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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 83 43
Rank change year-on-year +13 -40 -6
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 167 108 174
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.14% 3.14% 3.90%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.93% 15.58% 27.97%
Number of salaries quoted 131 79 132
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £27,150
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,125 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £55,000 £66,000 £53,125
90th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £66,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -3.05%

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 598 693 622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.67% 20.15% 13.93%
Number of salaries quoted 416 270 402
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -15.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,250 £62,188
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £74,875
England median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -3.85%

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 6 September 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 6 September 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 -31 60 £47,500 -13.64% 11
Cambridgeshire +4 42 £42,500 -15.00% 12
Essex -12 24 £35,000 +16.67% 16
Bedfordshire +3 19 £36,500 -32.41% 2
Norfolk - 13 £43,750 - 2
Suffolk +13 9 £55,000 +10.00%
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 46 (27.54%) SharePoint
2 45 (26.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (4.19%) WordPress
4 3 (1.80%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (7.19%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.80%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 109 (65.27%) Microsoft 365
2 76 (45.51%) Azure
3 73 (43.71%) Entra ID
4 16 (9.58%) OneDrive
5 13 (7.78%) AWS
6 7 (4.19%) Google Ads
7 4 (2.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (2.40%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (2.40%) Azure Storage
8 3 (1.80%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.20%) GCP
10 1 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.60%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 62 (37.13%) VPN
2 50 (29.94%) DNS
3 40 (23.95%) TCP/IP
4 38 (22.75%) DHCP
5 26 (15.57%) WAN
6 25 (14.97%) LAN
7 24 (14.37%) Wireless
8 21 (12.57%) Wi-Fi
9 17 (10.18%) Network Security
10 14 (8.38%) Internet
11 13 (7.78%) VLAN
12 11 (6.59%) VoIP
13 7 (4.19%) FTP
13 7 (4.19%) HTTP
13 7 (4.19%) SMTP
14 5 (2.99%) NAS
15 4 (2.40%) DMZ
15 4 (2.40%) Intrusion Detection
16 3 (1.80%) BGP
16 3 (1.80%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.99%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.60%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.80%) JIRA
General
1 70 (41.92%) Social Skills
2 14 (8.38%) Retail
3 13 (7.78%) Finance
4 12 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.19%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (6.59%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (5.99%) Telecoms
7 7 (4.19%) Aerospace
7 7 (4.19%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.99%) Law
9 4 (2.40%) Legal
9 4 (2.40%) Marketing
10 3 (1.80%) Games
10 3 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.20%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.60%) Electronics
12 1 (0.60%) Local Government
12 1 (0.60%) Police
Job Titles
1 45 (26.95%) IT Support
2 42 (25.15%) IT Engineer
3 30 (17.96%) Support Engineer
4 25 (14.97%) IT Support Engineer
5 21 (12.57%) Analyst
6 16 (9.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (8.98%) Network Engineer
8 10 (5.99%) Consultant
8 10 (5.99%) IT Support Specialist
8 10 (5.99%) Support Specialist
8 10 (5.99%) Support Technician
9 9 (5.39%) Security Analyst
9 9 (5.39%) Security Engineer
10 8 (4.79%) Administrator
10 8 (4.79%) Senior
10 8 (4.79%) Systems Administrator
11 7 (4.19%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 7 (4.19%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (4.19%) SOC Analyst
11 7 (4.19%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.19%) LDAP
2 4 (2.40%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 26 (15.57%) Driving Licence
2 24 (14.37%) Onboarding
3 15 (8.98%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (6.59%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (5.99%) Security Posture
6 9 (5.39%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (4.79%) CCTV
7 8 (4.79%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (4.19%) Client/Server
9 5 (2.99%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.99%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (2.40%) Blog
10 4 (2.40%) Cloud Native
10 4 (2.40%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (2.40%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (2.40%) Management Information System
10 4 (2.40%) PKI
10 4 (2.40%) Social Network
11 3 (1.80%) FMCG
12 2 (1.20%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 96 (57.49%) Windows
2 62 (37.13%) Windows Server
3 21 (12.57%) Linux
4 11 (6.59%) Mac OS
5 10 (5.99%) Windows 10
6 7 (4.19%) Apple iOS
7 4 (2.40%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.60%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.60%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (43.71%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (42.51%) Cybersecurity
3 43 (25.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 36 (21.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 32 (19.16%) Customer Service
5 32 (19.16%) SIEM
6 27 (16.17%) Disaster Recovery
7 19 (11.38%) AI
8 17 (10.18%) ITIL
9 15 (8.98%) Collaborative Culture
10 14 (8.38%) Cloud Security
10 14 (8.38%) Root Cause Analysis
10 14 (8.38%) Security Operations
10 14 (8.38%) Service Delivery
11 13 (7.78%) Mentoring
11 13 (7.78%) Vulnerability Management
12 12 (7.19%) Antivirus Management
12 12 (7.19%) Incident Response
12 12 (7.19%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 11 (6.59%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 37 (22.16%) PowerShell
2 16 (9.58%) SQL
3 8 (4.79%) Python
4 7 (4.19%) Bash
5 6 (3.59%) C++
5 6 (3.59%) Perl
6 4 (2.40%) Bicep
7 1 (0.60%) C#
7 1 (0.60%) VB
Qualifications
1 33 (19.76%) Degree
2 22 (13.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (11.38%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (10.78%) CompTIA Security+
5 17 (10.18%) Security Cleared
6 14 (8.38%) CCNA
6 14 (8.38%) CCNP
7 11 (6.59%) CEH
8 10 (5.99%) Azure Certification
8 10 (5.99%) SC Cleared
9 9 (5.39%) DV Cleared
10 6 (3.59%) CREST Certified
11 5 (2.99%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (2.40%) CISSP
13 3 (1.80%) A+ Certification
13 3 (1.80%) CCDP
13 3 (1.80%) CISM
13 3 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.80%) DBS Check
14 2 (1.20%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (13.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (12.57%) SLA
3 11 (6.59%) GDPR
4 8 (4.79%) GRC
5 7 (4.19%) PCI DSS
5 7 (4.19%) QA
6 6 (3.59%) NIST
7 5 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 4 (2.40%) JSP 440
8 4 (2.40%) NCSC
9 2 (1.20%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 84 (50.30%) Active Directory
2 44 (26.35%) Hyper-V
3 27 (16.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (4.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (3.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (3.59%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (3.59%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (1.80%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.80%) VMware Server
7 2 (1.20%) BitLocker
7 2 (1.20%) Firmware
7 2 (1.20%) vSphere
8 1 (0.60%) Docker
8 1 (0.60%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 32 (19.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.19%) Proxmox
3 6 (3.59%) QRadar
4 5 (2.99%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.60%) Podman
Vendors
1 120 (71.86%) Microsoft
2 30 (17.96%) Cisco
2 30 (17.96%) VMware
3 14 (8.38%) Apple
3 14 (8.38%) Meraki
4 11 (6.59%) Fortinet
4 11 (6.59%) Splunk
5 10 (5.99%) SonicWALL
5 10 (5.99%) Sophos
6 9 (5.39%) Google
7 8 (4.79%) Ubiquiti
8 4 (2.40%) Aruba
8 4 (2.40%) Draytek
8 4 (2.40%) Freshdesk
8 4 (2.40%) Juniper
8 4 (2.40%) Veeam
9 3 (1.80%) Adobe
9 3 (1.80%) Forcepoint
9 3 (1.80%) Ruckus Wireless
9 3 (1.80%) WatchGuard