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This section looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6058
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads12861568
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.679 %0.642 %
As % of the category below15.51 %15.64 %
Salaries quoted11061296
Average minimum salary£34,853£37,358
Average salary£37,804£39,937
% change on same period last year-5.34 %
Average maximum salary£40,755£42,516
UK excluding London average salary£35,854£37,182
% change on same period last year-3.57 %
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads828910027
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.376 %4.106 %
Salaries quoted69928033
Average minimum salary£36,647£38,926
Average salary£39,714£42,113
% change on same period last year-5.69 %
Average maximum salary£42,781£45,301
UK excluding London average salary£37,397£39,734
% change on same period last year-5.88 %
Firewall EnglandFirewall
England

Firewall
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Firewall across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South East Firewall Demand Trend

Firewall
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Firewall across the South East region.

South East Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South East Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BerkshireDown-1362£38,450-3.87 %
HampshireUp+28238£38,068+11.37 %
SurreyDown-26219£35,706-14.78 %
BuckinghamshireUp+27180£39,589+2.14 %
OxfordshireDown-19102£32,956-13.27 %
KentNo change077£35,029-3.42 %
MiddlesexDown-565£38,579-11.78 %
West SussexUp+3450£33,355-1.66 %
East SussexUp+1410£29,875+19.50 %
Thames ValleyUp+199£58,333+22.35 %
M4 CorridorDown-22£46,250+9.46 %
Home CountiesDown-91£40,000-24.60 %
Firewall EnglandFirewall
England

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

11527 (55.07 %)Cisco
21189 (42.88 %)Windows
3955 (34.44 %)Cisco Certification
4871 (31.41 %)VPN
5788 (28.42 %)WAN
6748 (26.97 %)TCP/IP
7726 (26.18 %)LAN
8674 (24.31 %)Microsoft
9657 (23.69 %)CheckPoint
10632 (22.79 %)CCNA
11605 (21.82 %)Active Directory
12528 (19.04 %)MS Exchange
13518 (18.68 %)Linux
14498 (17.96 %)UNIX
15492 (17.74 %)CCNP
16478 (17.24 %)Microsoft Certification
17436 (15.72 %)MCSE
18435 (15.69 %)Network Security
19430 (15.51 %)DNS
20393 (14.17 %)Internet
21358 (12.91 %)Cisco PIX
22346 (12.48 %)Exchange Server 2003
23344 (12.41 %)Windows 2000
24308 (11.11 %)VoIP
25296 (10.67 %)SQL
26293 (10.57 %)MS Excel
27281 (10.13 %)Nokia
28267 (9.629 %)MPLS
29266 (9.592 %)Exchange Server 2000
30254 (9.160 %)VMware

