NGFW Jobs with Work from Home Options

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for NGFW skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NGFW 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 545 611 828
Rank change year-on-year +66 +217 -302
Permanent jobs citing NGFW 30 49 33
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.089% 0.12% 0.046%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.58% 1.07% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 24 43 17
10th Percentile £39,050 £35,375 £55,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £47,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.95% -26.92% -25.71%
75th Percentile £115,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile - £75,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +16.67% -26.53% -9.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

NGFW 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 with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,180 4,569 7,962
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.32% 11.26% 11.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,323 3,394 5,076
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,717
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,316 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%

NGFW
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing NGFW as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

NGFW trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing NGFW.

NGFW salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

NGFW
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing NGFW over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

NGFW salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 16 (53.33%) Azure
2 13 (43.33%) IaaS
3 11 (36.67%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (30.00%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (30.00%) PaaS
5 4 (13.33%) Entra ID
6 2 (6.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (53.33%) Wireless
2 14 (46.67%) Firewall
2 14 (46.67%) VPN
3 12 (40.00%) LAN
3 12 (40.00%) Network Security
4 7 (23.33%) Software-Defined Networking
4 7 (23.33%) WAN
4 7 (23.33%) WLAN
5 6 (20.00%) DNS
6 5 (16.67%) BGP
6 5 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (16.67%) IPsec
6 5 (16.67%) OSPF
6 5 (16.67%) SSL
6 5 (16.67%) TCP/IP
6 5 (16.67%) VLAN
7 4 (13.33%) DHCP
8 2 (6.67%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (6.67%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.67%) NoSQL
General
1 6 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.67%) Legal
3 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) Architect
2 9 (30.00%) Citrix Architect
2 9 (30.00%) Cloud Architect
2 9 (30.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
2 9 (30.00%) DevOps Architect
3 7 (23.33%) Network Engineer
4 5 (16.67%) Network Security Engineer
4 5 (16.67%) Security Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Consultant
5 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Team Leader
5 2 (6.67%) IT Infrastructure Team Leader
5 2 (6.67%) Lead
5 2 (6.67%) Security Consultant
5 2 (6.67%) Team Leader
6 1 (3.33%) Network Consultant
6 1 (3.33%) Network Security Consultant
6 1 (3.33%) Principal Architect
6 1 (3.33%) Principal Security Architect
6 1 (3.33%) Security Architect
6 1 (3.33%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (30.00%) ARM Templates
1 9 (30.00%) JSON
1 9 (30.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 9 (30.00%) Private Cloud
2 9 (30.00%) Public Cloud
3 7 (23.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (16.67%) Algorithms
4 5 (16.67%) Data Structures
5 4 (13.33%) Driving Licence
6 2 (6.67%) Cloud Native
7 1 (3.33%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (3.33%) IoT
7 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
7 1 (3.33%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.00%) Windows
2 5 (16.67%) Android
2 5 (16.67%) Apple iOS
3 4 (13.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Network Design
2 10 (33.33%) Agile
3 9 (30.00%) CI/CD
3 9 (30.00%) DevOps
3 9 (30.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 9 (30.00%) Network Virtualisation
3 9 (30.00%) SDLC
4 8 (26.67%) Mentoring
5 7 (23.33%) Cloud Security
5 7 (23.33%) Configuration Management
5 7 (23.33%) Data Centre Operations
5 7 (23.33%) Network Architecture
5 7 (23.33%) Project Management
6 6 (20.00%) Computer Science
6 6 (20.00%) Information Security
6 6 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
6 6 (20.00%) Roadmaps
7 5 (16.67%) Coaching
7 5 (16.67%) Network Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 9 (30.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (26.67%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (20.00%) CCIE
2 6 (20.00%) Degree
3 5 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (16.67%) JNCIE
4 3 (10.00%) CCNP
5 2 (6.67%) Azure Certification
5 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.33%) CISM
6 1 (3.33%) CISSP
6 1 (3.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (3.33%) GxP
2 1 (3.33%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (36.67%) Virtual Desktop
2 9 (30.00%) VMware ESXi
2 9 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (30.00%) vSphere
3 7 (23.33%) Active Directory
4 4 (13.33%) Hyper-V
5 2 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (30.00%) Terraform
2 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (16.67%) Ansible
4 2 (6.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 13 (43.33%) VMware
2 9 (30.00%) Cisco
2 9 (30.00%) Citrix
2 9 (30.00%) Palo Alto
3 8 (26.67%) Fortinet
4 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (13.33%) Aruba
5 4 (13.33%) Barracuda Networks
5 4 (13.33%) Sophos
5 4 (13.33%) Veeam
6 1 (3.33%) Zscaler