The first table below looks at the demand for FWSM 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 FWSM 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 Communications & Networking category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Firewall Services Module (FWSM)
Rank 198 - 174
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing FWSM 6 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.119% - 0.048%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.689% - 0.269%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 1
Average salary £50,000 - £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £40,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year
+37.50% -21.95%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
871 724 744
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.32% 15.88% 17.83%
Number of salaries quoted 708 594 586
Average salary £37,500 £33,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.94% -4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,050 £25,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
FWSM
England

FWSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands FWSM Jobs Demand Trend

FWSM
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands FWSM Salary Trend

FWSM
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FWSM 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 - 6 £50,000 -
FWSM
England

FWSM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing FWSM 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 FWSM.

1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
1 8 (100.00%) VPN
1 8 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 8 (100.00%) OSPF
1 8 (100.00%) BGP
1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
2 6 (75.00%) Technical Architecture
2 6 (75.00%) CSS
2 6 (75.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 6 (75.00%) FortiGate
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL V3
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (25.00%) ISDN
3 2 (25.00%) LAN
3 2 (25.00%) WAN
3 2 (25.00%) DHCP
3 2 (25.00%) Ethernet
3 2 (25.00%) SNMP
3 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (25.00%) MPLS
3 2 (25.00%) DNS
3 2 (25.00%) SSL
3 2 (25.00%) CCNP
3 2 (25.00%) CCDP
3 2 (25.00%) HP
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (25.00%) Load Balancing
3 2 (25.00%) ProCurve
3 2 (25.00%) HP ASE

FWSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing FWSM 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 FWSM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (75.00%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) VPN
1 8 (100.00%) OSPF
1 8 (100.00%) BGP
1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
2 6 (75.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (25.00%) ISDN
3 2 (25.00%) LAN
3 2 (25.00%) WAN
3 2 (25.00%) DHCP
3 2 (25.00%) Ethernet
3 2 (25.00%) SNMP
3 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (25.00%) MPLS
3 2 (25.00%) DNS
3 2 (25.00%) SSL
3 2 (25.00%) VLAN
3 2 (25.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco Specialist
1 6 (75.00%) Network Specialist
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco Network Specialist
2 2 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL V3
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
2 2 (25.00%) Load Balancing
2 2 (25.00%) Network Design
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) CCNP
1 2 (25.00%) CCDP
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (25.00%) HP ASE
1 2 (25.00%) HP MASE
Systems Management
1 6 (75.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
1 8 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (25.00%) HP
2 2 (25.00%) ProCurve
2 2 (25.00%) Aruba
2 2 (25.00%) Brocade
2 2 (25.00%) 3Com
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Cisco Firewalls including FWSM and ASAs in multiple context modes. Cisco Loadbalancers including ACE and CSS. Checkpoint Firewalls. Fortigate Firewalls. Understanding of routing protocols including OSPF and BGP...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £50K basic + Car Allow + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013