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The table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank6649
Rank change on same period last yearDown-17
Matching permanent IT job ads109198
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.064 %0.085 %
As % of the category below11.50 %18.95 %
Salaries quoted100172
Average minimum salary£33,990£36,389
Average salary£36,830£38,747
% change on same period last year-4.94 %
Average maximum salary£39,670£41,105
UK excluding London average salary£37,087£37,366
% change on same period last year-0.74 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads9481045
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.553 %0.448 %
Salaries quoted815890
Average minimum salary£36,373£37,084
Average salary£39,780£40,222
% change on same period last year-1.09 %
Average maximum salary£43,187£43,359
UK excluding London average salary£37,898£38,996
% change on same period last year-2.81 %
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 7 October 2008.

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 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
St AlbansUp+2015£33,077+37.82 %
StevenageUp+1015£40,533+125.18 %
WatfordDown-217£27,000-28.79 %
Bishop's StortfordDown-134£32,500+11.79 %
HitchinDown-63£30,000+13.20 %
RoystonNew entry-1£30,000-
Firewall East of EnglandFirewall
East of England

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, 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.

1150 (54.74 %)Cisco
2117 (42.70 %)Windows
394 (34.31 %)VPN
491 (33.21 %)CheckPoint
590 (32.85 %)WAN
686 (31.39 %)Cisco Certification
785 (31.02 %)LAN
876 (27.74 %)CCNA
975 (27.37 %)TCP/IP
1069 (25.18 %)Windows Server 2003
1161 (22.26 %)MS Exchange
1260 (21.90 %)UNIX
1358 (21.17 %)Network Security
1450 (18.25 %)Microsoft Certification
1548 (17.52 %)Active Directory
1548 (17.52 %)Cisco PIX
1647 (17.15 %)DHCP
1745 (16.42 %)Microsoft
1745 (16.42 %)MCSE
1844 (16.06 %)Linux
1942 (15.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
2041 (14.96 %)SQL
2140 (14.60 %)Solaris
2238 (13.87 %)MS Excel
2335 (12.77 %)VoIP
2335 (12.77 %)MS Office
2434 (12.41 %)Oracle
2434 (12.41 %)SQL Server
2533 (12.04 %)Internet
2533 (12.04 %)Telecoms

