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This section looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to 12 May 2008Same period last year
Rank71102
Rank change on same period last yearUp+31
Matching permanent IT job ads356235
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.172 %0.104 %
As % of the category below14.97 %11.27 %
Salaries quoted311219
Average minimum salary£32,648£31,943
Average salary£35,526£33,502
% change on same period last year+6.04 %
Average maximum salary£38,404£35,060
UK excluding London average salary£36,984£36,988
% change on same period last year-0.01 %
Communications & Networking North WestCommunications & Networking
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads23782085
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.146 %0.927 %
Salaries quoted20441817
Average minimum salary£31,121£32,642
Average salary£33,550£35,097
% change on same period last year-4.40 %
Average maximum salary£35,979£37,552
UK excluding London average salary£37,694£38,927
% change on same period last year-3.16 %
Firewall EnglandFirewall
England

Firewall
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Firewall across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

North West Firewall Demand Trend

Firewall
Salary Trend

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

North West Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the North West region over the past 3 months.

North West Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the North West region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1ManchesterUp+34143£33,586+7.15 %
2CheshireUp+1990£42,957+29.02 %
3LancashireUp+958£25,896-26.36 %
4MerseysideUp+1555£28,884+1.38 %
Firewall EnglandFirewall
England

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the North West region citing Firewall also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Firewall.

1478 (65.48 %)Windows
2335 (45.89 %)Cisco
3265 (36.30 %)VPN
4216 (29.59 %)Active Directory
5213 (29.18 %)Exchange Server 2003
6209 (28.63 %)TCP/IP
7197 (26.99 %)Microsoft
8183 (25.07 %)MS Exchange
9170 (23.29 %)WAN
10159 (21.78 %)SQL Server
11156 (21.37 %)LAN
12155 (21.23 %)Windows 2000
13139 (19.04 %)Microsoft Certification
14138 (18.90 %)Citrix
15131 (17.95 %)CheckPoint
16128 (17.53 %)Exchange Server 2000
17109 (14.93 %)Linux
18107 (14.66 %)MCSE
1999 (13.56 %)Cisco Certification
2097 (13.29 %)SQL
2196 (13.15 %)MS Excel
2294 (12.88 %)Windows Server 2003
2392 (12.60 %)DNS
2485 (11.64 %)Internet
2583 (11.37 %)VoIP
2681 (11.10 %)Unix
2779 (10.82 %)Finance
2874 (10.14 %)Wireless
2874 (10.14 %)CCNA
2973 (10.00 %)Cisco PIX

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the North West region citing Firewall also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Firewall. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
113 (1.781 %)XML
210 (1.370 %).NET
39 (1.233 %)HTML
48 (1.096 %)ASP
48 (1.096 %)WSH
48 (1.096 %)WMI
57 (0.959 %)XMPP
57 (0.959 %)ASP.NET
57 (0.959 %)WebServices
65 (0.685 %)WebSphere
74 (0.548 %)JSP
83 (0.411 %)CSS
92 (0.274 %)Middleware
101 (0.137 %)XSLT
101 (0.137 %)EDI
101 (0.137 %)J2EE
101 (0.137 %)SOAP
Application Platforms
1213 (29.18 %)Exchange Server 2003
2183 (25.07 %)MS Exchange
3128 (17.53 %)Exchange Server 2000
469 (9.452 %)IIS
542 (5.753 %)Apache
630 (4.110 %)Exchange Server 2007
720 (2.740 %)Exchange Server 5.5
819 (2.603 %)SharePoint
95 (0.685 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
104 (0.548 %)GroupWise
113 (0.411 %)Lotus Notes
113 (0.411 %)Lotus Domino
121 (0.137 %)Tomcat
121 (0.137 %)SAS
121 (0.137 %)NetWeaver
121 (0.137 %)Commerce Server
121 (0.137 %)WebSphere MQ
121 (0.137 %)WebSphere Application Server
121 (0.137 %)WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
196 (13.15 %)MS Excel
237 (5.068 %)MS Office
33 (0.411 %)AutoCAD
Business Applications
15 (0.685 %)Great Plains
15 (0.685 %)Navision
24 (0.548 %)Axapta
24 (0.548 %)Dynamics NAV
24 (0.548 %)Dynamics CRM
24 (0.548 %)Dynamics GP
24 (0.548 %)Dynamics SL
32 (0.274 %)BPCS
32 (0.274 %)Microsoft CRM
41 (0.137 %)SAP R/3
41 (0.137 %)Oracle EBS
41 (0.137 %)Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1265 (36.30 %)VPN
2209 (28.63 %)TCP/IP
3170 (23.29 %)WAN
4156 (21.37 %)LAN
592 (12.60 %)DNS
685 (11.64 %)Internet
783 (11.37 %)VoIP
874 (10.14 %)Wireless
973 (10.00 %)Cisco PIX
1052 (7.123 %)SAN
1151 (6.986 %)MPLS
1250 (6.849 %)Broadband
1349 (6.712 %)DHCP
1448 (6.575 %)SNMP
1448 (6.575 %)ADSL
1544 (6.027 %)VLAN
1643 (5.890 %)Network Security
1725 (3.425 %)Ethernet
1822 (3.014 %)IPsec
1921 (2.877 %)NetScreen
Database & Business Intelligence
1159 (21.78 %)SQL Server
252 (7.123 %)SQL Server 2000
326 (3.562 %)SQL Server 2005
421 (2.877 %)MySQL
55 (0.685 %)PostgreSQL
55 (0.685 %)DB2
64 (0.548 %)MS Access
64 (0.548 %)SQL Server 7
71 (0.137 %)Datawarehouse
Development Applications
16 (0.822 %)Dreamweaver
24 (0.548 %)FrontPage
31 (0.137 %)Synon
31 (0.137 %)MSI
General
179 (10.82 %)Finance
270 (9.589 %)Telecoms
334 (4.658 %)Pensions
431 (4.247 %)Education
520 (2.740 %)Legal
618 (2.466 %)Banking
712 (1.644 %)Financial Institution
88 (1.096 %)Health
96 (0.822 %)Law
104 (0.548 %)Government
104 (0.548 %)Auditing
113 (0.411 %)Local Government
122 (0.274 %)Pharmaceutical
122 (0.274 %)Retail
122 (0.274 %)Manufacturing
131 (0.137 %)Publishing
131 (0.137 %)Games
131 (0.137 %)Marketing
131 (0.137 %)Back Office
Job Titles
1161 (22.05 %)Analyst
293 (12.74 %)Support Analyst
386 (11.78 %)Administrator
470 (9.589 %)Network Engineer
546 (6.301 %)Systems Administrator
546 (6.301 %)Support Engineer
643 (5.890 %)Technical Support
741 (5.616 %)Consultant
836 (4.932 %)Systems Engineer
933 (4.521 %)Technical Analyst
1032 (4.384 %)Linux Administrator
1129 (3.973 %)Infrastructure Manager
1228 (3.836 %)Field Engineer
1327 (3.699 %)Network Support
1426 (3.562 %)Infrastructure Analyst
1522 (3.014 %)2nd Line Support
1522 (3.014 %)Support Specialist
1522 (3.014 %)Network Analyst
1522 (3.014 %)Senior Systems Engineer
1522 (3.014 %)Network Manager
Miscellaneous
118 (2.466 %)Blackberry
214 (1.918 %)PKI
313 (1.781 %)IVR
412 (1.644 %)Thin Client
