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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 30 52
Rank change year-on-year -79 +22 -11
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 153 203 242
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.46% 5.64% 3.61%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.80% 35.12% 34.08%
Number of salaries quoted 95 169 155
10th Percentile £27,750 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £34,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -22.29% -7.89%
75th Percentile £61,250 £50,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £58,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £51,500 £46,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +11.96% -10.68% -6.36%

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 671 578 710
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.39% 16.05% 10.59%
Number of salaries quoted 370 363 418
10th Percentile £26,740 £26,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £33,500
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 9 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 9 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 -10 48 £52,800 +53.04% 22
Gloucestershire -41 42 £32,500 -40.91% 23
Bristol -68 24 £69,500 +63.53% 8
Devon -28 21 £32,500 +3.17% 6
Somerset -28 8 £50,000 +53.85% 21
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 (24.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (14.38%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.65%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (7.84%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 64 (41.83%) Azure
2 62 (40.52%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (25.49%) Entra ID
4 34 (22.22%) AWS
5 10 (6.54%) Serverless
6 6 (3.92%) OCI
7 5 (3.27%) GCP
8 4 (2.61%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.96%) IaaS
9 3 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (1.96%) PaaS
9 3 (1.96%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.31%) GitHub
10 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.31%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.31%) Stripe
11 1 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 50 (32.68%) DNS
2 43 (28.10%) VPN
2 43 (28.10%) WAN
3 39 (25.49%) Network Security
3 39 (25.49%) VLAN
4 36 (23.53%) DHCP
5 34 (22.22%) LAN
6 19 (12.42%) TCP/IP
7 18 (11.76%) VoIP
8 17 (11.11%) BGP
9 14 (9.15%) SD-WAN
9 14 (9.15%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (9.15%) Wireless
10 10 (6.54%) WLAN
11 8 (5.23%) DMZ
12 7 (4.58%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (4.58%) SAN
13 6 (3.92%) Ethernet VPN
13 6 (3.92%) NAS
13 6 (3.92%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.58%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.65%) DocumentDB
3 1 (0.65%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.65%) MySQL
3 1 (0.65%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (3.27%) GitLab
2 4 (2.61%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.65%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.65%) Git
3 1 (0.65%) git-flow
3 1 (0.65%) Postman
3 1 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 58 (37.91%) Social Skills
2 29 (18.95%) Finance
3 22 (14.38%) Public Sector
4 16 (10.46%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (7.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (6.54%) Aerospace
7 8 (5.23%) Retail
7 8 (5.23%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.27%) Law
10 4 (2.61%) Banking
10 4 (2.61%) Marketing
11 2 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.65%) Aviation
12 1 (0.65%) Legal
Job Titles
1 39 (25.49%) Support Engineer
2 36 (23.53%) IT Engineer
3 32 (20.92%) IT Support
4 29 (18.95%) IT Support Engineer
5 23 (15.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (12.42%) Network Engineer
7 17 (11.11%) Senior
8 15 (9.80%) Infrastructure Support
9 13 (8.50%) Architect
10 12 (7.84%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 12 (7.84%) Security Engineer
11 9 (5.88%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (5.88%) Technical Support
12 7 (4.58%) Consultant
12 7 (4.58%) DevOps Engineer
12 7 (4.58%) Senior Network Engineer
12 7 (4.58%) Technical Engineer
12 7 (4.58%) Technical Support Engineer
13 6 (3.92%) Data Centre Technician
13 6 (3.92%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (14.38%) Terraform
2 6 (3.92%) Apache NiFi
3 5 (3.27%) Node.js
4 4 (2.61%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (2.61%) XMPP
5 2 (1.31%) 802.1X
5 2 (1.31%) OAuth
5 2 (1.31%) OAuth2
5 2 (1.31%) OpenID
5 2 (1.31%) SAML
6 1 (0.65%) .NET
6 1 (0.65%) ModSecurity
6 1 (0.65%) Next.js
6 1 (0.65%) React
