The first table below looks at the demand for DMZ skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DMZ over the 3 months to 24 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
Rank 242 226 -
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -
Permanent jobs citing DMZ 1 21 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.014% 0.296% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.087% 2.025% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 19 0
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -
UK excluding London average salary £41,000 £42,500 £31,750
% change year-on-year
-3.52% +33.85%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1145 1037 1017
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 15.94% 14.61% 14.81%
Number of salaries quoted 926 908 866
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £75,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
DMZ
England

DMZ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West DMZ Jobs Demand Trend

DMZ
Salary Trend

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

North West DMZ Salary Trend

DMZ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing DMZ 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 DMZ.

1 11 (91.67%) Cisco
2 9 (75.00%) Firewall
3 7 (58.33%) CCNP
3 7 (58.33%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (50.00%) DNS
4 6 (50.00%) DHCP
4 6 (50.00%) VPN
4 6 (50.00%) VLAN
5 5 (41.67%) Network Design
6 4 (33.33%) Wireless
6 4 (33.33%) Load Balancing
6 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (33.33%) LAN
6 4 (33.33%) WAN
6 4 (33.33%) Avaya
6 4 (33.33%) Juniper
6 4 (33.33%) Internet
6 4 (33.33%) BGP
7 2 (16.67%) Apple
7 2 (16.67%) Firmware
7 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
7 2 (16.67%) SMTP
7 2 (16.67%) MAPI
7 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
7 2 (16.67%) PHP
7 2 (16.67%) MySQL
7 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
7 2 (16.67%) MS Office
7 2 (16.67%) ASP

DMZ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing DMZ 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 DMZ. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (16.67%) MAPI
1 2 (16.67%) ASP
1 2 (16.67%) COM
2 1 (8.333%) HTML
2 1 (8.333%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) MS Exchange
1 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Office
1 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
1 2 (16.67%) Google Apps
1 2 (16.67%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (75.00%) Firewall
2 6 (50.00%) DNS
2 6 (50.00%) DHCP
2 6 (50.00%) VPN
2 6 (50.00%) VLAN
3 4 (33.33%) Wireless
3 4 (33.33%) LAN
3 4 (33.33%) WAN
3 4 (33.33%) Internet
3 4 (33.33%) BGP
4 2 (16.67%) SMTP
4 2 (16.67%) IMAP
5 1 (8.333%) ADSL
5 1 (8.333%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) MySQL
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (16.67%) MS Access
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Retail
2 1 (8.333%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Senior Network Specialist
1 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (33.33%) Network Specialist
1 4 (33.33%) Network Design Specialist
2 2 (16.67%) Systems Support
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Senior IT Support
2 2 (16.67%) IT Support
2 2 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Senior Network Designer
3 1 (8.333%) Network Designer
3 1 (8.333%) Designer
3 1 (8.333%) Senior Designer
3 1 (8.333%) Applications Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Security Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Windows XP
1 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
1 2 (16.67%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Network Design
2 4 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 1 (8.333%) Web Development
4 1 (8.333%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (8.333%) Security Testing
4 1 (8.333%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (16.67%) PHP
2 1 (8.333%) VB6
2 1 (8.333%) VB
2 1 (8.333%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) CCNP
1 7 (58.33%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) Nessus
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) Cisco
2 4 (33.33%) Avaya
2 4 (33.33%) Juniper
3 2 (16.67%) Apple
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) Draytek
3 2 (16.67%) NETGEAR
3 2 (16.67%) Kaseya
3 2 (16.67%) Google
4 1 (8.333%) Qualys