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

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 83 42
Rank change year-on-year +13 -41 -3
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 167 120 184
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.19% 3.44% 4.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.35% 17.12% 28.44%
Number of salaries quoted 131 89 146
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,625 £41,250 £31,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +11.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £55,000 £66,000 £51,188
90th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £63,125
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -1.93%

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 589 701 647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.71% 20.10% 14.16%
Number of salaries quoted 413 275 433
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -9.47% +11.76%
75th Percentile £55,000 £63,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,000 £70,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -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 30 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 30 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 -26 60 £47,250 -14.09% 11
Cambridgeshire +4 41 £44,250 -11.50% 15
Essex -13 25 £35,000 +16.67% 10
Bedfordshire -6 19 £36,500 -31.13% 2
Norfolk -15 13 £43,750 +36.72% 3
Suffolk +18 9 £55,000 +10.00%
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 46 (27.54%) SharePoint
2 45 (26.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (4.19%) WordPress
4 3 (1.80%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (7.78%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.80%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 108 (64.67%) Microsoft 365
2 76 (45.51%) Azure
3 73 (43.71%) Entra ID
4 16 (9.58%) OneDrive
5 13 (7.78%) AWS
6 7 (4.19%) Google Ads
7 4 (2.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (2.40%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (2.40%) Azure Storage
8 3 (1.80%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.20%) GCP
10 1 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.60%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 61 (36.53%) VPN
2 50 (29.94%) DNS
3 41 (24.55%) TCP/IP
4 38 (22.75%) DHCP
5 25 (14.97%) WAN
5 25 (14.97%) Wireless
6 23 (13.77%) LAN
7 19 (11.38%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (9.58%) Network Security
9 13 (7.78%) Internet
9 13 (7.78%) VLAN
10 11 (6.59%) VoIP
11 7 (4.19%) FTP
11 7 (4.19%) HTTP
11 7 (4.19%) SMTP
12 5 (2.99%) NAS
13 4 (2.40%) DMZ
13 4 (2.40%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (1.80%) BGP
14 3 (1.80%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.99%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.60%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.80%) JIRA
General
1 69 (41.32%) Social Skills
2 14 (8.38%) Retail
3 13 (7.78%) Finance
4 12 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.19%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (6.59%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (5.99%) Telecoms
7 8 (4.79%) Public Sector
8 7 (4.19%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.40%) Law
9 4 (2.40%) Legal
9 4 (2.40%) Marketing
10 3 (1.80%) Games
10 3 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.20%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.60%) Electronics
12 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.60%) Local Government
12 1 (0.60%) Police
Job Titles
1 45 (26.95%) IT Support
2 42 (25.15%) IT Engineer
3 30 (17.96%) Support Engineer
4 25 (14.97%) IT Support Engineer
5 22 (13.17%) Analyst
6 16 (9.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (8.38%) Network Engineer
8 10 (5.99%) Consultant
8 10 (5.99%) Support Technician
9 9 (5.39%) IT Support Specialist
9 9 (5.39%) Security Analyst
9 9 (5.39%) Security Engineer
9 9 (5.39%) Support Specialist
10 8 (4.79%) Administrator
10 8 (4.79%) Senior
10 8 (4.79%) Systems Administrator
11 7 (4.19%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 7 (4.19%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (4.19%) Lead
11 7 (4.19%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.19%) LDAP
2 4 (2.40%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 26 (15.57%) Driving Licence
2 23 (13.77%) Onboarding
3 14 (8.38%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (6.59%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (5.39%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (5.39%) Security Posture
6 8 (4.79%) CCTV
6 8 (4.79%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (4.19%) Client/Server
8 5 (2.99%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (2.40%) Blog
9 4 (2.40%) Cloud Native
9 4 (2.40%) Cloud Security Posture
9 4 (2.40%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (2.40%) Data Centre
9 4 (2.40%) Management Information System
9 4 (2.40%) PKI
9 4 (2.40%) Social Network
10 3 (1.80%) FMCG
11 2 (1.20%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 96 (57.49%) Windows
2 60 (35.93%) Windows Server
3 21 (12.57%) Linux
4 11 (6.59%) Mac OS
5 10 (5.99%) Windows 10
6 8 (4.79%) Apple iOS
7 4 (2.40%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.60%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.60%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (43.71%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (41.92%) Cybersecurity
3 42 (25.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 35 (20.96%) Continuous Improvement
5 32 (19.16%) Customer Service
5 32 (19.16%) SIEM
6 28 (16.77%) Disaster Recovery
7 19 (11.38%) AI
8 18 (10.78%) ITIL
9 15 (8.98%) Service Delivery
10 14 (8.38%) Collaborative Culture
10 14 (8.38%) Security Operations
11 13 (7.78%) Cloud Security
11 13 (7.78%) Mentoring
11 13 (7.78%) Root Cause Analysis
11 13 (7.78%) Vulnerability Management
12 12 (7.19%) Antivirus Management
12 12 (7.19%) Incident Response
12 12 (7.19%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 11 (6.59%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 38 (22.75%) PowerShell
2 16 (9.58%) SQL
3 8 (4.79%) Python
4 7 (4.19%) Bash
5 6 (3.59%) C++
5 6 (3.59%) Perl
6 4 (2.40%) Bicep
7 1 (0.60%) C#
7 1 (0.60%) VB
Qualifications
1 31 (18.56%) Degree
2 22 (13.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (11.38%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (10.78%) CompTIA Security+
5 17 (10.18%) Security Cleared
6 15 (8.98%) CCNA
7 13 (7.78%) CCNP
8 11 (6.59%) CEH
9 10 (5.99%) Azure Certification
9 10 (5.99%) SC Cleared
10 9 (5.39%) DV Cleared
11 6 (3.59%) CREST Certified
12 5 (2.99%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (2.40%) CISSP
14 3 (1.80%) A+ Certification
14 3 (1.80%) CCDP
14 3 (1.80%) CISM
14 3 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (1.80%) DBS Check
15 2 (1.20%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (13.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (12.57%) SLA
3 11 (6.59%) GDPR
4 8 (4.79%) GRC
5 7 (4.19%) PCI DSS
5 7 (4.19%) QA
6 6 (3.59%) NIST
7 5 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 4 (2.40%) JSP 440
8 4 (2.40%) NCSC
9 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.60%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 83 (49.70%) Active Directory
2 43 (25.75%) Hyper-V
3 27 (16.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (4.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (3.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (3.59%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (3.59%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (1.80%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.80%) VMware Server
7 2 (1.20%) vSphere
8 1 (0.60%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.60%) Docker
8 1 (0.60%) Firmware
8 1 (0.60%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 31 (18.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.19%) Proxmox
3 6 (3.59%) QRadar
4 5 (2.99%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.60%) Podman
Vendors
1 120 (71.86%) Microsoft
2 30 (17.96%) VMware
3 29 (17.37%) Cisco
4 15 (8.98%) Apple
4 15 (8.98%) Meraki
5 11 (6.59%) Fortinet
5 11 (6.59%) Sophos
5 11 (6.59%) Splunk
6 10 (5.99%) SonicWALL
7 9 (5.39%) Google
8 8 (4.79%) Ubiquiti
9 4 (2.40%) Aruba
9 4 (2.40%) Draytek
9 4 (2.40%) Freshdesk
9 4 (2.40%) Juniper
9 4 (2.40%) Veeam
10 3 (1.80%) Adobe
10 3 (1.80%) Forcepoint
10 3 (1.80%) Ruckus Wireless
10 3 (1.80%) WatchGuard