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The table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Bolton 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2313
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching permanent IT job ads59
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.004 %
As % of the category below20.00 %64.29 %
Salaries quoted59
Average minimum salary£33,600£30,333
Average salary£35,200£30,333
% change on same period last year+16.04 %
Average maximum salary£36,800£30,333
UK excluding London average salary£37,190£37,337
% change on same period last year-0.39 %
Bolton IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bolton
Matching permanent IT job ads2514
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.006 %
Salaries quoted2014
Average minimum salary£28,537£31,136
Average salary£30,073£31,220
% change on same period last year-3.67 %
Average maximum salary£31,610£31,305
UK excluding London average salary£37,928£38,940
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
Firewall ManchesterFirewall
Manchester

Firewall
Demand Trend

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

Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Bolton Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Bolton region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Bolton Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Bolton 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.

15 (50.00 %)Windows
15 (50.00 %)WAN
15 (50.00 %)Cisco
15 (50.00 %)CCNA
15 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
15 (50.00 %)Nokia
15 (50.00 %)CheckPoint
24 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
24 (40.00 %)Crossbeam
24 (40.00 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (40.00 %)MCSE
24 (40.00 %)ITIL
24 (40.00 %)PRINCE2
33 (30.00 %)LAN
33 (30.00 %)Network Security
33 (30.00 %)Websense
33 (30.00 %)Sourcefire
42 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
42 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
42 (20.00 %)Network Load Balancing
42 (20.00 %)Internet
42 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (20.00 %)Symantec
42 (20.00 %)MPLS
42 (20.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (20.00 %)HP APS
42 (20.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
42 (20.00 %)Nortel Meridian
42 (20.00 %)SAN

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Bolton 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.

Bolton IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
12 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
Bolton IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (50.00 %)WAN
23 (30.00 %)LAN
23 (30.00 %)Network Security
32 (20.00 %)Nortel Meridian
32 (20.00 %)VPN
32 (20.00 %)SAN
32 (20.00 %)Internet
32 (20.00 %)MPLS
41 (10.00 %)NetScreen
41 (10.00 %)Cisco PIX
41 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
Bolton IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (20.00 %)SQL Server
12 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000
12 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Bolton IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (30.00 %)Junior
13 (30.00 %)Network Consultant
13 (30.00 %)Consultant
13 (30.00 %)Network Engineer
22 (20.00 %)Security Consultant
22 (20.00 %)Infrastructure Specialist
22 (20.00 %)Infrastructure Manager
22 (20.00 %)Network Security Consultant
22 (20.00 %)Junior Network Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Cisco Consultant
31 (10.00 %)Firewall Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Trainee
31 (10.00 %)Trainee Consultant
31 (10.00 %)Security Engineer
Bolton IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (20.00 %)Clustering
Bolton IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (50.00 %)Windows
24 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
32 (20.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
32 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
32 (20.00 %)Windows XP
Bolton IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (40.00 %)ITIL
14 (40.00 %)PRINCE2
22 (20.00 %)Network Load Balancing
Bolton IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (20.00 %)SQL
Bolton IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (50.00 %)CCNA
15 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
24 (40.00 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (40.00 %)MCSE
32 (20.00 %)HP APS
32 (20.00 %)PRINCE2 Certification
41 (10.00 %)CCSA
41 (10.00 %)CCIE
41 (10.00 %)CCNP
Bolton IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (20.00 %)Active Directory
12 (20.00 %)VMware ESX
12 (20.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
Bolton IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (50.00 %)Cisco
15 (50.00 %)Nokia
15 (50.00 %)CheckPoint
24 (40.00 %)Crossbeam
33 (30.00 %)Sourcefire
33 (30.00 %)Websense
42 (20.00 %)VMware
42 (20.00 %)Symantec
42 (20.00 %)Microsoft
42 (20.00 %)HP
42 (20.00 %)Nortel
51 (10.00 %)Juniper