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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 44 23
Rank change year-on-year -14 -21 +72
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 105 187 154
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 3.29% 4.44% 7.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.65% 27.14% 39.59%
Number of salaries quoted 75 124 123
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,125 £27,300
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,000 £35,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,213 £43,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.66% -8.42% +5.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,375 £73,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -

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 394 689 389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 12.33% 16.34% 18.37%
Number of salaries quoted 299 342 273
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,550 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,188 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £52,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.96% +17.22% +3.45%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,500 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £53,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year -25.23% +2.88% -0.95%

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 November 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 7 November 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 +16 67 £53,000 +6.00% 57
Cambridgeshire -11 15 £50,000 +51.52% 21
Essex -7 13 £26,500 -43.92% 15
Suffolk -32 6 £40,000 -46.67% 5
Bedfordshire +14 4 £47,500 -5.00% 10
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 30 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (10.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (4.76%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 78 (74.29%) Azure
2 69 (65.71%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (42.86%) Entra ID
4 13 (12.38%) Power Platform
5 11 (10.48%) Azure Logic Apps
5 11 (10.48%) PowerApps
6 10 (9.52%) IaaS
7 7 (6.67%) PaaS
7 7 (6.67%) Power Automate
8 6 (5.71%) AWS
8 6 (5.71%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (5.71%) OneDrive
9 5 (4.76%) SaaS
10 4 (3.81%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (3.81%) Google Workspace
11 3 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.95%) Azure AI
12 1 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.95%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 34 (32.38%) VPN
2 28 (26.67%) DNS
3 21 (20.00%) DHCP
3 21 (20.00%) WAN
4 18 (17.14%) TCP/IP
5 13 (12.38%) LAN
6 10 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (7.62%) Network Security
7 8 (7.62%) SAN
8 7 (6.67%) IP Telephony
8 7 (6.67%) VLAN
9 6 (5.71%) SD-WAN
10 5 (4.76%) IPsec
11 4 (3.81%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (3.81%) FTP
11 4 (3.81%) HTTP
11 4 (3.81%) SMTP
11 4 (3.81%) SSL
11 4 (3.81%) WLAN
12 3 (2.86%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.71%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (3.81%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.95%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.95%) MySQL
3 1 (0.95%) Power BI
3 1 (0.95%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (6.67%) JIRA
2 1 (0.95%) Git
2 1 (0.95%) GitLab
2 1 (0.95%) Visual Studio
General
1 35 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 10 (9.52%) Legal
3 6 (5.71%) Retail
4 4 (3.81%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.86%) Finance
6 2 (1.90%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (1.90%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.90%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.95%) Law
Job Titles
1 29 (27.62%) Analyst
2 24 (22.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 21 (20.00%) IT Support
4 18 (17.14%) 1st Line Support
4 18 (17.14%) IT Engineer
5 17 (16.19%) Technical Support
6 16 (15.24%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 16 (15.24%) Support Analyst
7 14 (13.33%) Senior
8 13 (12.38%) Support Engineer
9 12 (11.43%) 1st Line Technical Support
9 12 (11.43%) IT Analyst
9 12 (11.43%) Network Engineer
10 11 (10.48%) Administrator
10 11 (10.48%) Technical Analyst
11 10 (9.52%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (9.52%) Technical Support Analyst
12 9 (8.57%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (7.62%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 8 (7.62%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.67%) LDAP
2 1 (0.95%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.95%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.48%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.71%) Driving Licence
2 6 (5.71%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.76%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (3.81%) Client/Server
4 4 (3.81%) Clustering
4 4 (3.81%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.86%) iPad
5 3 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.90%) Biopharmaceutical
6 2 (1.90%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.90%) MISP
6 2 (1.90%) PKI
6 2 (1.90%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.95%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.95%) NHS
7 1 (0.95%) Smartcard
7 1 (0.95%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 83 (79.05%) Windows
2 67 (63.81%) Windows Server
3 21 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 20 (19.05%) Mac OS
5 10 (9.52%) Android
6 9 (8.57%) Linux
7 7 (6.67%) Windows 10
8 5 (4.76%) Apple iOS
8 5 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.95%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.95%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.95%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.95%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (27.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 27 (25.71%) Customer Service
3 22 (20.95%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (15.24%) ITIL
4 16 (15.24%) Preventative Maintenance
4 16 (15.24%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (11.43%) Server Management
7 11 (10.48%) Incident Response
8 10 (9.52%) Service Delivery
9 9 (8.57%) ITSM
9 9 (8.57%) Roadmaps
9 9 (8.57%) SIEM
10 8 (7.62%) Technology Roadmap
11 6 (5.71%) Change Control
11 6 (5.71%) Cost Reduction
11 6 (5.71%) Network Virtualisation
11 6 (5.71%) Proactive Monitoring
11 6 (5.71%) Task Automation
11 6 (5.71%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.76%) Python
3 3 (2.86%) Bash
4 2 (1.90%) Bicep
4 2 (1.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (20.95%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (19.05%) Cisco Certification
3 19 (18.10%) CCNA
4 15 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 8 (7.62%) DBS Check
5 8 (7.62%) SC Cleared
6 7 (6.67%) Azure Certification
7 6 (5.71%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (5.71%) Degree
7 6 (5.71%) DV Cleared
8 5 (4.76%) CCNP
9 4 (3.81%) CEH
9 4 (3.81%) CISM
10 3 (2.86%) CISSP
10 3 (2.86%) MCDST
10 3 (2.86%) MCSE
11 2 (1.90%) GSEC
11 2 (1.90%) MCP
11 2 (1.90%) MCSA
11 2 (1.90%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (5.71%) PCI DSS
2 5 (4.76%) GDPR
3 4 (3.81%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (3.81%) NIST
4 2 (1.90%) GxP
4 2 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 69 (65.71%) Active Directory
2 20 (19.05%) Virtual Desktop
3 13 (12.38%) Hyper-V
4 11 (10.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (2.86%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.95%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 45 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (11.43%) SCCM
3 5 (4.76%) FortiGate
4 4 (3.81%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (2.86%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (1.90%) Ansible
6 2 (1.90%) Nagios
6 2 (1.90%) QRadar
7 1 (0.95%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.95%) Endace
7 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.95%) Nessus
7 1 (0.95%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.95%) Puppet
7 1 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.95%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.95%) WMI
7 1 (0.95%) WSUS
Vendors
1 88 (83.81%) Microsoft
2 20 (19.05%) VMware
3 19 (18.10%) Cisco
4 11 (10.48%) ServiceNow
5 8 (7.62%) Palo Alto
6 6 (5.71%) Apple
7 5 (4.76%) Fortinet
7 5 (4.76%) Remedy
8 4 (3.81%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (3.81%) Dell
8 4 (3.81%) Google
8 4 (3.81%) Okta
8 4 (3.81%) Splunk
9 3 (2.86%) Meraki
9 3 (2.86%) Nimble Storage
9 3 (2.86%) Veeam
10 2 (1.90%) Blue Coat
10 2 (1.90%) CheckPoint
10 2 (1.90%) F5
10 2 (1.90%) HP