Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Tyne and Wear region.

 Firewall
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank214558
Rank change year-on-year
Up+24Up+13
Matching permanent IT job ads16155
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear6.154 %2.863 %0.761 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category45.71 %25.42 %6.329 %
Salaries quoted16153
Average salary£60,000£25,000£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+140.00 %-44.44 %
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£33,625£35,000
% change year-on-year
+11.52 %-3.920 %
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
355979
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear13.46 %11.26 %12.02 %
Salaries quoted315569
Average salary£60,000£25,000£33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+140.00 %-25.92 %
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
Firewall North EastFirewall
North East

Firewall
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Firewall
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

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 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SunderlandUp+1812£60,000+140.00 %
Newcastle Upon TyneUp+13£30,000-7.69 %
NewcastleUp+81£55,000+175.00 %
GatesheadNew entry-1£55,000-
Firewall North EastFirewall
North East

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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.

117 (73.91 %)Cisco
215 (65.22 %)LAN
215 (65.22 %)WAN
215 (65.22 %)MPLS
215 (65.22 %)Wireless
314 (60.87 %)Internet
410 (43.48 %)ISDN
410 (43.48 %)SSL
410 (43.48 %)Nortel
410 (43.48 %)Avaya
410 (43.48 %)DEFINITY
410 (43.48 %)Nokia
410 (43.48 %)CheckPoint
410 (43.48 %)OSPF
410 (43.48 %)BGP
410 (43.48 %)EIGRP
410 (43.48 %)Frame Relay
410 (43.48 %)Blue Coat
410 (43.48 %)BIG-IP
410 (43.48 %)Nortel Contivity
410 (43.48 %)Cisco IPT
410 (43.48 %)IronPort
410 (43.48 %)WAAS
55 (21.74 %)Disaster Recovery
64 (17.39 %)ITIL
64 (17.39 %)Ethernet
64 (17.39 %)VPN
64 (17.39 %)Microsoft
64 (17.39 %)Citrix
64 (17.39 %)VMware

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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.

Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (4.348 %)Data Analytics Architect
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (4.348 %)IIS
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
115 (65.22 %)LAN
115 (65.22 %)WAN
115 (65.22 %)MPLS
115 (65.22 %)Wireless
214 (60.87 %)Internet
310 (43.48 %)WAAS
310 (43.48 %)SSL
310 (43.48 %)DEFINITY
310 (43.48 %)Frame Relay
310 (43.48 %)BIG-IP
310 (43.48 %)Nortel Contivity
310 (43.48 %)Cisco IPT
310 (43.48 %)OSPF
310 (43.48 %)BGP
310 (43.48 %)EIGRP
310 (43.48 %)ISDN
44 (17.39 %)Ethernet
44 (17.39 %)VPN
53 (13.04 %)VoIP
62 (8.696 %)ADSL
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (8.696 %)SQL Server
12 (8.696 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (4.348 %)Games
11 (4.348 %)Marketing
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
114 (60.87 %)Architect
213 (56.52 %)Network Architect
310 (43.48 %)Voice Architect
43 (13.04 %)Information Security Analyst
43 (13.04 %)Security Analyst
43 (13.04 %)Information Analyst
43 (13.04 %)Analyst
52 (8.696 %)Network Engineer
52 (8.696 %)DBA
52 (8.696 %)SQL DBA
52 (8.696 %)Cisco Architect
52 (8.696 %)Cisco Network Architect
61 (4.348 %)Teradata DBA
61 (4.348 %)IT Support
61 (4.348 %)Pre Sales Engineer
61 (4.348 %)Network Support
61 (4.348 %)Cisco Support
61 (4.348 %)IT Support Technician
61 (4.348 %)Team Leader
61 (4.348 %)Solutions Architect
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (8.696 %)Replication
21 (4.348 %)Data Integration
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12 (8.696 %)Windows
12 (8.696 %)Windows Server 2003
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (21.74 %)Disaster Recovery
24 (17.39 %)Business Continuity
24 (17.39 %)ITIL
24 (17.39 %)Load Balancing
33 (13.04 %)Project Management
33 (13.04 %)Information Security
41 (4.348 %)Incident Management
41 (4.348 %)Change Management
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12 (8.696 %)SQL
12 (8.696 %)T-SQL
21 (4.348 %)C
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13 (13.04 %)CCNP
13 (13.04 %)CCNA
13 (13.04 %)Cisco Certification
13 (13.04 %)Security Cleared
21 (4.348 %)CCVP
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (13.04 %)ISO27001
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (17.39 %)VMware Infrastructure
22 (8.696 %)Active Directory
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
117 (73.91 %)Cisco
210 (43.48 %)Nortel
210 (43.48 %)Avaya
210 (43.48 %)Nokia
210 (43.48 %)CheckPoint
210 (43.48 %)Blue Coat
210 (43.48 %)IronPort
34 (17.39 %)VMware
34 (17.39 %)Citrix
34 (17.39 %)Microsoft