Firewall Jobs in Staffordshire

Firewall
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 39 46
Rank change year-on-year +15 +7 -19
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 36 53 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 6.34% 5.39% 4.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 58.06% 35.10% 20.69%
Number of salaries quoted 34 46 21
10th Percentile £32,150 £28,375 -
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £39,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% -2.50% -27.27%
75th Percentile £50,001 £53,750 £44,875
90th Percentile £53,688 £57,500 £46,000
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 62 151 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 10.92% 15.35% 21.48%
Number of salaries quoted 53 120 75
10th Percentile £29,600 £25,700 £22,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £39,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% -2.50% -3.61%
75th Percentile £51,251 £52,500 £47,375
90th Percentile £53,688 £56,375 £66,000
West Midlands median annual salary £48,000 £43,227 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.04% -3.94% -

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Staffordshire

Firewall
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in Staffordshire.

Salary trend for Firewall in Staffordshire

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Staffordshire

Firewall
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Stoke-on-Trent +29 19 £35,000 -36.36% 4
Stafford -6 6 £53,688 +80.16%
Burton-upon-Trent +5 2 £27,500 -47.62%
Rugeley +4 2 £42,500 +21.43%
Firewall
West Midlands

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 4 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.56%) IIS
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (41.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 15 (41.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (41.67%) Google Workspace
2 11 (30.56%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (25.00%) Azure
4 4 (11.11%) AWS
4 4 (11.11%) SaaS
5 3 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (8.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (50.00%) VLAN
2 16 (44.44%) BGP
2 16 (44.44%) DHCP
2 16 (44.44%) DNS
2 16 (44.44%) OSPF
3 15 (41.67%) TCP/IP
3 15 (41.67%) WLAN
4 5 (13.89%) VPN
5 4 (11.11%) Internet
6 2 (5.56%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (5.56%) Network Security
6 2 (5.56%) SD-WAN
6 2 (5.56%) VRRP
6 2 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (2.78%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (2.78%) IPsec
7 1 (2.78%) Junos
7 1 (2.78%) NAS
7 1 (2.78%) SAN
General
1 18 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (41.67%) Automotive
2 15 (41.67%) Retail
3 6 (16.67%) Police
4 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.56%) Law
4 2 (5.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 20 (55.56%) IT Engineer
2 15 (41.67%) Systems Engineer
3 8 (22.22%) Security Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Senior
5 3 (8.33%) Support Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Active Directory Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) IT Support
6 2 (5.56%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Network Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Operations Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Operations Support Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Professional Services Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Project Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Senior Security Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 21 (58.33%) Management Information System
2 15 (41.67%) Smartphone
3 4 (11.11%) PKI
4 2 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (5.56%) Operational Technology
4 2 (5.56%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (5.56%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 25 (69.44%) Windows
2 20 (55.56%) Windows Server
3 17 (47.22%) Linux
4 16 (44.44%) Windows 10
4 16 (44.44%) Windows Server 2016
4 16 (44.44%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (41.67%) Mac OS X
5 15 (41.67%) Ubuntu
6 2 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (44.44%) Computer Science
2 15 (41.67%) Business Case
2 15 (41.67%) Performance Tuning
2 15 (41.67%) Systems Engineering
3 9 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 6 (16.67%) ITIL
5 5 (13.89%) Information Security
5 5 (13.89%) Security Management
5 5 (13.89%) Security Operations
6 4 (11.11%) Identity Management
6 4 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (8.33%) Client Onboarding
7 3 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (8.33%) Penetration Testing
8 2 (5.56%) Analytics
8 2 (5.56%) Data Analytics
8 2 (5.56%) DevOps
8 2 (5.56%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 18 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 15 (41.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (66.67%) Degree
2 16 (44.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (41.67%) HNC
3 15 (41.67%) HND
3 15 (41.67%) MCSE
3 15 (41.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (8.33%) A+ Certification
5 2 (5.56%) APMG
5 2 (5.56%) AWS Certification
5 2 (5.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 2 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (5.56%) CISSP
5 2 (5.56%) Cyber Scheme
5 2 (5.56%) GIAC
5 2 (5.56%) ISACA
5 2 (5.56%) SANS
6 1 (2.78%) CCNA
6 1 (2.78%) CCNP
6 1 (2.78%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) NIST
2 2 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.56%) NCSC
System Software
1 19 (52.78%) Active Directory
2 8 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (16.67%) Hyper-V
4 3 (8.33%) Firmware
5 2 (5.56%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.56%) FortiGate
2 2 (5.56%) Nessus
Vendors
1 24 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 18 (50.00%) Cisco
3 17 (47.22%) Apple
3 17 (47.22%) Dell
3 17 (47.22%) Ubiquiti
4 15 (41.67%) Fortinet
4 15 (41.67%) Google
5 8 (22.22%) VMware
6 3 (8.33%) HP
6 3 (8.33%) Veeam
7 2 (5.56%) Aruba
7 2 (5.56%) F5
7 2 (5.56%) Juniper
7 2 (5.56%) Meraki
7 2 (5.56%) Sophos
7 2 (5.56%) WatchGuard
8 1 (2.78%) Acronis