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 7 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 45 51
Rank change year-on-year -18 +6 +43
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 22 57 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 1.18% 3.14% 5.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.10% 30.65% 32.01%
Number of salaries quoted 21 35 27
10th Percentile - £24,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £25,438 £26,250 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -15.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £53,750 £46,125 £61,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £56,779 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

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 1,050 186 278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 56.45% 10.26% 16.98%
Number of salaries quoted 740 112 85
10th Percentile £21,620 £23,800 £29,400
25th Percentile £23,504 £27,969 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £40,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.06% +1.25% -14.77%
75th Percentile - £52,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £25,210 £59,975 £73,750
UK median annual salary £32,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -36.00% -4.76% -

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 7 August 2025.

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 7 August 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
South Wales -23 12 £52,500 +25.65% 15
North Wales -1 7 £25,875 -5.91%
Mid Wales - 2 £32,500 - 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 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.55%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (13.64%) Azure
3 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
3 2 (9.09%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 10 (45.45%) VPN
3 9 (40.91%) DNS
3 9 (40.91%) VoIP
4 6 (27.27%) Broadband
4 6 (27.27%) IP Telephony
4 6 (27.27%) Network Security
5 5 (22.73%) VLAN
6 3 (13.64%) DHCP
6 3 (13.64%) LAN
6 3 (13.64%) WAN
6 3 (13.64%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (9.09%) BGP
7 2 (9.09%) Internet
7 2 (9.09%) OSPF
7 2 (9.09%) Wireless
8 1 (4.55%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) MariaDB
1 4 (18.18%) MySQL
1 4 (18.18%) RDBMS
1 4 (18.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) JMeter
General
1 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Telecoms
3 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (40.91%) Analyst
2 8 (36.36%) Technical Support
3 6 (27.27%) Support Analyst
3 6 (27.27%) Technical Analyst
3 6 (27.27%) Technical Support Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) Administrator
4 4 (18.18%) Linux Administrator
4 4 (18.18%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 4 (18.18%) Systems Administrator
4 4 (18.18%) VMWare Administrator
5 3 (13.64%) Support Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Junior
6 2 (9.09%) Junior Analyst
6 2 (9.09%) Lead
6 2 (9.09%) Network Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Security Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) SOC Analyst
6 2 (9.09%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Technical Support Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 3 (13.64%) Data Centre
2 3 (13.64%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.55%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) CentOS
1 4 (18.18%) Linux
1 4 (18.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (18.18%) Ubuntu
2 3 (13.64%) Windows
2 3 (13.64%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.55%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.55%) Windows 7
3 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Customer Service
2 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (27.27%) Time Management
3 5 (22.73%) Computer Science
3 5 (22.73%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (22.73%) Security Patching
4 4 (18.18%) Cloud Security
5 3 (13.64%) ITIL
6 2 (9.09%) Email Migration
6 2 (9.09%) Information Security
6 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (9.09%) ISMS
6 2 (9.09%) Logistics
6 2 (9.09%) Network Design
6 2 (9.09%) Performance Testing
6 2 (9.09%) Scenario Testing
6 2 (9.09%) Security Architecture
6 2 (9.09%) Test Automation
7 1 (4.55%) Task Automation
7 1 (4.55%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) CCNP
2 2 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (9.09%) CISMP
2 2 (9.09%) GSEC
2 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) CCIE
3 1 (4.55%) CCNA
3 1 (4.55%) CCSA
3 1 (4.55%) CISSP
3 1 (4.55%) GCIH
3 1 (4.55%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) GDPR
1 2 (9.09%) QA
2 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (22.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (18.18%) Virtual Servers
2 4 (18.18%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (18.18%) vSphere
3 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Iperf
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.55%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) VMware
2 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 3 (13.64%) SolarWinds
4 2 (9.09%) Palo Alto
5 1 (4.55%) CheckPoint
5 1 (4.55%) Cisco
5 1 (4.55%) Fortinet
5 1 (4.55%) Zscaler