The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 34 32 26
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -6
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 128 139 140
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 5.725% 5.910% 7.326%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.91% 22.17% 35.09%
Number of salaries quoted 103 115 132
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £26,000 £30,600
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £63,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year
-3.75% +9.58%
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
757 627 399
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 33.86% 26.66% 20.88%
Number of salaries quoted 587 466 329
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £26,900 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Firewall
Berkshire

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Reading region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Reading Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 121 (47.27%) Windows
2 119 (46.48%) Cisco
3 77 (30.08%) Cisco Certification
4 76 (29.69%) Linux
4 76 (29.69%) Network Security
5 66 (25.78%) TCP/IP
6 64 (25.00%) VPN
7 63 (24.61%) Microsoft
7 63 (24.61%) VMware
7 63 (24.61%) Windows Server 2008
8 58 (22.66%) MS Exchange
8 58 (22.66%) CheckPoint
9 51 (19.92%) CCNP
10 45 (17.58%) VMware Infrastructure
11 43 (16.80%) Active Directory
12 42 (16.41%) Juniper
13 40 (15.63%) Cisco ASA
14 39 (15.23%) Windows Server 2003
14 39 (15.23%) DNS
15 38 (14.84%) SQL
16 37 (14.45%) LAN
16 37 (14.45%) WAN
17 35 (13.67%) Citrix
18 34 (13.28%) SAN
18 34 (13.28%) F5
19 33 (12.89%) CCIE
19 33 (12.89%) Telecoms
20 30 (11.72%) MPLS
20 30 (11.72%) Solaris
21 29 (11.33%) Exchange Server 2007

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 13 (5.078%) XML
2 12 (4.688%) .NET
3 4 (1.563%) COM
4 3 (1.172%) CGI
5 1 (0.391%) Middleware
5 1 (0.391%) Web Services
5 1 (0.391%) Windows SharePoint Services
5 1 (0.391%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 58 (22.66%) MS Exchange
2 29 (11.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 21 (8.203%) IIS
4 14 (5.469%) Exchange Server 2010
4 14 (5.469%) Apache
5 12 (4.688%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 9 (3.516%) SharePoint
7 7 (2.734%) Tomcat
7 7 (2.734%) Lync
8 5 (1.953%) Lotus Domino
9 4 (1.563%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.781%) SharePoint 2010
10 2 (0.781%) Office Communications Server
11 1 (0.391%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 26 (10.16%) MS Excel
2 8 (3.125%) MS Office
3 1 (0.391%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.391%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 4 (1.563%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.391%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 76 (29.69%) Network Security
2 66 (25.78%) TCP/IP
3 64 (25.00%) VPN
4 40 (15.63%) Cisco ASA
5 39 (15.23%) DNS
6 37 (14.45%) LAN
6 37 (14.45%) WAN
7 34 (13.28%) SAN
8 30 (11.72%) MPLS
9 27 (10.55%) DHCP
10 26 (10.16%) OSPF
11 25 (9.766%) BGP
12 21 (8.203%) Cisco PIX
13 20 (7.813%) SNMP
14 19 (7.422%) Unified Communications
14 19 (7.422%) FWSM
14 19 (7.422%) Wireless
15 18 (7.031%) HTTP
15 18 (7.031%) VoIP
16 17 (6.641%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.203%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.125%) MySQL
3 7 (2.734%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.563%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (1.563%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (0.391%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (0.391%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (0.391%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (0.391%) Subversion
General
1 33 (12.89%) Telecoms
2 28 (10.94%) Finance
3 27 (10.55%) Retail
4 13 (5.078%) Military
5 9 (3.516%) Back Office
5 9 (3.516%) Billing
6 8 (3.125%) French Language
7 6 (2.344%) German Language
7 6 (2.344%) Multimedia
8 3 (1.172%) Banking
9 2 (0.781%) Games
9 2 (0.781%) Law
9 2 (0.781%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.391%) Danish Language
10 1 (0.391%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.391%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 51 (19.92%) Network Engineer
2 38 (14.84%) Consultant
3 31 (12.11%) Administrator
4 24 (9.375%) Security Engineer
4 24 (9.375%) Systems Administrator
5 22 (8.594%) Designer
6 17 (6.641%) Sales Consultant
7 16 (6.250%) Pre Sales Consultant
8 15 (5.859%) Support Engineer
8 15 (5.859%) 3rd Line Support
8 15 (5.859%) IP Engineer
9 14 (5.469%) Cisco Engineer
9 14 (5.469%) Network Manager
9 14 (5.469%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 13 (5.078%) Analyst
10 13 (5.078%) Network Support
10 13 (5.078%) Technical Support
11 11 (4.297%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (3.906%) Linux Administrator
12 10 (3.906%) Cisco Support
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.422%) Blackberry
2 11 (4.297%) iPhone
3 10 (3.906%) SaaS
4 8 (3.125%) Clustering
5 5 (1.953%) Computer Science
6 4 (1.563%) Open Source
7 3 (1.172%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.172%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.391%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.391%) AS400
8 1 (0.391%) SecurID
8 1 (0.391%) Cryptography
8 1 (0.391%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.391%) iPad
8 1 (0.391%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 121 (47.27%) Windows
2 76 (29.69%) Linux
3 63 (24.61%) Windows Server 2008
4 39 (15.23%) Windows Server 2003
