The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 17 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 27 19 34
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +15
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 80 64 81
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 6.797% 8.976% 7.700%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 31.13% 37.21% 37.33%
Number of salaries quoted 61 62 72
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -1.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £29,100 £23,550
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £60,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
257 172 217
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 21.84% 24.12% 20.63%
Number of salaries quoted 216 161 184
Average salary £42,000 £35,000 £35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% -1.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £51,250
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
Firewall
South East

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Kent region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 17 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
Maidstone +2 7 £23,000 -52.08%
Tunbridge Wells -4 7 £45,000 +28.57%
West Malling - 6 £45,000 -
Sevenoaks - 6 £42,500 -
Canterbury +7 1 £45,000 +80.00%
Tonbridge - 1 £40,000 -
Firewall
South East

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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.

1 100 (64.10%) Cisco
2 80 (51.28%) CheckPoint
3 76 (48.72%) Cisco Certification
4 64 (41.03%) Network Security
5 58 (37.18%) CCNA
6 52 (33.33%) Juniper
7 39 (25.00%) CCNP
7 39 (25.00%) Windows
8 38 (24.36%) WAN
9 36 (23.08%) Cisco ASA
10 34 (21.79%) F5
11 33 (21.15%) VPN
12 32 (20.51%) Microsoft
13 30 (19.23%) LAN
14 29 (18.59%) Security Cleared
15 27 (17.31%) ITIL
16 24 (15.38%) MS Exchange
17 23 (14.74%) DNS
18 21 (13.46%) TCP/IP
18 21 (13.46%) Active Directory
18 21 (13.46%) Cisco PIX
18 21 (13.46%) Windows Server 2008
18 21 (13.46%) VMware
19 19 (12.18%) DHCP
19 19 (12.18%) SQL Server
20 18 (11.54%) MS Excel
20 18 (11.54%) HP
20 18 (11.54%) CCSP
21 17 (10.90%) Windows Server 2003
21 17 (10.90%) Citrix

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 11 (7.051%) CSS
2 3 (1.923%) .NET
3 2 (1.282%) HTML
3 2 (1.282%) CGI
3 2 (1.282%) Memcached
4 1 (0.641%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 24 (15.38%) MS Exchange
2 12 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2003
3 11 (7.051%) Exchange Server 2010
4 10 (6.410%) SharePoint
4 10 (6.410%) IIS
5 8 (5.128%) Apache
6 6 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (2.564%) Lync
8 2 (1.282%) nginx
8 2 (1.282%) SAS
9 1 (0.641%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.641%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 18 (11.54%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.923%) MS Office
3 2 (1.282%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.282%) Quicktime
Communications & Networking
1 64 (41.03%) Network Security
2 38 (24.36%) WAN
3 36 (23.08%) Cisco ASA
4 33 (21.15%) VPN
5 30 (19.23%) LAN
6 23 (14.74%) DNS
7 21 (13.46%) TCP/IP
7 21 (13.46%) Cisco PIX
8 19 (12.18%) DHCP
9 16 (10.26%) MPLS
10 15 (9.615%) SAN
11 14 (8.974%) Wireless
12 12 (7.692%) NetScreen
13 11 (7.051%) Internet
13 11 (7.051%) BIG-IP
14 8 (5.128%) VLAN
15 7 (4.487%) VoIP
16 5 (3.205%) OSPF
16 5 (3.205%) BGP
16 5 (3.205%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (12.18%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.128%) MySQL
3 2 (1.282%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (1.282%) ClearCase
1 2 (1.282%) JIRA
1 2 (1.282%) Trac
General
1 16 (10.26%) Finance
2 7 (4.487%) Retail
3 5 (3.205%) Advertising
3 5 (3.205%) Financial Institution
4 2 (1.282%) Aerospace
5 1 (0.641%) Legal
5 1 (0.641%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.641%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 58 (37.18%) Network Engineer
