The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 23 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 Leicestershire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 55 56 58
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +2
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 24 17 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 3.499% 2.436% 0.565%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.67% 17.89% 5.085%
Number of salaries quoted 20 12 3
Average salary £27,000 £35,000 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.85% +29.62%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.75% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
144 95 59
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 20.99% 13.61% 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 136 80 59
Average salary £32,500 £30,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £40,500 £45,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Firewall
East Midlands

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Leicester -7 16 £27,000 -
Firewall
East Midlands

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 30 (55.56%) WAN
2 27 (50.00%) Cisco
2 27 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 24 (44.44%) Windows
4 23 (42.59%) CCNP
5 22 (40.74%) Microsoft
6 18 (33.33%) Citrix
7 17 (31.48%) MS Exchange
8 16 (29.63%) TCP/IP
8 16 (29.63%) VPN
9 15 (27.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (27.78%) Windows Server 2003
9 15 (27.78%) LAN
10 14 (25.93%) CheckPoint
10 14 (25.93%) Windows Server 2008
10 14 (25.93%) F5
11 13 (24.07%) Load Balancing
11 13 (24.07%) MCP
11 13 (24.07%) MPLS
12 12 (22.22%) SQL Server
13 11 (20.37%) IIS
13 11 (20.37%) Internet
13 11 (20.37%) CCNA
13 11 (20.37%) HP
13 11 (20.37%) MCTS
13 11 (20.37%) Reverse Proxy
14 10 (18.52%) VMware
14 10 (18.52%) Active Directory
15 9 (16.67%) Windows XP
15 9 (16.67%) Back Office

