The first table below looks at the demand for Forefront TMG skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Forefront TMG over the 3 months to 24 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 System Software category for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (Forefront TMG)
Rank 314 317 330
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +13
Permanent jobs citing Forefront TMG 7 6 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.060% 0.046% 0.006%
As % of the System Software category 0.676% 0.550% 0.111%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 1
Average salary £72,500 £70,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.57% +55.55%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.63% -5.33%
All System Software
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1036 1091 904
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 8.881% 8.351% 5.860%
Number of salaries quoted 902 995 821
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £68,100 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Forefront TMG
London

Forefront TMG
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Forefront TMG across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

City of London Forefront TMG Jobs Demand Trend

Forefront TMG
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Forefront TMG across the City of London region.

City of London Forefront TMG Salary Trend

Forefront TMG
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Forefront TMG across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Forefront TMG Salary Histogram

Forefront TMG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Forefront TMG 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 Forefront TMG.

1 27 (93.10%) Active Directory
2 22 (75.86%) UAG
3 19 (65.52%) Windows
4 18 (62.07%) Microsoft
5 17 (58.62%) DNS
6 16 (55.17%) Migration
6 16 (55.17%) VMware
7 14 (48.28%) Hyper-V
7 14 (48.28%) SAN
7 14 (48.28%) SQL Server
8 13 (44.83%) SCOM
9 12 (41.38%) Firewall
10 11 (37.93%) MS Excel
10 11 (37.93%) MS Exchange
10 11 (37.93%) Exchange Server 2010
11 10 (34.48%) PKI
11 10 (34.48%) SharePoint
12 9 (31.03%) DHCP
12 9 (31.03%) MCITP
12 9 (31.03%) MCTS
12 9 (31.03%) VMware Infrastructure
12 9 (31.03%) Windows Server 2008
12 9 (31.03%) SQL Server 2008
13 8 (27.59%) Network Security
13 8 (27.59%) Team Foundation Server
13 8 (27.59%) SCCM
13 8 (27.59%) SharePoint 2010
13 8 (27.59%) Office 365
13 8 (27.59%) Windows Server 2012
13 8 (27.59%) Clustering

Forefront TMG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Forefront TMG 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 Forefront TMG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (17.24%) SAML
2 1 (3.448%) COM
Application Platforms
1 11 (37.93%) MS Exchange
1 11 (37.93%) Exchange Server 2010
2 10 (34.48%) SharePoint
3 8 (27.59%) SharePoint 2010
4 7 (24.14%) IIS
5 5 (17.24%) Windows Azure
6 3 (10.34%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (3.448%) Lync
7 1 (3.448%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 11 (37.93%) MS Excel
2 8 (27.59%) Office 365
2 8 (27.59%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 17 (58.62%) DNS
2 14 (48.28%) SAN
3 12 (41.38%) Firewall
4 9 (31.03%) DHCP
5 8 (27.59%) Network Security
5 8 (27.59%) Kerberos
5 8 (27.59%) TCP/IP
6 7 (24.14%) Wireless
7 5 (17.24%) iSCSI
7 5 (17.24%) HTTP
8 3 (10.34%) Internet
8 3 (10.34%) WAN
8 3 (10.34%) LAN
9 1 (3.448%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (3.448%) Wireshark
9 1 (3.448%) Cisco PIX
9 1 (3.448%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (48.28%) SQL Server
2 9 (31.03%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 8 (27.59%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (6.897%) Law
Job Titles
1 17 (58.62%) Architect
2 11 (37.93%) Infrastructure Architect
3 9 (31.03%) Security Architect
4 7 (24.14%) Consultant
5 6 (20.69%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
5 6 (20.69%) Senior Architect
6 5 (17.24%) Network Architect
6 5 (17.24%) Infrastructure Consultant
7 4 (13.79%) Network Security Architect
8 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (10.34%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
8 3 (10.34%) Senior Consultant
9 2 (6.897%) Systems Engineer
9 2 (6.897%) Security Consultant
9 2 (6.897%) Administrator
9 2 (6.897%) Messaging Engineer
9 2 (6.897%) Exchange Engineer
9 2 (6.897%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (6.897%) Microsoft Consultant
9 2 (6.897%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (34.48%) PKI
2 8 (27.59%) Clustering
3 3 (10.34%) Replication
4 2 (6.897%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 19 (65.52%) Windows
2 9 (31.03%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (27.59%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (10.34%) Windows 7
5 1 (3.448%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (3.448%) Debian
5 1 (3.448%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) Migration
2 8 (27.59%) Enterprise Architecture
2 8 (27.59%) Business Development
2 8 (27.59%) Load Balancing
2 8 (27.59%) Identity Management
2 8 (27.59%) Project Management
3 5 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (17.24%) Configuration Management
4 3 (10.34%) Information Security
4 3 (10.34%) Validation
4 3 (10.34%) ITIL
5 2 (6.897%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (6.897%) Change Management
5 2 (6.897%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (6.897%) Network Load Balancing
5 2 (6.897%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (6.897%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (27.59%) SQL
2 5 (17.24%) T-SQL
3 2 (6.897%) VBScript
3 2 (6.897%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (31.03%) MCITP
1 9 (31.03%) MCTS
2 3 (10.34%) JNCIE
2 3 (10.34%) CCIE
2 3 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (10.34%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.897%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 27 (93.10%) Active Directory
2 22 (75.86%) UAG
3 14 (48.28%) Hyper-V
4 9 (31.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (27.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (17.24%) ISA Server
7 3 (10.34%) XenApp
8 2 (6.897%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 2 (6.897%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (3.448%) IAG
9 1 (3.448%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 13 (44.83%) SCOM
2 8 (27.59%) SCCM
3 2 (6.897%) MIIS
4 1 (3.448%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 1 (3.448%) Cacti
4 1 (3.448%) MAILsweeper
Vendors
1 18 (62.07%) Microsoft
2 16 (55.17%) VMware
3 3 (10.34%) Riverbed
3 3 (10.34%) Altiris
3 3 (10.34%) Cisco
3 3 (10.34%) Citrix
4 2 (6.897%) Juniper
4 2 (6.897%) McAfee
4 2 (6.897%) Postini
4 2 (6.897%) F5
5 1 (3.448%) SolarWinds
5 1 (3.448%) Blue Coat
5 1 (3.448%) Symantec
5 1 (3.448%) NetApp
5 1 (3.448%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.448%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.448%) HP
5 1 (3.448%) EMC
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Posted: 24 May 2013