Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Hertfordshire region.

 Firewall
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank565545
Rank change year-on-year
Down-1Down-10
Matching permanent IT job ads5363170
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire2.791 %2.982 %3.774 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category15.63 %16.41 %18.20 %
Salaries quoted4251153
Average salary£45,000£38,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.42 %+1.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£29,100£30,000£28,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£54,500£57,500£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+10.29 %-2.850 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
339384934
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire17.85 %18.17 %20.74 %
Salaries quoted282310796
Average salary£37,500£41,500£39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.630 %+6.410 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£28,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£50,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
Firewall East of EnglandFirewall
East of England

Firewall
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Firewall Demand Trend

Firewall
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WatfordDown-25£50,000+20.48 %
St AlbansDown-103£47,500+18.75 %
LetchworthNew entry-1£45,000-
Welwyn Garden CityNew entry-1£42,500-
Firewall East of EnglandFirewall
East of England

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

161 (65.59 %)Cisco
239 (41.94 %)Windows
333 (35.48 %)Cisco Certification
431 (33.33 %)Juniper
529 (31.18 %)MS Exchange
627 (29.03 %)UNIX
627 (29.03 %)Windows Server 2003
724 (25.81 %)MS Excel
724 (25.81 %)Active Directory
823 (24.73 %)Windows Server 2008
922 (23.66 %)Microsoft Certification
1021 (22.58 %)CCNP
1119 (20.43 %)CCNA
1119 (20.43 %)SAN
1119 (20.43 %)VMware
1119 (20.43 %)Aruba
1119 (20.43 %)Exchange Server 2003
1119 (20.43 %)Degree
1218 (19.35 %)C
1317 (18.28 %)Open Source
1317 (18.28 %)Foundry
1416 (17.20 %)MCSE
1416 (17.20 %)CCIE
1416 (17.20 %)Microsoft
1416 (17.20 %)OSPF
1416 (17.20 %)CheckPoint
1515 (16.13 %)HP
1515 (16.13 %)Retail
1614 (15.05 %)IP Telephony
1614 (15.05 %)Computer Science

