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 20 May 2025, 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 684 840 892
Rank change year-on-year +156 +52 +261
Permanent jobs citing WatchGuard 28 67 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.050% 0.067% 0.067%
As % of the Vendors category 0.13% 0.18% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 28 55 30
10th Percentile £27,500 £23,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £28,063 £25,000 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -15.29% +19.72%
75th Percentile £39,063 £42,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £46,500 £47,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £36,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -2.78% -15.29% +37.10%

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 21,801 36,348 41,665
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 38.80% 36.37% 41.87%
Number of salaries quoted 12,050 24,858 23,934
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,705 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £36,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,600 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.89% -9.00% +5.26%

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 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for WatchGuard in the UK

WatchGuard
Top 10 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 20 May 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 +113 28 £35,000 -2.78% 26
UK excluding London +124 24 £35,000 -2.78% 23
Work from Home +123 13 £37,500 -16.67% 6
North of England +55 9 £37,500 +15.38% 4
North West -1 9 £37,500 - 1
South East +60 6 £29,000 -17.14% 4
East of England +31 6 £30,000 -33.33% 8
London +121 4 £38,750 +3.33% 1
West Midlands +51 3 £45,000 +25.00%
Midlands +50 3 £45,000 +25.00% 5

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 11 (39.29%) SharePoint
2 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Sage 50
2 1 (3.57%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 26 (92.86%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (78.57%) Azure
3 12 (42.86%) Entra ID
4 6 (21.43%) OneDrive
5 2 (7.14%) Mimecast
6 1 (3.57%) Nutanix
6 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
6 1 (3.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 24 (85.71%) Firewall
2 12 (42.86%) VLAN
3 10 (35.71%) LAN
3 10 (35.71%) WAN
4 8 (28.57%) VPN
5 6 (21.43%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (14.29%) VoIP
7 3 (10.71%) DHCP
7 3 (10.71%) DNS
7 3 (10.71%) PBX
7 3 (10.71%) SAN
8 2 (7.14%) TCP/IP
9 1 (3.57%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Automotive
4 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
4 3 (10.71%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 11 (39.29%) 2nd Line Support
2 9 (32.14%) Support Specialist
3 7 (25.00%) Technical Support
4 6 (21.43%) IT Support
4 6 (21.43%) Support Engineer
4 6 (21.43%) Technical Specialist
4 6 (21.43%) Technical Support Specialist
5 5 (17.86%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 5 (17.86%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 5 (17.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) Analyst
6 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure Support
6 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
6 3 (10.71%) IT Support Specialist
6 3 (10.71%) Senior
6 3 (10.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) Service Desk Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) Service Desk Support
6 3 (10.71%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) EDI
1 1 (3.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 15 (53.57%) Windows Server
2 14 (50.00%) Windows
3 3 (10.71%) Linux
3 3 (10.71%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (3.57%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (67.86%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (32.14%) Infrastructure Management
4 7 (25.00%) ITIL
5 6 (21.43%) ITSM
5 6 (21.43%) Time Management
6 5 (17.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (17.86%) Proactive Maintenance
7 4 (14.29%) Customer Service
8 3 (10.71%) Antivirus Management
8 3 (10.71%) Coaching
8 3 (10.71%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (10.71%) CRM
8 3 (10.71%) Migration
8 3 (10.71%) Network Virtualisation
8 3 (10.71%) Proactive Monitoring
8 3 (10.71%) Server Management
9 1 (3.57%) B2B
9 1 (3.57%) B2C
9 1 (3.57%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (10.71%) CCNA
2 3 (10.71%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (10.71%) MCSE
2 3 (10.71%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.57%) Degree
3 1 (3.57%) MCP
3 1 (3.57%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) SLA
2 1 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (3.57%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 17 (60.71%) Hyper-V
3 2 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (3.57%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.57%) Autotask
2 1 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 11 (39.29%) Cisco
3 10 (35.71%) Fortinet
3 10 (35.71%) Meraki
4 9 (32.14%) SonicWALL
5 6 (21.43%) Acronis
6 5 (17.86%) Palo Alto
7 4 (14.29%) Dell
7 4 (14.29%) HP
7 4 (14.29%) VMware
8 3 (10.71%) Draytek
8 3 (10.71%) Kaseya
8 3 (10.71%) Sage
8 3 (10.71%) Sophos
8 3 (10.71%) Ubiquiti
9 1 (3.57%) Avaya
9 1 (3.57%) Citrix
9 1 (3.57%) Datto
9 1 (3.57%) Ivanti
9 1 (3.57%) Veeam