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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 73 48
Rank change year-on-year +9 -25 +15
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 143 116 269
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.26% 3.77% 3.86%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.60% 18.47% 25.35%
Number of salaries quoted 100 90 243
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,063 £27,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +20.48% -2.35%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,438 £48,750
90th Percentile £65,250 £70,000 £58,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +3.09% -3.00%

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 500 628 1,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.92% 20.44% 15.24%
Number of salaries quoted 315 223 817
10th Percentile £26,225 £28,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,739 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% - +4.29%
75th Percentile £55,625 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,000 £68,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -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 20 June 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 June 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 -28 45 £50,000 -19.35% 19
Cambridgeshire -12 31 £49,000 +3.16% 8
Essex 0 25 £33,750 +12.50% 4
Bedfordshire +17 20 £34,000 -35.85% 5
Suffolk +21 12 £43,870 -12.26% 2
Norfolk -18 10 £30,000 -6.25% 5
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 31 (21.68%) SharePoint
2 29 (20.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.80%) WordPress
4 3 (2.10%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.50%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 85 (59.44%) Microsoft 365
2 66 (46.15%) Azure
3 60 (41.96%) Entra ID
4 17 (11.89%) AWS
5 10 (6.99%) OneDrive
6 4 (2.80%) Google Ads
6 4 (2.80%) IaaS
6 4 (2.80%) PaaS
7 3 (2.10%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.70%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 55 (38.46%) VPN
2 36 (25.17%) DNS
3 27 (18.88%) DHCP
3 27 (18.88%) LAN
4 26 (18.18%) WAN
5 24 (16.78%) TCP/IP
6 20 (13.99%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (11.19%) VLAN
8 14 (9.79%) Network Security
9 13 (9.09%) VoIP
10 11 (7.69%) Wireless
11 9 (6.29%) Internet
12 7 (4.90%) FTP
12 7 (4.90%) HTTP
12 7 (4.90%) SMTP
13 6 (4.20%) DMZ
14 4 (2.80%) WLAN
15 3 (2.10%) NAS
16 2 (1.40%) Ethernet
16 2 (1.40%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.50%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.80%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (3.50%) JIRA
General
1 54 (37.76%) Social Skills
2 16 (11.19%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (11.19%) Telecoms
3 15 (10.49%) Documentation Skills
4 11 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.29%) Retail
6 8 (5.59%) Finance
6 8 (5.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (5.59%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (4.90%) Aerospace
8 4 (2.80%) Law
8 4 (2.80%) Marketing
9 3 (2.10%) Games
9 3 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.40%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.70%) Electronics
11 1 (0.70%) Local Government
11 1 (0.70%) Police
Job Titles
1 43 (30.07%) IT Support
2 36 (25.17%) IT Engineer
3 32 (22.38%) Support Engineer
4 27 (18.88%) IT Support Engineer
5 23 (16.08%) Analyst
6 19 (13.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (10.49%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 15 (10.49%) 2nd Line Support
7 15 (10.49%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 13 (9.09%) Network Engineer
9 12 (8.39%) Senior
10 11 (7.69%) Administrator
10 11 (7.69%) Systems Administrator
11 10 (6.99%) Consultant
11 10 (6.99%) Infrastructure Support
11 10 (6.99%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 8 (5.59%) 1st Line Support
12 8 (5.59%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (5.59%) Lead
12 8 (5.59%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.90%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.49%) Driving Licence
2 13 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 9 (6.29%) Client/Server
3 9 (6.29%) Security Operations Centre
3 9 (6.29%) Security Posture
4 6 (4.20%) Blog
4 6 (4.20%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.20%) Cloud Security Posture
4 6 (4.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 6 (4.20%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (4.20%) PKI
5 4 (2.80%) CCTV
5 4 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.80%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.80%) Social Network
6 3 (2.10%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.10%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.40%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.40%) FMCG
8 1 (0.70%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 70 (48.95%) Windows
2 48 (33.57%) Windows Server
3 14 (9.79%) Linux
3 14 (9.79%) Windows 10
4 10 (6.99%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (5.59%) Mac OS
5 8 (5.59%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (3.50%) Apple iOS
7 4 (2.80%) VMS
8 1 (0.70%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.70%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (44.76%) Cybersecurity
1 64 (44.76%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 30 (20.98%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (14.69%) SIEM
5 19 (13.29%) AI
5 19 (13.29%) Customer Service
6 18 (12.59%) Disaster Recovery
7 16 (11.19%) Asset Management
7 16 (11.19%) ITIL
8 13 (9.09%) Mentoring
8 13 (9.09%) Use Case
9 11 (7.69%) Cloud Security
9 11 (7.69%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 10 (6.99%) Antivirus Management
10 10 (6.99%) Risk Management
10 10 (6.99%) Service Delivery
10 10 (6.99%) Virtual Environments
10 10 (6.99%) Vulnerability Management
11 9 (6.29%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 33 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 11 (7.69%) SQL
3 7 (4.90%) Bash
3 7 (4.90%) Python
4 6 (4.20%) C++
4 6 (4.20%) Perl
5 1 (0.70%) C#
5 1 (0.70%) VB
Qualifications
1 29 (20.28%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (16.78%) Degree
2 24 (16.78%) Security Cleared
3 17 (11.89%) CCNA
3 17 (11.89%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (11.89%) CompTIA Security+
4 13 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 11 (7.69%) CCNP
5 11 (7.69%) CEH
6 9 (6.29%) Azure Certification
6 9 (6.29%) DV Cleared
7 6 (4.20%) CREST Certified
7 6 (4.20%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.80%) CISSP
9 3 (2.10%) A+ Certification
9 3 (2.10%) CISM
9 3 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.10%) MCDST
9 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (8.39%) SLA
3 10 (6.99%) GRC
4 9 (6.29%) GDPR
4 9 (6.29%) PCI DSS
5 8 (5.59%) NIST
6 6 (4.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 6 (4.20%) JSP 440
6 6 (4.20%) NCSC
7 4 (2.80%) QA
System Software
1 69 (48.25%) Active Directory
2 30 (20.98%) Hyper-V
3 22 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (4.20%) vSphere
6 5 (3.50%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (2.80%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (1.40%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.70%) Docker
9 1 (0.70%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 20 (13.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.20%) QRadar
3 5 (3.50%) Proxmox
4 4 (2.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (2.80%) SolarWinds Orion
4 4 (2.80%) vCenter Server
5 2 (1.40%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.70%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.70%) Podman
Vendors
1 106 (74.13%) Microsoft
2 27 (18.88%) Cisco
3 25 (17.48%) VMware
4 12 (8.39%) Fortinet
4 12 (8.39%) Meraki
4 12 (8.39%) Sophos
5 10 (6.99%) Apple
6 8 (5.59%) Splunk
7 7 (4.90%) Aruba
8 6 (4.20%) Palo Alto
9 5 (3.50%) Freshdesk
10 4 (2.80%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (2.80%) Google
10 4 (2.80%) SolarWinds
10 4 (2.80%) SonicWALL
11 3 (2.10%) Adobe
11 3 (2.10%) Citrix
11 3 (2.10%) Synology
11 3 (2.10%) Ubiquiti
12 2 (1.40%) CheckPoint