The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT jobs advertised for the Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 26 37 43
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +6
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 38 18 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 6.762% 3.015% 3.002%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.14% 23.38% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 35 13 14
Average salary £40,000 £36,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.58% -3.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,500 £25,850
10% offered a salary of more than £44,200 £45,000 £40,350
UK excluding London average salary £38,472 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.82% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
140 77 116
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 24.91% 12.90% 21.76%
Number of salaries quoted 127 66 104
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £26,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Firewall
North East

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +22 38 £40,000 +23.07%
Firewall
North East

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 55 (75.34%) Cisco
2 42 (57.53%) HP
3 38 (52.05%) Cisco Certification
3 38 (52.05%) Linux
4 37 (50.68%) DNS
5 36 (49.32%) DHCP
5 36 (49.32%) VLAN
6 32 (43.84%) CCNA
6 32 (43.84%) Red Hat
7 31 (42.47%) Apache
7 31 (42.47%) MySQL
7 31 (42.47%) CentOS
8 30 (41.10%) Wireless
9 28 (38.36%) LDAP
9 28 (38.36%) VPN
10 24 (32.88%) Citrix
11 23 (31.51%) SAN
11 23 (31.51%) Internet
12 22 (30.14%) OSPF
12 22 (30.14%) XenServer
13 21 (28.77%) BGP
13 21 (28.77%) Telecoms
14 20 (27.40%) Microsoft
14 20 (27.40%) Windows
15 19 (26.03%) WAN
16 18 (24.66%) MS Excel
16 18 (24.66%) Network Management
17 17 (23.29%) Degree
17 17 (23.29%) Disaster Recovery
18 16 (21.92%) MS Visio

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 4 (5.479%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 31 (42.47%) Apache
2 4 (5.479%) SharePoint Server
2 4 (5.479%) MS Exchange
2 4 (5.479%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (24.66%) MS Excel
2 16 (21.92%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 37 (50.68%) DNS
2 36 (49.32%) DHCP
2 36 (49.32%) VLAN
3 30 (41.10%) Wireless
4 28 (38.36%) LDAP
4 28 (38.36%) VPN
5 23 (31.51%) SAN
5 23 (31.51%) Internet
6 22 (30.14%) OSPF
7 21 (28.77%) BGP
8 19 (26.03%) WAN
9 14 (19.18%) Cisco IOS
10 13 (17.81%) Cisco ASA
11 11 (15.07%) LAN
12 10 (13.70%) Fibre Channel
12 10 (13.70%) Cisco PIX
13 7 (9.589%) Intrusion Detection
14 6 (8.219%) TCP/IP
15 4 (5.479%) SMTP
16 3 (4.110%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (42.47%) MySQL
2 7 (9.589%) SQL Server
General
1 21 (28.77%) Telecoms
2 2 (2.740%) Finance
Job Titles
1 39 (53.42%) Administrator
2 30 (41.10%) Systems Administrator
3 27 (36.99%) Linux Administrator
4 17 (23.29%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 13 (17.81%) Network Support
6 12 (16.44%) Senior Linux Administrator
7 10 (13.70%) Analyst
8 9 (12.33%) Network Analyst
8 9 (12.33%) Support Analyst
8 9 (12.33%) Network Support Analyst
9 8 (10.96%) Network Engineer
10 5 (6.849%) Senior Systems Administrator
11 4 (5.479%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (5.479%) Network Technician
11 4 (5.479%) Senior Network Engineer
11 4 (5.479%) Network Administrator
12 2 (2.740%) Senior Linux Systems Administrator
13 1 (1.370%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 1 (1.370%) Senior Network Administrator
13 1 (1.370%) Cisco Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.479%) Replication
1 4 (5.479%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 38 (52.05%) Linux
2 31 (42.47%) CentOS
3 20 (27.40%) Windows
4 12 (16.44%) Solaris
5 7 (9.589%) UNIX
6 4 (5.479%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (5.479%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (4.110%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (24.66%) Network Management
2 17 (23.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 14 (19.18%) Network Design
3 14 (19.18%) Capacity Planning
4 6 (8.219%) Problem Management
4 6 (8.219%) Identity Management
4 6 (8.219%) Validation
5 5 (6.849%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (5.479%) Change Control
6 4 (5.479%) Data Management
7 3 (4.110%) Time Management
8 1 (1.370%) Service Delivery
8 1 (1.370%) Project Management
8 1 (1.370%) ITIL
8 1 (1.370%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.479%) C
Qualifications
1 38 (52.05%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (43.84%) CCNA
3 17 (23.29%) Degree
4 14 (19.18%) RHCE
5 10 (13.70%) CCNP
6 4 (5.479%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (5.479%) MCSE
6 4 (5.479%) MCSA
6 4 (5.479%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.370%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.370%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 22 (30.14%) XenServer
2 11 (15.07%) Hyper-V
3 5 (6.849%) Active Directory
3 5 (6.849%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (6.849%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (5.479%) Forefront TMG
4 4 (5.479%) VMware ESX
4 4 (5.479%) ISA Server
5 1 (1.370%) XenApp
5 1 (1.370%) XenDesktop
5 1 (1.370%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (12.33%) Nagios
2 4 (5.479%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 55 (75.34%) Cisco
2 42 (57.53%) HP
3 32 (43.84%) Red Hat
4 24 (32.88%) Citrix
5 20 (27.40%) Microsoft
6 13 (17.81%) Oracle
7 6 (8.219%) VMware
8 4 (5.479%) CheckPoint
8 4 (5.479%) Sophos
9 1 (1.370%) Juniper
9 1 (1.370%) Sun
9 1 (1.370%) F5
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