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This section looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the West Midlands 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank5968
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching permanent IT job ads290201
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.142 %0.089 %
As % of the category below21.15 %15.07 %
Salaries quoted242174
Average minimum salary£31,040£30,607
Average salary£33,033£32,576
% change on same period last year+1.40 %
Average maximum salary£35,026£34,544
UK excluding London average salary£36,986£37,072
% change on same period last year-0.23 %
Communications & Networking West MidlandsCommunications & Networking
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads13711334
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.672 %0.591 %
Salaries quoted11441045
Average minimum salary£31,479£32,639
Average salary£33,600£35,009
% change on same period last year-4.02 %
Average maximum salary£35,720£37,379
UK excluding London average salary£37,693£39,086
% change on same period last year-3.56 %
Firewall EnglandFirewall
England

Firewall
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Firewall Demand Trend

Firewall
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the West Midlands region over the past 3 months.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1BirminghamUp+674£36,419-3.26 %
2SolihullUp+1753£30,057+0.74 %
3HerefordshireDown-247£36,399+3.78 %
4ShropshireUp+3646£33,711+34.84 %
5WarwickshireDown-2021£36,525+12.78 %
6StaffordshireDown-1616£28,971-8.73 %
7WorcestershireDown-2610£24,850+8.83 %
8West BromwichUp+39£19,722-49.43 %
9CoventryDown-255£36,500+43.64 %
10WolverhamptonDown-53£23,500+5.85 %
11WalsallNew entry-2£26,250-
11DudleyUp+52£18,000-14.28 %
Firewall EnglandFirewall
England

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Firewall also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Firewall.

1291 (57.28 %)Windows
2277 (54.53 %)Cisco
3187 (36.81 %)LAN
4183 (36.02 %)WAN
5167 (32.87 %)VPN
6144 (28.35 %)TCP/IP
7130 (25.59 %)Active Directory
8121 (23.82 %)MS Exchange
9120 (23.62 %)Microsoft
10119 (23.43 %)Linux
11113 (22.24 %)Exchange Server 2003
12112 (22.05 %)Microsoft Certification
13110 (21.65 %)Cisco Certification
1499 (19.49 %)MCSE
1593 (18.31 %)Exchange Server 2000
1689 (17.52 %)CheckPoint
1788 (17.32 %)DNS
1886 (16.93 %)Citrix
1985 (16.73 %)SQL Server
2082 (16.14 %)CCNP
2180 (15.75 %)SAN
2279 (15.55 %)Windows 2000
2376 (14.96 %)CCNA
2461 (12.01 %)IIS
2556 (11.02 %)Unix
2556 (11.02 %)MS Excel
2655 (10.83 %)SQL
2752 (10.24 %)MCP
2752 (10.24 %)VMware
2851 (10.04 %)Network Security

