The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco PIX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco PIX over the 3 months to 22 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco PIX
Rank 118 122 108
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -14
Permanent jobs citing Cisco PIX 2 9 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.111% 0.448% 0.494%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.508% 3.614% 2.778%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 6
Average salary £34,000 £33,500 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.49% +13.55%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
All Communications & Networking
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
394 249 288
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 21.88% 12.40% 17.80%
Number of salaries quoted 303 224 239
Average salary £30,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,000 £23,800
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Cisco PIX
North West

Cisco PIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Cisco PIX Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco PIX
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Cisco PIX across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Cisco PIX Salary Trend

Cisco PIX
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco PIX within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Warrington +5 1 £34,000 +2.25%
Chester - 1 - -
Cisco PIX
North West

Cisco PIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Cisco PIX 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 Cisco PIX.

1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (80.00%) LAN
2 4 (80.00%) WAN
2 4 (80.00%) VPN
2 4 (80.00%) Firewall
3 3 (60.00%) OSPF
3 3 (60.00%) BGP
3 3 (60.00%) EIGRP
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (60.00%) RIP
3 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (60.00%) SSL
3 3 (60.00%) Nokia
3 3 (60.00%) CheckPoint
4 2 (40.00%) Internet
4 2 (40.00%) CCNP
4 2 (40.00%) CCNA
4 2 (40.00%) DWDM
4 2 (40.00%) Ethernet
4 2 (40.00%) IPX
4 2 (40.00%) IPX/SPX
4 2 (40.00%) ITIL
4 2 (40.00%) Network Management
4 2 (40.00%) Change Management
4 2 (40.00%) Frame Relay
4 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (40.00%) ATM
4 2 (40.00%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (40.00%) HSRP

Cisco PIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Cisco PIX 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 Cisco PIX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) LAN
1 4 (80.00%) WAN
1 4 (80.00%) VPN
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) OSPF
2 3 (60.00%) BGP
2 3 (60.00%) EIGRP
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (60.00%) RIP
2 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (60.00%) SSL
3 2 (40.00%) Internet
3 2 (40.00%) DWDM
3 2 (40.00%) Ethernet
3 2 (40.00%) IPX
3 2 (40.00%) IPX/SPX
3 2 (40.00%) Frame Relay
3 2 (40.00%) ATM
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (40.00%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Informix
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Support
2 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Network Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Network Support
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Network Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Network Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Communications Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Communications Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Solaris
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Network Management
1 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) CCNP
2 2 (40.00%) CCNA
3 1 (20.00%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) MOM
1 1 (20.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Nokia
2 3 (60.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (20.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) F5
3 1 (20.00%) Foundry
3 1 (20.00%) HP
3 1 (20.00%) IBM
3 1 (20.00%) Avaya
3 1 (20.00%) Juniper