The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 30 28 46
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +18
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 349 404 237
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 6.574% 6.509% 4.399%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.56% 23.02% 21.82%
Number of salaries quoted 285 349 210
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £26,700
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year
-3.75% +9.58%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1547 1755 1086
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 29.14% 28.27% 20.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1173 1366 866
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £31,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Firewall
South East

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Berkshire Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading -2 128 £45,000 -5.26% 8
Bracknell -6 78 £31,000 -18.42% 1
Slough -17 30 £45,000 +5.88% 6
Newbury +12 18 £39,000 +4.00% 1
Maidenhead -9 10 £72,500 +61.11% 2
Windsor +4 1 £29,000 -31.76%
Firewall
South East

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 355 (55.21%) Windows
2 334 (51.94%) Cisco
3 238 (37.01%) Cisco Certification
4 233 (36.24%) TCP/IP
5 210 (32.66%) Microsoft
6 200 (31.10%) Linux
7 179 (27.84%) Juniper
8 172 (26.75%) DNS
9 167 (25.97%) Network Security
10 161 (25.04%) CheckPoint
11 154 (23.95%) Windows Server 2008
12 152 (23.64%) VMware
13 151 (23.48%) UNIX
14 147 (22.86%) VPN
15 139 (21.62%) DHCP
16 126 (19.60%) CCNP
16 126 (19.60%) SQL
16 126 (19.60%) Cisco ASA
17 122 (18.97%) CCNA
18 120 (18.66%) Active Directory
19 117 (18.20%) VMware Infrastructure
20 114 (17.73%) WAN
21 112 (17.42%) MS Exchange
22 104 (16.17%) Windows Server 2003
23 103 (16.02%) F5
24 101 (15.71%) LAN
25 96 (14.93%) MPLS
26 92 (14.31%) Solaris
27 86 (13.37%) Microsoft Certification
28 83 (12.91%) Internet

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 Development
1 38 (5.910%) .NET
2 34 (5.288%) XML
3 17 (2.644%) HTML
4 15 (2.333%) ASP.NET
5 12 (1.866%) XSLT
6 9 (1.400%) Middleware
7 8 (1.244%) Web Services
8 6 (0.933%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.778%) ASP
9 5 (0.778%) CSS
9 5 (0.778%) Servlets
9 5 (0.778%) SOAP
9 5 (0.778%) MSMQ
10 4 (0.622%) Windows SharePoint Services
10 4 (0.622%) COM
11 3 (0.467%) CGI
12 2 (0.311%) CAML
12 2 (0.311%) CPAN
12 2 (0.311%) X-Windows
12 2 (0.311%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 112 (17.42%) MS Exchange
2 60 (9.331%) Exchange Server 2010
3 45 (6.998%) IIS
4 42 (6.532%) SharePoint
4 42 (6.532%) Exchange Server 2007
5 29 (4.510%) Apache
6 25 (3.888%) Lync
7 17 (2.644%) Lotus Domino
8 15 (2.333%) Tomcat
9 13 (2.022%) WebLogic
10 12 (1.866%) Exchange Server 2003
10 12 (1.866%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 6 (0.933%) SharePoint 2010
12 5 (0.778%) IBM Notes
13 3 (0.467%) Office Communications Server
14 2 (0.311%) Windows Azure
14 2 (0.311%) Confluence
14 2 (0.311%) MS Project Server
14 2 (0.311%) BizTalk Server
14 2 (0.311%) CMS
Applications
1 52 (8.087%) MS Excel
2 36 (5.599%) MS Office
3 16 (2.488%) Office 365
4 4 (0.622%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.311%) InfoPath
5 2 (0.311%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.711%) Oracle BPM
2 6 (0.933%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.156%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 233 (36.24%) TCP/IP
2 172 (26.75%) DNS
3 167 (25.97%) Network Security
4 147 (22.86%) VPN
5 139 (21.62%) DHCP
6 126 (19.60%) Cisco ASA
7 114 (17.73%) WAN
8 101 (15.71%) LAN
9 96 (14.93%) MPLS
10 83 (12.91%) Internet
11 67 (10.42%) BGP
12 63 (9.798%) OSPF
13 59 (9.176%) VoIP
14 56 (8.709%) SAN
15 54 (8.398%) Cisco PIX
16 53 (8.243%) Intrusion Detection
17 48 (7.465%) Wireless
17 48 (7.465%) SNMP
18 46 (7.154%) SSL
19 42 (6.532%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (10.26%) RDBMS
2 51 (7.932%) SQL Server
3 17 (2.644%) MySQL
4 9 (1.400%) SQL Server 2005
5 7 (1.089%) DB2
5 7 (1.089%) SQL Server 2000
5 7 (1.089%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.933%) DB2 UDB
7 4 (0.622%) Oracle 8/8i
8 3 (0.467%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.467%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.467%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.311%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 1 (0.156%) MS Access
10 1 (0.156%) Oracle 10g
10 1 (0.156%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.156%) Oracle 11g
10 1 (0.156%) Redis
