Firewall Jobs in Birmingham
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Birmingham region.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 36 41 36
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -5
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 94 65 60
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 5.529% 4.386% 4.464%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.65% 22.26% 24.49%
Number of salaries quoted 68 60 57
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £24,950 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.75% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 317 292 245
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 18.65% 19.70% 18.23%
Number of salaries quoted 255 255 222
Average salary £41,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £59,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Firewall
West Midlands

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 94 (47.96%) Cisco
2 90 (45.92%) Cisco Certification
3 69 (35.20%) Windows
4 61 (31.12%) CISSP
5 60 (30.61%) CCNA
6 50 (25.51%) CheckPoint
7 47 (23.98%) Active Directory
7 47 (23.98%) VPN
7 47 (23.98%) SIEM
8 44 (22.45%) Network Security
9 42 (21.43%) Windows Server 2008
10 41 (20.92%) ACSA
11 40 (20.41%) Java
12 39 (19.90%) JavaScript
12 39 (19.90%) DNS
12 39 (19.90%) Finance
13 38 (19.39%) Microsoft
14 37 (18.88%) Sentinel
15 36 (18.37%) DHCP
15 36 (18.37%) Windows Server 2003
16 33 (16.84%) Internet
17 32 (16.33%) CCNP
18 31 (15.82%) Juniper
19 30 (15.31%) CCSE
20 28 (14.29%) Risk Management
20 28 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
21 27 (13.78%) Intrusion Detection
22 26 (13.27%) Telecoms
22 26 (13.27%) Management Information System
23 25 (12.76%) SAN

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 6 (3.061%) CSS
2 4 (2.041%) Middleware
3 3 (1.531%) COM
3 3 (1.531%) JMS
3 3 (1.531%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.510%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 21 (10.71%) MS Exchange
2 13 (6.633%) IIS
3 6 (3.061%) Lync
4 4 (2.041%) Apache
4 4 (2.041%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.020%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.510%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.510%) Lotus Notes
6 1 (0.510%) Lotus Domino
6 1 (0.510%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.510%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.510%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.510%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.510%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.510%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 11 (5.612%) MS Excel
2 6 (3.061%) MS Office
3 1 (0.510%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 37 (18.88%) Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 47 (23.98%) VPN
2 44 (22.45%) Network Security
3 39 (19.90%) DNS
4 36 (18.37%) DHCP
5 33 (16.84%) Internet
6 28 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
7 27 (13.78%) Intrusion Detection
8 25 (12.76%) SAN
8 25 (12.76%) Cisco PIX
9 20 (10.20%) IP Telephony
10 19 (9.694%) WAN
11 18 (9.184%) LAN
12 16 (8.163%) iSCSI
12 16 (8.163%) Fibre Channel
13 15 (7.653%) TCP/IP
13 15 (7.653%) OSPF
13 15 (7.653%) VLAN
14 13 (6.633%) BGP
15 11 (5.612%) Wireless
15 11 (5.612%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.592%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.510%) SQLPlus
2 1 (0.510%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 39 (19.90%) Finance
2 26 (13.27%) Telecoms
3 16 (8.163%) Banking
3 16 (8.163%) Back Office
4 5 (2.551%) Legal
4 5 (2.551%) Advertising
5 2 (1.020%) Retail
5 2 (1.020%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.510%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 61 (31.12%) Network Engineer
2 41 (20.92%) Security Specialist
3 35 (17.86%) Security Engineer
4 25 (12.76%) Network Security Engineer
5 23 (11.73%) Firewall Engineer
6 16 (8.163%) Analyst
7 13 (6.633%) Consultant
8 11 (5.612%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (4.592%) Support Analyst
9 9 (4.592%) Network Specialist
9 9 (4.592%) Security Manager
10 8 (4.082%) Information Manager
10 8 (4.082%) Information Security Manager
10 8 (4.082%) Support Engineer
11 7 (3.571%) Security Consultant
11 7 (3.571%) Network Support
12 6 (3.061%) Cisco Network Specialist
12 6 (3.061%) Cisco Specialist
13 5 (2.551%) Network Consultant
13 5 (2.551%) Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.27%) Management Information System
2 5 (2.551%) Cryptography
2 5 (2.551%) Computer Science
3 3 (1.531%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (1.531%) Fixed Income
3 3 (1.531%) Clustering
3 3 (1.531%) IaaS
4 2 (1.020%) iPad
4 2 (1.020%) SaaS
4 2 (1.020%) PaaS
4 2 (1.020%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.020%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (1.020%) Replication
4 2 (1.020%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.510%) iPhone
5 1 (0.510%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.510%) CCTV
5 1 (0.510%) SecurID
5 1 (0.510%) Open Source
5 1 (0.510%) Xserve
Operating Systems
1 69 (35.20%) Windows
2 42 (21.43%) Windows Server 2008
3 36 (18.37%) Windows Server 2003
4 24 (12.24%) Linux
5 12 (6.122%) Solaris
6 8 (4.082%) Windows 7
7 6 (3.061%) Windows XP
7 6 (3.061%) UNIX
8 4 (2.041%) Windows 2000 Server
9 2 (1.020%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.510%) Android
10 1 (0.510%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.510%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.510%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (23.98%) SIEM
2 28 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 25 (12.76%) Computer Forensics
4 22 (11.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 18 (9.184%) Time Management
6 17 (8.673%) Information Security
7 16 (8.163%) ITIL
8 12 (6.122%) Service Delivery
9 10 (5.102%) Information Security Management
9 10 (5.102%) Security Management
10 9 (4.592%) Vulnerability Management
11 8 (4.082%) Business Continuity
11 8 (4.082%) Project Management
12 7 (3.571%) Migration
