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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 22 4 12
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +8
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 10 26 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 6.993% 26.00% 18.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.61% 53.06% 30.65%
Number of salaries quoted 10 15 19
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% -20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Wakefield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
51 49 62
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 35.66% 49.00% 59.62%
Number of salaries quoted 46 35 60
Average salary £27,500 £38,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.57% -23.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £20,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
Firewall
West Yorkshire

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wakefield 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 Wakefield region.

Wakefield Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Wakefield region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Wakefield Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield 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 16 (76.19%) Windows
2 14 (66.67%) SAN
2 14 (66.67%) VMware
3 13 (61.90%) Active Directory
4 12 (57.14%) DNS
5 11 (52.38%) MS Exchange
5 11 (52.38%) HP
5 11 (52.38%) Telecoms
6 10 (47.62%) Microsoft
7 9 (42.86%) EMC
7 9 (42.86%) SQL
7 9 (42.86%) DHCP
7 9 (42.86%) Replication
7 9 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
7 9 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
7 9 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2007
7 9 (42.86%) Celerra
7 9 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
7 9 (42.86%) vSphere
7 9 (42.86%) Lync
7 9 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
7 9 (42.86%) ProCurve
8 7 (33.33%) Cisco
9 6 (28.57%) Information Security
9 6 (28.57%) Cisco PIX
9 6 (28.57%) Network Security
9 6 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (23.81%) CCSE
10 5 (23.81%) CheckPoint
10 5 (23.81%) Cisco Certification

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield 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 11 (52.38%) MS Exchange
2 9 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2007
2 9 (42.86%) Lync
3 1 (4.762%) SAS
3 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.762%) Prophet
Communications & Networking
1 14 (66.67%) SAN
2 12 (57.14%) DNS
3 9 (42.86%) DHCP
4 6 (28.57%) Cisco PIX
4 6 (28.57%) Network Security
4 6 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (14.29%) LAN
5 3 (14.29%) WAN
6 2 (9.524%) Internet
7 1 (4.762%) Wireshark
7 1 (4.762%) TCP/IP
7 1 (4.762%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.762%) Crystal Reports
General
1 11 (52.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Analyst
1 8 (38.10%) Systems Manager
2 6 (28.57%) Security Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) IT Security Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) Network Security Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) Network Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Administrator
4 3 (14.29%) Systems Administrator
5 2 (9.524%) Support Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Graduate
6 1 (4.762%) Software Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Software Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Graduate Software Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Graduate Software Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Graduate Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Head of IT
6 1 (4.762%) IT Director
Miscellaneous
1 9 (42.86%) Replication
1 9 (42.86%) Celerra
Operating Systems
1 16 (76.19%) Windows
2 9 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
2 9 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (9.524%) Linux
4 1 (4.762%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (28.57%) Information Security
3 1 (4.762%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 9 (42.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) CCSP
1 5 (23.81%) CCNP
1 5 (23.81%) CCNA
1 5 (23.81%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (23.81%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (61.90%) Active Directory
2 9 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (42.86%) vSphere
3 2 (9.524%) Terminal Services
4 1 (4.762%) Snort
4 1 (4.762%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 1 (4.762%) OpenView
1 1 (4.762%) CiscoWorks
1 1 (4.762%) Backup Exec
1 1 (4.762%) Nessus
1 1 (4.762%) Cacti
1 1 (4.762%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 14 (66.67%) VMware
2 11 (52.38%) HP
3 10 (47.62%) Microsoft
4 9 (42.86%) EMC
4 9 (42.86%) ProCurve
5 7 (33.33%) Cisco
6 5 (23.81%) CheckPoint
7 4 (19.05%) WatchGuard
8 3 (14.29%) SonicWALL
8 3 (14.29%) Avaya
9 2 (9.524%) Apple
10 1 (4.762%) NetApp
10 1 (4.762%) IBM
10 1 (4.762%) Dell
10 1 (4.762%) Symantec
10 1 (4.762%) Veeam
10 1 (4.762%) SolarWinds
10 1 (4.762%) ArcSight