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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 30 67
Rank change year-on-year -73 +37 -6
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 144 221 299
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.70% 6.53% 3.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.33% 40.63% 29.52%
Number of salaries quoted 96 188 243
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,688 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -8.05% -1.79%
75th Percentile £60,000 £54,673 £60,674
90th Percentile £73,125 £64,125 £71,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £48,775
% change year-on-year +7.14% +0.46% -5.36%

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 645 544 1,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.64% 16.08% 11.34%
Number of salaries quoted 382 377 789
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,750 £26,950
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year - -14.14% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £43,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.47% -9.47% -6.85%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -10 45 £42,500 +21.43% 6
Gloucestershire -11 37 £42,500 -22.73% 9
Bristol -52 21 £69,750 +38.12% 9
Devon -30 19 £32,500 +3.17% 5
Somerset -49 13 £50,000 +25.00% 12
Dorset -36 1 £60,000 +50.00% 2
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 34 (23.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (15.28%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.17%) Confluence
4 2 (1.39%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 70 (48.61%) Microsoft 365
2 67 (46.53%) Azure
3 46 (31.94%) AWS
4 38 (26.39%) Entra ID
5 7 (4.86%) IaaS
5 7 (4.86%) PaaS
6 6 (4.17%) GCP
6 6 (4.17%) Serverless
7 5 (3.47%) OCI
8 4 (2.78%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (2.78%) Google Workspace
9 3 (2.08%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.39%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.39%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.39%) Rubrik
10 2 (1.39%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 50 (34.72%) WAN
2 46 (31.94%) VPN
3 41 (28.47%) LAN
3 41 (28.47%) VLAN
4 40 (27.78%) Network Security
5 38 (26.39%) DNS
6 29 (20.14%) DHCP
7 20 (13.89%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (11.81%) TCP/IP
9 14 (9.72%) SD-WAN
10 11 (7.64%) BGP
10 11 (7.64%) Cisco ASA
10 11 (7.64%) Unified Communications
11 10 (6.94%) Cisco Firepower
11 10 (6.94%) WebEx
12 8 (5.56%) DMZ
12 8 (5.56%) WLAN
13 6 (4.17%) NGFW
13 6 (4.17%) VoIP
14 4 (2.78%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.78%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.69%) DocumentDB
3 1 (0.69%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.69%) MySQL
3 1 (0.69%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.69%) Redis
3 1 (0.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (2.78%) JIRA
2 3 (2.08%) GitLab
3 2 (1.39%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.69%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.69%) Git
4 1 (0.69%) git-flow
4 1 (0.69%) Postman
General
1 48 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 27 (18.75%) Public Sector
3 19 (13.19%) Finance
4 14 (9.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (9.72%) Retail
5 11 (7.64%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (6.25%) Banking
6 9 (6.25%) Marketing
6 9 (6.25%) Telecoms
7 6 (4.17%) Aerospace
8 5 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.39%) Law
10 1 (0.69%) Advertising
10 1 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.69%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.69%) Police
Job Titles
1 34 (23.61%) IT Support
2 32 (22.22%) IT Engineer
2 32 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 26 (18.06%) IT Support Engineer
4 23 (15.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 16 (11.11%) Infrastructure Support
6 15 (10.42%) Network Engineer
7 13 (9.03%) Analyst
7 13 (9.03%) Senior
7 13 (9.03%) Support Analyst
8 12 (8.33%) Security Engineer
9 9 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support
10 8 (5.56%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 8 (5.56%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
10 8 (5.56%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 8 (5.56%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (5.56%) Technical Support
11 7 (4.86%) Architect
11 7 (4.86%) Collaboration Engineer
11 7 (4.86%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.94%) XMPP
2 5 (3.47%) Node.js
3 3 (2.08%) Apache NiFi
4 2 (1.39%) 802.1X
4 2 (1.39%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.69%) Next.js
5 1 (0.69%) OAuth
5 1 (0.69%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.69%) OpenID
5 1 (0.69%) React
