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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 7 16 14
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -2
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 2 3 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rochdale 11.76% 4.286% 5.405%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.18% 5.556% 6.897%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 2
Average salary £35,000 £27,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+29.62% -10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.75% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Rochdale
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
11 54 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rochdale 64.71% 77.14% 78.38%
Number of salaries quoted 11 54 29
Average salary £45,000 £33,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+34.32% +11.66%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Firewall
Manchester

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Rochdale 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 Rochdale region.

Rochdale Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rochdale 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 15 (71.43%) Cisco
2 13 (61.90%) Microsoft
3 12 (57.14%) Internet
3 12 (57.14%) MS Excel
4 10 (47.62%) Windows
4 10 (47.62%) Broadband
4 10 (47.62%) VPN
4 10 (47.62%) Network Security
5 9 (42.86%) VMware
6 8 (38.10%) ADSL
7 6 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (28.57%) IPv6
7 6 (28.57%) CCNP
7 6 (28.57%) VoIP
7 6 (28.57%) WAN
8 4 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (19.05%) Operations Management
8 4 (19.05%) ISO 9001
8 4 (19.05%) SLA
8 4 (19.05%) Web Services
8 4 (19.05%) Linux
8 4 (19.05%) CCIP
8 4 (19.05%) CCDP
8 4 (19.05%) ISO 14001
8 4 (19.05%) Service Delivery
8 4 (19.05%) Change Management
8 4 (19.05%) Telecoms
9 2 (9.524%) DSL
9 2 (9.524%) CCNA
9 2 (9.524%) SQL

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rochdale 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 4 (19.05%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (9.524%) IIS
2 1 (4.762%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 12 (57.14%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (57.14%) Internet
2 10 (47.62%) Broadband
2 10 (47.62%) VPN
2 10 (47.62%) Network Security
3 8 (38.10%) ADSL
4 6 (28.57%) IPv6
4 6 (28.57%) VoIP
4 6 (28.57%) WAN
5 2 (9.524%) DSL
5 2 (9.524%) PBX
5 2 (9.524%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (19.05%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Support Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) Help Desk Support
2 6 (28.57%) Help Desk Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Help Desk Support Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Head of Managed Services
4 4 (19.05%) Network Consultant
4 4 (19.05%) Consultant
5 3 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (9.524%) Network Engineer
6 2 (9.524%) Network Support Engineer
6 2 (9.524%) Network Support
6 2 (9.524%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (9.524%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (9.524%) Service Desk Engineer
Operating Systems
1 10 (47.62%) Windows
2 4 (19.05%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (19.05%) Operations Management
1 4 (19.05%) Service Delivery
1 4 (19.05%) Change Management
2 2 (9.524%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (9.524%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.524%) SQL
1 2 (9.524%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (28.57%) CCNP
2 4 (19.05%) CCIP
2 4 (19.05%) CCDP
3 2 (9.524%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (19.05%) ISO 9001
1 4 (19.05%) SLA
1 4 (19.05%) ISO 14001
Systems Management
1 2 (9.524%) SCOM
Vendors
1 15 (71.43%) Cisco
2 13 (61.90%) Microsoft
3 9 (42.86%) VMware
Rochdale, Lancashire
Experience of administrating and monitoring MS SQL Server, SQL coding desirable... Experience of working with Microsoft IIS. SCOM monitoring expertise... Excellent knowledge of Windows Server. Understanding of the...
Zen Internet Ltd
Salary: From £33,000 to £37,000 per annum depending on experience + benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013