The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT jobs advertised for the Shropshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 17 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 Shropshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 7 24 26
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +2
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 35 8 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Shropshire 15.63% 5.229% 3.086%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 62.50% 16.00% 15.15%
Number of salaries quoted 10 6 4
Average salary £32,000 £31,500 £28,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.58% +11.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,950 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £50,000 £34,950
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Shropshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
56 50 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Shropshire 25.00% 32.68% 20.37%
Number of salaries quoted 24 33 31
Average salary £35,000 £29,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.68% -22.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £19,250 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
Firewall
West Midlands

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Shropshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Telford +14 32 £32,000 +1.58%
Shrewsbury - 1 - -
Firewall
West Midlands

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Shropshire 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 36 (80.00%) Cisco
2 27 (60.00%) CheckPoint
3 15 (33.33%) Nokia
3 15 (33.33%) DNS
4 14 (31.11%) McAfee
5 13 (28.89%) MS Exchange
6 12 (26.67%) Microsoft
6 12 (26.67%) Remedy
7 11 (24.44%) MS Excel
7 11 (24.44%) Windows
7 11 (24.44%) Windows Server 2008
8 10 (22.22%) Security Cleared
8 10 (22.22%) Network Security
8 10 (22.22%) Incident Management
8 10 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
8 10 (22.22%) ITIL
8 10 (22.22%) Advertising
8 10 (22.22%) BGP
9 9 (20.00%) OSPF
9 9 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (20.00%) Active Directory
9 9 (20.00%) Network Design
10 8 (17.78%) VPN
10 8 (17.78%) Citrix
11 7 (15.56%) Change Management
11 7 (15.56%) CiscoWorks
11 7 (15.56%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (15.56%) SLA
11 7 (15.56%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (15.56%) Intrusion Detection

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Shropshire 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 Platforms
1 13 (28.89%) MS Exchange
2 5 (11.11%) Apache
2 5 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (4.444%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 11 (24.44%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 15 (33.33%) DNS
2 10 (22.22%) BGP
2 10 (22.22%) Network Security
3 9 (20.00%) OSPF
4 8 (17.78%) VPN
5 7 (15.56%) Intrusion Detection
5 7 (15.56%) BIG-IP
5 7 (15.56%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (13.33%) LAN
6 6 (13.33%) WAN
6 6 (13.33%) DHCP
7 5 (11.11%) VLAN
7 5 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
7 5 (11.11%) Cisco PIX
7 5 (11.11%) DDNS
8 4 (8.889%) TCP/IP
8 4 (8.889%) VoIP
9 2 (4.444%) MPLS
10 1 (2.222%) Unified Communications
10 1 (2.222%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (22.22%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 26 (57.78%) Network Engineer
2 12 (26.67%) Support Engineer
3 9 (20.00%) Network Support
3 9 (20.00%) Implementation Engineer
3 9 (20.00%) Network Implementation Engineer
4 8 (17.78%) Network Support Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) Architect
5 5 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) Infrastructure Architect
5 5 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
6 4 (8.889%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 4 (8.889%) 1st Line Support
7 3 (6.667%) Technical Architect
7 3 (6.667%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
8 2 (4.444%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.444%) Network Team Leader
8 2 (4.444%) Network Security Consultant
8 2 (4.444%) Team Leader
8 2 (4.444%) Consultant
8 2 (4.444%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.222%) Blackberry
1 1 (2.222%) Computer Science
1 1 (2.222%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (2.222%) SaaS
1 1 (2.222%) PaaS
1 1 (2.222%) iPad
1 1 (2.222%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 11 (24.44%) Windows
1 11 (24.44%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (13.33%) Linux
2 6 (13.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (11.11%) AIX
3 5 (11.11%) Solaris
3 5 (11.11%) Windows 2000 Server
3 5 (11.11%) Windows 7
3 5 (11.11%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (22.22%) ITIL
1 10 (22.22%) Incident Management
1 10 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
2 9 (20.00%) Network Design
2 9 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (15.56%) Change Management
4 5 (11.11%) TOGAF
4 5 (11.11%) Security Architecture
5 4 (8.889%) WAN Optimisation
6 3 (6.667%) Migration
7 1 (2.222%) Network Architecture
7 1 (2.222%) Network Management
7 1 (2.222%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.444%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 7 (15.56%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (13.33%) CCNP
3 6 (13.33%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.667%) CCNA
5 2 (4.444%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.222%) CCSA
6 1 (2.222%) Degree
6 1 (2.222%) BC Cleared
6 1 (2.222%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.56%) SLA
2 4 (8.889%) QA
System Software
1 9 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (11.11%) Microsoft App-V
2 5 (11.11%) PowerHA
3 4 (8.889%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (8.889%) ISA Server
4 1 (2.222%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (15.56%) CiscoWorks
2 5 (11.11%) SCCM
2 5 (11.11%) SCOM
2 5 (11.11%) SolarWinds Orion
3 1 (2.222%) Cisco IPCC
3 1 (2.222%) OpenView
Vendors
1 36 (80.00%) Cisco
2 27 (60.00%) CheckPoint
3 15 (33.33%) Nokia
4 14 (31.11%) McAfee
5 12 (26.67%) Remedy
5 12 (26.67%) Microsoft
6 8 (17.78%) Citrix
7 7 (15.56%) F5
8 5 (11.11%) IronPort
8 5 (11.11%) Riverbed
8 5 (11.11%) SolarWinds
8 5 (11.11%) VMware
9 2 (4.444%) Fortinet
10 1 (2.222%) Juniper
10 1 (2.222%) BMC
10 1 (2.222%) HP
Shropshire
Install, configure and maintain windows server 2003/2008R2... * VM Ware -Vsphere... Essential Skills * Exchange server. * VM WARE. * Active Directory. * Knowledge of SAN. * Working Knowledge of Switch, routes and...
Roc Search
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Shropshire
Essential Skills - A practical understanding of Active Directory, Networking and TCP/IP - Experience of Citrix and Terminal Servers - Firewalls and VPN's - Exchange 2003/7/10 - SQL 2000/...
Network ITR
Salary: 28k to 35k per year GBP
Posted: 13 May 2013
Telford, West Midlands
We are currently working with a client based in Telford to recruit an experienced Network Team Lead to work on a permanent basis- This role is part of...
GSA Techsource
Salary: GBP0 per annum + Benefits: Excellent package
Posted: 18 May 2013
Telford, Shropshire
Duties and responsibilities:- * Review completed network design definitions, turn those into detailed implementation plans, and to implement those plans * You will need to comply with a stringent change...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 15 May 2013