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

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 74 75
Rank change year-on-year +12 +1 -16
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 2,736 2,541 2,935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.86% 4.28% 4.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.08% 23.46% 26.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,317 1,691 2,173
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £35,000 £34,242
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
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 9,744 10,829 11,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.73% 18.25% 15.43%
Number of salaries quoted 7,069 4,702 6,484
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,047 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £74,257
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +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 15 May 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 15 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
South East +20 827 £42,500 -5.56% 144
North of England +13 601 £42,500 -10.53% 152
Midlands +32 520 £45,000 - 118
South West +7 346 £45,000 +5.88% 78
West Midlands +47 343 £45,000 -0.83% 65
Yorkshire +45 268 £45,000 -4.00% 52
North West -15 266 £50,000 - 84
East of England +29 256 £41,500 -2.35% 46
East Midlands -1 173 £41,250 -2.37% 53
Scotland -112 98 £50,000 +7.82% 35
Wales +7 85 £40,500 -10.00% 15
North East +6 79 £41,078 -3.35% 16
Northern Ireland -5 21 £37,500 - 7
Isle of Man -3 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
1 447 (16.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 362 (13.23%) SharePoint
3 106 (3.87%) IIS
4 63 (2.30%) Apache
5 22 (0.80%) nginx
6 19 (0.69%) Confluence
7 18 (0.66%) CMS
7 18 (0.66%) WordPress
8 16 (0.58%) Skype for Business
9 15 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2010
10 12 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2013
11 9 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2007
12 7 (0.26%) Apache Spark
12 7 (0.26%) SharePoint 2010
12 7 (0.26%) SharePoint 2013
13 6 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2000
14 4 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2003
14 4 (0.15%) SAS
14 4 (0.15%) Umbraco
15 3 (0.11%) Jupyter
Applications
1 256 (9.36%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.40%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.15%) Trello
6 1 (0.037%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.15%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.11%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.073%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.073%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.073%) Shopify
4 1 (0.037%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 1,291 (47.19%) Azure
2 1,093 (39.95%) Microsoft 365
3 379 (13.85%) AWS
4 359 (13.12%) Entra ID
5 111 (4.06%) OneDrive
6 109 (3.98%) GCP
7 93 (3.40%) SaaS
8 86 (3.14%) IaaS
9 79 (2.89%) PaaS
10 58 (2.12%) Cloud Computing
11 55 (2.01%) Amazon S3
12 45 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
13 44 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
14 35 (1.28%) Mimecast
15 30 (1.10%) GitHub
16 29 (1.06%) Power Platform
17 23 (0.84%) Google Workspace
18 22 (0.80%) Azure Storage
19 21 (0.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
20 17 (0.62%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 620 (22.66%) DNS
2 618 (22.59%) VPN
3 608 (22.22%) WAN
4 493 (18.02%) LAN
5 413 (15.10%) DHCP
6 387 (14.14%) TCP/IP
7 301 (11.00%) Wireless
8 292 (10.67%) Network Security
9 280 (10.23%) VLAN
10 255 (9.32%) Wi-Fi
11 195 (7.13%) SD-WAN
12 191 (6.98%) SAN
13 154 (5.63%) Internet
14 137 (5.01%) VoIP
15 113 (4.13%) Intrusion Detection
16 106 (3.87%) MPLS
17 105 (3.84%) BGP
18 100 (3.65%) OSPF
19 95 (3.47%) IPsec
20 83 (3.03%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (7.13%) SQL Server
2 54 (1.97%) Elasticsearch
3 49 (1.79%) MongoDB
4 44 (1.61%) MySQL
5 41 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
6 21 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (0.62%) Big Data
