Firewall Jobs in South Wales

Firewall
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 36 47
Rank change year-on-year -19 +11 +48
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 12 76 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 1.37% 4.94% 5.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.49% 37.25% 31.55%
Number of salaries quoted 12 34 13
10th Percentile - £24,500 £30,741
25th Percentile £46,250 £31,025 £33,986
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,361 £40,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.82% -32.50% +71.43%
75th Percentile £57,500 £45,780 £75,000
90th Percentile £59,975 £51,750 -
Wales median annual salary £47,500 £40,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +17.28% -10.00% +12.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 482 204 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 55.02% 13.27% 17.67%
Number of salaries quoted 271 106 53
10th Percentile £15,052 £24,500 £23,000
25th Percentile £23,504 £28,290 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £41,067 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.91% +8.07% -15.56%
75th Percentile - £47,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £43,750 £60,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £25,087 £40,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year -38.06% +5.19% -14.44%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in South Wales

Firewall
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Firewall in South Wales

Firewall
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in South Wales over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Firewall in South Wales

Firewall
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 28 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
Cardiff +27 9 £47,500 +16.47% 7
Torfaen +5 1 £50,221 +18.17%
Newport -24 1 £52,500 +31.25% 3
Rhondda Cynon Taff - 1 £58,500 -
Firewall
Wales

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Network Security
2 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (25.00%) VoIP
2 3 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (16.67%) DNS
3 2 (16.67%) VLAN
3 2 (16.67%) VPN
3 2 (16.67%) Wireless
4 1 (8.33%) BGP
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (8.33%) DHCP
4 1 (8.33%) DMARC
4 1 (8.33%) LAN
4 1 (8.33%) OSPF
4 1 (8.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) MariaDB
1 4 (33.33%) MySQL
1 4 (33.33%) RDBMS
1 4 (33.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JMeter
General
1 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Administrator
1 4 (33.33%) Linux Administrator
1 4 (33.33%) Linux Systems Administrator
1 4 (33.33%) Systems Administrator
1 4 (33.33%) VMWare Administrator
2 3 (25.00%) Security Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Network Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Network Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) Network Support Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Network Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) Support Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Management Information System
2 4 (33.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (8.33%) NHS
3 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) CentOS
1 4 (33.33%) Linux
1 4 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (33.33%) Ubuntu
2 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Computer Science
1 5 (41.67%) Security Patching
2 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (8.33%) High Availability
3 1 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (8.33%) Information Security
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (8.33%) Network Architecture
3 1 (8.33%) Network Design
3 1 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (8.33%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (8.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (8.33%) Security Architecture
3 1 (8.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (8.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (16.67%) CCNA
3 2 (16.67%) CCNP
4 1 (8.33%) CCIE
4 1 (8.33%) CCSA
4 1 (8.33%) CISSP
4 1 (8.33%) CWNA
4 1 (8.33%) CWTS
4 1 (8.33%) GCIH
4 1 (8.33%) SANS
4 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
1 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Virtual Servers
1 4 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (33.33%) vSphere
2 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (8.33%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (8.33%) Iperf
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) VMware
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (8.33%) Aerohive Networks
3 1 (8.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (8.33%) Fortinet
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) Okta
3 1 (8.33%) Palo Alto
3 1 (8.33%) SolarWinds
3 1 (8.33%) Zscaler