412 (1.644 %)Fat Client
511 (1.507 %)Clustering
511 (1.507 %)PMI
69 (1.233 %)Management Information System
76 (0.822 %)PDA
76 (0.822 %)N-Tier
84 (0.548 %)NHS
84 (0.548 %)Mainframe
93 (0.411 %)EPoS
93 (0.411 %)AS400
102 (0.274 %)Mathematics
111 (0.137 %)IBM Mainframe
111 (0.137 %)Video Conferencing
111 (0.137 %)Replication
111 (0.137 %)Data Protection Act
111 (0.137 %)CESG
Operating Systems
1478 (65.48 %)Windows
2155 (21.23 %)Windows 2000
3109 (14.93 %)Linux
494 (12.88 %)Windows Server 2003
581 (11.10 %)Unix
659 (8.082 %)Windows XP
732 (4.384 %)Windows NT
830 (4.110 %)Solaris
922 (3.014 %)AIX
1014 (1.918 %)Debian
116 (0.822 %)NetWare
122 (0.274 %)OpenVMS
131 (0.137 %)NetBSD
131 (0.137 %)Fedora
131 (0.137 %)i5/OS
131 (0.137 %)FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
140 (5.479 %)ITIL
227 (3.699 %)Project Management
326 (3.562 %)Disaster Recovery
422 (3.014 %)Information Security
422 (3.014 %)Penetration Testing
520 (2.740 %)PRINCE2
617 (2.329 %)Identity Management
617 (2.329 %)Business Continuity
715 (2.055 %)Content Management
814 (1.918 %)Service Delivery
912 (1.644 %)Network Design
912 (1.644 %)Migration
912 (1.644 %)Stakeholder Management
1011 (1.507 %)BCP
1011 (1.507 %)Configuration Management
117 (0.959 %)E-Commerce
117 (0.959 %)Data Management
117 (0.959 %)Load Balancing
126 (0.822 %)Matrix Management
126 (0.822 %)Supplier Management
Programming Languages
197 (13.29 %)SQL
210 (1.370 %)PHP
38 (1.096 %)VBA
47 (0.959 %)VB.NET
47 (0.959 %)C
52 (0.274 %)C#
52 (0.274 %)JavaScript
52 (0.274 %)Perl
61 (0.137 %)Python
61 (0.137 %)Shell Script
61 (0.137 %)AWK
61 (0.137 %)DHTML
61 (0.137 %)Java
61 (0.137 %)Transact-SQL
61 (0.137 %)VBScript
61 (0.137 %)VB
Qualifications
1139 (19.04 %)Microsoft Certification
2107 (14.66 %)MCSE
399 (13.56 %)Cisco Certification
474 (10.14 %)CCNA
550 (6.849 %)CCNP
644 (6.027 %)Degree
732 (4.384 %)MCSA
825 (3.425 %)MCP
915 (2.055 %)Citrix Certification
1011 (1.507 %)CCSP
119 (1.233 %)CCDP
119 (1.233 %)PMP
119 (1.233 %)PMI Certification
127 (0.959 %)NVQ Level 4
127 (0.959 %)CCA
135 (0.685 %)CCEA
135 (0.685 %)CCIE
135 (0.685 %)MCDST
135 (0.685 %)PRINCE2 Certification
135 (0.685 %)RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
124 (3.288 %)SLA
26 (0.822 %)QA
34 (0.548 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
43 (0.411 %)ISO27001
52 (0.274 %)ISO17799
61 (0.137 %)ISO9002
61 (0.137 %)BS7799
61 (0.137 %)COBIT
System Software
1216 (29.59 %)Active Directory
244 (6.027 %)Terminal Services
244 (6.027 %)ISA Server
341 (5.616 %)Backup Exec
420 (2.740 %)Samba
514 (1.918 %)Citrix Presentation Server
611 (1.507 %)NetBackup
72 (0.274 %)MetaFrame
81 (0.137 %)VMware ESX
Systems Management
112 (1.644 %)OpenView
112 (1.644 %)Norton AntiVirus
26 (0.822 %)NNM
26 (0.822 %)CiscoWorks
35 (0.685 %)Tivoli
44 (0.548 %)WSUS
53 (0.411 %)MOM
62 (0.274 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
71 (0.137 %)Netcool
71 (0.137 %)OpenView Configuration Management
71 (0.137 %)SCCM
71 (0.137 %)SCOM
Vendors
1335 (45.89 %)Cisco
2197 (26.99 %)Microsoft
3138 (18.90 %)Citrix
4131 (17.95 %)CheckPoint
553 (7.260 %)HP
650 (6.849 %)VMware
740 (5.479 %)Nokia
835 (4.795 %)WatchGuard
934 (4.658 %)Red Hat
1033 (4.521 %)Dell
1126 (3.562 %)VERITAS
1225 (3.425 %)Juniper
1324 (3.288 %)SonicWALL
1420 (2.740 %)Symantec
1518 (2.466 %)Avaya
1617 (2.329 %)IBM
1711 (1.507 %)McAfee Security
1711 (1.507 %)Crossbeam
1810 (1.370 %)Oracle
198 (1.096 %)Sun
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