Firewall Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Firewall
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 56 10
Rank change year-on-year +30 -46 +45
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 4 10 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 1.34% 2.31% 10.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.18% 9.35% 57.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 17
10th Percentile £29,282 - -
25th Percentile £33,455 £31,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,941 £45,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% +80.00% -37.50%
75th Percentile £51,110 £61,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £56,894 £62,000 £67,500
East of England median annual salary £43,000 £42,500 £43,750
% change year-on-year +1.18% -2.86% -2.78%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 22 107 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 7.36% 24.71% 18.35%
Number of salaries quoted 20 21 27
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 -
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +23.08% -23.53%
75th Percentile £40,368 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £66,625 £75,000 £73,500
East of England median annual salary £40,000 £51,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -22.33% +6.19% +14.12%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Firewall relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Firewall job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Firewall
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Bedfordshire

Firewall
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
Luton +7 2 £50,220 -2.01% 1
Firewall
East of England

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DHCP
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (25.00%) NGFW
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Support Technician
2 1 (25.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support Technician
2 1 (25.00%) IT Systems Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) IT Technician
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Technician
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Forensics
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Security
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (25.00%) CEH
1 1 (25.00%) CISA
1 1 (25.00%) CISM
1 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) CSIRT
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Freshdesk
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow