The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 17 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 66 78 55
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -23
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 53 39 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 3.032% 2.225% 3.387%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.63% 14.94% 17.23%
Number of salaries quoted 33 34 43
Average salary £42,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,200 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,500 £64,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
199 261 354
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 11.38% 14.89% 19.66%
Number of salaries quoted 159 220 262
Average salary £42,500 £37,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.86% +5.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
Firewall
South West

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bristol Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 77 (62.10%) Cisco
2 66 (53.23%) Cisco Certification
3 57 (45.97%) Windows
4 51 (41.13%) CCNP
5 42 (33.87%) Juniper
5 42 (33.87%) Windows Server 2008
6 40 (32.26%) VMware
7 38 (30.65%) VPN
8 37 (29.84%) Windows Server 2003
9 36 (29.03%) Network Security
10 35 (28.23%) CheckPoint
10 35 (28.23%) CCNA
11 34 (27.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 33 (26.61%) Internet
13 32 (25.81%) Active Directory
13 32 (25.81%) WAN
14 31 (25.00%) MS Exchange
15 30 (24.19%) VMware Infrastructure
16 29 (23.39%) Microsoft
17 28 (22.58%) Microsoft Certification
17 28 (22.58%) Telecoms
18 27 (21.77%) MCSA
18 27 (21.77%) F5
19 26 (20.97%) Cisco ASA
19 26 (20.97%) LAN
20 25 (20.16%) DNS
20 25 (20.16%) Degree
20 25 (20.16%) PKI
21 24 (19.35%) Business Continuity
21 24 (19.35%) Security Cleared

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 (4.839%) WSH
Application Platforms
1 31 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 19 (15.32%) IIS
3 17 (13.71%) Exchange Server 2010
4 13 (10.48%) SharePoint
4 13 (10.48%) SharePoint 2010
5 4 (3.226%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (3.226%) Apache
5 4 (3.226%) Tomcat
6 3 (2.419%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (2.419%) Office Communications Server
6 3 (2.419%) Lync
Applications
1 14 (11.29%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.806%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 38 (30.65%) VPN
2 36 (29.03%) Network Security
3 33 (26.61%) Internet
4 32 (25.81%) WAN
5 26 (20.97%) LAN
5 26 (20.97%) Cisco ASA
6 25 (20.16%) DNS
7 23 (18.55%) Cisco PIX
8 22 (17.74%) SAN
9 21 (16.94%) TCP/IP
10 19 (15.32%) IPsec
11 18 (14.52%) OSPF
12 14 (11.29%) VoIP
13 13 (10.48%) MPLS
14 12 (9.677%) BGP
14 12 (9.677%) iSCSI
15 8 (6.452%) Wireless
15 8 (6.452%) DMVPN
15 8 (6.452%) IPv4
16 7 (5.645%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (15.32%) SQL Server
2 12 (9.677%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.613%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.806%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 28 (22.58%) Telecoms
2 21 (16.94%) Finance
3 11 (8.871%) Marketing
4 8 (6.452%) Legal
5 3 (2.419%) Law
6 1 (0.806%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (30.65%) Network Engineer
2 28 (22.58%) Consultant
3 24 (19.35%) CLAS Consultant
4 23 (18.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 22 (17.74%) Information Assurance Consultant
6 21 (16.94%) Security Engineer
7 20 (16.13%) Firewall Engineer
7 20 (16.13%) Network Security Engineer
8 18 (14.52%) Systems Engineer
9 14 (11.29%) Support Engineer
9 14 (11.29%) Administrator
10 13 (10.48%) Analyst
11 11 (8.871%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 11 (8.871%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (8.065%) 3rd Line Support
12 10 (8.065%) Systems Administrator
13 8 (6.452%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 6 (4.839%) Systems Test Engineer
14 6 (4.839%) Cisco Engineer
14 6 (4.839%) Network Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 25 (20.16%) PKI
2 24 (19.35%) Management Information System
3 12 (9.677%) Clustering
4 11 (8.871%) Blackberry
5 8 (6.452%) CESG
6 6 (4.839%) Computer Science
7 3 (2.419%) Open Source
8 2 (1.613%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.613%) Cryptography
8 2 (1.613%) Replication
9 1 (0.806%) FMCG
9 1 (0.806%) RMADS
Operating Systems
1 57 (45.97%) Windows
2 42 (33.87%) Windows Server 2008
3 37 (29.84%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (10.48%) Windows 7
5 7 (5.645%) Linux
5 7 (5.645%) Windows XP
6 5 (4.032%) SUSE
6 5 (4.032%) UNIX
7 4 (3.226%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.806%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.806%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (19.35%) Business Continuity
