Firewall Jobs in the UK excluding London

Firewall
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 60 92
Rank change year-on-year -2 +32 -22
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 2,261 2,443 2,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.46% 5.07% 3.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.11% 26.94% 25.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,808 1,729 2,236
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,425 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,938 £35,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.17% +2.22%
75th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £74,250 £73,750
UK median annual salary £48,800 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.05% - +5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,042 9,068 11,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.32% 18.83% 14.42%
Number of salaries quoted 5,374 4,409 6,985
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
South East +5 682 £45,000 - 111
North of England -6 463 £47,500 -2.06% 108
Midlands +3 438 £45,000 - 58
South West +8 315 £43,000 -4.44% 45
West Midlands +5 255 £46,090 +2.42% 42
North West -13 239 £50,000 -3.05% 56
Yorkshire +13 199 £47,500 -5.00% 36
East of England -1 192 £45,000 +4.65% 33
East Midlands -18 179 £42,500 -8.11% 16
Scotland -93 106 £45,000 +1.12% 25
Wales +3 66 £41,067 -8.74% 9
North East -23 40 £39,000 -8.24% 18
Northern Ireland -18 15 £37,500 -3.23% 6
Isle of Man -6 14 £46,500 -20.85% 1
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 362 (16.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 284 (12.56%) SharePoint
3 68 (3.01%) IIS
4 50 (2.21%) Apache
5 17 (0.75%) Confluence
6 9 (0.40%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
7 8 (0.35%) SharePoint 2010
7 8 (0.35%) SharePoint 2013
8 6 (0.27%) CMS
9 5 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
10 4 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2000
10 4 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2007
10 4 (0.18%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.18%) WordPress
11 3 (0.13%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.13%) SAS
12 2 (0.088%) nginx
12 2 (0.088%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.044%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 229 (10.13%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.44%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.088%) Trello
7 1 (0.044%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.18%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (0.13%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.088%) Shopify
4 1 (0.044%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.044%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 971 (42.95%) Azure
2 839 (37.11%) Microsoft 365
3 276 (12.21%) AWS
4 246 (10.88%) Entra ID
5 89 (3.94%) OneDrive
6 76 (3.36%) SaaS
7 74 (3.27%) GCP
8 73 (3.23%) IaaS
9 71 (3.14%) PaaS
10 52 (2.30%) Amazon S3
11 46 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
12 37 (1.64%) Mimecast
13 31 (1.37%) Power Platform
14 30 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
15 29 (1.28%) Azure Sentinel
16 26 (1.15%) Google Workspace
17 22 (0.97%) GitHub
18 21 (0.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
19 20 (0.88%) Azure Storage
20 19 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 533 (23.57%) VPN
2 502 (22.20%) WAN
3 482 (21.32%) DNS
4 386 (17.07%) LAN
5 328 (14.51%) TCP/IP
6 311 (13.75%) DHCP
7 293 (12.96%) Network Security
8 264 (11.68%) VLAN
9 235 (10.39%) Wireless
10 224 (9.91%) Wi-Fi
11 175 (7.74%) SD-WAN
12 153 (6.77%) Internet
13 141 (6.24%) SAN
14 116 (5.13%) IPsec
15 112 (4.95%) OSPF
16 110 (4.87%) VoIP
17 98 (4.33%) BGP
18 92 (4.07%) Intrusion Detection
19 85 (3.76%) MPLS
20 73 (3.23%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (7.39%) SQL Server
2 54 (2.39%) Elasticsearch
3 49 (2.17%) MongoDB
4 34 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
5 17 (0.75%) Power BI
6 16 (0.71%) Big Data
