Firewall Jobs in the North West

Firewall
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 89 69 114
Rank change year-on-year -20 +45 -51
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 267 369 284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.68% 4.78% 2.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.90% 22.91% 22.52%
Number of salaries quoted 231 260 210
10th Percentile £26,750 £33,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £41,250 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,166 1,611 1,261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.69% 20.85% 13.25%
Number of salaries quoted 884 673 714
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,050 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,438 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.15% +3.33%
75th Percentile £61,250 £58,750 £58,438
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,735 £71,175
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the North West

Firewall
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Firewall in the North West

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Firewall in the North West

Firewall
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the North West region over the 6 months to 20 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
Manchester -8 141 £57,500 +15.00% 39
Cheshire -4 50 £37,500 -21.05% 18
Merseyside -20 40 £46,500 -13.08% 8
Lancashire -20 26 £45,000 - 12
Cumbria -20 10 £34,250 -23.89% 8
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 21 (7.87%) IIS
2 16 (5.99%) SharePoint
3 15 (5.62%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (4.12%) Apache
5 7 (2.62%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.50%) CMS
6 4 (1.50%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.37%) Confluence
7 1 (0.37%) WebSphere
Applications
1 22 (8.24%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 113 (42.32%) Azure
2 86 (32.21%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (18.73%) AWS
4 29 (10.86%) GCP
5 14 (5.24%) GitHub
6 13 (4.87%) Entra ID
7 11 (4.12%) Amazon S3
8 10 (3.75%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 9 (3.37%) IaaS
10 8 (3.00%) OneDrive
10 8 (3.00%) PaaS
11 7 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.62%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (2.25%) SaaS
13 5 (1.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (1.87%) Power Platform
14 4 (1.50%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 4 (1.50%) AWS CloudTrail
14 4 (1.50%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 68 (25.47%) WAN
2 60 (22.47%) DNS
3 57 (21.35%) LAN
4 53 (19.85%) VPN
5 45 (16.85%) TCP/IP
6 39 (14.61%) DHCP
7 37 (13.86%) Network Security
8 35 (13.11%) SD-WAN
9 33 (12.36%) Wireless
10 24 (8.99%) OSPF
11 23 (8.61%) Wi-Fi
12 22 (8.24%) Internet
12 22 (8.24%) VLAN
13 21 (7.87%) IPsec
14 20 (7.49%) BGP
14 20 (7.49%) SAN
15 18 (6.74%) Intrusion Detection
16 17 (6.37%) SSL
17 15 (5.62%) MPLS
18 14 (5.24%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.24%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.75%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (3.75%) MongoDB
3 5 (1.87%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.50%) Power BI
5 3 (1.12%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.37%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.37%) MySQL
7 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.37%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 10 (3.75%) Jenkins
2 7 (2.62%) JIRA
2 7 (2.62%) Spinnaker
3 4 (1.50%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (1.12%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.75%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.37%) Git
6 1 (0.37%) GitLab
General
1 76 (28.46%) Social Skills
2 47 (17.60%) Finance
3 27 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (4.12%) Law
4 11 (4.12%) Retail
4 11 (4.12%) Telecoms
5 10 (3.75%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.00%) Banking
7 7 (2.62%) Military
8 6 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.25%) Legal
9 5 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.75%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.75%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.37%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (20.97%) Network Engineer
2 35 (13.11%) IT Engineer
3 31 (11.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 31 (11.61%) IT Support
4 30 (11.24%) Senior
5 23 (8.61%) Support Engineer
6 22 (8.24%) IT Manager
7 19 (7.12%) Lead
8 18 (6.74%) Analyst
9 17 (6.37%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 17 (6.37%) Infrastructure Manager
9 17 (6.37%) IT Support Engineer
10 15 (5.62%) 2nd Line Support
11 13 (4.87%) Cloud Engineer
12 11 (4.12%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 11 (4.12%) Consultant
13 10 (3.75%) NetApp Consultant
14 8 (3.00%) Azure Engineer
14 8 (3.00%) Field Engineer
14 8 (3.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.75%) RabbitMQ
1 10 (3.75%) YAML
2 7 (2.62%) Kafka
3 5 (1.87%) .NET
4 4 (1.50%) Akka
5 2 (0.75%) Web Services