2 30 (19.23%) Network Support
3 24 (15.38%) Analyst
4 15 (9.615%) Support Analyst
4 15 (9.615%) Network Analyst
4 15 (9.615%) Security Engineer
5 13 (8.333%) Security Analyst
6 12 (7.692%) Deployment Engineer
6 12 (7.692%) Firewall Support
7 11 (7.051%) Support Engineer
8 10 (6.410%) Network Security Analyst
8 10 (6.410%) Lead Network Engineer
9 9 (5.769%) Cisco Support
9 9 (5.769%) Network Support Analyst
9 9 (5.769%) Consultant
10 8 (5.128%) Network Security Engineer
10 8 (5.128%) Network Specialist
11 7 (4.487%) Systems Engineer
11 7 (4.487%) Senior Analyst
12 5 (3.205%) Network Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.846%) Blackberry
2 3 (1.923%) iSeries
3 2 (1.282%) Open Source
3 2 (1.282%) Computer Science
3 2 (1.282%) Streaming Video
3 2 (1.282%) MPEG
3 2 (1.282%) PMI
4 1 (0.641%) Thin Client
4 1 (0.641%) IVR
4 1 (0.641%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 39 (25.00%) Windows
2 21 (13.46%) Windows Server 2008
3 17 (10.90%) Windows Server 2003
4 15 (9.615%) Linux
5 9 (5.769%) UNIX
6 6 (3.846%) Windows XP
7 5 (3.205%) Windows 7
7 5 (3.205%) Windows 8
8 4 (2.564%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (2.564%) Mac OS
9 3 (1.923%) CentOS
9 3 (1.923%) Ubuntu
9 3 (1.923%) Windows Vista
9 3 (1.923%) Debian
10 2 (1.282%) OpenBSD
10 2 (1.282%) FreeBSD
10 2 (1.282%) Solaris
10 2 (1.282%) Android
10 2 (1.282%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.641%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (17.31%) ITIL
2 8 (5.128%) Project Management
2 8 (5.128%) Network Design
3 7 (4.487%) Load Balancing
3 7 (4.487%) Network Management
4 6 (3.846%) ITIL V3
5 5 (3.205%) SIEM
5 5 (3.205%) Data Protection
5 5 (3.205%) Service Management
5 5 (3.205%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (3.205%) PRINCE2
6 4 (2.564%) GAP Analysis
6 4 (2.564%) Change Management
6 4 (2.564%) Configuration Management
6 4 (2.564%) Risk Management
6 4 (2.564%) Capacity Planning
6 4 (2.564%) Fault Management
7 3 (1.923%) Problem Management
7 3 (1.923%) Migration
7 3 (1.923%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.410%) SQL
2 2 (1.282%) C
2 2 (1.282%) C++
2 2 (1.282%) Java
2 2 (1.282%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.282%) PHP
3 1 (0.641%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.641%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 76 (48.72%) Cisco Certification
2 58 (37.18%) CCNA
3 39 (25.00%) CCNP
4 29 (18.59%) Security Cleared
5 18 (11.54%) CCSP
6 14 (8.974%) CCSE
7 11 (7.051%) CCSA
8 9 (5.769%) SC Cleared
9 8 (5.128%) JNCIP
10 7 (4.487%) Degree
10 7 (4.487%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (4.487%) CISSP
11 6 (3.846%) CCIE
12 5 (3.205%) MCSE
12 5 (3.205%) CCDP
12 5 (3.205%) Check Point Certification
12 5 (3.205%) CCVP
12 5 (3.205%) JNCIA
13 3 (1.923%) JNCIS
13 3 (1.923%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.615%) SLA
2 9 (5.769%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (5.769%) QA
3 5 (3.205%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.641%) COBIT
4 1 (0.641%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (13.46%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.769%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.487%) Hyper-V
3 7 (4.487%) XenApp
3 7 (4.487%) Terminal Services
4 6 (3.846%) vSphere
5 5 (3.205%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (2.564%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 2 (1.282%) Squid
7 2 (1.282%) ISA Server
7 2 (1.282%) Forefront TMG
8 1 (0.641%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.641%) VMware ESX
8 1 (0.641%) Snort
8 1 (0.641%) Xen
8 1 (0.641%) NFS
Systems Management
1 7 (4.487%) Backup Exec
2 4 (2.564%) SCCM
3 3 (1.923%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.282%) Cacti
4 2 (1.282%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (1.282%) OpenView
5 1 (0.641%) CiscoWorks
5 1 (0.641%) Nagios
5 1 (0.641%) MIMEsweeper
