Firewall
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 64 79 119
Rank change year-on-year +15 +40 -42
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 3,750 4,040 4,961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.78% 3.99% 3.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.74% 25.61% 23.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3,147 2,809 3,545
10th Percentile £27,400 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -
75th Percentile £61,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,519 15,777 20,936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.64% 15.57% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9,433 8,018 11,667
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,625 £45,000 £46,223
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.64% +2.72%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the UK

Firewall
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Firewall in the UK

Firewall
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Firewall in the UK

Firewall
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the UK 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
England +26 3,446 £49,000 -2.00% 722
UK excluding London +13 2,756 £42,500 -5.56% 564
Work from Home +13 1,335 £52,500 -4.55% 315
London +13 885 £65,000 +8.33% 192
South East +20 826 £42,500 -5.56% 140
North of England +17 604 £42,500 -10.53% 130
Midlands +35 525 £45,000 - 122
South West +8 351 £45,000 +6.51% 87
West Midlands +43 348 £45,000 - 66
Yorkshire +48 270 £45,000 -2.70% 45
North West -20 265 £50,000 - 70
East of England +32 260 £41,500 -2.35% 50
East Midlands +1 173 £41,250 -1.79% 56
Scotland -123 98 £50,000 +5.82% 36
Wales +2 86 £40,500 -10.00% 12
North East +1 80 £42,155 -0.81% 17
Northern Ireland -4 21 £37,500 +1.35% 5
Isle of Man -3 16 £46,500 +3.33% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 - 1

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 552 (14.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 419 (11.17%) SharePoint
3 123 (3.28%) IIS
4 72 (1.92%) Apache
5 39 (1.04%) Confluence
6 27 (0.72%) nginx
7 24 (0.64%) Skype for Business
8 23 (0.61%) WordPress
9 18 (0.48%) CMS
9 18 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2010
10 17 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
11 11 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2007
11 11 (0.29%) SharePoint 2010
11 11 (0.29%) SharePoint 2013
12 9 (0.24%) WebSphere
13 7 (0.19%) Apache Spark
13 7 (0.19%) SAS
14 6 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2000
15 5 (0.13%) Tomcat
16 4 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 306 (8.16%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.45%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.11%) Trello
6 3 (0.080%) SPSS
7 1 (0.027%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (0.43%) Fidessa
2 4 (0.11%) Oracle Cash Management
2 4 (0.11%) Sage 200
2 4 (0.11%) Sage X3
3 3 (0.080%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.053%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.053%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.053%) Shopify
5 1 (0.027%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.027%) Misys Opics
5 1 (0.027%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 1,721 (45.89%) Azure
2 1,383 (36.88%) Microsoft 365
3 573 (15.28%) AWS
4 427 (11.39%) Entra ID
5 171 (4.56%) GCP
6 139 (3.71%) IaaS
7 132 (3.52%) SaaS
8 124 (3.31%) OneDrive
9 122 (3.25%) PaaS
10 93 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
11 82 (2.19%) Cloud Computing
12 80 (2.13%) Amazon S3
13 65 (1.73%) Azure Sentinel
14 51 (1.36%) Mimecast
15 48 (1.28%) GitHub
16 42 (1.12%) Google Workspace
17 41 (1.09%) Power Platform
18 29 (0.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
18 29 (0.77%) Serverless
19 24 (0.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 922 (24.59%) VPN
2 911 (24.29%) WAN
3 865 (23.07%) DNS
4 760 (20.27%) LAN
5 570 (15.20%) DHCP
6 520 (13.87%) TCP/IP
7 455 (12.13%) Wireless
8 448 (11.95%) Network Security
9 398 (10.61%) Wi-Fi
10 387 (10.32%) VLAN
11 285 (7.60%) SD-WAN
12 261 (6.96%) SAN
13 255 (6.80%) Internet
14 199 (5.31%) MPLS
15 189 (5.04%) BGP
16 178 (4.75%) VoIP
17 174 (4.64%) Intrusion Detection
