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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 67 42
Rank change year-on-year -3 -25 +2
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 158 130 180
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.20% 3.76% 3.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.87% 18.98% 27.99%
Number of salaries quoted 122 99 155
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £26,550
25th Percentile £31,438 £41,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -2.17%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,500 £50,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -1.95%

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 567 685 643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.91% 19.81% 13.86%
Number of salaries quoted 380 263 455
10th Percentile £26,375 £27,500 £25,600
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
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 £61,875
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% -2.91%

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 9 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 9 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 -37 52 £47,500 -20.83% 10
Cambridgeshire -11 35 £55,000 +10.00% 8
Essex -4 26 £35,000 +16.67% 4
Bedfordshire +1 20 £39,000 -27.78% 4
Norfolk -16 14 £37,500 +25.00% 1
Suffolk +14 11 £55,000 +10.00% 2
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 41 (25.95%) Microsoft Exchange
1 41 (25.95%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.43%) WordPress
3 3 (1.90%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (8.86%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.90%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.27%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 99 (62.66%) Microsoft 365
2 66 (41.77%) Azure
3 64 (40.51%) Entra ID
4 15 (9.49%) OneDrive
5 13 (8.23%) AWS
6 7 (4.43%) Google Ads
7 3 (1.90%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.27%) Azure Storage
8 2 (1.27%) GCP
9 1 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.63%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 59 (37.34%) VPN
2 42 (26.58%) DNS
3 34 (21.52%) TCP/IP
4 30 (18.99%) DHCP
5 27 (17.09%) WAN
6 25 (15.82%) LAN
7 22 (13.92%) Wireless
8 19 (12.03%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (9.49%) VLAN
10 13 (8.23%) Network Security
11 12 (7.59%) Internet
11 12 (7.59%) VoIP
12 7 (4.43%) FTP
12 7 (4.43%) HTTP
12 7 (4.43%) SMTP
13 5 (3.16%) NAS
14 3 (1.90%) DMZ
14 3 (1.90%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (1.90%) WLAN
15 2 (1.27%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.80%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.90%) JIRA
General
1 59 (37.34%) Social Skills
2 16 (10.13%) Retail
3 15 (9.49%) Finance
4 13 (8.23%) Telecoms
5 12 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (6.96%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (6.33%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (5.06%) Public Sector
9 7 (4.43%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.53%) Legal
10 4 (2.53%) Marketing
11 3 (1.90%) Games
11 3 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.90%) Law
12 2 (1.27%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.63%) Electronics
13 1 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.63%) Local Government
13 1 (0.63%) Police
Job Titles
1 41 (25.95%) IT Support
2 40 (25.32%) IT Engineer
3 29 (18.35%) Support Engineer
4 24 (15.19%) IT Support Engineer
5 22 (13.92%) Analyst
6 19 (12.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (9.49%) Network Engineer
8 10 (6.33%) Senior
8 10 (6.33%) Support Technician
9 9 (5.70%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (5.70%) Security Engineer
10 8 (5.06%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 8 (5.06%) 2nd Line Support
10 8 (5.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 8 (5.06%) Administrator
10 8 (5.06%) Security Analyst
10 8 (5.06%) Systems Administrator
11 7 (4.43%) Head of IT
11 7 (4.43%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 7 (4.43%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.43%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 21 (13.29%) Driving Licence
2 18 (11.39%) Onboarding
3 10 (6.33%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (5.70%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (5.06%) Client/Server
5 8 (5.06%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (4.43%) CCTV
6 7 (4.43%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (3.80%) Security Posture
8 5 (3.16%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (2.53%) Data Centre
9 4 (2.53%) Management Information System
9 4 (2.53%) Social Network
10 3 (1.90%) Blog
10 3 (1.90%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.90%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (1.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 3 (1.90%) FMCG
10 3 (1.90%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.90%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 88 (55.70%) Windows
2 55 (34.81%) Windows Server
3 21 (13.29%) Linux
4 11 (6.96%) Mac OS
4 11 (6.96%) 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 73 (46.20%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (41.14%) Cybersecurity
3 40 (25.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 32 (20.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 32 (20.25%) SIEM
5 28 (17.72%) Customer Service
6 25 (15.82%) Disaster Recovery
7 18 (11.39%) ITIL
8 17 (10.76%) AI
9 14 (8.86%) Security Operations
9 14 (8.86%) Service Delivery
10 12 (7.59%) Antivirus Management
10 12 (7.59%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 12 (7.59%) Vulnerability Management
11 11 (6.96%) Incident Response
11 11 (6.96%) Root Cause Analysis
12 10 (6.33%) Asset Management
12 10 (6.33%) Mathematics
12 10 (6.33%) Mentoring
12 10 (6.33%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 37 (23.42%) PowerShell
2 16 (10.13%) SQL
3 8 (5.06%) Python
4 7 (4.43%) Bash
5 6 (3.80%) C++
5 6 (3.80%) Perl
6 2 (1.27%) Bicep
7 1 (0.63%) C#
7 1 (0.63%) VB
Qualifications
1 27 (17.09%) Degree
2 22 (13.92%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (12.03%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (11.39%) CompTIA Security+
4 18 (11.39%) Security Cleared
5 17 (10.76%) CCNA
6 12 (7.59%) CCNP
6 12 (7.59%) SC Cleared
7 11 (6.96%) CEH
8 7 (4.43%) DV Cleared
9 6 (3.80%) Azure Certification
9 6 (3.80%) CREST Certified
10 5 (3.16%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (2.53%) CISSP
11 4 (2.53%) DBS Check
12 3 (1.90%) A+ Certification
12 3 (1.90%) CISM
12 3 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.90%) MCDST
12 3 (1.90%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.39%) SLA
2 16 (10.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (4.43%) GRC
3 7 (4.43%) QA
4 6 (3.80%) GDPR
4 6 (3.80%) PCI DSS
5 5 (3.16%) NIST
6 3 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 3 (1.90%) JSP 440
6 3 (1.90%) NCSC
7 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 75 (47.47%) Active Directory
2 42 (26.58%) Hyper-V
3 24 (15.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (4.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (3.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (3.80%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.90%) VMware Server
7 2 (1.27%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.27%) vSphere
8 1 (0.63%) Docker
8 1 (0.63%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 23 (14.56%) 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%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.27%) Terraform
6 1 (0.63%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.63%) Podman
Vendors
1 114 (72.15%) Microsoft
2 30 (18.99%) Cisco
3 27 (17.09%) VMware
4 15 (9.49%) Apple
5 14 (8.86%) Meraki
5 14 (8.86%) Sophos
6 13 (8.23%) Fortinet
7 10 (6.33%) Splunk
8 9 (5.70%) Google
9 8 (5.06%) SonicWALL
10 6 (3.80%) Ubiquiti
11 4 (2.53%) Aruba
11 4 (2.53%) Freshdesk
11 4 (2.53%) Palo Alto
11 4 (2.53%) Veeam
12 3 (1.90%) Adobe
12 3 (1.90%) Draytek
12 3 (1.90%) F5
12 3 (1.90%) Juniper
12 3 (1.90%) Synology