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 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 53 45
Rank change year-on-year +11 -8 +38
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 184 230 284
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 4.64% 3.78% 6.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.16% 36.11% 35.72%
Number of salaries quoted 157 146 259
10th Percentile £29,450 £30,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £30,750 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% -5.26% +7.04%
75th Percentile £49,000 £68,438 £58,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £76,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -

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 610 637 795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.40% 10.47% 17.75%
Number of salaries quoted 386 382 631
10th Percentile £26,525 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,250 £50,750 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.51% +3.57% +3.16%
75th Percentile £52,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £85,000 £77,542
England median annual salary £40,000 £53,300 £52,000
% change year-on-year -24.95% +2.50% -0.95%

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 6 November 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 6 November 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 +14 51 £42,500 +13.33% 23
Cornwall - 37 £33,000 - 3
Wiltshire -11 27 £34,500 -44.80% 27
Gloucestershire +25 19 £55,000 +30.95% 17
Dorset +11 19 £31,000 -27.06% 4
Devon +7 18 £31,500 -37.00% 7
Somerset -16 11 £33,000 -5.71% 16
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 53 (28.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (18.48%) SharePoint
3 23 (12.50%) IIS
4 1 (0.54%) JBoss
Applications
1 12 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.54%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (2.17%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.63%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 101 (54.89%) Microsoft 365
2 78 (42.39%) Azure
3 38 (20.65%) Entra ID
4 19 (10.33%) AWS
5 8 (4.35%) IaaS
6 7 (3.80%) Serverless
7 6 (3.26%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (3.26%) PaaS
8 5 (2.72%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (2.72%) Rubrik
9 4 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.17%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.09%) Azure AKS
10 2 (1.09%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.09%) GCP
10 2 (1.09%) GitHub
10 2 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.09%) OpenShift
10 2 (1.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.54%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 62 (33.70%) DNS
2 52 (28.26%) DHCP
3 38 (20.65%) WAN
4 36 (19.57%) VPN
5 32 (17.39%) LAN
6 28 (15.22%) VLAN
7 27 (14.67%) Wi-Fi
8 24 (13.04%) TCP/IP
9 18 (9.78%) Internet
10 17 (9.24%) Kerberos
11 16 (8.70%) Network Security
12 14 (7.61%) VSAT
13 13 (7.07%) SD-WAN
13 13 (7.07%) Wireless
14 11 (5.98%) Cisco Firepower
15 10 (5.43%) Remote Desktop
16 9 (4.89%) DKIM
16 9 (4.89%) DMARC
16 9 (4.89%) IPsec
17 7 (3.80%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.61%) SQL Server
2 11 (5.98%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.54%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.54%) DB2
3 1 (0.54%) MySQL
3 1 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.54%) Power BI
3 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (2.17%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (1.09%) GitLab
2 2 (1.09%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.54%) Git
3 1 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 84 (45.65%) Social Skills
2 20 (10.87%) Telecoms
3 18 (9.78%) Law
3 18 (9.78%) Manufacturing
4 10 (5.43%) Legal
5 7 (3.80%) Advertising
5 7 (3.80%) Finance
5 7 (3.80%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.26%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.26%) Electronics
6 6 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.26%) Local Government
7 5 (2.72%) Marketing
8 2 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.09%) Police
9 1 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 62 (33.70%) IT Support
2 56 (30.43%) Support Engineer
3 47 (25.54%) 2nd Line Support
4 30 (16.30%) Analyst
5 28 (15.22%) IT Engineer
6 27 (14.67%) Support Analyst
7 25 (13.59%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 25 (13.59%) Technical Engineer
8 22 (11.96%) Technical Support
9 21 (11.41%) IT Support Engineer
9 21 (11.41%) Network Engineer
10 17 (9.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 17 (9.24%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 17 (9.24%) Technical Support Engineer
11 16 (8.70%) 1st Line Support
11 16 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 16 (8.70%) 3rd Line Support
