The first table below looks at the demand for the Firewall Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall Engineer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the London region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall Engineer
Rank 588 632 634
Rank change year-on-year
+44 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Firewall Engineer 21 8 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.048% 0.015% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.016% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 8 8 2
Average salary £47,500 £57,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.39% +27.77%
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £40,000 £31,250
% change year-on-year
+3.75% +28.00%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40744 50505 53832
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.41% 93.86% 93.60%
Number of salaries quoted 34331 43869 45250
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Firewall Engineer
England

Firewall Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Firewall Engineer across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Firewall Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Firewall Engineer
Salary Trend

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

London Firewall Engineer Salary Trend

Firewall Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall Engineer within the London 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
City of London +20 16 £45,000 -30.76%
Firewall Engineer
England

Firewall Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Firewall Engineer in their job title 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 with Firewall Engineer in their job title.

1 47 (100.00%) Firewall
2 41 (87.23%) Juniper
3 39 (82.98%) Cisco
4 38 (80.85%) Cisco Certification
5 32 (68.09%) Cisco ASA
6 24 (51.06%) Fortinet
6 24 (51.06%) MPLS
6 24 (51.06%) OSPF
6 24 (51.06%) BGP
7 23 (48.94%) F5
7 23 (48.94%) Cisco Nexus
8 22 (46.81%) CCIE
8 22 (46.81%) DNS
8 22 (46.81%) DHCP
9 20 (42.55%) Ethernet
9 20 (42.55%) SNMP
9 20 (42.55%) WAN
9 20 (42.55%) HP
9 20 (42.55%) CheckPoint
9 20 (42.55%) JNCIE
9 20 (42.55%) IP Telephony
9 20 (42.55%) Sourcefire
9 20 (42.55%) Wireless
9 20 (42.55%) Migration
9 20 (42.55%) VMware
9 20 (42.55%) FortiGate
9 20 (42.55%) Aruba
9 20 (42.55%) Network Management
9 20 (42.55%) Junos
9 20 (42.55%) Polycom

Firewall Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Firewall Engineer in their job title 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 with Firewall Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.255%) IIS
1 2 (4.255%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 12 (25.53%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 47 (100.00%) Firewall
2 32 (68.09%) Cisco ASA
3 24 (51.06%) MPLS
3 24 (51.06%) OSPF
3 24 (51.06%) BGP
4 23 (48.94%) Cisco Nexus
5 22 (46.81%) DHCP
5 22 (46.81%) DNS
6 20 (42.55%) WAN
6 20 (42.55%) Ethernet
6 20 (42.55%) SNMP
6 20 (42.55%) Wireless
6 20 (42.55%) Junos
6 20 (42.55%) IP Telephony
7 16 (34.04%) VLAN
7 16 (34.04%) LAN
8 12 (25.53%) TCP/IP
9 10 (21.28%) Cisco PIX
10 7 (14.89%) Network Security
11 5 (10.64%) VPN
General
1 17 (36.17%) Finance
2 2 (4.255%) Banking
3 1 (2.128%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 20 (42.55%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (2.128%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (21.28%) UNIX
2 2 (4.255%) Windows
2 2 (4.255%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (4.255%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (42.55%) Migration
1 20 (42.55%) Network Management
2 10 (21.28%) SIEM
3 6 (12.77%) ITIL
4 5 (10.64%) Project Management
4 5 (10.64%) Information Management
4 5 (10.64%) Strategic Planning
4 5 (10.64%) Project Planning
4 5 (10.64%) Load Balancing
5 3 (6.383%) Network Design
5 3 (6.383%) Change Management
6 1 (2.128%) Business Development
6 1 (2.128%) Mobile Device Management
Qualifications
1 38 (80.85%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (46.81%) CCIE
3 20 (42.55%) JNCIE
4 13 (27.66%) CCNA
5 12 (25.53%) CCSA
5 12 (25.53%) CCSE
6 11 (23.40%) CISSP
7 4 (8.511%) CCSP
7 4 (8.511%) CCNP
7 4 (8.511%) CCIP
8 3 (6.383%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (42.55%) PCI DSS
2 10 (21.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (42.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.255%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 20 (42.55%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 41 (87.23%) Juniper
2 39 (82.98%) Cisco
3 24 (51.06%) Fortinet
4 23 (48.94%) F5
5 20 (42.55%) HP
5 20 (42.55%) Polycom
5 20 (42.55%) Aruba
5 20 (42.55%) CheckPoint
5 20 (42.55%) VMware
5 20 (42.55%) Sourcefire
6 10 (21.28%) Microsoft
7 3 (6.383%) SonicWALL
City, London
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