Firewall Jobs in the Thames Valley

Firewall
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 42 60 71
Rank change year-on-year +18 +11 -5
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 323 292 306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.81% 4.94% 4.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.44% 30.90% 21.47%
Number of salaries quoted 291 237 245
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -8.16% -10.91%
75th Percentile £59,000 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,550 £75,000
South East median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 966 945 1,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.37% 16.00% 20.06%
Number of salaries quoted 678 533 750
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,500 £30,750 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £59,000 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,850 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the Thames Valley

Firewall
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Firewall in the Thames Valley

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the Thames Valley

Firewall
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +45 169 £50,000 +1.01% 28
Oxfordshire +28 94 £42,500 +7.59% 10
Buckinghamshire -48 61 £41,500 +18.57% 11
Firewall
South East

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 71 (21.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (12.38%) SharePoint
3 19 (5.88%) IIS
4 17 (5.26%) Apache
5 16 (4.95%) WordPress
6 14 (4.33%) CMS
7 12 (3.72%) nginx
8 3 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.31%) Confluence
Applications
1 25 (7.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 25 (7.74%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.93%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 144 (44.58%) Azure
2 139 (43.03%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (13.62%) AWS
4 32 (9.91%) Entra ID
5 22 (6.81%) Azure Storage
6 21 (6.50%) OneDrive
7 17 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
8 15 (4.64%) Azure Sentinel
9 12 (3.72%) iTunes
9 12 (3.72%) OCI
10 9 (2.79%) GCP
11 8 (2.48%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (1.55%) Amazon S3
14 4 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (1.24%) Google Workspace
14 4 (1.24%) SaaS
15 3 (0.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 3 (0.93%) Azure Pipelines
15 3 (0.93%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 89 (27.55%) DNS
2 59 (18.27%) DHCP
3 55 (17.03%) VPN
4 42 (13.00%) Network Security
5 41 (12.69%) WAN
6 39 (12.07%) Wireless
7 38 (11.76%) SSL
8 33 (10.22%) TCP/IP
9 30 (9.29%) Intrusion Detection
10 29 (8.98%) SAN
10 29 (8.98%) Wi-Fi
11 26 (8.05%) SD-WAN
11 26 (8.05%) SNMP
12 22 (6.81%) LAN
13 21 (6.50%) VoIP
14 20 (6.19%) Internet
15 18 (5.57%) OSPF
15 18 (5.57%) VLAN
16 17 (5.26%) BGP
17 16 (4.95%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (13.31%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.72%) MySQL
3 5 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (1.55%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.62%) Power BI
6 1 (0.31%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (0.93%) Git
1 3 (0.93%) JIRA
General
1 100 (30.96%) Social Skills
2 34 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 15 (4.64%) Law
5 14 (4.33%) Finance
6 13 (4.02%) Marketing
7 11 (3.41%) Retail
8 10 (3.10%) Telecoms
9 9 (2.79%) Legal
10 8 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.17%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.55%) Games
14 2 (0.62%) Automotive
14 2 (0.62%) Electronics
14 2 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 1 (0.31%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 79 (24.46%) IT Engineer
2 76 (23.53%) Support Engineer
3 65 (20.12%) IT Support
4 63 (19.50%) IT Support Engineer
5 50 (15.48%) 3rd Line Support
6 48 (14.86%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 43 (13.31%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 38 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 30 (9.29%) Analyst
10 27 (8.36%) Network Engineer
11 24 (7.43%) Senior
12 20 (6.19%) Architect
13 19 (5.88%) SOC Analyst
14 17 (5.26%) Lead
15 15 (4.64%) IT Manager
15 15 (4.64%) Project Engineer
15 15 (4.64%) Systems Engineer
16 14 (4.33%) Active Directory Specialist
16 14 (4.33%) Solutions Architect
16 14 (4.33%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.33%) ARM Templates
2 12 (3.72%) 802.1X
3 6 (1.86%) Web Services
4 5 (1.55%) RabbitMQ
4 5 (1.55%) YAML
5 4 (1.24%) .NET
5 4 (1.24%) LAMP
5 4 (1.24%) REST
6 3 (0.93%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.93%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.93%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (0.93%) Azure Blueprints
