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The table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the City of London 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
Rank8984
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching permanent IT job ads444409
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.257 %0.176 %
As % of the category below16.65 %17.90 %
Salaries quoted389281
Average minimum salary£45,842£47,991
Average salary£49,079£50,834
% change on same period last year-3.45 %
Average maximum salary£52,317£53,676
UK excluding London average salary£37,190£37,337
% change on same period last year-0.39 %
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads26662285
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.543 %0.983 %
Salaries quoted23691751
Average minimum salary£45,352£45,327
Average salary£48,985£48,245
% change on same period last year+1.53 %
Average maximum salary£52,618£51,162
UK excluding London average salary£37,928£38,940
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
Firewall LondonFirewall
London

Firewall
Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

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

City of London Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

1497 (51.24 %)Cisco
2383 (39.48 %)Windows
3336 (34.64 %)Finance
4293 (30.21 %)CheckPoint
5282 (29.07 %)WAN
6279 (28.76 %)Cisco Certification
7262 (27.01 %)VPN
8257 (26.49 %)LAN
9223 (22.99 %)TCP/IP
10215 (22.16 %)UNIX
11209 (21.55 %)Linux
12200 (20.62 %)CCNP
13176 (18.14 %)Windows Server 2003
14173 (17.84 %)Active Directory
15169 (17.42 %)OSPF
16166 (17.11 %)BGP
17141 (14.54 %)Cisco PIX
18131 (13.51 %)Banking
19130 (13.40 %)Microsoft
20129 (13.30 %)Network Security
21128 (13.20 %)Nokia
22127 (13.09 %)Internet
23126 (12.99 %)MS Exchange
24122 (12.58 %)CCNA
25118 (12.16 %)DNS
26115 (11.86 %)VoIP
27112 (11.55 %)Juniper
28109 (11.24 %)Solaris
29108 (11.13 %)Network Design
3095 (9.794 %)SQL Server

