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 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 76 47
Rank change year-on-year +12 -29 +5
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 154 124 194
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.27% 3.59% 3.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.36% 18.79% 25.87%
Number of salaries quoted 113 95 170
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,550 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% +3.45%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £50,188
90th Percentile £63,000 £70,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% - -3.89%

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 543 660 750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 8.01% 19.11% 14.22%
Number of salaries quoted 353 244 547
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.43% -5.00% +12.50%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -12.37% -4.87%

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 26 July 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 26 July 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 -33 49 £50,000 -18.03% 12
Cambridgeshire -5 33 £55,000 +12.82% 8
Essex +3 27 £35,000 +16.67% 6
Bedfordshire +11 21 £34,000 -35.85% 4
Norfolk -17 13 £40,000 +29.03% 2
Suffolk +19 11 £47,739 -4.52% 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 34 (22.08%) Microsoft Exchange
1 34 (22.08%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.25%) WordPress
3 3 (1.95%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.95%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.60%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 95 (61.69%) Microsoft 365
2 63 (40.91%) Azure
3 61 (39.61%) Entra ID
4 15 (9.74%) AWS
5 13 (8.44%) OneDrive
6 5 (3.25%) Google Ads
7 3 (1.95%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.30%) GCP
8 2 (1.30%) IaaS
8 2 (1.30%) PaaS
9 1 (0.65%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 56 (36.36%) VPN
2 41 (26.62%) DNS
3 32 (20.78%) TCP/IP
4 31 (20.13%) DHCP
5 28 (18.18%) LAN
5 28 (18.18%) WAN
6 20 (12.99%) Wi-Fi
6 20 (12.99%) Wireless
7 18 (11.69%) VLAN
8 13 (8.44%) Network Security
8 13 (8.44%) VoIP
9 10 (6.49%) Internet
10 7 (4.55%) FTP
10 7 (4.55%) HTTP
10 7 (4.55%) SMTP
11 5 (3.25%) WLAN
12 4 (2.60%) NAS
13 3 (1.95%) DMZ
13 3 (1.95%) Intrusion Detection
14 2 (1.30%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.90%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.95%) JIRA
General
1 56 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 17 (11.04%) Retail
3 16 (10.39%) Finance
4 15 (9.74%) Telecoms
5 14 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (7.79%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (6.49%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (5.19%) Public Sector
9 7 (4.55%) Aerospace
10 5 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.60%) Marketing
12 3 (1.95%) Games
12 3 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.95%) Law
12 3 (1.95%) Legal
13 2 (1.30%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.65%) Electronics
14 1 (0.65%) Local Government
14 1 (0.65%) Police
Job Titles
1 41 (26.62%) IT Engineer
1 41 (26.62%) IT Support
2 33 (21.43%) Support Engineer
3 27 (17.53%) IT Support Engineer
4 22 (14.29%) Analyst
5 21 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 16 (10.39%) Network Engineer
7 12 (7.79%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 12 (7.79%) 2nd Line Support
7 12 (7.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 12 (7.79%) Senior
7 12 (7.79%) Support Technician
8 10 (6.49%) Infrastructure Support
8 10 (6.49%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 9 (5.84%) 1st Line Support
9 9 (5.84%) Administrator
9 9 (5.84%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (5.84%) Security Engineer
9 9 (5.84%) Systems Administrator
10 8 (5.19%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.55%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.34%) 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%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (3.90%) CCTV
6 6 (3.90%) Security Posture
7 5 (3.25%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
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%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.95%) FMCG
9 3 (1.95%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 82 (53.25%) Windows
2 53 (34.42%) Windows Server
3 21 (13.64%) Linux
4 15 (9.74%) Windows 10
5 9 (5.84%) Mac OS
6 6 (3.90%) Apple iOS
6 6 (3.90%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (3.90%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.30%) VMS
8 1 (0.65%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.65%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (42.21%) Cybersecurity
3 39 (25.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 34 (22.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 29 (18.83%) SIEM
6 24 (15.58%) Customer Service
7 20 (12.99%) Disaster Recovery
8 17 (11.04%) ITIL
9 16 (10.39%) AI
10 14 (9.09%) Asset Management
10 14 (9.09%) Security Operations
11 13 (8.44%) Incident Response
12 12 (7.79%) Antivirus Management
12 12 (7.79%) Service Delivery
12 12 (7.79%) Vulnerability Management
13 11 (7.14%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 10 (6.49%) Mentoring
14 10 (6.49%) Use Case
14 10 (6.49%) Virtual Environments
15 9 (5.84%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 37 (24.03%) PowerShell
2 14 (9.09%) 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 27 (17.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (15.58%) Degree
3 21 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
4 20 (12.99%) CCNA
5 19 (12.34%) Security Cleared
6 17 (11.04%) CompTIA Security+
7 14 (9.09%) CCNP
8 12 (7.79%) SC Cleared
9 11 (7.14%) CEH
10 6 (3.90%) Azure Certification
10 6 (3.90%) CREST Certified
10 6 (3.90%) DV Cleared
10 6 (3.90%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (2.60%) CISSP
11 4 (2.60%) DBS Check
12 3 (1.95%) A+ Certification
12 3 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.95%) CISM
12 3 (1.95%) MCDST
12 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (9.74%) SLA
3 7 (4.55%) GRC
4 6 (3.90%) GDPR
4 6 (3.90%) PCI DSS
5 5 (3.25%) NIST
5 5 (3.25%) QA
6 3 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 3 (1.95%) JSP 440
6 3 (1.95%) NCSC
System Software
1 73 (47.40%) Active Directory
2 37 (24.03%) Hyper-V
3 23 (14.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (5.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (3.25%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (2.60%) vSphere
7 3 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.95%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.65%) Docker
8 1 (0.65%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.65%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (12.34%) 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
5 2 (1.30%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (1.30%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.65%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.65%) Podman
Vendors
1 113 (73.38%) Microsoft
2 30 (19.48%) Cisco
3 26 (16.88%) VMware
4 15 (9.74%) Fortinet
5 14 (9.09%) Meraki
5 14 (9.09%) Sophos
6 12 (7.79%) Apple
7 10 (6.49%) Splunk
8 7 (4.55%) Google
8 7 (4.55%) SonicWALL
9 6 (3.90%) Aruba
9 6 (3.90%) Freshdesk
10 5 (3.25%) Palo Alto
10 5 (3.25%) Ubiquiti
11 4 (2.60%) Citrix
12 3 (1.95%) Adobe
12 3 (1.95%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (1.95%) Draytek
12 3 (1.95%) F5
12 3 (1.95%) Synology