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 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 41 26
Rank change year-on-year -25 -15 +53
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 104 189 136
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.46% 5.24% 6.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.04% 28.38% 33.83%
Number of salaries quoted 73 134 111
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,000 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.18% -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,625 £65,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £45,642 £53,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.88% +0.95% -

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 741 666 402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 17.56% 18.46% 18.68%
Number of salaries quoted 293 342 276
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £26,375
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.79% +4.12% +14.12%
75th Percentile £58,000 £58,750 £65,313
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.93% +8.00% -4.76%

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 27 December 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 27 December 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 +6 57 £54,000 +3.85% 31
Cambridgeshire -16 18 £61,250 +85.61% 28
Essex -14 12 £26,500 -42.39% 21
Suffolk -21 10 £40,000 -11.11% 5
Norfolk -24 5 £40,000 +27.49% 3
Bedfordshire +23 2 £50,220 +0.44% 16
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 (28.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (10.58%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (9.62%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (4.81%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 75 (72.12%) Azure
2 73 (70.19%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (37.50%) Entra ID
4 10 (9.62%) Azure Logic Apps
5 9 (8.65%) Power Platform
6 8 (7.69%) PowerApps
7 6 (5.77%) AWS
7 6 (5.77%) IaaS
7 6 (5.77%) OneDrive
7 6 (5.77%) Power Automate
8 5 (4.81%) PaaS
8 5 (4.81%) SaaS
9 3 (2.88%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.92%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.96%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 33 (31.73%) VPN
2 29 (27.88%) DNS
3 25 (24.04%) WAN
4 21 (20.19%) DHCP
5 20 (19.23%) LAN
6 18 (17.31%) TCP/IP
7 14 (13.46%) Network Security
8 13 (12.50%) VLAN
9 9 (8.65%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (7.69%) SAN
11 7 (6.73%) IP Telephony
12 6 (5.77%) OSPF
12 6 (5.77%) SMTP
13 5 (4.81%) EIGRP
13 5 (4.81%) IMAP
13 5 (4.81%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (4.81%) POP3
13 5 (4.81%) SSL
13 5 (4.81%) Wireless
13 5 (4.81%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.81%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.85%) JIRA
2 1 (0.96%) Visual Studio
General
1 47 (45.19%) Social Skills
2 10 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (7.69%) Legal
4 4 (3.85%) Public Sector
5 3 (2.88%) Finance
5 3 (2.88%) Retail
6 2 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.96%) Law
7 1 (0.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (27.88%) IT Support
2 23 (22.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 19 (18.27%) IT Engineer
4 18 (17.31%) Analyst
4 18 (17.31%) Senior
4 18 (17.31%) Support Engineer
5 14 (13.46%) 1st Line Support
5 14 (13.46%) Network Engineer
6 12 (11.54%) IT Support Engineer
6 12 (11.54%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (11.54%) Technical Support
7 11 (10.58%) 1st Line Support Analyst
7 11 (10.58%) IT Analyst
7 11 (10.58%) IT Support Specialist
7 11 (10.58%) Support Analyst
7 11 (10.58%) Support Specialist
8 10 (9.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 10 (9.62%) 2nd Line Support
8 10 (9.62%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 10 (9.62%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.92%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.58%) Driving Licence
2 8 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.85%) Security Posture
4 3 (2.88%) Clustering
4 3 (2.88%) iPad
4 3 (2.88%) PKI
4 3 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.92%) Biopharmaceutical
5 2 (1.92%) Blog
5 2 (1.92%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.92%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.92%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (1.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.96%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 83 (79.81%) Windows
2 65 (62.50%) Windows Server
3 18 (17.31%) Windows Server 2019
4 13 (12.50%) Mac OS
5 10 (9.62%) Android
6 8 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (5.77%) Linux
7 6 (5.77%) Windows 10
8 5 (4.81%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.96%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.96%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.96%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (25.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 22 (21.15%) Customer Service
4 21 (20.19%) Cybersecurity
5 14 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (11.54%) ITIL
7 11 (10.58%) Preventative Maintenance
7 11 (10.58%) Service Delivery
8 9 (8.65%) Network Monitoring
8 9 (8.65%) Roadmaps
9 8 (7.69%) Technology Roadmap
10 7 (6.73%) AI
10 7 (6.73%) Incident Response
10 7 (6.73%) ITSM
10 7 (6.73%) Mentoring
10 7 (6.73%) Network Virtualisation
10 7 (6.73%) Proactive Monitoring
11 6 (5.77%) Risk Management
11 6 (5.77%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (5.77%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.88%) Python
3 2 (1.92%) Bash
4 1 (0.96%) Bicep
4 1 (0.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (21.15%) CCNA
3 19 (18.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (11.54%) DBS Check
4 12 (11.54%) Security Cleared
5 10 (9.62%) CCNP
6 8 (7.69%) Azure Certification
7 6 (5.77%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (5.77%) Degree
7 6 (5.77%) SC Cleared
8 5 (4.81%) DV Cleared
9 4 (3.85%) CEH
9 4 (3.85%) CISM
10 3 (2.88%) CISSP
10 3 (2.88%) MCDST
10 3 (2.88%) MCSE
11 2 (1.92%) GSEC
11 2 (1.92%) MCP
11 2 (1.92%) MCSA
11 2 (1.92%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.69%) GDPR
1 8 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (5.77%) NIST
2 6 (5.77%) PCI DSS
3 4 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.92%) GRC
4 2 (1.92%) GxP
4 2 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 2 (1.92%) JSP 440
4 2 (1.92%) NCSC
4 2 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 66 (63.46%) Active Directory
2 18 (17.31%) Virtual Desktop
3 10 (9.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (7.69%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (2.88%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.96%) Docker
6 1 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (38.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (9.62%) SCCM
3 4 (3.85%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.92%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.92%) Nagios
5 1 (0.96%) Ansible
5 1 (0.96%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.96%) Endace
5 1 (0.96%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.96%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.96%) Puppet
5 1 (0.96%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 84 (80.77%) Microsoft
2 27 (25.96%) Cisco
3 22 (21.15%) VMware
4 9 (8.65%) Palo Alto
4 9 (8.65%) ServiceNow
5 8 (7.69%) Fortinet
6 7 (6.73%) Apple
7 5 (4.81%) Juniper
7 5 (4.81%) Remedy
7 5 (4.81%) SolarWinds
8 4 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (2.88%) Blue Coat
9 3 (2.88%) CheckPoint
9 3 (2.88%) F5
10 2 (1.92%) Dell
10 2 (1.92%) Google
10 2 (1.92%) HP
10 2 (1.92%) Sophos
10 2 (1.92%) Splunk
10 2 (1.92%) Veeam