Firewall Jobs in the Midlands

Firewall
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 71 70
Rank change year-on-year +28 -1 -24
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 519 396 450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.29% 4.37% 4.08%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.14% 23.25% 25.86%
Number of salaries quoted 464 237 348
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £28,350
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.26% +4.44%
75th Percentile £56,250 £62,500 £58,000
90th Percentile £61,750 £70,000 £70,000
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
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 Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,566 1,703 1,740
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.95% 18.78% 15.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,279 724 1,087
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.73% -3.89% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the Midlands

Firewall
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Firewall in the Midlands

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the Midlands

Firewall
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 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
West Midlands +47 341 £45,000 -1.39% 65
East Midlands -5 174 £42,500 +1.19% 50
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 72 (13.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 69 (13.29%) SharePoint
3 34 (6.55%) IIS
4 10 (1.93%) nginx
5 6 (1.16%) Confluence
6 5 (0.96%) Apache
6 5 (0.96%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 56 (10.79%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.77%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.77%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.39%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 270 (52.02%) Azure
2 216 (41.62%) Microsoft 365
3 111 (21.39%) Entra ID
4 55 (10.60%) AWS
5 22 (4.24%) OneDrive
6 15 (2.89%) Mimecast
7 12 (2.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 12 (2.31%) SaaS
8 11 (2.12%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (1.54%) Google Workspace
10 8 (1.54%) IaaS
11 7 (1.35%) Amazon S3
11 7 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (1.16%) GCP
12 6 (1.16%) Nutanix
13 5 (0.96%) ChatGPT
13 5 (0.96%) Power Platform
14 4 (0.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 140 (26.97%) DNS
2 116 (22.35%) WAN
3 113 (21.77%) VPN
4 105 (20.23%) DHCP
5 87 (16.76%) LAN
6 73 (14.07%) VLAN
7 72 (13.87%) TCP/IP
8 62 (11.95%) SAN
9 54 (10.40%) Network Security
10 48 (9.25%) Wi-Fi
11 46 (8.86%) SD-WAN
12 44 (8.48%) Wireless
13 34 (6.55%) MPLS
14 20 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
15 18 (3.47%) Internet
16 17 (3.28%) WLAN
17 16 (3.08%) PBX
18 15 (2.89%) OSPF
19 14 (2.70%) Cisco ASA
19 14 (2.70%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.51%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (2.31%) MySQL
4 8 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (0.96%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.77%) Power BI
7 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (5.01%) Git
2 13 (2.50%) JIRA
3 10 (1.93%) GNU Toolchain
3 10 (1.93%) Subversion
4 3 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.39%) GitLab
5 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 148 (28.52%) Social Skills
2 62 (11.95%) Finance
3 47 (9.06%) Telecoms
4 27 (5.20%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (3.85%) Law
6 18 (3.47%) Retail
7 16 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (3.08%) Legal
8 14 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (2.70%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (2.31%) Public Sector
11 8 (1.54%) Local Government
12 6 (1.16%) Games
12 6 (1.16%) Marketing
12 6 (1.16%) Police
13 4 (0.77%) Automotive
14 3 (0.58%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.58%) Multimedia
14 3 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 110 (21.19%) Network Engineer
2 85 (16.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 72 (13.87%) Senior
4 70 (13.49%) IT Engineer
5 63 (12.14%) Support Engineer
6 60 (11.56%) IT Support
7 33 (6.36%) Analyst
8 32 (6.17%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 30 (5.78%) IT Manager
10 29 (5.59%) Lead
11 27 (5.20%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 27 (5.20%) Cloud Engineer
12 26 (5.01%) Senior Network Engineer
13 25 (4.82%) IT Support Engineer
13 25 (4.82%) IT Technician
14 22 (4.24%) Support Technician
15 21 (4.05%) 3rd Line Support
16 19 (3.66%) Developer
16 19 (3.66%) IT Support Technician
17 18 (3.47%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.66%) REST
2 15 (2.89%) 802.1X
3 10 (1.93%) Node.js
3 10 (1.93%) POSIX
3 10 (1.93%) WebRTC
4 9 (1.73%) .NET
4 9 (1.73%) AngularJS
4 9 (1.73%) ASP.NET
4 9 (1.73%) ASP.NET MVC
