Firewall Jobs in Scotland
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

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

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 87 85 109
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +24
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 67 75 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 2.129% 2.171% 1.435%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.26% 14.29% 10.82%
Number of salaries quoted 38 63 45
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,800 £29,000 £26,600
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £55,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.75% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 412 525 462
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 13.09% 15.20% 13.26%
Number of salaries quoted 217 339 324
Average salary £41,500 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.57% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £23,000 £21,600
10% offered a salary of more than £45,700 £77,500 £55,000
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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

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

Scotland Firewall Salary Histogram

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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Glasgow -3 24 £27,500 -26.66%
Aberdeen +11 12 £42,500 +6.25%
Edinburgh -29 8 £47,500 +46.15%
Highlands - 4 £25,000 -
Dundee -13 3 £42,500 -22.72%
West Lothian -5 1 - -
Stirling - 1 £37,500 -
Aberdeenshire - 1 - -
Renfrewshire - 1 - -
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 88 (57.14%) Cisco
2 67 (43.51%) Cisco Certification
3 62 (40.26%) Windows
4 56 (36.36%) Cisco ASA
5 53 (34.42%) Finance
6 45 (29.22%) CCNP
7 43 (27.92%) WAN
8 39 (25.32%) LAN
8 39 (25.32%) VPN
8 39 (25.32%) CCNA
9 38 (24.68%) Wireless
10 36 (23.38%) DNS
10 36 (23.38%) TCP/IP
10 36 (23.38%) Network Security
11 35 (22.73%) Active Directory
12 34 (22.08%) Microsoft
13 31 (20.13%) Juniper
13 31 (20.13%) CheckPoint
13 31 (20.13%) Cisco PIX
14 30 (19.48%) Linux
15 29 (18.83%) Windows Server 2008
16 28 (18.18%) DHCP
17 27 (17.53%) VMware
17 27 (17.53%) F5
18 24 (15.58%) Blue Coat
19 22 (14.29%) Telecoms
20 21 (13.64%) Windows Server 2003
20 21 (13.64%) MS Exchange
21 20 (12.99%) EIGRP
21 20 (12.99%) CCSE

