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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 53 39
Rank change year-on-year -10 -14 +35
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 142 187 299
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.83% 4.31% 6.85%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.76% 37.78% 38.53%
Number of salaries quoted 113 118 271
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £38,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £44,375 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.38% -9.44% +11.36%
75th Percentile £50,000 £69,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,050 £76,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,285 £53,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.56% +0.95% -

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 624 495 776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.45% 11.41% 17.77%
Number of salaries quoted 370 289 594
10th Percentile £25,375 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £52,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +6.12% +3.16%
75th Percentile £52,500 £71,250 £60,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £86,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Firewall relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Firewall job vacancy trend 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 31 December 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 31 December 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
Cornwall - 41 £32,500 -
Bristol -7 38 £42,500 +6.25% 21
Wiltshire -22 17 £34,000 -40.87% 5
Gloucestershire +7 15 £50,000 -5.21% 7
Somerset -25 12 £33,500 -16.25% 9
Dorset +5 10 £31,000 -28.74% 2
Devon -2 8 £32,500 -19.76% 4
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 48 (33.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (27.46%) SharePoint
3 18 (12.68%) IIS
4 1 (0.70%) JBoss
Applications
1 17 (11.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.70%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 76 (53.52%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (37.32%) Azure
3 25 (17.61%) Entra ID
4 13 (9.15%) AWS
5 5 (3.52%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (2.82%) OpenShift
7 3 (2.11%) IaaS
7 3 (2.11%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.11%) PaaS
7 3 (2.11%) Serverless
8 2 (1.41%) Azure AKS
8 2 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.41%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (1.41%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.41%) OCI
8 2 (1.41%) Rubrik
8 2 (1.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.70%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.70%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 42 (29.58%) DNS
2 35 (24.65%) DHCP
3 32 (22.54%) VPN
4 22 (15.49%) VLAN
4 22 (15.49%) WAN
5 20 (14.08%) Network Security
6 18 (12.68%) LAN
7 16 (11.27%) TCP/IP
8 13 (9.15%) Internet
8 13 (9.15%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (8.45%) Kerberos
9 12 (8.45%) VSAT
10 10 (7.04%) Remote Desktop
11 9 (6.34%) BGP
11 9 (6.34%) DKIM
11 9 (6.34%) DMARC
11 9 (6.34%) IPsec
11 9 (6.34%) Wireless
12 8 (5.63%) OSPF
13 7 (4.93%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.04%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (6.34%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.70%) DB2
3 1 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.41%) GitLab
2 1 (0.70%) Jenkins
General
1 77 (54.23%) Social Skills
2 13 (9.15%) Law
2 13 (9.15%) Telecoms
3 11 (7.75%) Legal
4 9 (6.34%) Manufacturing
5 8 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.63%) Finance
6 7 (4.93%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.23%) Electronics
8 5 (3.52%) Marketing
9 3 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.11%) Police
10 2 (1.41%) Retail
11 1 (0.70%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 54 (38.03%) Support Engineer
2 41 (28.87%) IT Support
3 37 (26.06%) 2nd Line Support
4 26 (18.31%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 25 (17.61%) IT Engineer
6 23 (16.20%) Technical Engineer
7 20 (14.08%) Analyst
7 20 (14.08%) Technical Support
8 19 (13.38%) IT Support Engineer
9 18 (12.68%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 17 (11.97%) 1st Line Engineer
10 17 (11.97%) 1st Line Support
10 17 (11.97%) 1st Line Support Engineer
10 17 (11.97%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 17 (11.97%) Support Analyst
11 15 (10.56%) Network Engineer
11 15 (10.56%) Technical Support Engineer
12 11 (7.75%) 3rd Line Support
12 11 (7.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (7.04%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.45%) LDAP
2 3 (2.11%) REST
3 2 (1.41%) 802.1X
