Firewall Jobs in the East Midlands

Firewall
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firewall over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 54 58
Rank change year-on-year -39 +4 +44
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 53 173 144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 2.17% 3.99% 5.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.41% 29.78% 24.96%
Number of salaries quoted 48 159 56
10th Percentile £29,750 £24,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -2.86%
75th Percentile £55,166 £56,250 £48,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £58,900 £55,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -2.00% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 323 581 577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 13.21% 13.41% 20.06%
Number of salaries quoted 167 454 195
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,864 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £40,000 £41,659
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% -3.98% +6.82%
75th Percentile £57,000 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £61,250 £58,750 £63,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the East Midlands

Firewall
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

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

Salary trend for Firewall in the East Midlands

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the East Midlands

Firewall
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Northamptonshire -3 23 £50,000 - 5
Nottinghamshire +18 11 £31,500 -42.73% 7
Leicestershire +10 11 £40,000 +17.65% 14
Derbyshire -17 5 £35,000 -12.50% 12
Lincolnshire -18 1 £37,500 -6.25% 11
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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 16 (30.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (20.75%) IIS
3 9 (16.98%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (16.98%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (11.32%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 36 (67.92%) Azure
2 17 (32.08%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (9.43%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.66%) AWS
4 3 (5.66%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 3 (5.66%) IaaS
4 3 (5.66%) PaaS
5 2 (3.77%) Cloudflare
5 2 (3.77%) GCP
5 2 (3.77%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.89%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.89%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.89%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.89%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (43.40%) DNS
2 22 (41.51%) DHCP
3 20 (37.74%) VPN
4 17 (32.08%) WAN
5 15 (28.30%) LAN
6 13 (24.53%) SD-WAN
7 12 (22.64%) SAN
8 11 (20.75%) Network Security
9 10 (18.87%) Cisco Firepower
9 10 (18.87%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (13.21%) TCP/IP
11 6 (11.32%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (7.55%) VLAN
13 3 (5.66%) Wireless
14 1 (1.89%) MPLS
14 1 (1.89%) PBX
14 1 (1.89%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (28.30%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
General
1 21 (39.62%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.32%) Law
3 5 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (5.66%) Legal
4 3 (5.66%) Retail
5 2 (3.77%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.89%) Marketing
6 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (33.96%) Support Engineer
2 15 (28.30%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 14 (26.42%) 3rd Line Support
3 14 (26.42%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 9 (16.98%) Cisco Engineer
4 9 (16.98%) Project Engineer
5 7 (13.21%) Cisco Support
5 7 (13.21%) Cisco Support Engineer
5 7 (13.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (13.21%) IT Support
5 7 (13.21%) Network Engineer
6 6 (11.32%) IT Support Specialist
6 6 (11.32%) Senior
6 6 (11.32%) Support Specialist
7 4 (7.55%) Server Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Active Directory Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Cloud Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Consultant
8 3 (5.66%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.89%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.89%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.43%) Clustering
2 4 (7.55%) Data Centre
2 4 (7.55%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.89%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.89%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.89%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (71.70%) Windows
2 36 (67.92%) Windows Server
3 6 (11.32%) Windows 7
4 5 (9.43%) Linux
5 3 (5.66%) CentOS
5 3 (5.66%) Rocky
5 3 (5.66%) Ubuntu
5 3 (5.66%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (5.66%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (3.77%) Android
6 2 (3.77%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.89%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.89%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (26.42%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (20.75%) Zero Trust
3 10 (18.87%) Migration
4 9 (16.98%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (16.98%) Disaster Recovery
4 9 (16.98%) High Availability
4 9 (16.98%) Presales
5 8 (15.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 7 (13.21%) Customer Service
7 6 (11.32%) Data Analysis
8 5 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (9.43%) ITIL
8 5 (9.43%) Patch Management
9 3 (5.66%) IT Strategy
9 3 (5.66%) Project Management
10 2 (3.77%) Cloud Security
10 2 (3.77%) Process Improvement
10 2 (3.77%) Resource Allocation
10 2 (3.77%) Server Management
10 2 (3.77%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 10 (18.87%) PowerShell
2 5 (9.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (22.64%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (20.75%) CCNP
3 10 (18.87%) Azure Certification
4 9 (16.98%) CCIE
5 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (5.66%) SC Cleared
6 3 (5.66%) Security Cleared
7 2 (3.77%) A+ Certification
7 2 (3.77%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.77%) Degree
7 2 (3.77%) MCSA
7 2 (3.77%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.89%) CCNA
8 1 (1.89%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.09%) GDPR
2 2 (3.77%) SLA
3 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.89%) NIST
3 1 (1.89%) QA
System Software
1 31 (58.49%) Active Directory
2 18 (33.96%) Hyper-V
3 16 (30.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (11.32%) Terminal Services
4 6 (11.32%) vSphere
5 1 (1.89%) Firmware
5 1 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Clustering
2 3 (5.66%) Ansible
2 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.77%) FortiGate
3 2 (3.77%) SCCM
4 1 (1.89%) Autotask
Vendors
1 32 (60.38%) Microsoft
2 17 (32.08%) Cisco
2 17 (32.08%) HP
2 17 (32.08%) VMware
3 10 (18.87%) Fortinet
3 10 (18.87%) Meraki
3 10 (18.87%) Palo Alto
4 9 (16.98%) Aruba
5 6 (11.32%) Dell
5 6 (11.32%) NetApp
6 4 (7.55%) Google
6 4 (7.55%) Sophos
7 2 (3.77%) Imperva
7 2 (3.77%) TP-LINK
8 1 (1.89%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (1.89%) F5
8 1 (1.89%) Nasuni
8 1 (1.89%) Rapid7
8 1 (1.89%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.89%) Veeam