Firewall Job Trends in Southampton

Firewall
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 27 53
Rank change year-on-year -5 +26 -3
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 12 40 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 2.24% 7.29% 1.72%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.64% 37.04% 16.00%
Number of salaries quoted 11 30 8
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,025 -
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +118.18% -40.54%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,250 £35,313
90th Percentile - £72,500 £57,475
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +32.50% -11.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 53 108 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 9.91% 19.67% 10.78%
Number of salaries quoted 41 76 45
10th Percentile £31,250 £22,625 £25,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% +66.15% -35.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £62,500 £51,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,875 £66,500
Hampshire median annual salary £52,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -5.45% +12.24% +3.16%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Firewall relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Firewall job vacancy trend in Southampton

Firewall
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Southampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Southampton over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Southampton

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 9 (75.00%) VPN
2 7 (58.33%) BGP
2 7 (58.33%) OSPF
3 6 (50.00%) LAN
3 6 (50.00%) MPLS
3 6 (50.00%) SD-WAN
3 6 (50.00%) VXLAN
3 6 (50.00%) WAN
3 6 (50.00%) Wireless
4 3 (25.00%) Network Security
5 1 (8.33%) VLAN
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Cisco Consultant
1 6 (50.00%) Cisco Network Consultant
1 6 (50.00%) Consultant
1 6 (50.00%) Network Consultant
1 6 (50.00%) WAN Consultant
2 3 (25.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Security Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Junior
3 2 (16.67%) Junior Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 1 (8.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (50.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Network Management
1 6 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
2 5 (41.67%) Cloud Security
3 3 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 3 (25.00%) SIEM
3 3 (25.00%) Situational Awareness
3 3 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (16.67%) Information Security
4 2 (16.67%) ISMS
4 2 (16.67%) ITIL
4 2 (16.67%) Logistics
5 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (8.33%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) CCNP
1 7 (58.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (16.67%) CISMP
2 2 (16.67%) GSEC
3 1 (8.33%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 7 (58.33%) FortiGate
2 6 (50.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Cisco
1 7 (58.33%) Fortinet
1 7 (58.33%) Meraki
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft