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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 36 19 51
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +32
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 30 61 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 4.594% 9.242% 1.518%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.26% 23.74% 6.723%
Number of salaries quoted 22 51 8
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £37,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £49,500 £55,000 £55,750
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year
-3.75% +9.58%
All Communications & Networking
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
129 257 119
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 19.75% 38.94% 22.58%
Number of salaries quoted 103 176 78
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £50,000
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 Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

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

Slough Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 31 (53.45%) Cisco
2 28 (48.28%) Juniper
3 25 (43.10%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (36.21%) Windows
4 21 (36.21%) Linux
5 19 (32.76%) TCP/IP
6 16 (27.59%) WAN
6 16 (27.59%) LAN
7 15 (25.86%) DNS
7 15 (25.86%) CCNP
7 15 (25.86%) Finance
8 14 (24.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 14 (24.14%) Network Security
8 14 (24.14%) Cisco ASA
9 13 (22.41%) CheckPoint
9 13 (22.41%) Active Directory
9 13 (22.41%) UNIX
10 12 (20.69%) SSL
11 11 (18.97%) SLA
11 11 (18.97%) CCNA
11 11 (18.97%) Solaris
11 11 (18.97%) MPLS
11 11 (18.97%) Network Management
12 10 (17.24%) PCI DSS
12 10 (17.24%) OSPF
12 10 (17.24%) Data Security
12 10 (17.24%) BGP
12 10 (17.24%) IPsec
12 10 (17.24%) Microsoft
13 9 (15.52%) VPN

