Firewall Jobs in the South East

Firewall
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 41 46 81
Rank change year-on-year +5 +35 -10
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 682 653 879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.52% 5.64% 3.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.30% 29.51% 24.94%
Number of salaries quoted 558 537 658
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,563 £32,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £56,525 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £75,000
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
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,328 2,213 3,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.42% 19.10% 15.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,452 1,346 2,049
10th Percentile £26,660 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,000 £75,000 £75,000
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 South East

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the South East

Firewall
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the South East.

Salary trend for Firewall in the South East

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Firewall in the South East

Firewall
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the South East 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
Thames Valley 0 259 £48,000 +6.67% 28
Hampshire +3 166 £37,500 -16.67% 26
Berkshire +17 147 £50,000 -1.96% 10
Surrey -8 98 £55,000 +15.79% 15
Kent 0 77 £40,250 -5.29% 17
Oxfordshire -10 68 £42,500 -10.53% 4
Buckinghamshire -34 45 £46,500 +43.08% 14
East Sussex +26 42 £50,000 -16.67% 5
West Sussex +8 28 £50,000 +29.87% 10
Middlesex -13 4 £52,500 +36.36%
Sussex - 2 £40,000 - 2
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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
1 102 (14.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 88 (12.90%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.49%) IIS
4 5 (0.73%) Apache
5 4 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2000
5 4 (0.59%) WordPress
6 3 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.29%) CMS
7 2 (0.29%) Confluence
8 1 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 66 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (2.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.03%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.44%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 263 (38.56%) Microsoft 365
2 260 (38.12%) Azure
3 82 (12.02%) AWS
4 80 (11.73%) Entra ID
5 32 (4.69%) OneDrive
6 27 (3.96%) Cloud Computing
7 20 (2.93%) Azure Storage
8 19 (2.79%) Azure Monitor
9 17 (2.49%) SaaS
10 13 (1.91%) Azure Sentinel
10 13 (1.91%) iTunes
11 12 (1.76%) GCP
12 11 (1.61%) GitHub
12 11 (1.61%) PaaS
13 8 (1.17%) IaaS
14 7 (1.03%) Amazon S3
14 7 (1.03%) Mimecast
15 6 (0.88%) Google Workspace
15 6 (0.88%) Twilio
16 5 (0.73%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 142 (20.82%) VPN
2 136 (19.94%) DNS
3 108 (15.84%) WAN
4 89 (13.05%) TCP/IP
5 87 (12.76%) DHCP
6 83 (12.17%) Network Security
7 82 (12.02%) Wireless
8 81 (11.88%) LAN
9 71 (10.41%) Wi-Fi
10 65 (9.53%) VLAN
11 53 (7.77%) OSPF
12 44 (6.45%) BGP
13 41 (6.01%) VoIP
14 33 (4.84%) Internet
14 33 (4.84%) Intrusion Detection
15 32 (4.69%) SD-WAN
16 30 (4.40%) SSL
17 29 (4.25%) 5G
18 26 (3.81%) IPsec
19 24 (3.52%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (10.41%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (0.73%) MongoDB
3 5 (0.73%) MySQL
4 4 (0.59%) MariaDB
4 4 (0.59%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.44%) Power BI
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.29%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Database 11g
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (3.81%) JIRA
2 23 (3.37%) Jenkins
3 13 (1.91%) Git
3 13 (1.91%) Robot Framework
4 9 (1.32%) Trac
5 3 (0.44%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.29%) GitLab
7 1 (0.15%) Hudson
General
1 205 (30.06%) Social Skills
2 62 (9.09%) Telecoms
3 49 (7.18%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (5.28%) Finance
5 23 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
6 21 (3.08%) Law
6 21 (3.08%) Manufacturing
7 17 (2.49%) Legal
8 15 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (1.91%) Aerospace
10 11 (1.61%) Retail
11 10 (1.47%) Back Office
11 10 (1.47%) Games
12 9 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.32%) Public Sector
13 8 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (0.73%) Advertising
15 5 (0.73%) Digital Economy
16 4 (0.59%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 138 (20.23%) Network Engineer
2 129 (18.91%) Support Engineer
3 112 (16.42%) IT Engineer
4 98 (14.37%) Senior
5 93 (13.64%) IT Support
6 82 (12.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 74 (10.85%) IT Support Engineer
8 67 (9.82%) Analyst
9 58 (8.50%) 3rd Line Support
10 56 (8.21%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 46 (6.74%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 40 (5.87%) Senior Network Engineer
13 39 (5.72%) Lead
14 36 (5.28%) Architect
15 34 (4.99%) 2nd Line Support
16 30 (4.40%) IT Manager
17 27 (3.96%) Consultant
18 25 (3.67%) 1st Line Support
19 22 (3.23%) Network Manager
19 22 (3.23%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.08%) 802.1X
