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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 31 54
Rank change year-on-year -79 +23 -11
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 149 205 252
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.42% 5.71% 3.70%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.37% 35.59% 34.52%
Number of salaries quoted 94 171 158
10th Percentile £27,750 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,250 £34,000 £43,625
Median % change year-on-year +24.26% -22.06% -8.16%
75th Percentile £61,250 £50,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £58,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £51,500 £46,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +10.75% -8.82% -7.27%

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 666 576 730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.36% 16.04% 10.72%
Number of salaries quoted 370 363 427
10th Percentile £26,740 £26,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £34,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% -31.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,125 £52,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,600 £82,500
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 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 8 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 8 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 -13 46 £52,000 +50.72% 23
Gloucestershire -45 40 £32,500 -40.91% 25
Bristol -71 24 £69,500 +54.44% 7
Devon -22 21 £32,500 +3.17% 6
Somerset -25 8 £50,000 +51.52% 20
Dorset -27 1 £60,000 +93.55% 3
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 37 (24.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (14.77%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (8.05%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 62 (41.61%) Azure
2 61 (40.94%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (25.50%) Entra ID
4 33 (22.15%) AWS
5 10 (6.71%) Serverless
6 6 (4.03%) OCI
7 4 (2.68%) Amazon S3
7 4 (2.68%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (2.68%) GCP
8 3 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.01%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (2.01%) IaaS
8 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (2.01%) PaaS
8 3 (2.01%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.34%) GitHub
9 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.34%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.34%) Stripe
10 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Priva
Communications & Networking
1 48 (32.21%) DNS
2 43 (28.86%) WAN
3 41 (27.52%) VPN
4 39 (26.17%) Network Security
4 39 (26.17%) VLAN
5 35 (23.49%) DHCP
6 34 (22.82%) LAN
7 19 (12.75%) TCP/IP
8 18 (12.08%) VoIP
9 16 (10.74%) BGP
10 14 (9.40%) SD-WAN
10 14 (9.40%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (9.40%) Wireless
11 10 (6.71%) WLAN
12 8 (5.37%) DMZ
13 7 (4.70%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (4.03%) Ethernet VPN
14 6 (4.03%) NGFW
14 6 (4.03%) SAN
14 6 (4.03%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.70%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.67%) DocumentDB
3 1 (0.67%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.67%) MySQL
3 1 (0.67%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (2.68%) GitLab
2 3 (2.01%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.67%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.67%) Git
3 1 (0.67%) git-flow
3 1 (0.67%) Postman
3 1 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 55 (36.91%) Social Skills
2 27 (18.12%) Finance
3 22 (14.77%) Public Sector
4 13 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (7.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (6.71%) Aerospace
7 8 (5.37%) Retail
7 8 (5.37%) Telecoms
8 6 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.36%) Law
10 4 (2.68%) Banking
10 4 (2.68%) Marketing
11 2 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.67%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 39 (26.17%) Support Engineer
2 36 (24.16%) IT Engineer
3 32 (21.48%) IT Support
4 29 (19.46%) IT Support Engineer
5 22 (14.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (12.08%) Network Engineer
7 16 (10.74%) Senior
8 15 (10.07%) Infrastructure Support
9 12 (8.05%) Architect
9 12 (8.05%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 12 (8.05%) Security Engineer
10 9 (6.04%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (6.04%) Technical Support
11 7 (4.70%) Consultant
11 7 (4.70%) DevOps Engineer
11 7 (4.70%) Technical Engineer
11 7 (4.70%) Technical Support Engineer
12 6 (4.03%) Data Centre Technician
12 6 (4.03%) Network Architect
12 6 (4.03%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (14.09%) Terraform
2 5 (3.36%) Apache NiFi
2 5 (3.36%) Node.js
