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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 42 23
Rank change year-on-year -24 -19 +65
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 109 198 147
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.93% 4.68% 7.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.64% 28.29% 39.41%
Number of salaries quoted 78 133 119
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,850 £27,800
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £42,500 £48,800
Median % change year-on-year +1.18% -12.91% +8.44%
75th Percentile £66,875 £56,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £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 618 700 373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 16.60% 16.53% 18.37%
Number of salaries quoted 300 351 269
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £53,500 £51,934
% change year-on-year -25.23% +3.01% -1.08%

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 28 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 28 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 +8 65 £48,500 +2.11% 22
Cambridgeshire -6 16 £52,500 +59.09% 11
Essex -7 13 £26,500 -42.39% 3
Suffolk -21 9 £40,000 -33.33%
Norfolk -17 4 £40,000 +27.49% 3
Bedfordshire +20 2 £50,220 +0.44% 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 31 (28.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (10.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (9.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (4.59%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 81 (74.31%) Azure
2 77 (70.64%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (40.37%) Entra ID
4 10 (9.17%) Azure Logic Apps
4 10 (9.17%) Power Platform
5 9 (8.26%) IaaS
5 9 (8.26%) PowerApps
6 7 (6.42%) OneDrive
6 7 (6.42%) PaaS
7 6 (5.50%) AWS
7 6 (5.50%) Power Automate
8 5 (4.59%) SaaS
9 4 (3.67%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (3.67%) Google Workspace
10 3 (2.75%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (2.75%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.92%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 34 (31.19%) VPN
2 30 (27.52%) DNS
3 25 (22.94%) WAN
4 24 (22.02%) DHCP
5 19 (17.43%) LAN
6 17 (15.60%) TCP/IP
7 12 (11.01%) VLAN
8 11 (10.09%) Network Security
9 10 (9.17%) SAN
10 9 (8.26%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (6.42%) IP Telephony
12 6 (5.50%) OSPF
13 5 (4.59%) IPsec
13 5 (4.59%) SD-WAN
13 5 (4.59%) SMTP
13 5 (4.59%) Wireshark
14 4 (3.67%) Cisco ASA
14 4 (3.67%) IMAP
14 4 (3.67%) Intrusion Detection
14 4 (3.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.50%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.83%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (6.42%) JIRA
2 1 (0.92%) GitLab
2 1 (0.92%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (39.45%) Social Skills
2 10 (9.17%) Legal
3 8 (7.34%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (4.59%) Retail
5 3 (2.75%) Finance
5 3 (2.75%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (1.83%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.92%) Law
Job Titles
1 26 (23.85%) IT Support
2 25 (22.94%) Analyst
2 25 (22.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 19 (17.43%) IT Engineer
3 19 (17.43%) Senior
4 17 (15.60%) 1st Line Support
5 16 (14.68%) Technical Support
6 15 (13.76%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 15 (13.76%) Network Engineer
6 15 (13.76%) Support Analyst
6 15 (13.76%) Support Engineer
7 13 (11.93%) IT Analyst
7 13 (11.93%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (10.09%) 1st Line Technical Support
8 11 (10.09%) Administrator
9 10 (9.17%) IT Support Engineer
9 10 (9.17%) IT Support Specialist
9 10 (9.17%) Support Specialist
9 10 (9.17%) Technical Analyst
10 9 (8.26%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.75%) LDAP
2 1 (0.92%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.92%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.17%) Data Centre
1 10 (9.17%) Driving Licence
2 4 (3.67%) Clustering
2 4 (3.67%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (3.67%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.75%) iPad
3 3 (2.75%) PKI
3 3 (2.75%) Security Posture
3 3 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.83%) Biopharmaceutical
4 2 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.92%) Blog
5 1 (0.92%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.92%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.92%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (0.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (0.92%) Smartcard
5 1 (0.92%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 90 (82.57%) Windows
2 73 (66.97%) Windows Server
3 22 (20.18%) Windows Server 2019
4 19 (17.43%) Mac OS
5 10 (9.17%) Android
6 9 (8.26%) Linux
7 7 (6.42%) Windows 10
7 7 (6.42%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (4.59%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.92%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.92%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.92%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.92%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (27.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 26 (23.85%) Customer Service
3 25 (22.94%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (20.18%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (13.76%) ITIL
5 15 (13.76%) Preventative Maintenance
6 14 (12.84%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (10.09%) Server Management
7 11 (10.09%) Service Delivery
8 9 (8.26%) ITSM
8 9 (8.26%) Roadmaps
9 8 (7.34%) Network Monitoring
9 8 (7.34%) Technology Roadmap
10 7 (6.42%) Incident Response
10 7 (6.42%) Information Security
10 7 (6.42%) Proactive Monitoring
11 6 (5.50%) AI
11 6 (5.50%) Mentoring
11 6 (5.50%) Task Automation
11 6 (5.50%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (26.61%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.67%) Python
3 3 (2.75%) Bash
4 1 (0.92%) Bicep
4 1 (0.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (24.77%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (21.10%) CCNA
2 23 (21.10%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (12.84%) Security Cleared
4 11 (10.09%) DBS Check
5 9 (8.26%) Azure Certification
5 9 (8.26%) CCNP
6 8 (7.34%) SC Cleared
7 6 (5.50%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (5.50%) Degree
8 5 (4.59%) DV Cleared
9 4 (3.67%) CEH
9 4 (3.67%) CISM
10 3 (2.75%) CISSP
10 3 (2.75%) MCDST
10 3 (2.75%) MCSE
11 2 (1.83%) GSEC
11 2 (1.83%) MCP
11 2 (1.83%) MCSA
11 2 (1.83%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.42%) GDPR
1 7 (6.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (5.50%) PCI DSS
3 5 (4.59%) NIST
4 4 (3.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.83%) GxP
5 2 (1.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.92%) GRC
6 1 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.92%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.92%) NCSC
System Software
1 74 (67.89%) Active Directory
2 21 (19.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 13 (11.93%) Hyper-V
4 11 (10.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (2.75%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.92%) Docker
6 1 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.92%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 46 (42.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (11.01%) SCCM
3 5 (4.59%) FortiGate
4 4 (3.67%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (2.75%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (1.83%) Ansible
6 2 (1.83%) Nagios
7 1 (0.92%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.92%) Endace
7 1 (0.92%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.92%) Nessus
7 1 (0.92%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.92%) Puppet
7 1 (0.92%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.92%) WMI
7 1 (0.92%) WSUS
Vendors
1 89 (81.65%) Microsoft
2 27 (24.77%) Cisco
3 23 (21.10%) VMware
4 11 (10.09%) ServiceNow
5 8 (7.34%) Fortinet
5 8 (7.34%) Palo Alto
6 6 (5.50%) Apple
7 5 (4.59%) Juniper
7 5 (4.59%) Remedy
8 4 (3.67%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (3.67%) Dell
8 4 (3.67%) Google
8 4 (3.67%) Okta
8 4 (3.67%) SolarWinds
9 3 (2.75%) Veeam
10 2 (1.83%) Blue Coat
10 2 (1.83%) CheckPoint
10 2 (1.83%) F5
10 2 (1.83%) Meraki
10 2 (1.83%) Sophos