12 7 (3.571%) Network Design
12 7 (3.571%) Problem Management
13 6 (3.061%) Technical Architecture
13 6 (3.061%) Risk Assessment
13 6 (3.061%) Change Management
13 6 (3.061%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 40 (20.41%) Java
2 39 (19.90%) JavaScript
3 25 (12.76%) SQL
4 3 (1.531%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.020%) Bash shell
6 1 (0.510%) C
6 1 (0.510%) VB
6 1 (0.510%) Perl
6 1 (0.510%) PHP
Qualifications
1 90 (45.92%) Cisco Certification
2 61 (31.12%) CISSP
3 60 (30.61%) CCNA
4 41 (20.92%) ACSA
5 32 (16.33%) CCNP
6 30 (15.31%) CCSE
7 25 (12.76%) Security Cleared
8 23 (11.73%) SC Cleared
8 23 (11.73%) JNCIS
9 14 (7.143%) Degree
10 11 (5.612%) CISA
10 11 (5.612%) CISM
11 6 (3.061%) SCSA
12 5 (2.551%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (2.551%) Citrix Certification
13 4 (2.041%) CCEE
13 4 (2.041%) CCAA
13 4 (2.041%) MCITP
13 4 (2.041%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (2.041%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.122%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.571%) SLA
3 1 (0.510%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 47 (23.98%) Active Directory
2 19 (9.694%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (8.163%) vSphere
4 13 (6.633%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 9 (4.592%) VMware ESX
6 8 (4.082%) XenDesktop
7 6 (3.061%) XenServer
8 5 (2.551%) XenApp
9 3 (1.531%) ClearTrust
10 2 (1.020%) ISA Server
11 1 (0.510%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.510%) Hyper-V
11 1 (0.510%) Forefront TMG
11 1 (0.510%) UAG
Systems Management
1 9 (4.592%) FortiGate
2 4 (2.041%) WSUS
3 2 (1.020%) Cisco UCCE
3 2 (1.020%) Backup Exec
3 2 (1.020%) Cisco IPCC
4 1 (0.510%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.510%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (0.510%) Cacti
Vendors
1 94 (47.96%) Cisco
2 50 (25.51%) CheckPoint
3 38 (19.39%) Microsoft
4 31 (15.82%) Juniper
5 25 (12.76%) VMware
6 24 (12.24%) F5
7 23 (11.73%) Websense
7 23 (11.73%) Blue Coat
8 19 (9.694%) HP
9 18 (9.184%) Citrix
9 18 (9.184%) NetApp
10 12 (6.122%) IBM
10 12 (6.122%) DataCore
11 6 (3.061%) McAfee
11 6 (3.061%) Nokia
12 5 (2.551%) Oracle
13 4 (2.041%) Huawei
13 4 (2.041%) Dell
14 3 (1.531%) TIBCO
14 3 (1.531%) JD Edwards
Mobile IT Service Engineer
Birmingham, West Midlands
A Mobile IT Field Service Engineer is required to join a well-established Microsoft / VMware IT solution provider... - General Firewall and Network routing... - In depth Active Directory Experience. -...
Salary: £17000 - £25000 per annum + Company Car + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Senior Network / Checkpoint Firewall Engineer - Birmingham
Birmingham, West Midlands
My South Birmingham based client is seeking a Senior Network / Checkpoint Firewall Engineer to join their growing business and IT team, supporting business IT Operations to a first...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Senior Networks Engineer - Alcatel-Lucent/Cisco
Birmingham, West Midlands
You will primarily be responsible for the following:- -Cisco/Alcatel-Lucent routing, switching, WAN-ADSL, Nexus, NetApps, Microsoft, AV and TelePresence -Technical competence in Alcatel-Lucent and / or...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 per annum + Project Bonus + Car Allowance
Posted: 16 May 2013
Pre-sales Engineer - Network Security
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Experience in networking technologies including TCP/IP, DNSDHCP (UNIX, Microsoft) Admin, IP Address Management and experience with switches, routers, and firewalls will be required. A bachelor's degree...
JPS Selection
Salary: From £60,000 to £68,000 per annum Upto £87k OTE and £10k car allowance
Posted: 23 May 2013
Senior VMWare / SAN Engineer / £45,000 - Birmingham
Birmingham, West Midlands
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following; - VMware - NetApp - CCNP - CCNA - Cisco Routing, Switching & Firewalls - Cisco Security (PIX and ASA...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Network Development Manager
Birmingham, West Midlands
The role requires a detailed level of technical knowledge including Cisco routing and switching, Juniper/Checkpoint firewalls, Cisco Call Manager, Cisco Unified Contact centre Enterprise and Bosch IP...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + pension and healthcare
Posted: 30 April 2013
Security Operations Specialist
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
You must have excellent network security experience of working in a large corporate or data centre/service delivery environment... The suitable candidate must be SC cleared or be...
Monarch Recruitment
Salary: £40000 to £50000 per annum - Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cisco Data Centre Services Network Project Specialist
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Cisco Firewalls including FWSM and ASAs in multiple context modes. Cisco Loadbalancers including ACE and CSS. Checkpoint Firewalls. Fortigate Firewalls. Understanding of routing protocols including OSPF and BGP...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £50K basic + Car Allow + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Senior Consultant (McAfee)
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The ideal Senior Consultant (McAfee) will have; *Hands on experience with McAfee product suites *Technical experience within the security industry within a client facing role *Experience designing and...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Car + Bonus (£80K OTE)
Posted: 17 May 2013
Citrix Consultant - Citrix -CCEE - CCIA - XenDesktop - XenApp
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
My client a value added distributor of servers, data storage, network security, enterprise software, virtualisation and access infrastructure are currently in the market for Citrix Consultant - Citrix -CCEE -...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Car + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
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