Firewall Jobs in the West Midlands

Firewall
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West 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 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 42 83 67
Rank change year-on-year +41 -16 -18
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 345 220 319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.30% 3.77% 4.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 34.74% 20.37% 29.81%
Number of salaries quoted 297 178 223
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,375 £38,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,125 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.28% -5.00% -5.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,650 £72,500
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
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 993 1,080 1,070
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.36% 18.53% 14.08%
Number of salaries quoted 795 504 698
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,125 £32,000 £34,963
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% +3.26%
75th Percentile £56,950 £63,750 £60,469
90th Percentile £67,800 £73,751 £75,000
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the West Midlands

Firewall
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Firewall in the West Midlands

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Firewall in the West Midlands

Firewall
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +22 150 £46,500 -25.60% 9
Staffordshire -13 51 £39,000 -2.50% 19
Warwickshire +40 34 £52,500 -1.87% 5
Worcestershire -3 34 £50,000 +25.79% 7
Coventry +22 19 £46,090 +22.91% 4
Solihull -7 11 £48,800 +23.54% 3
Shropshire -3 9 £37,500 -16.67%
Tipton - 4 £24,000 -
Dudley - 4 £26,000 -
Wolverhampton +12 3 £20,000 -70.37%
Sutton Coldfield - 3 - -
Halesowen - 3 £40,000 -
Herefordshire -2 1 £32,500 -31.58% 4
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 40 (11.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (8.70%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.48%) IIS
4 10 (2.90%) nginx
5 5 (1.45%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 32 (9.28%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.16%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.16%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 178 (51.59%) Azure
2 127 (36.81%) Microsoft 365
3 77 (22.32%) Entra ID
4 28 (8.12%) AWS
5 14 (4.06%) OneDrive
6 12 (3.48%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 11 (3.19%) Azure Logic Apps
8 10 (2.90%) IaaS
9 8 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.03%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (1.74%) Google Workspace
11 6 (1.74%) PaaS
12 4 (1.16%) GCP
12 4 (1.16%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 3 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (0.87%) Power Platform
13 3 (0.87%) SaaS
14 2 (0.58%) Amazon S3
14 2 (0.58%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 98 (28.41%) WAN
2 79 (22.90%) DNS
3 70 (20.29%) LAN
4 67 (19.42%) VPN
5 59 (17.10%) DHCP
6 49 (14.20%) Network Security
7 48 (13.91%) TCP/IP
8 38 (11.01%) SD-WAN
9 36 (10.43%) Wireless
10 34 (9.86%) VLAN
11 30 (8.70%) MPLS
11 30 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
12 25 (7.25%) SAN
13 18 (5.22%) Intrusion Detection
14 16 (4.64%) PBX
15 14 (4.06%) Cisco ASA
15 14 (4.06%) OSPF
15 14 (4.06%) WLAN
16 13 (3.77%) Cisco Firepower
17 12 (3.48%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.09%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.64%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (2.90%) MySQL
4 7 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.58%) Power BI
5 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (4.64%) Git
2 10 (2.90%) GNU Toolchain
2 10 (2.90%) Subversion
3 4 (1.16%) JIRA
3 4 (1.16%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 86 (24.93%) Social Skills
2 46 (13.33%) Finance
3 35 (10.14%) Telecoms
4 17 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (4.06%) Retail
6 13 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (3.48%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.90%) Law
8 10 (2.90%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.03%) Local Government
10 7 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.74%) Police
12 5 (1.45%) Games
13 4 (1.16%) Marketing
14 3 (0.87%) Legal
14 3 (0.87%) Multimedia
15 2 (0.58%) Back Office
15 2 (0.58%) Electronics
16 1 (0.29%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 88 (25.51%) Network Engineer
2 58 (16.81%) Senior
3 49 (14.20%) IT Engineer
4 48 (13.91%) Support Engineer
5 38 (11.01%) IT Support
6 35 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 31 (8.99%) Analyst
8 25 (7.25%) IT Support Engineer
8 25 (7.25%) Senior Network Engineer
9 20 (5.80%) Architect
10 17 (4.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 16 (4.64%) Cisco Engineer
11 16 (4.64%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 15 (4.35%) Developer
12 15 (4.35%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (4.35%) IT Manager
