Firewall Jobs in the East of England

Firewall
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firewall over the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 41 38
Rank change year-on-year -44 -3 +37
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing Firewall 124 190 166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 3.22% 3.95% 5.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.41% 28.61% 20.42%
Number of salaries quoted 91 154 123
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £27,300
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -4.26% -6.00%
75th Percentile £65,500 £50,813 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,250
% change year-on-year -5.00% -0.50% -4.29%

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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 925 664 813
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 24.01% 13.82% 26.40%
Number of salaries quoted 265 452 292
10th Percentile £27,200 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,438 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £34,500 £50,000 £51,064
% change year-on-year -31.00% -2.08% -2.74%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall 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 23 August 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 23 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -15 65 £58,750 +30.56% 27
Cambridgeshire +9 17 £50,000 +17.65% 15
Essex -5 17 £30,000 -6.25% 12
Bedfordshire -10 13 £53,000 +0.95% 1
Suffolk -34 10 £50,000 -20.00% 2
Norfolk -9 2 £31,000 -3.13% 3
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 34 (27.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (8.87%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.42%) Apache
3 3 (2.42%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.81%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 78 (62.90%) Azure
2 63 (50.81%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (40.32%) Entra ID
4 17 (13.71%) AWS
5 15 (12.10%) Power Platform
6 13 (10.48%) PowerApps
7 12 (9.68%) Azure Logic Apps
8 9 (7.26%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (6.45%) OneDrive
10 7 (5.65%) IaaS
11 5 (4.03%) Mimecast
12 4 (3.23%) PaaS
13 3 (2.42%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (2.42%) Google Workspace
13 3 (2.42%) Nutanix
14 2 (1.61%) GCP
14 2 (1.61%) SaaS
15 1 (0.81%) Amazon EC2
15 1 (0.81%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 40 (32.26%) VPN
2 37 (29.84%) DNS
3 32 (25.81%) DHCP
4 31 (25.00%) WAN
5 30 (24.19%) TCP/IP
6 27 (21.77%) LAN
7 16 (12.90%) Network Security
8 13 (10.48%) VLAN
9 12 (9.68%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (8.87%) FTP
10 11 (8.87%) HTTP
10 11 (8.87%) SMTP
11 9 (7.26%) Internet
12 8 (6.45%) SD-WAN
13 7 (5.65%) NGFW
13 7 (5.65%) SAN
14 3 (2.42%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (2.42%) IP Telephony
14 3 (2.42%) IPsec
15 2 (1.61%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.68%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.65%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.81%) Big Data
4 1 (0.81%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.81%) MySQL
4 1 (0.81%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.81%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (4.03%) JIRA
2 1 (0.81%) Git
2 1 (0.81%) GitLab
General
1 41 (33.06%) Social Skills
2 14 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (7.26%) Retail
4 6 (4.84%) Finance
4 6 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (3.23%) Aerospace
5 4 (3.23%) Legal
5 4 (3.23%) Local Government
6 3 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.61%) Aviation
7 2 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.61%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (29.84%) Analyst
2 30 (24.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 22 (17.74%) Technical Support
4 21 (16.94%) Support Analyst
5 20 (16.13%) 1st Line Support
6 18 (14.52%) 1st Line Support Analyst
7 17 (13.71%) 1st Line Technical Support
8 16 (12.90%) Technical Analyst
9 15 (12.10%) Technical Support Analyst
10 14 (11.29%) IT Engineer
11 11 (8.87%) Azure Engineer
11 11 (8.87%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (8.06%) Cloud Engineer
12 10 (8.06%) Senior
13 9 (7.26%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (7.26%) Support Engineer
14 8 (6.45%) 2nd Line Support
14 8 (6.45%) IT Support
14 8 (6.45%) Network Engineer
14 8 (6.45%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (11.29%) LDAP