8 15 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
8 15 (0.55%) Power BI
9 10 (0.37%) NoSQL
10 8 (0.29%) MariaDB
11 5 (0.18%) Redis
11 5 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.15%) Relational Database
13 3 (0.11%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.11%) Metabase
13 3 (0.11%) Oracle Database
13 3 (0.11%) Oracle Reports
14 2 (0.073%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 66 (2.41%) JIRA
2 49 (1.79%) Git
3 39 (1.43%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.48%) Robot Framework
5 10 (0.37%) GNU Toolchain
5 10 (0.37%) Subversion
5 10 (0.37%) Trac
6 7 (0.26%) Spinnaker
6 7 (0.26%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.18%) GitLab
7 5 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
8 4 (0.15%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.073%) Hudson
10 2 (0.073%) Metasploit
10 2 (0.073%) Selenium
10 2 (0.073%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.037%) Maven
General
1 782 (28.58%) Social Skills
2 269 (9.83%) Finance
3 184 (6.73%) Telecoms
4 183 (6.69%) Analytical Skills
5 84 (3.07%) Law
6 81 (2.96%) Manufacturing
7 80 (2.92%) Retail
8 74 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 71 (2.60%) Aerospace
10 67 (2.45%) Public Sector
11 58 (2.12%) Legal
12 57 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
13 42 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
14 33 (1.21%) Games
15 30 (1.10%) Marketing
16 22 (0.80%) Police
17 20 (0.73%) Local Government
17 20 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (0.55%) Back Office
19 13 (0.48%) Military
Job Titles
1 475 (17.36%) Network Engineer
2 435 (15.90%) IT Engineer
3 424 (15.50%) Support Engineer
4 397 (14.51%) IT Support
5 379 (13.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 363 (13.27%) Senior
7 274 (10.01%) Analyst
8 258 (9.43%) IT Support Engineer
9 163 (5.96%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 163 (5.96%) Lead
10 162 (5.92%) 3rd Line Support
11 140 (5.12%) Senior Network Engineer
12 129 (4.71%) 2nd Line Support
12 129 (4.71%) IT Manager
13 115 (4.20%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 111 (4.06%) Consultant
15 100 (3.65%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 94 (3.44%) Architect
17 92 (3.36%) Security Analyst
18 89 (3.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (2.01%) REST
2 54 (1.97%) YAML
3 49 (1.79%) RabbitMQ
4 36 (1.32%) 802.1X
5 35 (1.28%) HTML
6 33 (1.21%) .NET
7 23 (0.84%) SAML
8 22 (0.80%) ASP.NET
8 22 (0.80%) CSS
8 22 (0.80%) jQuery
9 19 (0.69%) AngularJS
9 19 (0.69%) ASP.NET MVC
9 19 (0.69%) React
9 19 (0.69%) Tailwind CSS
9 19 (0.69%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 19 (0.69%) Vue
9 19 (0.69%) WPF
10 18 (0.66%) OAuth
10 18 (0.66%) OpenID
11 17 (0.62%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 336 (12.28%) Data Centre
2 215 (7.86%) Driving Licence
3 178 (6.51%) Management Information System
4 99 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
5 96 (3.51%) Replication
6 81 (2.96%) Public Cloud
7 61 (2.23%) Clustering
8 57 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
9 48 (1.75%) Onboarding
10 46 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
11 40 (1.46%) Security Posture
12 39 (1.43%) CCTV
12 39 (1.43%) IoT
13 37 (1.35%) PKI
14 36 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
15 34 (1.24%) Client/Server
16 29 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
17 25 (0.91%) CMDB
17 25 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
17 25 (0.91%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 1,353 (49.45%) Windows
2 835 (30.52%) Windows Server
3 557 (20.36%) Linux
4 230 (8.41%) Windows 10
5 185 (6.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 150 (5.48%) Windows Server 2019
7 143 (5.23%) Windows Server 2012
8 62 (2.27%) Mac OS
9 49 (1.79%) Data ONTAP
10 45 (1.64%) Apple iOS
11 44 (1.61%) Unix
12 43 (1.57%) Windows Server 2008
13 37 (1.35%) Android
14 33 (1.21%) VMS
15 28 (1.02%) Ubuntu
16 25 (0.91%) Windows 7
17 16 (0.58%) Windows XP
18 14 (0.51%) Windows Server 2003
19 13 (0.48%) CentOS
