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 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 50 43
Rank change year-on-year +5 -7 +39
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 184 225 295
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 4.39% 3.74% 6.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.62% 36.17% 36.65%
Number of salaries quoted 156 144 269
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,250 £45,250 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.31% -7.65% +11.36%
75th Percentile £50,063 £68,938 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £76,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -

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 643 622 805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.35% 10.34% 18.07%
Number of salaries quoted 388 374 636
10th Percentile £26,050 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £51,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.35% +4.08% +4.81%
75th Percentile £52,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £53,050 £51,500
% change year-on-year -24.60% +3.01% -1.90%

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 13 November 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 13 November 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 +9 50 £42,500 +8.96% 20
Cornwall - 37 £33,000 - 1
Wiltshire -15 30 £34,500 -44.80% 17
Gloucestershire +17 19 £53,750 +26.47% 12
Dorset +10 18 £31,000 -27.91% 3
Devon +3 17 £31,375 -37.25% 2
Somerset -18 11 £33,000 +1.54% 8
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 53 (28.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (19.02%) SharePoint
3 23 (12.50%) IIS
4 1 (0.54%) JBoss
Applications
1 12 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.54%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (1.63%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.09%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 100 (54.35%) Microsoft 365
2 77 (41.85%) Azure
3 37 (20.11%) Entra ID
4 19 (10.33%) AWS
5 7 (3.80%) IaaS
5 7 (3.80%) Serverless
6 6 (3.26%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (2.72%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (2.72%) PaaS
7 5 (2.72%) Rubrik
8 4 (2.17%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.63%) Azure AKS
9 3 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.63%) OpenShift
10 2 (1.09%) GCP
10 2 (1.09%) GitHub
10 2 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.54%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.54%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 61 (33.15%) DNS
2 52 (28.26%) DHCP
3 38 (20.65%) WAN
4 37 (20.11%) VPN
5 34 (18.48%) LAN
6 29 (15.76%) VLAN
7 26 (14.13%) TCP/IP
8 25 (13.59%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (9.78%) Internet
9 18 (9.78%) Network Security
10 17 (9.24%) Kerberos
11 14 (7.61%) SD-WAN
12 13 (7.07%) VSAT
12 13 (7.07%) Wireless
13 10 (5.43%) Cisco Firepower
13 10 (5.43%) Remote Desktop
14 9 (4.89%) DKIM
14 9 (4.89%) DMARC
14 9 (4.89%) IPsec
15 7 (3.80%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.61%) SQL Server
2 11 (5.98%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.54%) DB2
3 1 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.63%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (1.09%) GitLab
2 2 (1.09%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 87 (47.28%) Social Skills
2 20 (10.87%) Telecoms
3 18 (9.78%) Law
4 17 (9.24%) Manufacturing
5 10 (5.43%) Legal
6 7 (3.80%) Advertising
6 7 (3.80%) Finance
6 7 (3.80%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.26%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (3.26%) Electronics
7 6 (3.26%) Local Government
8 5 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.72%) Marketing
9 3 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.09%) Police
11 1 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 61 (33.15%) IT Support
2 56 (30.43%) Support Engineer
3 47 (25.54%) 2nd Line Support
4 30 (16.30%) Analyst
5 28 (15.22%) IT Engineer
6 27 (14.67%) Support Analyst
7 26 (14.13%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 24 (13.04%) Technical Engineer
9 21 (11.41%) IT Support Engineer
9 21 (11.41%) Network Engineer
9 21 (11.41%) Technical Support
10 18 (9.78%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 17 (9.24%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 17 (9.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (8.70%) 1st Line Support
12 16 (8.70%) 3rd Line Support
12 16 (8.70%) Technical Support Engineer
13 12 (6.52%) 1st Line Engineer
13 12 (6.52%) 1st Line Support Engineer
13 12 (6.52%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (9.24%) LDAP
