Firewall Jobs in the North East

Firewall
England > North East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 46 51
Rank change year-on-year +1 +5 +1
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 78 68 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 3.81% 5.57% 4.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.47% 22.52% 26.97%
Number of salaries quoted 63 65 65
10th Percentile £26,300 £31,849 £27,200
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +13.33% -15.49%
75th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £40,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £54,500 £41,250
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
North East

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 North East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 256 302 241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 12.51% 24.75% 15.80%
Number of salaries quoted 231 109 147
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,865 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +2.16% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £48,750 £43,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £53,750
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 North East

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the North East

Firewall
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for Firewall in the North East

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the North East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the North East

Firewall
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the North East region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Tyne and Wear -9 52 £42,500 - 6
Durham +6 23 £33,250 -11.33% 7
Northumberland -5 3 £27,000 -1.82%
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 12 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.85%) Confluence
2 3 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (8.97%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 33 (42.31%) Azure
2 29 (37.18%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (21.79%) Entra ID
4 4 (5.13%) AWS
5 2 (2.56%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (2.56%) Slack
5 2 (2.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.28%) Dropbox
6 1 (1.28%) Google Drive
6 1 (1.28%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.28%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.28%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 21 (26.92%) WAN
2 19 (24.36%) LAN
3 17 (21.79%) DNS
3 17 (21.79%) VPN
4 16 (20.51%) Wi-Fi
5 15 (19.23%) VoIP
6 12 (15.38%) DHCP
7 9 (11.54%) VLAN
8 7 (8.97%) Network Security
9 5 (6.41%) SSL
9 5 (6.41%) Wireless
10 4 (5.13%) DMZ
11 3 (3.85%) BGP
11 3 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (3.85%) IPsec
11 3 (3.85%) MPLS
11 3 (3.85%) OSPF
11 3 (3.85%) SD-WAN
12 2 (2.56%) HTTPS
12 2 (2.56%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 3 (3.85%) JIRA
2 2 (2.56%) Git
2 2 (2.56%) GitLab
General
1 36 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 9 (11.54%) Public Sector
3 6 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 5 (6.41%) Legal
5 4 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.13%) Retail
6 3 (3.85%) Law
7 2 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (20.51%) Analyst
1 16 (20.51%) Security Analyst
2 10 (12.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (12.82%) Lead
3 9 (11.54%) Network Engineer
3 9 (11.54%) Support Engineer
3 9 (11.54%) Team Leader
4 7 (8.97%) Infrastructure Team Leader
4 7 (8.97%) IT Support
4 7 (8.97%) Network Infrastructure Team Leader
4 7 (8.97%) Network Specialist
4 7 (8.97%) Network Team Leader
4 7 (8.97%) Project Leader
5 6 (7.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 6 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
5 6 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 6 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 5 (6.41%) Support Technician
7 3 (3.85%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 3 (3.85%) Help Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 8 (10.26%) Data Centre
3 7 (8.97%) Clustering
4 6 (7.69%) Driving Licence
4 6 (7.69%) IoT
5 3 (3.85%) Mobile Computing
5 3 (3.85%) PKI
6 2 (2.56%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (2.56%) Handset
6 2 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.56%) Robotics
6 2 (2.56%) Tandem
7 1 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.28%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.28%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.28%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.28%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 41 (52.56%) Windows
2 37 (47.44%) Windows Server
3 15 (19.23%) Windows 10
4 12 (15.38%) Windows Server 2012
5 10 (12.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (8.97%) Mac OS
7 6 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (2.56%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (2.56%) Linux
8 2 (2.56%) Unix
8 2 (2.56%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (32.05%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (20.51%) Network Architecture
3 16 (20.51%) SIEM
4 11 (14.10%) Cloud Security
4 11 (14.10%) Kalman Filter
5 10 (12.82%) Web Filtering
6 9 (11.54%) Document Management
6 9 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 8 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (10.26%) Mobile Device Management
7 8 (10.26%) Security Management
7 8 (10.26%) User Experience
7 8 (10.26%) Zero Trust
8 7 (8.97%) Cloud Operations
8 7 (8.97%) Decision-Making
8 7 (8.97%) Energy Management
8 7 (8.97%) Threat Analysis
8 7 (8.97%) Virtual Environments
8 7 (8.97%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 16 (20.51%) PowerShell
2 9 (11.54%) Bash
2 9 (11.54%) SQL
3 7 (8.97%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (14.10%) Degree
2 7 (8.97%) CISSP
2 7 (8.97%) CompTIA Security+
3 6 (7.69%) CISA
3 6 (7.69%) CISMP
3 6 (7.69%) GIAC
3 6 (7.69%) SANS
4 4 (5.13%) Azure Certification
4 4 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (5.13%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.85%) CCNA
5 3 (3.85%) CCNP
5 3 (3.85%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.85%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.28%) CISM
7 1 (1.28%) GSEC
7 1 (1.28%) HNC
7 1 (1.28%) SSCP
7 1 (1.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (15.38%) NIST
2 9 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (5.13%) SLA
4 2 (2.56%) GDPR
5 1 (1.28%) NCSC
System Software
1 39 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 15 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (12.82%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (3.85%) vSphere
5 2 (2.56%) VMware Server
6 1 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (10.26%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (8.97%) Autotask
3 7 (8.97%) Failover Clustering
3 7 (8.97%) Jamf Pro
3 7 (8.97%) SCCM
4 2 (2.56%) FortiGate
4 2 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (39.74%) Microsoft
2 24 (30.77%) VMware
3 22 (28.21%) Cisco
4 11 (14.10%) Aruba
5 8 (10.26%) Palo Alto
6 7 (8.97%) Juniper
7 6 (7.69%) CheckPoint
7 6 (7.69%) Datto
8 5 (6.41%) Intel
9 4 (5.13%) Apple
10 3 (3.85%) Fortinet
10 3 (3.85%) Meraki
10 3 (3.85%) Sophos
11 2 (2.56%) Forcepoint
11 2 (2.56%) Mitel
12 1 (1.28%) Draytek
12 1 (1.28%) Google
12 1 (1.28%) Qualys
12 1 (1.28%) Veeam
12 1 (1.28%) WatchGuard