The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of WatchGuard products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WatchGuard over the 3 months to 21 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 Vendors for the South East region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WatchGuard
Rank 397 434 408
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -26
Permanent jobs citing WatchGuard 44 4 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.198% 0.017% 0.049%
As % of the Vendors category 0.385% 0.035% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 44 2 9
Average salary £24,000 £28,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.78% +14.00%
UK excluding London average salary £28,000 £33,500 £29,000
% change year-on-year
-16.41% +15.51%
All Vendors
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
11424 11421 11383
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 51.50% 48.11% 50.56%
Number of salaries quoted 9378 9725 9605
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £60,000 £61,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
WatchGuard
England

WatchGuard
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing WatchGuard across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South East WatchGuard Jobs Demand Trend

WatchGuard
Salary Trend

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

South East WatchGuard Salary Trend

WatchGuard
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WatchGuard across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East WatchGuard Salary Histogram

WatchGuard
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WatchGuard within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Oxfordshire - 28 £24,000 -
Berkshire +12 4 £30,000 -
Buckinghamshire - 3 £37,500 -
Surrey - 3 £30,000 -
M4 Corridor - 2 £37,500 -
WatchGuard
England

WatchGuard
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing WatchGuard 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 WatchGuard.

1 55 (79.71%) Cisco
2 54 (78.26%) Microsoft
3 53 (76.81%) VMware
4 46 (66.67%) Windows
5 45 (65.22%) VMware Infrastructure
6 39 (56.52%) Active Directory
7 36 (52.17%) SQL
8 35 (50.72%) TCP/IP
9 34 (49.28%) Citrix
10 33 (47.83%) SAN
10 33 (47.83%) VoIP
11 31 (44.93%) MS Exchange
12 27 (39.13%) HP
12 27 (39.13%) Blackberry
13 26 (37.68%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 25 (36.23%) Windows XP
14 25 (36.23%) Firewall
15 24 (34.78%) Cisco IOS
15 24 (34.78%) Apple
16 22 (31.88%) MS Office
17 18 (26.09%) MS Excel
18 14 (20.29%) VPN
19 13 (18.84%) DNS
19 13 (18.84%) Windows Server 2003
19 13 (18.84%) NetApp
19 13 (18.84%) SonicWALL
20 12 (17.39%) Juniper
21 11 (15.94%) Cisco Certification
22 10 (14.49%) Microsoft Certification
22 10 (14.49%) DHCP

WatchGuard
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing WatchGuard 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 WatchGuard. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 31 (44.93%) MS Exchange
2 26 (37.68%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 7 (10.14%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (7.246%) Exchange Server 2007
4 5 (7.246%) Apache
5 4 (5.797%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (4.348%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (31.88%) MS Office
2 18 (26.09%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 35 (50.72%) TCP/IP
2 33 (47.83%) SAN
2 33 (47.83%) VoIP
3 25 (36.23%) Firewall
4 24 (34.78%) Cisco IOS
5 14 (20.29%) VPN
6 13 (18.84%) DNS
7 10 (14.49%) DHCP
8 9 (13.04%) Network Security
8 9 (13.04%) VLAN
9 5 (7.246%) NAS
10 4 (5.797%) WAN
11 2 (2.899%) EIGRP
11 2 (2.899%) Internet
11 2 (2.899%) SMTP
11 2 (2.899%) SNMP
12 1 (1.449%) Intrusion Detection
12 1 (1.449%) Wireless
12 1 (1.449%) IPsec
12 1 (1.449%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.14%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.246%) MySQL
3 2 (2.899%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (2.899%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (2.899%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 5 (7.246%) Retail
2 1 (1.449%) Telecoms
2 1 (1.449%) Marketing
2 1 (1.449%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 23 (33.33%) Consultant
2 22 (31.88%) 2nd Line Support
2 22 (31.88%) IT Support
3 21 (30.43%) Support Engineer
4 15 (21.74%) Sales Consultant
4 15 (21.74%) IT Support Engineer
4 15 (21.74%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 14 (20.29%) IT Consultant
6 13 (18.84%) IT Sales Consultant
7 7 (10.14%) Technical Consultant
8 4 (5.797%) Infrastructure Specialist
9 3 (4.348%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (4.348%) 3rd Line Support
10 2 (2.899%) Help Desk Engineer
10 2 (2.899%) Network Support
10 2 (2.899%) Pre Sales Consultant
11 1 (1.449%) Security Engineer
11 1 (1.449%) IT Sales Executive
11 1 (1.449%) Help Desk Support
11 1 (1.449%) Help Desk Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 27 (39.13%) Blackberry
2 2 (2.899%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 46 (66.67%) Windows
2 25 (36.23%) Windows XP
3 13 (18.84%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (10.14%) Windows 7
4 7 (10.14%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (10.14%) Linux
5 5 (7.246%) UNIX
6 4 (5.797%) Mac OS
7 3 (4.348%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.449%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.449%) Debian
8 1 (1.449%) CentOS
8 1 (1.449%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (14.49%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (11.59%) BCP
2 8 (11.59%) Business Continuity
3 7 (10.14%) PRINCE2
3 7 (10.14%) ITIL
4 5 (7.246%) Business Development
5 4 (5.797%) Capacity Planning
5 4 (5.797%) Fault Management
6 3 (4.348%) E-Commerce
7 2 (2.899%) Project Management
8 1 (1.449%) E-business
8 1 (1.449%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 36 (52.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (15.94%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (14.49%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (13.04%) CCNP
3 9 (13.04%) CCNA
4 8 (11.59%) MCSE
4 8 (11.59%) MCP
5 6 (8.696%) Degree
5 6 (8.696%) MCITP
5 6 (8.696%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (2.899%) MCSA
7 1 (1.449%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.449%) CCIE
7 1 (1.449%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.348%) QA
2 2 (2.899%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 45 (65.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 39 (56.52%) Active Directory
3 10 (14.49%) Hyper-V
4 8 (11.59%) Terminal Services
4 8 (11.59%) XenApp
4 8 (11.59%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.899%) Forefront TMG
5 2 (2.899%) ISA Server
6 1 (1.449%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (1.449%) XenDesktop
6 1 (1.449%) Xen
6 1 (1.449%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 10 (14.49%) Backup Exec
2 3 (4.348%) Norton AntiVirus
3 2 (2.899%) SCOM
Vendors
1 55 (79.71%) Cisco
2 54 (78.26%) Microsoft
3 53 (76.81%) VMware
4 34 (49.28%) Citrix
5 27 (39.13%) HP
6 24 (34.78%) Apple
7 13 (18.84%) NetApp
7 13 (18.84%) SonicWALL
8 12 (17.39%) Juniper
9 9 (13.04%) CheckPoint
10 8 (11.59%) Symantec
11 7 (10.14%) Veeam
12 5 (7.246%) Dell
12 5 (7.246%) 3PAR
13 4 (5.797%) Sophos
14 2 (2.899%) MobileIron
14 2 (2.899%) F5
14 2 (2.899%) McAfee
14 2 (2.899%) Avaya
15 1 (1.449%) Sourcefire
Newbury
Essential Skills:Active Directory and Windows Server (2003 MCSA/MCSE or newer).Network configuration (CCNA/CCNP).Internet WAN technologies (proxies, DNS, SMTP).Monitoring and logging (Syslog, SNMP).High...
Joanne Senior
Salary: £25k - 35k per year + flexible working and pension
Posted: 10 May 2013