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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 62 80
Rank change year-on-year +20 +18 -16
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 829 644 820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.91% 4.49% 4.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.98% 25.62% 26.06%
Number of salaries quoted 725 511 621
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £74,250 £75,000
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
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 2,765 2,514 3,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.39% 17.53% 15.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,879 1,476 1,854
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,938 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,563 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £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 19 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 19 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 +13 322 £47,500 +5.56% 49
Hampshire +15 218 £39,500 -14.13% 36
Berkshire +39 169 £50,000 +1.01% 28
Surrey +10 94 £52,500 +29.63% 20
Oxfordshire +25 93 £42,500 +7.59% 10
Kent +5 73 £42,500 +6.25% 12
East Sussex +53 66 £43,500 -5.95% 4
Buckinghamshire -47 61 £41,500 +18.57% 11
West Sussex +31 39 £40,000 -23.81% 3
Sussex - 7 £35,000 -
Middlesex - 4 £52,500 - 1
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
1 144 (17.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 107 (12.91%) SharePoint
3 32 (3.86%) IIS
4 17 (2.05%) Apache
5 16 (1.93%) WordPress
6 14 (1.69%) CMS
7 12 (1.45%) nginx
8 6 (0.72%) 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 86 (10.37%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.84%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.36%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 379 (45.72%) Azure
2 358 (43.18%) Microsoft 365
3 107 (12.91%) Entra ID
4 104 (12.55%) AWS
5 42 (5.07%) OneDrive
6 28 (3.38%) SaaS
7 27 (3.26%) Cloud Computing
8 22 (2.65%) Azure Storage
9 17 (2.05%) Azure Monitor
9 17 (2.05%) Azure Sentinel
10 15 (1.81%) IaaS
10 15 (1.81%) PaaS
11 12 (1.45%) iTunes
11 12 (1.45%) OCI
12 11 (1.33%) Mimecast
13 10 (1.21%) GCP
13 10 (1.21%) GitHub
14 7 (0.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
15 6 (0.72%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 202 (24.37%) DNS
2 185 (22.32%) VPN
3 132 (15.92%) DHCP
4 122 (14.72%) WAN
5 121 (14.60%) Wireless
6 103 (12.42%) TCP/IP
7 97 (11.70%) LAN
8 83 (10.01%) VLAN
9 73 (8.81%) Network Security
10 71 (8.56%) VoIP
11 67 (8.08%) Wi-Fi
12 46 (5.55%) SSL
13 45 (5.43%) SD-WAN
14 44 (5.31%) BGP
15 43 (5.19%) Intrusion Detection
15 43 (5.19%) SAN
16 35 (4.22%) OSPF
17 34 (4.10%) NAS
18 32 (3.86%) Internet
19 31 (3.74%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (8.20%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.53%) MySQL
3 10 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (0.60%) MongoDB
4 5 (0.60%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.48%) Power BI
6 3 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.12%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database 11g
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.12%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 32 (3.86%) JIRA
2 24 (2.90%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.69%) Git
4 13 (1.57%) Robot Framework
5 10 (1.21%) Trac
6 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.24%) Hudson
General
1 280 (33.78%) Social Skills
2 69 (8.32%) Telecoms
3 62 (7.48%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (4.34%) Finance
5 31 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
6 26 (3.14%) Law
7 23 (2.77%) Legal
8 20 (2.41%) Marketing
9 19 (2.29%) Games
10 17 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (2.05%) Manufacturing
11 15 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (1.81%) Retail
12 14 (1.69%) Back Office
13 13 (1.57%) Aerospace
13 13 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.09%) Digital Economy
15 8 (0.97%) Advertising
16 5 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
17 3 (0.36%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 177 (21.35%) Support Engineer
2 166 (20.02%) IT Engineer
3 145 (17.49%) IT Support
4 121 (14.60%) IT Support Engineer
5 115 (13.87%) Network Engineer
6 114 (13.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 97 (11.70%) Analyst
8 88 (10.62%) Senior
9 80 (9.65%) 3rd Line Support
10 74 (8.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 63 (7.60%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 54 (6.51%) Architect
13 48 (5.79%) Lead
14 41 (4.95%) 2nd Line Support
15 35 (4.22%) IT Manager
16 29 (3.50%) Infrastructure Support
17 28 (3.38%) Consultant
17 28 (3.38%) Systems Engineer
18 26 (3.14%) Senior Network Engineer
19 25 (3.02%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.90%) REST
2 19 (2.29%) HTML
3 18 (2.17%) OAuth
3 18 (2.17%) OpenID
3 18 (2.17%) SAML
4 17 (2.05%) 802.1X
5 14 (1.69%) ARM Templates
6 13 (1.57%) XML
7 8 (0.97%) Web Services
8 7 (0.84%) .NET
9 6 (0.72%) ASP.NET
9 6 (0.72%) CSS
