Firewall Jobs in the UK excluding London

Firewall
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 62 77 74
Rank change year-on-year +15 -3 -13
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 2,770 2,531 2,921
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.95% 4.10% 4.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.36% 22.91% 26.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,361 1,733 2,210
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,625 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £34,025 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £71,250
UK median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,766 11,047 10,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.94% 17.88% 15.48%
Number of salaries quoted 7,096 4,889 6,514
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,600
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £32,638
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +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 27 April 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 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
South East +24 827 £42,500 -5.56% 163
North of England +20 613 £42,500 -10.53% 146
Midlands +41 523 £45,000 - 128
South West +11 351 £47,500 +12.43% 87
West Midlands +42 347 £45,000 -0.28% 83
Yorkshire +49 274 £45,000 -2.70% 42
North West -4 271 £50,000 - 86
East of England +38 262 £40,000 -5.88% 60
East Midlands +9 172 £40,000 -5.88% 45
Scotland -104 102 £50,000 +4.17% 41
Wales +9 87 £40,500 -10.00% 15
North East +5 81 £42,500 - 20
Northern Ireland +5 21 £37,500 +1.35% 8
Isle of Man -5 16 £46,500 +3.33% 2
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 - 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
1 457 (16.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 364 (13.14%) SharePoint
3 110 (3.97%) IIS
4 63 (2.27%) Apache
5 23 (0.83%) nginx
6 18 (0.65%) CMS
6 18 (0.65%) Confluence
6 18 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2010
6 18 (0.65%) WordPress
7 16 (0.58%) Skype for Business
8 12 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
9 9 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2007
10 8 (0.29%) Apache Spark
11 6 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2000
12 5 (0.18%) SharePoint 2010
12 5 (0.18%) SharePoint 2013
13 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2003
13 4 (0.14%) SAS
13 4 (0.14%) Umbraco
14 3 (0.11%) Jupyter
Applications
1 255 (9.21%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.14%) Trello
6 1 (0.036%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.14%) Sage 200
1 4 (0.14%) Sage X3
2 3 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.072%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.072%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.072%) Shopify
4 1 (0.036%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 1,304 (47.08%) Azure
2 1,109 (40.04%) Microsoft 365
3 375 (13.54%) AWS
4 367 (13.25%) Entra ID
5 111 (4.01%) OneDrive
6 110 (3.97%) GCP
7 92 (3.32%) SaaS
8 88 (3.18%) IaaS
9 77 (2.78%) PaaS
10 54 (1.95%) Amazon S3
11 51 (1.84%) Cloud Computing
12 46 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
13 44 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
14 42 (1.52%) Mimecast
15 31 (1.12%) GitHub
16 27 (0.97%) Google Workspace
17 25 (0.90%) Power Platform
18 22 (0.79%) Azure Storage
19 20 (0.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
20 17 (0.61%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 635 (22.92%) DNS
2 634 (22.89%) VPN
3 629 (22.71%) WAN
4 525 (18.95%) LAN
5 431 (15.56%) DHCP
6 400 (14.44%) TCP/IP
7 309 (11.16%) Wireless
8 295 (10.65%) VLAN
9 285 (10.29%) Network Security
10 260 (9.39%) Wi-Fi
11 200 (7.22%) SAN
12 189 (6.82%) SD-WAN
13 154 (5.56%) Internet
14 151 (5.45%) VoIP
15 116 (4.19%) Intrusion Detection
16 113 (4.08%) BGP
17 106 (3.83%) OSPF
18 104 (3.75%) MPLS
19 96 (3.47%) IPsec
20 88 (3.18%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (7.29%) SQL Server
2 54 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
3 51 (1.84%) MySQL
4 49 (1.77%) MongoDB
5 45 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
