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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 40 40
Rank change year-on-year -27 0 +53
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 114 153 256
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.17% 5.41% 4.80%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.68% 32.97% 26.72%
Number of salaries quoted 76 124 238
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,500 £24,925
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,000 £27,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,970 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.73% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £71,563 £63,750 £48,438
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £56,625
England median annual salary £49,000 £53,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.98% +6.50% -3.85%

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 727 464 958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 13.83% 16.41% 17.96%
Number of salaries quoted 249 261 748
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £24,830
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,561 £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 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £42,039 £53,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -20.68% +9.28% -4.98%

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 16 March 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 16 March 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 -20 48 £55,000 -12.00% 24
Cambridgeshire -17 24 £67,500 +45.95% 9
Suffolk -1 15 £40,000 -11.11% 9
Essex -10 13 £35,000 -15.15% 5
Bedfordshire +22 8 £27,000 -48.57% 10
Norfolk -26 6 £35,000 +25.00% 3
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 25 (21.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (10.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (4.39%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 73 (64.04%) Microsoft 365
2 72 (63.16%) Azure
3 35 (30.70%) Entra ID
4 9 (7.89%) AWS
5 8 (7.02%) Azure Logic Apps
6 7 (6.14%) IaaS
6 7 (6.14%) PaaS
7 6 (5.26%) OneDrive
7 6 (5.26%) Power Automate
7 6 (5.26%) Power Platform
7 6 (5.26%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.75%) SaaS
9 1 (0.88%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.88%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.88%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 38 (33.33%) VPN
2 31 (27.19%) DNS
3 30 (26.32%) WAN
4 29 (25.44%) LAN
5 26 (22.81%) DHCP
6 21 (18.42%) TCP/IP
7 20 (17.54%) VLAN
8 14 (12.28%) Network Security
9 9 (7.89%) Wireless
10 7 (6.14%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (5.26%) OSPF
11 6 (5.26%) WLAN
12 5 (4.39%) EIGRP
12 5 (4.39%) IMAP
12 5 (4.39%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (4.39%) POP3
12 5 (4.39%) SAN
12 5 (4.39%) SMTP
12 5 (4.39%) Wireshark
13 4 (3.51%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.02%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (4.39%) JIRA
2 1 (0.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 52 (45.61%) Social Skills
2 10 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (6.14%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (5.26%) Legal
5 6 (5.26%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.39%) Finance
6 5 (4.39%) Retail
7 2 (1.75%) Marketing
8 1 (0.88%) Law
8 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (37.72%) IT Support
2 27 (23.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 26 (22.81%) Support Engineer
4 25 (21.93%) Senior
5 20 (17.54%) IT Engineer
5 20 (17.54%) IT Support Engineer
6 19 (16.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 19 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
6 19 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 15 (13.16%) Network Engineer
8 14 (12.28%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (9.65%) 1st Line Support
9 11 (9.65%) Analyst
10 10 (8.77%) Administrator
10 10 (8.77%) Infrastructure Support
10 10 (8.77%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 10 (8.77%) IT Administrator
11 9 (7.89%) Lead
12 8 (7.02%) IT Support Specialist
12 8 (7.02%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.65%) Driving Licence
2 6 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (5.26%) Security Posture
3 5 (4.39%) Data Centre
3 5 (4.39%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (3.51%) Blog
4 4 (3.51%) Client/Server
4 4 (3.51%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.51%) Cloud Security Posture
4 4 (3.51%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 4 (3.51%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.51%) PKI
5 2 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.88%) CCTV
6 1 (0.88%) Clustering
6 1 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.88%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.88%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 79 (69.30%) Windows
2 56 (49.12%) Windows Server
3 14 (12.28%) Windows Server 2016
4 13 (11.40%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (8.77%) Windows 10
6 6 (5.26%) Apple iOS
7 5 (4.39%) Android
8 4 (3.51%) Mac OS
8 4 (3.51%) VMS
9 3 (2.63%) Linux
10 1 (0.88%) Windows 2000
10 1 (0.88%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.88%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (37.72%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (30.70%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (25.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 15 (13.16%) Mentoring
5 13 (11.40%) AI
5 13 (11.40%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (9.65%) Asset Management
7 11 (9.65%) ITIL
7 11 (9.65%) Network Monitoring
7 11 (9.65%) Service Delivery
8 9 (7.89%) Customer Service
8 9 (7.89%) Roadmaps
9 7 (6.14%) Cloud Security
9 7 (6.14%) ERP
9 7 (6.14%) Network Design
9 7 (6.14%) Network Virtualisation
10 6 (5.26%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (5.26%) Network Management
10 6 (5.26%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (17.54%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.75%) Python
3 1 (0.88%) Bash
3 1 (0.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (19.30%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (18.42%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 18 (15.79%) CCNA
5 14 (12.28%) CCNP
6 9 (7.89%) Azure Certification
7 8 (7.02%) DBS Check
7 8 (7.02%) SC Cleared
8 6 (5.26%) DV Cleared
9 5 (4.39%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (3.51%) Degree
10 4 (3.51%) MCDST
11 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (1.75%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (1.75%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (1.75%) GSEC
12 2 (1.75%) MCSE
13 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.88%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.26%) GRC
2 5 (4.39%) GDPR
2 5 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 4 (3.51%) JSP 440
3 4 (3.51%) NCSC
3 4 (3.51%) NIST
3 4 (3.51%) PCI DSS
3 4 (3.51%) SLA
System Software
1 62 (54.39%) Active Directory
2 19 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
3 18 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (10.53%) Hyper-V
5 5 (4.39%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (3.51%) vSphere
7 1 (0.88%) Docker
7 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 25 (21.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (3.51%) SolarWinds Orion
2 4 (3.51%) vCenter Server
3 3 (2.63%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.88%) Ansible
4 1 (0.88%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 1 (0.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 91 (79.82%) Microsoft
2 29 (25.44%) VMware
3 23 (20.18%) Cisco
4 12 (10.53%) Fortinet
5 10 (8.77%) Palo Alto
6 9 (7.89%) SolarWinds
7 6 (5.26%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (4.39%) Apple
8 5 (4.39%) Aruba
8 5 (4.39%) ServiceNow
8 5 (4.39%) Sophos
9 4 (3.51%) Freshdesk
9 4 (3.51%) Juniper
10 3 (2.63%) CheckPoint
10 3 (2.63%) Citrix
10 3 (2.63%) Meraki
11 2 (1.75%) Blue Coat
11 2 (1.75%) F5
12 1 (0.88%) Google
12 1 (0.88%) Qualys