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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 51 39
Rank change year-on-year -12 -12 +37
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 134 183 297
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.66% 4.30% 6.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.22% 37.65% 38.08%
Number of salaries quoted 107 114 268
10th Percentile £28,700 £30,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £39,894
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £44,375 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.38% -9.44% +11.36%
75th Percentile £49,375 £69,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,000 £76,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £46,000 £53,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.21% +0.95% -

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 603 486 780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 11.97% 11.43% 17.17%
Number of salaries quoted 355 281 598
10th Percentile £25,375 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £52,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +6.12% +3.16%
75th Percentile £52,500 £71,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,250 £86,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.93% +8.00% -4.76%

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 January 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 6 January 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
Cornwall - 41 £32,500 -
Bristol -9 35 £42,500 +7.59% 11
Wiltshire -20 16 £34,000 -40.87% 7
Gloucestershire +17 14 £47,500 -10.38% 5
Somerset -27 12 £33,500 -16.25% 7
Dorset +3 9 £31,000 -28.74% 2
Devon -4 6 £32,500 -19.76% 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 47 (35.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (29.85%) SharePoint
3 14 (10.45%) IIS
4 1 (0.75%) JBoss
Applications
1 18 (13.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.22%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.75%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 71 (52.99%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (36.57%) Azure
3 22 (16.42%) Entra ID
4 13 (9.70%) AWS
5 4 (2.99%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (2.99%) OpenShift
6 3 (2.24%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.49%) Azure AKS
7 2 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.49%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (1.49%) IaaS
7 2 (1.49%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.49%) OCI
7 2 (1.49%) PaaS
7 2 (1.49%) Serverless
7 2 (1.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.75%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.75%) GitHub
8 1 (0.75%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (26.87%) DNS
2 29 (21.64%) DHCP
2 29 (21.64%) VPN
3 21 (15.67%) Network Security
4 20 (14.93%) WAN
5 18 (13.43%) VLAN
6 16 (11.94%) LAN
7 15 (11.19%) TCP/IP
8 11 (8.21%) Internet
8 11 (8.21%) VSAT
9 10 (7.46%) Kerberos
9 10 (7.46%) Remote Desktop
9 10 (7.46%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (6.72%) BGP
10 9 (6.72%) DKIM
10 9 (6.72%) DMARC
11 8 (5.97%) OSPF
12 7 (5.22%) IPsec
12 7 (5.22%) Wireless
13 6 (4.48%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.22%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (4.48%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.75%) DB2
3 1 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.49%) GitLab
2 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
General
1 72 (53.73%) Social Skills
2 11 (8.21%) Law
2 11 (8.21%) Legal
2 11 (8.21%) Telecoms
3 8 (5.97%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (5.97%) Manufacturing
4 7 (5.22%) Finance
5 6 (4.48%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.73%) Electronics
7 4 (2.99%) Marketing
8 3 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.24%) Police
9 2 (1.49%) Retail
10 1 (0.75%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 50 (37.31%) Support Engineer
2 36 (26.87%) IT Support
3 35 (26.12%) 2nd Line Support
4 25 (18.66%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 22 (16.42%) IT Engineer
5 22 (16.42%) Technical Engineer
6 19 (14.18%) Technical Support
7 18 (13.43%) 1st Line Engineer
7 18 (13.43%) 1st Line Support
7 18 (13.43%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 18 (13.43%) Analyst
8 17 (12.69%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 16 (11.94%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 16 (11.94%) IT Support Engineer
10 15 (11.19%) Support Analyst
11 14 (10.45%) Network Engineer
11 14 (10.45%) Technical Support Engineer
12 11 (8.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (5.97%) 3rd Line Support
13 8 (5.97%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.46%) LDAP
2 3 (2.24%) REST
