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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 658 750 704
Rank change year-on-year +92 -46 +392
Permanent jobs citing SmoothWall 8 2 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.015% 0.003% 0.019%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.18% 0.031% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 10
10th Percentile £26,913 - £32,500
25th Percentile £29,125 - £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 - £43,250
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.13%
75th Percentile £37,188 - £49,375
90th Percentile £45,250 - £61,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 - £41,250
% change year-on-year - - +3.13%

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 4,568 6,556 8,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.56% 9.72% 15.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,196 3,912 6,546
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,775 £36,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,981 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,250 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,438 £84,056
90th Percentile £102,500 £104,875 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%

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 November 2025.

Salary histogram for SmoothWall in the UK

SmoothWall
Top 10 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 November 2025. 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 - 7 £31,000 - 3
UK excluding London +76 5 £35,000 - 3
North of England - 2 £26,188 - 1
Work from Home - 2 £37,750 - 1
London - 2 £31,000 -
North West - 2 £26,188 - 1
South East - 1 £35,000 - 2
South West - 1 £47,500 -
West Midlands - 1 £42,500 -
Midlands - 1 £42,500 -

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (75.00%) Azure
3 4 (50.00%) Google Workspace
4 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) LAN
1 4 (50.00%) WAN
2 3 (37.50%) VoIP
3 2 (25.00%) Firewall
4 1 (12.50%) SAN
General
1 3 (37.50%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Advertising
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Local Government
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) IT Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Field Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) IT Support
2 2 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Service Desk Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 1st Line Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Social Media
2 2 (25.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) ITIL
2 4 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (37.50%) Data Protection
3 3 (37.50%) Network Management
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Tech Ops
4 2 (25.00%) User Experience
4 2 (25.00%) Web Filtering
5 1 (12.50%) Analytics
5 1 (12.50%) Decision Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) IT Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Line Management
5 1 (12.50%) Project Management
5 1 (12.50%) Service Management
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) DBS Check
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (50.00%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) Cisco
3 4 (50.00%) Google
3 4 (50.00%) Meraki
4 1 (12.50%) EMC
4 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto
4 1 (12.50%) VMware