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 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 87 42
Rank change year-on-year +20 -45 -15
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 158 96 192
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.91% 2.86% 4.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.69% 14.01% 26.37%
Number of salaries quoted 122 65 128
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,950 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £39,250 £30,094
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -7.79%
75th Percentile £54,875 £60,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £70,750 £68,750
England median annual salary £52,000 £46,500 £50,878
% change year-on-year +11.83% -8.60% -4.00%

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 592 685 728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.14% 20.44% 16.51%
Number of salaries quoted 398 257 373
10th Percentile £26,375 £26,250 £29,050
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,375 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -21.57% -2.86%

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 4 October 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 4 October 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 -41 53 £47,000 -1.05% 23
Cambridgeshire -9 41 £42,500 -26.09% 16
Essex -6 25 £35,000 +32.08% 18
Bedfordshire +3 17 £34,000 -28.42% 2
Norfolk - 13 £43,750 - 4
Suffolk +19 9 £55,000 +37.50% 4
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 45 (28.48%) SharePoint
2 42 (26.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (5.06%) WordPress
4 3 (1.90%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 108 (68.35%) Microsoft 365
2 76 (48.10%) Azure
3 66 (41.77%) Entra ID
4 15 (9.49%) OneDrive
5 13 (8.23%) AWS
6 8 (5.06%) Google Ads
7 4 (2.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (2.53%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (2.53%) Azure Storage
8 2 (1.27%) GCP
9 1 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.63%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 63 (39.87%) VPN
2 55 (34.81%) DNS
3 45 (28.48%) TCP/IP
4 44 (27.85%) DHCP
5 25 (15.82%) Wireless
6 24 (15.19%) LAN
7 23 (14.56%) WAN
8 20 (12.66%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (9.49%) Network Security
10 14 (8.86%) Internet
10 14 (8.86%) VLAN
11 10 (6.33%) VoIP
12 7 (4.43%) FTP
12 7 (4.43%) HTTP
12 7 (4.43%) SMTP
13 4 (2.53%) BGP
13 4 (2.53%) DMZ
13 4 (2.53%) Intrusion Detection
13 4 (2.53%) IP Telephony
14 3 (1.90%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.16%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.90%) JIRA
General
1 73 (46.20%) Social Skills
2 13 (8.23%) Finance
3 12 (7.59%) Organisational Skills
3 12 (7.59%) Retail
4 10 (6.33%) Telecoms
5 9 (5.70%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (5.70%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (4.43%) Aerospace
7 5 (3.16%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.53%) Law
8 4 (2.53%) Legal
9 3 (1.90%) Games
9 3 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.63%) Electronics
11 1 (0.63%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 44 (27.85%) IT Support
2 42 (26.58%) IT Engineer
3 34 (21.52%) Support Engineer
4 27 (17.09%) IT Support Engineer
5 19 (12.03%) Analyst
6 18 (11.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (11.39%) Network Engineer
7 10 (6.33%) Consultant
7 10 (6.33%) IT Support Specialist
7 10 (6.33%) Support Specialist
7 10 (6.33%) Support Technician
8 9 (5.70%) Senior
9 8 (5.06%) Security Analyst
9 8 (5.06%) Security Engineer
9 8 (5.06%) Systems Engineer
10 7 (4.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 7 (4.43%) Administrator
10 7 (4.43%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 7 (4.43%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (4.43%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.43%) LDAP
2 4 (2.53%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 28 (17.72%) Driving Licence
2 25 (15.82%) Onboarding
3 15 (9.49%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (6.96%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (6.33%) CCTV
6 9 (5.70%) Security Operations Centre
6 9 (5.70%) Security Posture
7 7 (4.43%) Client/Server
7 7 (4.43%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (3.80%) Data Centre
9 5 (3.16%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (2.53%) Blog
10 4 (2.53%) Cloud Native
10 4 (2.53%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (2.53%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (2.53%) PKI
11 3 (1.90%) FMCG
12 2 (1.27%) Management Information System
12 2 (1.27%) Replication
12 2 (1.27%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 96 (60.76%) Windows
2 67 (42.41%) Windows Server
3 20 (12.66%) Linux
4 10 (6.33%) Mac OS
4 10 (6.33%) Windows 10
5 8 (5.06%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.63%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.63%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (44.30%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (38.61%) Cybersecurity
3 42 (26.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 35 (22.15%) Continuous Improvement
4 35 (22.15%) Customer Service
5 30 (18.99%) SIEM
6 23 (14.56%) Disaster Recovery
7 20 (12.66%) AI
8 15 (9.49%) Collaborative Culture
8 15 (9.49%) Root Cause Analysis
9 14 (8.86%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 14 (8.86%) Security Operations
9 14 (8.86%) Service Delivery
10 13 (8.23%) ITIL
10 13 (8.23%) Migration
10 13 (8.23%) Vulnerability Management
11 12 (7.59%) Client Onboarding
11 12 (7.59%) Incident Response
12 11 (6.96%) Mentoring
12 11 (6.96%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 34 (21.52%) PowerShell
2 17 (10.76%) SQL
3 8 (5.06%) Python
4 7 (4.43%) Bash
5 6 (3.80%) C++
5 6 (3.80%) Perl
6 4 (2.53%) Bicep
7 1 (0.63%) C#
7 1 (0.63%) VB
Qualifications
1 29 (18.35%) Degree
2 19 (12.03%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (11.39%) Security Cleared
4 17 (10.76%) CompTIA Security+
5 15 (9.49%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (8.86%) CCNP
7 10 (6.33%) Azure Certification
7 10 (6.33%) DV Cleared
7 10 (6.33%) SC Cleared
8 9 (5.70%) CEH
9 8 (5.06%) CCNA
10 6 (3.80%) CREST Certified
11 3 (1.90%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.90%) CCDP
11 3 (1.90%) DBS Check
11 3 (1.90%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (1.27%) CISA
12 2 (1.27%) CISM
12 2 (1.27%) SSCP
13 1 (0.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (15.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (15.19%) SLA
3 13 (8.23%) GDPR
4 10 (6.33%) QA
5 7 (4.43%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (4.43%) PCI DSS
6 6 (3.80%) NIST
7 4 (2.53%) GRC
7 4 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 4 (2.53%) JSP 440
7 4 (2.53%) NCSC
8 2 (1.27%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 80 (50.63%) Active Directory
2 45 (28.48%) Hyper-V
3 27 (17.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (4.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (3.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (3.80%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (3.16%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.90%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.90%) VMware Server
8 2 (1.27%) BitLocker
8 2 (1.27%) Firmware
8 2 (1.27%) vSphere
9 1 (0.63%) Docker
9 1 (0.63%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 30 (18.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.43%) Proxmox
3 6 (3.80%) QRadar
4 4 (2.53%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.27%) Autotask
5 2 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.63%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.63%) Podman
Vendors
1 121 (76.58%) Microsoft
2 30 (18.99%) VMware
3 28 (17.72%) Cisco
4 11 (6.96%) Apple
4 11 (6.96%) Meraki
4 11 (6.96%) Splunk
5 10 (6.33%) Google
5 10 (6.33%) SonicWALL
6 9 (5.70%) Fortinet
6 9 (5.70%) Ubiquiti
7 8 (5.06%) Sophos
8 4 (2.53%) Aruba
8 4 (2.53%) Draytek
8 4 (2.53%) Freshdesk
8 4 (2.53%) Palo Alto
8 4 (2.53%) Veeam
9 3 (1.90%) Datto
9 3 (1.90%) Forcepoint
9 3 (1.90%) Ruckus Wireless
9 3 (1.90%) WatchGuard