WatchGuard Jobs

WatchGuard
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of WatchGuard products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited WatchGuard over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 782 839 1204
Rank change year-on-year +57 +365 -231
Permanent jobs citing WatchGuard 60 48 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.066% 0.059% 0.041%
As % of the Vendors category 0.20% 0.15% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 50 34 59
10th Percentile £23,000 £29,250 £25,800
25th Percentile £29,000 £35,125 £28,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.29% +6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £42,188 £46,500 £47,250
90th Percentile £47,500 £61,375 £56,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £40,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -13.58% +15.71% -6.67%

All Vendors
UK

WatchGuard falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 30,670 32,578 68,726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.94% 40.37% 39.21%
Number of salaries quoted 19,230 21,852 34,342
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £30,372
25th Percentile £36,963 £41,250 £40,132
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £91,973
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,501
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +3.26%

WatchGuard
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for WatchGuard in the UK

WatchGuard
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for WatchGuard in the UK

WatchGuard
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing WatchGuard over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for WatchGuard in the UK

WatchGuard
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WatchGuard within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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
England +55 60 £36,000 -13.25% 8
UK excluding London -12 57 £35,000 -13.58% 9
South East +29 34 £32,500 -19.75% 4
Work from Home +42 13 £45,000 +20.00% 2
West Midlands -3 11 £38,125 +8.93% 3
Midlands -20 11 £38,125 +8.93% 3
East of England +4 10 £45,000 -16.28% 1
London +76 3 £37,500 -26.83%
South West -12 1 - -
North East - 1 £32,500 -
North of England - 1 £32,500 -

WatchGuard
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 22 (36.67%) SharePoint
2 19 (31.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.67%) IIS
Applications
1 22 (36.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (6.67%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 49 (81.67%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (48.33%) Azure
3 11 (18.33%) Entra ID
4 8 (13.33%) OneDrive
5 2 (3.33%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.33%) PowerApps
5 2 (3.33%) SaaS
6 1 (1.67%) AWS
6 1 (1.67%) IaaS
6 1 (1.67%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 40 (66.67%) Firewall
2 24 (40.00%) DHCP
2 24 (40.00%) DNS
3 8 (13.33%) VPN
3 8 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (11.67%) VLAN
5 6 (10.00%) Network Security
6 3 (5.00%) TCP/IP
6 3 (5.00%) Unified Communications
6 3 (5.00%) VoIP
7 2 (3.33%) NAS
7 2 (3.33%) SAN
8 1 (1.67%) Broadband
8 1 (1.67%) Ethernet
8 1 (1.67%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (1.67%) iSCSI
8 1 (1.67%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (1.67%) SSL
8 1 (1.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.00%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.33%) Power BI
General
1 16 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (5.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.33%) Games
3 2 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (3.33%) Legal
3 2 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (3.33%) Retail
4 1 (1.67%) Law
4 1 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (26.67%) Support Engineer
2 14 (23.33%) IT Engineer
2 14 (23.33%) IT Support
3 12 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 11 (18.33%) 1st Line Support
4 11 (18.33%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 11 (18.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 11 (18.33%) Analyst
4 11 (18.33%) First Line Help Desk Analyst
4 11 (18.33%) First Line Help Desk Support
4 11 (18.33%) Help Desk Analyst
4 11 (18.33%) Help Desk Support
4 11 (18.33%) Help Desk Support Analyst
4 11 (18.33%) Support Analyst
5 10 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
5 10 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 8 (13.33%) Senior
7 6 (10.00%) IT Manager
8 5 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
9 4 (6.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 5 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 4 (6.67%) CCTV
3 4 (6.67%) FMCG
4 1 (1.67%) Clustering
4 1 (1.67%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 38 (63.33%) Windows
2 19 (31.67%) Windows Server
3 14 (23.33%) Windows 10
4 4 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.67%) Linux
6 1 (1.67%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.67%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.67%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.67%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 9 (15.00%) Gamification
3 9 (15.00%) ITIL
4 7 (11.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (11.67%) Project Planning
4 7 (11.67%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 7 (11.67%) Threat Detection
4 7 (11.67%) Virtual Environments
5 6 (10.00%) ERP
5 6 (10.00%) IT Strategy
6 4 (6.67%) Customer Experience
6 4 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (6.67%) Ticket Management
7 3 (5.00%) Computer Science
7 3 (5.00%) Critical Thinking
7 3 (5.00%) Emotional Intelligence
7 3 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (5.00%) Performance Management
7 3 (5.00%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.67%) PowerShell
1 7 (11.67%) SQL
2 1 (1.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (18.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (10.00%) Degree
3 4 (6.67%) MCP
4 3 (5.00%) CCNA
4 3 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.33%) Azure Certification
5 2 (3.33%) CCNP
5 2 (3.33%) DBS Check
5 2 (3.33%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.67%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.67%) CISM
6 1 (1.67%) CISSP
6 1 (1.67%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.67%) MCSA
6 1 (1.67%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (23.33%) SLA
2 2 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 27 (45.00%) Active Directory
2 23 (38.33%) Hyper-V
3 8 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.33%) Terminal Server
5 1 (1.67%) DFS Replication
5 1 (1.67%) pfSense
5 1 (1.67%) Terminal Services
5 1 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (21.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.33%) SCCM
3 1 (1.67%) Autotask
3 1 (1.67%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.67%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (1.67%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (78.33%) Microsoft
2 14 (23.33%) VMware
3 9 (15.00%) Cisco
4 6 (10.00%) Acronis
5 5 (8.33%) Dell
5 5 (8.33%) Sage
6 4 (6.67%) Avaya
6 4 (6.67%) Draytek
6 4 (6.67%) Veeam
7 3 (5.00%) Citrix
7 3 (5.00%) Fortinet
7 3 (5.00%) HP
7 3 (5.00%) NETGEAR
7 3 (5.00%) SonicWALL
7 3 (5.00%) Sophos
8 2 (3.33%) Apple
8 2 (3.33%) Aruba
8 2 (3.33%) Datto
8 2 (3.33%) Ubiquiti
9 1 (1.67%) ConnectWise