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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 63 75
Rank change year-on-year +7 +12 -11
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 157 357 289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.51% 3.87% 4.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 35.20% 28.40% 21.86%
Number of salaries quoted 130 299 215
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,300 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,750 £34,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year - +12.43% -9.14%
75th Percentile £57,389 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £69,550 £63,750 £71,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -2.00% -

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 446 1,257 1,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.80% 13.63% 19.15%
Number of salaries quoted 313 937 564
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £32,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £48,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.53% +7.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 +10 37 £53,750 +7.50% 28
Somerset +23 31 £40,000 -15.79% 7
Dorset +45 29 £50,000 +33.33% 7
Wiltshire 0 22 £42,500 -13.27% 20
Devon -4 22 £31,500 -35.71% 18
Gloucestershire +4 9 £69,000 +62.35% 33
Cornwall +14 7 £31,000 -26.19% 7
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 28 (17.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (7.01%) IIS
3 3 (1.91%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.64%) Apache
4 1 (0.64%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.64%) Confluence
4 1 (0.64%) nginx
Applications
1 22 (14.01%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (7.64%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 90 (57.32%) Azure
2 69 (43.95%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (22.29%) Entra ID
4 30 (19.11%) AWS
5 6 (3.82%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (3.18%) IaaS
6 5 (3.18%) SaaS
7 4 (2.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (1.91%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.27%) PaaS
10 1 (0.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.64%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.64%) GCP
10 1 (0.64%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.64%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 52 (33.12%) VPN
2 48 (30.57%) DNS
3 45 (28.66%) VLAN
4 41 (26.11%) WAN
5 34 (21.66%) DHCP
6 31 (19.75%) Network Security
7 28 (17.83%) LAN
8 27 (17.20%) VoIP
9 25 (15.92%) Wi-Fi
10 23 (14.65%) MPLS
11 18 (11.46%) SAN
12 14 (8.92%) SD-WAN
13 11 (7.01%) OSPF
14 10 (6.37%) ADSL
15 9 (5.73%) EIGRP
16 8 (5.10%) Cisco Firepower
16 8 (5.10%) Wireless
17 7 (4.46%) Remote Desktop
17 7 (4.46%) SSH
17 7 (4.46%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.55%) Amazon RDS
2 14 (8.92%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.64%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.27%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.64%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.64%) Git
2 1 (0.64%) JIRA
General
1 45 (28.66%) Social Skills
2 18 (11.46%) Manufacturing
3 13 (8.28%) Finance
4 10 (6.37%) Legal
5 9 (5.73%) Aerospace
6 8 (5.10%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (4.46%) Police
8 5 (3.18%) Games
8 5 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.91%) Automotive
9 3 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.91%) Electronics
9 3 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.91%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.64%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.64%) Local Government
10 1 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.64%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (22.29%) Analyst
1 35 (22.29%) IT Support
2 32 (20.38%) 2nd Line Support
3 29 (18.47%) Network Engineer
4 24 (15.29%) Support Analyst
5 17 (10.83%) IT Analyst
5 17 (10.83%) Senior
6 16 (10.19%) 3rd Line Support
7 15 (9.55%) IT Support Analyst
8 14 (8.92%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 14 (8.92%) IT Engineer
9 12 (7.64%) Coordinator
9 12 (7.64%) Help Desk Coordinator
9 12 (7.64%) Support Engineer
10 11 (7.01%) Lead
10 11 (7.01%) Technical Support
11 10 (6.37%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
12 9 (5.73%) Security Engineer
13 7 (4.46%) Administrator
