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 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	111	35	53
Rank change year-on-year	-76	+18	-12
Permanent jobs citing Firewall	153	198	242
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West	1.43%	5.52%	3.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	22.60%	33.90%	35.23%
Number of salaries quoted	95	166	156
10^th Percentile	£27,750	£29,000	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£31,250	£30,656	£32,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£42,500	£34,000	£43,250
Median % change year-on-year	+25.00%	-21.39%	-8.95%
75^th Percentile	£61,250	£50,250	£63,750
90^th Percentile	£72,500	£58,750	£76,250
England median annual salary	£51,500	£46,000	£52,500
% change year-on-year	+11.96%	-12.38%	-4.55%

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.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills	677	584	687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West	6.32%	16.29%	10.54%
Number of salaries quoted	372	366	406
10^th Percentile	£26,660	£26,813	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£31,250	£30,000	£32,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£45,000	£34,000	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+32.35%	-32.00%	+5.26%
75^th Percentile	£61,250	£52,500	£70,000
90^th Percentile	£75,000	£63,375	£83,125
England median annual salary	£50,000	£40,000	£52,500
% change year-on-year	+25.00%	-23.81%	-

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 Salary Trend in the South West

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 17 October 2026.

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 17 October 2026. 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	-3	49	£53,600	+55.36%	23
Gloucestershire	-46	41	£32,500	-40.91%	19
Bristol	-72	24	£69,500	+63.53%	9
Devon	-22	19	£32,500	+3.17%	8
Somerset	-34	9	£50,000	+53.85%	23
Dorset	-31	1	£60,000	+93.55%	7
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Firewall Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, job vacancies citing Firewall also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region with a requirement for Firewall.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	48.4%	74
2	Azure	41.8%	64
3	Microsoft 365	39.9%	61
3	Windows	39.9%	61
5	Cybersecurity	37.9%	58
6	Security Cleared	32.7%	50
7	DNS	32.0%	49
8	VPN	28.1%	43
9	Windows Server	27.5%	42
10	WAN	26.8%	41
11	Entra ID	26.1%	40
12	Active Directory	25.5%	39
12	Network Security	25.5%	39
14	Microsoft Exchange	24.8%	38
15	DHCP	23.5%	36
15	VLAN	23.5%	36
17	Cyber Essentials	22.2%	34
18	Cisco	21.6%	33
18	Hyper-V	21.6%	33
18	VMware	21.6%	33
21	AWS	20.9%	32
21	ISO/IEC 27001	20.9%	32
21	VMware Infrastructure	20.9%	32
24	LAN	20.3%	31
25	Infrastructure Engineering	19.6%	30
26	ITIL	19.0%	29
27	Continuous Improvement	18.3%	28
27	DV Cleared	18.3%	28
29	Problem-Solving	17.0%	26
30	Infrastructure as Code	15.7%	24

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	DNS	32.0%	49
2	VPN	28.1%	43
3	WAN	26.8%	41
4	Network Security	25.5%	39
5	DHCP	23.5%	36
5	VLAN	23.5%	36
7	LAN	20.3%	31
8	TCP/IP	12.4%	19
9	VoIP	11.8%	18
10	BGP	11.1%	17
11	SD-WAN	9.8%	15
11	Wireless	9.8%	15
13	Wi-Fi	8.5%	13
14	WLAN	6.5%	10
15	DMZ	5.9%	9
16	SAN	5.2%	8
17	NAS	4.6%	7
18	Ethernet VPN	3.9%	6
18	NGFW	3.9%	6
18	Software-Defined Networking	3.9%	6