The first table below looks at the demand for Forefront TMG 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 Forefront TMG over the 3 months to 24 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 for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (Forefront TMG)
Rank 189 168 171
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +3
Permanent jobs citing Forefront TMG 15 17 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.298% 0.373% 0.120%
As % of the System Software category 2.664% 3.908% 1.166%
Number of salaries quoted 13 13 5
Average salary £36,000 £32,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.76% -13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £32,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £38,600 £39,600
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.63% -5.33%
All System Software
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
563 435 429
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 11.20% 9.544% 10.28%
Number of salaries quoted 488 378 360
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £61,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Forefront TMG
England

Forefront TMG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Forefront TMG Salary Trend

Forefront TMG
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Forefront TMG across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands Forefront TMG Salary Histogram

Forefront TMG
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Birmingham - 5 £40,000 -
Staffordshire - 4 £28,500 -
Solihull -22 3 £37,000 +13.84%
Shropshire - 3 £27,500 -
Wednesbury - 2 £35,000 -
Willenhall - 2 £35,000 -
Halesowen - 2 £35,000 -
Forefront TMG
England

Forefront TMG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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 19 (86.36%) Microsoft
2 18 (81.82%) MS Exchange
2 18 (81.82%) Windows
3 15 (68.18%) Windows Server 2008
4 14 (63.64%) Cisco
5 12 (54.55%) Active Directory
5 12 (54.55%) HP
5 12 (54.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2003
6 10 (45.45%) Exchange Server 2007
6 10 (45.45%) Hyper-V
6 10 (45.45%) NetApp
6 10 (45.45%) Windows Server 2003
6 10 (45.45%) SharePoint
6 10 (45.45%) MCSE
6 10 (45.45%) Exchange Server 2010
7 9 (40.91%) MS Excel
7 9 (40.91%) ITIL
7 9 (40.91%) ISA Server
7 9 (40.91%) VMware
8 7 (31.82%) XenApp
8 7 (31.82%) SAN
8 7 (31.82%) CheckPoint
8 7 (31.82%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (31.82%) Citrix
8 7 (31.82%) DNS
8 7 (31.82%) SLA
8 7 (31.82%) SharePoint 2010
9 6 (27.27%) UAG
9 6 (27.27%) CCNA

Forefront TMG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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 2 (9.091%) COM
2 1 (4.545%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 18 (81.82%) MS Exchange
2 12 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2003
3 10 (45.45%) Exchange Server 2007
3 10 (45.45%) SharePoint
3 10 (45.45%) Exchange Server 2010
4 7 (31.82%) SharePoint 2010
5 4 (18.18%) Lync
6 3 (13.64%) SharePoint Server
6 3 (13.64%) IIS
7 2 (9.091%) SharePoint 2013
7 2 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (4.545%) nginx
8 1 (4.545%) Apache
8 1 (4.545%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (40.91%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) SAN
1 7 (31.82%) DNS
2 6 (27.27%) Firewall
3 5 (22.73%) VoIP
4 4 (18.18%) WAN
4 4 (18.18%) DHCP
5 3 (13.64%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (13.64%) Internet
6 2 (9.091%) LAN
6 2 (9.091%) Cisco PIX
6 2 (9.091%) IPsec
7 1 (4.545%) VLAN
7 1 (4.545%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (4.545%) Wireshark
7 1 (4.545%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
2 2 (9.091%) SQL Server 2000
2 2 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (4.545%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (9.091%) Bugzilla
2 1 (4.545%) Subversion
2 1 (4.545%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (4.545%) TeamCity
General
1 3 (13.64%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) 3rd Line Support
2 4 (18.18%) Network Support
3 3 (13.64%) Support Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Consultant
3 3 (13.64%) Analyst
4 2 (9.091%) Server Support
4 2 (9.091%) Support Technician
4 2 (9.091%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (9.091%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Implementation Manager
4 2 (9.091%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (4.545%) IT Support
5 1 (4.545%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) Server Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) IT Support Technician
5 1 (4.545%) Server Support Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Installations Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 1 (4.545%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) CCTV
2 2 (9.091%) Thin Client
2 2 (9.091%) Fat Client
2 2 (9.091%) VLE
2 2 (9.091%) Wiki
3 1 (4.545%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 18 (81.82%) Windows
2 15 (68.18%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (45.45%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (13.64%) Linux
5 2 (9.091%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (4.545%) Ubuntu
6 1 (4.545%) CentOS
6 1 (4.545%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) ITIL
2 5 (22.73%) Service Delivery
3 4 (18.18%) Asset Management
3 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (9.091%) Time Management
4 2 (9.091%) Change Control
5 1 (4.545%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (4.545%) Incident Management
5 1 (4.545%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (4.545%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (4.545%) Load Balancing
5 1 (4.545%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) SQL
2 1 (4.545%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.545%) Bash shell
2 1 (4.545%) VBScript
2 1 (4.545%) VB
2 1 (4.545%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (54.55%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (45.45%) MCSE
3 7 (31.82%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (27.27%) CCNA
5 5 (22.73%) MCITP
6 2 (9.091%) MCSA
6 2 (9.091%) MCP
6 2 (9.091%) MCTS
7 1 (4.545%) NCIE
7 1 (4.545%) CCEE
7 1 (4.545%) CCAA
7 1 (4.545%) CCIA
7 1 (4.545%) CCSE
7 1 (4.545%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (4.545%) CCSA
7 1 (4.545%) HP AIS
7 1 (4.545%) HP ASE
7 1 (4.545%) HP MASE
7 1 (4.545%) CCIE
7 1 (4.545%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (31.82%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 10 (45.45%) Hyper-V
3 9 (40.91%) ISA Server
4 7 (31.82%) XenApp
5 6 (27.27%) UAG
5 6 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (22.73%) XenDesktop
7 4 (18.18%) vSphere
8 3 (13.64%) XenServer
9 2 (9.091%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (9.091%) IAG
10 1 (4.545%) VMware ESX
10 1 (4.545%) Shibboleth
10 1 (4.545%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 5 (22.73%) SCCM
2 3 (13.64%) SCOM
3 2 (9.091%) Cacti
3 2 (9.091%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 1 (4.545%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (4.545%) WSUS
4 1 (4.545%) MAILsweeper
Vendors
1 19 (86.36%) Microsoft
2 14 (63.64%) Cisco
3 12 (54.55%) HP
4 10 (45.45%) NetApp
5 9 (40.91%) VMware
6 7 (31.82%) CheckPoint
6 7 (31.82%) Citrix
7 3 (13.64%) EMC
8 2 (9.091%) Juniper
8 2 (9.091%) Symantec
8 2 (9.091%) SonicWALL
8 2 (9.091%) ProCurve
8 2 (9.091%) SolarWinds
9 1 (4.545%) Altiris
9 1 (4.545%) Blue Coat
9 1 (4.545%) Dell
9 1 (4.545%) McAfee
9 1 (4.545%) Intel
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