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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 49 48
Rank change year-on-year -57 -1 +53
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 54 174 168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 2.01% 3.85% 6.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.37% 30.74% 28.09%
Number of salaries quoted 49 159 63
10th Percentile £29,750 £24,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +1.19% -6.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £58,900 £58,275
England median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -2.00% -4.76%

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 404 566 598
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 15.05% 12.53% 21.48%
Number of salaries quoted 158 461 203
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,813 £30,274 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £55,750 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £58,750 £63,250
England median annual salary £46,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.11% -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 22 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 22 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 -6 22 £50,000 - 28
Nottinghamshire +21 12 £31,500 -42.73% 36
Leicestershire +7 7 £50,000 +25.00% 38
Derbyshire -30 7 £35,000 -12.50% 57
Lincolnshire -14 4 £48,750 +21.88% 44
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 (29.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (20.37%) SharePoint
3 8 (14.81%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 36 (66.67%) Azure
2 20 (37.04%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (12.96%) AWS
4 5 (9.26%) Entra ID
4 5 (9.26%) IaaS
5 4 (7.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 4 (7.41%) PaaS
6 2 (3.70%) Azure AI
6 2 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (3.70%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (3.70%) Cloudflare
6 2 (3.70%) Google Workspace
6 2 (3.70%) Mimecast
6 2 (3.70%) Nutanix
6 2 (3.70%) Power Automate
6 2 (3.70%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (44.44%) DNS
2 23 (42.59%) WAN
3 21 (38.89%) DHCP
4 18 (33.33%) LAN
5 17 (31.48%) VPN
6 16 (29.63%) SD-WAN
7 12 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (20.37%) SAN
9 10 (18.52%) Cisco Firepower
9 10 (18.52%) Network Security
10 6 (11.11%) Remote Desktop
10 6 (11.11%) TCP/IP
11 5 (9.26%) VLAN
12 4 (7.41%) Wireless
13 2 (3.70%) iSCSI
14 1 (1.85%) Internet
14 1 (1.85%) MPLS
14 1 (1.85%) PBX
14 1 (1.85%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (20.37%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.70%) Data Lake
2 2 (3.70%) MySQL
2 2 (3.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Git
General
1 22 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (5.56%) Law
3 2 (3.70%) Billing
3 2 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (3.70%) Legal
3 2 (3.70%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.85%) Finance
4 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.85%) Marketing
4 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (31.48%) Support Engineer
2 16 (29.63%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 15 (27.78%) 3rd Line Support
3 15 (27.78%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 9 (16.67%) Cisco Engineer
4 9 (16.67%) IT Support
4 9 (16.67%) Project Engineer
5 7 (12.96%) Cisco Support
5 7 (12.96%) Cisco Support Engineer
5 7 (12.96%) Network Engineer
6 6 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (11.11%) IT Support Specialist
6 6 (11.11%) Support Specialist
7 5 (9.26%) IT Engineer
7 5 (9.26%) Senior
8 4 (7.41%) Analyst
8 4 (7.41%) Server Engineer
9 3 (5.56%) Active Directory Engineer
9 3 (5.56%) Azure Engineer
9 3 (5.56%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 5 (9.26%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.70%) Clustering
3 2 (3.70%) NHS
4 1 (1.85%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (62.96%) Windows
2 31 (57.41%) Windows Server
3 6 (11.11%) Windows 7
4 5 (9.26%) Linux
5 4 (7.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (7.41%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (5.56%) CentOS
6 3 (5.56%) Rocky
6 3 (5.56%) Ubuntu
7 2 (3.70%) Android
7 2 (3.70%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.85%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (24.07%) Migration
2 12 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (20.37%) Zero Trust
4 10 (18.52%) Customer Service
5 9 (16.67%) ITIL
5 9 (16.67%) Presales
6 7 (12.96%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (12.96%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (12.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (11.11%) Data Analysis
8 5 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (7.41%) DevOps
9 4 (7.41%) High Availability
9 4 (7.41%) Network Virtualisation
9 4 (7.41%) RBAC
9 4 (7.41%) Service Delivery
10 3 (5.56%) Business Continuity
10 3 (5.56%) Identity Management
10 3 (5.56%) Mentoring
10 3 (5.56%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (27.78%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.41%) SQL
3 2 (3.70%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 15 (27.78%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (22.22%) CCNP
3 10 (18.52%) Azure Certification
4 9 (16.67%) CCIE
5 4 (7.41%) CCNA
6 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (3.70%) A+ Certification
7 2 (3.70%) CISMP
7 2 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (3.70%) DBS Check
7 2 (3.70%) GSEC
7 2 (3.70%) MCSA
7 2 (3.70%) SC Cleared
7 2 (3.70%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.85%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (18.52%) GDPR
2 4 (7.41%) SLA
3 1 (1.85%) QA
System Software
1 29 (53.70%) Active Directory
2 15 (27.78%) Hyper-V
3 14 (25.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (11.11%) Terminal Services
4 6 (11.11%) vSphere
5 2 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.85%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (9.26%) SCCM
2 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (5.56%) Ansible
3 3 (5.56%) Autotask
4 2 (3.70%) FortiGate
4 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Clustering
4 2 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (53.70%) Microsoft
2 19 (35.19%) Cisco
2 19 (35.19%) HP
3 15 (27.78%) VMware
4 14 (25.93%) Meraki
5 11 (20.37%) Aruba
6 10 (18.52%) Fortinet
6 10 (18.52%) Palo Alto
7 6 (11.11%) Dell
7 6 (11.11%) NetApp
8 2 (3.70%) Databricks
8 2 (3.70%) Datto
8 2 (3.70%) Google
8 2 (3.70%) Imperva
8 2 (3.70%) Nasuni
8 2 (3.70%) Rapid7
8 2 (3.70%) Sophos
9 1 (1.85%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (1.85%) CheckPoint
9 1 (1.85%) Veeam