Firewall Jobs in the West Midlands

Firewall
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Firewall skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Firewall over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 82 61
Rank change year-on-year +42 -21 -17
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 347 251 314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.80% 3.73% 4.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 34.84% 21.77% 28.99%
Number of salaries quoted 310 180 239
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,125 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.28% +0.28% -10.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £72,550 £70,000
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

Firewall is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 996 1,153 1,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.78% 17.14% 14.98%
Number of salaries quoted 826 530 717
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,863 £26,900
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £56,950 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the West Midlands

Firewall
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Firewall in the West Midlands

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the West Midlands

Firewall
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Birmingham +20 143 £46,500 -22.50% 32
Staffordshire +11 53 £39,000 -2.50% 14
Warwickshire +65 35 £52,500 +16.67% 10
Worcestershire 0 34 £48,919 +19.68% 10
Coventry +35 25 £49,000 +28.95% 3
Solihull -1 11 £45,000 +23.29% 4
Shropshire +6 9 £37,500 -6.25% 6
Wolverhampton +11 4 £20,750 -69.26% 1
Dudley - 4 £26,000 -
Tipton - 4 £24,000 -
Halesowen - 3 £40,000 -
Sutton Coldfield - 3 - -
Herefordshire 0 1 £32,500 -31.58% 1
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 44 (12.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (9.80%) SharePoint
3 17 (4.90%) IIS
4 10 (2.88%) nginx
5 6 (1.73%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 33 (9.51%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.86%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.15%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 172 (49.57%) Azure
2 130 (37.46%) Microsoft 365
3 79 (22.77%) Entra ID
4 32 (9.22%) AWS
5 14 (4.03%) OneDrive
6 11 (3.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 11 (3.17%) Azure Logic Apps
7 8 (2.31%) Azure Sentinel
7 8 (2.31%) IaaS
8 6 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.73%) Google Workspace
9 4 (1.15%) PaaS
9 4 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (0.86%) Azure Stack
10 3 (0.86%) GCP
10 3 (0.86%) SaaS
11 2 (0.58%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.58%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.58%) OpenDNS
11 2 (0.58%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 96 (27.67%) WAN
2 82 (23.63%) DNS
3 68 (19.60%) LAN
4 63 (18.16%) DHCP
5 62 (17.87%) VPN
6 47 (13.54%) TCP/IP
7 42 (12.10%) Network Security
8 34 (9.80%) SD-WAN
8 34 (9.80%) Wireless
9 32 (9.22%) Wi-Fi
10 31 (8.93%) VLAN
11 30 (8.65%) MPLS
11 30 (8.65%) SAN
12 19 (5.48%) Intrusion Detection
13 17 (4.90%) Cisco ASA
14 16 (4.61%) Cisco Firepower
15 14 (4.03%) iSCSI
15 14 (4.03%) OSPF
15 14 (4.03%) WLAN
16 13 (3.75%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (7.20%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.61%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (2.88%) MySQL
4 7 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (4.03%) Git
2 10 (2.88%) GNU Toolchain
2 10 (2.88%) Subversion
3 7 (2.02%) JIRA
4 3 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 82 (23.63%) Social Skills
2 48 (13.83%) Finance
3 34 (9.80%) Telecoms
4 15 (4.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (4.03%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.03%) Retail
6 13 (3.75%) Public Sector
7 10 (2.88%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.31%) Law
8 8 (2.31%) Local Government
8 8 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.73%) Police
10 5 (1.44%) Games
11 4 (1.15%) Marketing
12 3 (0.86%) Legal
12 3 (0.86%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.58%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.29%) Automotive
14 1 (0.29%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 90 (25.94%) Network Engineer
2 67 (19.31%) Senior
3 52 (14.99%) IT Engineer
4 46 (13.26%) Support Engineer
5 38 (10.95%) IT Support
6 36 (10.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 32 (9.22%) Analyst
8 24 (6.92%) IT Support Engineer
9 22 (6.34%) Senior Network Engineer
10 21 (6.05%) Systems Engineer
11 18 (5.19%) Cisco Engineer
11 18 (5.19%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 17 (4.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 17 (4.90%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (4.61%) Architect
13 16 (4.61%) IT Technician
14 14 (4.03%) Senior Systems Engineer
15 13 (3.75%) Administrator
15 13 (3.75%) Developer
