Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Cisco PIX skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco PIX over the 3 months to 19 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 West Midlands region.

 Cisco PIX
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank126158189
Rank change year-on-year
Up+32Up+31
Matching permanent IT job ads211847
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands0.586 %0.388 %0.535 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category4.086 %2.296 %3.859 %
Salaries quoted211841
Average salary£40,000£36,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.580 %-8.750 %
UK excluding London average salary£42,000£35,000£38,500
% change year-on-year
+20.00 %-9.090 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5147841218
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands14.35 %16.89 %13.86 %
Salaries quoted4296531026
Average salary£35,000£35,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+7.690 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£25,000£20,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£47,500£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
Cisco PIX EnglandCisco PIX
England

Cisco PIX
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Cisco PIX Demand Trend

Cisco PIX
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Cisco PIX across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Cisco PIX Salary Trend

Cisco PIX
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cisco PIX across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

West Midlands Cisco PIX Salary Histogram

Cisco PIX
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco PIX within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 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
SolihullNew entry-12£40,000-
BirminghamUp+144£33,750-3.57 %
HerefordshireNew entry-2£41,500-
WorcestershireNew entry-2£35,000-
Cisco PIX EnglandCisco PIX
England

Cisco PIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Cisco PIX 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 Cisco PIX.

143 (100.00 %)Cisco
231 (72.09 %)Firewall
324 (55.81 %)LAN
421 (48.84 %)VPN
421 (48.84 %)Cisco Certification
520 (46.51 %)Cisco ASA
619 (44.19 %)MPLS
718 (41.86 %)BGP
815 (34.88 %)Network Design
815 (34.88 %)CheckPoint
815 (34.88 %)Internet
913 (30.23 %)CCNP
1012 (27.91 %)Juniper
1110 (23.26 %)CCNA
1110 (23.26 %)Active Directory
1110 (23.26 %)DNS
129 (20.93 %)CCSP
129 (20.93 %)Windows
138 (18.60 %)WAN
138 (18.60 %)Microsoft
147 (16.28 %)TCP/IP
147 (16.28 %)MS Exchange
147 (16.28 %)ITIL
156 (13.95 %)SQL
156 (13.95 %)Windows Server 2003
156 (13.95 %)VLAN
156 (13.95 %)Backup Exec
156 (13.95 %)Windows Server 2008
156 (13.95 %)Windows 2000 Server
165 (11.63 %)Network Security

