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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 47 43 67
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +24
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 40 19 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 3.872% 2.997% 1.125%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.21% 22.89% 7.087%
Number of salaries quoted 39 3 5
Average salary £37,500 £35,309 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.20% +12.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,900 £35,062 £30,300
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,062 £41,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.75% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
147 83 127
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 14.23% 13.09% 15.88%
Number of salaries quoted 142 58 102
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% -17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £20,500 £24,800
10% offered a salary of more than £51,400 £52,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Firewall
Oxfordshire

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Oxford Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 37 (60.66%) TCP/IP
2 29 (47.54%) Microsoft
2 29 (47.54%) Windows
2 29 (47.54%) MS Exchange
3 25 (40.98%) VMware
4 21 (34.43%) Active Directory
5 20 (32.79%) Cisco
6 19 (31.15%) DNS
6 19 (31.15%) VMware Infrastructure
6 19 (31.15%) Windows Server 2008
7 17 (27.87%) SAN
8 15 (24.59%) Project Management
8 15 (24.59%) Windows Server 2003
8 15 (24.59%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (24.59%) DHCP
9 14 (22.95%) VPN
9 14 (22.95%) MS Excel
10 13 (21.31%) Linux
10 13 (21.31%) IIS
11 12 (19.67%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (19.67%) MCITP
12 11 (18.03%) Cisco ASA
12 11 (18.03%) SQL Server 2005
12 11 (18.03%) CCNA
12 11 (18.03%) SQL Server
13 10 (16.39%) SQL
13 10 (16.39%) MCSE
13 10 (16.39%) Red Hat
13 10 (16.39%) Disaster Recovery
14 9 (14.75%) ITIL

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 Development
1 1 (1.639%) Regular Expression
1 1 (1.639%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 29 (47.54%) MS Exchange
2 13 (21.31%) IIS
3 7 (11.48%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (9.836%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (3.279%) SharePoint
5 2 (3.279%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (3.279%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (3.279%) Lync
6 1 (1.639%) Jetty
6 1 (1.639%) Apache
6 1 (1.639%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (22.95%) MS Excel
2 5 (8.197%) MS Office
3 1 (1.639%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.639%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 37 (60.66%) TCP/IP
2 19 (31.15%) DNS
3 17 (27.87%) SAN
4 15 (24.59%) DHCP
5 14 (22.95%) VPN
6 11 (18.03%) Cisco ASA
7 8 (13.11%) VoIP
8 5 (8.197%) Network Security
8 5 (8.197%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (8.197%) LAN
9 4 (6.557%) PBX
9 4 (6.557%) WAN
9 4 (6.557%) Internet
9 4 (6.557%) IPsec
9 4 (6.557%) VLAN
9 4 (6.557%) iSCSI
10 3 (4.918%) Cisco PIX
10 3 (4.918%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (4.918%) Wireless
11 2 (3.279%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (18.03%) SQL Server 2005
1 11 (18.03%) SQL Server
2 6 (9.836%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (8.197%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (3.279%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.639%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (3.279%) Subversion
General
1 6 (9.836%) Finance
2 3 (4.918%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.639%) Games
3 1 (1.639%) Multimedia
3 1 (1.639%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 17 (27.87%) Consultant
1 17 (27.87%) Technical Consultant
2 8 (13.11%) IT Manager
2 8 (13.11%) Infrastructure Manager
3 7 (11.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (11.48%) Network Engineer
4 6 (9.836%) Senior Network Engineer
5 5 (8.197%) Sales Engineer
5 5 (8.197%) Support Consultant
6 4 (6.557%) Administrator
6 4 (6.557%) Systems Administrator
6 4 (6.557%) Technical Support
6 4 (6.557%) Support Engineer
6 4 (6.557%) Network Manager
6 4 (6.557%) Technical Support Consultant
7 3 (4.918%) Security Tester
7 3 (4.918%) Penetration Tester
7 3 (4.918%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 3 (4.918%) Linux Administrator
7 3 (4.918%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.11%) Computer Science
2 3 (4.918%) Open Source
3 1 (1.639%) Online Games
3 1 (1.639%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 29 (47.54%) Windows
2 19 (31.15%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (24.59%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (21.31%) Linux
5 9 (14.75%) Solaris
6 8 (13.11%) UNIX
6 8 (13.11%) Ubuntu
7 7 (11.48%) AIX
8 5 (8.197%) Debian
9 4 (6.557%) CentOS
10 3 (4.918%) Fedora
10 3 (4.918%) VMS
10 3 (4.918%) HPUX
11 1 (1.639%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (24.59%) Project Management
2 10 (16.39%) Disaster Recovery
3 9 (14.75%) ITIL
4 7 (11.48%) Network Design
5 6 (9.836%) CRM
6 5 (8.197%) Network Management
6 5 (8.197%) SIEM
6 5 (8.197%) Information Security
7 3 (4.918%) Reverse Engineering
7 3 (4.918%) Digital Forensics
7 3 (4.918%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (4.918%) Security Testing
7 3 (4.918%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (4.918%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 2 (3.279%) PRINCE2
8 2 (3.279%) BCP
8 2 (3.279%) Change Management
8 2 (3.279%) Service Management
8 2 (3.279%) Business Continuity
8 2 (3.279%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.39%) SQL
2 3 (4.918%) Bash shell
3 2 (3.279%) VB
4 1 (1.639%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.639%) Python
4 1 (1.639%) C#
4 1 (1.639%) C++
4 1 (1.639%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (24.59%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (19.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (19.67%) MCITP
3 11 (18.03%) CCNA
4 10 (16.39%) MCSE
5 8 (13.11%) CISSP
6 6 (9.836%) MCP
6 6 (9.836%) CCNP
7 4 (6.557%) Degree
8 3 (4.918%) GWAPT
8 3 (4.918%) GPEN
8 3 (4.918%) OSCP
8 3 (4.918%) OSCE
8 3 (4.918%) GCIH
8 3 (4.918%) CEH
8 3 (4.918%) CISA
8 3 (4.918%) CISM
8 3 (4.918%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (3.279%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (1.639%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.197%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (8.197%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (4.918%) HIPAA
System Software
1 21 (34.43%) Active Directory
2 19 (31.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (13.11%) Hyper-V
4 4 (6.557%) Terminal Services
4 4 (6.557%) Postfix
5 3 (4.918%) NFS
6 2 (3.279%) Samba
6 2 (3.279%) XenApp
6 2 (3.279%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (3.279%) vSphere
7 1 (1.639%) VMware Server
7 1 (1.639%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 4 (6.557%) WSUS
2 3 (4.918%) Tivoli
2 3 (4.918%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 2 (3.279%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.639%) SCCM
4 1 (1.639%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 29 (47.54%) Microsoft
2 25 (40.98%) VMware
3 20 (32.79%) Cisco
4 10 (16.39%) Red Hat
5 6 (9.836%) Veeam
6 5 (8.197%) HP
7 4 (6.557%) EMC
7 4 (6.557%) Citrix
7 4 (6.557%) NetApp
7 4 (6.557%) Juniper
7 4 (6.557%) Brocade
7 4 (6.557%) Barracuda Networks
8 3 (4.918%) BMC
8 3 (4.918%) Veritas
8 3 (4.918%) CheckPoint
8 3 (4.918%) IBM
8 3 (4.918%) Oracle
9 2 (3.279%) Cadence
9 2 (3.279%) WatchGuard
9 2 (3.279%) F5
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