Firewall Jobs in South Wales

Firewall
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firewall over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 46 94
Rank change year-on-year +9 +48 -43
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 77 65 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 4.57% 5.47% 1.85%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 36.84% 29.82% 12.78%
Number of salaries quoted 35 12 27
10th Percentile £24,500 £30,371 £24,450
25th Percentile £33,050 £33,916 £30,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £60,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +71.43% -
75th Percentile £45,780 £75,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £51,500 - £50,000
Wales median annual salary £40,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +12.50% +14.29%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South Wales

Firewall falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 209 218 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 12.41% 18.35% 14.51%
Number of salaries quoted 109 59 95
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,000 £27,996
25th Percentile £28,290 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,067 £38,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.07% -15.56% +20.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £40,500 £38,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.58% -15.56% +23.29%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in South Wales

Firewall
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Firewall in South Wales

Firewall
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in South Wales over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in South Wales

Firewall
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
Bridgend +7 38 £44,886 -
Cardiff -1 18 £40,784 -32.03% 7
Newport +14 12 £40,000 +15.32% 1
Gwent - 4 - - 2
Caerphilly - 4 £23,800 - 3
Torfaen - 1 £42,500 - 1
Firewall
Wales

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 14 (18.18%) Skype for Business
2 11 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (6.49%) Apache
4 4 (5.19%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.30%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (22.08%) Azure
2 14 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (6.49%) Amazon S3
3 5 (6.49%) AWS
3 5 (6.49%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.30%) IaaS
4 1 (1.30%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.30%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (37.66%) Wireless
2 27 (35.06%) DNS
3 23 (29.87%) LAN
3 23 (29.87%) WAN
4 19 (24.68%) VPN
5 17 (22.08%) Network Security
6 15 (19.48%) TCP/IP
7 14 (18.18%) IP Telephony
8 12 (15.58%) Cisco IOS
9 11 (14.29%) DHCP
9 11 (14.29%) MPLS
9 11 (14.29%) VLAN
10 10 (12.99%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (11.69%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (9.09%) IPsec
13 6 (7.79%) Internet
14 5 (6.49%) SAN
14 5 (6.49%) SNMP
14 5 (6.49%) WLAN
15 4 (5.19%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.49%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (6.49%) MongoDB
2 4 (5.19%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (16.88%) Finance
2 10 (12.99%) Telecoms
3 8 (10.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (10.39%) Social Skills
4 7 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.49%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.49%) Local Government
5 5 (6.49%) Police
6 3 (3.90%) Advertising
6 3 (3.90%) Automotive
6 3 (3.90%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.90%) Retail
6 3 (3.90%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 35 (45.45%) Network Engineer
2 34 (44.16%) Senior
3 22 (28.57%) Senior Network Engineer
4 18 (23.38%) Consultant
5 14 (18.18%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 14 (18.18%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 9 (11.69%) IT Engineer
6 9 (11.69%) Project Consultant
6 9 (11.69%) Senior Consultant
6 9 (11.69%) Senior Network Consultant
6 9 (11.69%) Senior Project Consultant
7 7 (9.09%) Security Engineer
8 6 (7.79%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 6 (7.79%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
8 6 (7.79%) Analyst
8 6 (7.79%) IT Technician
9 5 (6.49%) ICT Engineer
9 5 (6.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (6.49%) IT Security Engineer
9 5 (6.49%) NetApp Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.49%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (6.49%) YAML
2 1 (1.30%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 33 (42.86%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.49%) Replication
3 2 (2.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 2 (2.60%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.30%) Clustering
4 1 (1.30%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (33.77%) Windows
2 20 (25.97%) Windows Server
3 10 (12.99%) Linux
4 7 (9.09%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (7.79%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (6.49%) Data ONTAP
7 3 (3.90%) CatOS
8 2 (2.60%) Mac OS
8 2 (2.60%) VMS
8 2 (2.60%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.30%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (42.86%) Actionable Insight
2 25 (32.47%) Business Continuity
2 25 (32.47%) Network Management
3 19 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (23.38%) Incident Management
5 17 (22.08%) Customer Service
6 14 (18.18%) ITIL
6 14 (18.18%) Migration
7 9 (11.69%) Change Control
7 9 (11.69%) Change Management
7 9 (11.69%) Network Design
8 8 (10.39%) Storage Management
9 7 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (9.09%) Infrastructure Management
10 6 (7.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 6 (7.79%) Line Management
10 6 (7.79%) Root Cause Analysis
11 5 (6.49%) High Availability
11 5 (6.49%) Project Planning
11 5 (6.49%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.49%) Python
2 2 (2.60%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.60%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (31.17%) SC Cleared
1 24 (31.17%) Security Cleared
2 22 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (22.08%) CCNA
4 12 (15.58%) Degree
5 7 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (7.79%) CCNP
7 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (3.90%) CCIE
8 3 (3.90%) Check Point Certification
9 1 (1.30%) CISMP
9 1 (1.30%) CISSP
9 1 (1.30%) CWNA
9 1 (1.30%) CWTS
9 1 (1.30%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.49%) SLA
2 2 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.30%) GDPR
3 1 (1.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (20.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (19.48%) Active Directory
3 5 (6.49%) Docker
3 5 (6.49%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (5.19%) Hyper-V
4 4 (5.19%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.60%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (6.49%) Ansible
1 5 (6.49%) Kubernetes
1 5 (6.49%) Prometheus
1 5 (6.49%) vCenter Server
2 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.60%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (2.60%) SmoothWall
3 2 (2.60%) WhatsUp Gold
4 1 (1.30%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (1.30%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 44 (57.14%) Cisco
2 34 (44.16%) Microsoft
3 18 (23.38%) VMware
4 14 (18.18%) Avaya
4 14 (18.18%) Mitel
4 14 (18.18%) Palo Alto
5 13 (16.88%) CheckPoint
6 9 (11.69%) Fortinet
6 9 (11.69%) McAfee
6 9 (11.69%) Oracle
7 7 (9.09%) Veeam
8 5 (6.49%) NetApp
8 5 (6.49%) Red Hat
8 5 (6.49%) SolidFire
8 5 (6.49%) Sophos
9 4 (5.19%) Asigra
9 4 (5.19%) Datto
9 4 (5.19%) Sage
10 2 (2.60%) IBM
10 2 (2.60%) SonicWALL