18 159 (4.24%) OSPF
19 146 (3.89%) IPsec
20 123 (3.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 264 (7.04%) SQL Server
2 78 (2.08%) MySQL
3 70 (1.87%) Elasticsearch
4 64 (1.71%) MongoDB
5 49 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
6 38 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
7 27 (0.72%) Power BI
8 20 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
9 19 (0.51%) Big Data
10 12 (0.32%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.21%) CockroachDB
12 8 (0.21%) DB2
12 8 (0.21%) MariaDB
12 8 (0.21%) Redis
12 8 (0.21%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (0.11%) Metabase
14 4 (0.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 101 (2.69%) JIRA
2 94 (2.51%) Jenkins
3 61 (1.63%) Git
4 28 (0.75%) Bitbucket
5 27 (0.72%) GitLab
6 15 (0.40%) Subversion
7 11 (0.29%) Robot Framework
7 11 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
8 10 (0.27%) GNU Toolchain
8 10 (0.27%) Trac
9 8 (0.21%) Jaeger
10 7 (0.19%) Katalon Studio
10 7 (0.19%) Spinnaker
10 7 (0.19%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (0.11%) Burp Suite
12 4 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
12 4 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
13 3 (0.080%) Maven
14 2 (0.053%) Hudson
General
1 1,067 (28.45%) Social Skills
2 492 (13.12%) Finance
3 299 (7.97%) Analytical Skills
4 208 (5.55%) Telecoms
5 152 (4.05%) Law
6 123 (3.28%) Retail
7 119 (3.17%) Legal
8 112 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 99 (2.64%) Public Sector
10 87 (2.32%) Manufacturing
11 82 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
12 68 (1.81%) Aerospace
13 62 (1.65%) Banking
14 59 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
15 55 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
16 51 (1.36%) Games
17 42 (1.12%) Marketing
18 30 (0.80%) Police
19 22 (0.59%) Local Government
20 17 (0.45%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 654 (17.44%) Network Engineer
2 585 (15.60%) Senior
3 493 (13.15%) IT Engineer
4 479 (12.77%) Support Engineer
5 468 (12.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 438 (11.68%) Analyst
7 436 (11.63%) IT Support
8 279 (7.44%) IT Support Engineer
9 242 (6.45%) Lead
10 202 (5.39%) Architect
11 201 (5.36%) Senior Network Engineer
12 190 (5.07%) Security Analyst
13 178 (4.75%) 3rd Line Support
14 169 (4.51%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 161 (4.29%) 2nd Line Support
15 161 (4.29%) Consultant
16 149 (3.97%) IT Manager
17 136 (3.63%) Security Engineer
18 125 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
19 121 (3.23%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (2.08%) YAML
2 63 (1.68%) 802.1X
3 60 (1.60%) REST
4 54 (1.44%) RabbitMQ
5 40 (1.07%) HTML
6 38 (1.01%) .NET
7 36 (0.96%) SAML
8 28 (0.75%) OAuth
9 22 (0.59%) ASP.NET
9 22 (0.59%) CSS
9 22 (0.59%) jQuery
10 20 (0.53%) Kafka
11 19 (0.51%) AngularJS
11 19 (0.51%) ASP.NET MVC
11 19 (0.51%) React
11 19 (0.51%) Tailwind CSS
11 19 (0.51%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 19 (0.51%) Vue
11 19 (0.51%) WPF
12 18 (0.48%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 479 (12.77%) Data Centre
2 283 (7.55%) Management Information System
3 222 (5.92%) Driving Licence
4 133 (3.55%) Public Cloud
5 130 (3.47%) Replication
6 128 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
7 95 (2.53%) Cyber Threat
8 90 (2.40%) PKI
9 85 (2.27%) Security Posture
10 75 (2.00%) Onboarding
11 74 (1.97%) Clustering
12 67 (1.79%) Security Operations Centre
13 51 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
14 48 (1.28%) Client/Server
15 45 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
16 43 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
17 41 (1.09%) CCTV
18 40 (1.07%) Cyberattack
19 39 (1.04%) IoT
20 38 (1.01%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 1,747 (46.59%) Windows
2 1,036 (27.63%) Windows Server
3 782 (20.85%) Linux
4 280 (7.47%) Windows 10
5 218 (5.81%) Windows Server 2016
6 186 (4.96%) Windows Server 2012
7 183 (4.88%) Windows Server 2019
8 107 (2.85%) Mac OS
9 92 (2.45%) Ubuntu
10 76 (2.03%) VMS
11 75 (2.00%) Unix
12 74 (1.97%) Apple iOS
13 60 (1.60%) Android
14 57 (1.52%) Windows Server 2008
15 54 (1.44%) Data ONTAP
16 36 (0.96%) CentOS
