Firewall Jobs in the South West

Firewall
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 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 66 74 67
Rank change year-on-year +8 -7 -4
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 351 282 392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.79% 4.14% 4.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.06% 21.64% 31.31%
Number of salaries quoted 289 218 256
10th Percentile £27,400 £28,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £34,063 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,250 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.51% -9.14% +9.41%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,100 £75,000 £75,000
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 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 South West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,251 1,303 1,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.49% 19.13% 15.57%
Number of salaries quoted 926 551 701
10th Percentile £26,375 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,625 £63,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £75,000
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the South West

Firewall
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Firewall in the South West

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Firewall in the South West

Firewall
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the South West 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
Bristol +30 91 £50,000 -14.91% 25
Wiltshire +3 82 £49,000 +40.00% 20
Gloucestershire +21 79 £38,750 +3.33% 16
Devon -12 45 £49,000 +10.63% 6
Dorset -22 29 £37,500 -13.79% 6
Somerset +10 17 £47,500 +5.56% 10
Cornwall -26 7 £42,000 +12.00% 2
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 66 (18.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 55 (15.67%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.99%) SharePoint 2010
3 7 (1.99%) SharePoint 2013
4 5 (1.42%) Confluence
4 5 (1.42%) IIS
5 4 (1.14%) Apache
6 1 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 22 (6.27%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.14%) Trello
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 137 (39.03%) Azure
2 122 (34.76%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (13.11%) AWS
4 25 (7.12%) GCP
5 22 (6.27%) Entra ID
6 20 (5.70%) OneDrive
7 19 (5.41%) SaaS
8 17 (4.84%) IaaS
9 16 (4.56%) PaaS
10 11 (3.13%) Power Platform
11 7 (1.99%) WhatsApp
12 5 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.14%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 4 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (1.14%) GitHub
13 4 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (1.14%) Slack
14 3 (0.85%) Mimecast
15 1 (0.28%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 110 (31.34%) WAN
2 83 (23.65%) LAN
3 61 (17.38%) VPN
4 53 (15.10%) DNS
5 49 (13.96%) Wireless
6 45 (12.82%) TCP/IP
7 41 (11.68%) SD-WAN
8 33 (9.40%) Network Security
9 32 (9.12%) Wi-Fi
10 27 (7.69%) DHCP
11 26 (7.41%) Cisco ASA
12 21 (5.98%) VLAN
13 19 (5.41%) Internet
14 17 (4.84%) SAN
15 15 (4.27%) BGP
16 13 (3.70%) OSPF
16 13 (3.70%) Software-Defined Networking
16 13 (3.70%) VSAN
17 12 (3.42%) NetScaler
18 11 (3.13%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.42%) Big Data
2 4 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (1.14%) MongoDB
2 4 (1.14%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.57%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.28%) MySQL
4 1 (0.28%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 4 (1.14%) JIRA
2 2 (0.57%) Burp Suite
2 2 (0.57%) Git
2 2 (0.57%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 68 (19.37%) Social Skills
2 36 (10.26%) Aerospace
3 23 (6.55%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (4.84%) Manufacturing
4 17 (4.84%) Retail
5 15 (4.27%) Public Sector
5 15 (4.27%) Telecoms
6 14 (3.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (1.71%) Finance
7 6 (1.71%) Legal
7 6 (1.71%) Military
8 4 (1.14%) Law
9 3 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (0.85%) Police
10 2 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.28%) Aviation
11 1 (0.28%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.28%) Games
Job Titles
1 88 (25.07%) Network Engineer
2 81 (23.08%) Senior
3 65 (18.52%) Support Engineer
4 56 (15.95%) Senior Network Engineer
5 52 (14.81%) IT Engineer
6 51 (14.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 51 (14.53%) IT Support
7 38 (10.83%) IT Support Engineer
8 36 (10.26%) Analyst
9 22 (6.27%) Administrator
10 21 (5.98%) 3rd Line Support
11 20 (5.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 20 (5.70%) Systems Administrator
12 19 (5.41%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 18 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support
13 18 (5.13%) Security Analyst
14 17 (4.84%) Consultant
15 15 (4.27%) Network Manager
16 13 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
17 12 (3.42%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.42%) REST
2 4 (1.14%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.14%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (1.14%) YAML
