The first table below looks at the demand for FWSM skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited FWSM 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Firewall Services Module (FWSM)
Rank 214 - 213
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing FWSM 2 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.038% - 0.050%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.221% - 0.282%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
Average salary £41,250 - £36,000
90% offered a salary of more than £38,250 - £35,200
10% offered a salary of more than £44,250 - £41,200
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £40,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year
+37.50% -21.95%
All Communications & Networking
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
904 932 1062
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 17.23% 16.84% 17.60%
Number of salaries quoted 773 768 875
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £50,400 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
FWSM
England

FWSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West FWSM Jobs Demand Trend

FWSM
Salary Trend

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

South West FWSM Salary Trend

FWSM
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FWSM within the South West 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
Devon - 1 £37,500 -
Wiltshire - 1 £45,000 -
FWSM
England

FWSM
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing FWSM 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 FWSM.

1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) CCIE
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (66.67%) Network Design
2 2 (66.67%) CCNP
2 2 (66.67%) CCIP
2 2 (66.67%) CCNA
2 2 (66.67%) CCDP
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) CCVP
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) CCSP
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) BIG-IP
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
3 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) EIGRP
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus

FWSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing FWSM 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 FWSM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) BIG-IP
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) EIGRP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Project Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCIE
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CCNP
2 2 (66.67%) CCIP
2 2 (66.67%) CCNA
2 2 (66.67%) CCDP
3 1 (33.33%) CCVP
3 1 (33.33%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint