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This section looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Cheltenham 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3640
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads2310
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.004 %
As % of the category below28.05 %17.24 %
Salaries quoted229
Average minimum salary£30,409£22,613
Average salary£34,682£24,502
% change on same period last year+41.54 %
Average maximum salary£38,955£26,391
UK excluding London average salary£36,139£37,180
% change on same period last year-2.80 %
Cheltenham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cheltenham
Matching permanent IT job ads8258
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.045 %0.024 %
Salaries quoted6948
Average minimum salary£33,339£25,826
Average salary£36,394£28,046
% change on same period last year+29.76 %
Average maximum salary£39,448£30,266
UK excluding London average salary£37,625£39,458
% change on same period last year-4.64 %
Firewall GloucestershireFirewall
Gloucestershire

Firewall
Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Cheltenham region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Cheltenham Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

118 (64.29 %)Windows
216 (57.14 %)Cisco
216 (57.14 %)Active Directory
313 (46.43 %)Windows Server 2003
412 (42.86 %)TCP/IP
511 (39.29 %)Windows XP
69 (32.14 %)WAN
69 (32.14 %)SQL
69 (32.14 %)Microsoft
69 (32.14 %)Security Cleared
78 (28.57 %)Finance
87 (25.00 %)Project Management
87 (25.00 %)Oracle
87 (25.00 %)UNIX
96 (21.43 %)LAN
96 (21.43 %)Government
105 (17.86 %)Information Security
105 (17.86 %)Back Office
105 (17.86 %)Degree
105 (17.86 %)Linux
114 (14.29 %)Citrix
114 (14.29 %)CISSP
114 (14.29 %)Strategic Planning
114 (14.29 %)VMware
123 (10.71 %)Risk Management
123 (10.71 %)Penetration Testing
123 (10.71 %)Data Protection Act
123 (10.71 %)Network Security
123 (10.71 %)Data Protection
123 (10.71 %)SC Cleared

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

Cheltenham IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (7.143 %)SharePoint
12 (7.143 %)MS Exchange
12 (7.143 %)Exchange Server 2003
Cheltenham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (42.86 %)TCP/IP
29 (32.14 %)WAN
36 (21.43 %)LAN
43 (10.71 %)Network Security
51 (3.571 %)ISDN
51 (3.571 %)Ethernet
51 (3.571 %)Internet
51 (3.571 %)MPLS
51 (3.571 %)OSPF
51 (3.571 %)EIGRP
Cheltenham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (28.57 %)Finance
26 (21.43 %)Government
35 (17.86 %)Back Office
42 (7.143 %)Education
42 (7.143 %)Military
51 (3.571 %)Electronics
Cheltenham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (25.00 %)IT Manager
25 (17.86 %)Graduate
25 (17.86 %)Systems Engineer
33 (10.71 %)Support Specialist
33 (10.71 %)Security Consultant
33 (10.71 %)Consultant
33 (10.71 %)Security Manager
42 (7.143 %)Team Leader
42 (7.143 %)Network Engineer
42 (7.143 %)IT Security Manager
51 (3.571 %)Technical Manager
51 (3.571 %)Security Officer
51 (3.571 %)Systems Administrator
51 (3.571 %)Analyst
51 (3.571 %)Administrator
51 (3.571 %)Security Analyst
51 (3.571 %)Senior Network Engineer
Cheltenham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (10.71 %)Data Protection Act
Cheltenham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
118 (64.29 %)Windows
213 (46.43 %)Windows Server 2003
311 (39.29 %)Windows XP
47 (25.00 %)UNIX
55 (17.86 %)Linux
62 (7.143 %)AIX
Cheltenham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (32.14 %)Security Cleared
27 (25.00 %)Project Management
35 (17.86 %)Information Security
44 (14.29 %)Strategic Planning
53 (10.71 %)Risk Management
53 (10.71 %)Penetration Testing
53 (10.71 %)Data Protection
53 (10.71 %)SC Cleared
62 (7.143 %)ITIL
62 (7.143 %)Service Management
62 (7.143 %)Risk Analysis
71 (3.571 %)Network Design
71 (3.571 %)Change Management
71 (3.571 %)DV Cleared
Cheltenham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (32.14 %)SQL
21 (3.571 %)C
Cheltenham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (17.86 %)Degree
24 (14.29 %)CISSP
32 (7.143 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (7.143 %)CISM
32 (7.143 %)MCP
32 (7.143 %)MCSE
Cheltenham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (10.71 %)ISO17799
13 (10.71 %)ISO27001
21 (3.571 %)SLA
Cheltenham IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
116 (57.14 %)Active Directory
Cheltenham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (57.14 %)Cisco
29 (32.14 %)Microsoft
37 (25.00 %)Oracle
44 (14.29 %)Citrix
44 (14.29 %)VMware
52 (7.143 %)WatchGuard
52 (7.143 %)Intel