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 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 39 68
Rank change year-on-year -57 +29 +8
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 127 158 324
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.64% 6.02% 3.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.24% 43.77% 28.08%
Number of salaries quoted 88 134 279
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £26,800
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% +2.22% +6.51%
75th Percentile £57,813 £57,057 £54,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £69,850 £65,650
England median annual salary £52,500 £51,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +1.94% +5.10% -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 571 361 1,154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.40% 13.76% 12.43%
Number of salaries quoted 340 261 933
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,625 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £55,118 £58,597 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,250 £73,750 £71,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.52% +0.53% -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 26 May 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 26 May 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 35 £52,500 +22.09% 13
Gloucestershire -1 33 £42,500 -22.73% 4
Bristol -34 21 £55,000 +2.33% 14
Devon -23 17 £32,500 +3.17% 7
Somerset -47 8 £30,750 -23.13% 6
Cornwall -12 7 £25,400 -18.06% 1
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 23 (18.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (17.32%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.72%) Confluence
4 2 (1.57%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (11.81%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.51%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 64 (50.39%) Microsoft 365
2 58 (45.67%) Azure
3 36 (28.35%) AWS
4 26 (20.47%) Entra ID
5 8 (6.30%) IaaS
5 8 (6.30%) PaaS
6 6 (4.72%) GCP
7 5 (3.94%) Serverless
8 4 (3.15%) Google Workspace
9 3 (2.36%) Amazon S3
9 3 (2.36%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.36%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (2.36%) OCI
10 2 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.57%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.57%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.57%) Rubrik
10 2 (1.57%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 42 (33.07%) VPN
2 41 (32.28%) WAN
3 35 (27.56%) LAN
4 30 (23.62%) DNS
5 28 (22.05%) VLAN
6 27 (21.26%) Network Security
7 21 (16.54%) DHCP
8 17 (13.39%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (12.60%) TCP/IP
10 11 (8.66%) Cisco ASA
10 11 (8.66%) Unified Communications
11 10 (7.87%) Cisco Firepower
11 10 (7.87%) WebEx
12 9 (7.09%) BGP
13 8 (6.30%) SD-WAN
14 5 (3.94%) WLAN
15 4 (3.15%) DMZ
15 4 (3.15%) NAS
15 4 (3.15%) SAN
16 3 (2.36%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.36%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.79%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.79%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (3.15%) JIRA
2 2 (1.57%) GitLab
2 2 (1.57%) Jenkins
General
1 46 (36.22%) Social Skills
2 25 (19.69%) Public Sector
3 13 (10.24%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (10.24%) Retail
4 12 (9.45%) Finance
4 12 (9.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (7.09%) Banking
5 9 (7.09%) Marketing
5 9 (7.09%) Telecoms
6 3 (2.36%) Aerospace
6 3 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.57%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.57%) Police
8 1 (0.79%) Advertising
8 1 (0.79%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.79%) Law
8 1 (0.79%) Legal
Job Titles
1 31 (24.41%) IT Engineer
2 27 (21.26%) IT Support
3 24 (18.90%) Support Engineer
4 21 (16.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 20 (15.75%) IT Support Engineer
6 18 (14.17%) Network Engineer
7 13 (10.24%) Analyst
8 12 (9.45%) Infrastructure Support
8 12 (9.45%) Support Analyst
9 11 (8.66%) Senior
10 9 (7.09%) 1st Line Support
10 9 (7.09%) Security Engineer
11 8 (6.30%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 8 (6.30%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
12 7 (5.51%) 1st Line Engineer
12 7 (5.51%) 1st Line Support Engineer
12 7 (5.51%) 2nd Line Support
12 7 (5.51%) Collaboration Engineer
12 7 (5.51%) Lead
13 6 (4.72%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.87%) XMPP
2 3 (2.36%) Apache NiFi
2 3 (2.36%) Node.js
3 2 (1.57%) 802.1X
3 2 (1.57%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.79%) OAuth
4 1 (0.79%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.79%) OpenID
