Firewall Job Trends in the South West

Firewall
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Firewall skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 58 50
Rank change year-on-year +26 -8 +26
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 207 260 267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.96% 3.47% 5.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 36.90% 33.16% 29.31%
Number of salaries quoted 173 180 243
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,900 £29,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £42,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £50,250 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £71,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 561 784 911
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.14% 10.45% 18.92%
Number of salaries quoted 351 496 614
10th Percentile £26,625 £28,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +5.26% +2.15%
75th Percentile £53,750 £66,409 £67,070
90th Percentile £63,750 £81,250 £77,715
England median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -17.00% -2.91% -1.90%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the South West

Firewall
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the South West over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the South West

Firewall
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the South West region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
Bristol +39 55 £47,500 +24.99% 11
Wiltshire -4 37 £34,500 -34.29% 6
Cornwall - 35 £32,250 - 3
Devon +10 28 £31,500 -27.59% 9
Dorset +41 27 £31,000 -17.33% 6
Gloucestershire -3 14 £55,000 +46.67% 13
Somerset 0 9 £40,000 +14.29% 8
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 40 (19.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (13.04%) IIS
3 17 (8.21%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (4.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (5.31%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (2.42%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 105 (50.72%) Microsoft 365
2 95 (45.89%) Azure
3 37 (17.87%) Entra ID
4 18 (8.70%) AWS
5 8 (3.86%) IaaS
6 7 (3.38%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (2.90%) PaaS
7 6 (2.90%) Serverless
8 5 (2.42%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (2.42%) Rubrik
9 3 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.45%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.97%) Azure AKS
10 2 (0.97%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.97%) GCP
10 2 (0.97%) GitHub
10 2 (0.97%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.97%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.48%) Azure AI
11 1 (0.48%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 69 (33.33%) DNS
2 55 (26.57%) DHCP
3 47 (22.71%) VPN
4 43 (20.77%) VLAN
5 40 (19.32%) WAN
6 36 (17.39%) Wi-Fi
7 34 (16.43%) LAN
8 20 (9.66%) VSAT
9 19 (9.18%) Internet
9 19 (9.18%) TCP/IP
10 18 (8.70%) Network Security
11 17 (8.21%) Kerberos
11 17 (8.21%) VoIP
12 15 (7.25%) SD-WAN
13 14 (6.76%) MPLS
13 14 (6.76%) Wireless
14 13 (6.28%) SAN
15 12 (5.80%) Cisco Firepower
16 9 (4.35%) ADSL
16 9 (4.35%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (9.18%) Amazon RDS
2 15 (7.25%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.48%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.48%) MySQL
3 1 (0.48%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (2.42%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.48%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.48%) Git
2 1 (0.48%) GitLab
2 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.48%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.48%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 82 (39.61%) Social Skills
2 25 (12.08%) Manufacturing
3 22 (10.63%) Telecoms
4 18 (8.70%) Law
5 15 (7.25%) Legal
6 9 (4.35%) Finance
7 7 (3.38%) Advertising
7 7 (3.38%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.90%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.90%) Electronics
8 6 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.90%) Marketing
9 5 (2.42%) Games
9 5 (2.42%) Local Government
10 2 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.48%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.48%) Police
Job Titles
1 71 (34.30%) IT Support
2 53 (25.60%) 2nd Line Support
3 51 (24.64%) Support Engineer
4 38 (18.36%) Analyst
5 35 (16.91%) Support Analyst
6 29 (14.01%) Technical Engineer
7 24 (11.59%) IT Engineer
8 23 (11.11%) Network Engineer
8 23 (11.11%) Technical Support
8 23 (11.11%) Technical Support Engineer
9 20 (9.66%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 20 (9.66%) 3rd Line Support
10 17 (8.21%) IT Support Engineer
11 15 (7.25%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
11 15 (7.25%) Administrator
12 14 (6.76%) 1st Line Support
12 14 (6.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 14 (6.76%) NOC Engineer
