The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT jobs advertised for the Aylesbury region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Aylesbury region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 15 27 27
Rank change year-on-year
+12 0
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 4 3 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aylesbury 5.405% 2.586% 2.655%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.05% 15.79% 15.79%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 3
Average salary £40,000 £17,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+128.57% -50.00%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year
-3.75% +9.58%
All Communications & Networking
Aylesbury
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
21 19 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aylesbury 28.38% 16.38% 16.81%
Number of salaries quoted 19 19 18
Average salary £40,000 £36,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.58% +32.72%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Firewall
Buckinghamshire

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Firewall across the Aylesbury region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Aylesbury Firewall Jobs Demand Trend

Firewall
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Firewall across the Aylesbury region.

Aylesbury Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Aylesbury region citing Firewall also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Firewall.

1 12 (66.67%) WAN
2 11 (61.11%) LAN
3 10 (55.56%) TCP/IP
3 10 (55.56%) VPN
3 10 (55.56%) Cisco
3 10 (55.56%) Windows
4 9 (50.00%) CCNA
4 9 (50.00%) VoIP
4 9 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (44.44%) Cisco ASA
6 7 (38.89%) OSPF
6 7 (38.89%) BGP
6 7 (38.89%) Ethernet
7 6 (33.33%) ADSL
7 6 (33.33%) Wireless
7 6 (33.33%) SNMP
7 6 (33.33%) SHDSL
8 5 (27.78%) Linux
9 4 (22.22%) VMware
9 4 (22.22%) Internet
10 3 (16.67%) CheckPoint
10 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (16.67%) MySQL
10 3 (16.67%) Apache
10 3 (16.67%) Windows XP
10 3 (16.67%) MS Exchange
10 3 (16.67%) Java
10 3 (16.67%) Perl
10 3 (16.67%) PHP
10 3 (16.67%) IIS

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Aylesbury region citing Firewall also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Firewall. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) Apache
1 3 (16.67%) MS Exchange
1 3 (16.67%) IIS
2 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 12 (66.67%) WAN
2 11 (61.11%) LAN
3 10 (55.56%) TCP/IP
3 10 (55.56%) VPN
4 9 (50.00%) VoIP
5 8 (44.44%) Cisco ASA
6 7 (38.89%) OSPF
6 7 (38.89%) BGP
6 7 (38.89%) Ethernet
7 6 (33.33%) ADSL
7 6 (33.33%) Wireless
7 6 (33.33%) SNMP
7 6 (33.33%) SHDSL
8 4 (22.22%) Internet
9 2 (11.11%) DNS
10 1 (5.556%) MPLS
10 1 (5.556%) EIGRP
10 1 (5.556%) DHCP
10 1 (5.556%) PPP
10 1 (5.556%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) MySQL
2 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (5.556%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (5.556%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) Network Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Support Technician
3 2 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Coordinator
4 1 (5.556%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (5.556%) Administrator
4 1 (5.556%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (5.556%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Network Support
4 1 (5.556%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Citrix Administrator
4 1 (5.556%) IT Support
4 1 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) Blackberry
1 1 (5.556%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.556%) CCTV
1 1 (5.556%) Computer Science
1 1 (5.556%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 10 (55.56%) Windows
2 5 (27.78%) Linux
3 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (16.67%) Windows XP
3 3 (16.67%) Debian
3 3 (16.67%) Ubuntu
3 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (11.11%) Windows Vista
4 2 (11.11%) Windows 7
5 1 (5.556%) UNIX
5 1 (5.556%) Windows 8
5 1 (5.556%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (16.67%) Load Balancing
2 1 (5.556%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (5.556%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) Java
1 3 (16.67%) Perl
1 3 (16.67%) PHP
2 1 (5.556%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (50.00%) CCNA
1 9 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (11.11%) MCSE
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.556%) CNE
3 1 (5.556%) Novell Certification
3 1 (5.556%) CCIE
3 1 (5.556%) CCNP
3 1 (5.556%) MCP
3 1 (5.556%) Degree
3 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (11.11%) XenApp
2 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
3 1 (5.556%) Terminal Services
3 1 (5.556%) XenServer
3 1 (5.556%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Cisco
2 4 (22.22%) VMware
3 3 (16.67%) CheckPoint
4 2 (11.11%) Citrix
4 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.556%) Novell
5 1 (5.556%) Apple
5 1 (5.556%) Symantec
5 1 (5.556%) McAfee
5 1 (5.556%) Sophos
5 1 (5.556%) AppSense
5 1 (5.556%) Oracle
5 1 (5.556%) Google
5 1 (5.556%) WatchGuard
5 1 (5.556%) SonicWALL
5 1 (5.556%) Draytek
5 1 (5.556%) GFI Software