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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 68 74 65
Rank change year-on-year +6 -9 -5
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 347 275 403
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.70% 4.09% 4.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.03% 21.30% 30.48%
Number of salaries quoted 280 211 258
10th Percentile £26,900 £28,750 £26,600
25th Percentile £32,000 £33,875 £31,514
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,250 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.51% -7.14% +5.81%
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £60,938
90th Percentile £65,050 £75,000 £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 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 1,238 1,291 1,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.19% 19.20% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 932 537 727
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,403
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 £62,833 £63,625
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 20 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 20 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 +32 90 £50,000 -16.00% 29
Wiltshire +2 86 £50,000 +42.86% 14
Gloucestershire +21 75 £37,500 - 17
Devon -8 43 £49,000 +15.29% 8
Dorset -30 29 £37,500 -12.54% 4
Somerset +5 16 £48,750 +9.55% 12
Cornwall -19 7 £42,000 +17.48% 3
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 68 (19.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 53 (15.27%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.02%) SharePoint 2010
3 7 (2.02%) SharePoint 2013
4 5 (1.44%) Confluence
5 4 (1.15%) Apache
5 4 (1.15%) IIS
6 1 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 24 (6.92%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.15%) Trello
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 138 (39.77%) Azure
2 122 (35.16%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (12.97%) AWS
4 25 (7.20%) GCP
5 22 (6.34%) Entra ID
6 20 (5.76%) OneDrive
7 19 (5.48%) SaaS
8 17 (4.90%) IaaS
9 16 (4.61%) PaaS
10 11 (3.17%) Power Platform
11 6 (1.73%) WhatsApp
12 5 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.15%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 4 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (1.15%) GitHub
13 4 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (1.15%) Slack
14 3 (0.86%) Mimecast
15 1 (0.29%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 104 (29.97%) WAN
2 74 (21.33%) LAN
3 62 (17.87%) VPN
4 51 (14.70%) DNS
5 49 (14.12%) Wireless
6 46 (13.26%) TCP/IP
7 44 (12.68%) SD-WAN
8 33 (9.51%) Network Security
9 32 (9.22%) Wi-Fi
10 27 (7.78%) Cisco ASA
11 26 (7.49%) DHCP
12 21 (6.05%) VLAN
13 20 (5.76%) Internet
14 19 (5.48%) SAN
15 16 (4.61%) Software-Defined Networking
16 14 (4.03%) VSAN
17 13 (3.75%) BGP
18 12 (3.46%) NetScaler
19 11 (3.17%) OSPF
19 11 (3.17%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.75%) Big Data
2 4 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (1.15%) MongoDB
2 4 (1.15%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.58%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.29%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.15%) JIRA
2 2 (0.58%) Burp Suite
2 2 (0.58%) Git
2 2 (0.58%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.58%) Visual Studio
General
1 67 (19.31%) Social Skills
2 41 (11.82%) Aerospace
3 23 (6.63%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (4.90%) Manufacturing
4 17 (4.90%) Retail
4 17 (4.90%) Telecoms
5 15 (4.32%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (1.73%) Finance
8 5 (1.44%) Legal
9 4 (1.15%) Law
9 4 (1.15%) Military
10 3 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.29%) Aviation
12 1 (0.29%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.29%) Games
12 1 (0.29%) Police
Job Titles
1 83 (23.92%) Network Engineer
2 73 (21.04%) Senior
3 65 (18.73%) Support Engineer
4 53 (15.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 53 (15.27%) IT Engineer
4 53 (15.27%) IT Support
5 50 (14.41%) Senior Network Engineer
6 39 (11.24%) IT Support Engineer
7 34 (9.80%) Analyst
8 23 (6.63%) Administrator
9 21 (6.05%) 3rd Line Support
9 21 (6.05%) Systems Administrator
10 20 (5.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 19 (5.48%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 17 (4.90%) 2nd Line Support
12 17 (4.90%) Consultant
13 15 (4.32%) Network Manager
13 15 (4.32%) Security Analyst
14 14 (4.03%) Infrastructure Support
15 12 (3.46%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.44%) REST
2 4 (1.15%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.15%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (1.15%) YAML
3 3 (0.86%) .NET
3 3 (0.86%) AngularJS
3 3 (0.86%) ASP.NET
3 3 (0.86%) ASP.NET MVC
3 3 (0.86%) CSS
3 3 (0.86%) HTML
3 3 (0.86%) jQuery
