The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT jobs advertised for the Docklands, London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall 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 Communications & Networking category for the Docklands, London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 7 18 45
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +27
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 31 25 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Docklands, London 15.98% 9.259% 3.322%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 39.24% 31.65% 37.04%
Number of salaries quoted 22 23 2
Average salary £57,500 £45,000 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.77% -35.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,100 £34,000 £54,000
10% offered a salary of more than £79,750 £79,500 £86,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.75% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Docklands, London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
79 79 54
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Docklands, London 40.72% 29.26% 8.970%
Number of salaries quoted 67 72 31
Average salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £27,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £90,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Firewall
London

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Firewall across the Docklands, London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Docklands, London Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Docklands, 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.

1 28 (59.57%) Cisco
2 22 (46.81%) Windows
3 19 (40.43%) Linux
4 18 (38.30%) CheckPoint
5 16 (34.04%) Finance
5 16 (34.04%) Network Security
5 16 (34.04%) Cisco ASA
6 15 (31.91%) WAN
7 14 (29.79%) Windows Server 2008
8 13 (27.66%) Windows Server 2003
9 12 (25.53%) UNIX
10 11 (23.40%) MS Office
10 11 (23.40%) Internet
10 11 (23.40%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (23.40%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (21.28%) C
11 10 (21.28%) LAN
11 10 (21.28%) Blackberry
11 10 (21.28%) NetScaler
12 9 (19.15%) Mac OS
12 9 (19.15%) Riverbed
12 9 (19.15%) MCP
12 9 (19.15%) Mac OS X
13 8 (17.02%) Juniper
13 8 (17.02%) SAN
13 8 (17.02%) Solaris
13 8 (17.02%) Configuration Management
14 7 (14.89%) Veritas
14 7 (14.89%) Red Hat
14 7 (14.89%) DNS

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Docklands, 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.

Application Development
1 3 (6.383%) XML
2 1 (2.128%) DCOM
2 1 (2.128%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 4 (8.511%) IIS
2 2 (4.255%) Apache
2 2 (4.255%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 11 (23.40%) MS Office
2 2 (4.255%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.128%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 16 (34.04%) Network Security
1 16 (34.04%) Cisco ASA
2 15 (31.91%) WAN
3 11 (23.40%) Internet
4 10 (21.28%) LAN
4 10 (21.28%) NetScaler
5 8 (17.02%) SAN
6 7 (14.89%) DNS
7 6 (12.77%) OSPF
7 6 (12.77%) BGP
7 6 (12.77%) Cisco PIX
8 4 (8.511%) PSTN
8 4 (8.511%) TCP/IP
8 4 (8.511%) NetScreen
8 4 (8.511%) FWSM
9 3 (6.383%) MPLS
10 2 (4.255%) VPN
10 2 (4.255%) DWDM
10 2 (4.255%) Wireless
11 1 (2.128%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.64%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.383%) MySQL
2 3 (6.383%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (4.255%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (2.128%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.128%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 16 (34.04%) Finance
2 5 (10.64%) Advertising
3 2 (4.255%) Investment Banking
3 2 (4.255%) Banking
4 1 (2.128%) Front Office
4 1 (2.128%) Back Office
4 1 (2.128%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.128%) Law
4 1 (2.128%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (34.04%) Support Engineer
2 14 (29.79%) Network Engineer
3 10 (21.28%) 2nd Line Support
3 10 (21.28%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 9 (19.15%) Network Security Engineer
4 9 (19.15%) Security Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Service Manager
6 4 (8.511%) Technical Manager
6 4 (8.511%) Senior Network Engineer
6 4 (8.511%) Network Support
6 4 (8.511%) Technical Services Manager
7 3 (6.383%) Security Support Engineer
7 3 (6.383%) Data Centre Engineer
7 3 (6.383%) Network Support Engineer
8 2 (4.255%) Architect
8 2 (4.255%) UNIX Support Engineer
8 2 (4.255%) UNIX Engineer
8 2 (4.255%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.255%) Systems Manager
8 2 (4.255%) UNIX Support
Miscellaneous
1 10 (21.28%) Blackberry
2 4 (8.511%) SecurID
3 3 (6.383%) Firmware
4 2 (4.255%) Clustering
5 1 (2.128%) iPhone
5 1 (2.128%) PKI
5 1 (2.128%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 22 (46.81%) Windows
2 19 (40.43%) Linux
3 14 (29.79%) Windows Server 2008
4 13 (27.66%) Windows Server 2003
5 12 (25.53%) UNIX
6 9 (19.15%) Mac OS
6 9 (19.15%) Mac OS X
7 8 (17.02%) Solaris
8 3 (6.383%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (2.128%) Windows 8
9 1 (2.128%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (2.128%) Windows 7
9 1 (2.128%) Android
9 1 (2.128%) Windows Vista
9 1 (2.128%) Windows 2000
9 1 (2.128%) Windows NT
9 1 (2.128%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.02%) Configuration Management
2 6 (12.77%) Load Balancing
3 4 (8.511%) ITIL
3 4 (8.511%) Service Management
3 4 (8.511%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (8.511%) Release Management
3 4 (8.511%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (6.383%) Business Analytics
4 3 (6.383%) Analytics
4 3 (6.383%) Investment Management
4 3 (6.383%) Data Protection
4 3 (6.383%) Asset Management
5 2 (4.255%) Network Architecture
6 1 (2.128%) Network Management
6 1 (2.128%) ITIL V3
6 1 (2.128%) Change Control
6 1 (2.128%) Security Architecture
6 1 (2.128%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (2.128%) Load Testing
6 1 (2.128%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 10 (21.28%) C
2 4 (8.511%) SQL
3 3 (6.383%) Shell Script
3 3 (6.383%) Python
3 3 (6.383%) Perl
3 3 (6.383%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.128%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.128%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (23.40%) Cisco Certification
1 11 (23.40%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (19.15%) MCP
3 6 (12.77%) CCIE
3 6 (12.77%) CCNP
4 5 (10.64%) CCSP
5 4 (8.511%) CCSE
5 4 (8.511%) Degree
6 3 (6.383%) JNCIS
7 2 (4.255%) MCSE
7 2 (4.255%) CCNA
7 2 (4.255%) JNCIE
8 1 (2.128%) JNCIA
8 1 (2.128%) CCSA
8 1 (2.128%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (2.128%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.511%) SLA
2 1 (2.128%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (12.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (8.511%) vSphere
3 3 (6.383%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (4.255%) Active Directory
4 2 (4.255%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.128%) Forefront TMG
5 1 (2.128%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (8.511%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 4 (8.511%) NetBackup
1 4 (8.511%) Cisco CUCM
2 3 (6.383%) Netcool
2 3 (6.383%) Tivoli
3 1 (2.128%) WSUS
3 1 (2.128%) SCCM
3 1 (2.128%) SCOM
Vendors
1 28 (59.57%) Cisco
2 18 (38.30%) CheckPoint
3 9 (19.15%) Riverbed
4 8 (17.02%) Juniper
5 7 (14.89%) Veritas
5 7 (14.89%) Red Hat
6 6 (12.77%) VMware
7 5 (10.64%) HP
7 5 (10.64%) Oracle
8 4 (8.511%) Dell
8 4 (8.511%) Citrix
8 4 (8.511%) Nokia
8 4 (8.511%) Mercator
8 4 (8.511%) Fortinet
8 4 (8.511%) IPFX
8 4 (8.511%) F5
9 3 (6.383%) Foundry
9 3 (6.383%) Charles River
9 3 (6.383%) Microsoft
10 1 (2.128%) Twitter