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This section looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Dorset 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank7174
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads1819
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.008 %
As % of the category below9.091 %10.67 %
Salaries quoted1218
Average minimum salary£33,750£27,667
Average salary£38,188£31,222
% change on same period last year+22.30 %
Average maximum salary£42,625£34,778
UK excluding London average salary£35,854£37,182
% change on same period last year-3.57 %
Dorset IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Dorset
Matching permanent IT job ads198178
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.105 %0.073 %
Salaries quoted165149
Average minimum salary£28,906£30,625
Average salary£31,424£34,308
% change on same period last year-8.40 %
Average maximum salary£33,941£37,991
UK excluding London average salary£37,397£39,734
% change on same period last year-5.88 %
Firewall South WestFirewall
South West

Firewall
Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Dorset Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BournemouthUp+3015£37,806+40.02 %
Blandford ForumNo change02£36,500+4.28 %
Firewall South WestFirewall
South West

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Dorset 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.

116 (53.33 %)Windows
212 (40.00 %)Microsoft Certification
311 (36.67 %)Internet
311 (36.67 %)Cisco
410 (33.33 %)UNIX
59 (30.00 %)Active Directory
59 (30.00 %)CheckPoint
59 (30.00 %)Load Balancing
59 (30.00 %)Cisco PIX
68 (26.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
68 (26.67 %)Blue Coat
68 (26.67 %)VMware
68 (26.67 %)LAN
68 (26.67 %)TCP/IP
77 (23.33 %)MCP
77 (23.33 %)Nokia
77 (23.33 %)VMware Infrastructure
86 (20.00 %)Network Security
86 (20.00 %)Cisco Certification
86 (20.00 %)Solaris
86 (20.00 %)MCSE
86 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
95 (16.67 %)LDAP
95 (16.67 %)Oracle
95 (16.67 %)Perl
95 (16.67 %)SAN
95 (16.67 %)Thin Client
95 (16.67 %)Fat Client
95 (16.67 %)VLAN
104 (13.33 %)VMware ESX

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Dorset 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.

Dorset IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (26.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
26 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
31 (3.333 %)BizTalk Server
31 (3.333 %)Exchange Server 2007
31 (3.333 %)IIS
Dorset IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (6.667 %)MS Excel
21 (3.333 %)MS Office
Dorset IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (36.67 %)Internet
29 (30.00 %)Cisco PIX
38 (26.67 %)LAN
38 (26.67 %)TCP/IP
46 (20.00 %)Network Security
55 (16.67 %)VLAN
55 (16.67 %)LDAP
55 (16.67 %)SAN
64 (13.33 %)WAN
73 (10.00 %)VPN
82 (6.667 %)DNS
82 (6.667 %)DHCP
91 (3.333 %)BGP
91 (3.333 %)IPsec
Dorset IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (3.333 %)SQL Server
Dorset IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (10.00 %)Government
21 (3.333 %)Health
21 (3.333 %)Manufacturing
21 (3.333 %)Banking
21 (3.333 %)Pensions
21 (3.333 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (3.333 %)Chemicals
Dorset IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (36.67 %)Support Engineer
28 (26.67 %)Network Engineer
37 (23.33 %)Network Support Engineer
37 (23.33 %)Network Support
45 (16.67 %)Senior Support Engineer
45 (16.67 %)Senior Network Support
45 (16.67 %)Senior Network Support Engineer
45 (16.67 %)Senior Network Engineer
45 (16.67 %)Systems Engineer
54 (13.33 %)1st Line Support
63 (10.00 %)Principal Systems Engineer
63 (10.00 %)Principal Engineer
63 (10.00 %)Technical Support
72 (6.667 %)Support Technician
72 (6.667 %)Analyst
72 (6.667 %)Support Analyst
81 (3.333 %)Security Engineer
81 (3.333 %)Integration Engineer
81 (3.333 %)Systems Integration Engineer
81 (3.333 %)Technical Services Manager
Dorset IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (16.67 %)Thin Client
15 (16.67 %)Fat Client
22 (6.667 %)PKI
31 (3.333 %)Biotechnology
31 (3.333 %)Life Science
Dorset IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (53.33 %)Windows
210 (33.33 %)UNIX
36 (20.00 %)Solaris
44 (13.33 %)Windows Server 2003
53 (10.00 %)Windows XP
62 (6.667 %)Windows 2000
71 (3.333 %)Linux
Dorset IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (30.00 %)Load Balancing
23 (10.00 %)UML
23 (10.00 %)MODAF
32 (6.667 %)ITIL
41 (3.333 %)Incident Management
41 (3.333 %)ERP
41 (3.333 %)Migration
Dorset IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (16.67 %)Perl
24 (13.33 %)SQL
31 (3.333 %)C
Dorset IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (40.00 %)Microsoft Certification
27 (23.33 %)MCP
36 (20.00 %)MCSE
36 (20.00 %)Cisco Certification
44 (13.33 %)CCNA
52 (6.667 %)CCNP
61 (3.333 %)CCA
61 (3.333 %)Citrix Certification
61 (3.333 %)MCSA
61 (3.333 %)CCIE
61 (3.333 %)Check Point Certification
61 (3.333 %)CCSA
Dorset IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (6.667 %)SLA
Dorset IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (30.00 %)Active Directory
27 (23.33 %)VMware Infrastructure
34 (13.33 %)VMware ESX
41 (3.333 %)Terminal Server
Dorset IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (36.67 %)Cisco
29 (30.00 %)CheckPoint
38 (26.67 %)VMware
38 (26.67 %)Blue Coat
47 (23.33 %)Nokia
55 (16.67 %)Oracle
64 (13.33 %)Citrix
64 (13.33 %)Symantec
64 (13.33 %)IBM
64 (13.33 %)Microsoft
64 (13.33 %)HP
64 (13.33 %)Dell
73 (10.00 %)EMC
81 (3.333 %)Anite
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