Firewall Job Trends in the East of England

Firewall
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 85 39
Rank change year-on-year +15 -46 -6
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 164 97 186
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.02% 2.88% 4.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.52% 14.18% 26.80%
Number of salaries quoted 127 68 129
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,975 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,625 £39,813 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.68% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £55,000 £66,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £59,250 £70,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 596 684 694
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.34% 20.29% 15.38%
Number of salaries quoted 405 260 388
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,925 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -16.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £48,445 £40,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.88% -18.50% -3.85%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in the East of England

Firewall
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the East of England over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the East of England

Firewall
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the East of England region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Hertfordshire -35 55 £46,000 -8.46% 16
Cambridgeshire -4 43 £42,500 -26.09% 14
Essex -8 26 £35,000 +32.08% 15
Bedfordshire -3 18 £34,000 -39.01% 3
Norfolk - 13 £43,750 - 4
Suffolk +20 9 £55,000 +10.00% 1
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 46 (28.05%) SharePoint
2 45 (27.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (4.88%) WordPress
4 3 (1.83%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.83%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 110 (67.07%) Microsoft 365
2 76 (46.34%) Azure
3 69 (42.07%) Entra ID
4 16 (9.76%) OneDrive
5 13 (7.93%) AWS
6 8 (4.88%) Google Ads
7 4 (2.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (2.44%) Azure Storage
8 3 (1.83%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.22%) GCP
10 1 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.61%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 63 (38.41%) VPN
2 55 (33.54%) DNS
3 44 (26.83%) TCP/IP
4 43 (26.22%) DHCP
5 25 (15.24%) Wireless
6 24 (14.63%) LAN
6 24 (14.63%) WAN
7 21 (12.80%) Wi-Fi
8 15 (9.15%) Internet
8 15 (9.15%) Network Security
9 14 (8.54%) VLAN
10 10 (6.10%) VoIP
11 7 (4.27%) FTP
11 7 (4.27%) HTTP
11 7 (4.27%) SMTP
12 5 (3.05%) NAS
13 4 (2.44%) BGP
13 4 (2.44%) DMZ
13 4 (2.44%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (1.83%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.05%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.61%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.83%) JIRA
General
1 75 (45.73%) Social Skills
2 13 (7.93%) Finance
2 13 (7.93%) Retail
3 12 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (7.32%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (6.10%) Documentation Skills
4 10 (6.10%) Telecoms
5 7 (4.27%) Aerospace
6 6 (3.66%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.44%) Law
7 4 (2.44%) Legal
8 3 (1.83%) Games
8 3 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.61%) Electronics
10 1 (0.61%) Local Government
10 1 (0.61%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.61%) Police
10 1 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (27.44%) IT Support
2 43 (26.22%) IT Engineer
3 34 (20.73%) Support Engineer
4 27 (16.46%) IT Support Engineer
5 21 (12.80%) Analyst
6 18 (10.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 16 (9.76%) Network Engineer
8 10 (6.10%) Consultant
8 10 (6.10%) IT Support Specialist
8 10 (6.10%) Support Specialist
8 10 (6.10%) Support Technician
9 9 (5.49%) Security Analyst
9 9 (5.49%) Senior
10 8 (4.88%) Security Engineer
11 7 (4.27%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 7 (4.27%) Administrator
11 7 (4.27%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 7 (4.27%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (4.27%) Systems Administrator
11 7 (4.27%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.27%) LDAP
2 4 (2.44%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 28 (17.07%) Driving Licence
2 26 (15.85%) Onboarding
3 15 (9.15%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (6.71%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (6.10%) CCTV
5 10 (6.10%) Security Posture
6 9 (5.49%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (4.88%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (4.27%) Client/Server
9 6 (3.66%) Data Centre
10 5 (3.05%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (2.44%) Blog
11 4 (2.44%) Cloud Native
11 4 (2.44%) Cloud Security Posture
11 4 (2.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (2.44%) PKI
12 3 (1.83%) FMCG
12 3 (1.83%) Management Information System
12 3 (1.83%) Social Network
13 2 (1.22%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 96 (58.54%) Windows
2 65 (39.63%) Windows Server
3 21 (12.80%) Linux
4 12 (7.32%) Mac OS
5 10 (6.10%) Windows 10
6 8 (4.88%) Apple iOS
7 4 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.61%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.61%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (43.90%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (40.85%) Cybersecurity
3 41 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 36 (21.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (20.73%) Customer Service
6 32 (19.51%) SIEM
7 23 (14.02%) Disaster Recovery
8 20 (12.20%) AI
9 15 (9.15%) Collaborative Culture
9 15 (9.15%) ITIL
10 14 (8.54%) Root Cause Analysis
10 14 (8.54%) Security Operations
10 14 (8.54%) Service Delivery
11 13 (7.93%) Migration
11 13 (7.93%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 13 (7.93%) Vulnerability Management
12 12 (7.32%) Antivirus Management
12 12 (7.32%) Incident Response
13 11 (6.71%) Client Onboarding
13 11 (6.71%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 35 (21.34%) PowerShell
2 17 (10.37%) SQL
3 8 (4.88%) Python
4 7 (4.27%) Bash
5 6 (3.66%) C++
5 6 (3.66%) Perl
6 4 (2.44%) Bicep
7 1 (0.61%) C#
7 1 (0.61%) VB
Qualifications
1 31 (18.90%) Degree
2 20 (12.20%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (10.98%) CompTIA Security+
4 17 (10.37%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (10.37%) Security Cleared
5 14 (8.54%) CCNP
6 11 (6.71%) CCNA
6 11 (6.71%) CEH
7 10 (6.10%) Azure Certification
7 10 (6.10%) SC Cleared
8 9 (5.49%) DV Cleared
9 6 (3.66%) CREST Certified
10 4 (2.44%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (1.83%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.83%) CCDP
11 3 (1.83%) CISM
11 3 (1.83%) CISSP
12 2 (1.22%) CISA
12 2 (1.22%) DBS Check
12 2 (1.22%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (15.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (14.02%) SLA
3 13 (7.93%) GDPR
4 9 (5.49%) QA
5 7 (4.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (4.27%) PCI DSS
6 6 (3.66%) NIST
7 4 (2.44%) GRC
7 4 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 4 (2.44%) JSP 440
7 4 (2.44%) NCSC
8 2 (1.22%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 81 (49.39%) Active Directory
2 45 (27.44%) Hyper-V
3 28 (17.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (4.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (3.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (3.66%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (3.66%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (1.83%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.83%) VMware Server
7 2 (1.22%) BitLocker
7 2 (1.22%) Firmware
7 2 (1.22%) vSphere
8 1 (0.61%) Docker
8 1 (0.61%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 31 (18.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.27%) Proxmox
3 6 (3.66%) QRadar
4 5 (3.05%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.61%) Autotask
6 1 (0.61%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.61%) Podman
Vendors
1 123 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 31 (18.90%) VMware
3 28 (17.07%) Cisco
4 13 (7.93%) Meraki
5 11 (6.71%) Apple
5 11 (6.71%) Splunk
5 11 (6.71%) Ubiquiti
6 10 (6.10%) Fortinet
6 10 (6.10%) Google
6 10 (6.10%) SonicWALL
6 10 (6.10%) Sophos
7 4 (2.44%) Aruba
7 4 (2.44%) Draytek
7 4 (2.44%) Freshdesk
7 4 (2.44%) Veeam
8 3 (1.83%) Forcepoint
8 3 (1.83%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.83%) Ruckus Wireless
8 3 (1.83%) Synology
8 3 (1.83%) WatchGuard