3 2 (1.41%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.70%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.70%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (0.70%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.70%) EJB
4 1 (0.70%) OpenAPI
4 1 (0.70%) React
4 1 (0.70%) Spring
4 1 (0.70%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.70%) Svelte
4 1 (0.70%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 54 (38.03%) Driving Licence
2 13 (9.15%) PKI
3 6 (4.23%) Clustering
4 5 (3.52%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.82%) CMDB
6 3 (2.11%) CCTV
6 3 (2.11%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.11%) Digital Signage
6 3 (2.11%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.41%) BYOD
7 2 (1.41%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.41%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.70%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.70%) Derivative
8 1 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.70%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.70%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.70%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 84 (59.15%) Windows
2 62 (43.66%) Windows Server
3 20 (14.08%) Windows Server 2019
4 13 (9.15%) Linux
4 13 (9.15%) Windows 10
4 13 (9.15%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (4.23%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.41%) Debian
6 2 (1.41%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.70%) Android
7 1 (0.70%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.70%) CentOS
7 1 (0.70%) OpenWrt
7 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.70%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (32.39%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (23.94%) Customer Service
3 29 (20.42%) Mentoring
4 23 (16.20%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 21 (14.79%) ITIL
6 18 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (12.68%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (11.27%) Disaster Recovery
8 15 (10.56%) Cloud Security
9 14 (9.86%) Data Loss Prevention
10 13 (9.15%) Kalman Filter
10 13 (9.15%) Migration
10 13 (9.15%) Web Filtering
11 11 (7.75%) Containerisation
12 10 (7.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 10 (7.04%) Service Management
13 8 (5.63%) Collaborative Working
14 7 (4.93%) Mobile Device Management
14 7 (4.93%) Proactive Monitoring
14 7 (4.93%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 40 (28.17%) PowerShell
2 12 (8.45%) VB
3 10 (7.04%) Python
4 7 (4.93%) Bash
5 1 (0.70%) Bicep
5 1 (0.70%) Go
5 1 (0.70%) Java
5 1 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (18.31%) Security Cleared
2 22 (15.49%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (14.79%) SC Cleared
4 15 (10.56%) Degree
5 14 (9.86%) CCNA
6 13 (9.15%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (8.45%) JNCIA
8 8 (5.63%) DV Cleared
9 7 (4.93%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (4.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 6 (4.23%) ACMT
10 6 (4.23%) MCP
11 5 (3.52%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.82%) CCIE
12 4 (2.82%) CCNP
13 3 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (2.11%) Master's Degree
14 2 (1.41%) CEH
14 2 (1.41%) CompTIA Security+
15 1 (0.70%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.15%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (8.45%) SLA
3 11 (7.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (4.93%) GDPR
5 5 (3.52%) PCI DSS
6 3 (2.11%) NCSC
6 3 (2.11%) NIST
7 2 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.70%) COBIT
8 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.70%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.70%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 67 (47.18%) Active Directory
2 27 (19.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (7.75%) Hyper-V
3 11 (7.75%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (7.04%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (5.63%) Docker
6 3 (2.11%) vSphere
7 2 (1.41%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.70%) iptables
Systems Management
1 36 (25.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (9.15%) WSUS
3 11 (7.75%) Kubernetes
4 9 (6.34%) vCenter Server
5 8 (5.63%) Terraform
6 7 (4.93%) Ansible
7 6 (4.23%) Autotask
8 4 (2.82%) Nagios
8 4 (2.82%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.70%) CASB
9 1 (0.70%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 98 (69.01%) Microsoft
2 34 (23.94%) Cisco
3 27 (19.01%) VMware
4 23 (16.20%) Apple
5 19 (13.38%) Sophos
6 14 (9.86%) Datto
6 14 (9.86%) Progress
7 13 (9.15%) ConnectWise
8 12 (8.45%) Fortinet
9 10 (7.04%) Veeam
10 9 (6.34%) CheckPoint
11 8 (5.63%) Palo Alto
12 7 (4.93%) Oracle
13 6 (4.23%) F5
13 6 (4.23%) SolarWinds
13 6 (4.23%) Starlink
14 5 (3.52%) Meraki
14 5 (3.52%) SAP
15 3 (2.11%) HP
15 3 (2.11%) Riverbed