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This section looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Bedford region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank41-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads30
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below6.522 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted30
Average minimum salary£38,333-
Average salary£39,500-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£40,667-
UK excluding London average salary£36,023£37,296
% change on same period last year-3.41 %
Bedford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bedford
Matching permanent IT job ads4626
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.011 %
Salaries quoted4521
Average minimum salary£33,705£31,614
Average salary£35,288£36,588
% change on same period last year-3.55 %
Average maximum salary£36,872£41,561
UK excluding London average salary£37,584£39,545
% change on same period last year-4.96 %
Firewall BedfordshireFirewall
Bedfordshire

Firewall
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Firewall across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bedford Firewall Demand Trend

Firewall
Salary Trend

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

Bedford Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Bedford Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford 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.

14 (66.67 %)Windows
14 (66.67 %)Cisco Certification
23 (50.00 %)CCNP
23 (50.00 %)Cisco
32 (33.33 %)MPLS
32 (33.33 %)CCNA
32 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (33.33 %)VPN
32 (33.33 %)SQL
32 (33.33 %)Oracle
32 (33.33 %)MCSE
41 (16.67 %)MCSA
41 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
41 (16.67 %)ADSL
41 (16.67 %)ATM
41 (16.67 %)ISDN
41 (16.67 %)LAN
41 (16.67 %)VoIP
41 (16.67 %)WAN
41 (16.67 %)RIP
41 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
41 (16.67 %)ITIL
41 (16.67 %)UNIX
41 (16.67 %)DNS
41 (16.67 %)SSL
41 (16.67 %)Linux
41 (16.67 %)Disaster Recovery
41 (16.67 %)Wireless
41 (16.67 %)Finance
41 (16.67 %)Juniper

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford 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.

Bedford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
11 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 2000
Bedford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (33.33 %)MPLS
12 (33.33 %)VPN
21 (16.67 %)DNS
21 (16.67 %)SSL
21 (16.67 %)OSPF
21 (16.67 %)BGP
21 (16.67 %)Wireless
21 (16.67 %)Cisco IOS
21 (16.67 %)Network Security
21 (16.67 %)ADSL
21 (16.67 %)ATM
21 (16.67 %)ISDN
21 (16.67 %)LAN
21 (16.67 %)VoIP
21 (16.67 %)WAN
21 (16.67 %)RIP
21 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
Bedford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Finance
Bedford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (33.33 %)Analyst
12 (33.33 %)Network Analyst
12 (33.33 %)Network Support
21 (16.67 %)Senior Support Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Senior Technical Support
21 (16.67 %)Network Team Leader
21 (16.67 %)Senior Technical Support Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Technical Support Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Team Leader
21 (16.67 %)Technical Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Technical Architect
21 (16.67 %)Network Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Server Support
21 (16.67 %)Support Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Technical Support
21 (16.67 %)Network Support Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Support Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Architect
Bedford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (66.67 %)Windows
21 (16.67 %)Linux
21 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (16.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (16.67 %)UNIX
Bedford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)ITIL
11 (16.67 %)Project Management
11 (16.67 %)Disaster Recovery
11 (16.67 %)Network Design
Bedford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (33.33 %)SQL
Bedford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (66.67 %)Cisco Certification
23 (50.00 %)CCNP
32 (33.33 %)CCNA
32 (33.33 %)MCSE
32 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (16.67 %)MCSA
Bedford IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (16.67 %)Active Directory
Bedford IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (16.67 %)OpenView
Bedford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (50.00 %)Cisco
22 (33.33 %)Oracle
31 (16.67 %)Microsoft
31 (16.67 %)HP
31 (16.67 %)Juniper
31 (16.67 %)CheckPoint