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 6 (3.896%) Middleware
2 4 (2.597%) CSS
3 3 (1.948%) SOAP
3 3 (1.948%) .NET
4 1 (0.649%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.649%) CGI
4 1 (0.649%) XML
4 1 (0.649%) ASP
4 1 (0.649%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 21 (13.64%) MS Exchange
2 18 (11.69%) Exchange Server 2010
3 17 (11.04%) Exchange Server 2003
4 16 (10.39%) IIS
5 12 (7.792%) Exchange Server 2007
6 10 (6.494%) Apache
7 9 (5.844%) SharePoint
8 5 (3.247%) SharePoint 2010
9 4 (2.597%) Office Communications Server
9 4 (2.597%) Lync
9 4 (2.597%) Tomcat
10 2 (1.299%) Confluence
11 1 (0.649%) nginx
Applications
1 14 (9.091%) MS Excel
2 7 (4.545%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.649%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 56 (36.36%) Cisco ASA
2 43 (27.92%) WAN
3 39 (25.32%) LAN
3 39 (25.32%) VPN
4 38 (24.68%) Wireless
5 36 (23.38%) DNS
5 36 (23.38%) TCP/IP
5 36 (23.38%) Network Security
6 31 (20.13%) Cisco PIX
7 28 (18.18%) DHCP
8 20 (12.99%) EIGRP
9 18 (11.69%) Internet
10 17 (11.04%) SNMP
11 16 (10.39%) OSPF
12 15 (9.740%) IPsec
12 15 (9.740%) VoIP
13 14 (9.091%) MPLS
13 14 (9.091%) BGP
14 12 (7.792%) Ethernet
15 10 (6.494%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.143%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.247%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (1.948%) MySQL
3 3 (1.948%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.649%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.649%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (0.649%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (1.299%) Mercurial
1 2 (1.299%) Subversion
1 2 (1.299%) JIRA
2 1 (0.649%) MSI
2 1 (0.649%) InstallShield
General
1 53 (34.42%) Finance
2 22 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 10 (6.494%) Banking
4 2 (1.299%) Investment Banking
5 1 (0.649%) Financial Institution
5 1 (0.649%) Back Office
5 1 (0.649%) Retail
5 1 (0.649%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 54 (35.06%) Network Engineer
2 32 (20.78%) Support Engineer
3 28 (18.18%) Analyst
4 22 (14.29%) Security Engineer
5 21 (13.64%) Network Support
6 20 (12.99%) Network Security Engineer
7 19 (12.34%) Firewall Engineer
8 18 (11.69%) Network Support Engineer
9 13 (8.442%) Security Analyst
9 13 (8.442%) Support Analyst
10 12 (7.792%) Administrator
10 12 (7.792%) Systems Administrator
11 10 (6.494%) Consultant
12 9 (5.844%) Infrastructure Manager
12 9 (5.844%) Senior Network Engineer
13 8 (5.195%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 7 (4.545%) Integration Engineer
15 5 (3.247%) Senior Analyst
15 5 (3.247%) Information Security Analyst
15 5 (3.247%) Cisco Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.844%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.195%) Client/Server
3 7 (4.545%) Computer Science
4 6 (3.896%) Mainframe
5 5 (3.247%) iSeries
6 3 (1.948%) Clustering
6 3 (1.948%) Cryptography
6 3 (1.948%) Blackberry
7 2 (1.299%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.649%) PKI
8 1 (0.649%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.649%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 62 (40.26%) Windows
2 30 (19.48%) Linux
3 29 (18.83%) Windows Server 2008
4 21 (13.64%) Windows Server 2003
5 14 (9.091%) UNIX
6 8 (5.195%) AIX
6 8 (5.195%) Windows 7
6 8 (5.195%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (3.247%) Solaris
7 5 (3.247%) CentOS
8 3 (1.948%) Windows XP
9 2 (1.299%) Mac OS
9 2 (1.299%) Android
9 2 (1.299%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.299%) Windows 8
9 2 (1.299%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.649%) Debian
10 1 (0.649%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (11.04%) ITIL
2 16 (10.39%) Network Design
3 15 (9.740%) Information Security
4 14 (9.091%) Business Continuity
5 10 (6.494%) Load Balancing
6 9 (5.844%) Capacity Management
6 9 (5.844%) Disaster Recovery
7 8 (5.195%) Project Management
8 6 (3.896%) BCP
8 6 (3.896%) Risk Management
8 6 (3.896%) Service Delivery
9 5 (3.247%) Security Management
9 5 (3.247%) Information Management
9 5 (3.247%) Network Architecture
9 5 (3.247%) Network Management
9 5 (3.247%) Change Control
10 4 (2.597%) Knowledge Management
10 4 (2.597%) Penetration Testing
10 4 (2.597%) Problem Management
10 4 (2.597%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.740%) SQL
2 6 (3.896%) Shell Script
3 5 (3.247%) Java
4 4 (2.597%) Python
4 4 (2.597%) Ruby
5 3 (1.948%) C++
5 3 (1.948%) Perl
5 3 (1.948%) C
6 2 (1.299%) sed
6 2 (1.299%) AWK
7 1 (0.649%) C#
7 1 (0.649%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.649%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.649%) VB
7 1 (0.649%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.649%) PHP
7 1 (0.649%) Bash shell
7 1 (0.649%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 67 (43.51%) Cisco Certification
2 45 (29.22%) CCNP
3 39 (25.32%) CCNA
4 20 (12.99%) CCSE
5 19 (12.34%) JNCIS
6 17 (11.04%) Degree
7 10 (6.494%) CCSP
7 10 (6.494%) CISSP
8 9 (5.844%) MCITP
8 9 (5.844%) CCDA
9 7 (4.545%) CCVP
9 7 (4.545%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (3.896%) MCSE
10 6 (3.896%) CCIE
10 6 (3.896%) CCIP
10 6 (3.896%) CCDP
11 5 (3.247%) GIAC
11 5 (3.247%) MCTS
11 5 (3.247%) SSCP
12 4 (2.597%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.299%) COSO
1 2 (1.299%) COBIT
2 1 (0.649%) QA
System Software
1 35 (22.73%) Active Directory
2 17 (11.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (5.195%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.247%) Terminal Server
4 5 (3.247%) vSphere
5 3 (1.948%) VMware ESX
5 3 (1.948%) XenApp
6 2 (1.299%) NFS
6 2 (1.299%) Terminal Services
6 2 (1.299%) ProxySG
6 2 (1.299%) Nmap
6 2 (1.299%) Samba
7 1 (0.649%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (0.649%) Xen
7 1 (0.649%) XenServer
7 1 (0.649%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (2.597%) SCCM
2 2 (1.299%) Puppet
2 2 (1.299%) WebInspect
2 2 (1.299%) Backup Exec
3 1 (0.649%) WSUS
3 1 (0.649%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.649%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 88 (57.14%) Cisco
2 34 (22.08%) Microsoft
3 31 (20.13%) Juniper
3 31 (20.13%) CheckPoint
4 27 (17.53%) VMware
4 27 (17.53%) F5
5 24 (15.58%) Blue Coat
6 19 (12.34%) Websense
7 16 (10.39%) HP
8 13 (8.442%) Citrix
9 12 (7.792%) Dell
10 10 (6.494%) Riverbed
11 8 (5.195%) Symantec
12 5 (3.247%) IBM
13 4 (2.597%) Oracle
13 4 (2.597%) Reuters
13 4 (2.597%) Bloomberg
13 4 (2.597%) EMC
14 3 (1.948%) Avaya
14 3 (1.948%) Red Hat
IT Manager (Cisco, Microsoft)
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
You will also act as technical lead resolving a wide range of technical problems as and when they arise - specifically on the Cisco networking front (Bridges/Routers/Firewalls...
Coburg Banks IT
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Support Engineer - Windows/Internal Support (NEW ROLE)
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
The role is to support all internal systems. Successful applicants will be responsible for the support and delivery of all internal IT services throughout the company's office...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum + Excellent training and career progression
Posted: 20 May 2013
Network Support Engineer Oil & Gas CCNA CCNP
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Responsibilities * configure, maintain, install, upgrade and rollout network devices, such as Cisco firewalls, Cisco and Enterasys switches, Cisco routers, VPN concentrators and other equipment responsible for providing IT...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Overtime + Oncall + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
2nd Level Support Team Leader
Edinburgh, Midlothian
You will have excellent working knowledge of Microsoft, Citrix and VMWare and will ideally hold Microsoft certifications, although these aren't essential... Any experience of Symantec Backup Exec...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
2nd Level Support Team Leader
Edinburgh, Scotland
You will have excellent working knowledge of Microsoft, Citrix and VMWare and will ideally hold Microsoft certifications, although these aren't essential... Any experience of Symantec Backup Exec...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
IT Support Analyst
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Key technical skills and role responsibilities include: - MS Windows Server 2003 2008, 2008 R2 - Active Directory - IIS v6 & v7 - Hyper-V - SQL 2005, 2008 - Exchange 2003-2010 - SharePoint...
Clearchoice Careers
Salary: £25k - 30k per year
Posted: 20 May 2013
IT Senior Support Analyst
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Key technical skills and role responsibilities include: - MS Windows Server 2003 2008, 2008 R2 - Active Directory - IIS v6 & v7 - Hyper-V - SQL 2005, 2008 - Exchange 2003-2010 - SharePoint...
Clearchoice Careers
Salary: £30k - 35k per year
Posted: 20 May 2013
Network Test Engineer - Erskine Based
Scotland
Competent in all skills as shown: CISCO (CCNA or CCNP), SNMP, FTP, networking theory. Nice to have: Netcool, DOORS, Starteam (configuration tool) Other key skills/product knowledge: Requirements...
EADS
Posted: 16 May 2013
Information Security Analyst
Edinburgh, Scotland
My client, a highly regarded financial services organisation in Edinburgh, is seeking an Information Security Analyst to join their growing team. The job falls under the Security Events...
Salary: £ Highly Competitive Plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
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