The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Northern Ireland region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 22 33 36
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +3
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 19 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 8.636% 0.500% 1.261%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 35.19% 2.128% 5.263%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year
-3.75% +9.58%
All Communications & Networking
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
54 47 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 24.55% 23.50% 23.95%
Number of salaries quoted 12 21 7
Average salary £42,500 £32,500 £45,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.76% -28.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £15,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £70,000 £41,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Firewall Salary Trend

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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
County Antrim +15 19 £42,500 +21.42%
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 23 (100.00%) Juniper
1 23 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 22 (95.65%) Blue Coat
3 21 (91.30%) F5
4 20 (86.96%) Cisco
5 17 (73.91%) Websense
6 4 (17.39%) Wireless Security
6 4 (17.39%) Wireless
6 4 (17.39%) TCP/IP
6 4 (17.39%) DNS
7 3 (13.04%) UNIX
7 3 (13.04%) CISSP
7 3 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (13.04%) CCSA
8 2 (8.696%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (8.696%) LogLogic
8 2 (8.696%) SIEM
8 2 (8.696%) Q1 Labs
8 2 (8.696%) VLAN
8 2 (8.696%) Cisco PIX
8 2 (8.696%) Network Security
8 2 (8.696%) CCSE
8 2 (8.696%) IPsec
8 2 (8.696%) Finance
8 2 (8.696%) NetScreen
8 2 (8.696%) VPN
8 2 (8.696%) CCSP
9 1 (4.348%) CCNA
9 1 (4.348%) Active Directory
9 1 (4.348%) Windows

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Wireless Security
1 4 (17.39%) Wireless
1 4 (17.39%) TCP/IP
1 4 (17.39%) DNS
2 2 (8.696%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (8.696%) VLAN
2 2 (8.696%) Cisco PIX
2 2 (8.696%) Network Security
2 2 (8.696%) IPsec
2 2 (8.696%) NetScreen
2 2 (8.696%) VPN
General
1 2 (8.696%) Finance
Job Titles
1 23 (100.00%) Security Engineer
2 17 (73.91%) Firewall Engineer
3 2 (8.696%) Network Engineer
3 2 (8.696%) Network Security Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) UNIX
2 1 (4.348%) Windows
2 1 (4.348%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (8.696%) SIEM
2 1 (4.348%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) CISSP
1 3 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (13.04%) CCSA
2 2 (8.696%) CCSE
2 2 (8.696%) CCSP
3 1 (4.348%) CCNA
3 1 (4.348%) JNCIA
System Software
1 1 (4.348%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) Juniper
1 23 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 22 (95.65%) Blue Coat
3 21 (91.30%) F5
4 20 (86.96%) Cisco
5 17 (73.91%) Websense
6 2 (8.696%) LogLogic
6 2 (8.696%) Q1 Labs
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