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This section looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Durham 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3132
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads53
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below31.25 %15.79 %
Salaries quoted53
Average minimum salary£25,800£18,333
Average salary£26,400£21,083
% change on same period last year+25.21 %
Average maximum salary£27,000£23,833
UK excluding London average salary£36,023£37,296
% change on same period last year-3.41 %
Durham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Durham
Matching permanent IT job ads1619
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.008 %
Salaries quoted817
Average minimum salary£26,750£21,638
Average salary£27,292£23,382
% change on same period last year+16.71 %
Average maximum salary£27,833£25,127
UK excluding London average salary£37,584£39,545
% change on same period last year-4.96 %
Firewall North EastFirewall
North East

Firewall
Demand Trend

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

Durham 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 Durham region.

Durham Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Durham region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Durham 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 Durham region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
Stockton-on-TeesNew entry-3£27,333-
DarlingtonDown-42£25,000-
Firewall North EastFirewall
North East

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Durham 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.

113 (92.86 %)Windows
211 (78.57 %)Active Directory
310 (71.43 %)Windows XP
49 (64.29 %)Windows Server 2003
58 (57.14 %)TCP/IP
67 (50.00 %)MCP
67 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification
76 (42.86 %)Microsoft
76 (42.86 %)DHCP
76 (42.86 %)VPN
76 (42.86 %)DNS
76 (42.86 %)MS Exchange
76 (42.86 %)Exchange Server 2003
76 (42.86 %)Windows 2000 Server
85 (35.71 %)Degree
85 (35.71 %)Windows Vista
85 (35.71 %)Service Management
85 (35.71 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
94 (28.57 %)Internet
94 (28.57 %)Blackberry
103 (21.43 %)Backup Exec
103 (21.43 %)CMS
103 (21.43 %)Symantec
103 (21.43 %)Clearswift
103 (21.43 %)Norton AntiVirus
103 (21.43 %)Sophos
103 (21.43 %)LAN
103 (21.43 %)WAN
103 (21.43 %)Windows 2000
103 (21.43 %)Cisco

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Durham 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.

Durham IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (42.86 %)MS Exchange
16 (42.86 %)Exchange Server 2003
25 (35.71 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
33 (21.43 %)CMS
42 (14.29 %)Lotus Notes
Durham IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (21.43 %)MS Excel
22 (14.29 %)MS Office
Durham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (57.14 %)TCP/IP
26 (42.86 %)VPN
26 (42.86 %)DNS
26 (42.86 %)DHCP
34 (28.57 %)Internet
43 (21.43 %)LAN
43 (21.43 %)WAN
52 (14.29 %)Intranet
61 (7.143 %)OSPF
61 (7.143 %)BGP
61 (7.143 %)IP Telephony
61 (7.143 %)Cisco PIX
Durham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (14.29 %)Insurance
Durham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (64.29 %)Support Analyst
19 (64.29 %)Analyst
25 (35.71 %)Helpdesk Analyst
25 (35.71 %)1st Line Support
25 (35.71 %)Helpdesk Support
25 (35.71 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
34 (28.57 %)Infrastructure Engineer
42 (14.29 %)Systems Support
42 (14.29 %)Systems Analyst
42 (14.29 %)Infrastructure Analyst
42 (14.29 %)Systems Support Analyst
42 (14.29 %)Infrastructure Support Analyst
51 (7.143 %)Network Engineer
Durham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (28.57 %)Blackberry
Durham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (92.86 %)Windows
210 (71.43 %)Windows XP
39 (64.29 %)Windows Server 2003
46 (42.86 %)Windows 2000 Server
55 (35.71 %)Windows Vista
63 (21.43 %)Windows 2000
Durham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (35.71 %)Service Management
21 (7.143 %)Release Management
Durham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (50.00 %)MCP
17 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification
25 (35.71 %)Degree
32 (14.29 %)MCSE
41 (7.143 %)CCNP
41 (7.143 %)Cisco Certification
Durham IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (78.57 %)Active Directory
23 (21.43 %)Backup Exec
32 (14.29 %)Terminal Server
Durham IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (21.43 %)Norton AntiVirus
Durham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (42.86 %)Microsoft
23 (21.43 %)Symantec
23 (21.43 %)Sophos
23 (21.43 %)Clearswift
23 (21.43 %)Cisco
32 (14.29 %)VMware
32 (14.29 %)WatchGuard
32 (14.29 %)Citrix
32 (14.29 %)Lotus
41 (7.143 %)CheckPoint