Firewall Jobs in Merseyside

Firewall
North West > Merseyside

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 53 34 38
Rank change year-on-year -19 +4 +13
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 41 73 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 2.91% 7.43% 6.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.13% 29.55% 31.58%
Number of salaries quoted 31 31 61
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £50,125 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.82% +22.22% +20.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £59,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £70,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 194 247 228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 13.77% 25.13% 20.05%
Number of salaries quoted 133 66 118
10th Percentile £25,800 £29,750 £23,132
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £32,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.43% -7.78%
75th Percentile £55,250 £56,688 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £70,000
North West median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Merseyside

Firewall
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Firewall in Merseyside

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

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

Salary histogram for Firewall in Merseyside

Firewall
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Merseyside 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
Liverpool -17 41 £48,500 -11.82% 4
Firewall
North West

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 5 (12.20%) Apache
2 1 (2.44%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (26.83%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (19.51%) Azure
3 5 (12.20%) Amazon S3
3 5 (12.20%) IaaS
3 5 (12.20%) PaaS
4 2 (4.88%) AWS
4 2 (4.88%) Dropbox
5 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.44%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (46.34%) VPN
2 18 (43.90%) LAN
3 16 (39.02%) SD-WAN
3 16 (39.02%) WAN
4 11 (26.83%) DNS
4 11 (26.83%) Internet
4 11 (26.83%) IPsec
4 11 (26.83%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (19.51%) DHCP
5 8 (19.51%) SSL
5 8 (19.51%) WLAN
6 7 (17.07%) BGP
6 7 (17.07%) OSPF
7 6 (14.63%) MPLS
7 6 (14.63%) Wireless
8 5 (12.20%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (12.20%) SNMP
8 5 (12.20%) TCP/IP
8 5 (12.20%) VLAN
9 4 (9.76%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.20%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (12.20%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (12.20%) MongoDB
General
1 6 (14.63%) Finance
2 5 (12.20%) Social Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Legal
4 3 (7.32%) Law
5 2 (4.88%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 8 (19.51%) Firewall Engineer
1 8 (19.51%) Lead
1 8 (19.51%) Presales Engineer
2 7 (17.07%) Network Engineer
3 5 (12.20%) Consultant
3 5 (12.20%) LAN Engineer
3 5 (12.20%) LAN/WAN Engineer
3 5 (12.20%) NetApp Consultant
3 5 (12.20%) WAN Engineer
3 5 (12.20%) WLAN Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Analyst
5 3 (7.32%) Head of Delivery
5 3 (7.32%) Head of Service Delivery
5 3 (7.32%) IT Support
5 3 (7.32%) Presales Network Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Desktop Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) IT Support Technician
6 2 (4.88%) IT Technician
6 2 (4.88%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.20%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (12.20%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.95%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.32%) CCTV
2 3 (7.32%) PKI
3 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.88%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (4.88%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (36.59%) Windows
2 6 (14.63%) Linux
3 5 (12.20%) Data ONTAP
3 5 (12.20%) Windows Server
4 3 (7.32%) Android
4 3 (7.32%) Apple iOS
5 2 (4.88%) Windows XP
6 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
1 10 (24.39%) Release Management
2 8 (19.51%) Presales
3 7 (17.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (14.63%) Line Management
5 5 (12.20%) Actionable Insight
5 5 (12.20%) Change Management
5 5 (12.20%) Cost Management
5 5 (12.20%) Customer Requirements
5 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure as Code
5 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure Management
5 5 (12.20%) Mentoring
5 5 (12.20%) Migration
5 5 (12.20%) Performance Management
5 5 (12.20%) Project Management
5 5 (12.20%) Project Planning
5 5 (12.20%) Resource Allocation
5 5 (12.20%) Service-Level Objective
5 5 (12.20%) Storage Management
5 5 (12.20%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.20%) Python
1 5 (12.20%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (14.63%) CCNA
1 6 (14.63%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (12.20%) CCNP
3 3 (7.32%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.88%) Degree
5 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.44%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.20%) SLA
2 2 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.44%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (17.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (12.20%) Active Directory
2 5 (12.20%) Docker
3 2 (4.88%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (12.20%) Ansible
1 5 (12.20%) Kubernetes
1 5 (12.20%) Prometheus
1 5 (12.20%) Terraform
1 5 (12.20%) vCenter Server
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (21.95%) VMware
2 8 (19.51%) Fortinet
2 8 (19.51%) Microsoft
3 6 (14.63%) Palo Alto
4 5 (12.20%) Cisco
4 5 (12.20%) NetApp
4 5 (12.20%) Red Hat
4 5 (12.20%) SolidFire
5 3 (7.32%) Dell
6 2 (4.88%) Acronis
6 2 (4.88%) Aruba
6 2 (4.88%) Rapid7
6 2 (4.88%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (2.44%) Apple
7 1 (2.44%) Google
7 1 (2.44%) HP
7 1 (2.44%) Juniper
7 1 (2.44%) Ruckus Wireless
7 1 (2.44%) SolarWinds