6 21 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
7 15 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
8 14 (0.51%) Big Data
9 13 (0.47%) Power BI
10 10 (0.36%) NoSQL
11 8 (0.29%) MariaDB
12 5 (0.18%) Redis
12 5 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.14%) Relational Database
14 3 (0.11%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.11%) Metabase
14 3 (0.11%) Oracle Database
14 3 (0.11%) Oracle Reports
15 2 (0.072%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 63 (2.27%) JIRA
2 47 (1.70%) Git
3 36 (1.30%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.36%) GNU Toolchain
4 10 (0.36%) Subversion
4 10 (0.36%) Trac
5 9 (0.32%) Robot Framework
6 8 (0.29%) Spinnaker
7 7 (0.25%) GitLab
7 7 (0.25%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.22%) Burp Suite
9 5 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
10 4 (0.14%) Metasploit
10 4 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
11 3 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
12 2 (0.072%) Hudson
12 2 (0.072%) Selenium
12 2 (0.072%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 1 (0.036%) Gradle
General
1 790 (28.52%) Social Skills
2 276 (9.96%) Finance
3 183 (6.61%) Analytical Skills
4 178 (6.43%) Telecoms
5 84 (3.03%) Law
6 82 (2.96%) Manufacturing
7 77 (2.78%) Retail
8 74 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 69 (2.49%) Public Sector
10 60 (2.17%) Legal
11 57 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
12 52 (1.88%) Aerospace
13 45 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
14 35 (1.26%) Games
15 29 (1.05%) Marketing
16 24 (0.87%) Police
17 21 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
18 20 (0.72%) Local Government
19 15 (0.54%) Back Office
19 15 (0.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 496 (17.91%) Network Engineer
2 437 (15.78%) IT Engineer
3 421 (15.20%) Support Engineer
4 396 (14.30%) IT Support
5 387 (13.97%) Senior
6 374 (13.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 284 (10.25%) Analyst
8 253 (9.13%) IT Support Engineer
9 166 (5.99%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 163 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support
10 163 (5.88%) Lead
11 157 (5.67%) Senior Network Engineer
12 132 (4.77%) 2nd Line Support
13 129 (4.66%) IT Manager
14 116 (4.19%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 108 (3.90%) Consultant
16 101 (3.65%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 92 (3.32%) Architect
17 92 (3.32%) Security Analyst
18 89 (3.21%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (2.13%) REST
2 54 (1.95%) YAML
3 49 (1.77%) RabbitMQ
4 35 (1.26%) 802.1X
5 33 (1.19%) .NET
6 31 (1.12%) HTML
7 24 (0.87%) SAML
8 22 (0.79%) ASP.NET
8 22 (0.79%) CSS
8 22 (0.79%) jQuery
9 20 (0.72%) OAuth
10 19 (0.69%) AngularJS
10 19 (0.69%) ASP.NET MVC
10 19 (0.69%) OpenID
10 19 (0.69%) React
10 19 (0.69%) Tailwind CSS
10 19 (0.69%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 19 (0.69%) Vue
10 19 (0.69%) WPF
11 17 (0.61%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 332 (11.99%) Data Centre
2 218 (7.87%) Driving Licence
3 178 (6.43%) Management Information System
4 105 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
5 93 (3.36%) Replication
6 86 (3.10%) Public Cloud
7 63 (2.27%) Clustering
8 55 (1.99%) Security Operations Centre
9 53 (1.91%) Onboarding
10 50 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
11 40 (1.44%) CCTV
12 36 (1.30%) IoT
13 35 (1.26%) Client/Server
13 35 (1.26%) PKI
14 34 (1.23%) Security Posture
15 33 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
16 26 (0.94%) CMDB
17 25 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
18 24 (0.87%) Cyberattack
18 24 (0.87%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1,376 (49.68%) Windows
2 857 (30.94%) Windows Server
3 551 (19.89%) Linux
4 231 (8.34%) Windows 10
5 188 (6.79%) Windows Server 2016
6 158 (5.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 149 (5.38%) Windows Server 2012
8 69 (2.49%) Mac OS
9 51 (1.84%) Windows Server 2008
10 49 (1.77%) Data ONTAP
11 47 (1.70%) Apple iOS
11 47 (1.70%) Unix
12 34 (1.23%) Android
13 33 (1.19%) VMS
14 29 (1.05%) Ubuntu
15 25 (0.90%) Windows 7
