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 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 40 49
Rank change year-on-year -27 +9 +17
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 12 42 37
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 1.10% 4.56% 4.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.45% 28.97% 29.84%
Number of salaries quoted 7 25 23
10th Percentile £31,050 £32,350 £35,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £44,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% -12.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £43,875 £51,912 £60,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £67,475
UK median annual salary £45,285 £53,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.56% +0.95% -

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 186 145 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 17.03% 15.73% 14.45%
Number of salaries quoted 124 86 91
10th Percentile - £23,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £21,620 £27,125 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £44,000 £43,190
Median % change year-on-year -42.98% +1.88% -4.02%
75th Percentile £35,000 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £50,750 £65,000 £69,800
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%

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 30 December 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 30 December 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 -26 9 £33,750 -23.30% 49
Mid Wales - 2 £38,750 -
Dyfed - 1 £70,000 -
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 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (8.33%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
1 4 (33.33%) Google Workspace
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (33.33%) SurveyMonkey
2 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 2 (16.67%) OneDrive
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) Network Security
2 6 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 6 (50.00%) VLAN
3 4 (33.33%) Bluetooth
3 4 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (33.33%) Modbus
3 4 (33.33%) Wireshark
3 4 (33.33%) ZigBee
4 3 (25.00%) Internet
5 2 (16.67%) DHCP
5 2 (16.67%) DNS
5 2 (16.67%) LAN
5 2 (16.67%) VoIP
5 2 (16.67%) VPN
5 2 (16.67%) WAN
5 2 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (8.33%) FTP
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Burp Suite
1 4 (33.33%) Metasploit
General
1 4 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 4 (33.33%) Law
1 4 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Analyst
1 3 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Junior
2 2 (16.67%) Junior Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Technical Support
2 2 (16.67%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) IT Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) IT Support
3 1 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Network Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Security Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Security Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Technical Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Technical Support
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Operational Technology
2 4 (33.33%) CAN bus
2 4 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (33.33%) IoT
2 4 (33.33%) SCADA
3 2 (16.67%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Android
1 4 (33.33%) Kali Linux
1 4 (33.33%) Linux
1 4 (33.33%) Ubuntu
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 5 (41.67%) Computer Science
3 5 (41.67%) Security Architecture
3 5 (41.67%) User Experience
4 4 (33.33%) AI
4 4 (33.33%) Cognitive Science
4 4 (33.33%) Cryptography
4 4 (33.33%) Data Science
4 4 (33.33%) Ergonomics
4 4 (33.33%) Human Factors
4 4 (33.33%) Innovative Thinking
4 4 (33.33%) Machine Learning
4 4 (33.33%) Prototyping
4 4 (33.33%) Psychology
4 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 4 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
4 4 (33.33%) Smart Manufacturing
4 4 (33.33%) Statistics
4 4 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) C++
1 4 (33.33%) Java
1 4 (33.33%) Python
1 4 (33.33%) R
1 4 (33.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 4 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) CISMP
3 2 (16.67%) GSEC
4 1 (8.33%) CCNA
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) GDPR
2 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (8.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (8.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Nessus
1 4 (33.33%) Nmap
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Cisco
2 4 (33.33%) Google
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) Qualtrics
2 4 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 4 (33.33%) Splunk
3 1 (8.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (8.33%) Fortinet
3 1 (8.33%) Juniper
3 1 (8.33%) VMware