10 1 (0.156%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (0.622%) Subversion
2 2 (0.311%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.311%) Gradle
2 2 (0.311%) Hudson
2 2 (0.311%) JIRA
2 2 (0.311%) Selenium
2 2 (0.311%) IntelliJ
2 2 (0.311%) Ant
2 2 (0.311%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.156%) Git (software)
General
1 79 (12.29%) Telecoms
2 66 (10.26%) French Language
3 57 (8.865%) Finance
4 47 (7.309%) German Language
5 35 (5.443%) Retail
6 31 (4.821%) Back Office
7 25 (3.888%) Italian Language
8 15 (2.333%) Billing
9 13 (2.022%) Military
10 11 (1.711%) Banking
11 7 (1.089%) Financial Institution
12 6 (0.933%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.467%) Marketing
14 2 (0.311%) Law
14 2 (0.311%) Games
15 1 (0.156%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.156%) Danish Language
15 1 (0.156%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 149 (23.17%) Support Engineer
2 125 (19.44%) Network Engineer
3 109 (16.95%) Security Engineer
4 80 (12.44%) Technical Support
5 75 (11.66%) Technical Engineer
6 73 (11.35%) Technical Support Engineer
7 64 (9.953%) Consultant
8 40 (6.221%) Administrator
8 40 (6.221%) Analyst
9 34 (5.288%) Systems Administrator
10 33 (5.132%) IP Engineer
11 31 (4.821%) 3rd Line Support
11 31 (4.821%) Security Support Engineer
12 30 (4.666%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 27 (4.199%) Architect
14 23 (3.577%) Network Security Engineer
14 23 (3.577%) Network Support
15 22 (3.421%) Designer
16 21 (3.266%) Cisco Engineer
16 21 (3.266%) Cisco Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 23 (3.577%) Blackberry
2 21 (3.266%) Computer Science
3 16 (2.488%) SaaS
4 15 (2.333%) Management Information System
5 14 (2.177%) N-Tier
6 11 (1.711%) Clustering
6 11 (1.711%) Video Conferencing
6 11 (1.711%) iPhone
7 9 (1.400%) Digital Media
8 6 (0.933%) Open Source
9 5 (0.778%) Replication
9 5 (0.778%) Online Banking
9 5 (0.778%) PKI
9 5 (0.778%) Mathematics
10 4 (0.622%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.622%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.467%) Cryptography
11 3 (0.467%) Mobile App
12 2 (0.311%) EqualLogic
12 2 (0.311%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 355 (55.21%) Windows
2 200 (31.10%) Linux
3 154 (23.95%) Windows Server 2008
4 151 (23.48%) UNIX
5 104 (16.17%) Windows Server 2003
6 92 (14.31%) Solaris
7 31 (4.821%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 29 (4.510%) Windows 7
9 23 (3.577%) Windows XP
10 22 (3.421%) Windows 8
11 20 (3.110%) Windows 2000
11 20 (3.110%) Windows Server 2012
12 18 (2.799%) Windows 2000 Server
13 16 (2.488%) Debian
14 13 (2.022%) Windows Vista
15 12 (1.866%) Ubuntu
16 11 (1.711%) Android
17 10 (1.555%) CentOS
18 7 (1.089%) AIX
19 2 (0.311%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (12.29%) ITIL
2 49 (7.621%) Security Management
3 41 (6.376%) Network Management
4 39 (6.065%) Load Balancing
5 34 (5.288%) Incident Management
6 30 (4.666%) Network Design
7 26 (4.044%) Validation
7 26 (4.044%) Service Delivery
8 25 (3.888%) Information Security
9 23 (3.577%) SIEM
10 21 (3.266%) Project Management
10 21 (3.266%) CRM
11 20 (3.110%) Migration
11 20 (3.110%) Disaster Recovery
12 17 (2.644%) Data Security
13 12 (1.866%) Change Management
13 12 (1.866%) Service Management
14 11 (1.711%) Product Management
14 11 (1.711%) Mobile Device Management
15 10 (1.555%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 126 (19.60%) SQL
2 39 (6.065%) Java
3 23 (3.577%) JavaScript
3 23 (3.577%) Perl
4 19 (2.955%) PHP
5 16 (2.488%) C++
6 15 (2.333%) C#
7 14 (2.177%) Python
8 13 (2.022%) Ruby
9 11 (1.711%) Bash shell
10 9 (1.400%) PowerShell
11 6 (0.933%) C
11 6 (0.933%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.467%) VBScript
12 3 (0.467%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.311%) C-shell
13 2 (0.311%) Korn
14 1 (0.156%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 238 (37.01%) Cisco Certification
2 126 (19.60%) CCNP
3 122 (18.97%) CCNA
4 86 (13.37%) Microsoft Certification
5 69 (10.73%) MCSE
5 69 (10.73%) CCIE
6 61 (9.487%) MCSA
7 58 (9.020%) CISSP
7 58 (9.020%) CCSA
8 57 (8.865%) CCSE
9 52 (8.087%) JNCIA
9 52 (8.087%) MCP
10 44 (6.843%) Degree
11 43 (6.687%) MCDBA
12 28 (4.355%) Security Cleared
13 24 (3.733%) CCIP
14 21 (3.266%) JNCIS
15 16 (2.488%) JNCIP
15 16 (2.488%) CCDP
15 16 (2.488%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (6.532%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (4.977%) PCI DSS
3 27 (4.199%) SLA
4 22 (3.421%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.467%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.467%) QA
6 2 (0.311%) WAI
