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 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 39 25
Rank change year-on-year -47 -14 +70
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 93 189 158
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.80% 4.56% 7.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.82% 27.31% 38.63%
Number of salaries quoted 62 126 123
10th Percentile £25,800 £28,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £37,625 £30,000 £35,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -2.56%
75th Percentile £66,875 £55,000 £65,750
90th Percentile £73,625 £73,125 £73,750
England median annual salary £45,285 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.74% -4.55% +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 673 692 409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 20.27% 16.68% 18.38%
Number of salaries quoted 260 351 286
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £30,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £50,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +16.28% -4.44%
75th Percentile £57,625 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.81% - -

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 October 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 20 October 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 +9 62 £53,000 +11.58% 27
Cambridgeshire -9 12 £58,750 +78.03% 15
Essex -13 10 £26,500 -45.36% 18
Suffolk -36 5 £40,000 -46.67% 5
Bedfordshire -1 4 £49,750 -7.44% 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 24 (25.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (7.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (10.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (5.38%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 66 (70.97%) Azure
2 53 (56.99%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (43.01%) Entra ID
4 13 (13.98%) Power Platform
5 11 (11.83%) PowerApps
6 9 (9.68%) Azure Logic Apps
6 9 (9.68%) IaaS
7 7 (7.53%) Power Automate
8 6 (6.45%) AWS
8 6 (6.45%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (6.45%) PaaS
9 5 (5.38%) SaaS
10 4 (4.30%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (3.23%) Google Workspace
12 2 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (2.15%) OneDrive
13 1 (1.08%) Azure AI
13 1 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (1.08%) Azure Key Vault
13 1 (1.08%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 36 (38.71%) VPN
2 27 (29.03%) DNS
3 22 (23.66%) WAN
4 20 (21.51%) DHCP
5 17 (18.28%) TCP/IP
6 16 (17.20%) LAN
7 9 (9.68%) Network Security
8 8 (8.60%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (7.53%) FTP
9 7 (7.53%) HTTP
9 7 (7.53%) IP Telephony
9 7 (7.53%) SAN
9 7 (7.53%) SMTP
9 7 (7.53%) VLAN
10 5 (5.38%) IPsec
11 4 (4.30%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (4.30%) Internet
11 4 (4.30%) NGFW
11 4 (4.30%) SSL
11 4 (4.30%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.38%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.15%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.08%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.08%) MySQL
3 1 (1.08%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (4.30%) JIRA
2 1 (1.08%) Git
2 1 (1.08%) GitLab
2 1 (1.08%) Visual Studio
General
1 30 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 9 (9.68%) Legal
3 6 (6.45%) Retail
4 4 (4.30%) Aerospace
4 4 (4.30%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.23%) Finance
6 2 (2.15%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.15%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.15%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.08%) Aviation
7 1 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.08%) Law
7 1 (1.08%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 27 (29.03%) Analyst
2 20 (21.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 18 (19.35%) 1st Line Support
4 17 (18.28%) Technical Support
5 16 (17.20%) 1st Line Support Analyst
5 16 (17.20%) Support Analyst
6 14 (15.05%) IT Support
7 12 (12.90%) 1st Line Technical Support
7 12 (12.90%) IT Engineer
7 12 (12.90%) Network Engineer
8 11 (11.83%) Administrator
8 11 (11.83%) IT Analyst
8 11 (11.83%) Technical Analyst
9 10 (10.75%) Senior
9 10 (10.75%) Technical Support Analyst
10 9 (9.68%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (8.60%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 8 (8.60%) IT Administrator
12 7 (7.53%) Support Engineer
13 6 (6.45%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.68%) LDAP
2 1 (1.08%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.08%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.75%) Data Centre
2 8 (8.60%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (6.45%) Client/Server
3 6 (6.45%) Driving Licence
3 6 (6.45%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.30%) Clustering
4 4 (4.30%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.23%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (3.23%) iPad
5 3 (3.23%) MISP
5 3 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.15%) Biopharmaceutical
6 2 (2.15%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.15%) PKI
7 1 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.08%) NHS
7 1 (1.08%) Smartcard
7 1 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 70 (75.27%) Windows
2 56 (60.22%) Windows Server
3 19 (20.43%) Mac OS
3 19 (20.43%) Windows Server 2019
4 10 (10.75%) Android
5 8 (8.60%) Linux
6 7 (7.53%) Windows 10
7 5 (5.38%) Apple iOS
8 3 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.08%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.08%) Windows 2000
9 1 (1.08%) Windows 8
9 1 (1.08%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (29.03%) Customer Service
2 25 (26.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 17 (18.28%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (17.20%) Preventative Maintenance
5 14 (15.05%) ITIL
6 12 (12.90%) Server Management
7 11 (11.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (11.83%) Incident Response
8 10 (10.75%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (10.75%) SIEM
9 8 (8.60%) ITSM
9 8 (8.60%) Security Operations
10 7 (7.53%) Malware Analysis
10 7 (7.53%) Roadmaps
11 6 (6.45%) Mentoring
11 6 (6.45%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 6 (6.45%) Proactive Monitoring
11 6 (6.45%) Service Delivery
11 6 (6.45%) Task Automation
11 6 (6.45%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 26 (27.96%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.30%) Bash
2 4 (4.30%) Python
3 2 (2.15%) Bicep
3 2 (2.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (21.51%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (20.43%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (20.43%) Security Cleared
3 18 (19.35%) CCNA
4 8 (8.60%) DBS Check
4 8 (8.60%) DV Cleared
4 8 (8.60%) SC Cleared
5 7 (7.53%) Azure Certification
5 7 (7.53%) Degree
6 6 (6.45%) CISM
7 5 (5.38%) CEH
7 5 (5.38%) CISSP
8 4 (4.30%) CCNP
8 4 (4.30%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (3.23%) MCDST
9 3 (3.23%) MCSE
10 2 (2.15%) CREST Certified
10 2 (2.15%) MCP
10 2 (2.15%) MCSA
11 1 (1.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (6.45%) PCI DSS
3 5 (5.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (5.38%) GDPR
3 5 (5.38%) NIST
4 2 (2.15%) GxP
4 2 (2.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.08%) NCSC
System Software
1 58 (62.37%) Active Directory
2 18 (19.35%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (12.90%) Hyper-V
4 8 (8.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (2.15%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (39.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (11.83%) SCCM
3 6 (6.45%) FortiGate
4 4 (4.30%) QRadar
5 3 (3.23%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (3.23%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (2.15%) Nagios
6 2 (2.15%) Nessus
7 1 (1.08%) Ansible
7 1 (1.08%) CASB
7 1 (1.08%) CSIRT
7 1 (1.08%) Endace
7 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (1.08%) NetBackup
7 1 (1.08%) Puppet
7 1 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (1.08%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (1.08%) WMI
7 1 (1.08%) WSUS
Vendors
1 79 (84.95%) Microsoft
2 19 (20.43%) Cisco
3 13 (13.98%) VMware
4 8 (8.60%) ServiceNow
5 7 (7.53%) Palo Alto
5 7 (7.53%) Splunk
6 6 (6.45%) Apple
7 5 (5.38%) Dell
7 5 (5.38%) Fortinet
7 5 (5.38%) Remedy
8 4 (4.30%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (3.23%) Google
9 3 (3.23%) Meraki
9 3 (3.23%) Nimble Storage
9 3 (3.23%) Okta
10 2 (2.15%) Blue Coat
10 2 (2.15%) CheckPoint
10 2 (2.15%) F5
10 2 (2.15%) Sophos
10 2 (2.15%) Veeam