6 3 (0.93%) CSS
6 3 (0.93%) HTML
6 3 (0.93%) jQuery
6 3 (0.93%) React
6 3 (0.93%) Tailwind CSS
6 3 (0.93%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 3 (0.93%) Vue
6 3 (0.93%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 45 (13.93%) Management Information System
2 35 (10.84%) Data Centre
3 23 (7.12%) Replication
4 21 (6.50%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (6.19%) PKI
6 18 (5.57%) Cyber Threat
6 18 (5.57%) Driving Licence
7 17 (5.26%) Security Operations Centre
8 16 (4.95%) CMDB
9 13 (4.02%) Client/Server
10 9 (2.79%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (2.79%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.55%) CCTV
11 5 (1.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 5 (1.55%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
14 2 (0.62%) Digital Signage
14 2 (0.62%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 179 (55.42%) Windows
2 107 (33.13%) Windows Server
3 84 (26.01%) Linux
4 40 (12.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 37 (11.46%) Windows Server 2019
6 31 (9.60%) Windows 10
7 19 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (3.72%) Windows XP
9 6 (1.86%) Android
10 5 (1.55%) Data ONTAP
10 5 (1.55%) Kali Linux
11 4 (1.24%) Ubuntu
11 4 (1.24%) VMS
11 4 (1.24%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.93%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.62%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.31%) Unix
14 1 (0.31%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (22.91%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (22.29%) Cybersecurity
3 52 (16.10%) ITIL
4 51 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 34 (10.53%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 33 (10.22%) Agile
6 33 (10.22%) Project Management
6 33 (10.22%) SIEM
7 31 (9.60%) Incident Response
8 30 (9.29%) DevOps
9 29 (8.98%) Security Operations
10 26 (8.05%) Computer Science
11 25 (7.74%) Mentoring
12 23 (7.12%) Analytics
13 20 (6.19%) Change Control
13 20 (6.19%) CI/CD
13 20 (6.19%) Infrastructure as Code
13 20 (6.19%) Service Management
14 19 (5.88%) Release Management
15 18 (5.57%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 76 (23.53%) SQL
2 46 (14.24%) PowerShell
3 18 (5.57%) C#
4 14 (4.33%) Bicep
4 14 (4.33%) Python
4 14 (4.33%) VB
4 14 (4.33%) VBScript
5 12 (3.72%) PHP
6 7 (2.17%) Bash
7 3 (0.93%) XAML
8 1 (0.31%) Java
Qualifications
1 99 (30.65%) Degree
2 78 (24.15%) Security Cleared
3 64 (19.81%) SC Cleared
4 45 (13.93%) Cisco Certification
5 41 (12.69%) DV Cleared
6 35 (10.84%) CCNA
7 25 (7.74%) CCNP
7 25 (7.74%) CISSP
8 20 (6.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
10 14 (4.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 11 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (3.10%) MCSE
13 7 (2.17%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (1.86%) Azure Certification
15 5 (1.55%) AWS Certification
15 5 (1.55%) MCP
16 4 (1.24%) Master's Degree
17 2 (0.62%) GCIA
17 2 (0.62%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (4.02%) SLA
3 9 (2.79%) PCI DSS
4 8 (2.48%) NIST
5 7 (2.17%) QA
6 5 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.93%) GDPR
8 1 (0.31%) COBIT
8 1 (0.31%) IASME
System Software
1 135 (41.80%) Active Directory
2 94 (29.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (13.00%) Hyper-V
4 19 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (5.57%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (4.33%) Docker
7 12 (3.72%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (2.48%) vSphere
9 5 (1.55%) Firmware
10 1 (0.31%) NFS
10 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.31%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 49 (15.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (13.00%) SCOM
3 32 (9.91%) SCCM
4 29 (8.98%) Kubernetes
5 26 (8.05%) WSUS
6 20 (6.19%) vCenter Server
7 18 (5.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 14 (4.33%) Ansible
9 12 (3.72%) EMC NetWorker
9 12 (3.72%) NetBackup
10 6 (1.86%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (1.55%) Prometheus
11 5 (1.55%) Suricata
12 3 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 1 (0.31%) Nessus
13 1 (0.31%) Network Intrusion Detection System
13 1 (0.31%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 171 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 123 (38.08%) VMware
3 61 (18.89%) Cisco
4 53 (16.41%) Veeam
5 48 (14.86%) Juniper
6 36 (11.15%) Citrix
7 29 (8.98%) Palo Alto
8 21 (6.50%) Fortinet
8 21 (6.50%) HP
9 16 (4.95%) Aruba
9 16 (4.95%) Dell
9 16 (4.95%) Extreme Networks
10 14 (4.33%) Oracle
11 13 (4.02%) EMC
12 12 (3.72%) 3PAR
12 12 (3.72%) Dynatrace
12 12 (3.72%) Symantec
13 8 (2.48%) Sage
13 8 (2.48%) Splunk
13 8 (2.48%) WatchGuard