7 1 (0.156%) COBIT
System Software
1 120 (18.66%) Active Directory
2 117 (18.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (9.331%) vSphere
4 42 (6.532%) XenDesktop
5 41 (6.376%) Hyper-V
6 31 (4.821%) XenServer
7 28 (4.355%) XenApp
8 27 (4.199%) VMware ESXi
9 19 (2.955%) ProxySG
10 16 (2.488%) UAG
11 14 (2.177%) VMware ESX
12 13 (2.022%) Forefront TMG
13 12 (1.866%) Novell eDirectory
14 9 (1.400%) Terminal Services
15 7 (1.089%) ISA Server
15 7 (1.089%) Sendmail
16 5 (0.778%) Snort
17 3 (0.467%) Xen
17 3 (0.467%) FreeRADIUS
18 2 (0.311%) BlackBerry Internet Service
Systems Management
1 12 (1.866%) Norton AntiVirus
1 12 (1.866%) ZENworks
2 11 (1.711%) MOM
3 7 (1.089%) Backup Exec
3 7 (1.089%) Puppet
4 6 (0.933%) HP Quality Center
4 6 (0.933%) SCCM
4 6 (0.933%) SCOM
4 6 (0.933%) Nagios
5 5 (0.778%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 5 (0.778%) Nessus
6 4 (0.622%) Cisco CUCM
6 4 (0.622%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.622%) Ganglia
6 4 (0.622%) Zenoss
7 3 (0.467%) Cisco UCCE
8 2 (0.311%) Cisco UCCX
8 2 (0.311%) YUM
8 2 (0.311%) ARCserve
9 1 (0.156%) Unicenter
Vendors
1 334 (51.94%) Cisco
2 210 (32.66%) Microsoft
3 179 (27.84%) Juniper
4 161 (25.04%) CheckPoint
5 152 (23.64%) VMware
6 103 (16.02%) F5
7 81 (12.60%) Blue Coat
8 79 (12.29%) Citrix
9 72 (11.20%) Oracle
10 66 (10.26%) Sun
11 57 (8.865%) HP
12 36 (5.599%) Red Hat
13 34 (5.288%) Symantec
14 31 (4.821%) Websense
15 22 (3.421%) Fujitsu
16 21 (3.266%) McAfee
16 21 (3.266%) Fortinet
17 20 (3.110%) JBoss
18 17 (2.644%) Dell
19 14 (2.177%) Nokia
Slough, Thames Valley
Computer Futures are seeking a CCNA/CCNP Certified Network Engineer for a market leading client based inSlough... The Ideal candidate will have the following Cisco qualifications: Cisco Certified...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 28 May 2013
Slough, Thames Valley
Computer Futures are seeking a CCNA/CCNP Certified Network Engineer for a market leading client based inSlough... The Ideal candidate will have the following Cisco qualifications: Cisco Certified...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 29 May 2013
Slough, Thames Valley
Computer Futures are seeking a CCNA/CCNP Certified Network Engineer for a market leading client based inSlough... The Ideal candidate will have the following Cisco qualifications: Cisco Certified...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 28 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Install, configure and maintain windows server 2003/2008R2... * VM Ware -Vsphere... * VM WARE. * Active Directory. * Knowledge of SAN... * Blackberry Enterprise experience. Desirable skills * MCSE or MCSA * IT related...
Roc Search
Posted: 17 June 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Experience Required: Previous experience of working in Infrastructure role or 3rd line support Complex implementation skills with Microsoft technologies: -MS Exchange -MS SQL server installation and configuration -Active...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £25607.00 - £27115.00 per annum
Posted: 11 June 2013
Maidenhead, Berkshire
Millshill Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Berkshire
Sanderson
Salary: £45000 - £49000 per annum + Benefits Package
Posted: 18 June 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
Crimson Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bracknell, Thames Valley
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 6 June 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Aston Carter
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
greywood
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 31 May 2013
Berkshire
Lawrence Harvey IT & Change
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Nationwide People Ltd
Salary: £60000 - 80000 Per Annum plus bonus plus benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Slough, Berkshire
FT Select
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum plus oncall, overtime, pension
Posted: 17 June 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Head Resourcing
Posted: 17 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Nationwide People Ltd
Salary: £60000 - 80000 Per Annum plus bonus plus benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Verizon
Salary: Excellent Salary, Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 31 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
JP Specialist Contracts
Salary: £36000 - £37000 per annum + + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 June 2013
Maidenhead, Thames Valley
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 10 June 2013