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This section looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Thames Valley 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2734
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching permanent IT job ads533
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.014 %
As % of the category below7.353 %17.84 %
Salaries quoted533
Average minimum salary£52,800£43,455
Average salary£52,800£45,500
% change on same period last year+16.04 %
Average maximum salary£52,800£47,545
UK excluding London average salary£36,139£37,180
% change on same period last year-2.80 %
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Thames Valley
Matching permanent IT job ads68185
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.037 %0.078 %
Salaries quoted51173
Average minimum salary£54,027£45,411
Average salary£55,846£47,932
% change on same period last year+16.51 %
Average maximum salary£57,664£50,452
UK excluding London average salary£37,625£39,458
% change on same period last year-4.64 %
Firewall South EastFirewall
South East

Firewall
Demand Trend

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

Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Thames Valley region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Thames Valley Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

112 (80.00 %)Cisco
211 (73.33 %)Cisco Certification
211 (73.33 %)Cisco PIX
310 (66.67 %)CCNP
310 (66.67 %)MPLS
49 (60.00 %)WAN
57 (46.67 %)Ethernet
66 (40.00 %)CCVP
66 (40.00 %)NetScreen
66 (40.00 %)CCIE
66 (40.00 %)VoIP
66 (40.00 %)CCDP
66 (40.00 %)Juniper
66 (40.00 %)JNCIA
66 (40.00 %)JNCIS
66 (40.00 %)JNCIP
66 (40.00 %)JNCIE
66 (40.00 %)Load Balancing
75 (33.33 %)Cisco ASA
75 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
84 (26.67 %)CCNA
84 (26.67 %)VLAN
93 (20.00 %)Cisco IOS
93 (20.00 %)SLA
93 (20.00 %)Microsoft
93 (20.00 %)VPN
93 (20.00 %)LAN
93 (20.00 %)Windows
102 (13.33 %)OSPF
102 (13.33 %)BGP

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

Thames Valley IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (13.33 %)MS Exchange
21 (6.667 %)Lotus Notes
21 (6.667 %)Lotus Domino
21 (6.667 %)SharePoint
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (73.33 %)Cisco PIX
210 (66.67 %)MPLS
39 (60.00 %)WAN
47 (46.67 %)Ethernet
56 (40.00 %)NetScreen
56 (40.00 %)VoIP
65 (33.33 %)Cisco ASA
65 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
74 (26.67 %)VLAN
83 (20.00 %)VPN
83 (20.00 %)LAN
83 (20.00 %)Cisco IOS
92 (13.33 %)OSPF
92 (13.33 %)BGP
101 (6.667 %)DOCSIS
101 (6.667 %)VPLS
101 (6.667 %)Frame Relay
101 (6.667 %)Intrusion Detection
101 (6.667 %)ATM
101 (6.667 %)PPP
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (6.667 %)Oracle 9i
11 (6.667 %)RDBMS
11 (6.667 %)Oracle 10g
11 (6.667 %)Oracle 11g
Thames Valley IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (6.667 %)Automotive
11 (6.667 %)Retail
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (46.67 %)Consultant
23 (20.00 %)Network Consultant
23 (20.00 %)Senior Consultant
23 (20.00 %)Senior Network Consultant
31 (6.667 %)Senior Network Specialist
31 (6.667 %)Architect
31 (6.667 %)Technical Architect
31 (6.667 %)Systems Designer
31 (6.667 %)Sales Consultant
31 (6.667 %)Security Consultant
31 (6.667 %)Technical Consultant
31 (6.667 %)Cisco Engineer
31 (6.667 %)Presales Consultant
31 (6.667 %)Security Engineer
31 (6.667 %)Network Specialist
Thames Valley IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (6.667 %)Economics
11 (6.667 %)SecurID
11 (6.667 %)German Language
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (20.00 %)Windows
22 (13.33 %)UNIX
22 (13.33 %)Linux
31 (6.667 %)Windows XP
31 (6.667 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (6.667 %)Red Hat Linux
31 (6.667 %)Solaris
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (40.00 %)Load Balancing
21 (6.667 %)SC Cleared
21 (6.667 %)Security Cleared
21 (6.667 %)Service Management
21 (6.667 %)Identity Management
21 (6.667 %)Content Management
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (6.667 %)SQL
Thames Valley IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
111 (73.33 %)Cisco Certification
210 (66.67 %)CCNP
36 (40.00 %)CCIE
36 (40.00 %)CCVP
36 (40.00 %)JNCIA
36 (40.00 %)JNCIS
36 (40.00 %)JNCIP
36 (40.00 %)JNCIE
36 (40.00 %)CCDP
44 (26.67 %)CCNA
51 (6.667 %)MCSE
51 (6.667 %)CCSE
51 (6.667 %)Microsoft Certification
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (20.00 %)SLA
Thames Valley IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (6.667 %)Active Directory
11 (6.667 %)ProxySG
11 (6.667 %)VMware Infrastructure
Thames Valley IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (80.00 %)Cisco
26 (40.00 %)Juniper
33 (20.00 %)Microsoft
42 (13.33 %)CheckPoint
51 (6.667 %)VMware
51 (6.667 %)Blue Coat
51 (6.667 %)Meridio
51 (6.667 %)IronPort
51 (6.667 %)Finjan
51 (6.667 %)Lucent
51 (6.667 %)Alcatel
51 (6.667 %)Nokia
51 (6.667 %)Lotus
51 (6.667 %)Red Hat
51 (6.667 %)Sun
51 (6.667 %)Oracle