5 1 (0.641%) HP SIM
5 1 (0.641%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.641%) WSUS
Vendors
1 100 (64.10%) Cisco
2 80 (51.28%) CheckPoint
3 52 (33.33%) Juniper
4 34 (21.79%) F5
5 32 (20.51%) Microsoft
6 21 (13.46%) VMware
7 18 (11.54%) HP
8 17 (10.90%) Citrix
9 7 (4.487%) Sun
9 7 (4.487%) Websense
10 6 (3.846%) IBM
11 5 (3.205%) Dell
11 5 (3.205%) Blue Coat
11 5 (3.205%) WatchGuard
11 5 (3.205%) 3PAR
12 4 (2.564%) Twitter
13 3 (1.923%) Red Hat
13 3 (1.923%) Symantec
14 2 (1.282%) McAfee
14 2 (1.282%) Sourcefire
Westerham, Kent
ADSL, with newer Technology such as fibre, bonded Ethernet and satellite... Current CCNA/CCNP certification. Demonstrable knowledge of Cisco switches and routers... Network and Equipment management: VLAN/VPN...
Onwave UK Ltd
Salary: £Neg
Posted: 13 May 2013
Chatham, Kent
Microsoft Certified. Desktop experience up to and including Windows 7 (8 a bonus) Server experience up to 2008 R2 (Linux a bonus) Hands on virtualisation - VMWare / Hyper V...
Konetic Limited
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A global leading software solutions provider are hiring a strong Infrastructure / Systems Engineer with broad infrastructure skills covering Hyper-V, Windows, Networking, IIS and Security... This will involve: -...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Gym
Posted: 14 May 2013
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Expert knowledge of 802.11a/b/g/n wireless networks, site surveys, requirements gathering, deployment challenges. *Strong understanding of LAN, WAN, wired networks including firewalls, content filters, routing,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £66000 - £80000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Expert knowledge of 802.11a/b/g/n wireless networks, site surveys, requirements gathering, deployment challenges. *Strong understanding of LAN, WAN, wired networks including firewalls, content filters, routing,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Surrey, West Sussex, Reigate, Crawley, Epsom,...
PERSON SKILLS - proven track record of managing and supporting Microsoft solutions, including MS Server 2003/08R2, MS Exchange 2003-2010, Active Directory. - VMWare V-sphere experience... - any experience...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35,000 - £45,000 + generous bonus + bens
Posted: 29 April 2013
Tonbridge, Kent
You must have knowledge of Windows Server 2008 R2 or above as well as desktop versions XP, Vista and above at an advanced administration level - holding knowledge in...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Circa 40k+ plus benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Tonbridge, Kent
You will need strong and advanced expertise and knowledge of Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V, Multi-site IIS / web farms including ARR, AD / Active Directory, Windows Networking, DNS,...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Circa 40-60k
Posted: 17 May 2013
Maidstone, South East
iPad, iPhone, HTC, Blackberry, etc. - AJAX, CSS, XML experience a plus - MAC OSX OS - Microsoft MCP/MCTS/MCSE qualifications preferableTechnical Support Engineer Useful Skills: - Experience with relational databases...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: £0 - £25,000 per year
Posted: 14 May 2013
Maidstone, Kent
iPad, iPhone, HTC, Blackberry etc - AJAX , CSS, XML experience a plus - MAC OSX OS - Microsoft MCP/MCTS/MCSE qualifications preferable Useful Skills: - Experience with relational databases such as...
1st Choice Computer Appointments Ltd
Salary: Up to £25,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
West Malling, Kent
Their flexible, integrated communications services encompass IP and mobile telephony, converged networks, unified communications, contact centres and document solutions. Due to rapid growth they're currently looking for...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013