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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 40 44
Rank change year-on-year -37 +4 +42
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 116 139 256
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.97% 5.38% 4.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.06% 41.37% 25.91%
Number of salaries quoted 80 121 240
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,500 £24,975
25th Percentile £35,563 £30,000 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,250 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.26% +18.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £64,688 £66,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £75,750 £75,000 £55,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +8.16% -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 770 336 988
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 13.10% 13.00% 17.20%
Number of salaries quoted 276 264 762
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £24,856
25th Percentile £30,500 £33,024 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £52,387 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.87% +10.29% -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 7 April 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 7 April 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 -24 45 £55,000 -12.00% 19
Cambridgeshire -24 24 £67,500 +42.11% 9
Essex -14 17 £35,000 +16.67% 6
Suffolk +6 13 £40,000 -11.11% 7
Bedfordshire +8 11 £40,000 -27.27% 6
Norfolk -28 6 £35,000 +25.00% 4
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 27 (23.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (12.93%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (4.31%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 74 (63.79%) Microsoft 365
2 63 (54.31%) Azure
3 41 (35.34%) Entra ID
4 9 (7.76%) AWS
5 7 (6.03%) OneDrive
6 6 (5.17%) IaaS
6 6 (5.17%) PaaS
7 5 (4.31%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (2.59%) Power Automate
8 3 (2.59%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.59%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.72%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.86%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.86%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.86%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (30.17%) VPN
2 30 (25.86%) DNS
3 29 (25.00%) WAN
4 28 (24.14%) LAN
5 24 (20.69%) DHCP
6 20 (17.24%) TCP/IP
7 18 (15.52%) VLAN
8 16 (13.79%) Network Security
9 14 (12.07%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (7.76%) Wireless
11 5 (4.31%) EIGRP
11 5 (4.31%) IMAP
11 5 (4.31%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (4.31%) OSPF
11 5 (4.31%) POP3
11 5 (4.31%) SAN
11 5 (4.31%) SD-WAN
11 5 (4.31%) SMTP
11 5 (4.31%) VoIP
11 5 (4.31%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.90%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.72%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.86%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (4.31%) JIRA
General
1 49 (42.24%) Social Skills
2 15 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (7.76%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (6.90%) Public Sector
4 8 (6.90%) Retail
4 8 (6.90%) Telecoms
5 5 (4.31%) Finance
6 4 (3.45%) Marketing
7 3 (2.59%) Law
7 3 (2.59%) Legal
8 2 (1.72%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.86%) Police
Job Titles
1 41 (35.34%) IT Support
2 28 (24.14%) Support Engineer
3 24 (20.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 24 (20.69%) IT Engineer
4 22 (18.97%) IT Support Engineer
5 21 (18.10%) Senior
6 19 (16.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 19 (16.38%) 2nd Line Support
6 19 (16.38%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 15 (12.93%) Network Engineer
8 11 (9.48%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (8.62%) Infrastructure Support
9 10 (8.62%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 9 (7.76%) Analyst
10 9 (7.76%) Lead
11 8 (6.90%) 1st Line Support
11 8 (6.90%) Administrator
11 8 (6.90%) Consultant
11 8 (6.90%) IT Administrator
12 7 (6.03%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.48%) Driving Licence
2 8 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 7 (6.03%) Security Posture
4 5 (4.31%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.45%) Blog
5 4 (3.45%) Client/Server
5 4 (3.45%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.45%) Cloud Security Posture
5 4 (3.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 4 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.45%) PKI
6 3 (2.59%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.59%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.59%) Social Network
7 2 (1.72%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.72%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.86%) Clustering
8 1 (0.86%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.86%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 71 (61.21%) Windows
2 48 (41.38%) Windows Server
3 14 (12.07%) Windows Server 2016
4 10 (8.62%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (7.76%) Windows 10
6 4 (3.45%) Linux
6 4 (3.45%) VMS
7 3 (2.59%) Apple iOS
7 3 (2.59%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.72%) Android
9 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (43.10%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (37.93%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (24.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 17 (14.66%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (14.66%) Mentoring
5 15 (12.93%) ITIL
6 14 (12.07%) Asset Management
6 14 (12.07%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (9.48%) Network Monitoring
7 11 (9.48%) Service Delivery
8 10 (8.62%) AI
9 9 (7.76%) Cloud Security
9 9 (7.76%) Network Design
10 8 (6.90%) Disaster Recovery
10 8 (6.90%) ERP
10 8 (6.90%) Risk Management
10 8 (6.90%) Roadmaps
11 6 (5.17%) Runbook
11 6 (5.17%) Time Management
12 5 (4.31%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 22 (18.97%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.72%) Python
3 1 (0.86%) Bash
3 1 (0.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (21.55%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (20.69%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (17.24%) CCNA
4 16 (13.79%) Security Cleared
5 14 (12.07%) CCNP
6 9 (7.76%) Azure Certification
7 8 (6.90%) DBS Check
7 8 (6.90%) Degree
8 7 (6.03%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (5.17%) SC Cleared
10 5 (4.31%) DV Cleared
11 4 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (3.45%) CISSP
12 3 (2.59%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (2.59%) MCDST
12 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (1.72%) CEH
13 2 (1.72%) CompTIA CySA+
13 2 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (1.72%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.90%) GRC
2 5 (4.31%) GDPR
2 5 (4.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 4 (3.45%) JSP 440
3 4 (3.45%) NCSC
3 4 (3.45%) NIST
3 4 (3.45%) PCI DSS
3 4 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 62 (53.45%) Active Directory
2 16 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (12.93%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (10.34%) Hyper-V
5 5 (4.31%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (3.45%) vSphere
7 1 (0.86%) Docker
7 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 22 (18.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (3.45%) SolarWinds Orion
2 4 (3.45%) vCenter Server
3 2 (1.72%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.86%) Ansible
4 1 (0.86%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.86%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.86%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 1 (0.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 84 (72.41%) Microsoft
2 24 (20.69%) Cisco
2 24 (20.69%) VMware
3 12 (10.34%) Fortinet
4 9 (7.76%) SolarWinds
5 8 (6.90%) Palo Alto
6 7 (6.03%) Sophos
7 6 (5.17%) Apple
7 6 (5.17%) Aruba
7 6 (5.17%) Meraki
8 5 (4.31%) Juniper
8 5 (4.31%) ServiceNow
9 4 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (3.45%) Freshdesk
10 3 (2.59%) CheckPoint
10 3 (2.59%) Citrix
11 2 (1.72%) Adobe
11 2 (1.72%) Blue Coat
11 2 (1.72%) F5
11 2 (1.72%) Synology