3 2 (1.49%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.75%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.75%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.75%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (0.75%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.75%) EJB
4 1 (0.75%) OpenAPI
4 1 (0.75%) React
4 1 (0.75%) Spring
4 1 (0.75%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.75%) Svelte
4 1 (0.75%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 54 (40.30%) Driving Licence
2 11 (8.21%) PKI
3 5 (3.73%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.99%) Clustering
4 4 (2.99%) CMDB
5 3 (2.24%) CCTV
5 3 (2.24%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.24%) Digital Signage
5 3 (2.24%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.49%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.49%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.49%) YubiKey
7 1 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.75%) BYOD
7 1 (0.75%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (0.75%) Derivative
7 1 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.75%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.75%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 76 (56.72%) Windows
2 55 (41.04%) Windows Server
3 17 (12.69%) Windows Server 2019
4 11 (8.21%) Linux
4 11 (8.21%) Windows 10
4 11 (8.21%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (2.99%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.49%) Debian
6 2 (1.49%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.75%) Android
7 1 (0.75%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.75%) CentOS
7 1 (0.75%) OpenWrt
7 1 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.75%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (32.84%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (23.88%) Customer Service
3 25 (18.66%) Mentoring
4 22 (16.42%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 19 (14.18%) ITIL
6 16 (11.94%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (11.94%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (11.19%) Cloud Security
8 14 (10.45%) Disaster Recovery
9 13 (9.70%) Data Loss Prevention
10 12 (8.96%) Kalman Filter
10 12 (8.96%) Web Filtering
11 10 (7.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 10 (7.46%) Migration
12 9 (6.72%) Containerisation
12 9 (6.72%) Service Management
13 7 (5.22%) Collaborative Working
13 7 (5.22%) Mobile Device Management
13 7 (5.22%) RBAC
13 7 (5.22%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 35 (26.12%) PowerShell
2 10 (7.46%) Python
2 10 (7.46%) VB
3 7 (5.22%) Bash
4 1 (0.75%) Bicep
4 1 (0.75%) Go
4 1 (0.75%) Java
4 1 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (20.15%) Security Cleared
2 22 (16.42%) SC Cleared
3 21 (15.67%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (10.45%) Degree
5 13 (9.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (9.70%) CCNA
6 11 (8.21%) JNCIA
7 9 (6.72%) DV Cleared
8 7 (5.22%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (3.73%) Azure Certification
9 5 (3.73%) MCP
9 5 (3.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (2.99%) ACMT
10 4 (2.99%) CCIE
10 4 (2.99%) CCNP
11 3 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (2.24%) Master's Degree
12 2 (1.49%) CEH
12 2 (1.49%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.75%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.21%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (7.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (7.46%) SLA
3 7 (5.22%) GDPR
4 5 (3.73%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.99%) NIST
6 3 (2.24%) NCSC
7 2 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.75%) COBIT
8 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.75%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.75%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.75%) SOC 2
System Software
1 65 (48.51%) Active Directory
2 24 (17.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (7.46%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (5.97%) Hyper-V
4 8 (5.97%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (4.48%) Docker
6 3 (2.24%) vSphere
7 2 (1.49%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.75%) iptables
Systems Management
1 32 (23.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (8.96%) WSUS
3 9 (6.72%) Kubernetes
4 8 (5.97%) Terraform
5 7 (5.22%) Ansible
5 7 (5.22%) vCenter Server
6 4 (2.99%) Autotask
6 4 (2.99%) Nagios
7 3 (2.24%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.75%) CASB
8 1 (0.75%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 92 (68.66%) Microsoft
2 31 (23.13%) Cisco
3 24 (17.91%) VMware
4 22 (16.42%) Apple
5 17 (12.69%) Sophos
6 14 (10.45%) Progress
7 13 (9.70%) ConnectWise
8 12 (8.96%) Fortinet
9 11 (8.21%) Datto
10 9 (6.72%) CheckPoint
11 8 (5.97%) Palo Alto
12 7 (5.22%) Veeam
13 6 (4.48%) F5
13 6 (4.48%) SolarWinds
13 6 (4.48%) Starlink
14 5 (3.73%) Meraki
14 5 (3.73%) Oracle
15 4 (2.99%) SAP
16 3 (2.24%) Riverbed
16 3 (2.24%) Tenable