19 13 (0.48%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 643 (23.50%) Problem-Solving
2 533 (19.48%) Cybersecurity
3 486 (17.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 399 (14.58%) Customer Service
5 366 (13.38%) ITIL
6 216 (7.89%) Disaster Recovery
7 210 (7.68%) Agile
8 192 (7.02%) Mentoring
9 186 (6.80%) Project Management
10 179 (6.54%) DevOps
11 167 (6.10%) Incident Response
12 164 (5.99%) Service Delivery
13 152 (5.56%) Information Security
14 148 (5.41%) Project Delivery
14 148 (5.41%) SIEM
15 146 (5.34%) Migration
16 136 (4.97%) Actionable Insight
17 131 (4.79%) Kalman Filter
18 127 (4.64%) Computer Science
19 114 (4.17%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 309 (11.29%) PowerShell
2 245 (8.95%) SQL
3 194 (7.09%) Python
4 97 (3.55%) Bash
5 51 (1.86%) C#
6 37 (1.35%) Java
7 24 (0.88%) Bicep
7 24 (0.88%) VBScript
8 19 (0.69%) XAML
9 15 (0.55%) C
10 14 (0.51%) VB
11 13 (0.48%) Perl
12 12 (0.44%) PHP
13 11 (0.40%) C++
14 9 (0.33%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.26%) JavaScript
16 5 (0.18%) T-SQL
17 4 (0.15%) Go
17 4 (0.15%) Ruby
18 3 (0.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 390 (14.25%) Degree
2 389 (14.22%) Security Cleared
3 376 (13.74%) Cisco Certification
4 277 (10.12%) CCNA
5 240 (8.77%) SC Cleared
6 165 (6.03%) Microsoft Certification
7 152 (5.56%) CCNP
8 119 (4.35%) CISSP
9 112 (4.09%) DV Cleared
10 103 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
11 87 (3.18%) Azure Certification
12 82 (3.00%) MCSE
13 64 (2.34%) Network+ Certification
14 54 (1.97%) CompTIA Security+
15 46 (1.68%) MCP
16 36 (1.32%) CCIE
16 36 (1.32%) CISM
16 36 (1.32%) MCSA
17 33 (1.21%) AWS Certification
18 29 (1.06%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (5.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 138 (5.04%) SLA
3 97 (3.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 96 (3.51%) GDPR
5 79 (2.89%) NIST
6 43 (1.57%) PCI DSS
7 28 (1.02%) QA
8 23 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 22 (0.80%) SOC 2
10 9 (0.33%) COSHH
10 9 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 9 (0.33%) NCSC
11 5 (0.18%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.18%) ISO 22301
11 5 (0.18%) SOC 1
12 4 (0.15%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.11%) COBIT
13 3 (0.11%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 3 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 998 (36.48%) Active Directory
2 614 (22.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 538 (19.66%) Hyper-V
4 105 (3.84%) Docker
5 102 (3.73%) VMware ESXi
6 94 (3.44%) Virtual Machines
7 81 (2.96%) vSphere
8 64 (2.34%) Virtual Desktop
9 44 (1.61%) VMware NSX
10 33 (1.21%) Virtual Servers
11 26 (0.95%) XenApp
12 25 (0.91%) XenDesktop
13 24 (0.88%) pfSense
14 22 (0.80%) Firmware
15 20 (0.73%) Terminal Services
16 16 (0.58%) NFS
17 7 (0.26%) VMware Server
18 6 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
19 4 (0.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
19 4 (0.15%) KVM
Systems Management
1 373 (13.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 161 (5.88%) Ansible
3 140 (5.12%) Kubernetes
4 132 (4.82%) SCCM
5 105 (3.84%) FortiGate
6 86 (3.14%) Terraform
7 81 (2.96%) vCenter Server
8 78 (2.85%) WSUS
9 58 (2.12%) Prometheus
10 50 (1.83%) SCOM
11 35 (1.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 32 (1.17%) ZABBIX
13 27 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
14 23 (0.84%) Failover Clustering
14 23 (0.84%) Nagios
15 21 (0.77%) Grafana
16 19 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
16 19 (0.69%) SmoothWall
17 18 (0.66%) Docker Swarm
18 16 (0.58%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 1,235 (45.14%) Microsoft
2 879 (32.13%) VMware
3 774 (28.29%) Cisco
4 241 (8.81%) Veeam
5 220 (8.04%) Palo Alto
6 203 (7.42%) Juniper
7 190 (6.94%) Fortinet
8 162 (5.92%) Meraki
9 149 (5.45%) Aruba
10 147 (5.37%) Citrix
11 130 (4.75%) HP
12 115 (4.20%) CheckPoint
13 98 (3.58%) Dell
14 93 (3.40%) NetApp
15 83 (3.03%) Sophos
16 61 (2.23%) Google
16 61 (2.23%) Red Hat
17 50 (1.83%) Apple
18 49 (1.79%) SolidFire
19 47 (1.72%) SolarWinds