12 12 (6.52%) 1st Line Engineer
12 12 (6.52%) 1st Line Support Engineer
12 12 (6.52%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (9.24%) LDAP
2 5 (2.72%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.63%) REST
4 2 (1.09%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.54%) .NET
5 1 (0.54%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.54%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.54%) EJB
5 1 (0.54%) OpenAPI
5 1 (0.54%) React
5 1 (0.54%) Spring
5 1 (0.54%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.54%) Svelte
5 1 (0.54%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 53 (28.80%) Driving Licence
2 18 (9.78%) PKI
3 6 (3.26%) Clustering
4 5 (2.72%) BYOD
4 5 (2.72%) CMDB
4 5 (2.72%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.72%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.63%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (1.63%) Digital Signage
5 3 (1.63%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.09%) CCTV
6 2 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.09%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.54%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.54%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (0.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (0.54%) Derivative
7 1 (0.54%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 108 (58.70%) Windows
2 87 (47.28%) Windows Server
3 26 (14.13%) Windows Server 2019
4 19 (10.33%) Windows 10
5 17 (9.24%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (7.61%) Linux
7 6 (3.26%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.09%) Debian
8 2 (1.09%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.54%) Android
9 1 (0.54%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.54%) CentOS
9 1 (0.54%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.54%) VMS
9 1 (0.54%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 42 (22.83%) Mentoring
4 27 (14.67%) ITIL
5 23 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (10.87%) Cybersecurity
7 19 (10.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 18 (9.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 17 (9.24%) Data Loss Prevention
10 15 (8.15%) Disaster Recovery
10 15 (8.15%) Service Management
11 14 (7.61%) Kalman Filter
11 14 (7.61%) Web Filtering
12 13 (7.07%) Containerisation
12 13 (7.07%) Migration
13 12 (6.52%) Collaborative Working
14 11 (5.98%) Cloud Security
15 10 (5.43%) Logistics
15 10 (5.43%) Virtual Environments
16 8 (4.35%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (23.91%) PowerShell
2 17 (9.24%) VB
3 7 (3.80%) Python
4 3 (1.63%) Bash
4 3 (1.63%) SQL
5 2 (1.09%) Bicep
6 1 (0.54%) Go
6 1 (0.54%) Java
Qualifications
1 26 (14.13%) Cisco Certification
1 26 (14.13%) Security Cleared
2 22 (11.96%) CCNA
2 22 (11.96%) Degree
3 19 (10.33%) SC Cleared
4 14 (7.61%) JNCIA
5 12 (6.52%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (5.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (5.43%) MCP
8 7 (3.80%) CCNP
8 7 (3.80%) DV Cleared
8 7 (3.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (3.26%) ACMT
10 5 (2.72%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.72%) CCIE
10 5 (2.72%) MCITP
10 5 (2.72%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (2.17%) CCDA
11 4 (2.17%) CCDP
12 2 (1.09%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.24%) SLA
2 13 (7.07%) Cyber Essentials
2 13 (7.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.72%) GDPR
4 4 (2.17%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.09%) NCSC
6 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.54%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.54%) NIST
6 1 (0.54%) NIST 800
System Software
1 86 (46.74%) Active Directory
2 33 (17.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (8.15%) Hyper-V
4 13 (7.07%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (5.43%) Docker
6 9 (4.89%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.63%) vSphere
8 1 (0.54%) iptables
8 1 (0.54%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 46 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (9.24%) WSUS
3 12 (6.52%) Kubernetes
4 8 (4.35%) vCenter Server
5 7 (3.80%) Ansible
6 6 (3.26%) Autotask
6 6 (3.26%) Terraform
7 5 (2.72%) PaperCut
8 4 (2.17%) CASB
8 4 (2.17%) Nagios
8 4 (2.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (1.63%) FortiGate
10 2 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 115 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 38 (20.65%) Cisco
3 35 (19.02%) VMware
4 18 (9.78%) Apple
4 18 (9.78%) Sophos
5 15 (8.15%) Datto
6 14 (7.61%) Veeam
7 13 (7.07%) Fortinet
8 12 (6.52%) ConnectWise
8 12 (6.52%) Meraki
8 12 (6.52%) Progress
9 10 (5.43%) Palo Alto
10 8 (4.35%) Aruba
10 8 (4.35%) Oracle
11 7 (3.80%) CheckPoint
11 7 (3.80%) HP
11 7 (3.80%) SolarWinds
11 7 (3.80%) Starlink
12 6 (3.26%) Juniper
13 5 (2.72%) SAP