Firewall Jobs in the Midlands

Firewall
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 77 74
Rank change year-on-year +34 -3 -29
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 524 389 443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.42% 4.20% 4.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.27% 22.75% 25.53%
Number of salaries quoted 473 234 346
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.17%
75th Percentile £56,250 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £69,375
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £50,200
% change year-on-year -2.00% -0.40% +0.40%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,575 1,710 1,735
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.28% 18.45% 15.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,297 721 1,092
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £25,275
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the Midlands

Firewall
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Firewall in the Midlands

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the Midlands over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the Midlands

Firewall
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
West Midlands +48 347 £45,000 -0.28% 68
East Midlands +5 173 £42,500 +0.59% 56
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 74 (14.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 70 (13.36%) SharePoint
3 34 (6.49%) IIS
4 10 (1.91%) nginx
5 6 (1.15%) Confluence
6 5 (0.95%) Apache
6 5 (0.95%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 57 (10.88%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.76%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.76%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 272 (51.91%) Azure
2 220 (41.98%) Microsoft 365
3 113 (21.56%) Entra ID
4 57 (10.88%) AWS
5 22 (4.20%) OneDrive
6 15 (2.86%) Mimecast
7 12 (2.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 11 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (2.10%) Azure Logic Apps
8 11 (2.10%) SaaS
9 9 (1.72%) IaaS
10 8 (1.53%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (1.53%) GCP
10 8 (1.53%) Google Workspace
11 7 (1.34%) Amazon S3
11 7 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (0.95%) ChatGPT
12 5 (0.95%) Nutanix
12 5 (0.95%) Power Platform
13 4 (0.76%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 143 (27.29%) DNS
2 118 (22.52%) WAN
3 112 (21.37%) VPN
4 109 (20.80%) DHCP
5 88 (16.79%) LAN
6 75 (14.31%) TCP/IP
6 75 (14.31%) VLAN
7 62 (11.83%) SAN
8 57 (10.88%) Network Security
9 49 (9.35%) Wi-Fi
10 44 (8.40%) SD-WAN
11 43 (8.21%) Wireless
12 34 (6.49%) MPLS
13 23 (4.39%) Intrusion Detection
14 18 (3.44%) Internet
14 18 (3.44%) WLAN
15 16 (3.05%) Cisco ASA
15 16 (3.05%) PBX
15 16 (3.05%) VoIP
16 15 (2.86%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.44%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.44%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (2.29%) MySQL
4 10 (1.91%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (0.95%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.76%) Power BI
7 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (4.96%) Git
2 14 (2.67%) JIRA
3 10 (1.91%) GNU Toolchain
3 10 (1.91%) Subversion
4 3 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.38%) GitLab
5 2 (0.38%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 150 (28.63%) Social Skills
2 64 (12.21%) Finance
3 47 (8.97%) Telecoms
4 25 (4.77%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (3.44%) Retail
6 17 (3.24%) Law
7 16 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (3.05%) Legal
8 14 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (2.67%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (2.29%) Public Sector
11 8 (1.53%) Local Government
12 6 (1.15%) Games
12 6 (1.15%) Police
13 5 (0.95%) Marketing
14 4 (0.76%) Automotive
15 3 (0.57%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.57%) Multimedia
15 3 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 110 (20.99%) Network Engineer
2 83 (15.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 74 (14.12%) Senior
4 69 (13.17%) IT Engineer
5 61 (11.64%) Support Engineer
6 60 (11.45%) IT Support
7 34 (6.49%) Analyst
8 32 (6.11%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 32 (6.11%) IT Manager
9 30 (5.73%) Lead
10 28 (5.34%) Cloud Engineer
11 26 (4.96%) IT Technician
12 25 (4.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 25 (4.77%) IT Support Engineer
13 24 (4.58%) Senior Network Engineer
14 22 (4.20%) Support Technician
15 19 (3.63%) 3rd Line Support
15 19 (3.63%) Developer
15 19 (3.63%) IT Support Technician
15 19 (3.63%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.01%) REST
2 15 (2.86%) 802.1X
3 12 (2.29%) WebRTC
4 10 (1.91%) Node.js
4 10 (1.91%) POSIX
5 9 (1.72%) .NET
5 9 (1.72%) AngularJS
5 9 (1.72%) ASP.NET
5 9 (1.72%) ASP.NET MVC
5 9 (1.72%) CSS
