pfSense
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for pfSense skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited pfSense 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 868 958 1231
Rank change year-on-year +90 +273 -347
Permanent jobs citing pfSense 28 12 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.029% 0.011% 0.001%
As % of the System Software category 0.23% 0.075% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 10 11 1
10th Percentile £23,750 £41,250 -
25th Percentile £25,438 £54,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £115,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -63.04% +187.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £58,750 £127,500 £42,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -25.88% +6.25% +5.26%

All System Software Skills
UK

pfSense is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 12,249 16,035 28,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.49% 15.32% 18.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9,715 10,596 15,794
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £27,825
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,325
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -2.35% +2.41%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

pfSense
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing pfSense as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for pfSense in the UK

pfSense
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing pfSense.

Salary trend for pfSense in the UK

pfSense
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing pfSense over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for pfSense in the UK

pfSense
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing pfSense within the UK 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
UK excluding London +37 27 £31,500 -25.88% 3
England +126 25 £57,500 -50.00% 4
Work from Home +105 16 - -
South East +46 16 - -
Midlands +13 8 £57,500 +27.78% 2
West Midlands +29 6 £57,500 +27.78% 1
Scotland - 3 £24,500 -
East Midlands - 2 £31,500 - 1
London +125 1 £53,500 -53.48% 1

pfSense
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (21.43%) SharePoint
3 2 (7.14%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (35.71%) GitHub
2 9 (32.14%) Azure
3 8 (28.57%) Entra ID
4 7 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (21.43%) OneDrive
6 2 (7.14%) Amazon S3
6 2 (7.14%) AWS
6 2 (7.14%) Mimecast
6 2 (7.14%) OpenDNS
7 1 (3.57%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 24 (85.71%) Firewall
2 21 (75.00%) VPN
3 18 (64.29%) DHCP
3 18 (64.29%) DNS
4 16 (57.14%) 5G
5 10 (35.71%) TCP/IP
6 7 (25.00%) iSCSI
7 6 (21.43%) IPv4
8 5 (17.86%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (14.29%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (14.29%) SD-WAN
9 4 (14.29%) SNMP
9 4 (14.29%) WAN
10 3 (10.71%) NAS
10 3 (10.71%) VLAN
11 2 (7.14%) EIGRP
11 2 (7.14%) HSRP
11 2 (7.14%) RIP
11 2 (7.14%) SAN
11 2 (7.14%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 10 (35.71%) Git
1 10 (35.71%) Jenkins
1 10 (35.71%) JIRA
1 10 (35.71%) Trac
General
1 16 (57.14%) Telecoms
2 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Finance
4 2 (7.14%) Law
4 2 (7.14%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (28.57%) Network Engineer
3 4 (14.29%) Infrastructure Manager
3 4 (14.29%) IT Infrastructure Manager
3 4 (14.29%) IT Manager
4 3 (10.71%) IT Support
5 2 (7.14%) 1st Line Support
5 2 (7.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
5 2 (7.14%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (7.14%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Support
5 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) IT Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Support Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) First Line Help Desk Support
6 1 (3.57%) Help Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) LAMP
1 2 (7.14%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 4 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.14%) Driving Licence
2 2 (7.14%) PKI
3 1 (3.57%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 22 (78.57%) Windows
2 18 (64.29%) Linux
2 18 (64.29%) Windows Server
3 6 (21.43%) Windows 10
4 4 (14.29%) VMS
5 1 (3.57%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (57.14%) Actionable Insight
1 16 (57.14%) Configuration Management
1 16 (57.14%) Validation
2 13 (46.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 10 (35.71%) DevOps
4 7 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (25.00%) Server Management
5 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (14.29%) Data Centre Operations
5 4 (14.29%) Information Security
5 4 (14.29%) IT Strategy
5 4 (14.29%) ITIL
5 4 (14.29%) Line Management
5 4 (14.29%) Network Design
5 4 (14.29%) Network Management
5 4 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 4 (14.29%) Project Management
6 2 (7.14%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 10 (35.71%) PowerShell
1 10 (35.71%) Python
2 4 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 16 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 5 (17.86%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (17.86%) Degree
3 4 (14.29%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 22 (78.57%) Hyper-V
2 18 (64.29%) Active Directory
3 16 (57.14%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (42.86%) Docker
5 10 (35.71%) NFS
6 5 (17.86%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (10.71%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (7.14%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (7.14%) Terminal Services
8 2 (7.14%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (3.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (57.14%) Grafana
1 16 (57.14%) ZABBIX
2 10 (35.71%) Ansible
2 10 (35.71%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
2 10 (35.71%) SCDPM
3 2 (7.14%) Backup Exec
3 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (3.57%) Dell DRAC
4 1 (3.57%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 21 (75.00%) VMware
2 20 (71.43%) Fortinet
3 19 (67.86%) Microsoft
4 16 (57.14%) Juniper
4 16 (57.14%) Veeam
5 10 (35.71%) McAfee
6 7 (25.00%) Cisco
6 7 (25.00%) Ubiquiti
7 5 (17.86%) Dell
7 5 (17.86%) QNAP
8 4 (14.29%) BroadSoft
8 4 (14.29%) Brocade
8 4 (14.29%) Dell Compellent
8 4 (14.29%) Zerto
9 3 (10.71%) Apple
9 3 (10.71%) TP-LINK
10 2 (7.14%) Citrix
10 2 (7.14%) HP
10 2 (7.14%) Sophos
10 2 (7.14%) Veritas