Firewall Job Trends in Wales

Firewall
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 41 53
Rank change year-on-year -20 +12 +3
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 28 20 67
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 1.81% 3.78% 3.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.18% 16.26% 32.37%
Number of salaries quoted 23 19 43
10th Percentile £29,750 £37,436 £24,500
25th Percentile £34,500 £41,500 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +17.28% -10.00%
75th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £45,780
90th Percentile £75,000 £60,950 £57,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% -2.00%

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 154 123 207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 9.96% 23.25% 11.68%
Number of salaries quoted 97 100 153
10th Percentile £21,620 £23,504 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,188 £28,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £47,500 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.42% +17.28% +8.00%
75th Percentile £45,000 £61,125 £47,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £57,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -6.86%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Firewall relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Firewall job vacancy trend in Wales

Firewall
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Wales over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

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 17 April 2026. 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 26 £45,000 -5.26% 13
North Wales - 2 £34,500 - 3
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 5 (17.86%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.14%) IIS
3 1 (3.57%) Confluence
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (21.43%) Azure
3 3 (10.71%) AWS
3 3 (10.71%) SaaS
4 2 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 2 (7.14%) GitHub
4 2 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (3.57%) Amazon S3
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.57%) Google Workspace
5 1 (3.57%) IaaS
5 1 (3.57%) PaaS
5 1 (3.57%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 11 (39.29%) DNS
2 9 (32.14%) DHCP
3 5 (17.86%) VLAN
4 4 (14.29%) BGP
4 4 (14.29%) HSRP
4 4 (14.29%) LAN
4 4 (14.29%) MPLS
4 4 (14.29%) SD-WAN
4 4 (14.29%) TCP/IP
4 4 (14.29%) VoIP
4 4 (14.29%) VPLS
4 4 (14.29%) VPN
4 4 (14.29%) VRRP
4 4 (14.29%) WAN
5 2 (7.14%) SSL
6 1 (3.57%) Bluetooth
6 1 (3.57%) FTP
6 1 (3.57%) Internet
6 1 (3.57%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (3.57%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) MongoDB
1 1 (3.57%) MySQL
1 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Git
2 2 (7.14%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.57%) Burp Suite
3 1 (3.57%) Metasploit
General
1 9 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.57%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.57%) Finance
4 1 (3.57%) Law
4 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Support Engineer
2 9 (32.14%) IT Engineer
2 9 (32.14%) IT Support
2 9 (32.14%) IT Support Engineer
3 8 (28.57%) Senior
4 7 (25.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 7 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 7 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 5 (17.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (14.29%) Help Desk Technician
6 4 (14.29%) IT Technician
6 4 (14.29%) Network Engineer
6 4 (14.29%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (14.29%) Senior IT Technician
6 4 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
6 4 (14.29%) Senior Technician
7 3 (10.71%) Help Desk Manager
7 3 (10.71%) IT Manager
8 2 (7.14%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.29%) ModSecurity
2 2 (7.14%) Kafka
3 1 (3.57%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) CMDB
1 4 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 4 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 2 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (3.57%) CAN bus
3 1 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.57%) IoT
3 1 (3.57%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.57%) Raspberry Pi
3 1 (3.57%) Replication
3 1 (3.57%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 20 (71.43%) Windows
2 7 (25.00%) Mac OS
2 7 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (10.71%) Linux
5 2 (7.14%) Ubuntu
6 1 (3.57%) Android
6 1 (3.57%) Kali Linux
6 1 (3.57%) Unix
6 1 (3.57%) Windows 10
6 1 (3.57%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) Root Cause Analysis
2 11 (39.29%) ITIL
3 9 (32.14%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (28.57%) Mentoring
4 8 (28.57%) Problem Management
5 7 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
5 7 (25.00%) Security Management
5 7 (25.00%) Service Delivery
5 7 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
5 7 (25.00%) Web Filtering
6 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (17.86%) Computer Science
7 5 (17.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (17.86%) SIEM
8 4 (14.29%) Boundary Protection
8 4 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
8 4 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (14.29%) High Availability
8 4 (14.29%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 4 (14.29%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) PowerShell
1 6 (21.43%) Python
2 2 (7.14%) Java
2 2 (7.14%) SQL
3 1 (3.57%) C++
3 1 (3.57%) R
3 1 (3.57%) Rust
Qualifications
1 13 (46.43%) SC Cleared
1 13 (46.43%) Security Cleared
2 6 (21.43%) Degree
3 5 (17.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (14.29%) CCIE
4 4 (14.29%) CCNP
4 4 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (14.29%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.57%) HNC
5 1 (3.57%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (14.29%) NIST
2 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (64.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (46.43%) Active Directory
3 11 (39.29%) Hyper-V
4 7 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (17.86%) VMware NSX
6 1 (3.57%) Docker
6 1 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (3.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (25.00%) Proxmox
1 7 (25.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 6 (21.43%) Ansible
3 3 (10.71%) Terraform
4 2 (7.14%) Kubernetes
4 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (7.14%) Progress Chef
4 2 (7.14%) Puppet
5 1 (3.57%) Nessus
5 1 (3.57%) Nmap
Vendors
1 18 (64.29%) Microsoft
1 18 (64.29%) VMware
2 6 (21.43%) Cisco
3 1 (3.57%) CheckPoint
3 1 (3.57%) Google
3 1 (3.57%) Meraki
3 1 (3.57%) Qualtrics
3 1 (3.57%) Red Hat
3 1 (3.57%) SolarWinds
3 1 (3.57%) Splunk
3 1 (3.57%) Synology
3 1 (3.57%) Veeam