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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of WatchGuard products and/or services in IT jobs within the Essex region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WatchGuard over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWatchGuard
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank108-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads90
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.033 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted10
Average minimum salary£25,000-
Average salary£27,500-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£30,000-
UK excluding London average salary£29,595£36,917
% change on same period last year-19.83 %
Essex IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Essex
Matching permanent IT job ads871836
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.469 %0.349 %
Salaries quoted733726
Average minimum salary£37,041£40,436
Average salary£38,965£43,894
% change on same period last year-11.22 %
Average maximum salary£40,889£47,351
UK excluding London average salary£39,939£41,945
% change on same period last year-4.78 %
WatchGuard East of EnglandWatchGuard
East of England

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.

WatchGuard
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing WatchGuard across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Essex WatchGuard Demand Trend

WatchGuard
Salary Trend

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

Essex WatchGuard Salary Trend

WatchGuard
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

19 (64.29 %)Cisco
19 (64.29 %)CCNP
19 (64.29 %)CCNA
19 (64.29 %)Cisco Certification
19 (64.29 %)Cisco ASA
28 (57.14 %)Fortinet
28 (57.14 %)Cisco PIX
28 (57.14 %)Time Management
28 (57.14 %)Nokia
28 (57.14 %)CheckPoint
28 (57.14 %)Clearswift
28 (57.14 %)CCSE
36 (42.86 %)Firewall
36 (42.86 %)Active Directory
36 (42.86 %)WAN
36 (42.86 %)Windows
45 (35.71 %)IIS
45 (35.71 %)Windows Server 2003
45 (35.71 %)DNS
54 (28.57 %)Marketing
54 (28.57 %)Windows 2000 Server
54 (28.57 %)Data Security
54 (28.57 %)ASP
54 (28.57 %)HTML
54 (28.57 %)SQL
54 (28.57 %)Windows XP
54 (28.57 %)DHCP
62 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
71 (7.143 %)LAN
71 (7.143 %)MCSA

WatchGuard
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Essex IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (28.57 %)HTML
14 (28.57 %)ASP
Essex IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (35.71 %)IIS
22 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
31 (7.143 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
31 (7.143 %)Exchange Server 2000
31 (7.143 %)Exchange Server 2003
Essex IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (64.29 %)Cisco ASA
28 (57.14 %)Cisco PIX
36 (42.86 %)Firewall
36 (42.86 %)WAN
45 (35.71 %)DNS
54 (28.57 %)DHCP
61 (7.143 %)LAN
61 (7.143 %)VLAN
Essex IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (28.57 %)Marketing
Essex IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (64.29 %)Support Engineer
28 (57.14 %)Security Engineer
34 (28.57 %)Network Architect
34 (28.57 %)Network Specialist
34 (28.57 %)Architect
41 (7.143 %)Support Technician
41 (7.143 %)IT Support Technician
41 (7.143 %)Cisco Engineer
41 (7.143 %)Cisco Support
Essex IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.143 %)Blackberry
Essex IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (42.86 %)Windows
25 (35.71 %)Windows Server 2003
34 (28.57 %)Windows 2000 Server
34 (28.57 %)Windows XP
Essex IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (57.14 %)Time Management
24 (28.57 %)Data Security
Essex IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (28.57 %)SQL
Essex IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (64.29 %)CCNP
19 (64.29 %)CCNA
19 (64.29 %)Cisco Certification
28 (57.14 %)CCSE
31 (7.143 %)MCSA
31 (7.143 %)Microsoft Certification
Essex IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (42.86 %)Active Directory
Essex IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (64.29 %)Cisco
28 (57.14 %)Nokia
28 (57.14 %)CheckPoint
28 (57.14 %)Clearswift
28 (57.14 %)Fortinet
31 (7.143 %)Barracuda Networks
31 (7.143 %)Microsoft