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 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 46 48
Rank change year-on-year -27 +2 +39
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 127 133 257
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.03% 5.11% 4.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.06% 37.78% 25.12%
Number of salaries quoted 88 115 240
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £24,975
25th Percentile £34,625 £32,750 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,970 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.75% +18.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,636 £47,813
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £55,125
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% -2.00%

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 791 352 1,023
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 12.66% 13.52% 17.02%
Number of salaries quoted 278 266 777
10th Percentile £26,641 £28,188 £24,936
25th Percentile £31,063 £34,125 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -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 21 April 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 21 April 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 -18 48 £55,000 -11.29% 16
Cambridgeshire -29 26 £55,000 +12.82% 8
Essex -16 20 £33,750 +12.50% 9
Bedfordshire +13 15 £40,000 -27.27% 8
Suffolk -1 11 £40,000 -11.11% 4
Norfolk -24 7 £30,000 - 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 33 (25.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (14.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (2.36%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (3.94%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (2.36%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 83 (65.35%) Microsoft 365
2 66 (51.97%) Azure
3 49 (38.58%) Entra ID
4 11 (8.66%) AWS
5 8 (6.30%) OneDrive
6 6 (4.72%) IaaS
6 6 (4.72%) PaaS
7 4 (3.15%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (2.36%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.79%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.79%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.79%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.79%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.79%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.79%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (32.28%) VPN
2 31 (24.41%) DNS
3 30 (23.62%) WAN
4 29 (22.83%) LAN
5 25 (19.69%) DHCP
6 20 (15.75%) TCP/IP
7 19 (14.96%) VLAN
8 18 (14.17%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (12.60%) Network Security
10 13 (10.24%) Wireless
11 8 (6.30%) VoIP
12 6 (4.72%) SMTP
13 5 (3.94%) EIGRP
13 5 (3.94%) IMAP
13 5 (3.94%) Internet
13 5 (3.94%) OSPF
13 5 (3.94%) POP3
13 5 (3.94%) SAN
13 5 (3.94%) SD-WAN
13 5 (3.94%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.51%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (2.36%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.79%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (3.94%) JIRA
General
1 51 (40.16%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.60%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (8.66%) Telecoms
4 10 (7.87%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (7.09%) Retail
6 8 (6.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (6.30%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.94%) Finance
8 4 (3.15%) Marketing
9 3 (2.36%) Law
10 2 (1.57%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Legal
11 1 (0.79%) Police
Job Titles
1 42 (33.07%) IT Support
2 30 (23.62%) Support Engineer
3 28 (22.05%) IT Engineer
4 25 (19.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 24 (18.90%) IT Support Engineer
6 21 (16.54%) Senior
7 18 (14.17%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 18 (14.17%) 2nd Line Support
7 18 (14.17%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 17 (13.39%) Network Engineer
9 11 (8.66%) Analyst
9 11 (8.66%) Lead
10 10 (7.87%) Infrastructure Support
10 10 (7.87%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 10 (7.87%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (6.30%) 1st Line Support
11 8 (6.30%) Consultant
12 7 (5.51%) Senior Network Engineer
13 6 (4.72%) Administrator
13 6 (4.72%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.79%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.24%) Driving Licence
2 9 (7.09%) Onboarding
3 7 (5.51%) Security Posture
4 5 (3.94%) Client/Server
4 5 (3.94%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.15%) Blog
5 4 (3.15%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.15%) Cloud Security Posture
5 4 (3.15%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 4 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.15%) PKI
5 4 (3.15%) Social Network
6 3 (2.36%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.36%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.57%) CCTV
7 2 (1.57%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.57%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.79%) Clustering
8 1 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.79%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 72 (56.69%) Windows
2 49 (38.58%) Windows Server
3 14 (11.02%) Windows Server 2016
4 12 (9.45%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (7.09%) Windows 10
6 5 (3.94%) Linux
6 5 (3.94%) Mac OS
7 4 (3.15%) VMS
8 1 (0.79%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.79%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (43.31%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (39.37%) Cybersecurity
3 32 (25.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 21 (16.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (13.39%) Mentoring
6 16 (12.60%) ITIL
7 15 (11.81%) Asset Management
8 14 (11.02%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (8.66%) Network Monitoring
10 10 (7.87%) Service Delivery
11 9 (7.09%) AI
11 9 (7.09%) Cloud Security
11 9 (7.09%) Disaster Recovery
11 9 (7.09%) Network Design
11 9 (7.09%) Roadmaps
12 8 (6.30%) ERP
12 8 (6.30%) Risk Management
13 7 (5.51%) Root Cause Analysis
13 7 (5.51%) SIEM
13 7 (5.51%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 26 (20.47%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.15%) Python
3 2 (1.57%) Bash
4 1 (0.79%) C++
4 1 (0.79%) Perl
4 1 (0.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (22.83%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (18.90%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (15.75%) CCNA
4 17 (13.39%) Security Cleared
5 14 (11.02%) CCNP
6 9 (7.09%) Azure Certification
6 9 (7.09%) Degree
7 8 (6.30%) DBS Check
8 7 (5.51%) Network+ Certification
8 7 (5.51%) SC Cleared
9 5 (3.94%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (3.94%) DV Cleared
10 4 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (3.15%) CEH
10 4 (3.15%) CISSP
11 3 (2.36%) MCDST
11 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (1.57%) CISM
12 2 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.57%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.30%) GRC
2 6 (4.72%) GDPR
2 6 (4.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.94%) NIST
4 4 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 4 (3.15%) JSP 440
4 4 (3.15%) NCSC
4 4 (3.15%) PCI DSS
4 4 (3.15%) SLA
System Software
1 68 (53.54%) Active Directory
2 20 (15.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (12.60%) Hyper-V
4 15 (11.81%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (4.72%) vSphere
6 5 (3.94%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.57%) Docker
8 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 23 (18.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (3.15%) SolarWinds Orion
2 4 (3.15%) vCenter Server
3 2 (1.57%) FortiGate
3 2 (1.57%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.79%) Ansible
4 1 (0.79%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 1 (0.79%) Podman
4 1 (0.79%) QRadar
4 1 (0.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 92 (72.44%) Microsoft
2 27 (21.26%) VMware
3 26 (20.47%) Cisco
4 15 (11.81%) Fortinet
5 11 (8.66%) Sophos
6 9 (7.09%) Meraki
6 9 (7.09%) SolarWinds
7 8 (6.30%) Aruba
7 8 (6.30%) Palo Alto
8 6 (4.72%) Apple
9 5 (3.94%) Juniper
9 5 (3.94%) ServiceNow
10 4 (3.15%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (3.15%) Freshdesk
11 3 (2.36%) Adobe
11 3 (2.36%) CheckPoint
11 3 (2.36%) Citrix
11 3 (2.36%) Synology
11 3 (2.36%) Ubiquiti
11 3 (2.36%) Veeam