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (1.959 %).NET
218 (1.856 %)WebSphere
316 (1.649 %)XML
412 (1.237 %)J2EE
510 (1.031 %)Middleware
69 (0.928 %)ODBC
78 (0.825 %)FIX Protocol
87 (0.722 %)CSS
96 (0.619 %)HTML
105 (0.515 %)XSLT
105 (0.515 %)LAMP
113 (0.309 %)CGI
113 (0.309 %)WebServices
122 (0.206 %)SOAP
122 (0.206 %)ASP.NET
131 (0.103 %)EJB
131 (0.103 %)WinForms
131 (0.103 %).NET Framework
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1126 (12.99 %)MS Exchange
292 (9.485 %)Exchange Server 2003
390 (9.278 %)Apache
456 (5.773 %)IIS
529 (2.990 %)WebLogic
529 (2.990 %)Exchange Server 2007
618 (1.856 %)Exchange Server 2000
713 (1.340 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
811 (1.134 %)Tomcat
99 (0.928 %)SharePoint
99 (0.928 %)JBoss
99 (0.928 %)WebSphere Message Broker
99 (0.928 %)WorkSite
108 (0.825 %)iPlanet
117 (0.722 %)Exchange Server 5.5
126 (0.619 %)CMS
126 (0.619 %)Lotus Domino
135 (0.515 %)MQSeries
135 (0.515 %)TeamSite
135 (0.515 %)QuickPlace
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
164 (6.598 %)MS Excel
232 (3.299 %)MS Office
36 (0.619 %)MS Visio
41 (0.103 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.103 %)MS Project
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1282 (29.07 %)WAN
2262 (27.01 %)VPN
3257 (26.49 %)LAN
4223 (22.99 %)TCP/IP
5169 (17.42 %)OSPF
6166 (17.11 %)BGP
7141 (14.54 %)Cisco PIX
8129 (13.30 %)Network Security
9127 (13.09 %)Internet
10118 (12.16 %)DNS
11115 (11.86 %)VoIP
1291 (9.381 %)RIP
1379 (8.144 %)NetScreen
1474 (7.629 %)MPLS
1571 (7.320 %)SAN
1667 (6.907 %)EIGRP
1757 (5.876 %)SSL
1856 (5.773 %)DHCP
1948 (4.948 %)Cisco ASA
2042 (4.330 %)VLAN
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
195 (9.794 %)SQL Server
255 (5.670 %)MySQL
320 (2.062 %)SQL Server 2005
416 (1.649 %)SQL Server 2000
56 (0.619 %)RDBMS
64 (0.412 %)Oracle 10g
64 (0.412 %)Crystal Reports
64 (0.412 %)Oracle 9i
73 (0.309 %)Oracle Reports
73 (0.309 %)OLAP
73 (0.309 %)Oracle 11g
82 (0.206 %)PostgreSQL
82 (0.206 %)MS Access
91 (0.103 %)DB2
91 (0.103 %)FileMaker
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (0.515 %)OpenDeploy
24 (0.412 %)Ant
24 (0.412 %)Subversion
33 (0.309 %)CruiseControl
33 (0.309 %)Eclipse
42 (0.206 %)QuickTest Pro
51 (0.103 %)Flash
51 (0.103 %)TestDirector
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1336 (34.64 %)Finance
2131 (13.51 %)Banking
363 (6.495 %)Telecoms
441 (4.227 %)Insurance
537 (3.814 %)Investment Banking
632 (3.299 %)Education
731 (3.196 %)Health
830 (3.093 %)Pensions
924 (2.474 %)Legal
1017 (1.753 %)Law
1116 (1.649 %)Back Office
1215 (1.546 %)Financial Institution
138 (0.825 %)Marketing
138 (0.825 %)Games
146 (0.619 %)Auditing
146 (0.619 %)Front Office
146 (0.619 %)Retail
146 (0.619 %)Publishing
146 (0.619 %)Police
155 (0.515 %)Government
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1234 (24.12 %)Network Engineer
2156 (16.08 %)Analyst
3106 (10.93 %)Administrator
496 (9.897 %)Support Analyst
593 (9.588 %)Consultant
675 (7.732 %)Systems Administrator
759 (6.082 %)Support Engineer
858 (5.979 %)Network Support
955 (5.670 %)Architect
955 (5.670 %)Security Engineer
1046 (4.742 %)Network Analyst
1142 (4.330 %)Network Specialist
1238 (3.918 %)Security Consultant
1334 (3.505 %)Network Consultant
1334 (3.505 %)Senior Network Engineer
1433 (3.402 %)Network Support Analyst
1529 (2.990 %)Network Security Engineer
1529 (2.990 %)Cisco Support
1529 (2.990 %)Cisco Network Analyst
1529 (2.990 %)Cisco Analyst
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
137 (3.814 %)Blackberry
219 (1.959 %)Clustering
312 (1.237 %)Equities
410 (1.031 %)Thin Client
410 (1.031 %)Fat Client
59 (0.928 %)Management Information System
68 (0.825 %)Client/Server
77 (0.722 %)Derivative
86 (0.619 %)PKI
95 (0.515 %)Cryptography
95 (0.515 %)Video Conferencing
95 (0.515 %)Mainframe
95 (0.515 %)Replication
95 (0.515 %)CLARiiON
104 (0.412 %)AS400
