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This section looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Warwickshire 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
Rank8067
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching permanent IT job ads1433
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.014 %
As % of the category below7.216 %17.10 %
Salaries quoted1333
Average minimum salary£29,923£36,273
Average salary£32,538£38,091
% change on same period last year-14.57 %
Average maximum salary£35,154£39,909
UK excluding London average salary£36,139£37,180
% change on same period last year-2.80 %
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Warwickshire
Matching permanent IT job ads194193
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.106 %0.081 %
Salaries quoted169180
Average minimum salary£31,850£32,150
Average salary£34,002£34,044
% change on same period last year-0.12 %
Average maximum salary£36,153£35,938
UK excluding London average salary£37,625£39,458
% change on same period last year-4.64 %
Firewall West MidlandsFirewall
West Midlands

Firewall
Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

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

Warwickshire Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
RugbyUp+46£30,500-12.85 %
WarwickDown-153£36,667-12.41 %
Firewall West MidlandsFirewall
West Midlands

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

119 (52.78 %)VPN
218 (50.00 %)Cisco
313 (36.11 %)Windows
313 (36.11 %)Active Directory
411 (30.56 %)WAN
510 (27.78 %)TCP/IP
510 (27.78 %)Cisco Certification
69 (25.00 %)CheckPoint
69 (25.00 %)LAN
69 (25.00 %)CCNA
69 (25.00 %)Linux
69 (25.00 %)Cisco PIX
78 (22.22 %)Telecoms
87 (19.44 %)SQL Server
87 (19.44 %)Nokia
96 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2000
96 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
96 (16.67 %)Network Design
105 (13.89 %)SQL Server 2005
105 (13.89 %)Windows 2000 Server
105 (13.89 %)Oracle
105 (13.89 %)HP
105 (13.89 %)Windows Server 2003
105 (13.89 %)MPLS
105 (13.89 %)Configuration Management
114 (11.11 %)Nortel
114 (11.11 %)Shell Script
114 (11.11 %)SAN
114 (11.11 %)UNIX
114 (11.11 %)DNS

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Warwickshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
21 (2.778 %)IIS
21 (2.778 %)Apache
21 (2.778 %)SharePoint
Warwickshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (2.778 %)MS Office
11 (2.778 %)Acrobat
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
119 (52.78 %)VPN
211 (30.56 %)WAN
310 (27.78 %)TCP/IP
49 (25.00 %)Cisco PIX
49 (25.00 %)LAN
55 (13.89 %)MPLS
64 (11.11 %)Cisco ASA
64 (11.11 %)DNS
64 (11.11 %)SAN
73 (8.333 %)Internet
73 (8.333 %)FTP
82 (5.556 %)ADSL
91 (2.778 %)Wi-Fi
91 (2.778 %)Network Security
91 (2.778 %)VoIP
91 (2.778 %)DHCP
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (19.44 %)SQL Server
26 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2000
35 (13.89 %)SQL Server 2005
Warwickshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (22.22 %)Telecoms
23 (8.333 %)Games
32 (5.556 %)Pensions
32 (5.556 %)Health
41 (2.778 %)Government
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (25.00 %)Administrator
26 (16.67 %)Support Engineer
35 (13.89 %)Test Engineer
35 (13.89 %)Systems Administrator
35 (13.89 %)Technical Support
44 (11.11 %)Network Engineer
44 (11.11 %)IT Support Engineer
53 (8.333 %)Network Support
53 (8.333 %)Senior Network Engineer
62 (5.556 %)Team Leader
62 (5.556 %)Analyst
62 (5.556 %)Technical Engineer
62 (5.556 %)Installations Engineer
62 (5.556 %)UNIX Administrator
62 (5.556 %)Linux Systems Administrator
62 (5.556 %)Linux Administrator
62 (5.556 %)Support Analyst
62 (5.556 %)Firewall Engineer
71 (2.778 %)Head Of IT
71 (2.778 %)Linux Engineer
Warwickshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (5.556 %)NHS
21 (2.778 %)French Language
21 (2.778 %)German Language
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (36.11 %)Windows
29 (25.00 %)Linux
35 (13.89 %)Windows Server 2003
35 (13.89 %)Windows 2000 Server
44 (11.11 %)UNIX
53 (8.333 %)Windows XP
53 (8.333 %)SUSE
53 (8.333 %)Solaris
53 (8.333 %)Red Hat Linux
53 (8.333 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
61 (2.778 %)Windows 2000
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (16.67 %)Network Design
25 (13.89 %)Configuration Management
34 (11.11 %)Validation
43 (8.333 %)Project Management
52 (5.556 %)Information Security
52 (5.556 %)Load Balancing
52 (5.556 %)SC Cleared
52 (5.556 %)Security Cleared
52 (5.556 %)Disaster Recovery
61 (2.778 %)Test Management
61 (2.778 %)Incident Management
61 (2.778 %)Change Management
61 (2.778 %)ITIL
61 (2.778 %)PRINCE2
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (11.11 %)Shell Script
22 (5.556 %)Perl
Warwickshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (27.78 %)Cisco Certification
29 (25.00 %)CCNA
33 (8.333 %)CCNP
42 (5.556 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (5.556 %)ISEB
42 (5.556 %)MCP
42 (5.556 %)MCSE
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (5.556 %)SLA
Warwickshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (36.11 %)Active Directory
24 (11.11 %)Samba
Warwickshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (50.00 %)Cisco
29 (25.00 %)CheckPoint
37 (19.44 %)Nokia
45 (13.89 %)HP
45 (13.89 %)Oracle
54 (11.11 %)ProCurve
54 (11.11 %)Nortel
63 (8.333 %)Red Hat
72 (5.556 %)Microsoft
81 (2.778 %)Adobe
81 (2.778 %)IBM
81 (2.778 %)Citrix