Firewall Jobs in the South West

Firewall
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firewall over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 68 71
Rank change year-on-year +15 +3 -5
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 163 347 279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.54% 3.72% 4.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.70% 28.12% 21.73%
Number of salaries quoted 135 281 215
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -9.57%
75th Percentile £57,279 £54,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £69,500 £65,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,250 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.63% -2.00% -3.85%

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 531 1,234 1,284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.77% 13.22% 19.13%
Number of salaries quoted 329 932 538
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,057 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £71,125 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the South West

Firewall
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the South West.

Salary trend for Firewall in the South West

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the South West over the 6 months to 17 May 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 17 May 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 +6 36 £55,000 +10.00% 26
Dorset +46 31 £50,000 +33.33% 4
Somerset +25 30 £40,000 -17.95% 7
Devon +2 23 £31,500 -35.71% 16
Wiltshire -4 22 £43,000 -14.00% 21
Gloucestershire +4 11 £55,000 +46.67% 28
Cornwall +15 10 £31,000 -26.19% 5
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 27 (16.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (6.75%) IIS
3 3 (1.84%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.61%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 20 (12.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 14 (8.59%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.84%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 93 (57.06%) Azure
2 72 (44.17%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (22.70%) Entra ID
4 30 (18.40%) AWS
5 6 (3.68%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (3.68%) IaaS
5 6 (3.68%) SaaS
6 5 (3.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (1.84%) OneDrive
7 3 (1.84%) PaaS
8 2 (1.23%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.61%) Azure AI
9 1 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.61%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.61%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.61%) GCP
9 1 (0.61%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.61%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.61%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 54 (33.13%) VPN
2 49 (30.06%) DNS
3 43 (26.38%) VLAN
3 43 (26.38%) WAN
4 33 (20.25%) DHCP
5 28 (17.18%) Network Security
5 28 (17.18%) Wi-Fi
6 27 (16.56%) VoIP
7 26 (15.95%) LAN
8 25 (15.34%) MPLS
9 18 (11.04%) SAN
10 14 (8.59%) SD-WAN
11 13 (7.98%) ADSL
12 11 (6.75%) Cisco Firepower
13 10 (6.13%) OSPF
14 8 (4.91%) EIGRP
15 7 (4.29%) SSH
15 7 (4.29%) TCP/IP
15 7 (4.29%) VPLS
15 7 (4.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.20%) Amazon RDS
2 14 (8.59%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.84%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.61%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.61%) MySQL
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.61%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.84%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (1.23%) Burp Suite
2 2 (1.23%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.61%) Git
General
1 44 (26.99%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.88%) Manufacturing
3 14 (8.59%) Finance
4 10 (6.13%) Legal
5 8 (4.91%) Aerospace
6 7 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.29%) Police
7 6 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (3.07%) Games
8 5 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.45%) Electronics
9 4 (2.45%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.84%) Automotive
10 3 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.23%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.61%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.61%) Local Government
12 1 (0.61%) Marketing
12 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (23.31%) IT Support
2 34 (20.86%) 2nd Line Support
2 34 (20.86%) Analyst
3 31 (19.02%) Network Engineer
4 25 (15.34%) Support Analyst
5 17 (10.43%) IT Analyst
5 17 (10.43%) Support Engineer
6 16 (9.82%) 3rd Line Support
6 16 (9.82%) Senior
7 15 (9.20%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 15 (9.20%) IT Engineer
7 15 (9.20%) IT Support Analyst
8 14 (8.59%) Coordinator
8 14 (8.59%) Help Desk Coordinator
