The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 21 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 55 122 91
Rank change year-on-year
+67 -31
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 378 175 238
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 4.556% 1.996% 2.537%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.15% 10.90% 12.81%
Number of salaries quoted 332 151 202
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,150 £26,600 £24,300
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,472 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.82% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1787 1606 1858
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 21.54% 18.32% 19.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1442 1281 1502
Average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £27,581 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Firewall
England

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 21 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
Hertfordshire +44 104 £40,000 +7.38%
Cambridgeshire +40 78 £36,250 -5.84%
Bedfordshire +23 77 £54,500 +24.57%
Suffolk +28 65 £35,000 -
Essex +39 47 £42,500 +6.25%
East Anglia - 7 £50,000 -
Norfolk +7 6 £25,750 -31.33%
Firewall
England

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

1 352 (52.62%) Windows
2 343 (51.27%) Cisco
3 242 (36.17%) Microsoft
4 215 (32.14%) Active Directory
5 206 (30.79%) DNS
6 202 (30.19%) VPN
7 196 (29.30%) VMware
8 192 (28.70%) Cisco Certification
9 183 (27.35%) Linux
10 173 (25.86%) TCP/IP
11 154 (23.02%) VMware Infrastructure
12 138 (20.63%) Finance
13 127 (18.98%) SAN
13 127 (18.98%) Network Security
14 125 (18.68%) CCNP
15 118 (17.64%) Juniper
16 115 (17.19%) LAN
16 115 (17.19%) MS Exchange
17 113 (16.89%) IIS
18 111 (16.59%) MS Excel
19 105 (15.70%) CCNA
19 105 (15.70%) Windows Server 2008
20 104 (15.55%) SQL Server
21 103 (15.40%) Disaster Recovery
22 101 (15.10%) WAN
23 98 (14.65%) DHCP
23 98 (14.65%) CheckPoint
24 97 (14.50%) UNIX
25 96 (14.35%) Citrix
26 95 (14.20%) Degree

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 46 (6.876%) Web Services
2 33 (4.933%) .NET
3 25 (3.737%) HTML
4 24 (3.587%) J2EE
5 23 (3.438%) WebSphere
6 21 (3.139%) XML
7 12 (1.794%) SOAP
8 11 (1.644%) JSP
9 8 (1.196%) LAMP
10 4 (0.598%) WSH
10 4 (0.598%) Silverlight
11 3 (0.448%) JSON
11 3 (0.448%) CGI
11 3 (0.448%) ASP
12 2 (0.299%) ASP.NET
12 2 (0.299%) COM
12 2 (0.299%) XMPP
12 2 (0.299%) Application Packaging
13 1 (0.149%) Windows SharePoint Services
13 1 (0.149%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 115 (17.19%) MS Exchange
2 113 (16.89%) IIS
3 82 (12.26%) Apache
4 61 (9.118%) Exchange Server 2010
5 54 (8.072%) SharePoint
6 37 (5.531%) Lync
7 36 (5.381%) Exchange Server 2007
8 34 (5.082%) SharePoint Server
9 30 (4.484%) Tomcat
10 27 (4.036%) Office Communications Server
11 23 (3.438%) WebSphere Application Server
12 17 (2.541%) Amazon AWS
12 17 (2.541%) Exchange Server 2003
13 13 (1.943%) IBM HTTP Server
13 13 (1.943%) MQSeries
14 11 (1.644%) GlassFish
14 11 (1.644%) WebLogic
15 10 (1.495%) WebSphere MQ
16 9 (1.345%) ESB
16 9 (1.345%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 111 (16.59%) MS Excel
2 35 (5.232%) MS Office
3 8 (1.196%) PowerPivot
3 8 (1.196%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.448%) Quicktime
5 1 (0.149%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.149%) Fireworks
5 1 (0.149%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 11 (1.644%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.299%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 206 (30.79%) DNS
2 202 (30.19%) VPN
3 173 (25.86%) TCP/IP
4 127 (18.98%) SAN
