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The table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Bracknell 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank3864
Rank change on same period last yearUp+26
Matching permanent IT job ads1417
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.007 %
As % of the category below13.08 %9.290 %
Salaries quoted1111
Average minimum salary£37,727£40,455
Average salary£40,682£41,500
% change on same period last year-1.97 %
Average maximum salary£43,636£42,545
UK excluding London average salary£36,155£37,285
% change on same period last year-3.03 %
Bracknell IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bracknell
Matching permanent IT job ads107183
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.059 %0.077 %
Salaries quoted81165
Average minimum salary£39,366£38,644
Average salary£43,683£42,121
% change on same period last year+3.70 %
Average maximum salary£48,000£45,598
UK excluding London average salary£37,602£39,396
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
Firewall BerkshireFirewall
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Firewall
Demand Trend

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Bracknell region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Bracknell Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Bracknell 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.

119 (65.52 %)Cisco
216 (55.17 %)Windows
313 (44.83 %)LAN
313 (44.83 %)VPN
313 (44.83 %)WAN
313 (44.83 %)Cisco Certification
412 (41.38 %)Windows Server 2003
511 (37.93 %)UNIX
610 (34.48 %)CCNA
610 (34.48 %)TCP/IP
78 (27.59 %)Windows NT
78 (27.59 %)Microsoft Certification
78 (27.59 %)MCSE
78 (27.59 %)HPUX
78 (27.59 %)Linux
78 (27.59 %)MS Exchange
87 (24.14 %)SQL
96 (20.69 %)Java
96 (20.69 %)Solaris
96 (20.69 %)SAN
105 (17.24 %)BGP
105 (17.24 %)Exchange Server 2003
105 (17.24 %)Citrix
105 (17.24 %)Active Directory
105 (17.24 %)VoIP
105 (17.24 %)Ethernet
105 (17.24 %)Microsoft
105 (17.24 %)Windows 2000
105 (17.24 %)JBoss
105 (17.24 %)MS Excel

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Bracknell 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.

Bracknell IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (10.34 %)J2EE
13 (10.34 %)WebSphere
22 (6.897 %).NET
31 (3.448 %)HTML
31 (3.448 %)XML
31 (3.448 %)MAPI
Bracknell IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (27.59 %)MS Exchange
25 (17.24 %)Exchange Server 2003
25 (17.24 %)JBoss
33 (10.34 %)Apache
33 (10.34 %)WebLogic
33 (10.34 %)IIS
42 (6.897 %)WebSphere Application Server
51 (3.448 %)Tomcat
Bracknell IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (17.24 %)MS Excel
24 (13.79 %)MS Office
31 (3.448 %)MS Visio
Bracknell IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (44.83 %)LAN
113 (44.83 %)WAN
113 (44.83 %)VPN
210 (34.48 %)TCP/IP
36 (20.69 %)SAN
45 (17.24 %)Ethernet
45 (17.24 %)VoIP
45 (17.24 %)BGP
54 (13.79 %)WLAN
54 (13.79 %)MPLS
54 (13.79 %)DNS
63 (10.34 %)Cisco PIX
63 (10.34 %)Cisco ASA
72 (6.897 %)IPsec
72 (6.897 %)Gigabit Ethernet
72 (6.897 %)HTTP
81 (3.448 %)SMTP
81 (3.448 %)ATM
81 (3.448 %)ISDN
81 (3.448 %)PBX
Bracknell IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (17.24 %)SQL Server
21 (3.448 %)DB2
21 (3.448 %)DB2 UDB
Bracknell IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (13.79 %)Health
14 (13.79 %)Pensions
22 (6.897 %)Telecoms
31 (3.448 %)Government
31 (3.448 %)Electronics
Bracknell IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (31.03 %)Technical Support
19 (31.03 %)Support Engineer
26 (20.69 %)Support Consultant
26 (20.69 %)Consultant
35 (17.24 %)Network Engineer
35 (17.24 %)Systems Engineer
35 (17.24 %)Technical Consultant
35 (17.24 %)Senior Consultant
35 (17.24 %)Technical Support Consultant
35 (17.24 %)Senior Support Consultant
44 (13.79 %)Senior Technical Support
44 (13.79 %)Senior Technical Consultant
44 (13.79 %)Senior Systems Engineer
53 (10.34 %)Technical Support Engineer
53 (10.34 %)Technical Engineer
62 (6.897 %)Software Support Engineer
62 (6.897 %)IP Network Engineer
62 (6.897 %)Firewall Engineer
62 (6.897 %)Firewall Support
62 (6.897 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
Bracknell IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (13.79 %)French Language
22 (6.897 %)Spanish Language
31 (3.448 %)Computer Science
31 (3.448 %)German Language
Bracknell IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (55.17 %)Windows
212 (41.38 %)Windows Server 2003
311 (37.93 %)UNIX
48 (27.59 %)HPUX
48 (27.59 %)Linux
48 (27.59 %)Windows NT
56 (20.69 %)Solaris
65 (17.24 %)Windows 2000
74 (13.79 %)Windows Vista
83 (10.34 %)AIX
91 (3.448 %)Windows XP
Bracknell IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (6.897 %)EAI
12 (6.897 %)Load Balancing
21 (3.448 %)Security Cleared
21 (3.448 %)Risk Assessment
Bracknell IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (24.14 %)SQL
26 (20.69 %)Java
32 (6.897 %)VB
Bracknell IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (44.83 %)Cisco Certification
210 (34.48 %)CCNA
38 (27.59 %)MCSE
38 (27.59 %)Microsoft Certification
44 (13.79 %)MCP
44 (13.79 %)CCNP
44 (13.79 %)CCA
44 (13.79 %)Citrix Certification
53 (10.34 %)CCIP
53 (10.34 %)Degree
62 (6.897 %)CCIE
71 (3.448 %)CCDA
71 (3.448 %)CCDP
71 (3.448 %)CCSA
71 (3.448 %)CCVP
Bracknell IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (17.24 %)Active Directory
24 (13.79 %)Backup Exec
33 (10.34 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (3.448 %)NFS
Bracknell IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (10.34 %)OpenView
21 (3.448 %)CiscoWorks
Bracknell IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
119 (65.52 %)Cisco
25 (17.24 %)Microsoft
25 (17.24 %)Citrix
34 (13.79 %)VERITAS
34 (13.79 %)HP
34 (13.79 %)VMware
43 (10.34 %)Oracle
52 (6.897 %)IBM
52 (6.897 %)CheckPoint
52 (6.897 %)BEA
61 (3.448 %)Alcatel