4 9 (1.73%) CSS
4 9 (1.73%) HTML
4 9 (1.73%) jQuery
4 9 (1.73%) React
4 9 (1.73%) Tailwind CSS
4 9 (1.73%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 9 (1.73%) Vue
4 9 (1.73%) WPF
4 9 (1.73%) YAML
5 5 (0.96%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (0.77%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 50 (9.63%) Driving Licence
2 46 (8.86%) Data Centre
3 30 (5.78%) Clustering
4 23 (4.43%) Replication
5 22 (4.24%) Security Operations Centre
6 20 (3.85%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (2.50%) CCTV
8 13 (2.50%) Wiki
9 10 (1.93%) Embedded Systems
9 10 (1.93%) Enterprise Storage
9 10 (1.93%) Linux Command Line
10 9 (1.73%) Onboarding
10 9 (1.73%) Security Posture
11 8 (1.54%) IoT
12 7 (1.35%) PKI
13 6 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (1.16%) Operational Technology
14 5 (0.96%) Client/Server
14 5 (0.96%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 265 (51.06%) Windows
2 179 (34.49%) Windows Server
3 72 (13.87%) Linux
4 52 (10.02%) Windows 10
5 46 (8.86%) Windows Server 2012
6 43 (8.29%) Windows Server 2016
7 39 (7.51%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (2.31%) Unix
9 9 (1.73%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (1.54%) Mac OS
10 8 (1.54%) VMS
11 6 (1.16%) Mac OS X
12 5 (0.96%) Data ONTAP
13 4 (0.77%) Windows Server 2003
14 3 (0.58%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.58%) Windows 8
15 2 (0.39%) Android
15 2 (0.39%) Apple iOS
15 2 (0.39%) SUSE
15 2 (0.39%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (22.93%) Problem-Solving
2 114 (21.97%) Cybersecurity
3 109 (21.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 57 (10.98%) ITIL
5 44 (8.48%) Customer Service
5 44 (8.48%) Disaster Recovery
6 38 (7.32%) DevOps
7 37 (7.13%) Migration
8 36 (6.94%) Agile
9 34 (6.55%) Risk Management
10 33 (6.36%) Service Management
11 32 (6.17%) Infrastructure Management
11 32 (6.17%) Mentoring
12 30 (5.78%) Project Delivery
13 29 (5.59%) Service Delivery
14 27 (5.20%) Change Management
14 27 (5.20%) Information Security
14 27 (5.20%) Project Management
15 25 (4.82%) Security Operations
16 24 (4.62%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (11.75%) SQL
2 58 (11.18%) PowerShell
3 19 (3.66%) Python
4 15 (2.89%) Bash
5 13 (2.50%) C
6 10 (1.93%) C++
6 10 (1.93%) Perl
7 9 (1.73%) C#
7 9 (1.73%) XAML
8 4 (0.77%) Bicep
9 2 (0.39%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 53 (10.21%) Cisco Certification
2 52 (10.02%) Security Cleared
3 50 (9.63%) Degree
4 49 (9.44%) SC Cleared
5 47 (9.06%) CCNA
6 27 (5.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (4.24%) CCNP
8 19 (3.66%) Azure Certification
9 15 (2.89%) MCSE
10 14 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
12 8 (1.54%) CCDA
12 8 (1.54%) CISM
12 8 (1.54%) CISSP
13 7 (1.35%) A+ Certification
14 6 (1.16%) CCA
14 6 (1.16%) Citrix Certification
14 6 (1.16%) JNCIA
15 5 (0.96%) DV Cleared
15 5 (0.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.97%) GDPR
2 21 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (3.28%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (3.08%) NIST
5 14 (2.70%) QA
6 7 (1.35%) SLA
7 6 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.96%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.58%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.39%) Accessibility
System Software
1 209 (40.27%) Active Directory
2 136 (26.20%) Hyper-V
3 121 (23.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (4.43%) Docker
5 22 (4.24%) VMware ESXi
6 17 (3.28%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.54%) pfSense
7 8 (1.54%) Terminal Services
8 7 (1.35%) vSphere
9 5 (0.96%) NFS
10 4 (0.77%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 4 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.39%) XenApp
11 2 (0.39%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 79 (15.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (6.74%) SCCM
3 23 (4.43%) Ansible
4 20 (3.85%) Kubernetes
5 15 (2.89%) Terraform
6 13 (2.50%) Docker Swarm
7 12 (2.31%) FortiGate
7 12 (2.31%) SmoothWall
8 10 (1.93%) Microsoft Clustering
9 9 (1.73%) Failover Clustering
10 5 (0.96%) Autotask
10 5 (0.96%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.96%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.58%) Nagios
13 2 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.39%) Backup Exec
13 2 (0.39%) Trend Micro Deep Security
14 1 (0.19%) CASB
14 1 (0.19%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 232 (44.70%) Microsoft
2 173 (33.33%) VMware
3 162 (31.21%) Cisco
4 70 (13.49%) Veeam
5 49 (9.44%) Meraki
6 48 (9.25%) CheckPoint
7 45 (8.67%) Palo Alto
8 43 (8.29%) Juniper
9 41 (7.90%) Aruba
10 36 (6.94%) Fortinet
11 32 (6.17%) HP
12 28 (5.39%) Dell
13 21 (4.05%) Sophos
14 18 (3.47%) Citrix
14 18 (3.47%) SonicWALL
15 15 (2.89%) NetApp
15 15 (2.89%) Nimble Storage
16 13 (2.50%) Ubiquiti
17 12 (2.31%) Sage
18 11 (2.12%) F5