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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 42 63
Rank change year-on-year -36 +21 +16
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 309 822 638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.28% 4.90% 4.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.53% 29.84% 25.50%
Number of salaries quoted 267 721 505
10th Percentile £31,500 £27,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £37,250 £34,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -8.16%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £57,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £74,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -2.00% -2.91%

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 1,435 2,755 2,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.23% 16.43% 17.38%
Number of salaries quoted 772 1,874 1,467
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.53% +5.00% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,875 £63,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

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 15 May 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 15 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
Hampshire +9 127 £53,000 +33.33% 64
Thames Valley -55 87 £45,000 -4.51% 105
Surrey +12 49 £40,000 -23.81% 41
Berkshire -37 44 £50,000 - 55
Kent -5 29 £35,000 -17.65% 27
Buckinghamshire -1 26 £37,500 -9.64% 30
Oxfordshire -28 17 £45,000 +5.88% 32
West Sussex +13 12 £46,500 +16.25% 22
East Sussex -20 3 £37,500 -13.79% 1
Sussex +14 1 - - 3
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 39 (12.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (7.77%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.59%) IIS
4 7 (2.27%) Apache
5 4 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.97%) Confluence
7 1 (0.32%) nginx
7 1 (0.32%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.32%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 8 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.29%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 74 (23.95%) Azure
2 63 (20.39%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (15.86%) AWS
4 23 (7.44%) Entra ID
5 19 (6.15%) SaaS
6 12 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (3.88%) Azure Key Vault
6 12 (3.88%) GCP
7 10 (3.24%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (3.24%) IaaS
8 9 (2.91%) PaaS
8 9 (2.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 8 (2.59%) Azure Sentinel
9 8 (2.59%) OneDrive
10 6 (1.94%) GitHub
10 6 (1.94%) OpenShift
11 5 (1.62%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.62%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (1.62%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (1.62%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 74 (23.95%) Network Security
2 72 (23.30%) VPN
3 67 (21.68%) DNS
4 65 (21.04%) BGP
4 65 (21.04%) OSPF
5 48 (15.53%) EIGRP
6 43 (13.92%) TCP/IP
7 41 (13.27%) DHCP
8 40 (12.94%) WAN
9 35 (11.33%) VLAN
10 30 (9.71%) LAN
11 28 (9.06%) Wi-Fi
12 27 (8.74%) VoIP
13 16 (5.18%) SD-WAN
14 15 (4.85%) Cisco ASA
15 13 (4.21%) Intrusion Detection
15 13 (4.21%) MPLS
16 12 (3.88%) Remote Desktop
17 11 (3.56%) IPsec
17 11 (3.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.88%) Amazon RDS
1 12 (3.88%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.94%) MySQL
3 5 (1.62%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.29%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.29%) Power BI
5 3 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.29%) Bitbucket Server
1 4 (1.29%) Git
1 4 (1.29%) Jenkins
1 4 (1.29%) JIRA
2 3 (0.97%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 84 (27.18%) Social Skills
2 23 (7.44%) Telecoms
3 13 (4.21%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (3.56%) Back Office
4 11 (3.56%) Finance
5 9 (2.91%) Retail
6 8 (2.59%) Spanish Language
7 7 (2.27%) Aviation
7 7 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.27%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.94%) Local Government
8 6 (1.94%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.62%) Law
10 4 (1.29%) Advertising
11 3 (0.97%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.65%) Electronics
13 1 (0.32%) Automotive
13 1 (0.32%) Games
13 1 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.32%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 68 (22.01%) Network Engineer
2 48 (15.53%) Analyst
3 45 (14.56%) Support Engineer
4 43 (13.92%) Security Engineer
5 42 (13.59%) Senior
6 29 (9.39%) Technical Support
7 27 (8.74%) Network Security Engineer
8 26 (8.41%) IT Support
9 21 (6.80%) 2nd Line Support
9 21 (6.80%) 3rd Line Support
10 20 (6.47%) Support Analyst
10 20 (6.47%) Technical Engineer
11 19 (6.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 19 (6.15%) Technical Support Engineer
12 18 (5.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 18 (5.83%) IT Engineer
12 18 (5.83%) Lead
13 17 (5.50%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
