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 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 85 44
Rank change year-on-year +9 -41 -20
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 158 95 186
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.88% 2.86% 4.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.42% 14.20% 26.12%
Number of salaries quoted 120 64 123
10th Percentile £29,900 £25,900 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £38,938 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -7.79%
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £58,875 £73,375 £71,750
England median annual salary £51,500 £46,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +11.96% -10.68% -5.50%

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 598 669 712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.13% 20.14% 16.59%
Number of salaries quoted 399 254 357
10th Percentile £26,375 £26,250 £29,150
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% -

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 11 October 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 11 October 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 -40 54 £47,000 -11.32% 15
Cambridgeshire -6 40 £42,500 -34.62% 12
Essex -7 25 £35,000 +32.08% 14
Bedfordshire -4 18 £34,000 -28.42%
Norfolk - 13 £43,750 - 4
Suffolk +17 8 £55,000 +37.50% 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 42 (26.58%) SharePoint
2 41 (25.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (5.06%) WordPress
4 3 (1.90%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (8.23%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 108 (68.35%) Microsoft 365
2 78 (49.37%) Azure
3 65 (41.14%) Entra ID
4 15 (9.49%) OneDrive
5 13 (8.23%) AWS
6 8 (5.06%) Google Ads
7 4 (2.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (2.53%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (2.53%) Azure Storage
8 3 (1.90%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.27%) GCP
10 1 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 61 (38.61%) VPN
2 56 (35.44%) DNS
3 49 (31.01%) TCP/IP
4 46 (29.11%) DHCP
5 27 (17.09%) Wireless
6 26 (16.46%) LAN
7 25 (15.82%) WAN
8 18 (11.39%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (10.13%) Network Security
10 15 (9.49%) VLAN
11 13 (8.23%) Internet
12 9 (5.70%) VoIP
13 7 (4.43%) FTP
13 7 (4.43%) HTTP
13 7 (4.43%) SMTP
14 5 (3.16%) Intrusion Detection
14 5 (3.16%) IP Telephony
15 4 (2.53%) BGP
15 4 (2.53%) DMZ
16 3 (1.90%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.90%) JIRA
General
1 72 (45.57%) Social Skills
2 13 (8.23%) Finance
3 12 (7.59%) Organisational Skills
4 11 (6.96%) Retail
5 8 (5.06%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.06%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (5.06%) Telecoms
6 7 (4.43%) Aerospace
7 5 (3.16%) Law
7 5 (3.16%) Legal
7 5 (3.16%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.90%) Games
8 3 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.27%) Local Government
10 1 (0.63%) Electronics
10 1 (0.63%) French Language
Job Titles
1 45 (28.48%) IT Support
2 41 (25.95%) IT Engineer
3 33 (20.89%) Support Engineer
4 26 (16.46%) IT Support Engineer
5 20 (12.66%) Analyst
6 18 (11.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (11.39%) Network Engineer
7 12 (7.59%) IT Support Specialist
7 12 (7.59%) Support Specialist
8 10 (6.33%) Consultant
8 10 (6.33%) Support Technician
9 9 (5.70%) Security Analyst
9 9 (5.70%) Senior
10 8 (5.06%) Security Engineer
10 8 (5.06%) Systems Engineer
11 7 (4.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 7 (4.43%) 2nd Line Support
11 7 (4.43%) Infrastructure Support
11 7 (4.43%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 7 (4.43%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.43%) LDAP
2 4 (2.53%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 26 (16.46%) Driving Licence
2 24 (15.19%) Onboarding
3 16 (10.13%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (6.96%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (6.33%) CCTV
6 9 (5.70%) Security Operations Centre
6 9 (5.70%) Security Posture
7 8 (5.06%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (4.43%) Client/Server
8 7 (4.43%) Data Centre
9 5 (3.16%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (2.53%) Blog
10 4 (2.53%) Cloud Native
10 4 (2.53%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (2.53%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (2.53%) PKI
11 3 (1.90%) FMCG
12 2 (1.27%) Clustering
12 2 (1.27%) Management Information System
12 2 (1.27%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 98 (62.03%) Windows
2 70 (44.30%) Windows Server
3 20 (12.66%) Linux
4 12 (7.59%) Windows 10
5 10 (6.33%) macOS
6 9 (5.70%) Apple iOS
7 4 (2.53%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.63%) Android
9 1 (0.63%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.63%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (43.67%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (38.61%) Cybersecurity
3 41 (25.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 36 (22.78%) Customer Service
5 33 (20.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 30 (18.99%) SIEM
7 24 (15.19%) Disaster Recovery
8 20 (12.66%) AI
9 15 (9.49%) Collaborative Culture
9 15 (9.49%) Root Cause Analysis
10 14 (8.86%) ITIL
10 14 (8.86%) Security Operations
10 14 (8.86%) Service Delivery
11 13 (8.23%) Incident Response
11 13 (8.23%) Migration
11 13 (8.23%) Vulnerability Management
12 12 (7.59%) Client Onboarding
12 12 (7.59%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 11 (6.96%) Antivirus Management
13 11 (6.96%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 34 (21.52%) PowerShell
2 16 (10.13%) SQL
3 8 (5.06%) Python
4 7 (4.43%) Bash
5 6 (3.80%) C++
5 6 (3.80%) Perl
6 4 (2.53%) Bicep
7 1 (0.63%) C#
7 1 (0.63%) VB
Qualifications
1 28 (17.72%) Degree
2 18 (11.39%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (11.39%) Security Cleared
3 17 (10.76%) CompTIA Security+
3 17 (10.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (9.49%) CCNP
5 11 (6.96%) CCNA
6 10 (6.33%) Azure Certification
6 10 (6.33%) DV Cleared
6 10 (6.33%) SC Cleared
7 9 (5.70%) CEH
8 6 (3.80%) CREST Certified
9 3 (1.90%) A+ Certification
9 3 (1.90%) CCDP
9 3 (1.90%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.90%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (1.27%) CISA
10 2 (1.27%) CISM
10 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (1.27%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (16.46%) SLA
2 25 (15.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (8.23%) GDPR
4 10 (6.33%) QA
5 7 (4.43%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (4.43%) PCI DSS
6 6 (3.80%) NIST
7 4 (2.53%) GRC
7 4 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 4 (2.53%) JSP 440
7 4 (2.53%) NCSC
8 2 (1.27%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 79 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 43 (27.22%) Hyper-V
3 26 (16.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (5.06%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (3.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (3.80%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (3.16%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.90%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.90%) VMware Server
8 2 (1.27%) BitLocker
8 2 (1.27%) Firmware
8 2 (1.27%) vSphere
9 1 (0.63%) Docker
9 1 (0.63%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 30 (18.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.43%) Proxmox
3 6 (3.80%) QRadar
4 4 (2.53%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.27%) Autotask
5 2 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.63%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.63%) Podman
Vendors
1 122 (77.22%) Microsoft
2 29 (18.35%) Cisco
2 29 (18.35%) VMware
3 11 (6.96%) Apple
3 11 (6.96%) Meraki
3 11 (6.96%) Splunk
4 10 (6.33%) Fortinet
4 10 (6.33%) Google
4 10 (6.33%) SonicWALL
5 9 (5.70%) Ubiquiti
6 8 (5.06%) Sophos
7 5 (3.16%) Aruba
8 4 (2.53%) Draytek
8 4 (2.53%) Freshdesk
8 4 (2.53%) Palo Alto
8 4 (2.53%) Veeam
9 3 (1.90%) Datto
9 3 (1.90%) F5
9 3 (1.90%) Ruckus Wireless
9 3 (1.90%) WatchGuard