WatchGuard Job Trends in the South West

WatchGuard
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring knowledge or experience of WatchGuard products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited WatchGuard over the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 - 280
Rank change year-on-year - - -50
Permanent jobs citing WatchGuard 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.013% - 0.041%
As % of the Vendors category 0.057% - 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.78%
75th Percentile - - £33,750
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £37,500 £35,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -2.78% -15.29%

All Vendors
South West

WatchGuard falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,748 966 2,845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 22.83% 35.31% 29.23%
Number of salaries quoted 836 616 2,179
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,500 £27,337
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £48,254 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% +1.59% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £56,400 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.55% +10.00% -13.04%

WatchGuard
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing WatchGuard relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

WatchGuard job vacancy trend in the South West

WatchGuard
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing WatchGuard.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing WatchGuard

WatchGuard
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 WatchGuard within the South West region over the 6 months to 5 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
Bristol - 1 £50,000 -
WatchGuard
England

WatchGuard
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft