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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 44 70
Rank change year-on-year -34 +26 -5
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 121 259 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 3.64% 4.04% 3.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.35% 24.39% 17.95%
Number of salaries quoted 95 244 136
10th Percentile £27,800 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £27,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.48% -2.35% -19.05%
75th Percentile £66,000 £48,750 £55,875
90th Percentile £71,500 £57,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -4.76%

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 843 1,062 1,053
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 25.38% 16.55% 21.09%
Number of salaries quoted 231 806 391
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,517 £29,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -15.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

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 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 2025. 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 -4 54 £62,000 +37.78% 138
Cambridgeshire +22 25 £47,500 +18.75% 84
Bedfordshire +1 16 £53,000 +135.56% 79
Suffolk -39 12 £50,000 +17.65% 33
Essex -4 7 £30,000 - 103
Norfolk -4 7 £32,000 +10.34% 34
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 30 (24.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (13.22%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.96%) Apache
4 3 (2.48%) IIS
4 3 (2.48%) nginx
5 1 (0.83%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.83%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 60 (49.59%) Azure
2 52 (42.98%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (32.23%) Entra ID
4 20 (16.53%) AWS
5 12 (9.92%) Power Platform
6 11 (9.09%) Azure Logic Apps
6 11 (9.09%) PowerApps
7 8 (6.61%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (6.61%) OneDrive
8 5 (4.13%) Mimecast
9 4 (3.31%) IaaS
10 3 (2.48%) Nutanix
10 3 (2.48%) PaaS
11 2 (1.65%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (1.65%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.65%) GCP
11 2 (1.65%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (0.83%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 43 (35.54%) VPN
2 36 (29.75%) DNS
3 31 (25.62%) LAN
3 31 (25.62%) WAN
4 30 (24.79%) TCP/IP
5 25 (20.66%) DHCP
6 20 (16.53%) Network Security
7 19 (15.70%) VLAN
8 15 (12.40%) HTTP
9 12 (9.92%) FTP
9 12 (9.92%) Internet
9 12 (9.92%) SMTP
10 11 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (7.44%) SD-WAN
12 7 (5.79%) NGFW
13 4 (3.31%) BGP
13 4 (3.31%) Intrusion Detection
13 4 (3.31%) SAN
14 3 (2.48%) Cisco Nexus
15 2 (1.65%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (11.57%) SQL Server
2 8 (6.61%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.65%) MySQL
4 1 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.83%) Big Data
4 1 (0.83%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.83%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.83%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.83%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (3.31%) GitLab
1 4 (3.31%) Jenkins
1 4 (3.31%) JIRA
2 3 (2.48%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (1.65%) Git
4 1 (0.83%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.83%) Subversion
General
1 36 (29.75%) Social Skills
2 14 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (4.13%) Aerospace
4 5 (4.13%) Legal
4 5 (4.13%) Retail
5 4 (3.31%) Aviation
5 4 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (3.31%) Finance
5 4 (3.31%) Local Government
6 2 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.83%) Back Office
7 1 (0.83%) Front Office
7 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 30 (24.79%) Analyst
2 25 (20.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 14 (11.57%) 2nd Line Support
3 14 (11.57%) IT Support
4 13 (10.74%) Support Analyst
5 12 (9.92%) Cloud Engineer
6 11 (9.09%) 1st Line Support
6 11 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
6 11 (9.09%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (9.09%) Lead
6 11 (9.09%) Senior
7 10 (8.26%) 1st Line Support Analyst
7 10 (8.26%) Network Engineer
7 10 (8.26%) Security Analyst
8 9 (7.44%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (7.44%) Technical Support
9 8 (6.61%) Administrator
9 8 (6.61%) Security Engineer
9 8 (6.61%) Systems Administrator
9 8 (6.61%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.40%) LDAP
2 1 (0.83%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.83%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.83%) SAML
2 1 (0.83%) ServiceStack
2 1 (0.83%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 23 (19.01%) Data Centre
2 19 (15.70%) Security Operations Centre
3 12 (9.92%) Client/Server
3 12 (9.92%) Driving Licence
4 9 (7.44%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (6.61%) Management Information System
6 7 (5.79%) Security Posture
7 4 (3.31%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (3.31%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.48%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.48%) MISP
9 2 (1.65%) Biopharmaceutical
9 2 (1.65%) PKI
9 2 (1.65%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.83%) Clustering
10 1 (0.83%) CSOC
10 1 (0.83%) NHS
10 1 (0.83%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.83%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 79 (65.29%) Windows
2 60 (49.59%) Windows Server
3 16 (13.22%) Linux
4 9 (7.44%) Mac OS
5 8 (6.61%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (3.31%) Windows 10
6 4 (3.31%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (2.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.65%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.83%) CentOS
9 1 (0.83%) Debian
9 1 (0.83%) Unix
9 1 (0.83%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (24.79%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (22.31%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (21.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 22 (18.18%) SIEM
5 19 (15.70%) ITIL
5 19 (15.70%) Security Operations
6 18 (14.88%) Malware Analysis
7 17 (14.05%) Customer Service
7 17 (14.05%) Incident Response
8 13 (10.74%) Cloud Security
9 12 (9.92%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 11 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
11 10 (8.26%) ITSM
11 10 (8.26%) Line Management
11 10 (8.26%) Performance Optimisation
11 10 (8.26%) Reverse Engineering
11 10 (8.26%) Vulnerability Management
12 9 (7.44%) Mentoring
12 9 (7.44%) People Management
12 9 (7.44%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 23 (19.01%) PowerShell
2 19 (15.70%) Bash
3 18 (14.88%) Python
4 6 (4.96%) C++
4 6 (4.96%) Perl
5 5 (4.13%) SQL
6 4 (3.31%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.83%) Bicep
7 1 (0.83%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (15.70%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (14.88%) Security Cleared
3 12 (9.92%) DV Cleared
4 9 (7.44%) Degree
4 9 (7.44%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.13%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (4.13%) CISM
5 5 (4.13%) CISSP
5 5 (4.13%) CREST Certified
6 4 (3.31%) CCNA
6 4 (3.31%) CEH
6 4 (3.31%) GIAC
6 4 (3.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (2.48%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.65%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.65%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.65%) MCSA
8 2 (1.65%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.83%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.83%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (4.96%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (4.96%) NIST
3 4 (3.31%) NCSC
3 4 (3.31%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.65%) GDPR
4 2 (1.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.83%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.83%) SLA
System Software
1 65 (53.72%) Active Directory
2 16 (13.22%) Hyper-V
3 12 (9.92%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (7.44%) Docker
6 4 (3.31%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.65%) Firmware
7 2 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.83%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.83%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (9.92%) Ansible
3 11 (9.09%) QRadar
4 6 (4.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (4.13%) FortiGate
5 5 (4.13%) Kubernetes
5 5 (4.13%) Nessus
6 4 (3.31%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (3.31%) Puppet
7 3 (2.48%) Graylog
7 3 (2.48%) Nagios
7 3 (2.48%) Rundeck
7 3 (2.48%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.65%) SCCM
8 2 (1.65%) Terraform
9 1 (0.83%) Avamar
9 1 (0.83%) CASB
9 1 (0.83%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.83%) Grafana
9 1 (0.83%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 77 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 15 (12.40%) Cisco
3 13 (10.74%) Splunk
4 12 (9.92%) Citrix
5 11 (9.09%) VMware
6 10 (8.26%) Palo Alto
7 6 (4.96%) WatchGuard
8 5 (4.13%) Fortinet
9 4 (3.31%) Qualys
9 4 (3.31%) Tenable
10 3 (2.48%) Aruba
10 3 (2.48%) Dell
10 3 (2.48%) Juniper
10 3 (2.48%) NetApp
10 3 (2.48%) PagerDuty
10 3 (2.48%) Pure Storage
10 3 (2.48%) SolarWinds
11 2 (1.65%) Google
11 2 (1.65%) Okta
11 2 (1.65%) ServiceNow