Cisco PIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Cisco PIX 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 Cisco PIX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (4.651 %)JSP
12 (4.651 %)Servlets
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (16.28 %)MS Exchange
25 (11.63 %)Exchange Server 2007
34 (9.302 %)Exchange Server 2003
43 (6.977 %)Lotus Notes
43 (6.977 %)SharePoint
52 (4.651 %)IIS
52 (4.651 %)Apache
West Midlands IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (6.977 %)MS Office
13 (6.977 %)MS Visio
13 (6.977 %)MS PowerPoint
22 (4.651 %)MS Excel
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (6.977 %)BPCS
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
131 (72.09 %)Firewall
224 (55.81 %)LAN
321 (48.84 %)VPN
420 (46.51 %)Cisco ASA
519 (44.19 %)MPLS
618 (41.86 %)BGP
715 (34.88 %)Internet
810 (23.26 %)DNS
98 (18.60 %)WAN
107 (16.28 %)TCP/IP
116 (13.95 %)VLAN
125 (11.63 %)OSPF
125 (11.63 %)Network Security
125 (11.63 %)DHCP
125 (11.63 %)FTP
133 (6.977 %)Ethernet
133 (6.977 %)RIP
133 (6.977 %)VoIP
133 (6.977 %)ADSL
133 (6.977 %)EIGRP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (11.63 %)SQL Server
15 (11.63 %)SQL Server 2005
23 (6.977 %)MS Access
23 (6.977 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (4.651 %)SQL Server 2008
32 (4.651 %)MySQL
West Midlands IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
15 (11.63 %)Finance
23 (6.977 %)Government
23 (6.977 %)Manufacturing
23 (6.977 %)Telecoms
23 (6.977 %)Music
31 (2.326 %)Retail
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
131 (72.09 %)Network Engineer
218 (41.86 %)Senior Network Engineer
218 (41.86 %)Cisco Engineer
218 (41.86 %)Cisco Network Engineer
315 (34.88 %)Senior Cisco Engineer
315 (34.88 %)Senior Cisco Network Engineer
43 (6.977 %)Lead Network Engineer
43 (6.977 %)IT Administrator
43 (6.977 %)Administrator
43 (6.977 %)Systems Administrator
52 (4.651 %)Analyst
52 (4.651 %)Network Security Engineer
52 (4.651 %)Technical Support
52 (4.651 %)Support Specialist
52 (4.651 %)Security Engineer
52 (4.651 %)2nd Line Support
61 (2.326 %)Network Security Consultant
61 (2.326 %)Network Architect
61 (2.326 %)Technical Operations Manager
61 (2.326 %)Technical Manager
West Midlands IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (6.977 %)AS400
22 (4.651 %)SecurID
31 (2.326 %)CESG
31 (2.326 %)Firmware
31 (2.326 %)Blackberry
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
19 (20.93 %)Windows
26 (13.95 %)Windows Server 2003
26 (13.95 %)Windows Server 2008
26 (13.95 %)Windows 2000 Server
34 (9.302 %)UNIX
34 (9.302 %)Solaris
43 (6.977 %)Windows XP
52 (4.651 %)CentOS
52 (4.651 %)Windows 7
52 (4.651 %)Linux
52 (4.651 %)Windows NT
52 (4.651 %)Ubuntu
61 (2.326 %)Windows 2000
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
115 (34.88 %)Network Design
27 (16.28 %)ITIL
33 (6.977 %)Migration
42 (4.651 %)CRM
42 (4.651 %)Configuration Management
42 (4.651 %)Incident Management
51 (2.326 %)Load Balancing
51 (2.326 %)Penetration Testing
51 (2.326 %)Risk Management
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
16 (13.95 %)SQL
25 (11.63 %)Java
33 (6.977 %)VB
33 (6.977 %)VBA
33 (6.977 %)VB6
42 (4.651 %)C++
51 (2.326 %)C
West Midlands IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
121 (48.84 %)Cisco Certification
213 (30.23 %)CCNP
310 (23.26 %)CCNA
49 (20.93 %)CCSP
55 (11.63 %)Security Cleared
64 (9.302 %)MCSE
64 (9.302 %)Microsoft Certification
73 (6.977 %)CCIE
73 (6.977 %)SC Cleared
82 (4.651 %)CCSA
82 (4.651 %)Degree
91 (2.326 %)CISSP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (9.302 %)SLA
West Midlands IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
110 (23.26 %)Active Directory
23 (6.977 %)Terminal Services
32 (4.651 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
32 (4.651 %)Postfix
41 (2.326 %)MetaFrame
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (13.95 %)Backup Exec
24 (9.302 %)OpenView
33 (6.977 %)CiscoWorks
33 (6.977 %)OpenView Configuration Management
West Midlands IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
143 (100.00 %)Cisco
215 (34.88 %)CheckPoint
312 (27.91 %)Juniper
48 (18.60 %)Microsoft
55 (11.63 %)HP
64 (9.302 %)Citrix
64 (9.302 %)Veritas
73 (6.977 %)Lotus
73 (6.977 %)IBM
82 (4.651 %)Oracle
82 (4.651 %)Novadigm
82 (4.651 %)Symantec
82 (4.651 %)Blue Coat
82 (4.651 %)Fortinet
91 (2.326 %)WatchGuard
91 (2.326 %)IronPort
91 (2.326 %)Finjan
91 (2.326 %)Imperva
91 (2.326 %)McAfee
91 (2.326 %)Sophos