The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gatwick 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 Gatwick region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 15 33 14
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -19
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 5 4 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gatwick 5.263% 1.778% 7.857%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.82% 30.77% 30.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 10
Average salary £36,750 £45,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.33% +34.32%
UK excluding London average salary £38,472 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.82% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Gatwick
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
39 13 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gatwick 41.05% 5.778% 25.71%
Number of salaries quoted 31 13 31
Average salary £43,500 £45,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.33% +34.32%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £45,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Firewall
West Sussex

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gatwick 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 Gatwick region.

Gatwick Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gatwick 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 13 (100.00%) LAN
1 13 (100.00%) Cisco
1 13 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
2 11 (84.62%) Wireless
2 11 (84.62%) IPsec
2 11 (84.62%) Network Security
2 11 (84.62%) Wireless Security
2 11 (84.62%) CheckPoint
2 11 (84.62%) OSPF
2 11 (84.62%) BGP
2 11 (84.62%) EIGRP
2 11 (84.62%) Juniper
2 11 (84.62%) TCP/IP
2 11 (84.62%) VPN
2 11 (84.62%) DNS
2 11 (84.62%) SSL
2 11 (84.62%) WLAN
2 11 (84.62%) WAN
2 11 (84.62%) SMTP
2 11 (84.62%) DHCP
2 11 (84.62%) HTTP
2 11 (84.62%) ITIL
2 11 (84.62%) Linux
2 11 (84.62%) tcpdump
2 11 (84.62%) Junos
3 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
3 10 (76.92%) Active Directory
3 10 (76.92%) Windows
3 10 (76.92%) PCI DSS
3 10 (76.92%) Performance Management

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gatwick 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.

Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (100.00%) LAN
1 13 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
2 11 (84.62%) Wireless
2 11 (84.62%) IPsec
2 11 (84.62%) Network Security
2 11 (84.62%) Wireless Security
2 11 (84.62%) OSPF
2 11 (84.62%) BGP
2 11 (84.62%) EIGRP
2 11 (84.62%) TCP/IP
2 11 (84.62%) VPN
2 11 (84.62%) DNS
2 11 (84.62%) SSL
2 11 (84.62%) WLAN
2 11 (84.62%) WAN
2 11 (84.62%) SMTP
2 11 (84.62%) DHCP
2 11 (84.62%) HTTP
2 11 (84.62%) tcpdump
2 11 (84.62%) Junos
Job Titles
1 13 (100.00%) Analyst
2 12 (92.31%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 11 (84.62%) Network Analyst
4 10 (76.92%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
5 8 (61.54%) Security Analyst
5 8 (61.54%) Network Security Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
6 1 (7.692%) Support Engineer
6 1 (7.692%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) IVR
1 8 (61.54%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 11 (84.62%) Linux
2 10 (76.92%) Windows
3 8 (61.54%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (61.54%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (15.38%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) ITIL
2 10 (76.92%) Performance Management
3 9 (69.23%) Service Delivery
4 8 (61.54%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (15.38%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
5 2 (15.38%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (7.692%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (76.92%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (76.92%) Active Directory
1 10 (76.92%) vSphere
2 8 (61.54%) Hyper-V
3 2 (15.38%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (15.38%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (61.54%) Cisco IPCC
2 2 (15.38%) NetBackup
2 2 (15.38%) SCOM
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Cisco
2 11 (84.62%) CheckPoint
2 11 (84.62%) Juniper
3 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
3 10 (76.92%) VMware
4 8 (61.54%) Avaya
4 8 (61.54%) Nortel
4 8 (61.54%) CA
4 8 (61.54%) Verint
5 2 (15.38%) Symantec
5 2 (15.38%) NetApp
5 2 (15.38%) Citrix
5 2 (15.38%) HP
5 2 (15.38%) SolarWinds
5 2 (15.38%) LANDesk