8 14 (8.59%) Technical Support
9 10 (6.13%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
9 10 (6.13%) Administrator
10 9 (5.52%) Lead
10 9 (5.52%) Technical Engineer
10 9 (5.52%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.61%) JSON
1 1 (0.61%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.27%) Video Conferencing
2 18 (11.04%) Driving Licence
3 12 (7.36%) CCTV
4 11 (6.75%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (3.68%) Data Centre
5 6 (3.68%) Operational Technology
6 5 (3.07%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.84%) CMDB
7 3 (1.84%) FMCG
7 3 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.84%) IoT
7 3 (1.84%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.84%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.23%) Educational Technology
8 2 (1.23%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.23%) Replication
8 2 (1.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.61%) Insider Threat
9 1 (0.61%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 59 (36.20%) Windows
2 49 (30.06%) Windows Server
3 34 (20.86%) Linux
4 15 (9.20%) Windows 10
5 7 (4.29%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (3.07%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.84%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.84%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.84%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.23%) Android
9 1 (0.61%) Solaris
9 1 (0.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (23.93%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (22.70%) Customer Service
2 37 (22.70%) Cybersecurity
3 35 (21.47%) ITIL
4 26 (15.95%) Disaster Recovery
5 25 (15.34%) Mentoring
6 21 (12.88%) Network Design
7 18 (11.04%) Roadmaps
8 17 (10.43%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (9.82%) ERP
9 16 (9.82%) Time Management
10 14 (8.59%) Cloud Security
10 14 (8.59%) Collaborative Working
10 14 (8.59%) Virtual Environments
11 11 (6.75%) Ticket Management
12 10 (6.13%) Business Continuity
12 10 (6.13%) Information Security
12 10 (6.13%) Kalman Filter
12 10 (6.13%) Risk Management
12 10 (6.13%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 30 (18.40%) PowerShell
2 25 (15.34%) SQL
3 4 (2.45%) Python
4 3 (1.84%) Bash
5 2 (1.23%) C#
6 1 (0.61%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 36 (22.09%) Security Cleared
2 28 (17.18%) Cisco Certification
3 25 (15.34%) CCNA
4 24 (14.72%) Network+ Certification
5 23 (14.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (12.88%) SC Cleared
7 17 (10.43%) CISSP
8 15 (9.20%) CCNP
9 14 (8.59%) MCITP
10 12 (7.36%) Degree
11 11 (6.75%) CISM
12 10 (6.13%) A+ Certification
13 7 (4.29%) JNCIA
14 6 (3.68%) DV Cleared
15 5 (3.07%) AWS Certification
16 4 (2.45%) Azure Certification
16 4 (2.45%) CEH
16 4 (2.45%) MCP
17 3 (1.84%) CCSK
17 3 (1.84%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.20%) NIST
2 10 (6.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.68%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.68%) GDPR
3 6 (3.68%) NCSC
3 6 (3.68%) PCI DSS
4 5 (3.07%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (3.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.23%) COBIT
5 2 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (1.23%) QA
5 2 (1.23%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.61%) GRC
6 1 (0.61%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 72 (44.17%) Active Directory
2 42 (25.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (7.98%) Hyper-V
3 13 (7.98%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (2.45%) vSphere
5 2 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.61%) Docker
6 1 (0.61%) LXC
6 1 (0.61%) Samba
6 1 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.61%) XenApp
6 1 (0.61%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 31 (19.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.29%) Ansible
3 6 (3.68%) Terraform
4 5 (3.07%) SCCM
5 4 (2.45%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.84%) CASB
6 3 (1.84%) Iperf
6 3 (1.84%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (1.23%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (1.23%) Nmap
8 1 (0.61%) Backup Exec
8 1 (0.61%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.61%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.61%) Puppet
8 1 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.61%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 80 (49.08%) Microsoft
2 46 (28.22%) Cisco
2 46 (28.22%) VMware
3 26 (15.95%) Fortinet
4 20 (12.27%) Veeam
5 19 (11.66%) SolarWinds
6 13 (7.98%) Meraki
7 12 (7.36%) CheckPoint
7 12 (7.36%) Palo Alto
8 9 (5.52%) HP
9 8 (4.91%) Citrix
9 8 (4.91%) Juniper
10 6 (3.68%) Aruba
10 6 (3.68%) Extreme Networks
11 5 (3.07%) Okta
12 3 (1.84%) Aerohive Networks
12 3 (1.84%) Ekahau
12 3 (1.84%) Google
12 3 (1.84%) Ruckus Wireless
12 3 (1.84%) SonicWALL