The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of WatchGuard products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WatchGuard over the 3 months to 20 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 Vendors for the Lancashire region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WatchGuard
Rank - - 54
Permanent jobs citing WatchGuard 0 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire - - 0.536%
As % of the Vendors category - - 1.031%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
Average salary - - £21,000
UK excluding London average salary £28,000 £33,500 £29,000
% change year-on-year
-16.41% +15.51%
All Vendors
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
193 242 194
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 40.12% 43.06% 52.01%
Number of salaries quoted 176 222 172
Average salary £31,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.42% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,500 £25,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £47,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
WatchGuard
North West

WatchGuard
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing WatchGuard across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Lancashire WatchGuard Jobs Demand Trend

WatchGuard
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WatchGuard across the Lancashire region.

Lancashire WatchGuard Salary Trend

WatchGuard
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire region citing WatchGuard 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 WatchGuard.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) ADSL
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Terminal Services
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) DVB
1 1 (100.00%) Smallworld
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) SonicWALL
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere

WatchGuard
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire region citing WatchGuard 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 WatchGuard. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Smallworld
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) ADSL
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) DVB
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Terminal Services
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) SonicWALL