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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 31 59
Rank change year-on-year -71 +28 +8
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 148 225 287
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.70% 6.56% 3.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.26% 40.47% 30.21%
Number of salaries quoted 97 190 232
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -8.05% -3.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £59,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £63,750 £71,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.25% -3.00% -1.93%

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 665 556 950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.65% 16.21% 11.27%
Number of salaries quoted 390 382 728
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -14.29% +8.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £56,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,525 £80,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -13.27% -3.89%

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 31 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 31 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% 3
Gloucestershire -12 41 £42,500 -22.73% 8
Bristol -56 23 £69,500 +43.30% 7
Devon -34 17 £32,500 +3.17% 7
Somerset -51 12 £50,000 +25.00% 10
Dorset -41 1 £60,000 +84.62% 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 35 (23.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (15.54%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.05%) Confluence
4 2 (1.35%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (10.81%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 72 (48.65%) Microsoft 365
2 69 (46.62%) Azure
3 47 (31.76%) AWS
4 40 (27.03%) Entra ID
5 7 (4.73%) IaaS
5 7 (4.73%) PaaS
6 6 (4.05%) GCP
6 6 (4.05%) Serverless
7 5 (3.38%) OCI
8 4 (2.70%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (2.70%) Google Workspace
9 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.35%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.35%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.35%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.35%) Rubrik
10 2 (1.35%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 51 (34.46%) WAN
2 47 (31.76%) VPN
3 43 (29.05%) LAN
4 42 (28.38%) VLAN
5 39 (26.35%) Network Security
6 38 (25.68%) DNS
7 30 (20.27%) DHCP
8 19 (12.84%) Wi-Fi
9 17 (11.49%) TCP/IP
10 14 (9.46%) SD-WAN
11 13 (8.78%) BGP
12 12 (8.11%) Cisco ASA
12 12 (8.11%) Unified Communications
13 11 (7.43%) Cisco Firepower
13 11 (7.43%) WebEx
14 9 (6.08%) WLAN
15 7 (4.73%) DMZ
16 6 (4.05%) NGFW
16 6 (4.05%) VoIP
17 5 (3.38%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.70%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.68%) DocumentDB
3 1 (0.68%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.68%) MySQL
3 1 (0.68%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.68%) Redis
3 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (2.70%) JIRA
2 3 (2.03%) GitLab
3 2 (1.35%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.68%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.68%) Git
4 1 (0.68%) git-flow
4 1 (0.68%) Postman
General
1 50 (33.78%) Social Skills
2 28 (18.92%) Public Sector
3 20 (13.51%) Finance
4 15 (10.14%) Retail
5 14 (9.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (6.76%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (6.76%) Banking
6 10 (6.76%) Marketing
6 10 (6.76%) Telecoms
7 6 (4.05%) Aerospace
8 5 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.35%) Law
10 1 (0.68%) Advertising
10 1 (0.68%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.68%) Police
Job Titles
1 34 (22.97%) IT Support
2 33 (22.30%) Support Engineer
3 31 (20.95%) IT Engineer
4 26 (17.57%) IT Support Engineer
5 22 (14.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 16 (10.81%) Infrastructure Support
6 16 (10.81%) Network Engineer
7 14 (9.46%) Senior
8 13 (8.78%) Analyst
8 13 (8.78%) Support Analyst
9 12 (8.11%) Security Engineer
10 9 (6.08%) 2nd Line Support
10 9 (6.08%) Technical Support
11 8 (5.41%) Architect
11 8 (5.41%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 8 (5.41%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
11 8 (5.41%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 8 (5.41%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (4.73%) Collaboration Engineer
12 7 (4.73%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.43%) XMPP
2 5 (3.38%) Node.js
3 3 (2.03%) Apache NiFi
4 2 (1.35%) 802.1X
4 2 (1.35%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.68%) Next.js
5 1 (0.68%) OAuth
5 1 (0.68%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.68%) OpenID