9 6 (0.72%) jQuery
10 5 (0.60%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (0.60%) YAML
11 4 (0.48%) LAMP
12 3 (0.36%) ASP.NET MVC
12 3 (0.36%) Azure Blueprints
12 3 (0.36%) SOAP
12 3 (0.36%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 80 (9.65%) Management Information System
2 77 (9.29%) Driving Licence
3 54 (6.51%) Data Centre
4 53 (6.39%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (3.26%) Replication
6 24 (2.90%) Client/Server
7 20 (2.41%) Cyber Threat
7 20 (2.41%) PKI
8 19 (2.29%) Linux Command Line
8 19 (2.29%) Security Operations Centre
9 17 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
9 17 (2.05%) IoT
10 16 (1.93%) CMDB
11 13 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (1.21%) Onboarding
13 9 (1.09%) ARM Cortex
13 9 (1.09%) CCTV
13 9 (1.09%) Clustering
13 9 (1.09%) Security Posture
14 7 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 435 (52.47%) Windows
2 252 (30.40%) Windows Server
3 173 (20.87%) Linux
4 91 (10.98%) Windows 10
5 69 (8.32%) Windows Server 2016
6 68 (8.20%) Windows Server 2019
7 34 (4.10%) Windows Server 2012
8 24 (2.90%) Apple iOS
9 17 (2.05%) Android
10 12 (1.45%) Unix
10 12 (1.45%) Windows XP
11 11 (1.33%) Windows Server 2008
12 10 (1.21%) Ubuntu
13 9 (1.09%) Windows 7
14 8 (0.97%) VMS
15 6 (0.72%) Windows 8
16 5 (0.60%) Data ONTAP
16 5 (0.60%) Kali Linux
16 5 (0.60%) Mac OS X
16 5 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (26.06%) Problem-Solving
2 146 (17.61%) Cybersecurity
3 141 (17.01%) Customer Service
3 141 (17.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 102 (12.30%) ITIL
5 77 (9.29%) Agile
6 68 (8.20%) Project Management
7 56 (6.76%) Configuration Management
8 55 (6.63%) DevOps
8 55 (6.63%) Service Delivery
9 53 (6.39%) Mentoring
10 45 (5.43%) SIEM
11 44 (5.31%) Computer Science
12 43 (5.19%) Kalman Filter
13 38 (4.58%) Incident Response
14 37 (4.46%) Change Management
14 37 (4.46%) Information Security
14 37 (4.46%) Time Management
15 35 (4.22%) Disaster Recovery
15 35 (4.22%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 93 (11.22%) PowerShell
2 91 (10.98%) SQL
3 56 (6.76%) Python
4 29 (3.50%) Bash
5 21 (2.53%) C#
6 20 (2.41%) Java
7 14 (1.69%) Bicep
7 14 (1.69%) VB
7 14 (1.69%) VBScript
8 12 (1.45%) PHP
9 3 (0.36%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.36%) VB.NET
9 3 (0.36%) XAML
10 1 (0.12%) C
10 1 (0.12%) Go
10 1 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 163 (19.66%) Degree
2 156 (18.82%) Security Cleared
3 108 (13.03%) SC Cleared
4 100 (12.06%) Cisco Certification
5 69 (8.32%) CCNA
6 46 (5.55%) DV Cleared
7 44 (5.31%) Microsoft Certification
8 37 (4.46%) CCNP
9 33 (3.98%) CISSP
9 33 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (3.26%) Azure Certification
11 24 (2.90%) Network+ Certification
12 22 (2.65%) CompTIA Security+
13 20 (2.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 16 (1.93%) MCSE
15 15 (1.81%) MCP
16 13 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
17 10 (1.21%) AWS Certification
17 10 (1.21%) CTC Cleared
18 9 (1.09%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.55%) Cyber Essentials
2 43 (5.19%) SLA
3 41 (4.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 33 (3.98%) GDPR
5 13 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 11 (1.33%) NIST
6 11 (1.33%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.09%) COSHH
8 7 (0.84%) QA
9 5 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 5 (0.60%) NCSC
10 3 (0.36%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.12%) COBIT
11 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.12%) IASME
11 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 342 (41.25%) Active Directory
2 178 (21.47%) Hyper-V
3 148 (17.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 45 (5.43%) Virtual Machines
5 32 (3.86%) Docker
6 29 (3.50%) Virtual Desktop
7 24 (2.90%) Virtual Servers
8 22 (2.65%) VMware ESXi
9 17 (2.05%) vSphere
10 16 (1.93%) pfSense
11 11 (1.33%) NFS
12 7 (0.84%) Firmware
13 6 (0.72%) XenApp
14 5 (0.60%) VMware Server
15 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
15 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 99 (11.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (5.07%) FortiGate
2 42 (5.07%) Kubernetes
2 42 (5.07%) SCOM
3 41 (4.95%) Ansible
3 41 (4.95%) WSUS
4 33 (3.98%) SCCM
5 20 (2.41%) vCenter Server
6 19 (2.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 17 (2.05%) ZABBIX
8 16 (1.93%) EMC NetWorker
8 16 (1.93%) Grafana
9 13 (1.57%) Cisco CUCM
9 13 (1.57%) ServiceCenter
10 12 (1.45%) NetBackup
11 11 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
11 11 (1.33%) Terraform
12 10 (1.21%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 10 (1.21%) SCDPM
13 8 (0.97%) Nagios
Vendors
1 395 (47.65%) Microsoft
2 222 (26.78%) VMware
3 174 (20.99%) Cisco
4 98 (11.82%) Juniper
5 85 (10.25%) Veeam
6 74 (8.93%) Fortinet
7 63 (7.60%) Palo Alto
8 55 (6.63%) HP
9 51 (6.15%) Citrix
10 47 (5.67%) Aruba
11 41 (4.95%) Meraki
12 27 (3.26%) WatchGuard
13 25 (3.02%) Draytek
14 21 (2.53%) Dell
15 20 (2.41%) Splunk
16 19 (2.29%) Apple
16 19 (2.29%) Sophos
17 18 (2.17%) Oracle
17 18 (2.17%) ServiceNow
18 17 (2.05%) EMC