Firewall Jobs in the West Midlands

Firewall
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 39 87
Rank change year-on-year -28 +48 -25
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 153 343 233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.54% 4.65% 3.70%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 31.35% 34.89% 21.05%
Number of salaries quoted 119 303 174
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,375
Median % change year-on-year - -0.83% +0.83%
75th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £71,975
England median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -2.00% -3.85%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 488 983 1,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.30% 13.32% 17.60%
Number of salaries quoted 309 805 513
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,750 £25,900
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

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 16 May 2025.

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 16 May 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
Birmingham -21 50 £46,000 -1.08% 35
Staffordshire +3 30 £35,000 -8.50% 21
Warwickshire -17 26 £48,500 -7.62% 15
Solihull +15 17 £55,000 +22.22% 2
Worcestershire +5 11 £35,000 -29.29% 10
Shropshire +14 6 £28,500 -24.00% 2
Herefordshire +11 4 £52,500 +61.54% 2
Coventry -24 4 £45,000 -5.35% 7
Wolverhampton +15 2 £38,000 +90.00%
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 24 (15.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (7.84%) SharePoint
3 9 (5.88%) Confluence
4 2 (1.31%) IIS
4 2 (1.31%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.65%) nginx
Applications
1 35 (22.88%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (8.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.27%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (3.92%) Dynamics NAV
1 6 (3.92%) NetSuite
1 6 (3.92%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 73 (47.71%) Azure
2 64 (41.83%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (19.61%) AWS
4 19 (12.42%) Google Workspace
5 17 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
5 17 (11.11%) Entra ID
6 15 (9.80%) Amazon EC2
7 12 (7.84%) Amazon S3
7 12 (7.84%) AWS KMS
7 12 (7.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 11 (7.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 11 (7.19%) Amazon ELB
9 10 (6.54%) Amazon Glacier
10 6 (3.92%) Google Docs
10 6 (3.92%) SaaS
11 5 (3.27%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (3.27%) Route 53
12 4 (2.61%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 4 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (2.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 63 (41.18%) WAN
2 46 (30.07%) LAN
3 36 (23.53%) DNS
4 35 (22.88%) VPN
5 34 (22.22%) DHCP
5 34 (22.22%) VLAN
6 26 (16.99%) TCP/IP
7 20 (13.07%) Network Security
7 20 (13.07%) SD-WAN
8 15 (9.80%) BGP
9 14 (9.15%) OSPF
9 14 (9.15%) WLAN
10 13 (8.50%) Intrusion Detection
11 11 (7.19%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (3.92%) HTTP
12 6 (3.92%) SAN
13 5 (3.27%) FTP
13 5 (3.27%) SMTP
13 5 (3.27%) SSH
13 5 (3.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.19%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (3.92%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.31%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.31%) MySQL
3 2 (1.31%) Power BI
4 1 (0.65%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (7.84%) Jenkins
2 11 (7.19%) Git
2 11 (7.19%) Vagrant
3 9 (5.88%) JIRA
4 5 (3.27%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (2.61%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.65%) Maven
General
1 52 (33.99%) Social Skills
2 14 (9.15%) Automotive
2 14 (9.15%) Finance
2 14 (9.15%) Retail
3 10 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (6.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (3.92%) Telecoms
5 5 (3.27%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.27%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.61%) Police
7 3 (1.96%) Law
8 2 (1.31%) Legal
9 1 (0.65%) German Language
Job Titles
1 37 (24.18%) Support Engineer
2 27 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 25 (16.34%) IT Engineer
4 20 (13.07%) IT Support
5 19 (12.42%) Network Engineer
6 14 (9.15%) Systems Engineer
7 13 (8.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 13 (8.50%) Analyst
7 13 (8.50%) Senior
8 12 (7.84%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
8 12 (7.84%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
8 12 (7.84%) 3rd Line Support
8 12 (7.84%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 11 (7.19%) Lead
9 11 (7.19%) Security Engineer
10 8 (5.23%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 8 (5.23%) Infrastructure Support
