The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the South Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 62 53 70
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +17
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 13 29 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 1.796% 3.082% 0.826%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.50% 15.93% 5.691%
Number of salaries quoted 12 25 5
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,400 £28,300 £22,600
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £52,500 £57,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,472 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.82% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
South Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
113 182 123
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 15.61% 19.34% 14.52%
Number of salaries quoted 92 145 101
Average salary £37,500 £34,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.69% -8.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £21,800 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,000 £67,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Firewall
Yorkshire

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

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

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire 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
Sheffield 0 13 £32,500 -4.41%
Doncaster -3 6 £32,500 -36.58%
Barnsley - 1 £52,500 -
Firewall
Yorkshire

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 15 (53.57%) Cisco
2 13 (46.43%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (46.43%) Windows
3 12 (42.86%) CCNA
4 10 (35.71%) Linux
5 9 (32.14%) Network Security
5 9 (32.14%) Cisco ASA
6 8 (28.57%) Cisco PIX
6 8 (28.57%) CheckPoint
7 7 (25.00%) Microsoft
7 7 (25.00%) UNIX
7 7 (25.00%) CCNP
8 6 (21.43%) Information Security
8 6 (21.43%) VMware
8 6 (21.43%) DNS
8 6 (21.43%) Perl
8 6 (21.43%) Puppet
8 6 (21.43%) Bash shell
9 5 (17.86%) VMware Infrastructure
9 5 (17.86%) Hyper-V
9 5 (17.86%) SolarWinds
9 5 (17.86%) MS Office
9 5 (17.86%) Apache
9 5 (17.86%) Python
9 5 (17.86%) CCSP
9 5 (17.86%) Shell Script
9 5 (17.86%) Management Information System
9 5 (17.86%) Configuration Management
9 5 (17.86%) CCSE
9 5 (17.86%) Ruby

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 1 (3.571%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 5 (17.86%) Apache
2 3 (10.71%) SAS
3 1 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (3.571%) MS Exchange
3 1 (3.571%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.571%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (17.86%) MS Office
2 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.571%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 9 (32.14%) Network Security
1 9 (32.14%) Cisco ASA
2 8 (28.57%) Cisco PIX
3 6 (21.43%) DNS
4 4 (14.29%) VPN
5 3 (10.71%) WAN
5 3 (10.71%) LAN
5 3 (10.71%) SNMP
5 3 (10.71%) SAN
6 2 (7.143%) OSPF
6 2 (7.143%) Internet
6 2 (7.143%) TCP/IP
6 2 (7.143%) VoIP
7 1 (3.571%) MRTG
7 1 (3.571%) NAS
7 1 (3.571%) WLAN
7 1 (3.571%) DHCP
7 1 (3.571%) MPLS
7 1 (3.571%) BGP
7 1 (3.571%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.143%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.571%) MS Access
2 1 (3.571%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (3.571%) MySQL
2 1 (3.571%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (3.571%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (3.571%) Telecoms
1 1 (3.571%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Analyst
2 7 (25.00%) Network Analyst
2 7 (25.00%) Security Analyst
3 5 (17.86%) Administrator
3 5 (17.86%) Systems Administrator
3 5 (17.86%) Linux Systems Administrator
3 5 (17.86%) Network Security Analyst
3 5 (17.86%) Linux Administrator
3 5 (17.86%) IT Security Analyst
4 4 (14.29%) Network Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) IT Support
5 3 (10.71%) 1st Line Support
5 3 (10.71%) Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (7.143%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 1 (3.571%) Software Developer
7 1 (3.571%) Desktop Support
7 1 (3.571%) Junior
7 1 (3.571%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (3.571%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.71%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.571%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 13 (46.43%) Windows
2 10 (35.71%) Linux
3 7 (25.00%) UNIX
4 4 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (14.29%) Windows XP
5 3 (10.71%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (10.71%) Mac OS X
5 3 (10.71%) Windows Vista
6 2 (7.143%) Windows 7
7 1 (3.571%) Windows NT
7 1 (3.571%) Windows 2000
7 1 (3.571%) Solaris
7 1 (3.571%) Debian
7 1 (3.571%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (21.43%) Information Security
2 5 (17.86%) Configuration Management
3 3 (10.71%) Load Balancing
4 2 (7.143%) Time Management
4 2 (7.143%) Project Management
4 2 (7.143%) ITIL
4 2 (7.143%) SIEM
5 1 (3.571%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (3.571%) ERP
5 1 (3.571%) CRM
5 1 (3.571%) Service Delivery
5 1 (3.571%) Change Management
5 1 (3.571%) Network Design
5 1 (3.571%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (3.571%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) Perl
1 6 (21.43%) Bash shell
2 5 (17.86%) Python
2 5 (17.86%) Shell Script
2 5 (17.86%) Ruby
3 2 (7.143%) SQL
4 1 (3.571%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.571%) VBA
4 1 (3.571%) C
Qualifications
1 13 (46.43%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (42.86%) CCNA
3 7 (25.00%) CCNP
4 5 (17.86%) CCSP
4 5 (17.86%) CCSE
5 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
6 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
6 3 (10.71%) MCSE
6 3 (10.71%) MCSA
6 3 (10.71%) MCP
6 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (10.71%) MCDST
7 1 (3.571%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (17.86%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (17.86%) Hyper-V
2 4 (14.29%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.571%) XenApp
3 1 (3.571%) Terminal Services
3 1 (3.571%) Snort
3 1 (3.571%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 6 (21.43%) Puppet
2 3 (10.71%) SolarWinds Orion
2 3 (10.71%) Cacti
2 3 (10.71%) OpenView
2 3 (10.71%) CiscoWorks
2 3 (10.71%) Norton AntiVirus
3 2 (7.143%) Nessus
4 1 (3.571%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (53.57%) Cisco
2 8 (28.57%) CheckPoint
3 7 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (21.43%) VMware
5 5 (17.86%) SolarWinds
6 4 (14.29%) HP
7 3 (10.71%) Symantec
7 3 (10.71%) Juniper
7 3 (10.71%) Apple
7 3 (10.71%) Sophos
7 3 (10.71%) WatchGuard
8 2 (7.143%) Mitel
9 1 (3.571%) ArcSight
9 1 (3.571%) Veeam
9 1 (3.571%) Trend Micro
9 1 (3.571%) IBM
9 1 (3.571%) Dell
9 1 (3.571%) Nortel
9 1 (3.571%) Citrix
9 1 (3.571%) Sage