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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 44 34
Rank change year-on-year -44 -10 +49
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 96 177 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 2.84% 3.99% 6.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.01% 27.87% 27.03%
Number of salaries quoted 69 123 124
10th Percentile £27,150 £27,300 £27,450
25th Percentile £41,000 £31,375 £36,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -3.16% -5.00%
75th Percentile £66,000 £55,000 £65,375
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -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 685 635 592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 20.27% 14.32% 22.78%
Number of salaries quoted 262 385 289
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,450 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,529 £28,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,085 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% +17.65% -10.53%
75th Percentile £57,875 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -17.00% -2.91% -1.90%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall 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 16 September 2025.

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 16 September 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
Hertfordshire +6 59 £50,250 +5.79% 29
Cambridgeshire +6 13 £50,000 +42.86% 19
Essex -8 13 £26,500 -45.36% 14
Bedfordshire -9 9 £59,500 +8.18% 6
Suffolk -48 2 £58,750 -21.67% 4
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 24 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (4.17%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.13%) Apache
3 3 (3.13%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (5.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 62 (64.58%) Azure
2 50 (52.08%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (48.96%) Entra ID
4 12 (12.50%) Power Platform
5 10 (10.42%) AWS
5 10 (10.42%) PowerApps
6 9 (9.38%) Azure Logic Apps
7 8 (8.33%) IaaS
8 7 (7.29%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (5.21%) PaaS
10 4 (4.17%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (4.17%) OneDrive
10 4 (4.17%) SaaS
11 3 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (3.13%) Google Workspace
11 3 (3.13%) Mimecast
11 3 (3.13%) Nutanix
12 1 (1.04%) Azure AI
12 1 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (1.04%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 32 (33.33%) VPN
2 29 (30.21%) DNS
3 24 (25.00%) DHCP
4 21 (21.88%) WAN
5 18 (18.75%) TCP/IP
6 15 (15.63%) LAN
7 11 (11.46%) Network Security
8 9 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (8.33%) SD-WAN
9 8 (8.33%) VLAN
10 7 (7.29%) FTP
10 7 (7.29%) HTTP
10 7 (7.29%) IP Telephony
10 7 (7.29%) SAN
10 7 (7.29%) SMTP
11 5 (5.21%) IPsec
11 5 (5.21%) NGFW
12 4 (4.17%) SSL
13 3 (3.13%) Internet
13 3 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.08%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.04%) Big Data
3 1 (1.04%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.04%) MySQL
3 1 (1.04%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (4.17%) JIRA
2 1 (1.04%) Git
2 1 (1.04%) GitLab
General
1 29 (30.21%) Social Skills
2 10 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (6.25%) Retail
4 4 (4.17%) Aerospace
4 4 (4.17%) Finance
4 4 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (4.17%) Legal
4 4 (4.17%) Local Government
5 3 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.08%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.08%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.04%) Aviation
7 1 (1.04%) Law
Job Titles
1 27 (28.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 26 (27.08%) Analyst
3 18 (18.75%) Technical Support
4 16 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
5 14 (14.58%) 1st Line Support Analyst
5 14 (14.58%) Network Engineer
5 14 (14.58%) Support Analyst
6 13 (13.54%) 1st Line Technical Support
7 12 (12.50%) IT Engineer
7 12 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
8 11 (11.46%) Technical Support Analyst
9 9 (9.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 9 (9.38%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (9.38%) Senior
10 8 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
10 8 (8.33%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (7.29%) IT Analyst
11 7 (7.29%) Security Engineer
11 7 (7.29%) Support Engineer
12 6 (6.25%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.38%) LDAP
2 1 (1.04%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.04%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.04%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.54%) Data Centre
2 9 (9.38%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (7.29%) Management Information System
4 6 (6.25%) Client/Server
5 5 (5.21%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (4.17%) Clustering
6 4 (4.17%) Driving Licence
6 4 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (3.13%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (3.13%) iPad
7 3 (3.13%) MISP
7 3 (3.13%) PKI
8 2 (2.08%) Biopharmaceutical
9 1 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.04%) NHS
9 1 (1.04%) Replication
9 1 (1.04%) Smartcard
9 1 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 70 (72.92%) Windows
2 61 (63.54%) Windows Server
3 17 (17.71%) Mac OS
3 17 (17.71%) Windows Server 2019
4 9 (9.38%) Linux
5 6 (6.25%) Windows 10
6 5 (5.21%) Android
7 3 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (2.08%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.04%) CentOS
9 1 (1.04%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (34.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 22 (22.92%) Customer Service
2 22 (22.92%) ITIL
3 19 (19.79%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (16.67%) Incident Response
5 15 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (14.58%) Preventative Maintenance
7 13 (13.54%) Server Management
8 12 (12.50%) SIEM
9 10 (10.42%) ITSM
10 9 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (9.38%) Malware Analysis
10 9 (9.38%) Security Operations
11 8 (8.33%) Proactive Maintenance
11 8 (8.33%) Risk Management
11 8 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
12 7 (7.29%) DevOps
12 7 (7.29%) Mentoring
13 6 (6.25%) Performance Optimisation
13 6 (6.25%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 26 (27.08%) PowerShell
2 5 (5.21%) Bash
2 5 (5.21%) Python
3 2 (2.08%) Bicep
4 1 (1.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (23.96%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (17.71%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (16.67%) CCNA
3 16 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 10 (10.42%) Degree
5 9 (9.38%) CISM
6 8 (8.33%) Azure Certification
6 8 (8.33%) CEH
6 8 (8.33%) CISSP
6 8 (8.33%) DBS Check
7 7 (7.29%) DV Cleared
8 6 (6.25%) SC Cleared
9 5 (5.21%) CREST Certified
10 4 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (4.17%) GIAC
10 4 (4.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (2.08%) CCNP
11 2 (2.08%) MCDST
11 2 (2.08%) MCP
11 2 (2.08%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (9.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (8.33%) NIST
4 6 (6.25%) PCI DSS
5 5 (5.21%) GDPR
6 4 (4.17%) NCSC
7 2 (2.08%) GxP
7 2 (2.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 61 (63.54%) Active Directory
2 15 (15.63%) Hyper-V
2 15 (15.63%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (5.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (2.08%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (1.04%) Docker
5 1 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (35.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (11.46%) SCCM
3 7 (7.29%) FortiGate
4 5 (5.21%) Ansible
4 5 (5.21%) Nessus
5 4 (4.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (4.17%) QRadar
6 3 (3.13%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (3.13%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (2.08%) Nagios
8 1 (1.04%) CASB
8 1 (1.04%) CSIRT
8 1 (1.04%) Endace
8 1 (1.04%) Grafana
8 1 (1.04%) Kubernetes
8 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (1.04%) NetBackup
8 1 (1.04%) Prometheus
8 1 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 73 (76.04%) Microsoft
2 20 (20.83%) Cisco
3 10 (10.42%) Palo Alto
4 8 (8.33%) ServiceNow
5 7 (7.29%) Splunk
6 6 (6.25%) VMware
7 5 (5.21%) Apple
7 5 (5.21%) Citrix
7 5 (5.21%) Dell
7 5 (5.21%) Remedy
8 4 (4.17%) Fortinet
8 4 (4.17%) Qualys
8 4 (4.17%) Tenable
9 3 (3.13%) Google
9 3 (3.13%) Meraki
9 3 (3.13%) Nimble Storage
9 3 (3.13%) Okta
9 3 (3.13%) SolarWinds
10 2 (2.08%) Blue Coat
10 2 (2.08%) Sophos