12 15 (4.35%) Systems Engineer
13 14 (4.06%) IT Technician
14 13 (3.77%) 3rd Line Support
14 13 (3.77%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.48%) 802.1X
1 12 (3.48%) REST
2 10 (2.90%) Node.js
2 10 (2.90%) POSIX
3 9 (2.61%) WebRTC
4 6 (1.74%) JSON
4 6 (1.74%) YAML
5 3 (0.87%) .NET
5 3 (0.87%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.87%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.87%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (0.87%) CSS
5 3 (0.87%) EDI
5 3 (0.87%) HTML
5 3 (0.87%) jQuery
5 3 (0.87%) React
5 3 (0.87%) Tailwind CSS
5 3 (0.87%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 3 (0.87%) Vue
5 3 (0.87%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.67%) Replication
2 22 (6.38%) Data Centre
3 18 (5.22%) Clustering
4 17 (4.93%) Driving Licence
5 16 (4.64%) Security Operations Centre
6 14 (4.06%) Management Information System
6 14 (4.06%) Wiki
7 13 (3.77%) CCTV
8 10 (2.90%) Embedded Systems
8 10 (2.90%) Linux Command Line
8 10 (2.90%) Security Posture
9 8 (2.32%) IoT
10 6 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.74%) Operational Technology
10 6 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.45%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.45%) Enterprise Storage
11 5 (1.45%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.45%) PKI
12 4 (1.16%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 152 (44.06%) Windows
2 102 (29.57%) Windows Server
3 45 (13.04%) Windows Server 2012
4 43 (12.46%) Windows 10
5 39 (11.30%) Linux
6 26 (7.54%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (6.09%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (3.19%) Unix
9 9 (2.61%) Windows Server 2008
10 6 (1.74%) Mac OS
11 4 (1.16%) VMS
11 4 (1.16%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (0.87%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.87%) Windows 8
13 2 (0.58%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.58%) SUSE
13 2 (0.58%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
2 73 (21.16%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (15.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 39 (11.30%) ITIL
5 34 (9.86%) Disaster Recovery
6 28 (8.12%) Customer Service
7 24 (6.96%) Agile
8 20 (5.80%) DevOps
8 20 (5.80%) Network Monitoring
9 19 (5.51%) Information Security
9 19 (5.51%) Load Balancing
9 19 (5.51%) Security Operations
10 18 (5.22%) Risk Management
11 17 (4.93%) Network Virtualisation
11 17 (4.93%) Vulnerability Management
12 16 (4.64%) Cloud Security
12 16 (4.64%) Migration
13 15 (4.35%) Change Management
13 15 (4.35%) Mentoring
14 14 (4.06%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 39 (11.30%) PowerShell
2 36 (10.43%) SQL
3 12 (3.48%) C
3 12 (3.48%) C++
4 11 (3.19%) Python
5 10 (2.90%) Bash
5 10 (2.90%) Perl
6 4 (1.16%) Bicep
7 3 (0.87%) C#
7 3 (0.87%) XAML
8 2 (0.58%) Go
8 2 (0.58%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.58%) Rust
Qualifications
1 52 (15.07%) Security Cleared
2 49 (14.20%) SC Cleared
3 38 (11.01%) Cisco Certification
4 32 (9.28%) CCNA
5 23 (6.67%) Degree
6 18 (5.22%) CCNP
7 16 (4.64%) Azure Certification
7 16 (4.64%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.90%) MCSE
9 10 (2.90%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (1.45%) A+ Certification
10 5 (1.45%) DV Cleared
11 4 (1.16%) CISA
11 4 (1.16%) CISM
11 4 (1.16%) CISSP
11 4 (1.16%) CRISC
11 4 (1.16%) JNCIA
12 3 (0.87%) CCDA
12 3 (0.87%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.51%) GDPR
2 11 (3.19%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (3.19%) NIST
3 7 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (1.45%) SLA
6 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 123 (35.65%) Active Directory
2 91 (26.38%) Hyper-V
3 77 (22.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (4.93%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.74%) pfSense
7 5 (1.45%) NFS
8 4 (1.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 3 (0.87%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.58%) Docker
10 2 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.58%) vSphere
10 2 (0.58%) XenApp
10 2 (0.58%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 45 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (7.54%) SCCM
3 13 (3.77%) Terraform
4 9 (2.61%) Failover Clustering
4 9 (2.61%) FortiGate
5 6 (1.74%) Ansible
6 4 (1.16%) Autotask
6 4 (1.16%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.58%) Backup Exec
7 2 (0.58%) Nagios
7 2 (0.58%) Trend Micro Deep Security
8 1 (0.29%) CASB
8 1 (0.29%) SCOM
8 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.29%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 123 (35.65%) Cisco
1 123 (35.65%) Microsoft
2 106 (30.72%) VMware
3 44 (12.75%) CheckPoint
3 44 (12.75%) Juniper
4 40 (11.59%) Veeam
5 37 (10.72%) Palo Alto
6 35 (10.14%) Fortinet
7 34 (9.86%) Aruba
8 27 (7.83%) Meraki
9 19 (5.51%) Sophos
10 18 (5.22%) HP
11 17 (4.93%) Dell
12 14 (4.06%) Citrix
13 12 (3.48%) F5
13 12 (3.48%) Sage
14 9 (2.61%) EqualLogic
14 9 (2.61%) SolarWinds
15 8 (2.32%) Avaya
16 7 (2.03%) WatchGuard