Firewall Jobs in Staffordshire

Firewall
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire with a requirement for Firewall skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Firewall over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 45 30
Rank change year-on-year +11 -15 +13
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 53 25 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 5.41% 4.58% 6.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 35.10% 21.37% 28.89%
Number of salaries quoted 46 21 36
10th Percentile £28,375 - £38,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -27.27% +29.41%
75th Percentile £53,750 £44,875 £62,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £46,000 £65,000
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £45,125 £45,000
% change year-on-year -0.28% +0.28% -10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Staffordshire

Firewall is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 151 117 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 15.42% 21.43% 22.77%
Number of salaries quoted 120 75 92
10th Percentile £25,700 £22,000 £25,550
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,875 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -3.03% +18.31%
75th Percentile £52,500 £47,375 £57,000
90th Percentile £56,375 £66,000 £62,500
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -4.76%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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
Stafford +2 9 £29,800 -31.10% 2
Stoke-on-Trent -15 8 £55,000 +69.23% 6
Tamworth - 8 £33,750 - 2
Burton-upon-Trent +3 5 £52,500 +31.25%
Cannock - 3 £37,500 - 1
Rugeley - 2 £35,000 -
Lichfield +4 1 £28,500 -28.75%
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 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (45.28%) Azure
2 15 (28.30%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (22.64%) Entra ID
4 11 (20.75%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.89%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.89%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.89%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.89%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.89%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.89%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (26.42%) VPN
2 11 (20.75%) Network Security
3 6 (11.32%) LAN
3 6 (11.32%) WAN
4 5 (9.43%) Cisco Firepower
4 5 (9.43%) SAN
5 4 (7.55%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (7.55%) DNS
6 3 (5.66%) VoIP
7 2 (3.77%) DHCP
7 2 (3.77%) VLAN
7 2 (3.77%) Wireless
8 1 (1.89%) BGP
8 1 (1.89%) Internet
8 1 (1.89%) OSPF
8 1 (1.89%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.89%) Wireless Security
8 1 (1.89%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (16.98%) Finance
1 9 (16.98%) Retail
1 9 (16.98%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.21%) Public Sector
3 6 (11.32%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.89%) Automotive
4 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (26.42%) IT Engineer
2 12 (22.64%) Network Engineer
3 11 (20.75%) Cloud Engineer
4 9 (16.98%) Analyst
5 8 (15.09%) Operations Analyst
5 8 (15.09%) Security Analyst
5 8 (15.09%) Security Operations Analyst
6 7 (13.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (13.21%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (11.32%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (9.43%) Security Engineer
8 5 (9.43%) Voice Engineer
8 5 (9.43%) Voice Network Engineer
9 3 (5.66%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 2 (3.77%) 1st Line Support Technician
10 2 (3.77%) IT Support
10 2 (3.77%) IT Technician
10 2 (3.77%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 2 (3.77%) Security Technician
10 2 (3.77%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.09%) Driving Licence
1 8 (15.09%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (7.55%) Cloud Native
2 4 (7.55%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (5.66%) IoT
3 3 (5.66%) Operational Technology
3 3 (5.66%) SCADA
4 2 (3.77%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.77%) NHS
4 2 (3.77%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.89%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 33 (62.26%) Windows
2 21 (39.62%) Windows Server
3 18 (33.96%) Linux
4 6 (11.32%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (11.32%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (9.43%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (3.77%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.89%) Mac OS X
7 1 (1.89%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (32.08%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (22.64%) Disaster Recovery
3 11 (20.75%) DevOps
3 11 (20.75%) Network Virtualisation
4 10 (18.87%) Information Security
4 10 (18.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (16.98%) Cloud Security
5 9 (16.98%) Performance Monitoring
6 8 (15.09%) Risk Management
6 8 (15.09%) Security Operations
6 8 (15.09%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (9.43%) Innovative Thinking
7 5 (9.43%) Migration
8 4 (7.55%) ITIL
8 4 (7.55%) Server Management
9 3 (5.66%) Performance Metrics
9 3 (5.66%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (5.66%) Security Patching
9 3 (5.66%) User Experience
10 2 (3.77%) Smart Manufacturing
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.55%) Bicep
2 3 (5.66%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.66%) SQL
3 2 (3.77%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (18.87%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (11.32%) MCSE
2 6 (11.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (9.43%) CCNA
3 5 (9.43%) CCNP
4 3 (5.66%) Degree
4 3 (5.66%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.66%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.77%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.89%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.89%) HNC
6 1 (1.89%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.09%) GDPR
1 8 (15.09%) NIST
2 2 (3.77%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 17 (32.08%) Active Directory
2 11 (20.75%) Hyper-V
2 11 (20.75%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (16.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.77%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.77%) Nessus
Vendors
1 19 (35.85%) Microsoft
2 16 (30.19%) Cisco
3 10 (18.87%) VMware
4 5 (9.43%) Meraki
5 4 (7.55%) HP
5 4 (7.55%) Ruckus Wireless
6 3 (5.66%) Ericsson
6 3 (5.66%) Sophos
6 3 (5.66%) ZyXEL
7 2 (3.77%) Forcepoint
8 1 (1.89%) Apple
8 1 (1.89%) Dell
8 1 (1.89%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.89%) Google
8 1 (1.89%) LogRhythm
8 1 (1.89%) Ubiquiti