Firewall Jobs in the West Midlands

Firewall
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 40 83 62
Rank change year-on-year +43 -21 -17
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 348 239 328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.72% 3.74% 4.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 34.94% 21.24% 30.20%
Number of salaries quoted 309 178 235
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,375 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,150 £73,600 £70,000
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
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 996 1,125 1,086
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.51% 17.61% 14.95%
Number of salaries quoted 819 520 710
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,988 £26,975
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,938 £33,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,227 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £57,000 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £76,375 £73,300
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the West Midlands

Firewall
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Firewall in the West Midlands

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Firewall in the West Midlands

Firewall
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +27 150 £46,500 -25.60% 25
Staffordshire -5 48 £39,000 -2.50% 14
Warwickshire +54 35 £52,500 +16.67% 10
Worcestershire -2 32 £49,500 +21.10% 8
Coventry +28 24 £49,000 +30.67% 3
Solihull -1 11 £45,000 +23.29% 1
Shropshire -3 9 £37,500 -6.25% 2
Wolverhampton +14 4 £20,750 -69.26%
Dudley - 4 £26,000 - 1
Tipton - 4 £24,000 -
Halesowen - 3 £40,000 -
Sutton Coldfield - 3 - -
Herefordshire -2 1 £32,500 -31.58% 1
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 40 (11.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (9.20%) SharePoint
3 15 (4.31%) IIS
4 10 (2.87%) nginx
5 5 (1.44%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 32 (9.20%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.15%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.15%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 173 (49.71%) Azure
2 127 (36.49%) Microsoft 365
3 78 (22.41%) Entra ID
4 31 (8.91%) AWS
5 14 (4.02%) OneDrive
6 12 (3.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 11 (3.16%) Azure Logic Apps
8 8 (2.30%) Azure Sentinel
8 8 (2.30%) IaaS
9 6 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.72%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.15%) PaaS
10 4 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (0.86%) GCP
11 3 (0.86%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.86%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.86%) SaaS
12 2 (0.57%) Azure Stack
12 2 (0.57%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 97 (27.87%) WAN
2 78 (22.41%) DNS
3 70 (20.11%) LAN
4 61 (17.53%) VPN
5 59 (16.95%) DHCP
6 46 (13.22%) TCP/IP
7 44 (12.64%) Network Security
8 35 (10.06%) SD-WAN
9 33 (9.48%) Wireless
10 31 (8.91%) Wi-Fi
11 30 (8.62%) MPLS
11 30 (8.62%) VLAN
12 24 (6.90%) SAN
13 19 (5.46%) Intrusion Detection
14 16 (4.60%) Cisco ASA
14 16 (4.60%) PBX
15 15 (4.31%) Cisco Firepower
15 15 (4.31%) WLAN
16 14 (4.02%) OSPF
17 11 (3.16%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.61%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.60%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (2.87%) MySQL
4 7 (2.01%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.57%) Power BI
5 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (4.02%) Git
2 10 (2.87%) GNU Toolchain
2 10 (2.87%) Subversion
3 7 (2.01%) JIRA
4 3 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 85 (24.43%) Social Skills
2 50 (14.37%) Finance
3 35 (10.06%) Telecoms
4 16 (4.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (4.02%) Retail
6 13 (3.74%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (3.45%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.87%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.30%) Law
9 8 (2.30%) Local Government
10 7 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.72%) Police
12 5 (1.44%) Games
13 4 (1.15%) Marketing
14 3 (0.86%) Legal
14 3 (0.86%) Multimedia
15 2 (0.57%) Electronics
15 2 (0.57%) Fire and Rescue
16 1 (0.29%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 89 (25.57%) Network Engineer
2 63 (18.10%) Senior
3 50 (14.37%) IT Engineer
4 48 (13.79%) Support Engineer
5 39 (11.21%) IT Support
6 34 (9.77%) Analyst
7 33 (9.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 25 (7.18%) IT Support Engineer
9 23 (6.61%) Senior Network Engineer
10 18 (5.17%) Cisco Engineer
10 18 (5.17%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 18 (5.17%) Systems Engineer
11 17 (4.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 16 (4.60%) Architect
12 16 (4.60%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (4.60%) IT Manager
13 15 (4.31%) Security Analyst
