The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT jobs advertised for the Devon 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 Devon region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 35 41 40
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -1
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 7 3 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 2.555% 0.980% 2.892%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.67% 9.091% 15.79%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 12
Average salary £33,500 £22,500 £29,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+48.88% -24.36%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,150 £17,300 £23,900
10% offered a salary of more than £49,750 £49,300 £31,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Devon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
42 33 76
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 15.33% 10.78% 18.31%
Number of salaries quoted 32 33 60
Average salary £27,500 £35,000 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.42% +12.90%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £17,300 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £45,500 £51,000
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 Devon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

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

Devon Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Devon region over the 3 months to 17 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
Plymouth - 4 £42,250 -
Exeter +9 3 £28,250 -28.02%
Firewall
South West

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 11 (78.57%) Windows
2 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (42.86%) Cisco
3 6 (42.86%) Windows XP
3 6 (42.86%) Windows 7
4 5 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (35.71%) SIEM
4 5 (35.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2007
4 5 (35.71%) CheckPoint
4 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (35.71%) VMware
4 5 (35.71%) MS Exchange
4 5 (35.71%) Citrix
5 4 (28.57%) CISSP
5 4 (28.57%) Juniper
5 4 (28.57%) SAN
5 4 (28.57%) ITIL
5 4 (28.57%) UNIX
5 4 (28.57%) Military
5 4 (28.57%) Information Security
5 4 (28.57%) Finance
5 4 (28.57%) Banking
5 4 (28.57%) EMC
5 4 (28.57%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 4 (28.57%) JSP 440
5 4 (28.57%) Information Assurance
5 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
5 4 (28.57%) XenApp

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 Platforms
1 5 (35.71%) MS Exchange
1 5 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2007
1 5 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2003
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) SAN
2 3 (21.43%) HTTP
2 3 (21.43%) SNMP
2 3 (21.43%) HTTPS
3 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 2 (14.29%) Kerberos
3 2 (14.29%) LDAP
3 2 (14.29%) Broadband
3 2 (14.29%) LAN
3 2 (14.29%) WAN
3 2 (14.29%) SMTP
3 2 (14.29%) Ethernet
3 2 (14.29%) FTP
4 1 (7.143%) DNS
4 1 (7.143%) TELNET
4 1 (7.143%) Wireless
4 1 (7.143%) IPsec
4 1 (7.143%) VLAN
4 1 (7.143%) iSCSI
4 1 (7.143%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
1 4 (28.57%) Military
1 4 (28.57%) Banking
2 3 (21.43%) Publishing
3 2 (14.29%) Legal
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.143%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Technical Support Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Technical Support
2 4 (28.57%) Support Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) 3rd Line Support
2 4 (28.57%) Technical Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Information Assurance Specialist
2 4 (28.57%) Information Specialist
2 4 (28.57%) 3rd Line Technical Support
3 3 (21.43%) Information Assurance Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Information Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Administrator
4 2 (14.29%) IT Administrator
4 2 (14.29%) Security Administrator
4 2 (14.29%) IT Security Administrator
4 2 (14.29%) Service Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) IT Support
5 1 (7.143%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Statistics
2 1 (7.143%) Computer Science
2 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Windows
2 6 (42.86%) Windows 7
2 6 (42.86%) Windows XP
3 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (28.57%) UNIX
5 1 (7.143%) Linux
5 1 (7.143%) CentOS
5 1 (7.143%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) SIEM
2 4 (28.57%) Information Security
2 4 (28.57%) Information Assurance
2 4 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (14.29%) BCP
3 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity
3 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 1 (7.143%) Network Design
4 1 (7.143%) Software Deployment
4 1 (7.143%) Load Balancing
4 1 (7.143%) Computer Security
4 1 (7.143%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
2 1 (7.143%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) CISSP
1 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.143%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.143%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.143%) CCVP
3 1 (7.143%) Degree
3 1 (7.143%) CCIE
3 1 (7.143%) CCSP
3 1 (7.143%) CCNP
3 1 (7.143%) CCIP
3 1 (7.143%) CCNA
3 1 (7.143%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) JSP 440
2 2 (14.29%) PCI DSS
2 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (28.57%) XenApp
2 4 (28.57%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (7.143%) VMware Server
3 1 (7.143%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (42.86%) Cisco
3 5 (35.71%) VMware
3 5 (35.71%) CheckPoint
3 5 (35.71%) Citrix
4 4 (28.57%) Juniper
4 4 (28.57%) EMC
5 1 (7.143%) Sophos
5 1 (7.143%) NetApp
5 1 (7.143%) Red Hat