7 14 (0.62%) MySQL
8 13 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (0.40%) NoSQL
9 9 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (0.31%) MariaDB
11 5 (0.22%) Redis
11 5 (0.22%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.18%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (0.13%) Metabase
14 2 (0.088%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 49 (2.17%) JIRA
2 42 (1.86%) Git
3 30 (1.33%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.57%) Robot Framework
5 9 (0.40%) Trac
6 8 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
7 7 (0.31%) GitLab
8 6 (0.27%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.088%) GNU Toolchain
10 2 (0.088%) Subversion
11 1 (0.044%) Gradle
11 1 (0.044%) Hudson
11 1 (0.044%) Maven
11 1 (0.044%) Selenium
11 1 (0.044%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.044%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 598 (26.45%) Social Skills
2 214 (9.46%) Finance
3 156 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
3 156 (6.90%) Telecoms
4 72 (3.18%) Aerospace
5 71 (3.14%) Law
6 70 (3.10%) Retail
7 64 (2.83%) Public Sector
8 62 (2.74%) Manufacturing
9 54 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 47 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
11 37 (1.64%) Legal
12 36 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (0.71%) Games
13 16 (0.71%) Marketing
14 15 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
15 14 (0.62%) Local Government
15 14 (0.62%) Police
16 12 (0.53%) Back Office
16 12 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 435 (19.24%) Network Engineer
2 312 (13.80%) Support Engineer
3 305 (13.49%) IT Engineer
4 304 (13.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 303 (13.40%) Senior
6 266 (11.76%) IT Support
7 225 (9.95%) Analyst
8 162 (7.16%) IT Support Engineer
9 143 (6.32%) Lead
10 130 (5.75%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 125 (5.53%) 3rd Line Support
11 125 (5.53%) Senior Network Engineer
12 122 (5.40%) Consultant
13 112 (4.95%) IT Manager
14 93 (4.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 90 (3.98%) 2nd Line Support
16 73 (3.23%) Architect
16 73 (3.23%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 64 (2.83%) Security Analyst
18 63 (2.79%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (2.48%) YAML
2 49 (2.17%) RabbitMQ
3 47 (2.08%) REST
4 36 (1.59%) HTML
5 35 (1.55%) 802.1X
6 32 (1.42%) .NET
7 23 (1.02%) CSS
8 22 (0.97%) ASP.NET
8 22 (0.97%) jQuery
8 22 (0.97%) SAML
9 20 (0.88%) AngularJS
10 19 (0.84%) ASP.NET MVC
10 19 (0.84%) React
10 19 (0.84%) Tailwind CSS
10 19 (0.84%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 19 (0.84%) Vue
10 19 (0.84%) WPF
11 18 (0.80%) Web Services
12 17 (0.75%) OAuth
13 16 (0.71%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 281 (12.43%) Data Centre
2 167 (7.39%) Driving Licence
3 141 (6.24%) Management Information System
4 93 (4.11%) Replication
5 88 (3.89%) Self-Motivation
6 56 (2.48%) Public Cloud
7 45 (1.99%) Clustering
8 43 (1.90%) Security Operations Centre
9 42 (1.86%) PKI
10 41 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
10 41 (1.81%) Security Posture
11 35 (1.55%) Onboarding
12 30 (1.33%) Client/Server
12 30 (1.33%) Operational Technology
13 29 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
14 28 (1.24%) IoT
15 27 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
16 25 (1.11%) Cyberattack
17 24 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
18 19 (0.84%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1,058 (46.79%) Windows
2 647 (28.62%) Windows Server
3 438 (19.37%) Linux
4 188 (8.31%) Windows 10
5 158 (6.99%) Windows Server 2016
6 125 (5.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 114 (5.04%) Windows Server 2012
8 49 (2.17%) Data ONTAP
9 44 (1.95%) Mac OS
10 37 (1.64%) Windows Server 2008
11 33 (1.46%) Android
12 32 (1.42%) Apple iOS
13 26 (1.15%) VMS
14 25 (1.11%) Ubuntu
14 25 (1.11%) Unix
15 24 (1.06%) Windows 7
16 15 (0.66%) Mac OS X
17 9 (0.40%) Windows 8
18 8 (0.35%) Debian