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Firewall also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Firewall. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
122 (4.331 %)XML
27 (1.378 %)CSS
36 (1.181 %)HTML
43 (0.591 %)J2EE
52 (0.394 %)WebSphere
61 (0.197 %)Adobe Flex
61 (0.197 %)CGI
61 (0.197 %)Middleware
61 (0.197 %)LAMP
Application Platforms
1121 (23.82 %)MS Exchange
2113 (22.24 %)Exchange Server 2003
393 (18.31 %)Exchange Server 2000
461 (12.01 %)IIS
535 (6.890 %)Apache
634 (6.693 %)Exchange Server 2007
722 (4.331 %)SharePoint
821 (4.134 %)Lotus Domino
97 (1.378 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
97 (1.378 %)Exchange Server 5.5
103 (0.591 %)Tomcat
112 (0.394 %)JBoss
112 (0.394 %)Office Project Server
121 (0.197 %)WebLogic
121 (0.197 %)Site Server
Applications
156 (11.02 %)MS Excel
242 (8.268 %)MS Office
322 (4.331 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.197 %)MS Visio
41 (0.197 %)Acrobat
Business Applications
12 (0.394 %)Sage 1000
12 (0.394 %)Remedy ITSM
12 (0.394 %)Remedy AR System
Communications & Networking
1187 (36.81 %)LAN
2183 (36.02 %)WAN
3167 (32.87 %)VPN
4144 (28.35 %)TCP/IP
588 (17.32 %)DNS
680 (15.75 %)SAN
751 (10.04 %)Network Security
846 (9.055 %)Cisco PIX
941 (8.071 %)Internet
1039 (7.677 %)VoIP
1131 (6.102 %)DHCP
1230 (5.906 %)Cisco IOS
1329 (5.709 %)OSPF
1329 (5.709 %)BGP
1423 (4.528 %)NetScreen
1522 (4.331 %)MPLS
1621 (4.134 %)Wireless
1719 (3.740 %)DDNS
1818 (3.543 %)BIG-IP
1915 (2.953 %)Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
185 (16.73 %)SQL Server
233 (6.496 %)SQL Server 2000
311 (2.165 %)MySQL
48 (1.575 %)SQL Server 2005
53 (0.591 %)DB2
62 (0.394 %)SQL Server 7
71 (0.197 %)Oracle 9i
71 (0.197 %)BusinessObjects
Development Applications
15 (0.984 %)Flash
General
131 (6.102 %)Pensions
223 (4.528 %)Telecoms
319 (3.740 %)Health
418 (3.543 %)Government
516 (3.150 %)Education
611 (2.165 %)Finance
78 (1.575 %)Back Office
86 (1.181 %)Insurance
95 (0.984 %)Marketing
103 (0.591 %)Local Government
103 (0.591 %)Manufacturing
103 (0.591 %)Games
103 (0.591 %)Banking
112 (0.394 %)Retail
112 (0.394 %)Construction
112 (0.394 %)Legal
121 (0.197 %)Electronics
121 (0.197 %)Automotive
121 (0.197 %)Investment Banking
121 (0.197 %)Auditing
Job Titles
190 (17.72 %)Analyst
278 (15.35 %)Network Engineer
364 (12.60 %)Support Engineer
445 (8.858 %)Administrator
542 (8.268 %)Support Analyst
640 (7.874 %)Technical Specialist
640 (7.874 %)Network Support
727 (5.315 %)Consultant
826 (5.118 %)Network Analyst
925 (4.921 %)Technical Support
1023 (4.528 %)Technical Analyst
1122 (4.331 %)Technical Engineer
1221 (4.134 %)Team Leader
1221 (4.134 %)Systems Administrator
1320 (3.937 %)Network Specialist
1418 (3.543 %)Cisco Engineer
1418 (3.543 %)Network Support Engineer
1517 (3.346 %)Technical Support Analyst
1517 (3.346 %)Server Support
1616 (3.150 %)IT Manager
Miscellaneous
128 (5.512 %)Clustering
217 (3.346 %)SecurID
39 (1.772 %)Blackberry
48 (1.575 %)Management Information System
56 (1.181 %)Asset Management
65 (0.984 %)Fat Client
65 (0.984 %)Thin Client
74 (0.787 %)Mainframe
74 (0.787 %)Statistics
83 (0.591 %)Computer Science
83 (0.591 %)Firmware
83 (0.591 %)Client/Server
92 (0.394 %)EPoS
92 (0.394 %)BBC
92 (0.394 %)IVR
101 (0.197 %)CESG
101 (0.197 %)Video Conferencing
101 (0.197 %)NHS
Operating Systems
1291 (57.28 %)Windows
2119 (23.43 %)Linux
379 (15.55 %)Windows 2000
456 (11.02 %)Unix
545 (8.858 %)Windows XP
644 (8.661 %)Windows NT
729 (5.709 %)Windows Server 2003
87 (1.378 %)FreeBSD
87 (1.378 %)AIX
96 (1.181 %)Solaris
104 (0.787 %)SUSE
104 (0.787 %)Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
131 (6.102 %)ITIL
225 (4.921 %)Disaster Recovery
324 (4.724 %)Information Security
324 (4.724 %)Network Design
423 (4.528 %)Incident Management
520 (3.937 %)Load Balancing
619 (3.740 %)Problem Management
718 (3.543 %)Service Delivery
816 (3.150 %)Project Management
914 (2.756 %)Security Management
1013 (2.559 %)Configuration Management
1110 (1.969 %)Information Security Management
1110 (1.969 %)Service Management
129 (1.772 %)Performance Management
138 (1.575 %)ITSM
147 (1.378 %)Migration
147 (1.378 %)Penetration Testing
156 (1.181 %)Change Management
156 (1.181 %)Risk Assessment
164 (0.787 %)Web Development
Programming Languages
155 (10.83 %)SQL
29 (1.772 %)Shell Script
38 (1.575 %)Java
38 (1.575 %)PHP
45 (0.984 %)C
53 (0.591 %)Perl
53 (0.591 %)AWK
53 (0.591 %)Korn
53 (0.591 %)Python
62 (0.394 %)VBScript
Qualifications
1112 (22.05 %)Microsoft Certification
2110 (21.65 %)Cisco Certification
399 (19.49 %)MCSE
482 (16.14 %)CCNP
576 (14.96 %)CCNA
652 (10.24 %)MCP
723 (4.528 %)Degree
816 (3.150 %)Citrix Certification
915 (2.953 %)CCA
915 (2.953 %)HND
915 (2.953 %)MCSA
1013 (2.559 %)CCSP
1013 (2.559 %)CCSE
1110 (1.969 %)CISSP
129 (1.772 %)CCIE
129 (1.772 %)CCSA
136 (1.181 %)CCDP
144 (0.787 %)ITIL Certification
153 (0.591 %)CCVP
153 (0.591 %)MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
126 (5.118 %)SLA
27 (1.378 %)ISO27001
34 (0.787 %)ISO9001
41 (0.197 %)QA
41 (0.197 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1130 (25.59 %)Active Directory
228 (5.512 %)Terminal Services
327 (5.315 %)MetaFrame
419 (3.740 %)Citrix Presentation Server
515 (2.953 %)ISA Server
610 (1.969 %)Backup Exec
74 (0.787 %)Snort
74 (0.787 %)Samba
74 (0.787 %)NetBackup
83 (0.591 %)VMware ESX
91 (0.197 %)MSMQ
Systems Management
115 (2.953 %)OpenView
213 (2.559 %)HP Data Protector
38 (1.575 %)CiscoWorks
38 (1.575 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
38 (1.575 %)Norton AntiVirus
44 (0.787 %)ARCserve
44 (0.787 %)MOM
44 (0.787 %)BMC Performance Manager
53 (0.591 %)Nessus
61 (0.197 %)MAILsweeper
61 (0.197 %)Nagios
Vendors
1277 (54.53 %)Cisco
2120 (23.62 %)Microsoft
389 (17.52 %)CheckPoint
486 (16.93 %)Citrix
552 (10.24 %)VMware
642 (8.268 %)HP
725 (4.921 %)VERITAS
820 (3.937 %)Avaya
918 (3.543 %)Juniper
1017 (3.346 %)Dell
1116 (3.150 %)Nokia
1211 (2.165 %)Red Hat
1211 (2.165 %)3Com
1211 (2.165 %)Oracle
138 (1.575 %)Nortel
138 (1.575 %)Symantec
138 (1.575 %)Remedy
147 (1.378 %)McAfee Security
147 (1.378 %)IBM
155 (0.984 %)Northgate
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