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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 43 58 59
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +1
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 24 1 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 3.883% 0.199% 1.005%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.83% 1.235% 8.824%
Number of salaries quoted 19 1 6
Average salary £27,500 £46,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-40.21% +58.62%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £46,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £46,000 £30,750
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.75% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
121 81 68
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 19.58% 16.14% 11.39%
Number of salaries quoted 104 63 58
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,800 £21,500 £22,200
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +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 Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 24 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
Bournemouth - 15 £40,000 -
Weymouth - 3 £22,500 -
Firewall
South West

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 36 (67.92%) Windows
2 31 (58.49%) WAN
2 31 (58.49%) Microsoft
3 26 (49.06%) LAN
4 25 (47.17%) VPN
5 24 (45.28%) SQL
6 17 (32.08%) Cisco
7 15 (28.30%) VMware
8 14 (26.42%) TCP/IP
9 13 (24.53%) MS Office
9 13 (24.53%) Wireless
9 13 (24.53%) VMware Infrastructure
10 12 (22.64%) Active Directory
10 12 (22.64%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 11 (20.75%) MS Exchange
12 10 (18.87%) VoIP
13 9 (16.98%) Disaster Recovery
13 9 (16.98%) DNS
13 9 (16.98%) MCSE
13 9 (16.98%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (16.98%) Juniper
14 8 (15.09%) MCSA
14 8 (15.09%) Windows XP
14 8 (15.09%) ITIL
15 7 (13.21%) Windows Server 2003
15 7 (13.21%) Citrix
15 7 (13.21%) Exchange Server 2003
15 7 (13.21%) Windows Server 2008
16 6 (11.32%) Hyper-V
16 6 (11.32%) Open Source

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 2 (3.774%) LAMP
1 2 (3.774%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 12 (22.64%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 11 (20.75%) MS Exchange
3 7 (13.21%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (11.32%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (11.32%) SharePoint
4 6 (11.32%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (9.434%) Lotus Domino
6 2 (3.774%) Apache
6 2 (3.774%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (24.53%) MS Office
2 5 (9.434%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.887%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 2 (3.774%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 31 (58.49%) WAN
2 26 (49.06%) LAN
3 25 (47.17%) VPN
4 14 (26.42%) TCP/IP
5 13 (24.53%) Wireless
6 10 (18.87%) VoIP
7 9 (16.98%) DNS
8 6 (11.32%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (11.32%) Internet
8 6 (11.32%) DHCP
9 5 (9.434%) Junos
9 5 (9.434%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (9.434%) SSL
9 5 (9.434%) OSPF
9 5 (9.434%) BGP
9 5 (9.434%) Network Security
10 3 (5.660%) FTP
10 3 (5.660%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (3.774%) SAN
11 2 (3.774%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.32%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.774%) MySQL
General
1 5 (9.434%) Telecoms
1 5 (9.434%) Finance
2 2 (3.774%) Marketing
3 1 (1.887%) Aerospace
3 1 (1.887%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (18.87%) Support Technician
1 10 (18.87%) Support Engineer
2 8 (15.09%) Analyst
3 6 (11.32%) 2nd Line Support Technician
3 6 (11.32%) Pre Sales Engineer
3 6 (11.32%) Technical Engineer
3 6 (11.32%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (9.434%) Technical Architect
4 5 (9.434%) Network Analyst
4 5 (9.434%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (9.434%) Architect
4 5 (9.434%) Network Engineer
5 4 (7.547%) UNIX Team Leader
5 4 (7.547%) Infrastructure Team Leader
5 4 (7.547%) Systems Support
5 4 (7.547%) Technical Support
5 4 (7.547%) Technical Support Engineer
5 4 (7.547%) Team Leader
6 3 (5.660%) Principle Engineer
6 3 (5.660%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.32%) Open Source
2 4 (7.547%) CCTV
3 1 (1.887%) IaaS
3 1 (1.887%) Clustering
3 1 (1.887%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 36 (67.92%) Windows
2 8 (15.09%) Windows XP
3 7 (13.21%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (13.21%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (11.32%) Windows Vista
5 5 (9.434%) UNIX
5 5 (9.434%) Linux
6 4 (7.547%) Windows 2000
7 2 (3.774%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (16.98%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (15.09%) ITIL
3 5 (9.434%) Network Management
4 4 (7.547%) Migration
4 4 (7.547%) PRINCE2
4 4 (7.547%) Change Control
5 2 (3.774%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (3.774%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (3.774%) Resource Management
5 2 (3.774%) ERP
5 2 (3.774%) Product Management
6 1 (1.887%) CAD
6 1 (1.887%) Project Management
6 1 (1.887%) Business Continuity
6 1 (1.887%) Validation
6 1 (1.887%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 24 (45.28%) SQL
2 2 (3.774%) Java
2 2 (3.774%) PHP
3 1 (1.887%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.887%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 9 (16.98%) MCSE
1 9 (16.98%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (15.09%) MCSA
3 6 (11.32%) MCITP
3 6 (11.32%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (11.32%) CCNA
3 6 (11.32%) MCP
4 4 (7.547%) Security Cleared
4 4 (7.547%) Degree
4 4 (7.547%) HND
5 2 (3.774%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (3.774%) VCP4
6 1 (1.887%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.887%) SLA
1 1 (1.887%) QA
System Software
1 13 (24.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (22.64%) Active Directory
3 6 (11.32%) Hyper-V
3 6 (11.32%) Terminal Services
4 2 (3.774%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.887%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 31 (58.49%) Microsoft
2 17 (32.08%) Cisco
3 15 (28.30%) VMware
4 9 (16.98%) Juniper
5 7 (13.21%) Citrix
6 6 (11.32%) Sage
7 5 (9.434%) Lotus
7 5 (9.434%) SolarWinds
8 4 (7.547%) Blue Coat
8 4 (7.547%) Nokia
8 4 (7.547%) CheckPoint
9 2 (3.774%) SonicWALL
9 2 (3.774%) SAP
9 2 (3.774%) JD Edwards
9 2 (3.774%) Red Hat
9 2 (3.774%) HP
9 2 (3.774%) Dell
10 1 (1.887%) EMC
10 1 (1.887%) Avaya
10 1 (1.887%) Apple
Bournemouth, Dorset
Areas include Telephony, Data Networks, Windows and Virtual... * Experience of working within a Firewalls, proxy environment. * Experience of working within a Microsoft Windows, Citrix and Virtualisation environment. * Networking...
Connectus
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Dorset, South West
My client, a well known company based in Dorset, is looking for a Technical Support Analyst to join their IT department and provide support to staff across their...
Salary: £20000.00 - £25000.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013