2 5 (2.72%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.63%) REST
4 2 (1.09%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.09%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.54%) .NET
5 1 (0.54%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.54%) EJB
5 1 (0.54%) OpenAPI
5 1 (0.54%) React
5 1 (0.54%) Spring
5 1 (0.54%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.54%) Svelte
5 1 (0.54%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 54 (29.35%) Driving Licence
2 18 (9.78%) PKI
3 6 (3.26%) Clustering
4 5 (2.72%) BYOD
4 5 (2.72%) CMDB
5 4 (2.17%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.17%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.63%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.63%) Digital Signage
7 2 (1.09%) CCTV
7 2 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.09%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.54%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.54%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.54%) Derivative
8 1 (0.54%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.54%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 108 (58.70%) Windows
2 86 (46.74%) Windows Server
3 26 (14.13%) Windows Server 2019
4 19 (10.33%) Windows 10
5 17 (9.24%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (7.61%) Linux
7 6 (3.26%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.09%) Debian
8 2 (1.09%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.09%) VMS
9 1 (0.54%) Android
9 1 (0.54%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.54%) CentOS
9 1 (0.54%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.54%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (29.89%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (24.46%) Customer Service
3 41 (22.28%) Mentoring
4 27 (14.67%) ITIL
5 24 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (10.87%) Cybersecurity
7 19 (10.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 18 (9.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 17 (9.24%) Data Loss Prevention
10 16 (8.70%) Disaster Recovery
11 14 (7.61%) Cloud Security
11 14 (7.61%) Migration
11 14 (7.61%) Service Management
12 13 (7.07%) Containerisation
12 13 (7.07%) Kalman Filter
12 13 (7.07%) Web Filtering
13 12 (6.52%) Collaborative Working
14 10 (5.43%) Logistics
15 9 (4.89%) Virtual Environments
16 8 (4.35%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 44 (23.91%) PowerShell
2 17 (9.24%) VB
3 9 (4.89%) Python
4 6 (3.26%) Bash
5 2 (1.09%) SQL
6 1 (0.54%) Bicep
6 1 (0.54%) Go
6 1 (0.54%) Java
Qualifications
1 26 (14.13%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (13.59%) Security Cleared
3 24 (13.04%) Degree
4 20 (10.87%) CCNA
5 18 (9.78%) SC Cleared
6 13 (7.07%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (7.07%) JNCIA
7 11 (5.98%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (5.43%) MCP
9 8 (4.35%) CCNP
10 7 (3.80%) DV Cleared
10 7 (3.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (3.26%) ACMT
12 5 (2.72%) Azure Certification
12 5 (2.72%) CCIE
13 4 (2.17%) MCITP
13 4 (2.17%) Network+ Certification
14 3 (1.63%) CCDA
14 3 (1.63%) CCDP
15 2 (1.09%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.24%) SLA
2 13 (7.07%) Cyber Essentials
2 13 (7.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.72%) GDPR
4 4 (2.17%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.09%) NCSC
6 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.54%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.54%) NIST
6 1 (0.54%) NIST 800
System Software
1 85 (46.20%) Active Directory
2 32 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (8.15%) Hyper-V
4 12 (6.52%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (5.43%) Docker
6 9 (4.89%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.63%) vSphere
8 1 (0.54%) iptables
8 1 (0.54%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 46 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (9.24%) WSUS
3 12 (6.52%) Kubernetes
4 9 (4.89%) Ansible
4 9 (4.89%) Terraform
5 8 (4.35%) vCenter Server
6 6 (3.26%) Autotask
7 5 (2.72%) PaperCut
8 4 (2.17%) Nagios
9 3 (1.63%) CASB
9 3 (1.63%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 115 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 40 (21.74%) Cisco
3 34 (18.48%) VMware
4 19 (10.33%) Sophos
5 18 (9.78%) Apple
6 15 (8.15%) Datto
7 14 (7.61%) Fortinet
7 14 (7.61%) Veeam
8 13 (7.07%) ConnectWise
9 12 (6.52%) Progress
10 11 (5.98%) Palo Alto
11 10 (5.43%) Meraki
12 8 (4.35%) Aruba
12 8 (4.35%) Oracle
13 7 (3.80%) CheckPoint
13 7 (3.80%) HP
13 7 (3.80%) SolarWinds
14 6 (3.26%) Juniper
14 6 (3.26%) Starlink
15 5 (2.72%) SAP