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 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 47 61
Rank change year-on-year -56 +14 +16
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 96 145 330
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.41% 5.35% 3.99%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.78% 43.67% 29.26%
Number of salaries quoted 75 122 295
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,375 £34,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -3.06% +15.98%
75th Percentile £54,612 £60,000 £54,000
90th Percentile £72,000 £73,375 £65,950
England median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +8.16% -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 572 332 1,128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 8.41% 12.25% 13.64%
Number of salaries quoted 335 252 925
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,556 £33,063 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.47% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £48,750 £65,272 £57,000
90th Percentile £69,500 £77,375 £68,250
England median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -19.05% +10.53% -5.00%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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
Gloucestershire +10 24 £42,500 -32.81% 8
Wiltshire -9 21 £47,500 +26.67% 5
Bristol -39 14 £52,209 +0.40% 11
Cornwall -5 13 £27,500 -45.00% 1
Devon -23 11 £32,500 +3.17% 5
Somerset -35 11 £32,500 -18.75% 7
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 22 (22.92%) SharePoint
2 21 (21.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (4.17%) Confluence
4 2 (2.08%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (11.46%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (7.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.04%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 54 (56.25%) Microsoft 365
2 40 (41.67%) Azure
3 29 (30.21%) AWS
4 18 (18.75%) Entra ID
5 5 (5.21%) GCP
5 5 (5.21%) Google Workspace
6 4 (4.17%) IaaS
6 4 (4.17%) PaaS
7 3 (3.13%) OpenShift
8 2 (2.08%) Azure AKS
8 2 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.08%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (2.08%) Mimecast
8 2 (2.08%) OCI
8 2 (2.08%) OneDrive
8 2 (2.08%) SaaS
9 1 (1.04%) Azure Storage
9 1 (1.04%) Rubrik
9 1 (1.04%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 34 (35.42%) VPN
2 27 (28.13%) WAN
3 25 (26.04%) DNS
4 24 (25.00%) VLAN
5 23 (23.96%) LAN
6 22 (22.92%) Network Security
7 19 (19.79%) DHCP
8 18 (18.75%) TCP/IP
9 13 (13.54%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (9.38%) BGP
10 9 (9.38%) Cisco ASA
11 8 (8.33%) Unified Communications
12 7 (7.29%) Cisco Firepower
12 7 (7.29%) SD-WAN
12 7 (7.29%) WebEx
13 6 (6.25%) OSPF
14 3 (3.13%) DMZ
14 3 (3.13%) MPLS
14 3 (3.13%) NGFW
14 3 (3.13%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.08%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.04%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.04%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (4.17%) JIRA
2 2 (2.08%) GitLab
2 2 (2.08%) Jenkins
General
1 39 (40.63%) Social Skills
2 10 (10.42%) Public Sector
3 8 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (8.33%) Retail
4 7 (7.29%) Telecoms
5 6 (6.25%) Banking
5 6 (6.25%) Finance
5 6 (6.25%) Marketing
6 3 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.08%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.08%) Police
8 1 (1.04%) Advertising
8 1 (1.04%) Electronics
8 1 (1.04%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (1.04%) Legal
8 1 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (30.21%) Support Engineer
2 24 (25.00%) IT Engineer
3 22 (22.92%) IT Support
4 21 (21.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 17 (17.71%) IT Support Engineer
6 15 (15.63%) 2nd Line Support
7 14 (14.58%) Network Engineer
8 11 (11.46%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 11 (11.46%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 9 (9.38%) 1st Line Support
10 8 (8.33%) Analyst
10 8 (8.33%) Field Engineer
11 7 (7.29%) 1st Line Engineer
11 7 (7.29%) 1st Line Support Engineer
11 7 (7.29%) Infrastructure Support
11 7 (7.29%) Support Analyst
12 6 (6.25%) Collaboration Engineer
12 6 (6.25%) Field Support Engineer
12 6 (6.25%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (6.25%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.29%) XMPP
2 2 (2.08%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (1.04%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.04%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.04%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.04%) OAuth
3 1 (1.04%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.04%) OpenID