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (4.380 %)WebServices
211 (4.015 %).NET
37 (2.555 %)XML
45 (1.825 %)J2EE
45 (1.825 %)XSLT
54 (1.460 %)AJAX
54 (1.460 %).NET Framework
62 (0.730 %)WPF
62 (0.730 %)ADO.NET
62 (0.730 %)ASP.NET
62 (0.730 %)XSD
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
161 (22.26 %)MS Exchange
242 (15.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
327 (9.854 %)IIS
416 (5.839 %)SharePoint
513 (4.745 %)Exchange Server 2000
612 (4.380 %)Apache
711 (4.015 %)Lotus Domino
88 (2.920 %)Exchange Server 2007
96 (2.190 %)SharePoint Server 2007
105 (1.825 %)BizTalk Server
113 (1.095 %)SharePoint Portal Server
121 (0.365 %)Exchange Server 5.5
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
138 (13.87 %)MS Excel
235 (12.77 %)MS Office
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
18 (2.920 %)Navision
23 (1.095 %)Dynamics NAV
31 (0.365 %)Dynamics CRM
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
194 (34.31 %)VPN
290 (32.85 %)WAN
385 (31.02 %)LAN
475 (27.37 %)TCP/IP
558 (21.17 %)Network Security
648 (17.52 %)Cisco PIX
747 (17.15 %)DHCP
835 (12.77 %)VoIP
933 (12.04 %)Internet
1029 (10.58 %)DNS
1128 (10.22 %)Wireless
1224 (8.759 %)DSL
1224 (8.759 %)ISDN
1316 (5.839 %)HTTP
1316 (5.839 %)Cisco ASA
1414 (5.109 %)SMTP
1513 (4.745 %)SAN
1610 (3.650 %)Intrusion Detection
178 (2.920 %)NetScreen
186 (2.190 %)Ethereal
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
134 (12.41 %)SQL Server
26 (2.190 %)Crystal Reports
26 (2.190 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (1.825 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
35 (1.825 %)Data Mining
35 (1.825 %)Text Mining
35 (1.825 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
44 (1.460 %)FileMaker
44 (1.460 %)Oracle 10g
44 (1.460 %)Oracle 9i
53 (1.095 %)SQL Server 2000
53 (1.095 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
62 (0.730 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (1.095 %)Visual Studio
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
133 (12.04 %)Telecoms
228 (10.22 %)Finance
316 (5.839 %)Pharmaceutical
316 (5.839 %)Pensions
413 (4.745 %)Retail
58 (2.920 %)Insurance
58 (2.920 %)Back Office
67 (2.555 %)Health
76 (2.190 %)Government
85 (1.825 %)Publishing
85 (1.825 %)Auditing
94 (1.460 %)Legal
94 (1.460 %)Manufacturing
102 (0.730 %)Education
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
161 (22.26 %)Consultant
237 (13.50 %)Network Engineer
331 (11.31 %)Support Engineer
422 (8.029 %)UNIX Engineer
519 (6.934 %)Analyst
618 (6.569 %)Administrator
716 (5.839 %)UNIX Support
814 (5.109 %)Systems Administrator
912 (4.380 %)Network Support
1011 (4.015 %)Technical Consultant
1011 (4.015 %)Support Consultant
1110 (3.650 %)Security Consultant
1110 (3.650 %)Security Analyst
129 (3.285 %)Network Manager
129 (3.285 %)IT Consultant
129 (3.285 %)Telecoms Engineer
138 (2.920 %)Systems Engineer
138 (2.920 %)Network Consultant
138 (2.920 %)Project Manager
138 (2.920 %)IT Administrator
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
122 (8.029 %)Clustering
122 (8.029 %)CESG
211 (4.015 %)Thin Client
211 (4.015 %)Fat Client
35 (1.825 %)Management Information System
35 (1.825 %)PMI
44 (1.460 %)PKI
53 (1.095 %)CMDB
62 (0.730 %)N-Tier
71 (0.365 %)Blackberry
71 (0.365 %)Mathematics
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1117 (42.70 %)Windows
269 (25.18 %)Windows Server 2003
360 (21.90 %)UNIX
444 (16.06 %)Linux
540 (14.60 %)Solaris
629 (10.58 %)Windows 2000
722 (8.029 %)Windows 2000 Server
817 (6.204 %)Windows Vista
915 (5.474 %)Windows XP
106 (2.190 %)AIX
115 (1.825 %)Windows Server 2008
123 (1.095 %)Red Hat Linux
131 (0.365 %)Windows NT
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
120 (7.299 %)Project Management
210 (3.650 %)Network Design
39 (3.285 %)ITIL
48 (2.920 %)OO
48 (2.920 %)Disaster Recovery
57 (2.555 %)Incident Management
66 (2.190 %)Content Management
66 (2.190 %)Information Security
66 (2.190 %)UML
66 (2.190 %)Security Management
66 (2.190 %)Security Cleared
75 (1.825 %)Risk Management
75 (1.825 %)Information Security Management
75 (1.825 %)PRINCE2
75 (1.825 %)CRM
75 (1.825 %)Asset Management
75 (1.825 %)Document Management
75 (1.825 %)SC Cleared
83 (1.095 %)Problem Management
83 (1.095 %)Data Management
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
141 (14.96 %)SQL
216 (5.839 %)Shell Script
38 (2.920 %)C#
38 (2.920 %)VBA
44 (1.460 %)VB6
44 (1.460 %)Transact-SQL
44 (1.460 %)VB
53 (1.095 %)C
62 (0.730 %)Perl
71 (0.365 %)C++
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
186 (31.39 %)Cisco Certification
276 (27.74 %)CCNA
350 (18.25 %)Microsoft Certification
445 (16.42 %)MCSE
519 (6.934 %)Degree
617 (6.204 %)CCNP
713 (4.745 %)CCSE
89 (3.285 %)MCP
98 (2.920 %)CISSP
107 (2.555 %)CCSA
115 (1.825 %)PMP
115 (1.825 %)PMI Certification
123 (1.095 %)CCSP
123 (1.095 %)CCDP
132 (0.730 %)HND
132 (0.730 %)MCSA
132 (0.730 %)SCNA
141 (0.365 %)CISA
141 (0.365 %)CISM
141 (0.365 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (3.285 %)PCI DSS
25 (1.825 %)SLA
25 (1.825 %)ISO27001
34 (1.460 %)COBIT
43 (1.095 %)QA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
148 (17.52 %)Active Directory
211 (4.015 %)Terminal Services
310 (3.650 %)ISA Server
44 (1.460 %)VMware Infrastructure
51 (0.365 %)Terminal Server
51 (0.365 %)VMware ESX
51 (0.365 %)Backup Exec
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (2.555 %)OpenView
23 (1.095 %)Norton AntiVirus
32 (0.730 %)CiscoWorks
41 (0.365 %)HP Data Protector
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1150 (54.74 %)Cisco
291 (33.21 %)CheckPoint
345 (16.42 %)Microsoft
434 (12.41 %)Oracle
529 (10.58 %)Nortel
626 (9.489 %)Citrix
724 (8.759 %)Siemens
822 (8.029 %)Nokia
916 (5.839 %)VMware
1015 (5.474 %)HP
1113 (4.745 %)Juniper
1211 (4.015 %)Lotus
139 (3.285 %)Crossbeam
147 (2.555 %)Symantec
147 (2.555 %)Apple
147 (2.555 %)Sun
155 (1.825 %)VERITAS
164 (1.460 %)Quark
164 (1.460 %)Dell
164 (1.460 %)Adobe