Firewall Jobs in the East of England

Firewall
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 46 72
Rank change year-on-year -1 +26 -30
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 192 174 315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 3.69% 4.79% 4.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.23% 19.95% 25.40%
Number of salaries quoted 169 132 239
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,650 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £34,000 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% -14.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £50,250 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,985 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.93% -2.89% +5.00%

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 732 872 1,240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 14.06% 23.98% 17.12%
Number of salaries quoted 536 322 654
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,938 £27,500 £33,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the East of England.

Salary trend for Firewall in the East of England

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the East of England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +12 88 £45,000 +5.88% 10
Norfolk -3 30 £31,500 -23.17% 6
Suffolk +15 24 £57,500 -29.23% 3
Cambridgeshire -27 21 £41,250 -8.33% 7
Essex +8 15 £30,000 -34.78% 4
Bedfordshire +8 14 £55,000 -4.35% 3
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 46 (23.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (19.79%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.60%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (2.08%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (2.08%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (1.56%) SAS
6 1 (0.52%) Apache
6 1 (0.52%) Confluence
6 1 (0.52%) WebLogic
Applications
1 27 (14.06%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.52%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 84 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
2 83 (43.23%) Azure
3 22 (11.46%) Entra ID
4 11 (5.73%) AWS
4 11 (5.73%) OneDrive
5 6 (3.13%) Mimecast
6 3 (1.56%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.56%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.56%) SaaS
6 3 (1.56%) Serverless
7 2 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.04%) IaaS
7 2 (1.04%) PaaS
7 2 (1.04%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.52%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.52%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.52%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 55 (28.65%) DNS
1 55 (28.65%) LAN
2 54 (28.13%) WAN
3 42 (21.88%) VPN
4 38 (19.79%) VLAN
5 35 (18.23%) Network Security
6 27 (14.06%) TCP/IP
7 24 (12.50%) DHCP
8 22 (11.46%) Wi-Fi
9 21 (10.94%) SD-WAN
10 15 (7.81%) Wireless
11 11 (5.73%) Ethernet
12 10 (5.21%) WLAN
13 7 (3.65%) MPLS
14 6 (3.13%) IPsec
14 6 (3.13%) OSPF
14 6 (3.13%) SAN
15 5 (2.60%) Internet
15 5 (2.60%) PBX
15 5 (2.60%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.65%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.13%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.56%) MariaDB
4 3 (1.56%) MySQL
4 3 (1.56%) Power BI
5 2 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.04%) OLAP
5 2 (1.04%) OLAP Cube
5 2 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.04%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle9i Database
6 1 (0.52%) OrientDB
Development Applications
1 2 (1.04%) JIRA
2 1 (0.52%) Git
2 1 (0.52%) Selenium
General
1 50 (26.04%) Social Skills
2 14 (7.29%) Finance
3 13 (6.77%) Aerospace
4 9 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.13%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.60%) Police
6 5 (2.60%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.56%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.04%) French Language
8 2 (1.04%) German Language
8 2 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Games
9 1 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Law
9 1 (0.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 39 (20.31%) Network Engineer
2 25 (13.02%) Support Engineer
3 24 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 23 (11.98%) IT Engineer
4 23 (11.98%) IT Support
5 20 (10.42%) Analyst
6 15 (7.81%) IT Support Engineer
7 13 (6.77%) Support Technician
8 12 (6.25%) Network Security Specialist
8 12 (6.25%) Network Specialist
8 12 (6.25%) Security Specialist
8 12 (6.25%) Senior
9 11 (5.73%) Service Analyst
9 11 (5.73%) Service Desk Analyst