5 1 (0.68%) React
5 1 (0.68%) React Native
5 1 (0.68%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.16%) Driving Licence
2 14 (9.46%) Data Centre
3 13 (8.78%) Replication
4 12 (8.11%) Onboarding
5 11 (7.43%) FlexPod
5 11 (7.43%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (7.43%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (4.73%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (4.05%) Fibre Optics
7 6 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (3.38%) Cloud Native
8 5 (3.38%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (3.38%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.70%) Digital Signage
9 4 (2.70%) Educational Technology
9 4 (2.70%) IoT
9 4 (2.70%) Mobile App
9 4 (2.70%) Video\Live Streaming
10 2 (1.35%) BYOD
10 2 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 59 (39.86%) Windows
2 52 (35.14%) Windows Server
3 22 (14.86%) Linux
4 8 (5.41%) Windows 10
4 8 (5.41%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (3.38%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.70%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (2.03%) VMS
8 2 (1.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (35.14%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (21.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 24 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 23 (15.54%) Infrastructure as Code
5 22 (14.86%) ITIL
5 22 (14.86%) Risk Management
6 21 (14.19%) Customer Service
6 21 (14.19%) Mentoring
6 21 (14.19%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (12.84%) Project Delivery
8 18 (12.16%) Cloud Security
9 16 (10.81%) Data Management
9 16 (10.81%) Disaster Recovery
10 15 (10.14%) Collaborative Culture
11 13 (8.78%) Performance Management
11 13 (8.78%) Vulnerability Management
12 12 (8.11%) Infrastructure Automation
13 11 (7.43%) Agile
13 11 (7.43%) SIEM
14 10 (6.76%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 23 (15.54%) Python
2 13 (8.78%) Bash
3 8 (5.41%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.03%) SQL
5 2 (1.35%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.68%) C
6 1 (0.68%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (27.03%) Security Cleared
2 22 (14.86%) DV Cleared
3 21 (14.19%) Degree
4 15 (10.14%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (9.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (8.78%) SC Cleared
7 10 (6.76%) CISSP
8 9 (6.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 7 (4.73%) Azure Certification
9 7 (4.73%) CCNA
10 6 (4.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (4.05%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (4.05%) CISM
11 4 (2.70%) AWS Certification
11 4 (2.70%) MCSA
11 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (2.03%) CCNP
12 3 (2.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 2 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (27.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (24.32%) Cyber Essentials
3 17 (11.49%) NIST
4 15 (10.14%) GDPR
5 13 (8.78%) GRC
6 11 (7.43%) PCI DSS
7 7 (4.73%) JSP 440
8 6 (4.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (4.05%) ISO 9001
8 6 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 3 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (1.35%) SLA
11 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.68%) NCSC
System Software
1 39 (26.35%) Active Directory
2 37 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (20.95%) Hyper-V
4 9 (6.08%) vSphere
5 7 (4.73%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 7 (4.73%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (3.38%) VMware NSX
7 3 (2.03%) Docker
7 3 (2.03%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.68%) Firmware
8 1 (0.68%) KVM
8 1 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (17.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (16.22%) Ansible
3 19 (12.84%) Terraform
4 17 (11.49%) Grafana
5 11 (7.43%) Cisco CUCM
6 7 (4.73%) Kubernetes
7 6 (4.05%) FortiGate
7 6 (4.05%) Prometheus
8 4 (2.70%) Iperf
9 3 (2.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (1.35%) Proxmox
10 2 (1.35%) Puppet
10 2 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.68%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.68%) SCCM
11 1 (0.68%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 75 (50.68%) Microsoft
2 42 (28.38%) VMware
3 31 (20.95%) Cisco
4 26 (17.57%) Fortinet
5 18 (12.16%) Palo Alto
6 14 (9.46%) Veeam
7 11 (7.43%) Splunk
8 10 (6.76%) Aruba
9 9 (6.08%) NetApp
10 5 (3.38%) Apple
10 5 (3.38%) Google
11 4 (2.70%) ConnectWise
11 4 (2.70%) Datto
11 4 (2.70%) Dell
11 4 (2.70%) Draytek
11 4 (2.70%) Oracle
11 4 (2.70%) Ruckus Wireless
11 4 (2.70%) SonicWALL
11 4 (2.70%) Ubiquiti
12 3 (2.03%) Meraki