15 13 (3.75%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.90%) REST
2 14 (4.03%) WebRTC
3 11 (3.17%) 802.1X
4 10 (2.88%) Node.js
4 10 (2.88%) POSIX
5 4 (1.15%) JSON
5 4 (1.15%) YAML
6 3 (0.86%) .NET
6 3 (0.86%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.86%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.86%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (0.86%) CSS
6 3 (0.86%) HTML
6 3 (0.86%) jQuery
6 3 (0.86%) React
6 3 (0.86%) Tailwind CSS
6 3 (0.86%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 3 (0.86%) Vue
6 3 (0.86%) WPF
7 2 (0.58%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.63%) Clustering
2 21 (6.05%) Data Centre
2 21 (6.05%) Driving Licence
2 21 (6.05%) Replication
3 15 (4.32%) Wiki
4 13 (3.75%) CCTV
4 13 (3.75%) Security Operations Centre
5 11 (3.17%) Linux Command Line
5 11 (3.17%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.88%) Embedded Systems
7 8 (2.31%) IoT
7 8 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.44%) Client/Server
9 5 (1.44%) Enterprise Storage
9 5 (1.44%) PKI
9 5 (1.44%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.15%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.15%) FMCG
10 4 (1.15%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 155 (44.67%) Windows
2 104 (29.97%) Windows Server
3 46 (13.26%) Windows Server 2012
4 43 (12.39%) Windows 10
5 41 (11.82%) Linux
6 28 (8.07%) Windows Server 2016
7 23 (6.63%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (3.75%) Unix
9 10 (2.88%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (2.31%) Mac OS
11 5 (1.44%) Windows Server 2003
12 4 (1.15%) Ubuntu
12 4 (1.15%) VMS
13 3 (0.86%) SUSE
13 3 (0.86%) Windows 8
14 2 (0.58%) Apple iOS
14 2 (0.58%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.58%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (23.05%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (21.33%) Cybersecurity
3 52 (14.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 36 (10.37%) Disaster Recovery
5 33 (9.51%) ITIL
6 28 (8.07%) Customer Service
7 24 (6.92%) Load Balancing
8 20 (5.76%) Network Monitoring
9 19 (5.48%) Agile
10 18 (5.19%) DevOps
10 18 (5.19%) Information Security
11 17 (4.90%) Change Management
11 17 (4.90%) High Availability
12 16 (4.61%) Migration
12 16 (4.61%) Network Virtualisation
12 16 (4.61%) Validation
13 15 (4.32%) Risk Management
13 15 (4.32%) Security Operations
14 14 (4.03%) IT Strategy
14 14 (4.03%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 40 (11.53%) SQL
2 33 (9.51%) PowerShell
3 12 (3.46%) C
4 11 (3.17%) Perl
4 11 (3.17%) Python
5 10 (2.88%) Bash
5 10 (2.88%) C++
6 4 (1.15%) Bicep
7 3 (0.86%) C#
7 3 (0.86%) XAML
8 2 (0.58%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 51 (14.70%) Security Cleared
2 50 (14.41%) SC Cleared
3 41 (11.82%) Cisco Certification
4 34 (9.80%) CCNA
5 20 (5.76%) Degree
6 19 (5.48%) CCNP
7 15 (4.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (3.46%) Azure Certification
9 10 (2.88%) MCSE
9 10 (2.88%) Network+ Certification
10 9 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.44%) A+ Certification
11 5 (1.44%) DV Cleared
12 4 (1.15%) DBS Check
12 4 (1.15%) JNCIA
13 3 (0.86%) CCDA
13 3 (0.86%) MCP
14 2 (0.58%) CTC Cleared
15 1 (0.29%) HNC
15 1 (0.29%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.76%) GDPR
2 12 (3.46%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (2.88%) NIST
4 8 (2.31%) SLA
5 6 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 121 (34.87%) Active Directory
2 95 (27.38%) Hyper-V
3 76 (21.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (5.48%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (4.90%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.73%) NFS
6 6 (1.73%) pfSense
7 4 (1.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 4 (1.15%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.86%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.58%) Docker
9 2 (0.58%) Firmware
9 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.58%) XenApp
9 2 (0.58%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.29%) Squid
Systems Management
1 42 (12.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (6.63%) SCCM
3 9 (2.59%) Failover Clustering
4 8 (2.31%) Terraform
5 7 (2.02%) FortiGate
6 6 (1.73%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (1.44%) Ansible
8 4 (1.15%) Autotask
9 3 (0.86%) Trend Micro Deep Security
10 2 (0.58%) Backup Exec
10 2 (0.58%) Nagios
10 2 (0.58%) Nessus
10 2 (0.58%) WSUS
11 1 (0.29%) CASB
11 1 (0.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 138 (39.77%) Microsoft
2 129 (37.18%) Cisco
3 105 (30.26%) VMware
4 51 (14.70%) CheckPoint
5 42 (12.10%) Juniper
6 40 (11.53%) Palo Alto
7 37 (10.66%) Veeam
8 32 (9.22%) Aruba
9 29 (8.36%) Fortinet
10 26 (7.49%) Meraki
11 19 (5.48%) Sophos
12 18 (5.19%) Dell
13 17 (4.90%) HP
14 13 (3.75%) Citrix
15 12 (3.46%) Sage
16 10 (2.88%) F5
17 9 (2.59%) EqualLogic
18 8 (2.31%) Avaya
18 8 (2.31%) SolarWinds
19 7 (2.02%) Apple