Firewall Jobs in West Sussex

Firewall
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Sussex 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 36 55
Rank change year-on-year +14 +19 +14
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 15 37 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 4.67% 4.99% 4.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 34.09% 44.05% 27.03%
Number of salaries quoted 13 28 22
10th Percentile - £21,250 -
25th Percentile £45,750 £23,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £38,250 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.57% -16.85% +12.20%
75th Percentile £67,500 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £56,250 £63,625
South East median annual salary £48,250 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +13.53% -5.56% -5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 44 84 148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 13.71% 11.34% 14.96%
Number of salaries quoted 24 62 60
10th Percentile £27,500 £23,000 £28,925
25th Percentile £42,500 £24,375 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -14.29% +27.66%
75th Percentile £68,125 £56,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,125 £71,250 £63,750
South East median annual salary £46,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.16% +5.56% -5.26%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in West Sussex

Firewall
Salary Trend in West Sussex

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

Salary trend for Firewall in West Sussex

Firewall
Salary Histogram in West Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in West Sussex over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Firewall in West Sussex

Firewall
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 31 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
Crawley +21 12 £46,500 +106.67% 12
Horsham +6 1 - -
Gatwick - 1 £65,000 - 1
Haywards Heath - 1 - - 1
Firewall
South East

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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 9 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (20.00%) PowerApps
2 3 (20.00%) SaaS
3 1 (6.67%) Azure
3 1 (6.67%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (6.67%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (6.67%) DHCP
1 1 (6.67%) DNS
1 1 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (6.67%) IP Telephony
1 1 (6.67%) IPsec
1 1 (6.67%) LAN
1 1 (6.67%) MPLS
1 1 (6.67%) Network Security
1 1 (6.67%) Spanning Tree
1 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (6.67%) VLAN
1 1 (6.67%) VPN
1 1 (6.67%) WAN
1 1 (6.67%) Wireless
1 1 (6.67%) Wireless Security
1 1 (6.67%) Wireshark
1 1 (6.67%) WLAN
General
1 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Aviation
2 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 3 (20.00%) Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Information Security Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Network Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Security Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 9 (60.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (20.00%) Architectural Design
3 3 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (13.33%) Information Security
5 1 (6.67%) Agile
5 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
5 1 (6.67%) Network Planning
5 1 (6.67%) OWASP
5 1 (6.67%) Process Improvement
5 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
5 1 (6.67%) Project Management
5 1 (6.67%) Security Testing
5 1 (6.67%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (6.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (6.67%) CCNP
2 1 (6.67%) CISA
2 1 (6.67%) CISM
2 1 (6.67%) CISSP
2 1 (6.67%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) GDPR
2 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (6.67%) NCSC
2 1 (6.67%) NIST
2 1 (6.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (60.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Cisco
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 9 (60.00%) Meraki
3 1 (6.67%) Riverbed