The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 42 63 32
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -31
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 60 41 77
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 6.818% 3.291% 6.531%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.66% 16.02% 33.92%
Number of salaries quoted 43 39 76
Average salary £42,000 £42,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £24,700 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.75% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
277 256 227
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 31.48% 20.55% 19.25%
Number of salaries quoted 236 194 188
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +23.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £28,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Firewall
South West

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire 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
Gloucester +20 27 £46,250 +8.82%
Cheltenham +14 8 £35,000 -36.36%
Cirencester - 8 £38,500 -
Stroud +17 1 £35,000 +48.93%
Firewall
South West

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 70 (58.82%) Cisco
2 67 (56.30%) Microsoft
3 65 (54.62%) Internet
4 59 (49.58%) Linux
5 56 (47.06%) Security Cleared
6 54 (45.38%) Juniper
7 51 (42.86%) DNS
7 51 (42.86%) UNIX
7 51 (42.86%) Load Balancing
8 50 (42.02%) Squid
8 50 (42.02%) LDAP
8 50 (42.02%) HTTP
8 50 (42.02%) SMTP
8 50 (42.02%) ISA Server
9 49 (41.18%) Perl
10 47 (39.50%) Python
10 47 (39.50%) Bash shell
11 44 (36.97%) SC Cleared
12 43 (36.13%) MS Exchange
13 40 (33.61%) Shell Script
14 38 (31.93%) Windows
14 38 (31.93%) qmail
14 38 (31.93%) Postfix
14 38 (31.93%) Sendmail
15 35 (29.41%) DV Cleared
16 34 (28.57%) SaaS
17 31 (26.05%) TCP/IP
18 27 (22.69%) Cisco Certification
19 26 (21.85%) MS Excel
20 20 (16.81%) Windows Server 2008