2 1 (0.81%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.81%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.81%) SAML
2 1 (0.81%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 17 (13.71%) Security Operations Centre
2 14 (11.29%) Data Centre
3 11 (8.87%) Client/Server
4 9 (7.26%) Management Information System
5 6 (4.84%) Driving Licence
6 5 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (3.23%) Clustering
7 4 (3.23%) Security Posture
8 3 (2.42%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (2.42%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.42%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.42%) MISP
8 3 (2.42%) PKI
9 2 (1.61%) Biopharmaceutical
10 1 (0.81%) NHS
10 1 (0.81%) Replication
10 1 (0.81%) Smartcard
10 1 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 84 (67.74%) Windows
2 70 (56.45%) Windows Server
3 18 (14.52%) Mac OS
3 18 (14.52%) Windows Server 2019
4 11 (8.87%) Linux
5 3 (2.42%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.42%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.61%) Android
6 2 (1.61%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.81%) CentOS
7 1 (0.81%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (28.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 30 (24.19%) Customer Service
3 27 (21.77%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (18.55%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (17.74%) ITIL
6 20 (16.13%) SIEM
7 18 (14.52%) Incident Response
8 17 (13.71%) Malware Analysis
8 17 (13.71%) Security Operations
8 17 (13.71%) Server Management
9 15 (12.10%) Preventative Maintenance
10 12 (9.68%) Cloud Security
10 12 (9.68%) ITSM
10 12 (9.68%) Proactive Maintenance
10 12 (9.68%) Service Delivery
11 11 (8.87%) Mentoring
11 11 (8.87%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 9 (7.26%) Cost Management
12 9 (7.26%) DevOps
12 9 (7.26%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 30 (24.19%) PowerShell
2 15 (12.10%) Python
3 12 (9.68%) Bash
4 5 (4.03%) C++
4 5 (4.03%) Perl
5 3 (2.42%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.61%) SQL
7 1 (0.81%) Bicep
7 1 (0.81%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 31 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (14.52%) Security Cleared
3 12 (9.68%) DV Cleared
4 11 (8.87%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (8.06%) CCNA
6 9 (7.26%) CISM
6 9 (7.26%) Degree
6 9 (7.26%) SC Cleared
7 8 (6.45%) CEH
7 8 (6.45%) CISSP
8 6 (4.84%) Azure Certification
8 6 (4.84%) DBS Check
9 5 (4.03%) CREST Certified
10 4 (3.23%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (3.23%) GIAC
10 4 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (1.61%) A+ Certification
11 2 (1.61%) MCP
11 2 (1.61%) MCSA
11 2 (1.61%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (7.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (6.45%) NIST
4 7 (5.65%) PCI DSS
5 5 (4.03%) GDPR
6 4 (3.23%) NCSC
7 2 (1.61%) GxP
7 2 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.81%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 72 (58.06%) Active Directory
2 18 (14.52%) Hyper-V
3 17 (13.71%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (5.65%) Docker
6 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.61%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.81%) Firmware
7 1 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.81%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.81%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (29.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (7.26%) QRadar
3 8 (6.45%) Ansible
4 7 (5.65%) SCCM
5 5 (4.03%) FortiGate
5 5 (4.03%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (4.03%) Nessus
6 4 (3.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (3.23%) Kubernetes
7 3 (2.42%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (1.61%) Puppet
8 2 (1.61%) Terraform
9 1 (0.81%) Endace
9 1 (0.81%) Grafana
9 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.81%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.81%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.81%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.81%) WMI
9 1 (0.81%) WSUS
Vendors
1 94 (75.81%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.29%) Cisco
3 11 (8.87%) Splunk
4 10 (8.06%) Palo Alto
5 8 (6.45%) VMware
6 6 (4.84%) Citrix
7 5 (4.03%) Dell
7 5 (4.03%) ServiceNow
7 5 (4.03%) WatchGuard
8 4 (3.23%) Qualys
8 4 (3.23%) Tenable
9 3 (2.42%) Fortinet
9 3 (2.42%) Google
9 3 (2.42%) Meraki
9 3 (2.42%) Nimble Storage
9 3 (2.42%) Okta
9 3 (2.42%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.61%) Apple
10 2 (1.61%) Aruba
10 2 (1.61%) EMC