3 3 (0.86%) React
3 3 (0.86%) Tailwind CSS
3 3 (0.86%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 3 (0.86%) Vue
3 3 (0.86%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 60 (17.29%) Data Centre
2 26 (7.49%) Driving Licence
3 18 (5.19%) Public Cloud
4 13 (3.75%) Cyber Defence
5 12 (3.46%) PKI
6 10 (2.88%) Replication
7 9 (2.59%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.73%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 5 (1.44%) Clustering
10 5 (1.44%) Cyber Security Posture
10 5 (1.44%) Cyberattack
10 5 (1.44%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.44%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.15%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.15%) CMDB
11 4 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.86%) Client/Server
12 3 (0.86%) Security Posture
13 2 (0.58%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 140 (40.35%) Windows
2 74 (21.33%) Linux
3 72 (20.75%) Windows Server
4 22 (6.34%) Windows 10
5 15 (4.32%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (2.31%) Apple iOS
7 7 (2.02%) Android
7 7 (2.02%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (2.02%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.44%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.44%) Unix
9 4 (1.15%) Data ONTAP
9 4 (1.15%) Debian
9 4 (1.15%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.86%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.58%) CentOS
11 2 (0.58%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.58%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (17.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 58 (16.71%) Cybersecurity
3 50 (14.41%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (13.54%) Customer Service
5 45 (12.97%) Agile
6 39 (11.24%) ITIL
7 38 (10.95%) Collaborative Working
8 31 (8.93%) Service Delivery
9 29 (8.36%) Actionable Insight
10 23 (6.63%) Network Monitoring
10 23 (6.63%) Project Delivery
10 23 (6.63%) Virtual Infrastructure
11 21 (6.05%) Incident Response
12 19 (5.48%) Office Automation
13 16 (4.61%) Cloud Security
14 15 (4.32%) Infrastructure as Code
14 15 (4.32%) Migration
14 15 (4.32%) Presales
14 15 (4.32%) Security Patching
15 14 (4.03%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 37 (10.66%) PowerShell
2 32 (9.22%) Python
3 16 (4.61%) Bash
4 13 (3.75%) C#
5 9 (2.59%) SQL
6 8 (2.31%) Java
7 4 (1.15%) Bicep
8 3 (0.86%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.86%) XAML
9 1 (0.29%) C
9 1 (0.29%) Perl
Qualifications
1 88 (25.36%) Security Cleared
2 41 (11.82%) DV Cleared
3 36 (10.37%) Cisco Certification
4 33 (9.51%) Degree
5 31 (8.93%) SC Cleared
6 29 (8.36%) CCNA
7 21 (6.05%) Microsoft Certification
8 20 (5.76%) CCNP
9 17 (4.90%) MCSE
10 9 (2.59%) CISSP
10 9 (2.59%) MCITP
11 7 (2.02%) GIAC
11 7 (2.02%) MCP
12 6 (1.73%) CCSK
12 6 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.73%) MCSA
13 5 (1.44%) DBS Check
14 4 (1.15%) CEH
14 4 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (3.75%) SLA
3 9 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (2.59%) PCI DSS
4 8 (2.31%) NIST
5 7 (2.02%) SOC 2
6 6 (1.73%) GDPR
7 5 (1.44%) SOC 1
8 4 (1.15%) QA
9 2 (0.58%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.29%) GRC
10 1 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 83 (23.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 75 (21.61%) Active Directory
3 43 (12.39%) Hyper-V
4 25 (7.20%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (6.34%) VMware NSX
6 17 (4.90%) vSphere
7 16 (4.61%) XenDesktop
8 11 (3.17%) XenApp
9 8 (2.31%) Firmware
10 5 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
11 4 (1.15%) Docker
11 4 (1.15%) KVM
11 4 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (1.15%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.58%) Terminal Server
12 2 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.29%) Samba
Systems Management
1 53 (15.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (8.65%) SCCM
3 27 (7.78%) Ansible
3 27 (7.78%) WSUS
4 15 (4.32%) vCenter Server
5 11 (3.17%) FortiGate
6 8 (2.31%) Kubernetes
6 8 (2.31%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.31%) Terraform
7 6 (1.73%) Cisco Prime
7 6 (1.73%) Nagios
8 5 (1.44%) OfficeScan
8 5 (1.44%) Opsview
9 4 (1.15%) Istio
9 4 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.86%) Backup Exec
10 3 (0.86%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.86%) Puppet
10 3 (0.86%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 123 (35.45%) Cisco
2 104 (29.97%) Microsoft
3 101 (29.11%) VMware
4 25 (7.20%) Citrix
5 22 (6.34%) HP
6 20 (5.76%) Fortinet
6 20 (5.76%) Google
7 19 (5.48%) Dell
8 18 (5.19%) Veeam
9 15 (4.32%) Sophos
10 14 (4.03%) Symantec
11 13 (3.75%) Aruba
12 12 (3.46%) Meraki
13 10 (2.88%) Palo Alto
13 10 (2.88%) Red Hat
14 9 (2.59%) CheckPoint
15 7 (2.02%) Apple
15 7 (2.02%) Juniper
16 6 (1.73%) NetApp
16 6 (1.73%) SolarWinds