The first table below looks at the demand for Forefront TMG skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Forefront TMG 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 System Software category.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (Forefront TMG)
Rank 718 828 825
Rank change year-on-year
+110 -3
Permanent jobs citing Forefront TMG 140 68 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.130% 0.056% 0.037%
As % of the System Software category 1.360% 0.652% 0.493%
Number of salaries quoted 102 50 41
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,400 £32,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £60,250 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All System Software
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
10296 10437 9340
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 9.552% 8.630% 7.565%
Number of salaries quoted 8670 9011 7656
Average salary £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.61% +3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%

Forefront TMG
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Forefront TMG within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Forefront TMG Jobs Demand Trend

Forefront TMG
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Forefront TMG within the UK.

Forefront TMG Salary Trend

Forefront TMG
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Forefront TMG over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

Forefront TMG Salary Histogram

Forefront TMG
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Forefront TMG within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England +106 135 £40,000 -3.61%
South East +49 56 £37,500 -26.47%
London +27 30 £70,000 +68.67%
Berkshire +32 27 £48,750 +25.80%
Bracknell - 15 £36,500 -
West Midlands -14 14 £35,000 +7.69%
Hampshire - 13 £37,500 -
North West - 13 £40,000 -
Manchester - 12 £40,000 -
Surrey +16 11 £31,000 -42.59%
City of London +13 8 £71,250 +1.78%
Maidenhead - 8 £50,000 -
Godalming - 8 £31,000 -
Yorkshire -12 7 £47,500 -
Sale - 7 - -
Eastleigh - 7 £37,500 -
East of England +7 6 £37,500 -
West Yorkshire +4 6 £47,500 -
Leeds -13 6 £47,500 -
Birmingham - 5 £40,000 -
Bedfordshire - 5 £37,500 -
Chesterfield - 4 £42,000 -
Basingstoke - 4 £27,500 -
Derbyshire - 4 £42,000 -
Staffordshire - 4 £28,500 -
East Midlands - 4 £42,000 -
South West +7 3 £21,000 -
Telford - 3 £27,500 -
Bedford - 3 £34,000 -
Harrogate - 3 - -

Forefront TMG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Forefront TMG 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 Forefront TMG.

1 219 (78.21%) Windows
2 199 (71.07%) Active Directory
3 152 (54.29%) Microsoft
3 152 (54.29%) VMware
4 144 (51.43%) Windows Server 2008
5 134 (47.86%) UAG
6 119 (42.50%) MS Excel
7 110 (39.29%) MS Exchange
8 108 (38.57%) VMware Infrastructure
9 100 (35.71%) Firewall
10 96 (34.29%) Hyper-V
11 91 (32.50%) Microsoft Certification
12 88 (31.43%) SharePoint
13 87 (31.07%) Windows Server 2003
14 85 (30.36%) DNS
15 84 (30.00%) SCOM
16 81 (28.93%) Exchange Server 2010
17 80 (28.57%) HP
18 76 (27.14%) Cisco
19 74 (26.43%) MCSE
19 74 (26.43%) Clustering
20 73 (26.07%) SAN
21 70 (25.00%) ITIL
21 70 (25.00%) IIS
22 69 (24.64%) ISA Server
23 63 (22.50%) SQL Server
24 58 (20.71%) SCCM
25 56 (20.00%) Migration
26 54 (19.29%) MCITP
26 54 (19.29%) Cisco Certification

