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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 34 64
Rank change year-on-year -53 +30 +9
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 143 183 340
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.83% 6.44% 3.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.75% 42.26% 28.22%
Number of salaries quoted 98 160 279
10th Percentile £27,100 £29,750 £26,800
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +3.45% +2.35%
75th Percentile £59,771 £57,057 £56,250
90th Percentile £72,875 £65,000 £66,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +3.09% -3.00%

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 602 433 1,205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.71% 15.23% 11.61%
Number of salaries quoted 354 303 953
10th Percentile £26,900 £28,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -9.47% +5.56%
75th Percentile £59,771 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,250 £72,250 £71,630
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year +0.53% -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 18 June 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 18 June 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 -1 44 £45,000 +24.14% 5
Gloucestershire -10 33 £42,500 -22.73% 14
Bristol -38 26 £55,000 +2.33% 4
Devon -37 18 £32,500 +3.17% 7
Somerset -49 10 £41,750 +4.38% 5
Cornwall -8 5 £25,400 -18.06%
Dorset -35 1 £60,000 +20.00% 8
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 29 (20.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (16.08%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.20%) Confluence
4 2 (1.40%) IIS
Applications
1 18 (12.59%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 70 (48.95%) Microsoft 365
2 65 (45.45%) Azure
3 41 (28.67%) AWS
4 30 (20.98%) Entra ID
5 8 (5.59%) IaaS
5 8 (5.59%) PaaS
6 6 (4.20%) GCP
6 6 (4.20%) Serverless
7 4 (2.80%) Amazon S3
7 4 (2.80%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (2.80%) Google Workspace
7 4 (2.80%) OCI
8 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.40%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.40%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.40%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.40%) Rubrik
9 2 (1.40%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 50 (34.97%) VPN
2 48 (33.57%) WAN
3 41 (28.67%) LAN
4 35 (24.48%) Network Security
4 35 (24.48%) VLAN
5 33 (23.08%) DNS
6 25 (17.48%) DHCP
7 19 (13.29%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (11.89%) TCP/IP
9 12 (8.39%) Cisco ASA
10 11 (7.69%) SD-WAN
10 11 (7.69%) Unified Communications
11 10 (6.99%) BGP
11 10 (6.99%) Cisco Firepower
11 10 (6.99%) WebEx
12 8 (5.59%) WLAN
13 6 (4.20%) DMZ
14 5 (3.50%) NGFW
15 4 (2.80%) OSPF
15 4 (2.80%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.80%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.70%) DocumentDB
2 1 (0.70%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.70%) MySQL
2 1 (0.70%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.70%) Redis
2 1 (0.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (2.80%) JIRA
2 3 (2.10%) GitLab
3 2 (1.40%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.70%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.70%) Git
4 1 (0.70%) git-flow
4 1 (0.70%) Postman
General
1 49 (34.27%) Social Skills
2 27 (18.88%) Public Sector
3 14 (9.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (9.79%) Retail
4 13 (9.09%) Finance
5 10 (6.99%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (6.29%) Banking
6 9 (6.29%) Marketing
6 9 (6.29%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.80%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.40%) Law
9 2 (1.40%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.40%) Police
10 1 (0.70%) Advertising
10 1 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 34 (23.78%) IT Engineer
2 32 (22.38%) IT Support
3 27 (18.88%) Support Engineer
4 24 (16.78%) IT Support Engineer
5 23 (16.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (13.29%) Network Engineer
7 13 (9.09%) Analyst
7 13 (9.09%) Infrastructure Support
7 13 (9.09%) Support Analyst
8 11 (7.69%) Security Engineer
8 11 (7.69%) Senior
9 9 (6.29%) 2nd Line Support
10 8 (5.59%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 8 (5.59%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
10 8 (5.59%) Lead
11 7 (4.90%) 1st Line Support
11 7 (4.90%) Collaboration Engineer
11 7 (4.90%) Cybersecurity Specialist
11 7 (4.90%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (4.90%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.99%) XMPP
2 5 (3.50%) Node.js
3 2 (1.40%) 802.1X
3 2 (1.40%) Apache NiFi
3 2 (1.40%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.70%) Next.js
4 1 (0.70%) OAuth
4 1 (0.70%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.70%) OpenID
