Firewall Jobs in Hertfordshire

Firewall
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firewall over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 67 74
Rank change year-on-year +35 +7 -9
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 104 62 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 4.71% 3.82% 3.74%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.44% 16.02% 25.47%
Number of salaries quoted 98 43 57
10th Percentile £25,925 £28,500 £29,550
25th Percentile £39,750 £33,625 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £48,750 £51,375 £63,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £56,350 £72,500
East of England median annual salary £41,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.35% -15.00% +5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hertfordshire

Firewall falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 379 387 322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 17.18% 23.87% 14.68%
Number of salaries quoted 296 132 182
10th Percentile £24,250 £22,550 £29,750
25th Percentile £26,250 £28,800 £31,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £36,250 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +24.14% -25.64% +2.63%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,188 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,625 £62,500 £67,950
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -15.00% +5.26%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Hertfordshire

Firewall
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for Firewall in Hertfordshire

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Hertfordshire

Firewall
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Stevenage +8 36 £47,500 +64.93% 2
Borehamwood -1 11 £40,000 -5.88% 2
Watford +20 10 £51,250 +26.54% 2
Hemel Hempstead +1 6 £50,000 +11.11%
Bishop's Stortford 0 6 £42,500 +19.72%
Potters Bar - 5 £45,000 - 5
Hertford -9 4 £27,000 -51.13%
Letchworth - 2 - - 1
Hatfield +16 1 £55,000 +17.02%
St Albans -2 1 £42,500 +6.25%
Tring - 1 £32,500 -
Rickmansworth - 1 £26,500 -
Hitchin - 1 £40,000 -
Firewall
East of England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 32 (30.77%) SharePoint
2 23 (22.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (4.81%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (3.85%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (3.85%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (3.85%) SAS
5 1 (0.96%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (8.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 55 (52.88%) Azure
2 46 (44.23%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (21.15%) Entra ID
4 7 (6.73%) OneDrive
5 5 (4.81%) AWS
6 4 (3.85%) Google Workspace
6 4 (3.85%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.92%) IaaS
7 2 (1.92%) PaaS
7 2 (1.92%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (30.77%) DNS
2 27 (25.96%) LAN
3 25 (24.04%) WAN
4 24 (23.08%) Network Security
5 21 (20.19%) VPN
6 19 (18.27%) VLAN
7 18 (17.31%) TCP/IP
8 13 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (8.65%) Ethernet
10 7 (6.73%) Wireless
11 6 (5.77%) DHCP
11 6 (5.77%) iSCSI
12 5 (4.81%) Internet
12 5 (4.81%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (3.85%) HTTPS
13 4 (3.85%) SAN
14 2 (1.92%) Cisco ISE
14 2 (1.92%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 2 (1.92%) Telepresence
15 1 (0.96%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.81%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (3.85%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.92%) OLAP
3 2 (1.92%) OLAP Cube
3 2 (1.92%) Power BI
3 2 (1.92%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (1.92%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Selenium
General
1 19 (18.27%) Social Skills
2 13 (12.50%) Aerospace
2 13 (12.50%) Finance
3 7 (6.73%) Telecoms
4 3 (2.88%) Public Sector
5 2 (1.92%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.96%) Games
6 1 (0.96%) Law
6 1 (0.96%) Local Government
6 1 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.96%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (21.15%) Network Engineer
2 17 (16.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 12 (11.54%) Network Security Specialist
3 12 (11.54%) Network Specialist
3 12 (11.54%) Security Specialist
4 11 (10.58%) Support Engineer
5 9 (8.65%) 2nd Line Support
5 9 (8.65%) IT Engineer
5 9 (8.65%) Support Technician
6 8 (7.69%) IT Manager
7 7 (6.73%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 7 (6.73%) Analyst
7 7 (6.73%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 7 (6.73%) IT Support
7 7 (6.73%) IT Support Engineer
7 7 (6.73%) Security Analyst
8 6 (5.77%) Senior
9 5 (4.81%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 5 (4.81%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 5 (4.81%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.92%) .NET
1 2 (1.92%) MDX
1 2 (1.92%) REST
1 2 (1.92%) SOAP
1 2 (1.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.65%) CCTV
1 9 (8.65%) Video Conferencing
2 8 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 7 (6.73%) Data Centre
3 7 (6.73%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.85%) IoT
4 4 (3.85%) iPad
5 3 (2.88%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.92%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.96%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.96%) PKI
7 1 (0.96%) Replication
7 1 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (23.08%) Windows
2 22 (21.15%) Windows Server
3 5 (4.81%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (4.81%) Windows Server 2012
3 5 (4.81%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (3.85%) Linux
4 4 (3.85%) VMS
4 4 (3.85%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.88%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.92%) Unix
7 1 (0.96%) CentOS
7 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (21.15%) Information Security
2 18 (17.31%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (17.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 15 (14.42%) Presales
4 14 (13.46%) Cryptography
4 14 (13.46%) Project Management
5 13 (12.50%) Information Management
6 12 (11.54%) Disaster Recovery
7 11 (10.58%) Customer Service
7 11 (10.58%) ITIL
8 8 (7.69%) PRINCE2
9 6 (5.77%) Incident Response
9 6 (5.77%) Internal Audit
9 6 (5.77%) Project Delivery
10 5 (4.81%) Break/Fix
10 5 (4.81%) Business Case
10 5 (4.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (4.81%) Ticket Management
11 4 (3.85%) Change Control
11 4 (3.85%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 13 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 10 (9.62%) SQL
3 2 (1.92%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.96%) Bash
4 1 (0.96%) Python
4 1 (0.96%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 19 (18.27%) SC Cleared
3 13 (12.50%) DV Cleared
4 10 (9.62%) Azure Certification
4 10 (9.62%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (9.62%) Degree
5 7 (6.73%) CCNP
6 6 (5.77%) CISA
6 6 (5.77%) CISM
6 6 (5.77%) CISSP
6 6 (5.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 6 (5.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (3.85%) CCSE
7 4 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (2.88%) CCNA
9 2 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.96%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.96%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.62%) GDPR
2 7 (6.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.85%) SLA
4 1 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 31 (29.81%) Active Directory
2 11 (10.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (7.69%) Hyper-V
3 8 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (2.88%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.96%) Samba
5 1 (0.96%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (26.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.77%) SCCM
3 4 (3.85%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (2.88%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.92%) Aspera SmartTrack
6 1 (0.96%) Iperf
6 1 (0.96%) MobiControl
6 1 (0.96%) Nmap
6 1 (0.96%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.96%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 53 (50.96%) Microsoft
2 52 (50.00%) Cisco
3 31 (29.81%) Juniper
4 21 (20.19%) CheckPoint
5 16 (15.38%) Palo Alto
6 14 (13.46%) Blue Coat
6 14 (13.46%) Infoblox
7 13 (12.50%) Riverbed
7 13 (12.50%) VMware
8 9 (8.65%) Veeam
9 7 (6.73%) Meraki
10 6 (5.77%) Aruba
11 4 (3.85%) Citrix
11 4 (3.85%) Fortinet
11 4 (3.85%) Google
11 4 (3.85%) Oracle
11 4 (3.85%) Salesforce
12 2 (1.92%) Cognos
12 2 (1.92%) IBM
12 2 (1.92%) SAP