Forefront TMG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Forefront TMG 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 Forefront TMG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (5.000%) .NET
2 8 (2.857%) SAML
3 5 (1.786%) Windows SharePoint Services
4 3 (1.071%) COM
5 1 (0.357%) XMPP
5 1 (0.357%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 110 (39.29%) MS Exchange
2 88 (31.43%) SharePoint
3 81 (28.93%) Exchange Server 2010
4 70 (25.00%) IIS
5 36 (12.86%) Exchange Server 2003
6 33 (11.79%) Exchange Server 2007
7 30 (10.71%) SharePoint 2010
8 27 (9.643%) SharePoint Server
9 17 (6.071%) Documentum
10 15 (5.357%) Lync
11 8 (2.857%) Office Communications Server
11 8 (2.857%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 8 (2.857%) Windows Azure
12 6 (2.143%) Exchange Server 2013
13 5 (1.786%) SharePoint 2013
14 4 (1.429%) Apache
14 4 (1.429%) MSMQ
15 2 (0.714%) Lotus Notes
15 2 (0.714%) Exchange Server 2000
16 1 (0.357%) Tomcat
Applications
1 119 (42.50%) MS Excel
2 23 (8.214%) MS Office
3 10 (3.571%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (0.357%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 100 (35.71%) Firewall
2 85 (30.36%) DNS
3 73 (26.07%) SAN
4 48 (17.14%) Network Security
5 38 (13.57%) Internet
5 38 (13.57%) TCP/IP
6 36 (12.86%) WAN
7 34 (12.14%) HTTP
7 34 (12.14%) Wireless
8 29 (10.36%) VPN
9 25 (8.929%) DHCP
10 23 (8.214%) LAN
10 23 (8.214%) VLAN
11 19 (6.786%) Cisco ASA
12 17 (6.071%) Intranet
13 14 (5.000%) HTTPS
14 13 (4.643%) VoIP
15 12 (4.286%) MPLS
16 9 (3.214%) BGP
16 9 (3.214%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (22.50%) SQL Server
2 41 (14.64%) SQL Server 2008
3 17 (6.071%) SQL Server 2005
4 6 (2.143%) SQL Server 2000
5 4 (1.429%) MySQL
5 4 (1.429%) RavenDB
6 1 (0.357%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 19 (6.786%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (0.714%) Bugzilla
3 1 (0.357%) Subversion
3 1 (0.357%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.357%) Visual Studio
General
1 30 (10.71%) Finance
2 23 (8.214%) Retail
3 21 (7.500%) Telecoms
4 11 (3.929%) Law
5 10 (3.571%) Games
6 9 (3.214%) Advertising
6 9 (3.214%) French Language
7 4 (1.429%) Legal
8 2 (0.714%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.714%) Local Government
9 1 (0.357%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 65 (23.21%) Consultant
2 39 (13.93%) Architect
3 31 (11.07%) Support Engineer
3 31 (11.07%) Security Architect
4 30 (10.71%) Analyst
5 29 (10.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 27 (9.643%) Infrastructure Architect
6 27 (9.643%) Web Engineer
7 25 (8.929%) Support Analyst
8 23 (8.214%) Security Engineer
9 21 (7.500%) Server Engineer
9 21 (7.500%) Technical Consultant
10 20 (7.143%) Security Consultant
11 19 (6.786%) 3rd Line Support
12 17 (6.071%) Network Engineer
12 17 (6.071%) Operations Engineer
12 17 (6.071%) Web Support Engineer
13 15 (5.357%) Security Support Engineer
14 14 (5.000%) Microsoft Consultant
15 11 (3.929%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 74 (26.43%) Clustering
2 40 (14.29%) PKI
3 16 (5.714%) Management Information System
4 15 (5.357%) Blackberry
5 10 (3.571%) iPad
5 10 (3.571%) iPhone
5 10 (3.571%) Streaming Video
6 8 (2.857%) Replication
7 3 (1.071%) CCTV
8 2 (0.714%) Mathematics
8 2 (0.714%) Wiki
8 2 (0.714%) Fat Client
8 2 (0.714%) Firmware
8 2 (0.714%) Thin Client
8 2 (0.714%) VLE
8 2 (0.714%) IaaS
8 2 (0.714%) Social Media
9 1 (0.357%) SaaS
9 1 (0.357%) RMADS
9 1 (0.357%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 219 (78.21%) Windows
2 144 (51.43%) Windows Server 2008
3 87 (31.07%) Windows Server 2003
4 33 (11.79%) Windows 7
5 28 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 25 (8.929%) Linux