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 2 (3.448%) CSS
1 2 (3.448%) X-Windows
1 2 (3.448%) CPAN
2 1 (1.724%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 7 (12.07%) WebLogic
1 7 (12.07%) Apache
2 6 (10.34%) MS Exchange
3 5 (8.621%) IIS
3 5 (8.621%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (3.448%) Confluence
4 2 (3.448%) Tomcat
5 1 (1.724%) CMS
5 1 (1.724%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 2 (3.448%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 19 (32.76%) TCP/IP
2 16 (27.59%) WAN
2 16 (27.59%) LAN
3 15 (25.86%) DNS
4 14 (24.14%) Network Security
4 14 (24.14%) Cisco ASA
5 12 (20.69%) SSL
6 11 (18.97%) MPLS
7 10 (17.24%) OSPF
7 10 (17.24%) BGP
7 10 (17.24%) IPsec
8 9 (15.52%) VPN
8 9 (15.52%) VoIP
9 8 (13.79%) Unified Communications
9 8 (13.79%) Wireless
9 8 (13.79%) Internet
10 7 (12.07%) EIGRP
10 7 (12.07%) IGRP
10 7 (12.07%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (8.621%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.34%) MySQL
2 5 (8.621%) SQL Server
3 4 (6.897%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (6.897%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (3.448%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (3.448%) Jenkins
1 2 (3.448%) Hudson
1 2 (3.448%) Gradle
1 2 (3.448%) Selenium
1 2 (3.448%) JIRA
1 2 (3.448%) Ant
1 2 (3.448%) IntelliJ
1 2 (3.448%) Subversion
General
1 15 (25.86%) Finance
2 6 (10.34%) Telecoms
3 3 (5.172%) Banking
4 2 (3.448%) Marketing
4 2 (3.448%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (36.21%) Network Engineer
2 15 (25.86%) Support Engineer
3 7 (12.07%) Network Support
4 6 (10.34%) Senior Support Engineer
4 6 (10.34%) 3rd Line Support
5 5 (8.621%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (8.621%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 5 (8.621%) Cisco Engineer
5 5 (8.621%) Cisco Support
5 5 (8.621%) Web Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (8.621%) Sales Engineer
5 5 (8.621%) Web Engineer
5 5 (8.621%) Web Hosting Engineer
6 4 (6.897%) Security Engineer
7 3 (5.172%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (5.172%) Administrator
7 3 (5.172%) Analyst
7 3 (5.172%) Consultant
7 3 (5.172%) Systems Administrator
7 3 (5.172%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.172%) Management Information System
1 3 (5.172%) Clustering
2 2 (3.448%) Wiki
3 1 (1.724%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (36.21%) Windows
1 21 (36.21%) Linux
2 13 (22.41%) UNIX
3 11 (18.97%) Solaris
4 9 (15.52%) Windows Server 2008
5 8 (13.79%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (10.34%) AIX
7 4 (6.897%) Ubuntu
7 4 (6.897%) Debian
8 2 (3.448%) CentOS
8 2 (3.448%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.724%) Mac OS X
9 1 (1.724%) Windows XP
9 1 (1.724%) Windows 7
9 1 (1.724%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (1.724%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (18.97%) Network Management
2 10 (17.24%) Data Security
3 9 (15.52%) Risk Analysis
3 9 (15.52%) SIEM
4 8 (13.79%) ITIL
4 8 (13.79%) Information Security
5 7 (12.07%) Change Management
6 6 (10.34%) Load Balancing
7 5 (8.621%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (5.172%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 3 (5.172%) Penetration Testing
8 3 (5.172%) Incident Management
9 2 (3.448%) Fault Management
9 2 (3.448%) Kanban
9 2 (3.448%) Security Architecture
9 2 (3.448%) Technical Architecture
9 2 (3.448%) Problem Management
9 2 (3.448%) SOA
9 2 (3.448%) Project Management
10 1 (1.724%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.52%) PHP
2 7 (12.07%) SQL
3 5 (8.621%) Perl
3 5 (8.621%) Ruby
4 3 (5.172%) Python
5 2 (3.448%) C-shell
5 2 (3.448%) Bash shell
5 2 (3.448%) Korn
5 2 (3.448%) C
5 2 (3.448%) Java
6 1 (1.724%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 25 (43.10%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (25.86%) CCNP
3 11 (18.97%) CCNA
4 7 (12.07%) CCSP
4 7 (12.07%) JNCIA
5 6 (10.34%) CCIE
6 5 (8.621%) CISSP
6 5 (8.621%) CCIP
7 3 (5.172%) CCSA
7 3 (5.172%) CCSE
7 3 (5.172%) JNCIS
7 3 (5.172%) JNCIP
7 3 (5.172%) JNCIE
8 2 (3.448%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.724%) CCA
9 1 (1.724%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (1.724%) MCSE
9 1 (1.724%) MCITP
9 1 (1.724%) MCTS
9 1 (1.724%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (24.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 11 (18.97%) SLA
3 10 (17.24%) PCI DSS
4 8 (13.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (22.41%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.172%) Xen
2 3 (5.172%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.448%) Sendmail
3 2 (3.448%) NFS
4 1 (1.724%) UAG
4 1 (1.724%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (5.172%) Nessus
2 2 (3.448%) Puppet
2 2 (3.448%) YUM
2 2 (3.448%) Nagios
Vendors
1 31 (53.45%) Cisco
2 28 (48.28%) Juniper
3 13 (22.41%) CheckPoint
4 10 (17.24%) Microsoft
5 7 (12.07%) Avaya
5 7 (12.07%) ServiceNow
6 6 (10.34%) Red Hat
7 5 (8.621%) Blue Coat
8 3 (5.172%) McAfee
8 3 (5.172%) VMware
8 3 (5.172%) HP
8 3 (5.172%) Nokia
8 3 (5.172%) F5
8 3 (5.172%) LogLogic
9 2 (3.448%) Fujitsu
9 2 (3.448%) Google
9 2 (3.448%) Vignette
9 2 (3.448%) Oracle
9 2 (3.448%) BEA
9 2 (3.448%) Dell
Slough, Thames Valley
Computer Futures are seeking a CCNA/CCNP Certified Network Engineer for a market leading client based inSlough... The Ideal candidate will have the following Cisco qualifications: Cisco Certified...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 29 May 2013
Slough, Thames Valley
Computer Futures are seeking a CCNA/CCNP Certified Network Engineer for a market leading client based inSlough... The Ideal candidate will have the following Cisco qualifications: Cisco Certified...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 28 May 2013
Slough, Thames Valley
Computer Futures are seeking a CCNA/CCNP Certified Network Engineer for a market leading client based inSlough... The Ideal candidate will have the following Cisco qualifications: Cisco Certified...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 28 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Skills & Experience required: SQL skills The ability to install and configure Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server Knowledge of IT networks (firewalls, routing, WiFi set-up) within a...
Aston Carter
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Knowledge of Cisco wireless products. Knowledge of Cisco Unified Communications products... Cisco ASA, Juniper Firewalls... CCNP level with strong routing and switching skills... CCVP... Cisco Works LMS/UOM.....
FT Select
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum plus oncall, overtime, pension
Posted: 17 June 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Head Resourcing
Posted: 17 June 2013