16 16 (0.58%) Windows 8
16 16 (0.58%) Windows XP
17 15 (0.54%) Windows Server 2003
18 11 (0.40%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 652 (23.54%) Problem-Solving
2 546 (19.71%) Cybersecurity
3 473 (17.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 397 (14.33%) Customer Service
5 367 (13.25%) ITIL
6 216 (7.80%) Disaster Recovery
7 191 (6.90%) Mentoring
8 189 (6.82%) Agile
9 184 (6.64%) Project Management
10 174 (6.28%) DevOps
11 166 (5.99%) Incident Response
12 157 (5.67%) Service Delivery
13 154 (5.56%) SIEM
14 153 (5.52%) Information Security
15 152 (5.49%) Project Delivery
16 147 (5.31%) Migration
17 136 (4.91%) Actionable Insight
18 132 (4.77%) Kalman Filter
19 126 (4.55%) Computer Science
20 112 (4.04%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 308 (11.12%) PowerShell
2 260 (9.39%) SQL
3 192 (6.93%) Python
4 98 (3.54%) Bash
5 53 (1.91%) C#
6 40 (1.44%) Java
7 25 (0.90%) VBScript
8 24 (0.87%) Bicep
9 19 (0.69%) XAML
10 14 (0.51%) C
10 14 (0.51%) VB
11 13 (0.47%) Perl
12 12 (0.43%) PHP
13 11 (0.40%) C++
14 9 (0.32%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.25%) JavaScript
16 5 (0.18%) T-SQL
17 4 (0.14%) Go
17 4 (0.14%) Ruby
18 3 (0.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 408 (14.73%) Security Cleared
2 391 (14.12%) Degree
3 386 (13.94%) Cisco Certification
4 280 (10.11%) CCNA
5 247 (8.92%) SC Cleared
6 168 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
7 157 (5.67%) CCNP
8 127 (4.58%) DV Cleared
9 112 (4.04%) CISSP
10 104 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
11 82 (2.96%) Azure Certification
11 82 (2.96%) MCSE
12 67 (2.42%) Network+ Certification
13 52 (1.88%) CompTIA Security+
14 44 (1.59%) MCP
15 35 (1.26%) MCSA
16 33 (1.19%) CCIE
17 31 (1.12%) AWS Certification
17 31 (1.12%) DBS Check
18 30 (1.08%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (5.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 149 (5.38%) SLA
3 96 (3.47%) Cyber Essentials
4 93 (3.36%) GDPR
5 80 (2.89%) NIST
6 37 (1.34%) PCI DSS
7 24 (0.87%) SOC 2
8 22 (0.79%) QA
9 20 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 11 (0.40%) NCSC
11 9 (0.32%) COSHH
12 7 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 5 (0.18%) SOC 1
14 4 (0.14%) HIPAA
15 3 (0.11%) Accessibility
15 3 (0.11%) COBIT
15 3 (0.11%) ISO 22301
15 3 (0.11%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 3 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1,025 (37.00%) Active Directory
2 620 (22.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 550 (19.86%) Hyper-V
4 106 (3.83%) Docker
5 95 (3.43%) VMware ESXi
6 94 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
7 82 (2.96%) vSphere
8 65 (2.35%) Virtual Desktop
9 38 (1.37%) VMware NSX
10 35 (1.26%) Virtual Servers
11 24 (0.87%) pfSense
12 22 (0.79%) Firmware
13 21 (0.76%) XenApp
14 20 (0.72%) Terminal Services
14 20 (0.72%) XenDesktop
15 17 (0.61%) NFS
16 8 (0.29%) VMware Server
17 6 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
18 4 (0.14%) Citrix Hypervisor
18 4 (0.14%) KVM
Systems Management
1 380 (13.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 159 (5.74%) Ansible
3 139 (5.02%) Kubernetes
4 128 (4.62%) SCCM
5 108 (3.90%) FortiGate
6 91 (3.29%) Terraform
7 81 (2.92%) vCenter Server
7 81 (2.92%) WSUS
8 58 (2.09%) Prometheus
9 52 (1.88%) SCOM
10 35 (1.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 31 (1.12%) ZABBIX
12 27 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
13 23 (0.83%) Failover Clustering
13 23 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
14 22 (0.79%) Grafana
15 21 (0.76%) Nagios
16 20 (0.72%) SmoothWall
17 16 (0.58%) EMC NetWorker
18 15 (0.54%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 1,259 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 887 (32.02%) VMware
3 795 (28.70%) Cisco
4 240 (8.66%) Veeam
5 215 (7.76%) Palo Alto
6 201 (7.26%) Juniper
7 178 (6.43%) Fortinet
8 166 (5.99%) Meraki
9 151 (5.45%) Aruba
10 145 (5.23%) Citrix
11 127 (4.58%) HP
12 119 (4.30%) CheckPoint
13 95 (3.43%) Dell
14 94 (3.39%) NetApp
15 84 (3.03%) Sophos
16 65 (2.35%) Google
17 61 (2.20%) Red Hat
18 53 (1.91%) Apple
19 49 (1.77%) SolarWinds
19 49 (1.77%) SolidFire