13 7 (4.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.64%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (0.64%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.10%) Driving Licence
2 18 (11.46%) Video Conferencing
3 14 (8.92%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (8.28%) CCTV
5 7 (4.46%) Data Centre
6 5 (3.18%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.91%) FMCG
7 3 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.91%) IoT
7 3 (1.91%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.91%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.91%) Replication
7 3 (1.91%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.27%) CMDB
8 2 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.27%) Educational Technology
8 2 (1.27%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.27%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 57 (36.31%) Windows
2 46 (29.30%) Windows Server
3 36 (22.93%) Linux
4 15 (9.55%) Windows 10
5 8 (5.10%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (3.18%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.55%) Apple iOS
7 4 (2.55%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.91%) Android
8 3 (1.91%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.64%) Solaris
9 1 (0.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (23.57%) Cybersecurity
1 37 (23.57%) ITIL
1 37 (23.57%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (21.66%) Customer Service
3 28 (17.83%) Disaster Recovery
4 22 (14.01%) Mentoring
5 19 (12.10%) Network Design
6 18 (11.46%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (9.55%) Roadmaps
8 14 (8.92%) Cloud Security
8 14 (8.92%) Collaborative Working
8 14 (8.92%) ERP
8 14 (8.92%) Time Management
9 12 (7.64%) Business Continuity
9 12 (7.64%) Ticket Management
9 12 (7.64%) Virtual Environments
10 11 (7.01%) Information Security
11 10 (6.37%) Network Management
11 10 (6.37%) Risk Management
11 10 (6.37%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 31 (19.75%) PowerShell
2 24 (15.29%) SQL
3 6 (3.82%) Python
4 5 (3.18%) Bash
5 2 (1.27%) C#
6 1 (0.64%) Perl
Qualifications
1 36 (22.93%) Security Cleared
2 24 (15.29%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (14.65%) Microsoft Certification
3 23 (14.65%) Network+ Certification
4 20 (12.74%) CCNA
4 20 (12.74%) SC Cleared
5 16 (10.19%) CISSP
6 13 (8.28%) MCITP
7 12 (7.64%) CCNP
8 11 (7.01%) CISM
8 11 (7.01%) Degree
9 10 (6.37%) A+ Certification
10 7 (4.46%) DV Cleared
11 6 (3.82%) MCP
12 5 (3.18%) AWS Certification
12 5 (3.18%) JNCIA
13 4 (2.55%) CEH
13 4 (2.55%) MCSA
14 3 (1.91%) GIAC
14 3 (1.91%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.55%) NIST
2 11 (7.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (4.46%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (4.46%) PCI DSS
4 6 (3.82%) Accessibility
4 6 (3.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (3.82%) GDPR
4 6 (3.82%) NCSC
5 3 (1.91%) QA
6 2 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.27%) COBIT
6 2 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (1.27%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.64%) GRC
7 1 (0.64%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.64%) SLA
System Software
1 71 (45.22%) Active Directory
2 41 (26.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (9.55%) Hyper-V
4 13 (8.28%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.91%) vSphere
6 2 (1.27%) XenApp
6 2 (1.27%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.64%) Docker
7 1 (0.64%) LXC
7 1 (0.64%) Samba
7 1 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 30 (19.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.18%) Ansible
2 5 (3.18%) SCCM
2 5 (3.18%) Terraform
3 4 (2.55%) FortiGate
3 4 (2.55%) Iperf
4 2 (1.27%) Backup Exec
4 2 (1.27%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 2 (1.27%) Nmap
4 2 (1.27%) Puppet
4 2 (1.27%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 1 (0.64%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.64%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.64%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (0.64%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 76 (48.41%) Microsoft
2 45 (28.66%) VMware
3 42 (26.75%) Cisco
4 24 (15.29%) Fortinet
5 22 (14.01%) Veeam
6 17 (10.83%) SolarWinds
7 12 (7.64%) CheckPoint
8 10 (6.37%) Palo Alto
9 9 (5.73%) Citrix
9 9 (5.73%) Meraki
10 8 (5.10%) HP
11 6 (3.82%) Aruba
12 5 (3.18%) Juniper
12 5 (3.18%) Okta
13 3 (1.91%) Extreme Networks
13 3 (1.91%) Red Hat
13 3 (1.91%) Ruckus Wireless
13 3 (1.91%) SonicWALL
13 3 (1.91%) Sophos
13 3 (1.91%) Symantec