The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT jobs advertised for the Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 17 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 Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 14 - 12
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 5 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 7.576% - 2.083%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 71.43% - 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 1
Average salary £45,000 - £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
7 19 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 10.61% 18.27% 8.333%
Number of salaries quoted 6 14 3
Average salary £45,000 £55,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.18% +69.23%
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
Firewall
South East

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sussex 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 Sussex region.

Sussex Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 6 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (83.33%) IPsec
2 5 (83.33%) VMware
2 5 (83.33%) McAfee
2 5 (83.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) SharePoint
2 5 (83.33%) Windows XP
2 5 (83.33%) MS Exchange
2 5 (83.33%) VPN
2 5 (83.33%) SSL
2 5 (83.33%) Cisco
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) Exchange Server 2003
2 5 (83.33%) WSUS
2 5 (83.33%) Exchange Server 2007
2 5 (83.33%) SCCM
2 5 (83.33%) vSphere
2 5 (83.33%) McAfee ePO
2 5 (83.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (83.33%) Cisco ASA
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (16.67%) Sourcefire
3 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (16.67%) COBIT
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
3 1 (16.67%) CISSP

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 Platforms
1 5 (83.33%) SharePoint
1 5 (83.33%) MS Exchange
1 5 (83.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 5 (83.33%) Exchange Server 2003
1 5 (83.33%) Exchange Server 2007
1 5 (83.33%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) VPN
1 5 (83.33%) SSL
1 5 (83.33%) IPsec
1 5 (83.33%) Cisco ASA
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Team Leader
1 4 (66.67%) Support Team Leader
1 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Team Leader
1 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Security Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Support Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Security Consultant
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) Windows XP
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Information Security
1 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) COBIT
1 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) WSUS
1 5 (83.33%) SCCM
1 5 (83.33%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 5 (83.33%) Cisco
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) McAfee
2 5 (83.33%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) Sourcefire
3 1 (16.67%) Juniper
3 1 (16.67%) Symantec