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 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 66 45
Rank change year-on-year -9 -21 +38
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 123 127 261
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.95% 4.26% 4.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.01% 19.57% 25.10%
Number of salaries quoted 84 105 244
10th Percentile £27,550 £27,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £27,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +14.46% -2.35%
75th Percentile £57,500 £64,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,250 £55,000
England median annual salary £53,875 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +2.62% +7.14% -2.00%

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 683 649 1,040
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 10.82% 21.76% 17.02%
Number of salaries quoted 266 254 789
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £24,840
25th Percentile £30,438 £32,533 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,095 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.68% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £58,438 £58,438 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -23 41 £55,000 -11.29% 13
Cambridgeshire -26 26 £55,000 +15.79% 10
Essex -12 22 £33,750 +12.50% 10
Bedfordshire +21 15 £40,000 -27.27% 3
Suffolk +6 11 £40,000 -15.79% 1
Norfolk -22 8 £30,000 -3.23% 2
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 28 (22.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (17.89%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.81%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.44%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (4.07%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 74 (60.16%) Microsoft 365
2 55 (44.72%) Azure
3 48 (39.02%) Entra ID
4 12 (9.76%) AWS
5 7 (5.69%) OneDrive
6 5 (4.07%) IaaS
6 5 (4.07%) PaaS
7 3 (2.44%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.81%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.81%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.81%) Google Ads
8 1 (0.81%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.81%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (38.21%) VPN
2 32 (26.02%) DNS
3 30 (24.39%) LAN
4 29 (23.58%) WAN
5 25 (20.33%) DHCP
6 20 (16.26%) TCP/IP
6 20 (16.26%) Wi-Fi
7 19 (15.45%) VLAN
8 17 (13.82%) Network Security
9 13 (10.57%) VoIP
9 13 (10.57%) Wireless
10 9 (7.32%) SMTP
11 6 (4.88%) Internet
12 5 (4.07%) DMZ
12 5 (4.07%) EIGRP
12 5 (4.07%) IMAP
12 5 (4.07%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (4.07%) OSPF
12 5 (4.07%) POP3
12 5 (4.07%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.07%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.25%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.81%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.63%) JIRA
General
1 50 (40.65%) Social Skills
2 19 (15.45%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (13.01%) Telecoms
4 10 (8.13%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 9 (7.32%) Retail
6 8 (6.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.07%) Finance
8 4 (3.25%) Aerospace
8 4 (3.25%) Marketing
9 3 (2.44%) Law
10 2 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.63%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.81%) Police
Job Titles
1 41 (33.33%) IT Support
2 30 (24.39%) IT Engineer
2 30 (24.39%) Support Engineer
3 24 (19.51%) IT Support Engineer
4 20 (16.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 16 (13.01%) Senior
6 15 (12.20%) Network Engineer
7 13 (10.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 13 (10.57%) 2nd Line Support
7 13 (10.57%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 11 (8.94%) Analyst
9 10 (8.13%) Infrastructure Support
9 10 (8.13%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 9 (7.32%) Consultant
10 9 (7.32%) Lead
11 8 (6.50%) 1st Line Support
12 7 (5.69%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (5.69%) Security Engineer
13 6 (4.88%) IT Administrator
13 6 (4.88%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.25%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (13.82%) Driving Licence
2 9 (7.32%) Onboarding
3 7 (5.69%) Client/Server
4 6 (4.88%) Security Posture
5 5 (4.07%) Blog
5 5 (4.07%) Cloud Native
5 5 (4.07%) Cloud Security Posture
5 5 (4.07%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 5 (4.07%) PKI
6 4 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.25%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (3.25%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (3.25%) Social Network
7 3 (2.44%) CCTV
7 3 (2.44%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.63%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.63%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (1.63%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.81%) Clustering
9 1 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 61 (49.59%) Windows
2 39 (31.71%) Windows Server
3 12 (9.76%) Windows Server 2016
4 10 (8.13%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (7.32%) Windows 10
6 5 (4.07%) Linux
6 5 (4.07%) Mac OS
7 4 (3.25%) VMS
8 2 (1.63%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.81%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (46.34%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (40.65%) Cybersecurity
3 27 (21.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 19 (15.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (12.20%) Asset Management
5 15 (12.20%) Mentoring
6 14 (11.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (10.57%) ITIL
8 11 (8.94%) AI
8 11 (8.94%) Customer Service
8 11 (8.94%) Network Monitoring
9 10 (8.13%) Cloud Security
9 10 (8.13%) Disaster Recovery
9 10 (8.13%) SIEM
9 10 (8.13%) Virtual Environments
10 9 (7.32%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 9 (7.32%) Risk Management
10 9 (7.32%) Root Cause Analysis
10 9 (7.32%) Use Case
11 8 (6.50%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 26 (21.14%) PowerShell
2 6 (4.88%) Bash
3 5 (4.07%) Python
4 4 (3.25%) C++
4 4 (3.25%) Perl
5 3 (2.44%) SQL
6 1 (0.81%) C#
6 1 (0.81%) VB
Qualifications
1 31 (25.20%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (17.07%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (17.07%) Security Cleared
3 19 (15.45%) CCNA
4 13 (10.57%) CCNP
5 10 (8.13%) Degree
5 10 (8.13%) SC Cleared
6 8 (6.50%) Azure Certification
6 8 (6.50%) CEH
6 8 (6.50%) CompTIA Security+
6 8 (6.50%) DBS Check
7 6 (4.88%) DV Cleared
7 6 (4.88%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (3.25%) CISSP
8 4 (3.25%) CREST Certified
9 3 (2.44%) CISM
9 3 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.44%) MCDST
9 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.32%) GRC
2 8 (6.50%) GDPR
2 8 (6.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (5.69%) NIST
4 5 (4.07%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 5 (4.07%) JSP 440
4 5 (4.07%) NCSC
4 5 (4.07%) PCI DSS
4 5 (4.07%) SLA
5 1 (0.81%) QA
System Software
1 62 (50.41%) Active Directory
2 19 (15.45%) Hyper-V
3 18 (14.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (10.57%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (4.88%) vSphere
6 5 (4.07%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.63%) Docker
8 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 16 (13.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (3.25%) QRadar
2 4 (3.25%) SolarWinds Orion
2 4 (3.25%) vCenter Server
3 2 (1.63%) FortiGate
3 2 (1.63%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.81%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 1 (0.81%) Podman
Vendors
1 88 (71.54%) Microsoft
2 24 (19.51%) Cisco
3 20 (16.26%) VMware
4 13 (10.57%) Fortinet
5 12 (9.76%) Sophos
6 9 (7.32%) Meraki
6 9 (7.32%) SolarWinds
7 7 (5.69%) Apple
7 7 (5.69%) Aruba
7 7 (5.69%) Palo Alto
8 5 (4.07%) Splunk
9 4 (3.25%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (3.25%) Freshdesk
10 3 (2.44%) Adobe
10 3 (2.44%) CheckPoint
10 3 (2.44%) Citrix
10 3 (2.44%) Juniper
10 3 (2.44%) Synology
10 3 (2.44%) Ubiquiti
11 2 (1.63%) Veeam