14 15 (4.85%) Support Technician
15 14 (4.53%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.24%) YAML
2 5 (1.62%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.29%) JSON
4 3 (0.97%) LDAP
4 3 (0.97%) SAML
5 1 (0.32%) FreeSWITCH
5 1 (0.32%) Node.js
5 1 (0.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.00%) Data Centre
2 22 (7.12%) Onboarding
3 18 (5.83%) Driving Licence
3 18 (5.83%) Management Information System
4 14 (4.53%) Security Posture
5 13 (4.21%) Cyber Threat
6 11 (3.56%) Clustering
6 11 (3.56%) PKI
7 10 (3.24%) Security Operations Centre
8 8 (2.59%) Replication
9 6 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.94%) Robotics
10 5 (1.62%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.62%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.29%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (1.29%) NHS
12 3 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.97%) Video Conferencing
13 2 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 113 (36.57%) Windows
2 72 (23.30%) Windows Server
3 32 (10.36%) Linux
4 19 (6.15%) Windows 10
5 13 (4.21%) Mac OS
6 10 (3.24%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (2.91%) Android
8 6 (1.94%) Apple iOS
8 6 (1.94%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.62%) Ubuntu
10 4 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.97%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.32%) CentOS
12 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (14.56%) Cybersecurity
3 42 (13.59%) Customer Service
4 30 (9.71%) SIEM
5 29 (9.39%) Information Security
5 29 (9.39%) Project Delivery
6 27 (8.74%) Agile
7 26 (8.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 24 (7.77%) High Availability
9 23 (7.44%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (7.44%) ITIL
10 22 (7.12%) Cloud Security
10 22 (7.12%) Server Management
11 21 (6.80%) DevOps
11 21 (6.80%) Incident Management
11 21 (6.80%) Incident Response
11 21 (6.80%) Mentoring
12 19 (6.15%) Analytics
12 19 (6.15%) Disaster Recovery
13 16 (5.18%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 41 (13.27%) PowerShell
2 22 (7.12%) Python
3 16 (5.18%) SQL
4 10 (3.24%) Bash
4 10 (3.24%) Bicep
5 4 (1.29%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (1.29%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.32%) Korn
6 1 (0.32%) R
6 1 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 103 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 83 (26.86%) SC Cleared
3 62 (20.06%) DV Cleared
4 40 (12.94%) Cisco Certification
5 29 (9.39%) Degree
6 22 (7.12%) CCNA
7 18 (5.83%) CISSP
8 17 (5.50%) CCNP
9 12 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (3.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (3.24%) Azure Certification
11 10 (3.24%) ISTQB
11 10 (3.24%) JNCIA
12 9 (2.91%) CEH
12 9 (2.91%) CISM
13 8 (2.59%) CompTIA Security+
13 8 (2.59%) DBS Check
13 8 (2.59%) GCIH
14 5 (1.62%) MCP
14 5 (1.62%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (5.83%) Cyber Essentials
2 18 (5.83%) GDPR
3 16 (5.18%) NIST
4 10 (3.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 9 (2.91%) SLA
6 5 (1.62%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.65%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.65%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.32%) NCSC
8 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 78 (25.24%) Active Directory
2 66 (21.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 54 (17.48%) Hyper-V
4 21 (6.80%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (6.15%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (4.53%) Docker
7 13 (4.21%) Terminal Services
8 8 (2.59%) BitLocker
8 8 (2.59%) Microsoft App-V
8 8 (2.59%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (1.94%) vSphere
10 2 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.32%) Firmware
11 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.32%) Squid
11 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.32%) XenApp
11 1 (0.32%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 28 (9.06%) FortiGate
2 19 (6.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (5.83%) vCenter Server
4 12 (3.88%) Ansible
5 9 (2.91%) QRadar
6 8 (2.59%) Terraform
6 8 (2.59%) vMotion
7 7 (2.27%) Kubernetes
7 7 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.94%) ArcSight ESM
8 6 (1.94%) Nagios
8 6 (1.94%) Puppet
8 6 (1.94%) SCCM
8 6 (1.94%) ZABBIX
9 4 (1.29%) Nessus
9 4 (1.29%) Proxmox
9 4 (1.29%) WSUS
10 3 (0.97%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.65%) ZENworks
12 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 117 (37.86%) Microsoft
2 102 (33.01%) Cisco
3 76 (24.60%) VMware
4 64 (20.71%) Fortinet
5 44 (14.24%) Juniper
6 21 (6.80%) Meraki
7 20 (6.47%) Veeam
8 19 (6.15%) Citrix
9 17 (5.50%) Dell
9 17 (5.50%) HP
10 14 (4.53%) Aruba
11 12 (3.88%) Splunk
12 11 (3.56%) Apple
13 10 (3.24%) Databricks
14 9 (2.91%) Google
15 8 (2.59%) Atlassian
15 8 (2.59%) Palo Alto
15 8 (2.59%) Sophos
15 8 (2.59%) Ubiquiti
16 7 (2.27%) Symantec