13 12 (5.80%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 12 (5.80%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.21%) LDAP
2 5 (2.42%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.45%) ModSecurity
3 3 (1.45%) REST
4 1 (0.48%) .NET
4 1 (0.48%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.48%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.48%) JSON
4 1 (0.48%) React
4 1 (0.48%) Svelte
4 1 (0.48%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 39 (18.84%) Driving Licence
2 18 (8.70%) PKI
3 11 (5.31%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (3.38%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (2.90%) CCTV
5 6 (2.90%) Clustering
5 6 (2.90%) CMDB
5 6 (2.90%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.42%) BYOD
6 5 (2.42%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.45%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.97%) Digital Signage
8 2 (0.97%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.97%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (0.97%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.48%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (0.48%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (0.48%) NHS
9 1 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 100 (48.31%) Windows
2 91 (43.96%) Windows Server
3 26 (12.56%) Windows Server 2019
4 25 (12.08%) Windows 10
5 20 (9.66%) Linux
6 17 (8.21%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (2.90%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.48%) Android
8 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.48%) Debian
8 1 (0.48%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.48%) VMS
8 1 (0.48%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (27.54%) Customer Service
2 56 (27.05%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (23.67%) Mentoring
4 36 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
5 27 (13.04%) ITIL
6 24 (11.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (10.63%) Disaster Recovery
8 20 (9.66%) Collaborative Working
8 20 (9.66%) Kalman Filter
8 20 (9.66%) Web Filtering
9 18 (8.70%) Virtual Environments
10 17 (8.21%) Data Loss Prevention
10 17 (8.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 17 (8.21%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 17 (8.21%) Service Management
11 13 (6.28%) Commercial Awareness
11 13 (6.28%) Proactive Management
11 13 (6.28%) Time Management
12 12 (5.80%) Containerisation
13 11 (5.31%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 38 (18.36%) PowerShell
2 17 (8.21%) VB
3 12 (5.80%) SQL
4 6 (2.90%) Python
5 2 (0.97%) Bash
5 2 (0.97%) Bicep
6 1 (0.48%) C#
6 1 (0.48%) Go
Qualifications
1 36 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
1 36 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 33 (15.94%) CCNA
3 27 (13.04%) SC Cleared
4 23 (11.11%) Degree
5 20 (9.66%) JNCIA
6 17 (8.21%) Network+ Certification
7 14 (6.76%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (5.80%) MCITP
9 11 (5.31%) CCNP
9 11 (5.31%) MCP
10 9 (4.35%) DV Cleared
11 8 (3.86%) CISSP
12 6 (2.90%) ACMT
12 6 (2.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (2.42%) A+ Certification
13 5 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (2.42%) CCDA
13 5 (2.42%) CCDP
14 4 (1.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.21%) SLA
2 13 (6.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (5.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.93%) GDPR
5 3 (1.45%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.97%) NCSC
6 2 (0.97%) NIST
7 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.48%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.48%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.48%) QA
System Software
1 95 (45.89%) Active Directory
2 40 (19.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (7.73%) Hyper-V
4 13 (6.28%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (5.80%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (4.35%) Docker
7 2 (0.97%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 48 (23.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (8.21%) WSUS
3 10 (4.83%) Ansible
4 9 (4.35%) Kubernetes
5 7 (3.38%) Terraform
6 6 (2.90%) Autotask
6 6 (2.90%) vCenter Server
7 5 (2.42%) CASB
7 5 (2.42%) PaperCut
7 5 (2.42%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (1.93%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.97%) Nagios
10 1 (0.48%) Iperf
10 1 (0.48%) Nmap
10 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 121 (58.45%) Microsoft
2 43 (20.77%) VMware
3 41 (19.81%) Cisco
4 19 (9.18%) Veeam
5 16 (7.73%) Apple
6 15 (7.25%) Datto
7 14 (6.76%) Fortinet
7 14 (6.76%) Palo Alto
8 13 (6.28%) Sophos
8 13 (6.28%) Starlink
9 12 (5.80%) Meraki
10 11 (5.31%) Juniper
11 10 (4.83%) Progress
12 9 (4.35%) HP
13 8 (3.86%) Aruba
14 7 (3.38%) Oracle
14 7 (3.38%) SolarWinds
15 6 (2.90%) Extreme Networks
15 6 (2.90%) SAP
16 5 (2.42%) Aerohive Networks