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 18 February 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 36 74
Rank change year-on-year -32 +38 -1
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 365 644 620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.80% 5.06% 4.05%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.05% 35.37% 27.39%
Number of salaries quoted 246 588 482
10th Percentile £34,625 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £43,839 £34,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £43,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.54% -3.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £56,525 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £71,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +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 1,401 1,821 2,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 14.58% 14.30% 14.78%
Number of salaries quoted 675 1,539 1,512
10th Percentile £29,850 £26,620 £26,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £45,750
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +3.83% -8.50%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,750 £71,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.91% +0.98%

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 18 February 2025.

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 18 February 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
Hampshire -2 164 £53,000 +33.33% 21
Thames Valley -38 97 £60,000 +26.32% 23
Berkshire -24 49 £56,250 +12.50% 14
Surrey +5 48 £56,250 +12.50% 17
Oxfordshire -16 26 £62,500 +47.06% 6
Kent -19 26 £47,500 +11.76% 10
Buckinghamshire 0 22 £50,000 +20.48% 4
West Sussex +2 14 £47,500 -5.00% 5
Sussex +8 11 - - 1
East Sussex -27 5 £40,000 -8.05% 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 36 (9.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (4.38%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.92%) Confluence
4 6 (1.64%) CloudStack
4 6 (1.64%) IIS
4 6 (1.64%) OpenStack
5 5 (1.37%) Apache
6 1 (0.27%) nginx
6 1 (0.27%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.27%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (3.56%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.82%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Cloud Services
1 82 (22.47%) Azure
2 69 (18.90%) Microsoft 365
3 58 (15.89%) AWS
4 23 (6.30%) Entra ID
5 19 (5.21%) SaaS
6 16 (4.38%) GCP
7 13 (3.56%) Azure Key Vault
8 11 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (3.01%) GitHub
9 10 (2.74%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (2.19%) IaaS
10 8 (2.19%) PaaS
11 7 (1.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 6 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (1.37%) Azure AKS
13 5 (1.37%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (1.10%) Google Workspace
14 4 (1.10%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 97 (26.58%) VPN
2 80 (21.92%) Network Security
3 73 (20.00%) DNS
4 65 (17.81%) TCP/IP
4 65 (17.81%) WAN
5 61 (16.71%) DHCP
6 58 (15.89%) BGP
6 58 (15.89%) OSPF
7 54 (14.79%) LAN
8 51 (13.97%) VLAN
9 36 (9.86%) EIGRP
9 36 (9.86%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (9.32%) Wireless
11 23 (6.30%) Intrusion Detection
12 22 (6.03%) MPLS
13 20 (5.48%) Cisco ASA
14 19 (5.21%) SAN
15 18 (4.93%) WLAN
16 15 (4.11%) Cisco Firepower
16 15 (4.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.58%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.29%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.92%) MySQL
4 4 (1.10%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.82%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (2.74%) Jenkins
2 9 (2.47%) JIRA
3 7 (1.92%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 5 (1.37%) GitLab
5 3 (0.82%) Bitbucket Server
5 3 (0.82%) Git
General
1 103 (28.22%) Social Skills
2 24 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (5.75%) Retail
4 17 (4.66%) Finance
5 14 (3.84%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.29%) Manufacturing
6 12 (3.29%) Public Sector
7 7 (1.92%) Back Office
8 6 (1.64%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.37%) Automotive
9 5 (1.37%) Local Government
10 4 (1.10%) Law
10 4 (1.10%) Legal
10 4 (1.10%) Military
11 3 (0.82%) French Language
11 3 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.82%) Polish Language
12 2 (0.55%) Advertising
12 2 (0.55%) Banking
12 2 (0.55%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 93 (25.48%) Network Engineer
2 74 (20.27%) Senior
3 57 (15.62%) Security Engineer
4 52 (14.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 50 (13.70%) Analyst
6 35 (9.59%) IT Engineer
7 26 (7.12%) Support Engineer
8 24 (6.58%) Network Security Engineer
9 23 (6.30%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 22 (6.03%) Cloud Engineer
10 22 (6.03%) Senior Analyst
11 21 (5.75%) Lead
12 18 (4.93%) Consultant
12 18 (4.93%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (4.38%) Security Analyst
14 14 (3.84%) IT Analyst
15 13 (3.56%) IT Support
15 13 (3.56%) Senior Cloud Engineer
16 12 (3.29%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