5 30 (11.72%) Solaris
6 28 (10.94%) UNIX
7 24 (9.375%) Windows 7
8 20 (7.813%) Windows 8
9 15 (5.859%) Debian
10 12 (4.688%) Ubuntu
10 12 (4.688%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 11 (4.297%) Android
12 8 (3.125%) CentOS
13 7 (2.734%) Windows 2000 Server
14 6 (2.344%) Windows XP
15 4 (1.563%) AIX
16 3 (1.172%) Windows 2000
17 2 (0.781%) Windows Server 2012
18 1 (0.391%) OpenBSD
18 1 (0.391%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (10.94%) ITIL
2 22 (8.594%) Network Management
3 18 (7.031%) Migration
4 17 (6.641%) Service Delivery
5 16 (6.250%) Validation
6 15 (5.859%) Load Balancing
7 13 (5.078%) SIEM
8 12 (4.688%) Information Security
8 12 (4.688%) CRM
9 9 (3.516%) Network Design
9 9 (3.516%) Project Planning
9 9 (3.516%) Data Migration
10 7 (2.734%) Network Architecture
10 7 (2.734%) Metadata Management
11 6 (2.344%) Incident Management
12 5 (1.953%) Penetration Testing
12 5 (1.953%) Release Management
13 4 (1.563%) Change Management
13 4 (1.563%) PRINCE2
13 4 (1.563%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (14.84%) SQL
2 16 (6.250%) Perl
3 11 (4.297%) Java
4 10 (3.906%) Python
5 8 (3.125%) Bash shell
5 8 (3.125%) PHP
6 7 (2.734%) Ruby
6 7 (2.734%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.563%) C++
8 2 (0.781%) C
9 1 (0.391%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.391%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.391%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 77 (30.08%) Cisco Certification
2 51 (19.92%) CCNP
3 33 (12.89%) CCIE
4 26 (10.16%) CCNA
5 23 (8.984%) Security Cleared
6 22 (8.594%) Degree
7 21 (8.203%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (5.078%) CCIP
8 13 (5.078%) DV Cleared
9 11 (4.297%) MCSE
10 10 (3.906%) CCIA
10 10 (3.906%) CCSE
10 10 (3.906%) MCSA
10 10 (3.906%) Citrix Certification
11 9 (3.516%) CCA
11 9 (3.516%) SC Cleared
12 8 (3.125%) MCP
13 7 (2.734%) CISSP
13 7 (2.734%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (2.734%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.906%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (3.906%) SLA
2 6 (2.344%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.953%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.172%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.391%) QA
5 1 (0.391%) COBIT
System Software
1 45 (17.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 43 (16.80%) Active Directory
3 24 (9.375%) vSphere
4 12 (4.688%) VMware ESX
5 10 (3.906%) XenApp
5 10 (3.906%) XenServer
5 10 (3.906%) XenDesktop
5 10 (3.906%) ProxySG
6 9 (3.516%) Terminal Services
6 9 (3.516%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (3.125%) Forefront TMG
7 8 (3.125%) Hyper-V
8 5 (1.953%) Snort
8 5 (1.953%) Sendmail
9 3 (1.172%) FreeRADIUS
10 2 (0.781%) BlackBerry Internet Service
11 1 (0.391%) ISA Server
11 1 (0.391%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 4 (1.563%) Puppet
1 4 (1.563%) Zenoss
1 4 (1.563%) Ganglia
1 4 (1.563%) Backup Exec
1 4 (1.563%) Nagios
2 3 (1.172%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.781%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (0.781%) Cisco UCCX
3 2 (0.781%) Cisco UCCE
3 2 (0.781%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.391%) SCCM
4 1 (0.391%) SCOM
4 1 (0.391%) Splunk
4 1 (0.391%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 119 (46.48%) Cisco
2 63 (24.61%) Microsoft
2 63 (24.61%) VMware
3 58 (22.66%) CheckPoint
4 42 (16.41%) Juniper
5 35 (13.67%) Citrix
6 34 (13.28%) F5
7 28 (10.94%) Oracle
8 23 (8.984%) HP
9 22 (8.594%) Symantec
10 19 (7.422%) JBoss
10 19 (7.422%) Blue Coat
11 18 (7.031%) Fujitsu
12 16 (6.250%) Red Hat
13 12 (4.688%) McAfee
13 12 (4.688%) Sun
14 9 (3.516%) ZyXEL
15 8 (3.125%) Websense
16 6 (2.344%) ProCurve
17 5 (1.953%) Novell
Reading, Berkshire
Install, configure and maintain windows server 2003/2008R2... * VM Ware -Vsphere... * VM WARE. * Active Directory. * Knowledge of SAN... * Blackberry Enterprise experience. Desirable skills * MCSE or MCSA * IT related...
Roc Search
Posted: 17 June 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Experience Required: Previous experience of working in Infrastructure role or 3rd line support Complex implementation skills with Microsoft technologies: -MS Exchange -MS SQL server installation and configuration -Active...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £25607.00 - £27115.00 per annum
Posted: 11 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
A good working knowledge of network technologies and protocols, such as TCP/IP, Ethernet, , Etherchannel/LCAP, Spanning Tree, VPNs, MPLS, SSH, PKI operations and management (OSCP, SCEP etc.),...
Nationwide People Ltd
Salary: £60000 - 80000 Per Annum plus bonus plus benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
An in depth knowledge of network security technologies - Firewalls (Checkpoint, Juniper & CISCO ASA). * A good general knowledge of network technologies and protocols, such as TCP/IP, Ethernet, , Etherchannel/...
Nationwide People Ltd
Salary: £60000 - 80000 Per Annum plus bonus plus benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Accountable for the successful execution of the overall program transition activities and responsible for accomplishing specific program objectives including: Oversee all VZB Program activities worldwide and across all...
Verizon
Salary: Excellent Salary, Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 31 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
JP Specialist Contracts
Salary: £36000 - £37000 per annum + + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013