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The table below looks at the demand for the Firewall Engineer role in IT jobs within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Firewall Engineer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank229284
Rank change on same period last yearUp+55
Matching permanent IT job ads112
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.145 %0.018 %
Salaries quoted112
Average minimum salary£35,818£34,000
Average salary£38,545£38,000
% change on same period last year+1.43 %
Average maximum salary£41,273£42,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,715£31,554
% change on same period last year+22.69 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads761011412
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.910 %5.108 %
Salaries quoted63699337
Average minimum salary£38,871£38,405
Average salary£42,272£42,054
% change on same period last year+0.51 %
Average maximum salary£45,673£45,703
UK excluding London average salary£38,468£39,125
% change on same period last year-1.68 %
Firewall Engineer South EastFirewall Engineer
South East

Firewall Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Firewall Engineer across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Firewall Engineer Demand Trend

Firewall Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Firewall Engineer Salary Trend

Firewall Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Berkshire Firewall Engineer Salary Histogram

Firewall Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NewburyNew entry-6£40,000-
Firewall Engineer South EastFirewall Engineer
South East

Firewall Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Firewall Engineer in their job title 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 with Firewall Engineer in their job title.

115 (100.00 %)Firewall
214 (93.33 %)CheckPoint
313 (86.67 %)Cisco
411 (73.33 %)Juniper
411 (73.33 %)NetScreen
411 (73.33 %)Blue Coat
411 (73.33 %)VLAN
510 (66.67 %)Change Management
69 (60.00 %)Nortel
78 (53.33 %)VPN
78 (53.33 %)Incident Management
86 (40.00 %)CCNA
86 (40.00 %)IPsec
86 (40.00 %)Cisco Certification
95 (33.33 %)CCSP
95 (33.33 %)Internet
95 (33.33 %)CCSA
95 (33.33 %)CCSE
95 (33.33 %)JNCIA
104 (26.67 %)Nokia
113 (20.00 %)Telecoms
113 (20.00 %)VRRP
113 (20.00 %)Check Point Certification
113 (20.00 %)Microsoft
113 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
122 (13.33 %)SLA
122 (13.33 %)MS Visio
122 (13.33 %)SMTP
122 (13.33 %)CCNP
122 (13.33 %)Project Management

Firewall Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Firewall Engineer in their job title 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 with Firewall Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (13.33 %)MS Visio
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (100.00 %)Firewall
211 (73.33 %)VLAN
211 (73.33 %)NetScreen
38 (53.33 %)VPN
46 (40.00 %)IPsec
55 (33.33 %)Internet
63 (20.00 %)VRRP
63 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
72 (13.33 %)SMTP
72 (13.33 %)Cisco PIX
81 (6.667 %)HTTP
81 (6.667 %)DNS
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (20.00 %)Telecoms
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (66.67 %)Change Management
28 (53.33 %)Incident Management
32 (13.33 %)Project Management
Berkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (40.00 %)CCNA
16 (40.00 %)Cisco Certification
25 (33.33 %)CCSP
25 (33.33 %)CCSA
25 (33.33 %)CCSE
25 (33.33 %)JNCIA
33 (20.00 %)Check Point Certification
42 (13.33 %)CCNP
42 (13.33 %)JNCIS
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (13.33 %)SLA
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
114 (93.33 %)CheckPoint
213 (86.67 %)Cisco
311 (73.33 %)Juniper
311 (73.33 %)Blue Coat
49 (60.00 %)Nortel
54 (26.67 %)Nokia
63 (20.00 %)Microsoft