4 1 (0.79%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.17%) Driving Licence
2 14 (11.02%) Data Centre
3 13 (10.24%) Replication
4 11 (8.66%) Onboarding
5 10 (7.87%) FlexPod
5 10 (7.87%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (7.87%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (4.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 6 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (3.94%) Fibre Optics
7 5 (3.94%) Security Posture
8 4 (3.15%) Digital Signage
8 4 (3.15%) Educational Technology
8 4 (3.15%) IoT
8 4 (3.15%) Mobile App
8 4 (3.15%) Video\Live Streaming
9 3 (2.36%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.57%) BYOD
10 2 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.57%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 45 (35.43%) Windows
2 38 (29.92%) Windows Server
3 20 (15.75%) Linux
4 9 (7.09%) Windows 10
5 4 (3.15%) Mac OS
5 4 (3.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.57%) Unix
6 2 (1.57%) VMS
6 2 (1.57%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (30.71%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (23.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 21 (16.54%) ITIL
4 20 (15.75%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (15.75%) Risk Management
5 18 (14.17%) Cloud Security
6 16 (12.60%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (12.60%) Infrastructure as Code
7 15 (11.81%) Mentoring
8 14 (11.02%) SIEM
9 13 (10.24%) Customer Service
9 13 (10.24%) Vulnerability Management
10 12 (9.45%) Collaborative Culture
10 12 (9.45%) Data Management
10 12 (9.45%) Incident Response
11 11 (8.66%) Performance Management
11 11 (8.66%) Project Delivery
11 11 (8.66%) Security Operations
12 9 (7.09%) Infrastructure Automation
12 9 (7.09%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (14.17%) Python
2 11 (8.66%) PowerShell
3 8 (6.30%) Bash
4 3 (2.36%) SQL
5 2 (1.57%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.79%) C
6 1 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.79%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.79%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (28.35%) Security Cleared
2 21 (16.54%) DV Cleared
3 18 (14.17%) Degree
4 14 (11.02%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (11.02%) SC Cleared
5 9 (7.09%) CISSP
5 9 (7.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 9 (7.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (4.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (4.72%) CISM
7 5 (3.94%) Azure Certification
7 5 (3.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (3.94%) CCNA
7 5 (3.94%) CCNP
8 4 (3.15%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (2.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 2 (1.57%) CCIE
10 2 (1.57%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.57%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (30.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (22.83%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (14.96%) GDPR
3 19 (14.96%) NIST
4 11 (8.66%) GRC
4 11 (8.66%) PCI DSS
5 6 (4.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (4.72%) JSP 440
6 5 (3.94%) ISO 9001
6 5 (3.94%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 3 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (1.57%) COBIT
8 2 (1.57%) SLA
8 2 (1.57%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.79%) NCSC
System Software
1 41 (32.28%) Active Directory
2 23 (18.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (13.39%) Hyper-V
4 8 (6.30%) vSphere
5 6 (4.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (4.72%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (3.94%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (3.94%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.57%) Docker
7 2 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (19.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (12.60%) Ansible
3 15 (11.81%) Grafana
4 14 (11.02%) Terraform
5 10 (7.87%) Cisco CUCM
6 6 (4.72%) FortiGate
7 5 (3.94%) Prometheus
8 4 (3.15%) Kubernetes
9 3 (2.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (1.57%) CASB
10 2 (1.57%) Nagios
10 2 (1.57%) Puppet
10 2 (1.57%) SCCM
10 2 (1.57%) WSUS
11 1 (0.79%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.79%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.79%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 66 (51.97%) Microsoft
2 32 (25.20%) VMware
3 26 (20.47%) Cisco
4 19 (14.96%) Fortinet
5 16 (12.60%) Palo Alto
6 12 (9.45%) Apple
7 10 (7.87%) Splunk
8 9 (7.09%) Veeam
9 8 (6.30%) NetApp
10 6 (4.72%) Dell
11 5 (3.94%) F5
11 5 (3.94%) Google
12 4 (3.15%) Aruba
12 4 (3.15%) CheckPoint
12 4 (3.15%) Tenable
13 3 (2.36%) CrowdStrike
13 3 (2.36%) Infoblox
13 3 (2.36%) Oracle
13 3 (2.36%) Progress
14 2 (1.57%) Draytek