The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of WatchGuard products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WatchGuard 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 Vendors for the England region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WatchGuard
Rank 754 828 802
Rank change year-on-year
+74 -26
Permanent jobs citing WatchGuard 87 38 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.086% 0.034% 0.041%
As % of the Vendors category 0.180% 0.071% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 78 36 43
Average salary £30,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £28,000 £33,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
-16.41% +13.55%
All Vendors
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
48326 53402 54852
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 47.78% 47.11% 46.56%
Number of salaries quoted 39934 45402 45902
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
WatchGuard
UK

WatchGuard
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing WatchGuard across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

England WatchGuard Jobs Demand Trend

WatchGuard
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WatchGuard across the England region.

England WatchGuard Salary Trend

WatchGuard
Salary Histogram

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

England WatchGuard Salary Histogram

WatchGuard
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WatchGuard within the England 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
South East +44 42 £24,000 -15.78%
North West - 14 £40,000 -
London +46 13 £40,000 +6.66%
Yorkshire - 13 £22,500 -
East of England +3 1 £20,500 -12.76%
South West -1 1 £23,500 -6.00%
East Midlands - 1 £28,000 -
Midlands - 1 £60,000 -
WatchGuard
UK

WatchGuard
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing WatchGuard 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 WatchGuard.

1 112 (77.24%) Windows
2 105 (72.41%) Microsoft
3 101 (69.66%) VMware
4 98 (67.59%) Firewall
4 98 (67.59%) Cisco
5 77 (53.10%) Active Directory
6 73 (50.34%) SAN
7 71 (48.97%) VMware Infrastructure
8 70 (48.28%) MS Exchange
9 67 (46.21%) HP
10 51 (35.17%) SQL
11 50 (34.48%) Citrix
12 49 (33.79%) VoIP
13 47 (32.41%) TCP/IP
14 42 (28.97%) MS Excel
15 40 (27.59%) Blackberry
15 40 (27.59%) Windows Server 2008
16 39 (26.90%) Windows Server 2003
17 36 (24.83%) WAN
18 35 (24.14%) Windows XP
19 33 (22.76%) Veeam
19 33 (22.76%) SonicWALL
19 33 (22.76%) NetApp
20 31 (21.38%) Dell
20 31 (21.38%) VPN
20 31 (21.38%) Exchange Server 2010
21 30 (20.69%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
21 30 (20.69%) MS Office
22 29 (20.00%) Symantec
22 29 (20.00%) Cisco IOS