3 3 (0.85%) .NET
3 3 (0.85%) AngularJS
3 3 (0.85%) ASP.NET
3 3 (0.85%) ASP.NET MVC
3 3 (0.85%) CSS
3 3 (0.85%) HTML
3 3 (0.85%) jQuery
3 3 (0.85%) React
3 3 (0.85%) Tailwind CSS
3 3 (0.85%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 3 (0.85%) Vue
3 3 (0.85%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 59 (16.81%) Data Centre
2 25 (7.12%) Driving Licence
3 18 (5.13%) Public Cloud
4 12 (3.42%) Cyber Defence
5 11 (3.13%) PKI
6 10 (2.85%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.56%) Replication
8 8 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 5 (1.42%) Clustering
10 5 (1.42%) CMDB
10 5 (1.42%) Cyber Security Posture
10 5 (1.42%) Cyberattack
10 5 (1.42%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.42%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.14%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.85%) Client/Server
12 3 (0.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (0.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 140 (39.89%) Windows
2 74 (21.08%) Windows Server
3 71 (20.23%) Linux
4 21 (5.98%) Windows 10
5 14 (3.99%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (1.99%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.99%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (1.71%) Android
7 6 (1.71%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.42%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.42%) Unix
9 4 (1.14%) Data ONTAP
9 4 (1.14%) Debian
9 4 (1.14%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.85%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.57%) CentOS
11 2 (0.57%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.57%) Windows 2000
11 2 (0.57%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (17.95%) Cybersecurity
2 59 (16.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 50 (14.25%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (13.11%) Customer Service
5 40 (11.40%) Agile
5 40 (11.40%) ITIL
6 33 (9.40%) Collaborative Working
7 30 (8.55%) Service Delivery
8 29 (8.26%) Actionable Insight
9 25 (7.12%) Project Delivery
10 23 (6.55%) Network Monitoring
11 22 (6.27%) Incident Response
12 19 (5.41%) Office Automation
12 19 (5.41%) Virtual Infrastructure
13 17 (4.84%) Cloud Security
14 16 (4.56%) Computer Science
15 15 (4.27%) Security Operations
15 15 (4.27%) Security Patching
16 14 (3.99%) DevOps
16 14 (3.99%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 37 (10.54%) PowerShell
2 32 (9.12%) Python
3 15 (4.27%) Bash
4 13 (3.70%) C#
5 10 (2.85%) SQL
6 8 (2.28%) Java
7 4 (1.14%) Bicep
8 3 (0.85%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.85%) XAML
9 1 (0.28%) C
9 1 (0.28%) Perl
Qualifications
1 92 (26.21%) Security Cleared
2 46 (13.11%) DV Cleared
3 39 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
4 32 (9.12%) Degree
5 29 (8.26%) SC Cleared
6 28 (7.98%) CCNA
7 22 (6.27%) CCNP
8 21 (5.98%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (5.13%) MCSE
10 11 (3.13%) CISSP
11 9 (2.56%) MCITP
12 8 (2.28%) GIAC
12 8 (2.28%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (1.71%) CCSK
13 6 (1.71%) CompTIA Security+
13 6 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (1.71%) MCP
13 6 (1.71%) MCSA
14 4 (1.14%) CCSP
14 4 (1.14%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (3.70%) SLA
3 10 (2.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (2.85%) NIST
4 9 (2.56%) PCI DSS
4 9 (2.56%) SOC 2
5 6 (1.71%) GDPR
6 5 (1.42%) SOC 1
7 4 (1.14%) QA
8 2 (0.57%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.28%) GRC
9 1 (0.28%) NCSC
System Software
1 78 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 77 (21.94%) Active Directory
3 40 (11.40%) Hyper-V
4 23 (6.55%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (5.13%) VMware NSX
6 16 (4.56%) vSphere
7 15 (4.27%) XenDesktop
8 10 (2.85%) XenApp
9 8 (2.28%) Firmware
10 5 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
11 4 (1.14%) Docker
11 4 (1.14%) KVM
11 4 (1.14%) VMware Workstation
12 3 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
13 2 (0.57%) Terminal Server
13 2 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.28%) Samba
Systems Management
1 57 (16.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (8.55%) SCCM
3 27 (7.69%) WSUS
4 26 (7.41%) Ansible
5 15 (4.27%) vCenter Server
6 12 (3.42%) FortiGate
7 8 (2.28%) Kubernetes
7 8 (2.28%) Prometheus
7 8 (2.28%) Terraform
8 6 (1.71%) Cisco Prime
8 6 (1.71%) Nagios
9 5 (1.42%) OfficeScan
9 5 (1.42%) Opsview
10 4 (1.14%) Istio
10 4 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.85%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.85%) Puppet
12 2 (0.57%) Nmap
12 2 (0.57%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 129 (36.75%) Cisco
2 102 (29.06%) Microsoft
3 93 (26.50%) VMware
4 24 (6.84%) Citrix
5 22 (6.27%) HP
6 20 (5.70%) Google
7 19 (5.41%) Fortinet
8 18 (5.13%) Dell
9 16 (4.56%) Veeam
10 15 (4.27%) Sophos
11 13 (3.70%) Aruba
11 13 (3.70%) Symantec
12 12 (3.42%) Meraki
13 10 (2.85%) Red Hat
14 9 (2.56%) CheckPoint
14 9 (2.56%) Palo Alto
15 7 (1.99%) Apple
16 6 (1.71%) Juniper
16 6 (1.71%) NetApp
16 6 (1.71%) PagerDuty