Firewall Jobs in the South East

Firewall
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 42 62 80
Rank change year-on-year +20 +18 -20
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 826 639 825
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.91% 4.39% 4.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.96% 25.26% 26.54%
Number of salaries quoted 724 506 631
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -8.16% +3.16%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £73,875 £77,500
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £50,450
% change year-on-year -2.00% -0.89% +0.90%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,757 2,530 3,109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.40% 17.38% 15.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,884 1,486 1,847
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £27,300
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,350 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -1.04%
75th Percentile £59,875 £63,688 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,500 £77,500
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the South East

Firewall
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Firewall in the South East

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Firewall in the South East

Firewall
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the South East 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
Thames Valley +16 322 £47,500 +5.56% 47
Hampshire +15 216 £40,000 -13.04% 39
Berkshire +46 167 £50,000 +7.53% 27
Oxfordshire +28 93 £42,500 +14.86% 14
Surrey +23 93 £52,500 +10.53% 13
Kent +1 73 £42,500 +6.25% 15
East Sussex +61 67 £43,500 -3.33% 8
Buckinghamshire -45 63 £41,500 +18.57% 6
West Sussex +31 38 £40,000 -23.81% 6
Sussex - 7 £35,000 -
Middlesex - 4 £52,500 -
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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
1 151 (18.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 109 (13.20%) SharePoint
3 33 (4.00%) IIS
4 17 (2.06%) Apache
5 16 (1.94%) WordPress
6 14 (1.69%) CMS
7 13 (1.57%) nginx
8 6 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2000
9 3 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.12%) Confluence
10 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 87 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.85%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.48%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 385 (46.61%) Azure
2 363 (43.95%) Microsoft 365
3 111 (13.44%) Entra ID
4 103 (12.47%) AWS
5 42 (5.08%) OneDrive
6 29 (3.51%) SaaS
7 26 (3.15%) Cloud Computing
8 22 (2.66%) Azure Storage
9 17 (2.06%) Azure Monitor
9 17 (2.06%) Azure Sentinel
10 16 (1.94%) IaaS
10 16 (1.94%) PaaS
11 13 (1.57%) Mimecast
12 12 (1.45%) iTunes
12 12 (1.45%) OCI
13 10 (1.21%) GCP
13 10 (1.21%) GitHub
14 7 (0.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
15 6 (0.73%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 206 (24.94%) DNS
2 189 (22.88%) VPN
3 136 (16.46%) DHCP
4 123 (14.89%) WAN
5 122 (14.77%) Wireless
6 104 (12.59%) TCP/IP
7 99 (11.99%) LAN
8 86 (10.41%) VLAN
9 72 (8.72%) Network Security
10 70 (8.47%) VoIP
11 66 (7.99%) Wi-Fi
12 46 (5.57%) BGP
12 46 (5.57%) SSL
13 45 (5.45%) SAN
14 44 (5.33%) SD-WAN
15 43 (5.21%) Intrusion Detection
16 37 (4.48%) OSPF
17 34 (4.12%) NAS
18 30 (3.63%) 5G
18 30 (3.63%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (8.23%) SQL Server
2 22 (2.66%) MySQL
3 10 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (0.61%) MongoDB
4 5 (0.61%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.61%) Power BI
5 3 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.12%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database 11g
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.12%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 31 (3.75%) JIRA
2 22 (2.66%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.69%) Git
4 11 (1.33%) Robot Framework
5 10 (1.21%) Trac
6 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.24%) Hudson
General
1 278 (33.66%) Social Skills
2 67 (8.11%) Telecoms
3 63 (7.63%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (4.24%) Finance
5 32 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
6 26 (3.15%) Law
7 23 (2.78%) Legal
8 20 (2.42%) Marketing
9 19 (2.30%) Games
10 17 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (1.82%) Manufacturing
11 15 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (1.69%) Back Office
12 14 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.57%) Retail
14 11 (1.33%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.09%) Digital Economy
16 8 (0.97%) Advertising
17 4 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
18 3 (0.36%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 175 (21.19%) Support Engineer
2 167 (20.22%) IT Engineer
3 146 (17.68%) IT Support
4 121 (14.65%) IT Support Engineer
5 114 (13.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 114 (13.80%) Network Engineer
6 96 (11.62%) Analyst
7 89 (10.77%) Senior
8 80 (9.69%) 3rd Line Support
9 74 (8.96%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 63 (7.63%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 54 (6.54%) Architect
12 49 (5.93%) Lead
13 42 (5.08%) 2nd Line Support
14 35 (4.24%) IT Manager
15 30 (3.63%) Systems Engineer
16 29 (3.51%) Infrastructure Support
17 27 (3.27%) Consultant
