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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 35 31
Rank change year-on-year -6 -4 +10
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 48 31 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 4.73% 5.92% 6.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 31.79% 25.83% 27.74%
Number of salaries quoted 39 28 35
10th Percentile £30,550 - £37,650
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -27.27% +22.22%
75th Percentile £53,750 £44,875 £62,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £65,000
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £45,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year -0.55% +0.56% -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 151 120 137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 14.89% 22.90% 22.68%
Number of salaries quoted 118 78 94
10th Percentile £25,600 £22,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £39,539 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -3.56% +12.25%
75th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £61,125 £64,250
West Midlands median annual salary £43,227 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.94% - -4.00%

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 10 May 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 10 May 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
Tamworth - 8 £33,750 - 2
Stafford 0 6 - - 1
Stoke-on-Trent -16 6 £45,000 +38.46% 7
Burton-upon-Trent +1 5 £52,500 +31.25%
Cannock - 5 £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 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (45.83%) Azure
2 11 (22.92%) Azure Logic Apps
2 11 (22.92%) Entra ID
3 10 (20.83%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.08%) Azure Functions
5 1 (2.08%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.08%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.08%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.08%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.08%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (25.00%) VPN
2 8 (16.67%) Network Security
3 6 (12.50%) LAN
3 6 (12.50%) WAN
4 4 (8.33%) SAN
5 3 (6.25%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (6.25%) Cisco Firepower
5 3 (6.25%) DNS
5 3 (6.25%) VoIP
6 1 (2.08%) BGP
6 1 (2.08%) DHCP
6 1 (2.08%) OSPF
6 1 (2.08%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.08%) VLAN
6 1 (2.08%) Wireless
6 1 (2.08%) Wireless Security
6 1 (2.08%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (18.75%) Finance
1 9 (18.75%) Retail
1 9 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 6 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.17%) Electronics
4 1 (2.08%) Automotive
4 1 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (27.08%) IT Engineer
2 11 (22.92%) Analyst
2 11 (22.92%) Cloud Engineer
3 10 (20.83%) Security Analyst
4 9 (18.75%) Network Engineer
5 8 (16.67%) Operations Analyst
5 8 (16.67%) Security Operations Analyst
6 6 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
7 5 (10.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (10.42%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (10.42%) Voice Engineer
7 5 (10.42%) Voice Network Engineer
8 4 (8.33%) Security Engineer
9 3 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 2 (4.17%) 1st Line Support
10 2 (4.17%) 1st Line Support Technician
10 2 (4.17%) IT Support
10 2 (4.17%) Support Technician
11 1 (2.08%) Support Analyst
11 1 (2.08%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (12.50%) Driving Licence
3 4 (8.33%) Cloud Native
3 4 (8.33%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (8.33%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.25%) IoT
4 3 (6.25%) Operational Technology
4 3 (6.25%) SCADA
5 2 (4.17%) NHS
5 2 (4.17%) Onboarding
5 2 (4.17%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (4.17%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.08%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 29 (60.42%) Windows
2 18 (37.50%) Linux
3 17 (35.42%) Windows Server
4 5 (10.42%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (10.42%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (4.17%) Windows 10
7 1 (2.08%) Mac OS X
7 1 (2.08%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (35.42%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 12 (25.00%) Information Security
3 11 (22.92%) DevOps
3 11 (22.92%) Network Virtualisation
4 10 (20.83%) Risk Management
4 10 (20.83%) Security Operations
4 10 (20.83%) Vulnerability Management
5 9 (18.75%) Cloud Security
5 9 (18.75%) Performance Monitoring
6 8 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (8.33%) Innovative Thinking
7 4 (8.33%) ITIL
7 4 (8.33%) Migration
7 4 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (8.33%) Server Management
8 3 (6.25%) Analytics
8 3 (6.25%) Performance Metrics
8 3 (6.25%) Security Patching
8 3 (6.25%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.33%) Bicep
2 3 (6.25%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.25%) SQL
3 2 (4.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (14.58%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (10.42%) MCSE
2 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (8.33%) CCNA
4 3 (6.25%) CCNP
4 3 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (6.25%) Degree
5 2 (4.17%) CEH
5 2 (4.17%) CISA
5 2 (4.17%) CISM
5 2 (4.17%) CISSP
5 2 (4.17%) CRISC
5 2 (4.17%) GIAC
6 1 (2.08%) HNC
6 1 (2.08%) HND
6 1 (2.08%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.67%) GDPR
1 8 (16.67%) NIST
2 2 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 11 (22.92%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (18.75%) Hyper-V
4 8 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 13 (27.08%) Cisco
3 9 (18.75%) VMware
4 5 (10.42%) Meraki
5 4 (8.33%) HP
5 4 (8.33%) Ruckus Wireless
6 3 (6.25%) Ericsson
6 3 (6.25%) Sophos
6 3 (6.25%) ZyXEL
7 1 (2.08%) Apple
7 1 (2.08%) Dell
7 1 (2.08%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.08%) Google
7 1 (2.08%) LogRhythm
7 1 (2.08%) Ubiquiti