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 22 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 51 52
Rank change year-on-year +29 +1 -13
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 25 14 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 7.51% 1.47% 2.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 43.10% 9.66% 12.39%
Number of salaries quoted 25 11 12
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £37,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +1.12% -1.11%
75th Percentile £43,750 £65,625 £49,688
90th Percentile £57,057 £66,250 £54,750
South West median annual salary £42,500 £43,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -2.30% +2.35% -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 58 145 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 17.42% 15.18% 21.00%
Number of salaries quoted 51 130 56
10th Percentile £28,750 £25,375 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,606 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,500 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% -4.05% -1.70%
75th Percentile £57,057 £56,875 £57,906
90th Percentile £73,750 £60,000 £77,500
South West median annual salary £34,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -28.42% +5.56% -6.25%

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 22 June 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 22 June 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 +9 6 £56,121 +44.83% 2
Bath +8 1 £35,000 -30.00% 28
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 10 (40.00%) IIS
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 25 (100.00%) Azure
2 21 (84.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (16.00%) Entra ID
4 3 (12.00%) AWS
5 1 (4.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (4.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (4.00%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (4.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (76.00%) DNS
2 18 (72.00%) DHCP
2 18 (72.00%) VLAN
3 17 (68.00%) VPN
4 11 (44.00%) VoIP
5 10 (40.00%) ADSL
6 8 (32.00%) WAN
7 4 (16.00%) EIGRP
7 4 (16.00%) OSPF
7 4 (16.00%) RIP
7 4 (16.00%) SNMP
7 4 (16.00%) SSH
8 3 (12.00%) LAN
9 2 (8.00%) DMZ
9 2 (8.00%) Wireshark
10 1 (4.00%) SD-WAN
10 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (60.00%) Amazon RDS
General
1 4 (16.00%) Police
2 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (4.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (64.00%) IT Support
2 15 (60.00%) Analyst
2 15 (60.00%) IT Analyst
2 15 (60.00%) IT Support Analyst
2 15 (60.00%) Support Analyst
3 11 (44.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 10 (40.00%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 5 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 4 (16.00%) Network Engineer
6 4 (16.00%) Senior
6 4 (16.00%) Senior Network Engineer
7 3 (12.00%) Support Engineer
8 2 (8.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 1 (4.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 1 (4.00%) IT Engineer
9 1 (4.00%) IT Support Engineer
9 1 (4.00%) Technical Engineer
9 1 (4.00%) Technical Support
9 1 (4.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (8.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.00%) Distributed Applications
3 1 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (84.00%) Windows
1 21 (84.00%) Windows Server
2 15 (60.00%) Linux
3 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (72.00%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (68.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 16 (64.00%) ITIL
4 5 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 5 (20.00%) Project Planning
5 4 (16.00%) Customer Requirements
5 4 (16.00%) Inventory Management
5 4 (16.00%) Line Management
5 4 (16.00%) Network Design
5 4 (16.00%) Network Management
5 4 (16.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 4 (16.00%) Technical Analysis
6 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Management
6 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (8.00%) Customer Service
7 2 (8.00%) Migration
7 2 (8.00%) Network Architecture
7 2 (8.00%) Risk Management
7 2 (8.00%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (44.00%) PowerShell
2 10 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (40.00%) A+ Certification
1 10 (40.00%) Network+ Certification
2 2 (8.00%) AWS Certification
2 2 (8.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (8.00%) CCNA
2 2 (8.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (8.00%) MCP
2 2 (8.00%) MCSA
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 21 (84.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (16.00%) Hyper-V
2 4 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (68.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.00%) Iperf
Vendors
1 18 (72.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (24.00%) Cisco
3 4 (16.00%) CheckPoint
3 4 (16.00%) SolarWinds
3 4 (16.00%) VMware
4 2 (8.00%) Fortinet
4 2 (8.00%) Google
4 2 (8.00%) Ruckus Wireless
4 2 (8.00%) SonicWALL