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 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 75 46
Rank change year-on-year +4 -29 -1
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 154 127 176
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.21% 3.66% 3.73%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.36% 18.81% 27.41%
Number of salaries quoted 116 97 155
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,950 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £56,188 £65,000 £50,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.25% -3.00% -1.93%

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 543 675 642
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.81% 19.46% 13.60%
Number of salaries quoted 359 255 462
10th Percentile £26,475 £27,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -1.93%

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 2 August 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 2 August 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 -31 50 £47,500 -22.13% 12
Cambridgeshire -4 33 £55,000 +10.00% 6
Essex -2 26 £35,000 +16.67% 3
Bedfordshire +5 21 £36,500 -31.13% 4
Norfolk -16 13 £40,000 +29.03% 1
Suffolk +23 11 £50,000 - 1
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 36 (23.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 36 (23.38%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.90%) WordPress
3 3 (1.95%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (8.44%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.95%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.95%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 96 (62.34%) Microsoft 365
2 62 (40.26%) Azure
3 59 (38.31%) Entra ID
4 14 (9.09%) AWS
4 14 (9.09%) OneDrive
5 6 (3.90%) Google Ads
6 3 (1.95%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.30%) GCP
8 1 (0.65%) IaaS
8 1 (0.65%) PaaS
8 1 (0.65%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 57 (37.01%) VPN
2 41 (26.62%) DNS
3 32 (20.78%) TCP/IP
4 30 (19.48%) DHCP
5 27 (17.53%) WAN
6 26 (16.88%) LAN
7 23 (14.94%) Wireless
8 20 (12.99%) Wi-Fi
9 17 (11.04%) VLAN
10 13 (8.44%) Network Security
10 13 (8.44%) VoIP
11 11 (7.14%) Internet
12 7 (4.55%) FTP
12 7 (4.55%) HTTP
12 7 (4.55%) SMTP
13 5 (3.25%) NAS
14 4 (2.60%) WLAN
15 3 (1.95%) DMZ
15 3 (1.95%) Intrusion Detection
16 2 (1.30%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.95%) JIRA
General
1 57 (37.01%) Social Skills
2 17 (11.04%) Retail
3 16 (10.39%) Finance
4 14 (9.09%) Telecoms
5 13 (8.44%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (6.49%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (5.19%) Public Sector
9 7 (4.55%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.60%) Legal
10 4 (2.60%) Marketing
11 3 (1.95%) Games
11 3 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.95%) Law
12 2 (1.30%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.65%) Electronics
13 1 (0.65%) Local Government
13 1 (0.65%) Police
Job Titles
1 41 (26.62%) IT Engineer
2 40 (25.97%) IT Support
3 32 (20.78%) Support Engineer
4 26 (16.88%) IT Support Engineer
5 22 (14.29%) Analyst
6 19 (12.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (9.74%) Network Engineer
8 11 (7.14%) Support Technician
9 10 (6.49%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 10 (6.49%) 2nd Line Support
9 10 (6.49%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 10 (6.49%) Senior
10 9 (5.84%) Administrator
10 9 (5.84%) Infrastructure Support
10 9 (5.84%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 9 (5.84%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (5.84%) Security Engineer
10 9 (5.84%) Systems Administrator
11 8 (5.19%) 1st Line Support
11 8 (5.19%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.55%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 21 (13.64%) Driving Licence
2 18 (11.69%) Onboarding
3 9 (5.84%) Security Operations Centre
4 8 (5.19%) Client/Server
4 8 (5.19%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (4.55%) CCTV
6 6 (3.90%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (3.90%) Security Posture
6 6 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (3.25%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (2.60%) Data Centre
8 4 (2.60%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.60%) Social Network
9 3 (1.95%) Blog
9 3 (1.95%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.95%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (1.95%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (1.95%) FMCG
9 3 (1.95%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.95%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 84 (54.55%) Windows
2 54 (35.06%) Windows Server
3 21 (13.64%) Linux
4 13 (8.44%) Windows 10
5 10 (6.49%) Mac OS
6 7 (4.55%) Apple iOS
7 5 (3.25%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (2.60%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.65%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.65%) VMS
9 1 (0.65%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (46.75%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (42.21%) Cybersecurity
3 38 (24.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 33 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 31 (20.13%) SIEM
6 26 (16.88%) Customer Service
7 22 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
8 17 (11.04%) ITIL
9 16 (10.39%) AI
10 14 (9.09%) Security Operations
11 13 (8.44%) Service Delivery
12 12 (7.79%) Antivirus Management
12 12 (7.79%) Asset Management
12 12 (7.79%) Vulnerability Management
13 11 (7.14%) Incident Response
13 11 (7.14%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 10 (6.49%) Use Case
14 10 (6.49%) Virtual Environments
15 9 (5.84%) Mathematics
15 9 (5.84%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 36 (23.38%) PowerShell
2 15 (9.74%) SQL
3 8 (5.19%) Python
4 7 (4.55%) Bash
5 6 (3.90%) C++
5 6 (3.90%) Perl
6 1 (0.65%) C#
6 1 (0.65%) VB
Qualifications
1 24 (15.58%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (14.94%) Degree
3 20 (12.99%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (12.34%) CCNA
5 18 (11.69%) Security Cleared
6 17 (11.04%) CompTIA Security+
7 13 (8.44%) CCNP
8 12 (7.79%) SC Cleared
9 11 (7.14%) CEH
10 6 (3.90%) CREST Certified
10 6 (3.90%) DV Cleared
11 5 (3.25%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (2.60%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.60%) CISSP
12 4 (2.60%) DBS Check
13 3 (1.95%) A+ Certification
13 3 (1.95%) CISM
13 3 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.95%) MCDST
13 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 16 (10.39%) SLA
2 7 (4.55%) GRC
3 6 (3.90%) GDPR
3 6 (3.90%) PCI DSS
3 6 (3.90%) QA
4 5 (3.25%) NIST
5 3 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 3 (1.95%) JSP 440
5 3 (1.95%) NCSC
System Software
1 72 (46.75%) Active Directory
2 39 (25.32%) Hyper-V
3 21 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.90%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (3.90%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (3.90%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.95%) VMware Server
5 3 (1.95%) vSphere
6 2 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.65%) Docker
7 1 (0.65%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.65%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (12.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.55%) Proxmox
3 6 (3.90%) QRadar
4 3 (1.95%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.65%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.65%) Podman
6 1 (0.65%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.65%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 112 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 30 (19.48%) Cisco
3 24 (15.58%) VMware
4 14 (9.09%) Apple
4 14 (9.09%) Fortinet
4 14 (9.09%) Meraki
4 14 (9.09%) Sophos
5 10 (6.49%) Splunk
6 8 (5.19%) Google
7 7 (4.55%) SonicWALL
8 6 (3.90%) Ubiquiti
9 5 (3.25%) Aruba
9 5 (3.25%) Freshdesk
10 4 (2.60%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.95%) Adobe
11 3 (1.95%) Draytek
11 3 (1.95%) F5
11 3 (1.95%) Synology
11 3 (1.95%) Veeam
12 2 (1.30%) Citrix