Firewall Jobs in the South West

Firewall
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 60 68 77
Rank change year-on-year +8 +9 -1
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 315 277 384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.58% 4.45% 4.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.26% 24.82% 28.21%
Number of salaries quoted 236 229 278
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,000 £24,931
25th Percentile £31,938 £35,500 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% - -
75th Percentile £58,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £80,750
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 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 1,041 1,116 1,361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 11.84% 17.93% 14.87%
Number of salaries quoted 751 565 807
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £24,770
25th Percentile £31,750 £33,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,839 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.53% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,500 £64,330
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,250 £77,500
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 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

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

Salary trend for Firewall in the South West

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

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 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
Wiltshire +4 88 £50,500 +34.67% 14
Bristol +28 83 £50,000 -20.32% 11
Gloucestershire +33 66 £37,500 -7.41% 5
Devon -14 39 £50,000 +11.11% 4
Dorset -27 24 £37,500 -11.24% 4
Somerset -7 11 £38,750 -11.93% 8
Cornwall -17 3 £45,000 +32.35% 1
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 68 (21.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (14.92%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.54%) SharePoint 2010
3 8 (2.54%) SharePoint 2013
4 4 (1.27%) Apache
4 4 (1.27%) IIS
5 2 (0.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 31 (9.84%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.63%) Trello
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 139 (44.13%) Azure
2 132 (41.90%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (17.14%) AWS
4 25 (7.94%) SaaS
5 22 (6.98%) GCP
5 22 (6.98%) IaaS
6 21 (6.67%) Entra ID
6 21 (6.67%) PaaS
7 15 (4.76%) OneDrive
8 11 (3.49%) Power Platform
9 7 (2.22%) Mimecast
10 4 (1.27%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 4 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.27%) GitHub
10 4 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.95%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.63%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 85 (26.98%) WAN
2 60 (19.05%) VPN
3 55 (17.46%) LAN
4 48 (15.24%) TCP/IP
5 45 (14.29%) SD-WAN
6 41 (13.02%) DNS
7 35 (11.11%) VLAN
7 35 (11.11%) Wireless
8 33 (10.48%) Network Security
9 25 (7.94%) Cisco ASA
9 25 (7.94%) Wi-Fi
10 23 (7.30%) Internet
11 21 (6.67%) Software-Defined Networking
12 20 (6.35%) SAN
13 17 (5.40%) DHCP
14 15 (4.76%) Remote Desktop
15 14 (4.44%) VSAN
16 10 (3.17%) Intrusion Detection
17 8 (2.54%) Softphone
18 6 (1.90%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.13%) Big Data
2 4 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (1.27%) MongoDB
2 4 (1.27%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.95%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Git
1 2 (0.63%) JIRA
1 2 (0.63%) Visual Studio
General
1 61 (19.37%) Social Skills
2 41 (13.02%) Aerospace
3 20 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (6.03%) Public Sector
5 17 (5.40%) Telecoms
6 13 (4.13%) Retail
7 12 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.49%) Finance
9 8 (2.54%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.63%) Banking
12 1 (0.32%) Aviation
12 1 (0.32%) Brand Awareness
12 1 (0.32%) Legal
12 1 (0.32%) Local Government
12 1 (0.32%) Military
12 1 (0.32%) Police
Job Titles
1 56 (17.78%) Support Engineer
2 55 (17.46%) Network Engineer
3 51 (16.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 49 (15.56%) Senior
5 47 (14.92%) IT Support
6 46 (14.60%) IT Engineer
7 40 (12.70%) Analyst
8 32 (10.16%) IT Support Engineer
8 32 (10.16%) Senior Network Engineer
9 25 (7.94%) Consultant
10 24 (7.62%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 21 (6.67%) Administrator
12 20 (6.35%) 3rd Line Support
12 20 (6.35%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 18 (5.71%) 2nd Line Support
14 17 (5.40%) Infrastructure Support
14 17 (5.40%) Systems Administrator
15 15 (4.76%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
15 15 (4.76%) Technical Consultant
16 14 (4.44%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.86%) REST
2 5 (1.59%) OAuth
2 5 (1.59%) SAML
3 4 (1.27%) OpenID
3 4 (1.27%) RabbitMQ
3 4 (1.27%) YAML
4 3 (0.95%) .NET
4 3 (0.95%) AngularJS
4 3 (0.95%) ASP.NET
4 3 (0.95%) ASP.NET MVC
4 3 (0.95%) CSS
4 3 (0.95%) HTML
4 3 (0.95%) jQuery
4 3 (0.95%) React