18 26 (3.15%) Senior Network Engineer
19 25 (3.03%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.91%) REST
2 18 (2.18%) OAuth
2 18 (2.18%) OpenID
2 18 (2.18%) SAML
3 17 (2.06%) 802.1X
3 17 (2.06%) HTML
4 14 (1.69%) ARM Templates
5 11 (1.33%) XML
6 8 (0.97%) Web Services
7 7 (0.85%) .NET
8 6 (0.73%) ASP.NET
8 6 (0.73%) CSS
8 6 (0.73%) jQuery
9 5 (0.61%) RabbitMQ
9 5 (0.61%) YAML
10 4 (0.48%) LAMP
11 3 (0.36%) ASP.NET MVC
11 3 (0.36%) Azure Blueprints
11 3 (0.36%) SOAP
11 3 (0.36%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 79 (9.56%) Management Information System
2 76 (9.20%) Driving Licence
3 55 (6.66%) Data Centre
3 55 (6.66%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (3.27%) Replication
5 24 (2.91%) Client/Server
6 20 (2.42%) Cyber Threat
6 20 (2.42%) PKI
7 19 (2.30%) Security Operations Centre
8 17 (2.06%) CMDB
8 17 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
9 16 (1.94%) IoT
9 16 (1.94%) Linux Command Line
10 12 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.33%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.21%) CCTV
12 10 (1.21%) Clustering
13 9 (1.09%) ARM Cortex
13 9 (1.09%) Security Posture
14 7 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 441 (53.39%) Windows
2 257 (31.11%) Windows Server
3 171 (20.70%) Linux
4 91 (11.02%) Windows 10
5 71 (8.60%) Windows Server 2016
5 71 (8.60%) Windows Server 2019
6 36 (4.36%) Windows Server 2012
7 25 (3.03%) Apple iOS
8 18 (2.18%) Android
9 13 (1.57%) Windows Server 2008
10 12 (1.45%) Unix
10 12 (1.45%) Windows XP
11 11 (1.33%) Ubuntu
12 9 (1.09%) Windows 7
13 8 (0.97%) Mac OS
13 8 (0.97%) VMS
14 7 (0.85%) Windows 8
15 5 (0.61%) Data ONTAP
15 5 (0.61%) Kali Linux
15 5 (0.61%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (25.67%) Problem-Solving
2 146 (17.68%) Cybersecurity
3 140 (16.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 138 (16.71%) Customer Service
5 101 (12.23%) ITIL
6 75 (9.08%) Agile
7 69 (8.35%) Project Management
8 55 (6.66%) Configuration Management
9 54 (6.54%) Mentoring
10 53 (6.42%) DevOps
10 53 (6.42%) Service Delivery
11 45 (5.45%) SIEM
12 43 (5.21%) Computer Science
12 43 (5.21%) Kalman Filter
13 38 (4.60%) Incident Response
14 36 (4.36%) Disaster Recovery
14 36 (4.36%) Information Security
15 35 (4.24%) Security Operations
15 35 (4.24%) Service Management
16 34 (4.12%) Multi-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 96 (11.62%) PowerShell
2 95 (11.50%) SQL
3 54 (6.54%) Python
4 29 (3.51%) Bash
5 21 (2.54%) C#
6 20 (2.42%) Java
7 15 (1.82%) VBScript
8 14 (1.69%) Bicep
8 14 (1.69%) VB
9 12 (1.45%) PHP
10 3 (0.36%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.36%) VB.NET
10 3 (0.36%) XAML
11 1 (0.12%) C
11 1 (0.12%) Go
11 1 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 161 (19.49%) Degree
2 158 (19.13%) Security Cleared
3 108 (13.08%) SC Cleared
4 99 (11.99%) Cisco Certification
5 68 (8.23%) CCNA
6 47 (5.69%) DV Cleared
7 44 (5.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 36 (4.36%) CCNP
9 33 (4.00%) CISSP
9 33 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (3.27%) Azure Certification
11 22 (2.66%) CompTIA Security+
11 22 (2.66%) Network+ Certification
12 20 (2.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 16 (1.94%) MCSE
14 15 (1.82%) MCP
15 13 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (1.21%) AWS Certification
16 10 (1.21%) CTC Cleared
17 9 (1.09%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 43 (5.21%) SLA
3 41 (4.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 33 (4.00%) GDPR
5 12 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 11 (1.33%) NIST
7 10 (1.21%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.09%) COSHH
9 6 (0.73%) QA
10 5 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (0.61%) NCSC
11 3 (0.36%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.12%) COBIT
12 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.12%) IASME
12 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 348 (42.13%) Active Directory
2 183 (22.15%) Hyper-V
3 151 (18.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 45 (5.45%) Virtual Machines
5 32 (3.87%) Docker
6 29 (3.51%) Virtual Desktop
7 23 (2.78%) Virtual Servers
8 22 (2.66%) VMware ESXi
9 17 (2.06%) vSphere
10 16 (1.94%) pfSense
11 11 (1.33%) NFS
12 6 (0.73%) Firmware
12 6 (0.73%) XenApp
13 5 (0.61%) VMware Server
14 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 103 (12.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (5.21%) SCOM
3 41 (4.96%) Ansible
3 41 (4.96%) FortiGate
3 41 (4.96%) WSUS
4 40 (4.84%) Kubernetes
5 34 (4.12%) SCCM
6 20 (2.42%) vCenter Server
7 19 (2.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 17 (2.06%) Grafana
8 17 (2.06%) ZABBIX
9 16 (1.94%) EMC NetWorker
10 13 (1.57%) Cisco CUCM
10 13 (1.57%) ServiceCenter
11 12 (1.45%) NetBackup
12 11 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
12 11 (1.33%) Terraform
13 10 (1.21%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 10 (1.21%) SCDPM
14 8 (0.97%) Nagios
Vendors
1 397 (48.06%) Microsoft
2 227 (27.48%) VMware
3 172 (20.82%) Cisco
4 99 (11.99%) Juniper
5 86 (10.41%) Veeam
6 73 (8.84%) Fortinet
7 63 (7.63%) Palo Alto
8 55 (6.66%) HP
9 51 (6.17%) Citrix
10 47 (5.69%) Aruba
11 42 (5.08%) Meraki
12 28 (3.39%) WatchGuard
13 25 (3.03%) Draytek
14 21 (2.54%) Apple
14 21 (2.54%) Dell
15 20 (2.42%) Splunk
16 19 (2.30%) Sophos
17 18 (2.18%) Oracle
18 17 (2.06%) Barracuda Networks
18 17 (2.06%) EMC