1 24 (19.35%) Information Assurance
1 24 (19.35%) Security Architecture
2 23 (18.55%) Risk Analysis
3 18 (14.52%) Information Security
4 14 (11.29%) Network Management
5 13 (10.48%) Information Security Management
5 13 (10.48%) Security Management
5 13 (10.48%) Load Balancing
5 13 (10.48%) ISMS
6 11 (8.871%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (7.258%) Network Design
8 8 (6.452%) Network Planning
8 8 (6.452%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
8 8 (6.452%) Project Planning
8 8 (6.452%) Network Architecture
8 8 (6.452%) E-Commerce
8 8 (6.452%) Capacity Management
9 7 (5.645%) ITIL
9 7 (5.645%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.871%) SQL
2 6 (4.839%) Python
2 6 (4.839%) PowerShell
2 6 (4.839%) Perl
3 1 (0.806%) C
Qualifications
1 66 (53.23%) Cisco Certification
2 51 (41.13%) CCNP
3 35 (28.23%) CCNA
4 28 (22.58%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (21.77%) MCSA
6 25 (20.16%) Degree
7 24 (19.35%) Security Cleared
8 22 (17.74%) MCSE
9 20 (16.13%) SC Cleared
9 20 (16.13%) CCSE
9 20 (16.13%) JNCIS
10 19 (15.32%) DV Cleared
11 11 (8.871%) MCTS
11 11 (8.871%) MCITP
12 8 (6.452%) CCDP
13 3 (2.419%) JNCIA
14 2 (1.613%) CCVP
14 2 (1.613%) CCIE
14 2 (1.613%) CCIP
15 1 (0.806%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (27.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (19.35%) HMG Infosec
3 23 (18.55%) BS7799
4 1 (0.806%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (25.81%) Active Directory
2 30 (24.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (12.10%) vSphere
4 6 (4.839%) Hyper-V
4 6 (4.839%) Xen
5 4 (3.226%) Squid
6 3 (2.419%) ISA Server
7 2 (1.613%) Terminal Services
7 2 (1.613%) Sendmail
7 2 (1.613%) Forefront TMG
8 1 (0.806%) UAG
8 1 (0.806%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 3 (2.419%) SCCM
1 3 (2.419%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (1.613%) Zenoss
2 2 (1.613%) MOM
3 1 (0.806%) CiscoWorks
3 1 (0.806%) SCOM
3 1 (0.806%) Cisco UCCE
3 1 (0.806%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 77 (62.10%) Cisco
2 42 (33.87%) Juniper
3 40 (32.26%) VMware
4 35 (28.23%) CheckPoint
5 29 (23.39%) Microsoft
6 27 (21.77%) F5
7 20 (16.13%) Blue Coat
7 20 (16.13%) Websense
8 11 (8.871%) NetSuite
9 6 (4.839%) Siemens
10 5 (4.032%) Red Hat
10 5 (4.032%) Alcatel-Lucent
10 5 (4.032%) Nortel
10 5 (4.032%) Citrix
10 5 (4.032%) Huawei
10 5 (4.032%) ZTE
10 5 (4.032%) Nokia Siemens Networks
11 3 (2.419%) Barracuda Networks
12 2 (1.613%) Oracle
12 2 (1.613%) SolarWinds
Bristol, South West
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Salary: £4000 - £35000 per annum + On Call Allowance & Training.
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Training & On Call Allowance.
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Bristol, South West
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Training & Benefits.
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
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Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £33000.00 - £37000.00 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: CCNP, CCNA, Cisco, Routing, Switching, Firewalls, Cisco Security (PIX and ASA Firewalls, IDS/...
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus/Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
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Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £46000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
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Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £41000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
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Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Training & On Call Allowance.
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Training & On Call Allowance.
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Roc Search
Posted: 13 May 2013
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Training & Benefits.
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Training & Benefits.
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Posted: 14 May 2013
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Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £38000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Training & Benefits.
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Training & Benefits.
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Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Training & Benefits.
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Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
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Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
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