14 14 (4.02%) IT Technician
15 13 (3.74%) Developer
16 12 (3.45%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.31%) REST
2 12 (3.45%) 802.1X
2 12 (3.45%) WebRTC
3 10 (2.87%) Node.js
3 10 (2.87%) POSIX
4 4 (1.15%) JSON
4 4 (1.15%) YAML
5 3 (0.86%) .NET
5 3 (0.86%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.86%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.86%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (0.86%) CSS
5 3 (0.86%) EDI
5 3 (0.86%) HTML
5 3 (0.86%) jQuery
5 3 (0.86%) React
5 3 (0.86%) Tailwind CSS
5 3 (0.86%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 3 (0.86%) Vue
5 3 (0.86%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.61%) Replication
2 21 (6.03%) Clustering
2 21 (6.03%) Data Centre
3 19 (5.46%) Driving Licence
4 17 (4.89%) Security Operations Centre
5 15 (4.31%) Management Information System
6 14 (4.02%) Wiki
7 13 (3.74%) CCTV
8 10 (2.87%) Embedded Systems
8 10 (2.87%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (2.59%) Security Posture
10 8 (2.30%) IoT
11 7 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.72%) Operational Technology
13 5 (1.44%) Client/Server
13 5 (1.44%) Enterprise Storage
13 5 (1.44%) PKI
14 4 (1.15%) FMCG
14 4 (1.15%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 153 (43.97%) Windows
2 102 (29.31%) Windows Server
3 46 (13.22%) Windows Server 2012
4 44 (12.64%) Windows 10
5 39 (11.21%) Linux
6 27 (7.76%) Windows Server 2016
7 22 (6.32%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (3.45%) Unix
9 9 (2.59%) Windows Server 2008
10 6 (1.72%) Mac OS
11 4 (1.15%) VMS
11 4 (1.15%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (0.86%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.86%) Windows 8
13 2 (0.57%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.57%) SUSE
13 2 (0.57%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (22.41%) Cybersecurity
1 78 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (14.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 40 (11.49%) ITIL
4 34 (9.77%) Disaster Recovery
5 28 (8.05%) Customer Service
6 23 (6.61%) Agile
7 22 (6.32%) Load Balancing
8 21 (6.03%) Information Security
8 21 (6.03%) Network Monitoring
8 21 (6.03%) Security Operations
9 20 (5.75%) Risk Management
10 18 (5.17%) DevOps
11 17 (4.89%) Vulnerability Management
12 16 (4.60%) Change Management
12 16 (4.60%) Network Virtualisation
13 15 (4.31%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (4.31%) Incident Response
13 15 (4.31%) Mentoring
13 15 (4.31%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 38 (10.92%) SQL
2 35 (10.06%) PowerShell
3 12 (3.45%) C
4 11 (3.16%) Perl
4 11 (3.16%) Python
5 10 (2.87%) Bash
5 10 (2.87%) C++
6 4 (1.15%) Bicep
7 3 (0.86%) C#
7 3 (0.86%) XAML
8 2 (0.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 50 (14.37%) Security Cleared
2 47 (13.51%) SC Cleared
3 40 (11.49%) Cisco Certification
4 33 (9.48%) CCNA
5 22 (6.32%) Degree
6 19 (5.46%) CCNP
7 14 (4.02%) Azure Certification
7 14 (4.02%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.87%) Network+ Certification
10 9 (2.59%) MCSE
11 5 (1.44%) A+ Certification
11 5 (1.44%) DV Cleared
12 4 (1.15%) CISA
12 4 (1.15%) CISM
12 4 (1.15%) CISSP
12 4 (1.15%) CRISC
12 4 (1.15%) JNCIA
13 3 (0.86%) CCDA
13 3 (0.86%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.75%) GDPR
2 12 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (3.45%) NIST
3 7 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (1.72%) SLA
5 3 (0.86%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 122 (35.06%) Active Directory
2 91 (26.15%) Hyper-V
3 76 (21.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (6.32%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (4.89%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.72%) pfSense
7 5 (1.44%) NFS
8 4 (1.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 3 (0.86%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.57%) Docker
10 2 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.57%) XenApp
10 2 (0.57%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 44 (12.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (7.47%) SCCM
3 10 (2.87%) Terraform
4 9 (2.59%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (2.01%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.44%) Ansible
7 4 (1.15%) Autotask
7 4 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.57%) Backup Exec
8 2 (0.57%) Nagios
8 2 (0.57%) Trend Micro Deep Security
9 1 (0.29%) CASB
9 1 (0.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 128 (36.78%) Microsoft
2 126 (36.21%) Cisco
3 104 (29.89%) VMware
4 51 (14.66%) CheckPoint
5 42 (12.07%) Juniper
6 41 (11.78%) Palo Alto
7 39 (11.21%) Veeam
8 33 (9.48%) Aruba
9 31 (8.91%) Fortinet
10 26 (7.47%) Meraki
11 19 (5.46%) Sophos
12 17 (4.89%) Dell
13 16 (4.60%) HP
14 12 (3.45%) Citrix
14 12 (3.45%) Sage
15 11 (3.16%) F5
16 9 (2.59%) EqualLogic
17 8 (2.30%) Avaya
17 8 (2.30%) SolarWinds
18 7 (2.01%) WatchGuard