WatchGuard
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing WatchGuard 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 WatchGuard. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (2.069%) .NET
2 2 (1.379%) ASP.NET
2 2 (1.379%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 70 (48.28%) MS Exchange
2 31 (21.38%) Exchange Server 2010
3 30 (20.69%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 19 (13.10%) Exchange Server 2003
5 17 (11.72%) SharePoint
6 9 (6.207%) Exchange Server 2007
7 8 (5.517%) Apache
7 8 (5.517%) IIS
8 5 (3.448%) Exchange Server 2000
9 3 (2.069%) Lync
10 2 (1.379%) Drupal
10 2 (1.379%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (1.379%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.379%) Joomla!
10 2 (1.379%) GlassFish
11 1 (0.690%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 42 (28.97%) MS Excel
2 30 (20.69%) MS Office
3 3 (2.069%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 98 (67.59%) Firewall
2 73 (50.34%) SAN
3 49 (33.79%) VoIP
4 47 (32.41%) TCP/IP
5 36 (24.83%) WAN
6 31 (21.38%) VPN
7 29 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
8 27 (18.62%) DNS
9 26 (17.93%) LAN
10 22 (15.17%) Network Security
11 20 (13.79%) DHCP
12 16 (11.03%) SSL
13 14 (9.655%) VLAN
14 12 (8.276%) IPsec
14 12 (8.276%) NAS
15 10 (6.897%) Internet
16 8 (5.517%) Wireless
16 8 (5.517%) Cisco ASA
17 6 (4.138%) iSCSI
18 5 (3.448%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (13.79%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.138%) MySQL
3 4 (2.759%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (1.379%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (1.379%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 11 (7.586%) Finance
2 7 (4.828%) Retail
3 4 (2.759%) Pharmaceutical
3 4 (2.759%) Banking
4 3 (2.069%) Investment Banking
5 1 (0.690%) Marketing
5 1 (0.690%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (23.45%) IT Support
2 31 (21.38%) Support Engineer
3 26 (17.93%) Consultant
3 26 (17.93%) 2nd Line Support
4 19 (13.10%) Analyst
5 18 (12.41%) IT Support Engineer
6 15 (10.34%) IT Consultant
6 15 (10.34%) Sales Consultant
6 15 (10.34%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 13 (8.966%) Support Analyst
8 12 (8.276%) 3rd Line Support
8 12 (8.276%) IT Sales Consultant
9 10 (6.897%) Systems Administrator
9 10 (6.897%) Administrator
10 9 (6.207%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (6.207%) Technical Consultant
10 9 (6.207%) Head of Professional Services
11 6 (4.138%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (4.138%) Network Manager
11 6 (4.138%) IT Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 40 (27.59%) Blackberry
2 7 (4.828%) SaaS
2 7 (4.828%) Replication
3 5 (3.448%) SWIFT
3 5 (3.448%) Enterprise Storage
4 4 (2.759%) EqualLogic
5 1 (0.690%) E-Learning
5 1 (0.690%) Fat Client
5 1 (0.690%) Clustering
5 1 (0.690%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 112 (77.24%) Windows
2 40 (27.59%) Windows Server 2008
3 39 (26.90%) Windows Server 2003
4 35 (24.14%) Windows XP
5 21 (14.48%) Linux
6 20 (13.79%) Windows 7
7 12 (8.276%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (5.517%) Windows 2000 Server
9 5 (3.448%) AIX
9 5 (3.448%) UNIX
10 4 (2.759%) Mac OS
10 4 (2.759%) Ubuntu
11 2 (1.379%) Windows 8
11 2 (1.379%) CentOS
11 2 (1.379%) Windows Vista
12 1 (0.690%) Android
12 1 (0.690%) Debian
12 1 (0.690%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (14.48%) ITIL
2 19 (13.10%) Disaster Recovery
3 11 (7.586%) Project Management
4 10 (6.897%) BCP
4 10 (6.897%) Business Continuity
5 7 (4.828%) PRINCE2
6 5 (3.448%) Systems Analysis
6 5 (3.448%) Business Development
7 4 (2.759%) WAN Optimisation
7 4 (2.759%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (2.759%) Migration
7 4 (2.759%) Capacity Planning
7 4 (2.759%) Fault Management
7 4 (2.759%) Time Management
7 4 (2.759%) Information Security
8 3 (2.069%) Project Planning
8 3 (2.069%) E-Commerce
9 1 (0.690%) Supplier Management
9 1 (0.690%) Knowledge Management
9 1 (0.690%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 51 (35.17%) SQL
2 6 (4.138%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.448%) VBScript
3 5 (3.448%) C
4 2 (1.379%) C#
Qualifications
1 25 (17.24%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (14.48%) CCNP
3 19 (13.10%) CCNA
3 19 (13.10%) Microsoft Certification
4 17 (11.72%) MCSE
5 13 (8.966%) MCITP
6 9 (6.207%) MCSA
7 8 (5.517%) MCP
7 8 (5.517%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 7 (4.828%) Degree
9 4 (2.759%) CCSP
10 3 (2.069%) CCIE
11 1 (0.690%) Security Cleared
11 1 (0.690%) CCA
11 1 (0.690%) Citrix Certification
11 1 (0.690%) CCEA
11 1 (0.690%) CCDP
11 1 (0.690%) CCAA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.759%) SLA
2 3 (2.069%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.069%) QA
System Software
1 77 (53.10%) Active Directory
2 71 (48.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (14.48%) Hyper-V
3 21 (14.48%) vSphere
4 12 (8.276%) XenApp
4 12 (8.276%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (6.207%) Terminal Services
6 5 (3.448%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (3.448%) VMware Workstation
7 3 (2.069%) Forefront TMG
7 3 (2.069%) XenServer
7 3 (2.069%) XenDesktop
7 3 (2.069%) ISA Server
8 2 (1.379%) DFS Replication
8 2 (1.379%) OpenSSO
9 1 (0.690%) Xen
9 1 (0.690%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.690%) NFS
Systems Management
1 29 (20.00%) Backup Exec
2 17 (11.72%) WSUS
3 11 (7.586%) Norton AntiVirus
4 9 (6.207%) SCCM
5 5 (3.448%) Cacti
5 5 (3.448%) Tivoli
5 5 (3.448%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 5 (3.448%) Nagios
5 5 (3.448%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 4 (2.759%) McAfee ePO
7 3 (2.069%) SCOM
8 2 (1.379%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 105 (72.41%) Microsoft
2 101 (69.66%) VMware
3 98 (67.59%) Cisco
4 67 (46.21%) HP
5 50 (34.48%) Citrix
6 33 (22.76%) Veeam
6 33 (22.76%) SonicWALL
6 33 (22.76%) NetApp
7 31 (21.38%) Dell
8 29 (20.00%) Symantec
9 27 (18.62%) Apple
9 27 (18.62%) Juniper
10 25 (17.24%) CheckPoint
11 16 (11.03%) IBM
12 10 (6.897%) Sophos
13 8 (5.517%) ProCurve
14 7 (4.828%) McAfee
15 5 (3.448%) Draytek
15 5 (3.448%) 3PAR
16 4 (2.759%) Exinda
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