The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Northampton region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 52 51 43
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -8
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 4 1 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 1.018% 0.220% 3.975%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.878% 1.613% 24.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 17
Average salary £37,500 £22,500 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+66.66% -21.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,600 £22,500 £21,300
10% offered a salary of more than £60,250 £22,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
82 62 78
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 20.87% 13.63% 16.32%
Number of salaries quoted 73 58 71
Average salary £39,000 £28,250 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+38.05% -5.83%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £54,000 £39,064
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
Firewall
Northamptonshire

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Northampton region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Northampton Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 6 (54.55%) Windows
1 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
1 6 (54.55%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (45.45%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (36.36%) Cisco
3 4 (36.36%) MS Exchange
3 4 (36.36%) VMware
3 4 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (27.27%) Windows 7
4 3 (27.27%) CheckPoint
4 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (27.27%) LAN
4 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
4 3 (27.27%) SQL
4 3 (27.27%) CCNA
4 3 (27.27%) SAN
5 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
5 2 (18.18%) CCIE
5 2 (18.18%) WAN
5 2 (18.18%) DHCP
5 2 (18.18%) Linux
5 2 (18.18%) MS Office
5 2 (18.18%) ITIL
5 2 (18.18%) VPN
5 2 (18.18%) DNS
5 2 (18.18%) SLA
5 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
5 2 (18.18%) Windows XP
5 2 (18.18%) MPLS

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 Platforms
1 4 (36.36%) MS Exchange
1 4 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Office
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) LAN
1 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
1 3 (27.27%) SAN
2 2 (18.18%) MPLS
2 2 (18.18%) VPN
2 2 (18.18%) DNS
2 2 (18.18%) WAN
2 2 (18.18%) DHCP
2 2 (18.18%) Wireless
3 1 (9.091%) BIG-IP
3 1 (9.091%) VLAN
3 1 (9.091%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (9.091%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (9.091%) NAS
3 1 (9.091%) VoIP
3 1 (9.091%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (18.18%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Network Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Security Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Security Technical Architect
3 1 (9.091%) Systems Support Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Cisco Network Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Cisco Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) SQL Server DBA
3 1 (9.091%) SQL DBA
3 1 (9.091%) DBA
3 1 (9.091%) Systems Support
3 1 (9.091%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Windows
1 6 (54.55%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (27.27%) Windows 7
2 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (18.18%) Linux
3 2 (18.18%) Windows XP
4 1 (9.091%) Debian
4 1 (9.091%) Fedora
4 1 (9.091%) UNIX
4 1 (9.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) ITIL
1 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (9.091%) Network Design
2 1 (9.091%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (9.091%) Time Management
2 1 (9.091%) Performance Management
2 1 (9.091%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (9.091%) Network Management
2 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2
2 1 (9.091%) PRINCE
2 1 (9.091%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
2 1 (9.091%) T-SQL
2 1 (9.091%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (27.27%) CCNA
3 2 (18.18%) Degree
3 2 (18.18%) CCIE
4 1 (9.091%) MCSE
4 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (9.091%) EMC Certification
4 1 (9.091%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (9.091%) vSphere
3 1 (9.091%) ISA Server
3 1 (9.091%) Samba
3 1 (9.091%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) Backup Exec
1 1 (9.091%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco
1 4 (36.36%) VMware
2 3 (27.27%) CheckPoint
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 2 (18.18%) Dell
4 1 (9.091%) EMC
4 1 (9.091%) Juniper
4 1 (9.091%) CommVault
4 1 (9.091%) Nokia
4 1 (9.091%) Red Hat
4 1 (9.091%) HP
4 1 (9.091%) Symantec
4 1 (9.091%) Fortinet
4 1 (9.091%) Webroot
4 1 (9.091%) ProCurve
4 1 (9.091%) SolarWinds
4 1 (9.091%) F5
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