Firewall Jobs in Wales

Firewall
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firewall over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 47 93
Rank change year-on-year +3 +46 -29
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 66 93 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 3.42% 5.44% 2.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 32.04% 32.75% 23.40%
Number of salaries quoted 37 28 42
10th Percentile £24,500 £32,000 £29,775
25th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,067 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.74% +5.88% +21.43%
75th Percentile £46,000 £59,063 £50,000
90th Percentile £56,419 £75,000 £60,900
UK median annual salary £48,800 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.05% - +5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

Firewall falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 206 284 188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 10.68% 16.61% 9.60%
Number of salaries quoted 125 90 116
10th Percentile £24,500 £29,000 £29,620
25th Percentile £28,290 £31,888 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,067 £40,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% -12.09% +21.33%
75th Percentile £50,000 £58,438 £61,000
90th Percentile £59,900 £73,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Wales

Firewall
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in Wales.

Salary trend for Firewall in Wales

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Wales over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Wales

Firewall
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Wales region 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
South Wales 0 56 £42,500 -15.00% 7
North Wales -2 4 £27,500 -14.06% 1
West Wales +14 3 £55,000 +22.22% 1
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 13 (19.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (15.15%) SharePoint
3 9 (13.64%) Skype for Business
4 5 (7.58%) Apache
5 3 (4.55%) Confluence
5 3 (4.55%) Jupyter
6 2 (3.03%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (15.15%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (40.91%) Azure
2 23 (34.85%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (12.12%) Entra ID
4 5 (7.58%) Amazon S3
4 5 (7.58%) AWS
5 1 (1.52%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (34.85%) DNS
2 22 (33.33%) Wireless
3 19 (28.79%) LAN
3 19 (28.79%) WAN
4 15 (22.73%) VPN
5 13 (19.70%) Network Security
5 13 (19.70%) TCP/IP
6 12 (18.18%) DHCP
7 11 (16.67%) Internet
8 9 (13.64%) IP Telephony
8 9 (13.64%) MPLS
8 9 (13.64%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (12.12%) Cisco ASA
10 7 (10.61%) Cisco IOS
10 7 (10.61%) IPsec
10 7 (10.61%) VLAN
11 5 (7.58%) SNMP
11 5 (7.58%) VoIP
12 4 (6.06%) Unified Communications
13 3 (4.55%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.58%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (7.58%) MongoDB
2 3 (4.55%) Metabase
2 3 (4.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.55%) JIRA
1 3 (4.55%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 13 (19.70%) Finance
2 8 (12.12%) Telecoms
3 7 (10.61%) Public Sector
3 7 (10.61%) Welsh Language
4 6 (9.09%) Social Skills
5 3 (4.55%) Advertising
5 3 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (4.55%) Local Government
5 3 (4.55%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.55%) Police
6 1 (1.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (36.36%) Senior
2 23 (34.85%) Network Engineer
3 15 (22.73%) Consultant
3 15 (22.73%) Senior Network Engineer
4 9 (13.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 9 (13.64%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 7 (10.61%) Analyst
5 7 (10.61%) Project Consultant
5 7 (10.61%) Senior Consultant
5 7 (10.61%) Senior Network Consultant
5 7 (10.61%) Senior Project Consultant
6 6 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 6 (9.09%) IT Engineer
6 6 (9.09%) IT Support
6 6 (9.09%) IT Technician
7 5 (7.58%) NetApp Consultant
7 5 (7.58%) Support Engineer
8 4 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (6.06%) Service Analyst
8 4 (6.06%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.58%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (7.58%) YAML
2 3 (4.55%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (40.91%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.58%) Replication
3 3 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (4.55%) Raspberry Pi
4 2 (3.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.52%) Clustering
5 1 (1.52%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 33 (50.00%) Windows
2 21 (31.82%) Windows Server
3 16 (24.24%) Linux
4 7 (10.61%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (9.09%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (7.58%) Data ONTAP
7 4 (6.06%) Windows 7
8 2 (3.03%) Mac OS
8 2 (3.03%) VMS
8 2 (3.03%) Windows 10
8 2 (3.03%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.52%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 20 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (27.27%) Network Management
4 17 (25.76%) ITIL
5 15 (22.73%) Business Continuity
6 14 (21.21%) Customer Service
7 10 (15.15%) Change Management
7 10 (15.15%) Incident Management
8 9 (13.64%) Migration
9 8 (12.12%) Disaster Recovery
10 7 (10.61%) Change Control
10 7 (10.61%) Infrastructure Management
10 7 (10.61%) Network Design
11 6 (9.09%) Line Management
11 6 (9.09%) Storage Management
12 5 (7.58%) Cybersecurity
12 5 (7.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 5 (7.58%) Project Management
12 5 (7.58%) Project Planning
12 5 (7.58%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.58%) Python
2 4 (6.06%) SQL
3 2 (3.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (30.30%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (25.76%) CCNA
3 16 (24.24%) SC Cleared
3 16 (24.24%) Security Cleared
4 11 (16.67%) Degree
5 8 (12.12%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (4.55%) CCNP
8 2 (3.03%) CWNA
8 2 (3.03%) CWTS
8 2 (3.03%) MCP
9 1 (1.52%) CISMP
9 1 (1.52%) CISSP
9 1 (1.52%) MCITP
9 1 (1.52%) MCSA
9 1 (1.52%) MCSE
9 1 (1.52%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.15%) SLA
2 2 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.52%) GDPR
3 1 (1.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (34.85%) Active Directory
2 18 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (7.58%) Docker
3 5 (7.58%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (7.58%) Ansible
1 5 (7.58%) Kubernetes
1 5 (7.58%) Prometheus
1 5 (7.58%) vCenter Server
2 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (3.03%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (3.03%) SmoothWall
3 2 (3.03%) WhatsUp Gold
4 1 (1.52%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 36 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 34 (51.52%) Cisco
3 18 (27.27%) VMware
4 13 (19.70%) Palo Alto
5 10 (15.15%) Fortinet
6 9 (13.64%) Avaya
6 9 (13.64%) Mitel
6 9 (13.64%) Veeam
7 7 (10.61%) CheckPoint
7 7 (10.61%) McAfee
7 7 (10.61%) Oracle
8 5 (7.58%) Meraki
8 5 (7.58%) NetApp
8 5 (7.58%) Red Hat
8 5 (7.58%) SolidFire
8 5 (7.58%) Sophos
9 4 (6.06%) Asigra
9 4 (6.06%) Datto
9 4 (6.06%) Sage
10 3 (4.55%) Okta