19 7 (0.31%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 514 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
2 454 (20.08%) Cybersecurity
3 390 (17.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 317 (14.02%) Customer Service
5 279 (12.34%) ITIL
6 191 (8.45%) Agile
7 166 (7.34%) Disaster Recovery
8 161 (7.12%) Project Management
9 146 (6.46%) Mentoring
10 141 (6.24%) Incident Response
11 140 (6.19%) DevOps
12 132 (5.84%) Service Delivery
13 129 (5.71%) Information Security
14 122 (5.40%) Actionable Insight
14 122 (5.40%) Computer Science
14 122 (5.40%) SIEM
15 114 (5.04%) Project Delivery
16 111 (4.91%) Migration
17 105 (4.64%) Infrastructure Management
18 97 (4.29%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 251 (11.10%) PowerShell
2 190 (8.40%) SQL
3 164 (7.25%) Python
4 63 (2.79%) Bash
5 47 (2.08%) C#
6 27 (1.19%) Java
7 22 (0.97%) Bicep
7 22 (0.97%) VBScript
8 19 (0.84%) XAML
9 16 (0.71%) VB
10 13 (0.57%) Perl
11 11 (0.49%) Go
12 10 (0.44%) C++
13 9 (0.40%) JavaScript
14 7 (0.31%) C
15 5 (0.22%) Rust
16 4 (0.18%) Ruby
16 4 (0.18%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.18%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 335 (14.82%) Security Cleared
2 321 (14.20%) Degree
3 288 (12.74%) Cisco Certification
4 217 (9.60%) SC Cleared
5 197 (8.71%) CCNA
6 144 (6.37%) CCNP
7 139 (6.15%) Microsoft Certification
8 102 (4.51%) CISSP
9 100 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
10 77 (3.41%) DV Cleared
11 71 (3.14%) Azure Certification
12 59 (2.61%) MCSE
13 45 (1.99%) CompTIA Security+
14 40 (1.77%) CISM
14 40 (1.77%) Network+ Certification
15 38 (1.68%) MCSA
16 37 (1.64%) CCIE
16 37 (1.64%) MCP
17 25 (1.11%) DBS Check
17 25 (1.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (5.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 115 (5.09%) SLA
3 73 (3.23%) GDPR
4 72 (3.18%) Cyber Essentials
5 63 (2.79%) NIST
6 32 (1.42%) PCI DSS
7 23 (1.02%) QA
8 20 (0.88%) SOC 2
9 15 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 7 (0.31%) ISO 22301
12 6 (0.27%) COSHH
12 6 (0.27%) GRC
13 5 (0.22%) SOC 1
14 4 (0.18%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.18%) NCSC
15 3 (0.13%) Accessibility
15 3 (0.13%) HIPAA
15 3 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 2 (0.088%) FedRAMP
System Software
1 752 (33.26%) Active Directory
2 480 (21.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 383 (16.94%) Hyper-V
4 93 (4.11%) Docker
5 79 (3.49%) VMware ESXi
6 76 (3.36%) vSphere
7 70 (3.10%) Virtual Machines
8 47 (2.08%) VMware NSX
9 40 (1.77%) Virtual Desktop
10 32 (1.42%) Firmware
11 31 (1.37%) Virtual Servers
12 26 (1.15%) pfSense
13 23 (1.02%) XenDesktop
14 22 (0.97%) XenApp
15 18 (0.80%) NFS
16 8 (0.35%) Terminal Services
17 6 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
18 5 (0.22%) Terminal Server
19 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
19 4 (0.18%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 294 (13.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 145 (6.41%) Ansible
3 132 (5.84%) Kubernetes
4 117 (5.17%) SCCM
5 84 (3.72%) FortiGate
6 77 (3.41%) Terraform
7 71 (3.14%) vCenter Server
8 65 (2.87%) WSUS
9 59 (2.61%) Prometheus
10 33 (1.46%) SCOM
11 27 (1.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 26 (1.15%) ZABBIX
13 21 (0.93%) Grafana
14 19 (0.84%) Docker Swarm
15 18 (0.80%) Failover Clustering
15 18 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
16 14 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
17 13 (0.57%) SmoothWall
18 12 (0.53%) Backup Exec
18 12 (0.53%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 963 (42.59%) Microsoft
2 676 (29.90%) VMware
3 659 (29.15%) Cisco
4 210 (9.29%) Palo Alto
5 195 (8.62%) Veeam
6 178 (7.87%) Fortinet
7 171 (7.56%) Juniper
8 141 (6.24%) Meraki
9 120 (5.31%) Citrix
10 102 (4.51%) Aruba
11 100 (4.42%) Dell
11 100 (4.42%) HP
12 80 (3.54%) NetApp
13 79 (3.49%) CheckPoint
14 63 (2.79%) Sophos
15 60 (2.65%) Red Hat
16 52 (2.30%) Google
17 49 (2.17%) SolidFire
18 45 (1.99%) SolarWinds
19 40 (1.77%) Apple