7 24 (8.571%) Windows Vista
8 17 (6.071%) Windows XP
9 16 (5.714%) Windows 2000 Server
10 12 (4.286%) Windows 2000
11 9 (3.214%) Solaris
12 5 (1.786%) Debian
13 3 (1.071%) CentOS
14 2 (0.714%) UNIX
15 1 (0.357%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.357%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.357%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (25.00%) ITIL
2 56 (20.00%) Migration
3 43 (15.36%) Load Balancing
4 34 (12.14%) Identity Management
5 30 (10.71%) Service Delivery
6 26 (9.286%) Enterprise Architecture
7 25 (8.929%) Data Protection
8 22 (7.857%) Information Security
9 20 (7.143%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 20 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
9 20 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (6.786%) Security Architecture
10 19 (6.786%) High Availability
10 19 (6.786%) GAP Analysis
11 17 (6.071%) Root Cause Analysis
12 14 (5.000%) Project Management
13 12 (4.286%) Validation
14 11 (3.929%) Problem Management
15 10 (3.571%) Configuration Management
16 9 (3.214%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 52 (18.57%) SQL
2 14 (5.000%) PowerShell
3 12 (4.286%) T-SQL
4 4 (1.429%) VBScript
4 4 (1.429%) C
4 4 (1.429%) C#
5 3 (1.071%) C++
5 3 (1.071%) VB
6 2 (0.714%) VBA
7 1 (0.357%) Java
7 1 (0.357%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 91 (32.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 74 (26.43%) MCSE
3 54 (19.29%) Cisco Certification
3 54 (19.29%) MCITP
4 33 (11.79%) MCTS
5 32 (11.43%) SC Cleared
5 32 (11.43%) Security Cleared
5 32 (11.43%) CCNA
6 20 (7.143%) ITIL Certification
7 18 (6.429%) DV Cleared
8 15 (5.357%) CCIE
8 15 (5.357%) CCSP
8 15 (5.357%) CCNP
8 15 (5.357%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 14 (5.000%) JNCIE
10 13 (4.643%) MCSA
10 13 (4.643%) MCP
11 7 (2.500%) Degree
12 4 (1.429%) CCDE
12 4 (1.429%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (5.714%) SLA
3 2 (0.714%) QA
4 1 (0.357%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.357%) BS7799
4 1 (0.357%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 199 (71.07%) Active Directory
2 134 (47.86%) UAG
3 108 (38.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 96 (34.29%) Hyper-V
5 69 (24.64%) ISA Server
6 22 (7.857%) Microsoft App-V
7 21 (7.500%) vSphere
8 18 (6.429%) Terminal Services
9 17 (6.071%) VMware ESX
10 14 (5.000%) XenApp
11 11 (3.929%) VMware ESXi
12 9 (3.214%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 7 (2.500%) XenServer
14 6 (2.143%) IAG
15 5 (1.786%) XenDesktop
16 4 (1.429%) Shibboleth
17 2 (0.714%) VMware Server
18 1 (0.357%) Citrix Presentation Server
18 1 (0.357%) Squid
18 1 (0.357%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 84 (30.00%) SCOM
2 58 (20.71%) SCCM
3 28 (10.00%) Backup Exec
4 21 (7.500%) SCVMM
5 18 (6.429%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 10 (3.571%) NetBackup
7 9 (3.214%) WSUS
8 4 (1.429%) Nagios
8 4 (1.429%) McAfee ePO
8 4 (1.429%) Puppet
9 3 (1.071%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 3 (1.071%) Cacti
9 3 (1.071%) Plesk
10 2 (0.714%) MIIS
10 2 (0.714%) MAILsweeper
10 2 (0.714%) MOM
11 1 (0.357%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 152 (54.29%) Microsoft
1 152 (54.29%) VMware
2 80 (28.57%) HP
3 76 (27.14%) Cisco
4 32 (11.43%) Juniper
5 30 (10.71%) Dell
6 24 (8.571%) Symantec
6 24 (8.571%) Riverbed
7 23 (8.214%) CheckPoint
8 21 (7.500%) Fujitsu
8 21 (7.500%) Citrix
9 19 (6.786%) McAfee
10 15 (5.357%) NetApp
11 14 (5.000%) IBM
12 11 (3.929%) EMC
13 10 (3.571%) Intel
13 10 (3.571%) Akamai
14 9 (3.214%) F5
14 9 (3.214%) Veritas
14 9 (3.214%) CommVault
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