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 12 (10.08%) J2EE
2 6 (5.042%) LAMP
3 4 (3.361%) Web Services
4 2 (1.681%) SOAP
4 2 (1.681%) RESTful
5 1 (0.840%) ASP
5 1 (0.840%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 43 (36.13%) MS Exchange
2 13 (10.92%) IIS
3 5 (4.202%) Drupal
3 5 (4.202%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (2.521%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.681%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.681%) Apache
5 2 (1.681%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.840%) DotNetNuke
6 1 (0.840%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 26 (21.85%) MS Excel
2 5 (4.202%) Google Apps
3 1 (0.840%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.840%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 65 (54.62%) Internet
2 51 (42.86%) DNS
3 50 (42.02%) LDAP
3 50 (42.02%) HTTP
3 50 (42.02%) SMTP
4 31 (26.05%) TCP/IP
5 15 (12.61%) VPN
6 13 (10.92%) SAN
7 12 (10.08%) SNMP
8 10 (8.403%) WAN
9 9 (7.563%) Wireless
10 7 (5.882%) LAN
11 6 (5.042%) EIGRP
11 6 (5.042%) BGP
11 6 (5.042%) NetScaler
12 3 (2.521%) Cisco ASA
13 2 (1.681%) Broadband
13 2 (1.681%) Ethernet
13 2 (1.681%) Network Security
14 1 (0.840%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.563%) NoSQL
2 6 (5.042%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.361%) MySQL
4 3 (2.521%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 8 (6.723%) Git (software)
2 3 (2.521%) ClearQuest
2 3 (2.521%) ClearCase
General
1 9 (7.563%) Finance
2 5 (4.202%) Marketing
3 1 (0.840%) Back Office
3 1 (0.840%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (24.37%) Administrator
2 28 (23.53%) Consultant
3 16 (13.45%) Technical Consultant
3 16 (13.45%) Linux Administrator
4 15 (12.61%) Technical Support
5 14 (11.76%) Support Consultant
5 14 (11.76%) Technical Support Consultant
6 13 (10.92%) Network Engineer
6 13 (10.92%) Security Administrator
7 10 (8.403%) UNIX Administrator
7 10 (8.403%) UNIX Consultant
7 10 (8.403%) UNIX Support
7 10 (8.403%) Linux Consultant
7 10 (8.403%) Linux Support
8 9 (7.563%) Software Engineer
9 8 (6.723%) CLAS Consultant
9 8 (6.723%) Windows Administrator
9 8 (6.723%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 8 (6.723%) Information Assurance Consultant
10 7 (5.882%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 34 (28.57%) SaaS
2 16 (13.45%) Management Information System
3 12 (10.08%) Clustering
4 8 (6.723%) PKI
5 6 (5.042%) Client/Server
6 5 (4.202%) Social Media
7 4 (3.361%) iPad
8 3 (2.521%) Replication
9 2 (1.681%) Blackberry
9 2 (1.681%) PDA
9 2 (1.681%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.840%) Mobile Computing
10 1 (0.840%) RMADS
10 1 (0.840%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 59 (49.58%) Linux
2 51 (42.86%) UNIX
3 38 (31.93%) Windows
4 20 (16.81%) Windows Server 2008
5 8 (6.723%) Ubuntu
6 4 (3.361%) Solaris
7 3 (2.521%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.681%) Windows XP
8 2 (1.681%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.840%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.840%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.840%) BlackBerry OS
9 1 (0.840%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.840%) Android
9 1 (0.840%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (42.86%) Load Balancing
2 10 (8.403%) Information Security
3 9 (7.563%) Kanban
3 9 (7.563%) Information Assurance
3 9 (7.563%) Software Engineering
3 9 (7.563%) Software Architecture
3 9 (7.563%) Business Continuity
3 9 (7.563%) Configuration Management
3 9 (7.563%) UML
3 9 (7.563%) RUP
4 8 (6.723%) ITIL
4 8 (6.723%) Security Architecture
4 8 (6.723%) Risk Analysis
5 6 (5.042%) Risk Management
5 6 (5.042%) OWASP
5 6 (5.042%) Technical Architecture
5 6 (5.042%) TOGAF
6 5 (4.202%) Time Management
6 5 (4.202%) CRM
7 2 (1.681%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (41.18%) Perl
2 47 (39.50%) Python
2 47 (39.50%) Bash shell
3 40 (33.61%) Shell Script
4 16 (13.45%) SQL
5 15 (12.61%) Java
6 11 (9.244%) C++
7 9 (7.563%) sed
7 9 (7.563%) AWK
7 9 (7.563%) C
8 5 (4.202%) PHP
Qualifications
1 56 (47.06%) Security Cleared
2 44 (36.97%) SC Cleared
3 35 (29.41%) DV Cleared
4 27 (22.69%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (14.29%) CCNA
6 16 (13.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (10.92%) MCSA
7 13 (10.92%) CCNP
8 10 (8.403%) Degree
9 7 (5.882%) CISM
9 7 (5.882%) CISSP
10 6 (5.042%) CCSP
11 3 (2.521%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (2.521%) MCITP
11 3 (2.521%) CCVP
11 3 (2.521%) MCSE
11 3 (2.521%) CCIE
12 2 (1.681%) CCA
12 2 (1.681%) Citrix Certification
12 2 (1.681%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (6.723%) BS7799
2 8 (6.723%) HMG Infosec
3 6 (5.042%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (5.042%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 50 (42.02%) Squid
1 50 (42.02%) ISA Server
2 38 (31.93%) qmail
2 38 (31.93%) Postfix
2 38 (31.93%) Sendmail
3 16 (13.45%) Active Directory
4 11 (9.244%) Microsoft App-V
5 8 (6.723%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (5.882%) XenApp
7 6 (5.042%) XenDesktop
8 4 (3.361%) Terminal Services
9 3 (2.521%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (2.521%) vSphere
9 3 (2.521%) VMware ESX
10 2 (1.681%) Hyper-V
11 1 (0.840%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 12 (10.08%) Zenoss
2 5 (4.202%) Munin
2 5 (4.202%) Nagios
3 3 (2.521%) Cisco CUCM
3 3 (2.521%) WSUS
3 3 (2.521%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 70 (58.82%) Cisco
2 67 (56.30%) Microsoft
3 54 (45.38%) Juniper
4 18 (15.13%) Citrix
5 14 (11.76%) Oracle
6 13 (10.92%) VMware
7 12 (10.08%) NetApp
8 8 (6.723%) CheckPoint
9 6 (5.042%) F5
10 5 (4.202%) Google
10 5 (4.202%) Twitter
10 5 (4.202%) Symantec
10 5 (4.202%) Apple
10 5 (4.202%) Dell
11 3 (2.521%) SolarWinds
11 3 (2.521%) Perforce
11 3 (2.521%) JBoss
11 3 (2.521%) Red Hat
12 2 (1.681%) AppSense
12 2 (1.681%) SonicWALL
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