5 9 (1.72%) HTML
5 9 (1.72%) jQuery
5 9 (1.72%) React
5 9 (1.72%) Tailwind CSS
5 9 (1.72%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 9 (1.72%) Vue
5 9 (1.72%) WPF
5 9 (1.72%) YAML
6 5 (0.95%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (0.76%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 53 (10.11%) Driving Licence
2 44 (8.40%) Data Centre
3 30 (5.73%) Clustering
4 23 (4.39%) Replication
5 22 (4.20%) Security Operations Centre
6 19 (3.63%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (2.67%) Wiki
8 13 (2.48%) CCTV
9 10 (1.91%) Embedded Systems
9 10 (1.91%) Enterprise Storage
9 10 (1.91%) Linux Command Line
10 8 (1.53%) IoT
11 7 (1.34%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.34%) PKI
11 7 (1.34%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.15%) Operational Technology
13 5 (0.95%) Client/Server
13 5 (0.95%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 267 (50.95%) Windows
2 182 (34.73%) Windows Server
3 69 (13.17%) Linux
4 52 (9.92%) Windows 10
5 47 (8.97%) Windows Server 2012
6 43 (8.21%) Windows Server 2016
7 39 (7.44%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (2.29%) Unix
9 10 (1.91%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (1.53%) Mac OS
10 8 (1.53%) VMS
11 6 (1.15%) Mac OS X
12 5 (0.95%) Data ONTAP
13 4 (0.76%) Windows Server 2003
14 3 (0.57%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.57%) Windows 8
15 2 (0.38%) Android
15 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
15 2 (0.38%) SUSE
15 2 (0.38%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (23.09%) Problem-Solving
2 114 (21.76%) Cybersecurity
3 106 (20.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 57 (10.88%) ITIL
5 45 (8.59%) Customer Service
5 45 (8.59%) Disaster Recovery
6 38 (7.25%) DevOps
7 35 (6.68%) Migration
8 34 (6.49%) Agile
9 33 (6.30%) Risk Management
10 32 (6.11%) Mentoring
10 32 (6.11%) Service Management
11 31 (5.92%) Infrastructure Management
12 30 (5.73%) Project Delivery
13 29 (5.53%) Service Delivery
14 28 (5.34%) Change Management
15 27 (5.15%) Project Management
16 25 (4.77%) Information Security
17 24 (4.58%) Load Balancing
17 24 (4.58%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 61 (11.64%) PowerShell
1 61 (11.64%) SQL
2 21 (4.01%) Python
3 15 (2.86%) Bash
4 12 (2.29%) C
5 11 (2.10%) Perl
6 10 (1.91%) C++
7 9 (1.72%) C#
7 9 (1.72%) XAML
8 4 (0.76%) Bicep
9 2 (0.38%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 55 (10.50%) Cisco Certification
2 53 (10.11%) Security Cleared
3 50 (9.54%) SC Cleared
4 49 (9.35%) Degree
5 48 (9.16%) CCNA
6 26 (4.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (4.39%) CCNP
8 19 (3.63%) Azure Certification
9 14 (2.67%) MCSE
10 13 (2.48%) Network+ Certification
11 12 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (1.53%) CCDA
13 7 (1.34%) A+ Certification
14 6 (1.15%) CCA
14 6 (1.15%) CISM
14 6 (1.15%) CISSP
14 6 (1.15%) Citrix Certification
14 6 (1.15%) DBS Check
14 6 (1.15%) JNCIA
15 5 (0.95%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.92%) GDPR
2 19 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (3.24%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (3.05%) NIST
5 12 (2.29%) QA
6 7 (1.34%) SLA
7 6 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.95%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.38%) NCSC
10 1 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 212 (40.46%) Active Directory
2 138 (26.34%) Hyper-V
3 126 (24.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (4.20%) VMware ESXi
5 21 (4.01%) Docker
6 17 (3.24%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.53%) pfSense
7 8 (1.53%) Terminal Services
8 7 (1.34%) vSphere
9 5 (0.95%) NFS
10 4 (0.76%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 4 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.38%) XenApp
12 2 (0.38%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 81 (15.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (6.68%) SCCM
3 22 (4.20%) Ansible
4 18 (3.44%) Kubernetes
5 16 (3.05%) Terraform
6 14 (2.67%) SmoothWall
7 12 (2.29%) Docker Swarm
7 12 (2.29%) FortiGate
8 9 (1.72%) Failover Clustering
9 8 (1.53%) Microsoft Clustering
10 5 (0.95%) Autotask
10 5 (0.95%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.95%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.57%) PaperCut
12 3 (0.57%) WSUS
13 2 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.38%) Backup Exec
13 2 (0.38%) Nagios
13 2 (0.38%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 235 (44.85%) Microsoft
2 179 (34.16%) VMware
3 163 (31.11%) Cisco
4 69 (13.17%) Veeam
5 52 (9.92%) Meraki
6 51 (9.73%) CheckPoint
7 47 (8.97%) Palo Alto
8 43 (8.21%) Juniper
9 40 (7.63%) Aruba
10 35 (6.68%) Fortinet
11 30 (5.73%) HP
12 27 (5.15%) Dell
13 21 (4.01%) Sophos
14 18 (3.44%) Citrix
14 18 (3.44%) SonicWALL
15 15 (2.86%) NetApp
15 15 (2.86%) Nimble Storage
16 13 (2.48%) Ubiquiti
17 12 (2.29%) F5
17 12 (2.29%) Sage