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 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 75 45
Rank change year-on-year +9 -30 +23
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 137 119 268
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.19% 3.96% 3.91%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.19% 18.83% 24.91%
Number of salaries quoted 94 93 244
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,400 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,000 £27,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +20.48% -2.35%
75th Percentile £57,500 £66,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £66,750 £70,000 £58,375
England median annual salary £54,209 £50,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +8.42% +3.09% -3.00%

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 486 632 1,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.78% 21.03% 15.70%
Number of salaries quoted 303 229 816
10th Percentile £26,375 £27,900 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £43,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +1.18% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,250 £68,750 £71,125
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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 -28 44 £50,000 -19.35% 14
Cambridgeshire -15 30 £49,000 +5.95% 8
Essex +1 25 £33,750 +12.50% 5
Bedfordshire +16 18 £40,000 -24.53% 6
Suffolk +21 11 £40,000 -20.00% 2
Norfolk -21 9 £30,000 -6.25% 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 30 (21.90%) SharePoint
2 27 (19.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.19%) SAS
3 3 (2.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.65%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 81 (59.12%) Microsoft 365
2 63 (45.99%) Azure
3 58 (42.34%) Entra ID
4 16 (11.68%) AWS
5 9 (6.57%) OneDrive
6 4 (2.92%) IaaS
6 4 (2.92%) PaaS
7 3 (2.19%) Google Ads
7 3 (2.19%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.73%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 53 (38.69%) VPN
2 34 (24.82%) DNS
3 25 (18.25%) DHCP
3 25 (18.25%) LAN
4 24 (17.52%) WAN
5 23 (16.79%) TCP/IP
6 20 (14.60%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (10.95%) Network Security
7 15 (10.95%) VLAN
8 13 (9.49%) VoIP
9 10 (7.30%) Wireless
10 8 (5.84%) Internet
11 6 (4.38%) DMZ
11 6 (4.38%) FTP
11 6 (4.38%) HTTP
11 6 (4.38%) SMTP
12 4 (2.92%) WLAN
13 3 (2.19%) NAS
14 2 (1.46%) Ethernet
14 2 (1.46%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.65%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.92%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.73%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (3.65%) JIRA
General
1 49 (35.77%) Social Skills
2 16 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (11.68%) Telecoms
3 14 (10.22%) Documentation Skills
4 11 (8.03%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.57%) Retail
6 8 (5.84%) Finance
6 8 (5.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (5.11%) Aerospace
8 5 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.92%) Law
9 4 (2.92%) Marketing
10 3 (2.19%) Games
10 3 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.46%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.73%) Local Government
12 1 (0.73%) Police
Job Titles
1 43 (31.39%) IT Support
2 35 (25.55%) IT Engineer
3 32 (23.36%) Support Engineer
4 27 (19.71%) IT Support Engineer
5 21 (15.33%) Analyst
6 19 (13.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (10.95%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 15 (10.95%) 2nd Line Support
7 15 (10.95%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 14 (10.22%) Network Engineer
9 12 (8.76%) Senior
10 10 (7.30%) Administrator
10 10 (7.30%) Consultant
10 10 (7.30%) Infrastructure Support
10 10 (7.30%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 10 (7.30%) Systems Administrator
11 8 (5.84%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (5.84%) Lead
11 8 (5.84%) Security Engineer
12 7 (5.11%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.38%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.95%) Driving Licence
2 12 (8.76%) Onboarding
3 9 (6.57%) Security Posture
4 8 (5.84%) Client/Server
4 8 (5.84%) Security Operations Centre
5 6 (4.38%) Blog
5 6 (4.38%) Cloud Native
5 6 (4.38%) Cloud Security Posture
5 6 (4.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 6 (4.38%) PKI
6 5 (3.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.92%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.92%) Social Network
8 3 (2.19%) CCTV
8 3 (2.19%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.19%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.46%) Fibre Optics
10 1 (0.73%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 65 (47.45%) Windows
2 44 (32.12%) Windows Server
3 13 (9.49%) Windows 10
4 12 (8.76%) Linux
5 10 (7.30%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (5.84%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (5.11%) Mac OS
8 4 (2.92%) Apple iOS
8 4 (2.92%) VMS
9 1 (0.73%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.73%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (43.80%) Cybersecurity
2 59 (43.07%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (22.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 28 (20.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (14.60%) SIEM
6 19 (13.87%) Customer Service
7 17 (12.41%) AI
7 17 (12.41%) Disaster Recovery
8 16 (11.68%) ITIL
9 15 (10.95%) Asset Management
10 13 (9.49%) Mentoring
11 12 (8.76%) Use Case
12 11 (8.03%) Cloud Security
12 11 (8.03%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 10 (7.30%) Antivirus Management
13 10 (7.30%) Risk Management
13 10 (7.30%) Root Cause Analysis
13 10 (7.30%) Service Delivery
13 10 (7.30%) Virtual Environments
13 10 (7.30%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (23.36%) PowerShell
2 10 (7.30%) SQL
3 7 (5.11%) Bash
3 7 (5.11%) Python
4 6 (4.38%) C++
4 6 (4.38%) Perl
5 1 (0.73%) C#
5 1 (0.73%) VB
Qualifications
1 29 (21.17%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (16.79%) Security Cleared
3 22 (16.06%) Degree
4 16 (11.68%) CCNA
4 16 (11.68%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (10.95%) CompTIA Security+
6 12 (8.76%) SC Cleared
7 10 (7.30%) CCNP
7 10 (7.30%) CEH
8 9 (6.57%) Azure Certification
9 8 (5.84%) DV Cleared
10 6 (4.38%) CREST Certified
10 6 (4.38%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (2.92%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (2.92%) CISSP
12 3 (2.19%) A+ Certification
12 3 (2.19%) CISM
12 3 (2.19%) DBS Check
12 3 (2.19%) MCDST
12 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (7.30%) GRC
2 10 (7.30%) SLA
3 9 (6.57%) GDPR
3 9 (6.57%) PCI DSS
4 8 (5.84%) NIST
5 6 (4.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 6 (4.38%) JSP 440
5 6 (4.38%) NCSC
6 3 (2.19%) QA
System Software
1 66 (48.18%) Active Directory
2 30 (21.90%) Hyper-V
3 21 (15.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (8.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (4.38%) vSphere
6 5 (3.65%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (2.92%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.73%) Docker
8 1 (0.73%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.73%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 20 (14.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.38%) QRadar
3 5 (3.65%) Proxmox
4 4 (2.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (2.92%) SolarWinds Orion
4 4 (2.92%) vCenter Server
5 2 (1.46%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.73%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.73%) Podman
Vendors
1 100 (72.99%) Microsoft
2 27 (19.71%) Cisco
3 24 (17.52%) VMware
4 12 (8.76%) Fortinet
4 12 (8.76%) Meraki
4 12 (8.76%) Sophos
5 9 (6.57%) Apple
6 8 (5.84%) Splunk
7 7 (5.11%) Aruba
7 7 (5.11%) Palo Alto
8 4 (2.92%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (2.92%) Freshdesk
8 4 (2.92%) SolarWinds
8 4 (2.92%) SonicWALL
9 3 (2.19%) Adobe
9 3 (2.19%) CheckPoint
9 3 (2.19%) Citrix
9 3 (2.19%) F5
9 3 (2.19%) Google
9 3 (2.19%) Synology