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 2 (3.704%) HTML
2 1 (1.852%) Spring
2 1 (1.852%) Hibernate
2 1 (1.852%) ASP
2 1 (1.852%) JSP
2 1 (1.852%) Velocity
Application Platforms
1 17 (31.48%) MS Exchange
2 11 (20.37%) IIS
3 4 (7.407%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (7.407%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (3.704%) Commerce Server 2007
4 2 (3.704%) Commerce Server
4 2 (3.704%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.852%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 6 (11.11%) MS Excel
1 6 (11.11%) MS Office
2 2 (3.704%) Office 365
3 1 (1.852%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 30 (55.56%) WAN
2 16 (29.63%) TCP/IP
2 16 (29.63%) VPN
3 15 (27.78%) LAN
4 13 (24.07%) MPLS
5 11 (20.37%) Internet
5 11 (20.37%) Reverse Proxy
6 9 (16.67%) Network Security
7 8 (14.81%) FTP
8 7 (12.96%) UMTS
8 7 (12.96%) GPRS
8 7 (12.96%) ISDN
8 7 (12.96%) xDSL
9 4 (7.407%) SAN
9 4 (7.407%) IP Telephony
10 3 (5.556%) TACACS
11 2 (3.704%) Unified Communications
11 2 (3.704%) NetScaler
12 1 (1.852%) VLAN
12 1 (1.852%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.704%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (3.704%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (1.852%) GitHub
General
1 9 (16.67%) Back Office
2 7 (12.96%) Marketing
3 3 (5.556%) Finance
4 2 (3.704%) Retail
5 1 (1.852%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 19 (35.19%) Network Engineer
2 11 (20.37%) Support Engineer
2 11 (20.37%) Implementation Engineer
2 11 (20.37%) Network Implementation Engineer
3 10 (18.52%) Systems Administrator
3 10 (18.52%) Administrator
4 9 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
4 9 (16.67%) IT Support
5 8 (14.81%) Senior IT Support
5 8 (14.81%) Analyst
5 8 (14.81%) Senior Support Engineer
5 8 (14.81%) Network Analyst
5 8 (14.81%) Network Administrator
5 8 (14.81%) IT Support Engineer
6 7 (12.96%) IT Administrator
7 6 (11.11%) Network Support
8 4 (7.407%) Support Analyst
8 4 (7.407%) Network Support Analyst
9 2 (3.704%) Network Security Analyst
9 2 (3.704%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.704%) Computer Science
1 2 (3.704%) Biometrics
1 2 (3.704%) Smartcard
1 2 (3.704%) Management Information System
1 2 (3.704%) Blackberry
1 2 (3.704%) Clustering
2 1 (1.852%) AS400
2 1 (1.852%) Client/Server
2 1 (1.852%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (1.852%) Data Integration
2 1 (1.852%) IaaS
2 1 (1.852%) iPad
2 1 (1.852%) SaaS
2 1 (1.852%) PaaS
Operating Systems
1 24 (44.44%) Windows
2 15 (27.78%) Windows Server 2003
3 14 (25.93%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (16.67%) Windows XP
5 6 (11.11%) Windows 7
6 4 (7.407%) Windows 2000 Server
6 4 (7.407%) Linux
7 2 (3.704%) Android
7 2 (3.704%) Windows Vista
7 2 (3.704%) Windows 2000
7 2 (3.704%) UNIX
8 1 (1.852%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (24.07%) Load Balancing
2 8 (14.81%) Problem Management
2 8 (14.81%) Information Security
3 7 (12.96%) Change Control
4 6 (11.11%) Direct Marketing
5 3 (5.556%) Configuration Management
5 3 (5.556%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (5.556%) Network Management
6 2 (3.704%) Cyber Security
6 2 (3.704%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (3.704%) Data Protection
6 2 (3.704%) Security Testing
6 2 (3.704%) E-Commerce
6 2 (3.704%) ITIL
6 2 (3.704%) Risk Management
6 2 (3.704%) Identity Management
6 2 (3.704%) Change Management
6 2 (3.704%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (3.704%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (3.704%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.407%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.704%) SQL
2 2 (3.704%) VBScript
3 1 (1.852%) VB
3 1 (1.852%) Java
3 1 (1.852%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 27 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (42.59%) CCNP
3 15 (27.78%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (24.07%) MCP
5 11 (20.37%) CCNA
5 11 (20.37%) MCTS
6 8 (14.81%) CCIE
7 6 (11.11%) MCITP
7 6 (11.11%) MCSE
8 5 (9.259%) MCSA
9 2 (3.704%) MCPD
9 2 (3.704%) Degree
9 2 (3.704%) CISSP
10 1 (1.852%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (1.852%) CCA
10 1 (1.852%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (1.852%) CCEA
10 1 (1.852%) CCIP
10 1 (1.852%) CCAA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.704%) PCI DSS
1 2 (3.704%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.852%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (18.52%) Active Directory
2 6 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (9.259%) vSphere
4 3 (5.556%) Forefront TMG
5 1 (1.852%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (1.852%) Terminal Services
5 1 (1.852%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.852%) XenApp
5 1 (1.852%) XenServer
5 1 (1.852%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (5.556%) Backup Exec
1 3 (5.556%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (5.556%) CiscoWorks
2 2 (3.704%) SCOM
3 1 (1.852%) Cisco IPCC
3 1 (1.852%) ARCserve
3 1 (1.852%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (50.00%) Cisco
2 22 (40.74%) Microsoft
3 18 (33.33%) Citrix
4 14 (25.93%) CheckPoint
4 14 (25.93%) F5
5 11 (20.37%) HP
6 10 (18.52%) VMware
7 6 (11.11%) Symantec
8 3 (5.556%) Avaya
8 3 (5.556%) ProCurve
8 3 (5.556%) SolarWinds
9 2 (3.704%) Veeam
9 2 (3.704%) Juniper
9 2 (3.704%) Apple
9 2 (3.704%) Dell
9 2 (3.704%) NEC
9 2 (3.704%) Altiris
10 1 (1.852%) Sophos
10 1 (1.852%) McAfee
10 1 (1.852%) BT