SmoothWall Job Trends

SmoothWall
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SmoothWall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 626 708 735
Rank change year-on-year +82 +27 +271
Permanent jobs citing SmoothWall 9 1 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.015% 0.002% 0.025%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.21% 0.017% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 16
10th Percentile £28,475 - £29,625
25th Percentile £29,500 £25,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £26,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% -42.22% +28.57%
75th Percentile - £27,000 £48,750
90th Percentile - - £55,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £26,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year +34.62% -40.57% +10.76%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

SmoothWall falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,213 5,876 7,983
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.85% 11.09% 12.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,949 3,569 6,497
10th Percentile £32,000 £38,140 £34,625
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £62,600
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +11.82% -7.26%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -4.35%

SmoothWall
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SmoothWall relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SmoothWall job vacancy trend in the UK

SmoothWall
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SmoothWall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SmoothWall

SmoothWall
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SmoothWall over the 6 months to 21 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SmoothWall in the UK

SmoothWall
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SmoothWall within the UK over the 6 months to 21 January 2026. 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
England +69 8 £35,000 +34.62%
UK excluding London +55 6 £35,000 +34.62%
South East - 5 £35,000 -
London - 2 £31,000 -
North West - 1 £24,375 -
North of England - 1 £24,375 -

SmoothWall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (88.89%) Google Workspace
3 7 (77.78%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) LAN
1 7 (77.78%) WAN
2 6 (66.67%) VoIP
3 2 (22.22%) Firewall
General
1 7 (77.78%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Advertising
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) IT Engineer
2 6 (66.67%) Field Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) IT Support
3 2 (22.22%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Social Media
2 2 (22.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Customer Service
1 7 (77.78%) Data Protection
1 7 (77.78%) ITIL
2 6 (66.67%) Network Management
2 6 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (22.22%) Tech Ops
3 2 (22.22%) User Experience
4 1 (11.11%) Line Management
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (77.78%) Jamf Pro
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Google
2 7 (77.78%) Cisco
2 7 (77.78%) Meraki
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft