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This section looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Edinburgh 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank5477
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching permanent IT job ads3229
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.013 %
As % of the category below13.97 %10.47 %
Salaries quoted2522
Average minimum salary£35,960£26,523
Average salary£39,050£28,105
% change on same period last year+38.94 %
Average maximum salary£42,140£29,686
UK excluding London average salary£36,986£37,072
% change on same period last year-0.23 %
Communications & Networking EdinburghCommunications & Networking
Edinburgh
Matching permanent IT job ads229277
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.112 %0.123 %
Salaries quoted161205
Average minimum salary£33,825£32,830
Average salary£37,805£34,679
% change on same period last year+9.01 %
Average maximum salary£41,785£36,528
UK excluding London average salary£37,693£39,086
% change on same period last year-3.56 %
Firewall ScotlandFirewall
Scotland

Firewall
Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Firewall Demand Trend

Firewall
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Firewall across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Edinburgh region over the past 3 months.

Edinburgh Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Firewall also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Firewall.

140 (64.52 %)Cisco
238 (61.29 %)CheckPoint
334 (54.84 %)WAN
430 (48.39 %)LAN
529 (46.77 %)Cisco Certification
628 (45.16 %)CCNP
725 (40.32 %)VPN
823 (37.10 %)TCP/IP
918 (29.03 %)Juniper
918 (29.03 %)OSPF
918 (29.03 %)BGP
918 (29.03 %)Blue Coat
1013 (20.97 %)MPLS
1013 (20.97 %)Network Security
1112 (19.35 %)Nokia
1112 (19.35 %)CISSP
1112 (19.35 %)CCIE
1211 (17.74 %)CCDP
1211 (17.74 %)IPsec
1310 (16.13 %)CCNA
1310 (16.13 %)CCSP
1310 (16.13 %)Windows
149 (14.52 %)SSL
149 (14.52 %)Finance
158 (12.90 %)ProxySG
158 (12.90 %)Cisco PIX
158 (12.90 %)Active Directory
167 (11.29 %)DNS
176 (9.677 %)Unix
185 (8.065 %)Linux

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Firewall also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Firewall. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
14 (6.452 %).NET
Application Platforms
15 (8.065 %)MS Exchange
24 (6.452 %)SharePoint
Applications
12 (3.226 %)MS Excel
21 (1.613 %)MS Office
Communications & Networking
134 (54.84 %)WAN
230 (48.39 %)LAN
325 (40.32 %)VPN
423 (37.10 %)TCP/IP
518 (29.03 %)OSPF
518 (29.03 %)BGP
613 (20.97 %)MPLS
613 (20.97 %)Network Security
711 (17.74 %)IPsec
89 (14.52 %)SSL
98 (12.90 %)Cisco PIX
107 (11.29 %)DNS
115 (8.065 %)NetScreen
124 (6.452 %)TACACS
133 (4.839 %)EIGRP
142 (3.226 %)Internet
142 (3.226 %)Intrusion Detection
142 (3.226 %)VoIP
142 (3.226 %)Ethernet
142 (3.226 %)Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
14 (6.452 %)SQL Server
14 (6.452 %)RDBMS
General
19 (14.52 %)Finance
24 (6.452 %)Back Office
33 (4.839 %)Health
33 (4.839 %)Pensions
41 (1.613 %)Telecoms
Job Titles
114 (22.58 %)Consultant
212 (19.35 %)Support Engineer
311 (17.74 %)Network Engineer
410 (16.13 %)Technical Support
59 (14.52 %)Security Consultant
59 (14.52 %)Analyst
59 (14.52 %)Network Consultant
68 (12.90 %)Network Security Consultant
76 (9.677 %)Data Analyst
76 (9.677 %)Network Analyst
85 (8.065 %)IT Manager
85 (8.065 %)Technical Support Engineer
85 (8.065 %)Technical Engineer
93 (4.839 %)Infrastructure Support Engineer
93 (4.839 %)Technical Architect
93 (4.839 %)Infrastructure Engineer
93 (4.839 %)Architect
102 (3.226 %)Network Designer
102 (3.226 %)Support Analyst
102 (3.226 %)Firewall Engineer
Miscellaneous
14 (6.452 %)Clustering
14 (6.452 %)Blackberry
22 (3.226 %)Management Information System
31 (1.613 %)CESG
31 (1.613 %)CESG CLAS
31 (1.613 %)PKI
Operating Systems
110 (16.13 %)Windows
26 (9.677 %)Unix
35 (8.065 %)Linux
43 (4.839 %)Windows NT
51 (1.613 %)Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
14 (6.452 %)Content Management
23 (4.839 %)Information Security
32 (3.226 %)Change Management
32 (3.226 %)Information Security Management
32 (3.226 %)Security Management
32 (3.226 %)Risk Management
32 (3.226 %)ISMS
41 (1.613 %)Load Balancing
41 (1.613 %)Risk Assessment
41 (1.613 %)Identity Management
41 (1.613 %)Service Delivery
Programming Languages
12 (3.226 %)Java
21 (1.613 %)SQL
Qualifications
129 (46.77 %)Cisco Certification
228 (45.16 %)CCNP
312 (19.35 %)CCIE
312 (19.35 %)CISSP
411 (17.74 %)CCDP
510 (16.13 %)CCNA
510 (16.13 %)CCSP
63 (4.839 %)Degree
72 (3.226 %)CCIP
72 (3.226 %)CISM
72 (3.226 %)CCSE
81 (1.613 %)CCDE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12 (3.226 %)ISO17799
12 (3.226 %)ISO27001
12 (3.226 %)COBIT
System Software
18 (12.90 %)Active Directory
18 (12.90 %)ProxySG
24 (6.452 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
24 (6.452 %)Oracle RAC
32 (3.226 %)ISA Server
Systems Management
14 (6.452 %)MOM
14 (6.452 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
140 (64.52 %)Cisco
238 (61.29 %)CheckPoint
318 (29.03 %)Blue Coat
318 (29.03 %)Juniper
412 (19.35 %)Nokia
55 (8.065 %)Microsoft
64 (6.452 %)VERITAS
64 (6.452 %)VMware
64 (6.452 %)Oracle
73 (4.839 %)HP
73 (4.839 %)Compaq
82 (3.226 %)Sun
82 (3.226 %)Sourcefire
91 (1.613 %)Citrix
91 (1.613 %)Sage
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