4 1 (0.70%) React
4 1 (0.70%) React Native
4 1 (0.70%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.99%) Driving Licence
2 14 (9.79%) Data Centre
3 13 (9.09%) Replication
4 11 (7.69%) Onboarding
5 10 (6.99%) FlexPod
5 10 (6.99%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (6.99%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (4.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (4.20%) Fibre Optics
7 6 (4.20%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.80%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.80%) Digital Signage
8 4 (2.80%) Educational Technology
8 4 (2.80%) IoT
8 4 (2.80%) Mobile App
8 4 (2.80%) Video\Live Streaming
9 2 (1.40%) BYOD
9 2 (1.40%) CMDB
9 2 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 50 (34.97%) Windows
2 42 (29.37%) Windows Server
3 23 (16.08%) Linux
4 9 (6.29%) Windows 10
5 5 (3.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (2.80%) Mac OS
7 3 (2.10%) VMS
8 2 (1.40%) Unix
8 2 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (31.47%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (22.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 22 (15.38%) ITIL
3 22 (15.38%) Risk Management
4 20 (13.99%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (13.99%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (13.29%) Infrastructure as Code
5 19 (13.29%) Mentoring
6 18 (12.59%) Cloud Security
7 16 (11.19%) Customer Service
7 16 (11.19%) Vulnerability Management
8 15 (10.49%) SIEM
9 13 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
9 13 (9.09%) Data Management
9 13 (9.09%) Project Delivery
10 11 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
10 11 (7.69%) Incident Response
10 11 (7.69%) Performance Management
10 11 (7.69%) Security Operations
11 10 (6.99%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 20 (13.99%) Python
2 11 (7.69%) Bash
3 9 (6.29%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.10%) SQL
5 2 (1.40%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.70%) C
6 1 (0.70%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.70%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (27.97%) Security Cleared
2 22 (15.38%) Degree
3 21 (14.69%) DV Cleared
4 17 (11.89%) SC Cleared
5 16 (11.19%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (8.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (6.99%) CISSP
8 9 (6.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 7 (4.90%) CCNA
10 6 (4.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (4.20%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (4.20%) CISM
11 5 (3.50%) Azure Certification
11 5 (3.50%) CCNP
12 3 (2.10%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (2.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 2 (1.40%) CCIE
13 2 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (1.40%) Network+ Certification
14 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (32.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (23.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 20 (13.99%) NIST
4 18 (12.59%) GDPR
5 13 (9.09%) GRC
6 11 (7.69%) PCI DSS
7 7 (4.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (4.20%) ISO 9001
8 6 (4.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 6 (4.20%) JSP 440
9 3 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (1.40%) SLA
11 1 (0.70%) COBIT
11 1 (0.70%) NCSC
11 1 (0.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 41 (28.67%) Active Directory
2 27 (18.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (15.38%) Hyper-V
4 8 (5.59%) vSphere
5 6 (4.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (4.20%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (3.50%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (2.80%) VMware NSX
8 3 (2.10%) Docker
9 2 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (18.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (12.59%) Ansible
3 16 (11.19%) Grafana
4 15 (10.49%) Terraform
5 10 (6.99%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (5.59%) FortiGate
7 6 (4.20%) Prometheus
8 4 (2.80%) Kubernetes
9 3 (2.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (1.40%) Nagios
10 2 (1.40%) Puppet
10 2 (1.40%) SCCM
10 2 (1.40%) WSUS
11 1 (0.70%) CASB
11 1 (0.70%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.70%) Iperf
11 1 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.70%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 72 (50.35%) Microsoft
2 36 (25.17%) VMware
3 28 (19.58%) Cisco
4 23 (16.08%) Fortinet
5 16 (11.19%) Palo Alto
6 10 (6.99%) Apple
6 10 (6.99%) Splunk
6 10 (6.99%) Veeam
7 8 (5.59%) NetApp
8 7 (4.90%) Aruba
9 5 (3.50%) CheckPoint
9 5 (3.50%) Dell
9 5 (3.50%) Google
10 4 (2.80%) ConnectWise
10 4 (2.80%) Datto
10 4 (2.80%) Draytek
10 4 (2.80%) F5
10 4 (2.80%) Ubiquiti
11 3 (2.10%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (2.10%) Tenable