6 1 (0.65%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.07%) Driving Licence
2 16 (10.46%) Data Centre
3 8 (5.23%) Replication
4 7 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.92%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 6 (3.92%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (3.92%) Fibre Optics
5 6 (3.92%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.92%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.61%) FlexPod
6 4 (2.61%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.61%) Private Cloud
6 4 (2.61%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (1.96%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (1.96%) PKI
7 3 (1.96%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.96%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.31%) Blog
8 2 (1.31%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 59 (38.56%) Windows
2 43 (28.10%) Windows Server
3 18 (11.76%) Linux
4 6 (3.92%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (3.92%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (2.61%) Unix
5 4 (2.61%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.96%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (37.91%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (20.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 30 (19.61%) Continuous Improvement
4 26 (16.99%) ITIL
5 24 (15.69%) Infrastructure as Code
5 24 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (15.69%) Project Delivery
6 22 (14.38%) Mentoring
7 20 (13.07%) Disaster Recovery
8 18 (11.76%) Collaborative Culture
8 18 (11.76%) Risk Management
9 17 (11.11%) Migration
10 16 (10.46%) Agile
10 16 (10.46%) Customer Service
11 15 (9.80%) DevOps
12 13 (8.50%) Change Management
12 13 (8.50%) CI/CD
12 13 (8.50%) Collaborative Working
13 12 (7.84%) Cloud Security
13 12 (7.84%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 21 (13.73%) Python
2 17 (11.11%) Bash
3 15 (9.80%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.61%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.31%) Bicep
6 1 (0.65%) C
6 1 (0.65%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (32.03%) Security Cleared
2 27 (17.65%) DV Cleared
3 21 (13.73%) Degree
4 19 (12.42%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (9.15%) SC Cleared
6 13 (8.50%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (6.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (5.88%) Azure Certification
9 7 (4.58%) CCNA
9 7 (4.58%) MCSA
10 6 (3.92%) CISSP
11 5 (3.27%) CISM
12 4 (2.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (2.61%) AWS Certification
12 4 (2.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (1.96%) CCNP
14 2 (1.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 1 (0.65%) JNCIS
15 1 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (22.22%) Cyber Essentials
2 32 (20.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (9.80%) NIST
4 11 (7.19%) GRC
5 9 (5.88%) GDPR
5 9 (5.88%) PCI DSS
6 7 (4.58%) JSP 440
7 6 (3.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (3.92%) ISO 9001
7 6 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 6 (3.92%) NCSC
8 4 (2.61%) Accessibility
8 4 (2.61%) SLA
9 2 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.65%) HIPAA
System Software
1 38 (24.84%) Active Directory
2 33 (21.57%) Hyper-V
2 33 (21.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.58%) VMware NSX
4 6 (3.92%) Docker
5 4 (2.61%) vSphere
6 3 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.96%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.31%) Firmware
7 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (1.31%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.65%) KVM
Systems Management
1 22 (14.38%) Ansible
2 21 (13.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (8.50%) Kubernetes
4 12 (7.84%) Grafana
5 8 (5.23%) Prometheus
6 5 (3.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (3.27%) FortiGate
7 4 (2.61%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (2.61%) Iperf
7 4 (2.61%) Puppet
7 4 (2.61%) SCCM
8 3 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.31%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.65%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.65%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 74 (48.37%) Microsoft
2 34 (22.22%) VMware
3 32 (20.92%) Cisco
4 18 (11.76%) Fortinet
5 14 (9.15%) Palo Alto
6 13 (8.50%) Veeam
7 9 (5.88%) Aruba
8 7 (4.58%) Dell
8 7 (4.58%) F5
8 7 (4.58%) Meraki
9 6 (3.92%) Infoblox
10 5 (3.27%) Apple
10 5 (3.27%) Draytek
10 5 (3.27%) SonicWALL
11 4 (2.61%) ConnectWise
11 4 (2.61%) Datto
11 4 (2.61%) Ruckus Wireless
11 4 (2.61%) SolarWinds
11 4 (2.61%) Splunk
11 4 (2.61%) Ubiquiti