Firewall Jobs in Tyne and Wear

Firewall
North East > Tyne and Wear

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 39 72
Rank change year-on-year -3 +33 -25
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 58 57 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 4.40% 6.20% 2.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 32.58% 26.39% 15.65%
Number of salaries quoted 54 53 23
10th Percentile £31,625 £31,050 £24,400
25th Percentile £36,750 £36,750 £28,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - +13.33% -26.83%
75th Percentile £60,938 £48,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,775 £60,000
North East median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year - +13.33% +4.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 178 216 147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 13.51% 23.50% 13.69%
Number of salaries quoted 168 94 70
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,633 £23,200
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,750 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +0.59% +0.60%
75th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £59,438
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,125 £75,000
North East median annual salary £42,500 £40,865 £40,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +2.16% +1.91%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Tyne and Wear

Firewall
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in Tyne and Wear.

Salary trend for Firewall in Tyne and Wear

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Tyne and Wear

Firewall
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 23 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +4 50 £42,500 - 6
Gateshead +6 5 £37,500 +35.14% 1
Sunderland -17 3 £50,000 +21.95%
Firewall
North East

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 (6.90%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.45%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 23 (39.66%) Azure
2 18 (31.03%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (24.14%) Entra ID
4 4 (6.90%) AWS
5 2 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (3.45%) Slack
5 2 (3.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.72%) Dropbox
6 1 (1.72%) Google Drive
6 1 (1.72%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.72%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (18.97%) VPN
1 11 (18.97%) WAN
2 10 (17.24%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (13.79%) LAN
4 7 (12.07%) DNS
5 6 (10.34%) VoIP
5 6 (10.34%) Wireless
6 5 (8.62%) Network Security
6 5 (8.62%) SD-WAN
6 5 (8.62%) SSL
7 4 (6.90%) BGP
7 4 (6.90%) OSPF
8 3 (5.17%) DMZ
8 3 (5.17%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (5.17%) IPsec
8 3 (5.17%) MPLS
9 2 (3.45%) DHCP
9 2 (3.45%) EIGRP
9 2 (3.45%) HTTPS
9 2 (3.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Git
1 2 (3.45%) GitLab
1 2 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 29 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.24%) Public Sector
3 5 (8.62%) Legal
4 3 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.17%) Law
4 3 (5.17%) Retail
5 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.72%) Finance
6 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (20.69%) Analyst
1 12 (20.69%) Security Analyst
2 9 (15.52%) Lead
2 9 (15.52%) Network Engineer
2 9 (15.52%) Network Specialist
2 9 (15.52%) Team Leader
3 7 (12.07%) Infrastructure Team Leader
3 7 (12.07%) Network Infrastructure Team Leader
3 7 (12.07%) Network Team Leader
3 7 (12.07%) Project Leader
4 6 (10.34%) Support Engineer
5 4 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (6.90%) IT Support
6 3 (5.17%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Firewall Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Help Desk Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Presales Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Presales Network Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Senior
6 3 (5.17%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.69%) Management Information System
2 10 (17.24%) Data Centre
3 3 (5.17%) PKI
4 2 (3.45%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (3.45%) IoT
4 2 (3.45%) Robotics
4 2 (3.45%) Tandem
5 1 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.72%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (39.66%) Windows
2 20 (34.48%) Windows Server
3 8 (13.79%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.45%) Amazon Linux
4 2 (3.45%) Linux
4 2 (3.45%) Unix
4 2 (3.45%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (29.31%) Network Architecture
2 13 (22.41%) SIEM
3 12 (20.69%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (17.24%) Cloud Security
4 10 (17.24%) Kalman Filter
4 10 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (15.52%) Document Management
5 9 (15.52%) Security Management
5 9 (15.52%) User Experience
5 9 (15.52%) Web Filtering
6 8 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (13.79%) Information Security
6 8 (13.79%) Threat Analysis
6 8 (13.79%) Zero Trust
7 7 (12.07%) Business Case
7 7 (12.07%) Cloud Operations
7 7 (12.07%) Customer Service
7 7 (12.07%) Migration
7 7 (12.07%) Project Delivery
7 7 (12.07%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.62%) Bash
1 5 (8.62%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (6.90%) CISSP
1 4 (6.90%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.17%) Azure Certification
2 3 (5.17%) CCNA
2 3 (5.17%) CCNP
2 3 (5.17%) CISA
2 3 (5.17%) CISMP
2 3 (5.17%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (5.17%) DV Cleared
2 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.45%) CISM
3 2 (3.45%) Degree
3 2 (3.45%) GIAC
3 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.45%) SANS
4 1 (1.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (1.72%) CRISC
4 1 (1.72%) GSEC
4 1 (1.72%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (20.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (18.97%) NIST
3 9 (15.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (6.90%) SLA
5 2 (3.45%) GDPR
System Software
1 21 (36.21%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (5.17%) Hyper-V
3 3 (5.17%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.72%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.72%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (13.79%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (5.17%) FortiGate
3 2 (3.45%) Terraform
4 1 (1.72%) Autotask
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (41.38%) Cisco
2 15 (25.86%) Microsoft
3 14 (24.14%) VMware
4 11 (18.97%) Aruba
5 10 (17.24%) Palo Alto
6 8 (13.79%) Juniper
7 5 (8.62%) CheckPoint
7 5 (8.62%) Intel
8 4 (6.90%) Fortinet
8 4 (6.90%) Meraki
9 2 (3.45%) Forcepoint
10 1 (1.72%) Citrix
10 1 (1.72%) Draytek
10 1 (1.72%) Google
10 1 (1.72%) iManage
10 1 (1.72%) LogRhythm
10 1 (1.72%) Rapid7
10 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow
10 1 (1.72%) Splunk
10 1 (1.72%) Synology