2 19 (2.79%) HTML
3 18 (2.64%) REST
4 16 (2.35%) ARM Templates
5 13 (1.91%) Web Services
5 13 (1.91%) XML
6 12 (1.76%) OAuth
6 12 (1.76%) OpenID
6 12 (1.76%) SAML
7 8 (1.17%) .NET
8 6 (0.88%) ASP.NET
8 6 (0.88%) CSS
8 6 (0.88%) jQuery
9 5 (0.73%) RabbitMQ
9 5 (0.73%) YAML
10 4 (0.59%) LAMP
11 3 (0.44%) ASP.NET MVC
11 3 (0.44%) SOAP
11 3 (0.44%) Tailwind CSS
11 3 (0.44%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 66 (9.68%) Management Information System
2 59 (8.65%) Data Centre
2 59 (8.65%) Driving Licence
3 44 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (4.11%) Replication
5 25 (3.67%) Linux Command Line
6 22 (3.23%) PKI
7 20 (2.93%) Client/Server
8 17 (2.49%) Cyber Threat
8 17 (2.49%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (2.20%) IoT
10 14 (2.05%) Security Operations Centre
11 9 (1.32%) Security Posture
12 8 (1.17%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.17%) Virtual Team
13 7 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (1.03%) IPTV
14 6 (0.88%) CMDB
14 6 (0.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 6 (0.88%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 326 (47.80%) Windows
2 184 (26.98%) Windows Server
3 136 (19.94%) Linux
4 57 (8.36%) Windows 10
5 48 (7.04%) Windows Server 2016
6 47 (6.89%) Windows Server 2019
7 27 (3.96%) Windows Server 2012
8 17 (2.49%) Android
8 17 (2.49%) Apple iOS
9 9 (1.32%) Ubuntu
10 7 (1.03%) Unix
10 7 (1.03%) Windows Server 2008
11 6 (0.88%) Mac OS
12 5 (0.73%) Data ONTAP
12 5 (0.73%) Kali Linux
12 5 (0.73%) VMS
13 4 (0.59%) Debian
13 4 (0.59%) Windows XP
14 3 (0.44%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (23.90%) Problem-Solving
2 115 (16.86%) Cybersecurity
3 104 (15.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 103 (15.10%) Customer Service
5 79 (11.58%) ITIL
6 69 (10.12%) Agile
7 54 (7.92%) Project Management
8 49 (7.18%) DevOps
9 44 (6.45%) Service Delivery
10 43 (6.30%) Configuration Management
10 43 (6.30%) Mentoring
11 40 (5.87%) SIEM
12 39 (5.72%) CI/CD
13 38 (5.57%) Computer Science
14 37 (5.43%) Network Management
15 36 (5.28%) Change Management
15 36 (5.28%) Multi-Factor Authentication
16 31 (4.55%) Actionable Insight
16 31 (4.55%) Information Security
16 31 (4.55%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (11.29%) PowerShell
2 71 (10.41%) SQL
3 57 (8.36%) Python
4 26 (3.81%) C#
5 24 (3.52%) Bash
6 16 (2.35%) Bicep
6 16 (2.35%) VB
6 16 (2.35%) VBScript
7 15 (2.20%) Java
8 5 (0.73%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.44%) Go
9 3 (0.44%) VB.NET
9 3 (0.44%) XAML
10 2 (0.29%) Perl
11 1 (0.15%) C
11 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 131 (19.21%) Security Cleared
2 124 (18.18%) Degree
3 89 (13.05%) SC Cleared
4 66 (9.68%) Cisco Certification
5 37 (5.43%) CCNA
6 34 (4.99%) CCNP
7 30 (4.40%) DV Cleared
8 26 (3.81%) CISSP
8 26 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (3.52%) Azure Certification
10 22 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
11 20 (2.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 17 (2.49%) Network+ Certification
13 16 (2.35%) CompTIA Security+
14 12 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (1.47%) AWS Certification
16 9 (1.32%) CTC Cleared
16 9 (1.32%) MCP
17 6 (0.88%) CCIE
17 6 (0.88%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.57%) SLA
2 34 (4.99%) Cyber Essentials
3 33 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (3.23%) GDPR
5 14 (2.05%) NIST
6 9 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 9 (1.32%) PCI DSS
7 8 (1.17%) QA
8 6 (0.88%) COSHH
9 5 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.44%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.15%) COBIT
11 1 (0.15%) GRC
11 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 241 (35.34%) Active Directory
2 109 (15.98%) Hyper-V
2 109 (15.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (6.01%) Virtual Machines
4 30 (4.40%) Virtual Desktop
5 28 (4.11%) Docker
6 21 (3.08%) Firmware
7 20 (2.93%) pfSense
8 18 (2.64%) Virtual Servers
9 16 (2.35%) vSphere
10 13 (1.91%) NFS
10 13 (1.91%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.59%) XenApp
12 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.15%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.15%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 68 (9.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 48 (7.04%) Kubernetes
3 40 (5.87%) Ansible
4 32 (4.69%) FortiGate
4 32 (4.69%) WSUS
5 31 (4.55%) SCCM
6 26 (3.81%) SCOM
7 17 (2.49%) Terraform
8 16 (2.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 16 (2.35%) ZABBIX
9 15 (2.20%) Grafana
10 13 (1.91%) vCenter Server
11 9 (1.32%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 9 (1.32%) SCDPM
12 6 (0.88%) Docker Swarm
12 6 (0.88%) EMC NetWorker
12 6 (0.88%) NetBackup
13 5 (0.73%) Prometheus
13 5 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.73%) Suricata
Vendors
1 300 (43.99%) Microsoft
2 166 (24.34%) Cisco
3 163 (23.90%) VMware
4 79 (11.58%) Juniper
5 72 (10.56%) Fortinet
6 67 (9.82%) Veeam
7 51 (7.48%) Citrix
8 48 (7.04%) Palo Alto
9 34 (4.99%) HP
10 30 (4.40%) Aruba
11 27 (3.96%) WatchGuard
12 24 (3.52%) Meraki
13 20 (2.93%) Dell
14 19 (2.79%) ServiceNow
15 17 (2.49%) Extreme Networks
16 14 (2.05%) Darktrace
16 14 (2.05%) NEC
17 13 (1.91%) F5
17 13 (1.91%) McAfee
18 12 (1.76%) Apple