16 12 (3.29%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.74%) YAML
2 5 (1.37%) Web Services
3 4 (1.10%) JSON
4 3 (0.82%) LAMP
5 1 (0.27%) .NET
5 1 (0.27%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 48 (13.15%) Data Centre
2 35 (9.59%) Driving Licence
3 24 (6.58%) Management Information System
4 18 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (3.29%) Cyber Threat
5 12 (3.29%) Replication
6 9 (2.47%) Clustering
6 9 (2.47%) IoT
7 8 (2.19%) Security Posture
8 7 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (1.64%) Cyber Defence
9 6 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.37%) Cyberattack
10 5 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.10%) Smartphone
12 3 (0.82%) CESG
12 3 (0.82%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.82%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.82%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 136 (37.26%) Windows
2 100 (27.40%) Linux
3 50 (13.70%) Windows Server
4 13 (3.56%) Ubuntu
5 12 (3.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (3.01%) Windows 10
7 10 (2.74%) CentOS
8 8 (2.19%) Mac OS
9 6 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (1.37%) Debian
10 5 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.82%) Unix
11 3 (0.82%) VMS
12 2 (0.55%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.55%) SUSE
13 1 (0.27%) Android
13 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.27%) Windows Mobile
13 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (20.82%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (19.18%) Cybersecurity
3 61 (16.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 49 (13.42%) Customer Service
5 41 (11.23%) Information Security
6 39 (10.68%) SIEM
7 31 (8.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 30 (8.22%) DevOps
8 30 (8.22%) Mentoring
8 30 (8.22%) Service Delivery
9 29 (7.95%) Disaster Recovery
10 28 (7.67%) ITIL
11 24 (6.58%) Agile
12 22 (6.03%) Cloud Security
12 22 (6.03%) Collaborative Working
12 22 (6.03%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 21 (5.75%) Change Control
14 20 (5.48%) High Availability
15 18 (4.93%) Infrastructure as Code
15 18 (4.93%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (10.68%) PowerShell
2 30 (8.22%) SQL
3 28 (7.67%) Python
4 6 (1.64%) Bicep
5 4 (1.10%) Bash
6 3 (0.82%) Java
6 3 (0.82%) PHP
6 3 (0.82%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.55%) C#
7 2 (0.55%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.55%) Korn
8 1 (0.27%) Perl
Qualifications
1 90 (24.66%) Security Cleared
2 67 (18.36%) SC Cleared
3 53 (14.52%) Cisco Certification
4 49 (13.42%) DV Cleared
5 38 (10.41%) CCNA
5 38 (10.41%) CCNP
5 38 (10.41%) Degree
6 27 (7.40%) CISSP
7 12 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (3.01%) Azure Certification
8 11 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (3.01%) ISTQB
9 10 (2.74%) CEH
10 8 (2.19%) GCIA
11 7 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (1.92%) MCP
12 6 (1.64%) CTC Cleared
12 6 (1.64%) SANS
13 5 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (10.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (7.40%) GDPR
3 23 (6.30%) NIST
4 22 (6.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 21 (5.75%) SLA
6 10 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (1.92%) HIPAA
8 6 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 5 (1.37%) ISO 9001
9 5 (1.37%) NCSC
10 3 (0.82%) ISO 14001
10 3 (0.82%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.55%) IASME
11 2 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.27%) QA
12 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 89 (24.38%) Active Directory
2 55 (15.07%) Hyper-V
3 54 (14.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (7.12%) Docker
5 20 (5.48%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (3.84%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (2.74%) pfSense
8 8 (2.19%) Firmware
8 8 (2.19%) vSphere
9 5 (1.37%) VMware NSX
10 4 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.55%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.27%) Squid
13 1 (0.27%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.27%) XenApp
13 1 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 28 (7.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (7.12%) Terraform
3 24 (6.58%) Ansible
4 22 (6.03%) FortiGate
4 22 (6.03%) Kubernetes
5 14 (3.84%) vCenter Server
6 12 (3.29%) WSUS
7 8 (2.19%) SCCM
8 7 (1.92%) ZABBIX
9 5 (1.37%) Argo
9 5 (1.37%) Failover Clustering
9 5 (1.37%) Packer
10 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 3 (0.82%) Nessus
11 3 (0.82%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.55%) Backup Exec
12 2 (0.55%) McAfee ePO
12 2 (0.55%) QRadar
13 1 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 121 (33.15%) Cisco
2 103 (28.22%) Microsoft
3 73 (20.00%) VMware
4 69 (18.90%) Fortinet
5 32 (8.77%) Juniper
6 26 (7.12%) Palo Alto
7 24 (6.58%) HP
8 23 (6.30%) Dell
9 18 (4.93%) Aruba
10 16 (4.38%) Veeam
11 12 (3.29%) Red Hat
12 11 (3.01%) Citrix
13 10 (2.74%) CheckPoint
14 9 (2.47%) Google
14 9 (2.47%) Meraki
15 8 (2.19%) Atlassian
16 7 (1.92%) Darktrace
16 7 (1.92%) EMC
16 7 (1.92%) ServiceNow
17 6 (1.64%) Databricks