5 1 (0.69%) React Native
5 1 (0.69%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.50%) Driving Licence
2 13 (9.03%) Data Centre
3 12 (8.33%) Replication
4 11 (7.64%) Onboarding
5 10 (6.94%) FlexPod
5 10 (6.94%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (6.94%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (4.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (4.17%) Fibre Optics
7 6 (4.17%) Security Posture
7 6 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (3.47%) Cloud Native
8 5 (3.47%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (2.78%) Digital Signage
9 4 (2.78%) Educational Technology
9 4 (2.78%) IoT
9 4 (2.78%) Mobile App
9 4 (2.78%) Video\Live Streaming
10 2 (1.39%) BYOD
10 2 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 57 (39.58%) Windows
2 49 (34.03%) Windows Server
3 21 (14.58%) Linux
4 8 (5.56%) Windows 10
4 8 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (3.47%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.78%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.78%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (2.08%) VMS
8 2 (1.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (36.11%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 23 (15.97%) Continuous Improvement
4 22 (15.28%) Risk Management
5 21 (14.58%) ITIL
5 21 (14.58%) Mentoring
5 21 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (13.89%) Customer Service
6 20 (13.89%) Infrastructure as Code
7 19 (13.19%) Cloud Security
7 19 (13.19%) Project Delivery
8 15 (10.42%) Data Management
8 15 (10.42%) Disaster Recovery
9 14 (9.72%) Collaborative Culture
10 13 (9.03%) Vulnerability Management
11 12 (8.33%) Performance Management
11 12 (8.33%) SIEM
12 11 (7.64%) Agile
13 10 (6.94%) Security Operations
13 10 (6.94%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 21 (14.58%) Python
2 12 (8.33%) Bash
3 9 (6.25%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.08%) SQL
5 2 (1.39%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.69%) C
6 1 (0.69%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.69%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (27.08%) Security Cleared
2 22 (15.28%) Degree
3 21 (14.58%) DV Cleared
4 16 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (9.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (8.33%) SC Cleared
7 10 (6.94%) CISSP
8 9 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 8 (5.56%) CCNA
10 7 (4.86%) Azure Certification
11 6 (4.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (4.17%) CISM
12 4 (2.78%) AWS Certification
12 4 (2.78%) CCNP
12 4 (2.78%) MCSA
12 4 (2.78%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (2.08%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (2.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 2 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (28.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (25.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (12.50%) NIST
4 17 (11.81%) GDPR
5 13 (9.03%) GRC
6 12 (8.33%) PCI DSS
7 7 (4.86%) JSP 440
8 6 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (4.17%) ISO 9001
8 6 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 3 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (1.39%) SLA
11 1 (0.69%) COBIT
11 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.69%) NCSC
11 1 (0.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 38 (26.39%) Active Directory
2 34 (23.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (20.14%) Hyper-V
4 8 (5.56%) vSphere
5 6 (4.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (4.17%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (3.47%) VMware NSX
7 3 (2.08%) Docker
7 3 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.69%) Firmware
8 1 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (17.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (14.58%) Ansible
3 16 (11.11%) Grafana
3 16 (11.11%) Terraform
4 10 (6.94%) Cisco CUCM
5 7 (4.86%) FortiGate
6 6 (4.17%) Kubernetes
6 6 (4.17%) Prometheus
7 4 (2.78%) Iperf
8 3 (2.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (1.39%) Puppet
10 1 (0.69%) CASB
10 1 (0.69%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.69%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.69%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.69%) SCCM
10 1 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 74 (51.39%) Microsoft
2 40 (27.78%) VMware
3 29 (20.14%) Cisco
4 24 (16.67%) Fortinet
5 16 (11.11%) Palo Alto
6 14 (9.72%) Veeam
7 10 (6.94%) Splunk
8 9 (6.25%) Aruba
9 8 (5.56%) NetApp
10 5 (3.47%) Apple
10 5 (3.47%) Google
11 4 (2.78%) ConnectWise
11 4 (2.78%) Datto
11 4 (2.78%) Dell
11 4 (2.78%) Draytek
11 4 (2.78%) Oracle
11 4 (2.78%) Ruckus Wireless
11 4 (2.78%) SonicWALL
11 4 (2.78%) Ubiquiti
12 3 (2.08%) F5