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (4.301 %)CSS
14 (4.301 %).NET
23 (3.226 %)HTML
23 (3.226 %)Web Services
23 (3.226 %)XML
23 (3.226 %).NET Framework
31 (1.075 %)J2EE
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
129 (31.18 %)MS Exchange
219 (20.43 %)Exchange Server 2003
312 (12.90 %)Exchange Server 2007
45 (5.376 %)IIS
54 (4.301 %)Lotus Notes
63 (3.226 %)SharePoint
72 (2.151 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
72 (2.151 %)CMS
81 (1.075 %)Exchange Server 2000
81 (1.075 %)Apache
81 (1.075 %)Tomcat
81 (1.075 %)WebLogic
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
124 (25.81 %)MS Excel
23 (3.226 %)MS Visio
23 (3.226 %)MS Office
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
119 (20.43 %)SAN
216 (17.20 %)OSPF
314 (15.05 %)IP Telephony
314 (15.05 %)Network Security
314 (15.05 %)Internet
314 (15.05 %)VoIP
413 (13.98 %)LAN
413 (13.98 %)Asterisk PBX
413 (13.98 %)Wireless
512 (12.90 %)BGP
512 (12.90 %)PBX
611 (11.83 %)NetScreen
79 (9.677 %)VPN
88 (8.602 %)MPLS
97 (7.527 %)WAN
97 (7.527 %)VLAN
105 (5.376 %)DNS
114 (4.301 %)DHCP
123 (3.226 %)ADSL
123 (3.226 %)TCP/IP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (6.452 %)SQL Server
21 (1.075 %)SQL Server 2005
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
115 (16.13 %)Retail
23 (3.226 %)Finance
23 (3.226 %)Construction
32 (2.151 %)Education
32 (2.151 %)Insurance
32 (2.151 %)Pensions
41 (1.075 %)Health
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
126 (27.96 %)Network Engineer
221 (22.58 %)Analyst
314 (15.05 %)Infrastructure Analyst
49 (9.677 %)Administrator
49 (9.677 %)Senior Analyst
49 (9.677 %)Network Support
49 (9.677 %)Security Engineer
49 (9.677 %)Senior Infrastructure Analyst
56 (6.452 %)Consultant
65 (5.376 %)Support Technician
65 (5.376 %)Systems Engineer
65 (5.376 %)Senior Consultant
65 (5.376 %)Network Technician
65 (5.376 %)Network Support Technician
65 (5.376 %)Network Manager
74 (4.301 %)Principle Engineer
83 (3.226 %)Support Analyst
83 (3.226 %)Network Analyst
92 (2.151 %)Network Support Analyst
92 (2.151 %)Support Engineer
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
117 (18.28 %)Open Source
214 (15.05 %)Computer Science
313 (13.98 %)Mathematics
313 (13.98 %)Physics
49 (9.677 %)Statistics
54 (4.301 %)Blackberry
63 (3.226 %)Thin Client
63 (3.226 %)Fat Client
72 (2.151 %)iSeries
72 (2.151 %)Wiki
72 (2.151 %)N-Tier
81 (1.075 %)EPoS
81 (1.075 %)Client/Server
81 (1.075 %)Clustering
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
139 (41.94 %)Windows
227 (29.03 %)UNIX
227 (29.03 %)Windows Server 2003
323 (24.73 %)Windows Server 2008
46 (6.452 %)Windows XP
55 (5.376 %)Windows 2000 Server
55 (5.376 %)Windows 2000
64 (4.301 %)Linux
73 (3.226 %)Windows Vista
81 (1.075 %)AIX
81 (1.075 %)Solaris
81 (1.075 %)OS/400
81 (1.075 %)VxWorks
81 (1.075 %)Embedded Linux
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
110 (10.75 %)E-Commerce
24 (4.301 %)Content Management
24 (4.301 %)Network Design
24 (4.301 %)Load Balancing
32 (2.151 %)Computer Security
32 (2.151 %)Information Security
32 (2.151 %)PRINCE2
32 (2.151 %)Migration
41 (1.075 %)Business Continuity
41 (1.075 %)ITIL
41 (1.075 %)SOA
41 (1.075 %)PRINCE
41 (1.075 %)Configuration Management
41 (1.075 %)Project Management
41 (1.075 %)Service Delivery
41 (1.075 %)Risk Management
41 (1.075 %)Data Management
41 (1.075 %)TOGAF
41 (1.075 %)Network Architecture
41 (1.075 %)Logistics
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
118 (19.35 %)C
26 (6.452 %)SQL
33 (3.226 %)JavaScript
42 (2.151 %)C#
51 (1.075 %)C++
51 (1.075 %)Embedded C
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
133 (35.48 %)Cisco Certification
222 (23.66 %)Microsoft Certification
321 (22.58 %)CCNP
419 (20.43 %)CCNA
419 (20.43 %)Degree
516 (17.20 %)MCSE
516 (17.20 %)CCIE
610 (10.75 %)MCP
74 (4.301 %)CCIP
74 (4.301 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
83 (3.226 %)Security Cleared
92 (2.151 %)MCSA
101 (1.075 %)CCSP
101 (1.075 %)JNCIE
101 (1.075 %)BC Cleared
101 (1.075 %)CCVP
101 (1.075 %)VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (10.75 %)SLA
21 (1.075 %)ISO27001
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
124 (25.81 %)Active Directory
29 (9.677 %)VMware ESX
38 (8.602 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (1.075 %)Terminal Services
41 (1.075 %)ISA Server
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
17 (7.527 %)OpenView
17 (7.527 %)Netcool
21 (1.075 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
161 (65.59 %)Cisco
231 (33.33 %)Juniper
319 (20.43 %)VMware
319 (20.43 %)Aruba
417 (18.28 %)Foundry
516 (17.20 %)CheckPoint
516 (17.20 %)Microsoft
615 (16.13 %)HP
710 (10.75 %)Blue Coat
89 (9.677 %)Crossbeam
89 (9.677 %)Nokia
97 (7.527 %)Citrix
97 (7.527 %)Infovista
97 (7.527 %)3Com
106 (6.452 %)NETGEAR
115 (5.376 %)Dell
124 (4.301 %)Symantec
124 (4.301 %)Lotus
132 (2.151 %)EMC
141 (1.075 %)Sun