10 9 (4.69%) Firewall Engineer
10 9 (4.69%) Presales Engineer
11 8 (4.17%) 2nd Line Support
11 8 (4.17%) IT Technician
12 7 (3.65%) Security Analyst
12 7 (3.65%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.04%) .NET
1 2 (1.04%) Flask
1 2 (1.04%) MDX
1 2 (1.04%) REST
1 2 (1.04%) SOAP
1 2 (1.04%) Web Services
2 1 (0.52%) J2EE
2 1 (0.52%) LDAP
2 1 (0.52%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.73%) Data Centre
2 8 (4.17%) Driving Licence
3 7 (3.65%) CCTV
3 7 (3.65%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.65%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (3.13%) Replication
5 5 (2.60%) NHS
5 5 (2.60%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.60%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.08%) IoT
6 4 (2.08%) PKI
6 4 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.04%) Clustering
7 2 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.52%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.52%) Life Science
8 1 (0.52%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.52%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 67 (34.90%) Windows
2 45 (23.44%) Windows Server
3 21 (10.94%) Linux
4 12 (6.25%) Windows 10
5 11 (5.73%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (5.21%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (3.13%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (2.60%) Mac OS
8 5 (2.60%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (2.08%) Unix
10 1 (0.52%) CentOS
10 1 (0.52%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (15.10%) Customer Service
1 29 (15.10%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (14.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 28 (14.58%) ITIL
3 22 (11.46%) Presales
4 21 (10.94%) Cybersecurity
5 20 (10.42%) Disaster Recovery
6 17 (8.85%) Information Security
7 14 (7.29%) Cryptography
7 14 (7.29%) Project Management
8 13 (6.77%) Information Management
9 12 (6.25%) Customer Requirements
9 12 (6.25%) Mentoring
10 11 (5.73%) Project Delivery
11 9 (4.69%) ITSM
11 9 (4.69%) Service Delivery
12 8 (4.17%) Client Onboarding
12 8 (4.17%) Infrastructure Management
12 8 (4.17%) Server Management
12 8 (4.17%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.29%) PowerShell
2 11 (5.73%) SQL
3 5 (2.60%) Python
4 2 (1.04%) Bash
4 2 (1.04%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.52%) C++
5 1 (0.52%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.52%) ProC
5 1 (0.52%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 38 (19.79%) Security Cleared
2 21 (10.94%) Cisco Certification
3 19 (9.90%) SC Cleared
4 18 (9.38%) Degree
5 16 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (7.29%) DV Cleared
7 13 (6.77%) CCNA
7 13 (6.77%) CCNP
8 10 (5.21%) Azure Certification
8 10 (5.21%) MCSA
9 7 (3.65%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (3.13%) MCSE
11 5 (2.60%) DBS Check
12 4 (2.08%) CCSE
12 4 (2.08%) CISA
12 4 (2.08%) CISM
12 4 (2.08%) CISSP
12 4 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (2.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 3 (1.56%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.81%) SLA
2 13 (6.77%) GDPR
3 8 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 68 (35.42%) Active Directory
2 26 (13.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (11.46%) Hyper-V
4 9 (4.69%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (4.69%) vSphere
5 4 (2.08%) Firmware
6 2 (1.04%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.52%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.52%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (15.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.17%) FortiGate
3 5 (2.60%) SCCM
4 4 (2.08%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.56%) Ansible
6 2 (1.04%) Aspera SmartTrack
6 2 (1.04%) WSUS
7 1 (0.52%) Iperf
7 1 (0.52%) MobiControl
7 1 (0.52%) Nmap
7 1 (0.52%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.52%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.52%) Puppet
7 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.52%) Terraform
7 1 (0.52%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 94 (48.96%) Microsoft
2 62 (32.29%) Cisco
3 33 (17.19%) Juniper
4 30 (15.63%) VMware
5 22 (11.46%) CheckPoint
5 22 (11.46%) Palo Alto
6 14 (7.29%) Blue Coat
6 14 (7.29%) Infoblox
6 14 (7.29%) Riverbed
7 12 (6.25%) Veeam
8 10 (5.21%) Aruba
9 8 (4.17%) Fortinet
9 8 (4.17%) Meraki
10 5 (2.60%) Dell
10 5 (2.60%) Sophos
11 4 (2.08%) Draytek
11 4 (2.08%) Google
12 3 (1.56%) Citrix
12 3 (1.56%) F5
12 3 (1.56%) HP