3 4 (2.68%) XMPP
4 3 (2.01%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (1.34%) 802.1X
5 2 (1.34%) OAuth
5 2 (1.34%) OAuth2
5 2 (1.34%) OpenID
5 2 (1.34%) SAML
6 1 (0.67%) .NET
6 1 (0.67%) Next.js
6 1 (0.67%) React
6 1 (0.67%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.75%) Driving Licence
2 15 (10.07%) Data Centre
3 7 (4.70%) Replication
3 7 (4.70%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.03%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 6 (4.03%) Fibre Optics
4 6 (4.03%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.03%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.36%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (2.68%) FlexPod
6 4 (2.68%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.68%) Private Cloud
6 4 (2.68%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (2.01%) PKI
7 3 (2.01%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.01%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.34%) Blog
8 2 (1.34%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 58 (38.93%) Windows
2 42 (28.19%) Windows Server
3 17 (11.41%) Linux
4 6 (4.03%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (4.03%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (2.68%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (2.01%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.01%) Unix
7 2 (1.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (38.26%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (19.46%) Continuous Improvement
2 29 (19.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 25 (16.78%) ITIL
4 24 (16.11%) Project Delivery
5 23 (15.44%) Infrastructure as Code
6 22 (14.77%) Mentoring
6 22 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (12.75%) Disaster Recovery
8 18 (12.08%) Risk Management
9 16 (10.74%) Agile
9 16 (10.74%) Collaborative Culture
9 16 (10.74%) Customer Service
9 16 (10.74%) Migration
10 14 (9.40%) DevOps
11 13 (8.72%) Change Management
11 13 (8.72%) Collaborative Working
12 12 (8.05%) CI/CD
12 12 (8.05%) Cloud Security
12 12 (8.05%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 20 (13.42%) Python
2 16 (10.74%) Bash
3 14 (9.40%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.01%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.34%) Bicep
6 1 (0.67%) C
6 1 (0.67%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (30.87%) Security Cleared
2 26 (17.45%) DV Cleared
3 20 (13.42%) Degree
4 18 (12.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (8.72%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (8.72%) SC Cleared
6 9 (6.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (5.37%) Azure Certification
8 7 (4.70%) CCNA
9 6 (4.03%) MCSA
10 5 (3.36%) CISSP
11 4 (2.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (2.68%) AWS Certification
11 4 (2.68%) CISM
11 4 (2.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (2.01%) CCNP
13 2 (1.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 1 (0.67%) JNCIS
14 1 (0.67%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (22.82%) Cyber Essentials
2 31 (20.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (9.40%) NIST
4 11 (7.38%) GRC
5 9 (6.04%) PCI DSS
6 8 (5.37%) GDPR
7 6 (4.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (4.03%) ISO 9001
7 6 (4.03%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 6 (4.03%) JSP 440
8 5 (3.36%) NCSC
9 4 (2.68%) SLA
10 3 (2.01%) Accessibility
11 2 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 37 (24.83%) Active Directory
2 32 (21.48%) Hyper-V
2 32 (21.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.03%) VMware NSX
4 5 (3.36%) Docker
5 4 (2.68%) vSphere
6 3 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (2.01%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.34%) Firmware
7 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (1.34%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.67%) KVM
Systems Management
1 21 (14.09%) Ansible
1 21 (14.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (8.05%) Kubernetes
3 11 (7.38%) Grafana
4 7 (4.70%) Prometheus
5 5 (3.36%) FortiGate
6 4 (2.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (2.68%) Cisco CUCM
6 4 (2.68%) Iperf
7 3 (2.01%) Puppet
7 3 (2.01%) SCCM
7 3 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.67%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.67%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.67%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 73 (48.99%) Microsoft
2 33 (22.15%) VMware
3 30 (20.13%) Cisco
4 18 (12.08%) Fortinet
5 13 (8.72%) Palo Alto
5 13 (8.72%) Veeam
6 9 (6.04%) Aruba
7 7 (4.70%) Meraki
8 6 (4.03%) Dell
8 6 (4.03%) F5
9 5 (3.36%) Apple
9 5 (3.36%) Draytek
9 5 (3.36%) Infoblox
9 5 (3.36%) SonicWALL
10 4 (2.68%) ConnectWise
10 4 (2.68%) Datto
10 4 (2.68%) Oracle
10 4 (2.68%) Ruckus Wireless
10 4 (2.68%) Splunk
10 4 (2.68%) Ubiquiti