Firewall Jobs in Essex

Firewall
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 48 54
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 +26
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 8 30 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 1.71% 3.45% 3.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.89% 25.00% 14.95%
Number of salaries quoted 7 30 26
10th Percentile - £24,075 £23,125
25th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year - -35.48% +6.90%
75th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £41,500 £50,725 -
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +20.48% -2.35% -15.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 90 120 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 19.19% 13.81% 22.93%
Number of salaries quoted 38 85 68
10th Percentile £27,500 £23,350 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,125 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £35,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -10.26% -11.86%
75th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £70,813
90th Percentile - £65,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% - -15.00%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Essex

Firewall
Salary Trend in Essex

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in Essex.

Salary trend for Firewall in Essex

Firewall
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Essex region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
Chelmsford +9 1 £40,000 +23.08% 3
Colchester - 1 £42,500 - 1
Firewall
East of England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 6 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Azure
1 6 (75.00%) Entra ID
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (75.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) VPN
2 5 (62.50%) LAN
2 5 (62.50%) VLAN
2 5 (62.50%) WAN
3 2 (25.00%) Network Security
4 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Security Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Service Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
1 7 (87.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) ITSM
1 6 (75.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 6 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (62.50%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Data Security
4 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (12.50%) High Availability
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (12.50%) Server Patching
4 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Management
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (12.50%) CISA
2 1 (12.50%) CISM
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (75.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) Palo Alto
2 5 (62.50%) WatchGuard