104 (0.412 %)Data Protection Act
104 (0.412 %)Computer Science
104 (0.412 %)Japanese Language
113 (0.309 %)Fixed Income
113 (0.309 %)Biometrics
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1383 (39.48 %)Windows
2215 (22.16 %)UNIX
3209 (21.55 %)Linux
4176 (18.14 %)Windows Server 2003
5109 (11.24 %)Solaris
665 (6.701 %)Windows 2000
749 (5.052 %)Windows XP
847 (4.845 %)Red Hat Linux
938 (3.918 %)Windows 2000 Server
1021 (2.165 %)Windows Vista
1113 (1.340 %)Windows NT
1113 (1.340 %)Windows Server 2008
1210 (1.031 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1210 (1.031 %)Mac OS X
139 (0.928 %)Debian
148 (0.825 %)CentOS
155 (0.515 %)HPUX
164 (0.412 %)AIX
172 (0.206 %)FreeBSD
172 (0.206 %)SUSE
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1108 (11.13 %)Network Design
257 (5.876 %)Load Balancing
356 (5.773 %)Disaster Recovery
452 (5.361 %)E-Commerce
549 (5.052 %)ITIL
638 (3.918 %)Project Management
732 (3.299 %)B2B
828 (2.887 %)Information Security
923 (2.371 %)Service Delivery
1016 (1.649 %)Business Continuity
1115 (1.546 %)Incident Management
1212 (1.237 %)Risk Management
1212 (1.237 %)PRINCE2
1311 (1.134 %)Risk Assessment
1311 (1.134 %)Penetration Testing
1410 (1.031 %)Content Management
159 (0.928 %)Integration Testing
159 (0.928 %)Agile Software Development
159 (0.928 %)Data Security
166 (0.619 %)Asset Management
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
156 (5.773 %)Perl
156 (5.773 %)SQL
253 (5.464 %)Java
333 (3.402 %)C
418 (1.856 %)PHP
418 (1.856 %)Shell Script
511 (1.134 %)VB
511 (1.134 %)C++
66 (0.619 %)Transact-SQL
75 (0.515 %)Python
75 (0.515 %)AWK
75 (0.515 %)Korn
75 (0.515 %)C#
83 (0.309 %)JavaScript
92 (0.206 %)PL/SQL
101 (0.103 %)RPG
101 (0.103 %)JCL
101 (0.103 %)VBScript
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1279 (28.76 %)Cisco Certification
2200 (20.62 %)CCNP
3122 (12.58 %)CCNA
481 (8.351 %)Microsoft Certification
579 (8.144 %)CCIE
671 (7.320 %)MCSE
741 (4.227 %)CCIP
741 (4.227 %)Degree
836 (3.711 %)CCSE
935 (3.608 %)CCDP
1031 (3.196 %)CCSA
1126 (2.680 %)MBA
1224 (2.474 %)CISSP
1316 (1.649 %)CCDA
1412 (1.237 %)CCSP
1412 (1.237 %)MCP
1510 (1.031 %)MCSA
169 (0.928 %)CISA
177 (0.722 %)CISM
186 (0.619 %)CCVP
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
141 (4.227 %)QA
219 (1.959 %)SLA
37 (0.722 %)ISO27001
45 (0.515 %)BS7799
54 (0.412 %)COBIT
63 (0.309 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
63 (0.309 %)ISO17799
71 (0.103 %)ISO9001
71 (0.103 %)PCI DSS
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1173 (17.84 %)Active Directory
225 (2.577 %)VMware Infrastructure
320 (2.062 %)ISA Server
414 (1.443 %)VMware ESX
513 (1.340 %)Backup Exec
610 (1.031 %)NFS
77 (0.722 %)NetBackup
86 (0.619 %)Citrix Presentation Server
86 (0.619 %)Squid
86 (0.619 %)Terminal Services
92 (0.206 %)NDS
101 (0.103 %)Terminal Server
101 (0.103 %)MSMQ
101 (0.103 %)VMware Workstation
101 (0.103 %)MailMarshal
101 (0.103 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
101 (0.103 %)Oracle RAC
City of London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
126 (2.680 %)CiscoWorks
215 (1.546 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
314 (1.443 %)OpenView
49 (0.928 %)Nagios
57 (0.722 %)MIMEsweeper
64 (0.412 %)Norton AntiVirus
73 (0.309 %)Tivoli
73 (0.309 %)MAILsweeper
73 (0.309 %)NNM
82 (0.206 %)MOM
82 (0.206 %)CA SiteMinder
91 (0.103 %)ZENworks
91 (0.103 %)BMC PATROL
91 (0.103 %)WSUS
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1497 (51.24 %)Cisco
2293 (30.21 %)CheckPoint
3130 (13.40 %)Microsoft
4128 (13.20 %)Nokia
5112 (11.55 %)Juniper
676 (7.835 %)Oracle
775 (7.732 %)VMware
852 (5.361 %)Citrix
951 (5.258 %)Blue Coat
1047 (4.845 %)HP
1142 (4.330 %)Sun
1239 (4.021 %)Red Hat
1335 (3.608 %)Nortel
1417 (1.753 %)Reuters
1417 (1.753 %)Bloomberg
1516 (1.649 %)Avaya
1614 (1.443 %)EMC
1614 (1.443 %)Radianz
1614 (1.443 %)Concord
1711 (1.134 %)Dell