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
143 (1.551 %)XML
235 (1.262 %).NET
327 (0.974 %)HTML
420 (0.721 %)CSS
518 (0.649 %)J2EE
613 (0.469 %)EJB
613 (0.469 %)WebServices
613 (0.469 %)Windows SharePoint Services
613 (0.469 %)WebSphere
710 (0.361 %)Middleware
710 (0.361 %)ASP
89 (0.325 %)EDI
89 (0.325 %)CGI
97 (0.252 %)AJAX
105 (0.180 %)LAMP
105 (0.180 %).NET Framework
105 (0.180 %)MAPI
105 (0.180 %)SOAP
114 (0.144 %)Software Packaging
123 (0.108 %)J2ME
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1528 (19.04 %)MS Exchange
2346 (12.48 %)Exchange Server 2003
3266 (9.592 %)Exchange Server 2000
4193 (6.960 %)IIS
5104 (3.750 %)SharePoint
699 (3.570 %)Apache
791 (3.282 %)Exchange Server 2007
855 (1.983 %)Tomcat
940 (1.442 %)Lotus Notes
1033 (1.190 %)Lotus Domino
1124 (0.865 %)WebLogic
1216 (0.577 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1310 (0.361 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
149 (0.325 %)Exchange Server 5.5
156 (0.216 %)JBoss
164 (0.144 %)Commerce Server
164 (0.144 %)Captiva
173 (0.108 %)CMS
173 (0.108 %)SAS
173 (0.108 %)WebSphere Application Server
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1293 (10.57 %)MS Excel
2128 (4.616 %)MS Office
312 (0.433 %)MS Visio
47 (0.252 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.036 %)Spreadsheet
51 (0.036 %)QuarkXPress
51 (0.036 %)MS Project
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (0.180 %)Navision
23 (0.108 %)Microsoft CRM
32 (0.072 %)Pegasus Opera
32 (0.072 %)SAP R/3
32 (0.072 %)SoftGrid
41 (0.036 %)Summit
41 (0.036 %)Line 100
41 (0.036 %)Sage MMS
41 (0.036 %)WebTrends
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1871 (31.41 %)VPN
2788 (28.42 %)WAN
3748 (26.97 %)TCP/IP
4726 (26.18 %)LAN
5435 (15.69 %)Network Security
6430 (15.51 %)DNS
7393 (14.17 %)Internet
8358 (12.91 %)Cisco PIX
9308 (11.11 %)VoIP
10267 (9.629 %)MPLS
11218 (7.862 %)BGP
12215 (7.753 %)SAN
13202 (7.285 %)DHCP
14188 (6.780 %)NetScreen
15187 (6.744 %)OSPF
16155 (5.590 %)Wireless
17145 (5.229 %)VLAN
18136 (4.904 %)IPsec
19127 (4.580 %)SSL
20119 (4.291 %)EIGRP
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1248 (8.943 %)SQL Server
288 (3.173 %)MySQL
363 (2.272 %)SQL Server 2000
429 (1.046 %)SQL Server 2005
524 (0.865 %)RDBMS
622 (0.793 %)SQL Server 7
716 (0.577 %)GIS
810 (0.361 %)DB2
99 (0.325 %)Informix
99 (0.325 %)TOAD
108 (0.288 %)Oracle 10g
108 (0.288 %)SQLPlus
117 (0.252 %)Oracle 11g
117 (0.252 %)Oracle 9i
126 (0.216 %)Crystal Reports
135 (0.180 %)MS Access
135 (0.180 %)EDMS
144 (0.144 %)PostgreSQL
144 (0.144 %)Datawarehouse
153 (0.108 %)Oracle 8/8i
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (0.180 %)Flash
24 (0.144 %)StarTeam
33 (0.108 %)Ant
41 (0.036 %)VSS/SourceSafe
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1198 (7.140 %)Telecoms
2159 (5.734 %)Finance
3134 (4.832 %)Health
4132 (4.760 %)Pensions
5126 (4.544 %)Education
694 (3.390 %)Government
745 (1.623 %)Retail
841 (1.479 %)Banking
938 (1.370 %)Insurance
1024 (0.865 %)Marketing
1120 (0.721 %)Manufacturing
1216 (0.577 %)Back Office
1311 (0.397 %)Construction
1410 (0.361 %)FMCG
1410 (0.361 %)Billing
157 (0.252 %)Investment Banking
157 (0.252 %)Auditing
157 (0.252 %)Automotive
157 (0.252 %)Financial Institution
165 (0.180 %)Electronics
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1556 (20.05 %)Network Engineer
2450 (16.23 %)Support Engineer
3331 (11.94 %)Analyst
4286 (10.31 %)Consultant
5224 (8.078 %)Security Engineer
6206 (7.429 %)Administrator
7164 (5.914 %)Architect
8163 (5.878 %)Network Support
9139 (5.013 %)Technical Support
10131 (4.724 %)Support Analyst
11120 (4.327 %)Systems Engineer
12119 (4.291 %)Cisco Engineer
13116 (4.183 %)Systems Administrator
14115 (4.147 %)Security Consultant
15107 (3.859 %)Network Security Engineer
1697 (3.498 %)3rd Line Support
1787 (3.137 %)Security Analyst
1885 (3.065 %)Technical Engineer
1984 (3.029 %)Network Support Engineer
2082 (2.957 %)Network Specialist
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
175 (2.705 %)German Language
259 (2.128 %)French Language
350 (1.803 %)Client/Server
447 (1.695 %)Clustering
447 (1.695 %)SecurID
538 (1.370 %)Thin Client
538 (1.370 %)Fat Client
631 (1.118 %)Computer Science
729 (1.046 %)PKI
824 (0.865 %)Blackberry
917 (0.613 %)Spanish Language
1013 (0.469 %)Video Conferencing