6 1 (0.37%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.37%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.37%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.37%) CSS
6 1 (0.37%) HTML
6 1 (0.37%) jQuery
6 1 (0.37%) React
6 1 (0.37%) REST
6 1 (0.37%) Tailwind CSS
6 1 (0.37%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 1 (0.37%) Vue
6 1 (0.37%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.36%) Data Centre
2 20 (7.49%) Management Information System
3 15 (5.62%) Security Posture
4 14 (5.24%) Driving Licence
5 12 (4.49%) PMI
6 11 (4.12%) Cyber Threat
6 11 (4.12%) Cyberattack
7 6 (2.25%) Cyber Defence
7 6 (2.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (2.25%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.25%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (1.87%) CCTV
8 5 (1.87%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.50%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.12%) PKI
10 3 (1.12%) Smart Energy
11 2 (0.75%) Anti-Spyware
11 2 (0.75%) Life Science
11 2 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 112 (41.95%) Windows
2 73 (27.34%) Windows Server
3 56 (20.97%) Linux
4 20 (7.49%) Windows 10
5 13 (4.87%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (4.12%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (3.75%) Data ONTAP
8 9 (3.37%) VMS
9 7 (2.62%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (1.87%) Ubuntu
11 4 (1.50%) Android
11 4 (1.50%) Apple iOS
11 4 (1.50%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.75%) Unix
12 2 (0.75%) Windows XP
13 1 (0.37%) Amazon Linux
13 1 (0.37%) CentOS
13 1 (0.37%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.37%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (28.46%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (24.34%) Cybersecurity
3 54 (20.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 53 (19.85%) ITIL
5 42 (15.73%) Disaster Recovery
6 41 (15.36%) Customer Service
7 33 (12.36%) Incident Response
8 32 (11.99%) Project Management
9 31 (11.61%) Mentoring
10 29 (10.86%) Agile
11 24 (8.99%) SIEM
12 22 (8.24%) Information Security
13 21 (7.87%) Release Management
14 19 (7.12%) CI/CD
15 18 (6.74%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 18 (6.74%) Line Management
15 18 (6.74%) Network Monitoring
15 18 (6.74%) Threat Intelligence
16 17 (6.37%) Computer Science
16 17 (6.37%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (10.86%) Python
2 18 (6.74%) PowerShell
3 11 (4.12%) Bash
4 8 (3.00%) Java
4 8 (3.00%) SQL
5 3 (1.12%) Go
5 3 (1.12%) Ruby
6 1 (0.37%) C#
6 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.37%) Perl
6 1 (0.37%) XAML
Qualifications
1 49 (18.35%) Cisco Certification
2 41 (15.36%) Degree
3 33 (12.36%) CCNA
4 29 (10.86%) CCNP
5 15 (5.62%) CISSP
6 14 (5.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (5.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (4.49%) AWS Certification
7 12 (4.49%) PMI Certification
8 10 (3.75%) MCP
9 8 (3.00%) Security Cleared
10 6 (2.25%) CCIE
10 6 (2.25%) CISA
10 6 (2.25%) CISM
11 5 (1.87%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.50%) CCNA CyberOps
12 4 (1.50%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (1.50%) CRISC
12 4 (1.50%) HNC
12 4 (1.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (8.24%) SLA
3 14 (5.24%) NIST
4 10 (3.75%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (3.75%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.87%) SOC 2
6 4 (1.50%) GDPR
6 4 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.75%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.37%) FISMA
9 1 (0.37%) HITRUST
9 1 (0.37%) NCSC
9 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 89 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 75 (28.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (16.48%) Hyper-V
4 11 (4.12%) Docker
5 8 (3.00%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (3.00%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.87%) Terminal Services
7 3 (1.12%) vSphere
8 2 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.37%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.37%) Firmware
9 1 (0.37%) Postfix
9 1 (0.37%) Snort
9 1 (0.37%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 21 (7.87%) Kubernetes
2 20 (7.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (4.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 12 (4.49%) Opsgenie
3 12 (4.49%) VxRail
3 12 (4.49%) ZABBIX
4 11 (4.12%) Ansible
5 10 (3.75%) Prometheus
5 10 (3.75%) vCenter Server
6 9 (3.37%) Terraform
7 7 (2.62%) Nessus
8 3 (1.12%) SELinux
9 2 (0.75%) SCCM
9 2 (0.75%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.75%) vRealize
10 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 123 (46.07%) Microsoft
2 99 (37.08%) VMware
3 87 (32.58%) Cisco
4 44 (16.48%) Fortinet
5 24 (8.99%) Dell
6 22 (8.24%) NetApp
7 20 (7.49%) Aruba
8 19 (7.12%) SolarWinds
9 18 (6.74%) Palo Alto
10 15 (5.62%) HP
11 14 (5.24%) Juniper
11 14 (5.24%) Meraki
12 13 (4.87%) Citrix
12 13 (4.87%) Ubiquiti
13 10 (3.75%) Red Hat
13 10 (3.75%) SolidFire
14 8 (3.00%) ESET
14 8 (3.00%) Sophos
15 7 (2.62%) Confluent
15 7 (2.62%) Extreme Networks