7 1 (3.33%) Dell
7 1 (3.33%) N-able
7 1 (3.33%) Oracle
7 1 (3.33%) Symantec
7 1 (3.33%) Veeam
7 1 (3.33%) Veritas