4 3 (0.95%) Tailwind CSS
4 3 (0.95%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 3 (0.95%) Vue
4 3 (0.95%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 49 (15.56%) Data Centre
2 36 (11.43%) Driving Licence
3 13 (4.13%) Cyber Defence
4 12 (3.81%) PKI
4 12 (3.81%) Public Cloud
5 11 (3.49%) Replication
6 9 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.22%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.90%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.59%) Clustering
9 5 (1.59%) Cyberattack
9 5 (1.59%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 3 (0.95%) Augmented Reality
11 3 (0.95%) Client/Server
11 3 (0.95%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.95%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.95%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (0.95%) Virtual Reality
12 2 (0.63%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 134 (42.54%) Windows
2 74 (23.49%) Linux
3 73 (23.17%) Windows Server
4 24 (7.62%) Windows 10
5 17 (5.40%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (3.17%) Android
6 10 (3.17%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.90%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.59%) Windows 8
8 5 (1.59%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.27%) Data ONTAP
9 4 (1.27%) Debian
9 4 (1.27%) Windows 7
9 4 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.95%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.95%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.63%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.63%) Windows 2000
11 2 (0.63%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (18.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 56 (17.78%) Agile
3 52 (16.51%) Customer Service
4 51 (16.19%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (13.65%) Cybersecurity
6 42 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
7 41 (13.02%) ITIL
8 33 (10.48%) Service Delivery
9 29 (9.21%) Actionable Insight
10 28 (8.89%) Presales
11 26 (8.25%) Virtual Infrastructure
12 25 (7.94%) Migration
13 22 (6.98%) Project Delivery
14 18 (5.71%) Network Monitoring
14 18 (5.71%) Office Automation
14 18 (5.71%) Roadmaps
14 18 (5.71%) Security Operations
15 16 (5.08%) Computer Science
15 16 (5.08%) Incident Response
16 15 (4.76%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 34 (10.79%) PowerShell
2 17 (5.40%) Python
3 9 (2.86%) Java
3 9 (2.86%) SQL
4 8 (2.54%) C#
5 6 (1.90%) Bash
6 4 (1.27%) Bicep
7 3 (0.95%) XAML
8 2 (0.63%) Perl
8 2 (0.63%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.32%) C
Qualifications
1 81 (25.71%) Security Cleared
2 43 (13.65%) Degree
3 39 (12.38%) SC Cleared
4 35 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
5 33 (10.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (8.89%) DV Cleared
7 23 (7.30%) CCNA
8 22 (6.98%) CCNP
9 18 (5.71%) MCSE
10 14 (4.44%) DBS Check
11 11 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (3.49%) MCP
12 10 (3.17%) CEH
12 10 (3.17%) CompTIA Security+
12 10 (3.17%) MCITP
13 9 (2.86%) CCA
13 9 (2.86%) Citrix Certification
13 9 (2.86%) MCSA
14 8 (2.54%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (3.49%) SLA
3 8 (2.54%) NIST
3 8 (2.54%) PCI DSS
4 7 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.90%) SOC 2
6 5 (1.59%) SOC 1
7 3 (0.95%) GDPR
8 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.63%) FedRAMP
8 2 (0.63%) GRC
9 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.32%) QA
9 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 87 (27.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 70 (22.22%) Active Directory
3 56 (17.78%) Hyper-V
4 27 (8.57%) VMware ESXi
5 25 (7.94%) VMware NSX
6 22 (6.98%) XenDesktop
7 18 (5.71%) vSphere
8 17 (5.40%) XenApp
9 9 (2.86%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (1.90%) Docker
11 4 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (1.27%) VMware Workstation
12 3 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.63%) Firmware
13 2 (0.63%) Terminal Server
14 1 (0.32%) KVM
14 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.32%) Samba
Systems Management
1 55 (17.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (9.21%) SCCM
3 23 (7.30%) Ansible
4 19 (6.03%) WSUS
5 12 (3.81%) vCenter Server
6 10 (3.17%) Kubernetes
6 10 (3.17%) Terraform
7 8 (2.54%) Backup Exec
7 8 (2.54%) FortiGate
7 8 (2.54%) Prometheus
7 8 (2.54%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 4 (1.27%) CASB
8 4 (1.27%) Cisco Prime
8 4 (1.27%) Istio
8 4 (1.27%) Nagios
9 3 (0.95%) OfficeScan
9 3 (0.95%) Opsview
10 2 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.63%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 116 (36.83%) VMware
2 114 (36.19%) Microsoft
3 95 (30.16%) Cisco
4 25 (7.94%) Citrix
5 23 (7.30%) Dell
6 22 (6.98%) Symantec
7 21 (6.67%) HP
8 19 (6.03%) Veeam
9 18 (5.71%) Google
10 14 (4.44%) Fortinet
10 14 (4.44%) Palo Alto
11 11 (3.49%) Aruba
12 8 (2.54%) N-able
12 8 (2.54%) Red Hat
12 8 (2.54%) Veritas
13 7 (2.22%) Meraki
13 7 (2.22%) Sophos
14 5 (1.59%) Extreme Networks
14 5 (1.59%) Juniper
14 5 (1.59%) Oracle