Firewall Jobs in Scotland

Firewall
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 192 69 64
Rank change year-on-year -123 -5 +36
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 98 185 260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.46% 4.01% 4.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.96% 24.47% 32.91%
Number of salaries quoted 76 80 157
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,005 £27,125
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.82% +5.00% -3.23%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £76,000 £62,833 £75,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 655 756 790
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.77% 16.37% 13.70%
Number of salaries quoted 399 263 401
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,246 £27,125
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £83,745 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Scotland

Firewall
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Firewall in Scotland

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Scotland over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Scotland

Firewall
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 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
Glasgow -117 49 £50,000 +9.29% 19
Edinburgh +5 39 £42,500 -8.60% 5
Aberdeenshire +10 5 £45,000 -18.18% 7
Scottish Borders +7 2 £23,000 -39.87%
Stirling -3 1 £46,000 +22.67% 1
Argyll and Bute - 1 £33,000 -
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 10 (10.20%) Apache
2 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.04%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.02%) IIS
4 1 (1.02%) JOnAS
Cloud Services
1 40 (40.82%) Azure
2 25 (25.51%) AWS
2 25 (25.51%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (21.43%) PaaS
4 20 (20.41%) IaaS
5 13 (13.27%) GCP
6 10 (10.20%) Amazon S3
6 10 (10.20%) SaaS
7 8 (8.16%) Azure Sentinel
8 6 (6.12%) Entra ID
9 4 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (4.08%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (1.02%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (1.02%) Azure App Service
10 1 (1.02%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (1.02%) Google Workspace
10 1 (1.02%) OpenShift
10 1 (1.02%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 38 (38.78%) VPN
2 35 (35.71%) WAN
3 22 (22.45%) LAN
4 20 (20.41%) IPsec
4 20 (20.41%) TCP/IP
5 17 (17.35%) DNS
5 17 (17.35%) SD-WAN
6 16 (16.33%) Internet
7 14 (14.29%) DHCP
8 11 (11.22%) Wireless
9 10 (10.20%) SNMP
10 8 (8.16%) Spanning Tree
11 7 (7.14%) OSPF
12 6 (6.12%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (6.12%) Cisco Firepower
13 5 (5.10%) BGP
13 5 (5.10%) Network Security
13 5 (5.10%) VLAN
14 4 (4.08%) Intrusion Detection
14 4 (4.08%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (20.41%) SQL Server
2 10 (10.20%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (10.20%) MongoDB
3 4 (4.08%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (2.04%) Git
2 1 (1.02%) Gradle
2 1 (1.02%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.02%) JIRA
2 1 (1.02%) Maven
General
1 23 (23.47%) Social Skills
2 20 (20.41%) Finance
3 7 (7.14%) Telecoms
4 6 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (18.37%) Network Engineer
2 15 (15.31%) Senior
3 11 (11.22%) Analyst
4 10 (10.20%) Consultant
4 10 (10.20%) NetApp Consultant
5 9 (9.18%) Cloud Engineer
6 8 (8.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (8.16%) IT Engineer
6 8 (8.16%) Network Technician
7 7 (7.14%) Architect
8 6 (6.12%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 6 (6.12%) IT Support
8 6 (6.12%) Security Analyst
8 6 (6.12%) Security Engineer
9 5 (5.10%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (5.10%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
9 5 (5.10%) Senior IT Engineer
9 5 (5.10%) Senior Network Engineer
9 5 (5.10%) Senior Security Analyst
9 5 (5.10%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (11.22%) YAML
2 10 (10.20%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 45 (45.92%) Data Centre
2 18 (18.37%) Public Cloud
3 14 (14.29%) Replication
4 8 (8.16%) Driving Licence
4 8 (8.16%) Operational Technology
5 4 (4.08%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (3.06%) Cyberattack
6 3 (3.06%) Management Information System
6 3 (3.06%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.04%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (2.04%) IoT
7 2 (2.04%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.02%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.02%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.02%) PKI
8 1 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 46 (46.94%) Windows
2 40 (40.82%) Linux
3 27 (27.55%) Windows Server
4 10 (10.20%) Data ONTAP
5 4 (4.08%) CentOS
6 2 (2.04%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.02%) Android
7 1 (1.02%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.02%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.02%) Unix
7 1 (1.02%) VMS
7 1 (1.02%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.02%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (29.59%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (27.55%) Disaster Recovery
3 23 (23.47%) DevOps
4 21 (21.43%) Mentoring
5 20 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (13.27%) Network Virtualisation
6 13 (13.27%) Project Delivery
7 12 (12.24%) Incident Response
7 12 (12.24%) Project Management
8 10 (10.20%) Actionable Insight
8 10 (10.20%) Infrastructure Management
8 10 (10.20%) Network Design
8 10 (10.20%) Project Planning
8 10 (10.20%) Release Management
8 10 (10.20%) Storage Management
9 9 (9.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 9 (9.18%) ITSM
10 8 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (8.16%) ITIL
10 8 (8.16%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 12 (12.24%) Python
2 8 (8.16%) PowerShell
3 6 (6.12%) Bash
3 6 (6.12%) SQL
4 1 (1.02%) Bicep
4 1 (1.02%) Groovy
4 1 (1.02%) Ruby
4 1 (1.02%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 28 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (20.41%) CCNA
3 13 (13.27%) Degree
4 9 (9.18%) CCNP
5 6 (6.12%) CISSP
5 6 (6.12%) SC Cleared
5 6 (6.12%) Security Cleared
6 4 (4.08%) Azure Certification
6 4 (4.08%) CISM
6 4 (4.08%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (3.06%) CCIE
7 3 (3.06%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (3.06%) SSCP
8 2 (2.04%) JNCIP
8 2 (2.04%) PMI Certification
8 2 (2.04%) PMP
9 1 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.02%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.08%) ISO 22301
3 3 (3.06%) GDPR
3 3 (3.06%) NIST
4 1 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.02%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (31.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (16.33%) Active Directory
3 13 (13.27%) VMware NSX
4 10 (10.20%) Docker
5 7 (7.14%) Hyper-V
6 5 (5.10%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (2.04%) vSphere
8 1 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 31 (31.63%) Ansible
2 24 (24.49%) Terraform
3 15 (15.31%) Kubernetes
4 13 (13.27%) FortiGate
4 13 (13.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (10.20%) Prometheus
5 10 (10.20%) vCenter Server
6 2 (2.04%) Puppet
Vendors
1 39 (39.80%) VMware
2 38 (38.78%) Cisco
3 23 (23.47%) NetApp
4 21 (21.43%) Microsoft
4 21 (21.43%) Palo Alto
5 13 (13.27%) Meraki
6 11 (11.22%) Juniper
7 10 (10.20%) Red Hat
7 10 (10.20%) SolidFire
8 3 (3.06%) Citrix
9 2 (2.04%) ConnectWise
10 1 (1.02%) arcserve
10 1 (1.02%) Atlassian
10 1 (1.02%) Google
10 1 (1.02%) Nimsoft
10 1 (1.02%) Sage
10 1 (1.02%) ServiceNow