3 1 (1.04%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (20.83%) Driving Licence
2 9 (9.38%) Replication
3 8 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (7.29%) Data Centre
4 7 (7.29%) FlexPod
4 7 (7.29%) Onboarding
4 7 (7.29%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (5.21%) Digital Signage
6 4 (4.17%) Educational Technology
6 4 (4.17%) IoT
6 4 (4.17%) Mobile App
6 4 (4.17%) Security Posture
6 4 (4.17%) Video\Live Streaming
7 2 (2.08%) CCTV
7 2 (2.08%) CMDB
7 2 (2.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.08%) e-Learning
7 2 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.08%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 48 (50.00%) Windows
2 33 (34.38%) Windows Server
3 16 (16.67%) Linux
4 9 (9.38%) Windows 10
5 4 (4.17%) Mac OS
6 3 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (2.08%) VMS
8 1 (1.04%) CentOS
8 1 (1.04%) Debian
8 1 (1.04%) OpenWrt
8 1 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.04%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.04%) Unix
8 1 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (26.04%) Cybersecurity
1 25 (26.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 25 (26.04%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 15 (15.63%) Cloud Security
4 13 (13.54%) ITIL
5 11 (11.46%) SIEM
6 10 (10.42%) Incident Response
6 10 (10.42%) Infrastructure as Code
7 8 (8.33%) Data Management
7 8 (8.33%) Security Operations
7 8 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
8 7 (7.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (7.29%) High Availability
8 7 (7.29%) Infrastructure Automation
8 7 (7.29%) Mentoring
8 7 (7.29%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 6 (6.25%) Collaborative Culture
9 6 (6.25%) Process Improvement
9 6 (6.25%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (13.54%) Python
2 12 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 7 (7.29%) Bash
4 1 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.04%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.04%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.04%) SQL
4 1 (1.04%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (19.79%) Security Cleared
2 13 (13.54%) DV Cleared
3 11 (11.46%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (9.38%) SC Cleared
5 7 (7.29%) CCNP
5 7 (7.29%) Degree
6 6 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (5.21%) Azure Certification
7 5 (5.21%) CISSP
7 5 (5.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 5 (5.21%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (4.17%) CCNA
8 4 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (3.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 3 (3.13%) Master's Degree
10 2 (2.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (2.08%) CISM
10 2 (2.08%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (18.75%) Cyber Essentials
2 17 (17.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (14.58%) GDPR
4 12 (12.50%) NIST
5 7 (7.29%) PCI DSS
6 4 (4.17%) GRC
7 3 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (2.08%) COBIT
8 2 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (2.08%) JSP 440
8 2 (2.08%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.04%) NCSC
9 1 (1.04%) SLA
System Software
1 41 (42.71%) Active Directory
2 15 (15.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (12.50%) Hyper-V
4 8 (8.33%) vSphere
5 5 (5.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (5.21%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (5.21%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (4.17%) VMware NSX
7 3 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (2.08%) Docker
9 1 (1.04%) iptables
Systems Management
1 20 (20.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (14.58%) Ansible
3 13 (13.54%) Terraform
4 8 (8.33%) Grafana
5 7 (7.29%) Cisco CUCM
6 3 (3.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (3.13%) FortiGate
6 3 (3.13%) Kubernetes
7 2 (2.08%) CASB
7 2 (2.08%) Nagios
7 2 (2.08%) SCCM
7 2 (2.08%) vCenter Server
7 2 (2.08%) WSUS
8 1 (1.04%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (1.04%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (1.04%) Prometheus
8 1 (1.04%) Proxmox
8 1 (1.04%) Puppet
8 1 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 58 (60.42%) Microsoft
2 24 (25.00%) Cisco
3 23 (23.96%) VMware
4 17 (17.71%) Fortinet
5 15 (15.63%) Palo Alto
6 11 (11.46%) Apple
7 8 (8.33%) Splunk
8 7 (7.29%) Sophos
9 6 (6.25%) ConnectWise
9 6 (6.25%) NetApp
10 5 (5.21%) Dell
10 5 (5.21%) F5
10 5 (5.21%) Google
10 5 (5.21%) Veeam
11 4 (4.17%) CheckPoint
11 4 (4.17%) Tenable
12 3 (3.13%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (3.13%) Infoblox
12 3 (3.13%) Progress
12 3 (3.13%) SolarWinds