4 127 (18.98%) Network Security
5 115 (17.19%) LAN
6 101 (15.10%) WAN
7 98 (14.65%) DHCP
8 71 (10.61%) Internet
9 70 (10.46%) Cisco ASA
10 69 (10.31%) VoIP
11 51 (7.623%) NAS
12 49 (7.324%) HTTP
13 48 (7.175%) SSL
14 45 (6.726%) Intrusion Detection
15 43 (6.428%) VLAN
16 42 (6.278%) iSCSI
17 41 (6.129%) Wi-Fi
18 39 (5.830%) Wireless
19 38 (5.680%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (15.55%) SQL Server
2 80 (11.96%) MySQL
3 44 (6.577%) SQL Server 2008
4 42 (6.278%) SQL Server 2005
5 24 (3.587%) Big Data
6 20 (2.990%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (1.943%) RDBMS
7 13 (1.943%) Oracle 8/8i
7 13 (1.943%) DB2
8 10 (1.495%) Oracle 10g
8 10 (1.495%) Oracle 11g
9 8 (1.196%) PerformancePoint
9 8 (1.196%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (1.046%) Text Mining
11 2 (0.299%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (0.149%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.149%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.149%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 13 (1.943%) Subversion
1 13 (1.943%) Ant
1 13 (1.943%) Jenkins
2 8 (1.196%) Visual Studio
3 6 (0.897%) ClearCase
3 6 (0.897%) JIRA
4 4 (0.598%) Trac
5 3 (0.448%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 2 (0.299%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.299%) WebLOAD
7 1 (0.149%) Selenium
7 1 (0.149%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.149%) JUnit
7 1 (0.149%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.149%) ClearQuest
7 1 (0.149%) GCC
7 1 (0.149%) Redmine
7 1 (0.149%) Git (software)
General
1 138 (20.63%) Finance
2 49 (7.324%) Telecoms
3 33 (4.933%) Retail
4 16 (2.392%) Games
5 12 (1.794%) Banking
6 9 (1.345%) Back Office
7 8 (1.196%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (0.897%) Marketing
9 3 (0.448%) Legal
9 3 (0.448%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.299%) Advertising
10 2 (0.299%) Law
10 2 (0.299%) Electronics
11 1 (0.149%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 103 (15.40%) Network Engineer
2 91 (13.60%) Support Engineer
3 78 (11.66%) Analyst
4 77 (11.51%) Architect
5 71 (10.61%) Administrator
6 49 (7.324%) Systems Administrator
7 48 (7.175%) IT Support
7 48 (7.175%) Consultant
8 40 (5.979%) Network Manager
9 38 (5.680%) Support Analyst
10 37 (5.531%) IT Support Engineer
10 37 (5.531%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 32 (4.783%) Systems Engineer
12 28 (4.185%) Infrastructure Architect
13 26 (3.886%) Linux Administrator
13 26 (3.886%) Linux Systems Administrator
14 23 (3.438%) Wintel Engineer
14 23 (3.438%) Security Engineer
15 22 (3.288%) Infrastructure Analyst
16 21 (3.139%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.783%) Management Information System
2 31 (4.634%) Computer Science
3 26 (3.886%) SaaS
4 21 (3.139%) Enterprise Storage
4 21 (3.139%) IaaS
4 21 (3.139%) PaaS
5 18 (2.691%) Wiki
6 15 (2.242%) Replication
7 13 (1.943%) Clustering
8 11 (1.644%) PDA
8 11 (1.644%) Handset
8 11 (1.644%) Blackberry
8 11 (1.644%) Open Source
9 10 (1.495%) Mobile App
10 5 (0.747%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (0.598%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (0.598%) Firmware
11 4 (0.598%) PKI
12 3 (0.448%) Fat Client
12 3 (0.448%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 352 (52.62%) Windows
2 183 (27.35%) Linux
3 105 (15.70%) Windows Server 2008
4 97 (14.50%) UNIX
5 72 (10.76%) Windows Server 2003
6 55 (8.221%) Windows 7
7 37 (5.531%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 36 (5.381%) Windows Vista
9 32 (4.783%) Windows XP
10 16 (2.392%) Debian
11 15 (2.242%) CentOS
11 15 (2.242%) AIX
12 12 (1.794%) Solaris
12 12 (1.794%) Ubuntu
13 9 (1.345%) Windows 8
14 7 (1.046%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (0.747%) Embedded Linux
15 5 (0.747%) Android
15 5 (0.747%) Windows 2000 Server
15 5 (0.747%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (15.40%) Disaster Recovery
2 88 (13.15%) ITIL
3 86 (12.86%) Load Balancing
4 57 (8.520%) Change Management
5 54 (8.072%) E-Commerce
6 44 (6.577%) Network Design
7 41 (6.129%) Information Security
8 39 (5.830%) Incident Management
9 37 (5.531%) Capacity Planning
10 31 (4.634%) Change Control
11 26 (3.886%) Network Management
12 24 (3.587%) Supplier Management
13 23 (3.438%) Document Management
14 22 (3.288%) Penetration Testing
14 22 (3.288%) SIEM
15 18 (2.691%) Security Management
16 16 (2.392%) PRINCE2
16 16 (2.392%) Information Security Management
16 16 (2.392%) Network Load Balancing
17 15 (2.242%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 93 (13.90%) SQL
2 50 (7.474%) Python
2 50 (7.474%) PHP
3 49 (7.324%) Bash shell
4 39 (5.830%) Java
5 33 (4.933%) Perl
6 13 (1.943%) C#
7 10 (1.495%) T-SQL
8 8 (1.196%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.046%) JavaScript
10 5 (0.747%) C
10 5 (0.747%) VB
11 4 (0.598%) VBScript
12 3 (0.448%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.299%) XAML
13 2 (0.299%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.299%) Ruby
14 1 (0.149%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 192 (28.70%) Cisco Certification
2 125 (18.68%) CCNP
3 105 (15.70%) CCNA
4 95 (14.20%) Degree
5 89 (13.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 63 (9.417%) MCSE
7 38 (5.680%) CISSP
8 36 (5.381%) MCP
9 29 (4.335%) CCIE
10 26 (3.886%) MCITP
11 25 (3.737%) MCTS
11 25 (3.737%) CISM
12 24 (3.587%) Postgraduate
13 23 (3.438%) Citrix Certification
14 18 (2.691%) MCSA
14 18 (2.691%) CEH
15 17 (2.541%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 17 (2.541%) CCDA
16 16 (2.392%) CISA
17 14 (2.093%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.082%) PCI DSS
2 33 (4.933%) SLA
3 14 (2.093%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.794%) COBIT
5 3 (0.448%) QA
5 3 (0.448%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.149%) GAMP
6 1 (0.149%) GxP
System Software
1 215 (32.14%) Active Directory
2 154 (23.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (8.371%) vSphere
4 49 (7.324%) Hyper-V
5 45 (6.726%) NFS
6 35 (5.232%) XenApp
7 34 (5.082%) VMware ESX
8 29 (4.335%) XenServer
9 25 (3.737%) Samba
10 20 (2.990%) XenDesktop
10 20 (2.990%) VMware ESXi
11 18 (2.691%) Microsoft App-V
12 16 (2.392%) VMware Server
13 12 (1.794%) Sendmail
14 8 (1.196%) Terminal Services
14 8 (1.196%) Xen
15 7 (1.046%) ISA Server
15 7 (1.046%) Forefront TMG
16 6 (0.897%) Varnish
16 6 (0.897%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 23 (3.438%) WSUS
2 17 (2.541%) Nagios
3 12 (1.794%) FortiGate
4 7 (1.046%) Cisco CUCM
5 6 (0.897%) OSSEC
5 6 (0.897%) Cacti
6 4 (0.598%) CiscoWorks
7 3 (0.448%) SCCM
7 3 (0.448%) Backup Exec
8 2 (0.299%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (0.299%) Cisco UCCE
8 2 (0.299%) Cisco UCCX
8 2 (0.299%) ZENworks
8 2 (0.299%) OpenView
9 1 (0.149%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.149%) ARCserve
9 1 (0.149%) Splunk
9 1 (0.149%) Puppet
Vendors
1 343 (51.27%) Cisco
2 242 (36.17%) Microsoft
3 196 (29.30%) VMware
4 118 (17.64%) Juniper
5 98 (14.65%) CheckPoint
6 96 (14.35%) Citrix
7 54 (8.072%) HP
8 44 (6.577%) Red Hat
9 43 (6.428%) Oracle
10 37 (5.531%) F5
11 29 (4.335%) IBM
12 27 (4.036%) Avaya
13 23 (3.438%) LANDesk
13 23 (3.438%) JBoss
14 21 (3.139%) Fortinet
15 19 (2.840%) EMC
16 18 (2.691%) SolarWinds
17 17 (2.541%) Infoblox
18 16 (2.392%) CommVault
19 15 (2.242%) NetApp
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