16 36 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 26 (0.69%) Windows 7
18 16 (0.43%) Mac OS X
18 16 (0.43%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 839 (22.37%) Cybersecurity
1 839 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
2 601 (16.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 525 (14.00%) ITIL
4 446 (11.89%) Customer Service
5 337 (8.99%) Information Security
6 330 (8.80%) Disaster Recovery
7 321 (8.56%) Agile
8 316 (8.43%) SIEM
9 290 (7.73%) DevOps
10 278 (7.41%) Mentoring
11 266 (7.09%) Project Management
12 241 (6.43%) Incident Response
13 209 (5.57%) Migration
14 197 (5.25%) Service Delivery
15 191 (5.09%) Actionable Insight
15 191 (5.09%) Cloud Security
15 191 (5.09%) Project Delivery
16 173 (4.61%) Security Operations
17 169 (4.51%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 458 (12.21%) PowerShell
2 341 (9.09%) SQL
3 325 (8.67%) Python
4 188 (5.01%) Bash
5 64 (1.71%) C#
6 62 (1.65%) Java
7 46 (1.23%) Perl
8 32 (0.85%) JavaScript
9 26 (0.69%) Bicep
9 26 (0.69%) VBScript
10 20 (0.53%) Ruby
11 19 (0.51%) XAML
12 15 (0.40%) C
13 14 (0.37%) C++
13 14 (0.37%) VB
14 12 (0.32%) PHP
14 12 (0.32%) Shell Script
15 10 (0.27%) RPG
16 6 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
16 6 (0.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 549 (14.64%) Cisco Certification
2 512 (13.65%) Degree
3 505 (13.47%) Security Cleared
4 365 (9.73%) CCNA
5 288 (7.68%) SC Cleared
6 267 (7.12%) CISSP
7 226 (6.03%) CCNP
8 218 (5.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 168 (4.48%) DV Cleared
10 118 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
11 117 (3.12%) Azure Certification
12 106 (2.83%) MCSE
13 99 (2.64%) CISM
14 80 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
15 76 (2.03%) CompTIA Security+
16 61 (1.63%) CISA
16 61 (1.63%) MCSA
17 59 (1.57%) GIAC
18 58 (1.55%) AWS Certification
19 57 (1.52%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 279 (7.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 171 (4.56%) SLA
3 164 (4.37%) NIST
4 159 (4.24%) Cyber Essentials
5 138 (3.68%) GDPR
6 100 (2.67%) PCI DSS
7 53 (1.41%) SOC 2
8 46 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 28 (0.75%) GRC
9 28 (0.75%) QA
10 24 (0.64%) NCSC
11 21 (0.56%) HIPAA
12 19 (0.51%) COBIT
13 11 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 10 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 9 (0.24%) COSHH
16 7 (0.19%) ISO 22301
16 7 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 6 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
17 6 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1,296 (34.56%) Active Directory
2 779 (20.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 610 (16.27%) Hyper-V
4 170 (4.53%) VMware ESXi
5 153 (4.08%) Docker
6 117 (3.12%) vSphere
7 102 (2.72%) Virtual Machines
8 84 (2.24%) Virtual Desktop
9 42 (1.12%) VMware NSX
10 41 (1.09%) Virtual Servers
11 30 (0.80%) Firmware
11 30 (0.80%) Terminal Services
11 30 (0.80%) XenApp
12 28 (0.75%) XenDesktop
13 24 (0.64%) pfSense
14 17 (0.45%) NFS
14 17 (0.45%) vCloud
15 12 (0.32%) KVM
16 8 (0.21%) VMware Server
17 6 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 433 (11.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 279 (7.44%) Ansible
3 198 (5.28%) Terraform
4 189 (5.04%) Kubernetes
5 158 (4.21%) SCCM
6 138 (3.68%) FortiGate
7 102 (2.72%) WSUS
8 98 (2.61%) vCenter Server
9 72 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
10 70 (1.87%) Prometheus
11 60 (1.60%) SCOM
12 44 (1.17%) Puppet
13 37 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 37 (0.99%) ZABBIX
14 35 (0.93%) Grafana
14 35 (0.93%) Nagios
15 29 (0.77%) Progress Chef
16 28 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
17 23 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
18 19 (0.51%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 1,608 (42.88%) Microsoft
2 1,110 (29.60%) VMware
3 1,061 (28.29%) Cisco
4 327 (8.72%) Palo Alto
5 291 (7.76%) Veeam
6 265 (7.07%) Juniper
7 259 (6.91%) Fortinet
8 233 (6.21%) Meraki
9 207 (5.52%) Citrix
10 183 (4.88%) CheckPoint
11 182 (4.85%) Aruba
12 174 (4.64%) HP
13 127 (3.39%) Dell
14 118 (3.15%) NetApp
15 116 (3.09%) Google
16 115 (3.07%) Red Hat
17 93 (2.48%) SolarWinds
18 90 (2.40%) Sophos
19 78 (2.08%) Oracle
20 76 (2.03%) Apple