1112 (0.433 %)Management Information System
1112 (0.433 %)AS400
1210 (0.361 %)Statistics
139 (0.325 %)N-Tier
147 (0.252 %)EMC Centera
147 (0.252 %)Italian Language
155 (0.180 %)Celerra
155 (0.180 %)EPoS
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11189 (42.88 %)Windows
2518 (18.68 %)Linux
3498 (17.96 %)UNIX
4344 (12.41 %)Windows 2000
5229 (8.258 %)Windows Server 2003
6208 (7.501 %)Solaris
7179 (6.455 %)Windows NT
8128 (4.616 %)Windows XP
952 (1.875 %)AIX
1047 (1.695 %)SUSE
1122 (0.793 %)HPUX
1218 (0.649 %)Windows Vista
1315 (0.541 %)Debian
1413 (0.469 %)VMS
1511 (0.397 %)NetWare
1610 (0.361 %)Fedora
174 (0.144 %)Ubuntu
174 (0.144 %)Tru64
183 (0.108 %)OpenVMS
192 (0.072 %)Mac OS X
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1134 (4.832 %)Security Cleared
2128 (4.616 %)Network Design
3104 (3.750 %)ITIL
496 (3.462 %)Load Balancing
595 (3.426 %)Project Management
677 (2.777 %)Disaster Recovery
768 (2.452 %)SC Cleared
861 (2.200 %)Content Management
958 (2.092 %)Service Management
1055 (1.983 %)Penetration Testing
1143 (1.551 %)E-Commerce
1241 (1.479 %)Risk Management
1340 (1.442 %)Change Management
1340 (1.442 %)Information Security
1434 (1.226 %)PRINCE2
1531 (1.118 %)Validation
1629 (1.046 %)Service Delivery
1629 (1.046 %)Fault Management
1728 (1.010 %)Migration
1728 (1.010 %)CRM
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1296 (10.67 %)SQL
286 (3.101 %)Perl
286 (3.101 %)C
367 (2.416 %)Java
457 (2.056 %)Shell Script
551 (1.839 %)C++
648 (1.731 %)PHP
718 (0.649 %)VB
815 (0.541 %)Transact-SQL
914 (0.505 %)JavaScript
1013 (0.469 %)C#
1111 (0.397 %)Python
128 (0.288 %)VBA
128 (0.288 %)VBScript
137 (0.252 %)Ruby
143 (0.108 %)COBOL
143 (0.108 %)Delphi
152 (0.072 %)DHTML
152 (0.072 %)Fortran
152 (0.072 %)Assembly Language
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1955 (34.44 %)Cisco Certification
2632 (22.79 %)CCNA
3492 (17.74 %)CCNP
4478 (17.24 %)Microsoft Certification
5436 (15.72 %)MCSE
6138 (4.977 %)Degree
7132 (4.760 %)CCIE
8126 (4.544 %)CCSE
9115 (4.147 %)CCSA
10104 (3.750 %)MCP
1192 (3.318 %)CCDP
1287 (3.137 %)CCSP
1384 (3.029 %)CISSP
1467 (2.416 %)MCSA
1565 (2.344 %)CCVP
1645 (1.623 %)CCIP
1742 (1.515 %)CCDA
1829 (1.046 %)CISM
1927 (0.974 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2024 (0.865 %)RHCE
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
183 (2.993 %)SLA
228 (1.010 %)QA
323 (0.829 %)ISO27001
419 (0.685 %)BS7799
513 (0.469 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
64 (0.144 %)COBIT
64 (0.144 %)PCI DSS
73 (0.108 %)ISO17799
73 (0.108 %)JSP 440
81 (0.036 %)PCI QSA
81 (0.036 %)HMG Infosec
81 (0.036 %)ISO8583
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1605 (21.82 %)Active Directory
2170 (6.131 %)VMware Infrastructure
3131 (4.724 %)ISA Server
473 (2.633 %)Backup Exec
568 (2.452 %)Terminal Services
625 (0.902 %)NFS
723 (0.829 %)VMware ESX
820 (0.721 %)Citrix Presentation Server
917 (0.613 %)Xen
1013 (0.469 %)Squid
1013 (0.469 %)ProxySG
1112 (0.433 %)Snort
1112 (0.433 %)Terminal Server
1210 (0.361 %)MetaFrame
139 (0.325 %)NetBackup
147 (0.252 %)Nmap
156 (0.216 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
165 (0.180 %)Samba
173 (0.108 %)NLBS
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
147 (1.695 %)CiscoWorks
239 (1.406 %)OpenView
239 (1.406 %)Norton AntiVirus
331 (1.118 %)WSUS
331 (1.118 %)MOM
331 (1.118 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
427 (0.974 %)MAILsweeper
520 (0.721 %)Tivoli
616 (0.577 %)Legato
714 (0.505 %)EMC NetWorker
810 (0.361 %)ARCserve
99 (0.325 %)MIMEsweeper
107 (0.252 %)Unicenter
116 (0.216 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
124 (0.144 %)Nessus
133 (0.108 %)Tivoli NetView
142 (0.072 %)AppDetective
151 (0.036 %)SCOM
151 (0.036 %)Netcool
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11527 (55.07 %)Cisco
2674 (24.31 %)Microsoft
3657 (23.69 %)CheckPoint
4281 (10.13 %)Nokia
5254 (9.160 %)VMware
6252 (9.088 %)Citrix
7242 (8.727 %)Juniper
8155 (5.590 %)HP
9118 (4.255 %)Red Hat
10116 (4.183 %)Oracle
11107 (3.859 %)Websense
1292 (3.318 %)Blue Coat
1377 (2.777 %)Sun
1472 (2.596 %)Sophos
1571 (2.560 %)VERITAS
1667 (2.416 %)Nortel
1765 (2.344 %)Symantec
1861 (2.200 %)WatchGuard
1954 (1.947 %)Clearswift
1954 (1.947 %)Lotus
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