10 8 (5.23%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 8 (5.23%) Senior Network Engineer
10 8 (5.23%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.31%) .NET
1 2 (1.31%) LDAP
2 1 (0.65%) SAML
2 1 (0.65%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (18.95%) Management Information System
2 15 (9.80%) Onboarding
3 13 (8.50%) Smartphone
4 11 (7.19%) Data Centre
5 10 (6.54%) Private Cloud
6 9 (5.88%) Driving Licence
7 7 (4.58%) PKI
8 5 (3.27%) Operational Technology
8 5 (3.27%) Replication
9 4 (2.61%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.96%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.96%) Security Posture
11 2 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (1.31%) Cloud Native
11 2 (1.31%) Clustering
11 2 (1.31%) NHS
11 2 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.65%) Public Cloud
12 1 (0.65%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 105 (68.63%) Windows
2 61 (39.87%) Windows Server
3 35 (22.88%) Windows Server 2016
4 33 (21.57%) Linux
4 33 (21.57%) Windows 10
5 30 (19.61%) Windows Server 2019
6 19 (12.42%) Ubuntu
7 14 (9.15%) Mac OS X
8 12 (7.84%) Apple iOS
9 11 (7.19%) VMS
10 6 (3.92%) Android
10 6 (3.92%) Mac OS
11 5 (3.27%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (1.31%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (1.31%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.65%) CentOS
13 1 (0.65%) Debian
13 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (30.72%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (22.88%) ITIL
3 27 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 25 (16.34%) SIEM
5 23 (15.03%) Cybersecurity
5 23 (15.03%) Security Operations
6 20 (13.07%) Data Security
6 20 (13.07%) Information Security
7 19 (12.42%) Infrastructure Management
8 18 (11.76%) Customer Service
8 18 (11.76%) DevOps
9 16 (10.46%) Computer Science
9 16 (10.46%) Mentoring
9 16 (10.46%) Network Design
10 15 (9.80%) Cloud Security
10 15 (9.80%) Kalman Filter
11 14 (9.15%) Performance Tuning
12 13 (8.50%) Business Case
12 13 (8.50%) CI/CD
12 13 (8.50%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 58 (37.91%) PowerShell
2 24 (15.69%) Python
3 21 (13.73%) SQL
4 10 (6.54%) Bash
4 10 (6.54%) C#
4 10 (6.54%) Groovy
5 7 (4.58%) Java
5 7 (4.58%) Perl
6 5 (3.27%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.96%) Ruby
8 2 (1.31%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 41 (26.80%) Degree
2 29 (18.95%) Security Cleared
3 25 (16.34%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (15.69%) SC Cleared
5 15 (9.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (8.50%) HNC
6 13 (8.50%) HND
6 13 (8.50%) MCSE
7 9 (5.88%) A+ Certification
7 9 (5.88%) AWS Certification
7 9 (5.88%) Azure Certification
8 7 (4.58%) MCSA
9 6 (3.92%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (3.92%) GIAC
9 6 (3.92%) ISACA
9 6 (3.92%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (3.92%) MCP
9 6 (3.92%) SANS
10 5 (3.27%) CISSP
10 5 (3.27%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (14.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (6.54%) COBIT
2 10 (6.54%) SLA
3 7 (4.58%) NIST
4 4 (2.61%) GRC
4 4 (2.61%) NCSC
5 3 (1.96%) GDPR
5 3 (1.96%) JSP 440
6 2 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (1.31%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 83 (54.25%) Active Directory
2 38 (24.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (9.15%) XenApp
4 13 (8.50%) Hyper-V
5 12 (7.84%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (6.54%) Docker
7 5 (3.27%) DFS Replication
7 5 (3.27%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (2.61%) Firmware
9 1 (0.65%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.65%) Postfix
9 1 (0.65%) Squid
9 1 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.65%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 29 (18.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (8.50%) Terraform
3 10 (6.54%) Nessus
4 8 (5.23%) Ansible
4 8 (5.23%) FortiGate
4 8 (5.23%) Grafana
4 8 (5.23%) Prometheus
5 5 (3.27%) Proxmox
6 4 (2.61%) Nagios
6 4 (2.61%) SCCM
7 3 (1.96%) QRadar
7 3 (1.96%) SCOM
7 3 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.31%) SCOrch
8 2 (1.31%) SCSM
9 1 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.65%) Puppet
9 1 (0.65%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.65%) VxRail
Vendors
1 74 (48.37%) Microsoft
2 60 (39.22%) Cisco
3 39 (25.49%) VMware
4 28 (18.30%) Apple
5 23 (15.03%) Dell
6 22 (14.38%) Google
7 20 (13.07%) Fortinet
7 20 (13.07%) Meraki
8 16 (10.46%) Juniper
9 15 (9.80%) CheckPoint
10 14 (9.15%) Citrix
10 14 (9.15%) SonicWALL
11 13 (8.50%) Ubiquiti
12 10 (6.54%) SolarWinds
13 9 (5.88%) ServiceNow
14 7 (4.58%) HP
15 6 (3.92%) Acronis
15 6 (3.92%) McAfee
15 6 (3.92%) SAP
15 6 (3.92%) Veeam