Firewall Jobs in Birmingham

Firewall
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 60 73
Rank change year-on-year +27 +13 -4
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 149 81 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 5.34% 4.28% 4.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 39.63% 28.72% 28.89%
Number of salaries quoted 135 69 113
10th Percentile £26,750 £41,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £52,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.60% +13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £66,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £79,500 £78,500
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £45,637 £45,500
% change year-on-year -1.39% +0.30% -9.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 376 282 443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 13.49% 14.90% 14.25%
Number of salaries quoted 305 202 335
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £38,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.45% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,188 £61,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -2.17%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Birmingham

Firewall
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Firewall in Birmingham

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Birmingham over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Birmingham

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 19 (12.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (9.40%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.01%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (2.01%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.01%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 72 (48.32%) Azure
2 47 (31.54%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (28.86%) Entra ID
4 12 (8.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 8 (5.37%) OneDrive
6 4 (2.68%) IaaS
7 3 (2.01%) AWS
8 2 (1.34%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.34%) Azure Stack
8 2 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.34%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.34%) OpenDNS
9 1 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.67%) GCP
9 1 (0.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (35.57%) WAN
2 35 (23.49%) DNS
2 35 (23.49%) LAN
3 29 (19.46%) Network Security
4 28 (18.79%) DHCP
5 23 (15.44%) TCP/IP
6 22 (14.77%) SD-WAN
7 21 (14.09%) VPN
8 18 (12.08%) Wireless
9 15 (10.07%) Intrusion Detection
9 15 (10.07%) PBX
10 14 (9.40%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (8.72%) VLAN
12 10 (6.71%) iSCSI
12 10 (6.71%) MPLS
13 9 (6.04%) SAN
14 8 (5.37%) WLAN
15 7 (4.70%) IPsec
16 6 (4.03%) OSPF
16 6 (4.03%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.36%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 50 (33.56%) Social Skills
2 31 (20.81%) Telecoms
3 12 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.38%) Finance
5 9 (6.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.03%) Police
7 4 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.68%) Retail
8 3 (2.01%) Law
8 3 (2.01%) Legal
9 2 (1.34%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (1.34%) Local Government
9 2 (1.34%) Marketing
10 1 (0.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 33 (22.15%) Network Engineer
2 27 (18.12%) Senior
3 26 (17.45%) Support Engineer
4 19 (12.75%) IT Engineer
5 14 (9.40%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 13 (8.72%) Architect
6 13 (8.72%) IT Support
6 13 (8.72%) IT Support Engineer
7 12 (8.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (6.71%) Administrator
8 10 (6.71%) Implementation Engineer
8 10 (6.71%) Senior Implementation Engineer
8 10 (6.71%) Solutions Architect
8 10 (6.71%) Systems Administrator
9 9 (6.04%) IP Architect
9 9 (6.04%) IT Administrator
9 9 (6.04%) IT Systems Administrator
10 8 (5.37%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (5.37%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 8 (5.37%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.05%) 802.1X
2 3 (2.01%) .NET
2 3 (2.01%) AngularJS
2 3 (2.01%) ASP.NET
2 3 (2.01%) ASP.NET MVC
2 3 (2.01%) CSS
2 3 (2.01%) EDI
2 3 (2.01%) HTML
2 3 (2.01%) jQuery
2 3 (2.01%) React
2 3 (2.01%) REST
2 3 (2.01%) Tailwind CSS
2 3 (2.01%) Twitter Bootstrap
2 3 (2.01%) Vue
2 3 (2.01%) WPF
3 2 (1.34%) LAMP
3 2 (1.34%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 21 (14.09%) Replication
2 10 (6.71%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.71%) Wiki
3 9 (6.04%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (4.03%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.36%) IoT
5 5 (3.36%) PKI
6 4 (2.68%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.68%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.67%) NHS
8 1 (0.67%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 67 (44.97%) Windows
2 47 (31.54%) Windows Server
3 29 (19.46%) Windows Server 2012
4 25 (16.78%) Windows 10
5 10 (6.71%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (6.71%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (3.36%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (2.68%) Linux
7 4 (2.68%) VMS
8 2 (1.34%) SUSE
8 2 (1.34%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.34%) Unix
8 2 (1.34%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (26.85%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (22.15%) Cybersecurity
3 24 (16.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 24 (16.11%) ITIL
4 16 (10.74%) Disaster Recovery
5 15 (10.07%) Change Management
6 14 (9.40%) Agile
7 12 (8.05%) Configuration Management
7 12 (8.05%) Customer Service
7 12 (8.05%) Fault Management
7 12 (8.05%) Mentoring
7 12 (8.05%) Service Delivery
8 11 (7.38%) Patch Management
8 11 (7.38%) Proactive Monitoring
9 10 (6.71%) Project Delivery
9 10 (6.71%) Security Operations
10 9 (6.04%) Business Development
11 8 (5.37%) Computer Science
11 8 (5.37%) Network Management
11 8 (5.37%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (8.05%) PowerShell
2 10 (6.71%) Perl
2 10 (6.71%) Python
3 9 (6.04%) SQL
4 3 (2.01%) C#
4 3 (2.01%) XAML
Qualifications
1 29 (19.46%) Security Cleared
2 28 (18.79%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.05%) Azure Certification
4 11 (7.38%) CCNP
4 11 (7.38%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (5.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (5.37%) Degree
6 7 (4.70%) CCNA
7 5 (3.36%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.68%) JNCIA
9 2 (1.34%) CCDA
9 2 (1.34%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.67%) CCIE
10 1 (0.67%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.03%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.01%) SLA
3 2 (1.34%) GDPR
3 2 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.34%) NIST
System Software
1 52 (34.90%) Active Directory
2 44 (29.53%) Hyper-V
3 36 (24.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (14.09%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (4.03%) pfSense
6 4 (2.68%) NFS
7 2 (1.34%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (1.34%) Docker
7 2 (1.34%) Terminal Services
7 2 (1.34%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 29 (19.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (12.75%) SCCM
3 2 (1.34%) Backup Exec
3 2 (1.34%) Trend Micro Deep Security
4 1 (0.67%) CASB
4 1 (0.67%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 50 (33.56%) Cisco
2 46 (30.87%) VMware
3 37 (24.83%) Microsoft
4 32 (21.48%) Juniper
5 31 (20.81%) Veeam
6 24 (16.11%) Aruba
7 22 (14.77%) Fortinet
8 10 (6.71%) Meraki
9 8 (5.37%) Sophos
10 6 (4.03%) CheckPoint
11 5 (3.36%) Dell
11 5 (3.36%) Palo Alto
12 4 (2.68%) Barracuda Networks
12 4 (2.68%) BroadSoft
12 4 (2.68%) Brocade
12 4 (2.68%) Dell Compellent
12 4 (2.68%) QNAP
12 4 (2.68%) SolarWinds
12 4 (2.68%) Ubiquiti
12 4 (2.68%) Zerto