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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of WatchGuard products and/or services in IT jobs within the West Sussex region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WatchGuard over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWatchGuard
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7778
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads424
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.010 %
As % of the category below0.766 %4.054 %
Salaries quoted424
Average minimum salary£24,500£31,500
Average salary£25,750£32,271
% change on same period last year-20.20 %
Average maximum salary£27,000£33,042
UK excluding London average salary£29,694£36,917
% change on same period last year-19.56 %
West Sussex IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
West Sussex
Matching permanent IT job ads522592
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.281 %0.247 %
Salaries quoted408508
Average minimum salary£34,498£37,112
Average salary£37,100£38,648
% change on same period last year-4.00 %
Average maximum salary£39,702£40,184
UK excluding London average salary£39,913£41,942
% change on same period last year-4.83 %
WatchGuard South EastWatchGuard
South East

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.

WatchGuard
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing WatchGuard across the West Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

West Sussex WatchGuard Demand Trend

WatchGuard
Salary Trend

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

West Sussex WatchGuard Salary Trend

WatchGuard
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WatchGuard across the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

West Sussex WatchGuard Salary Histogram

WatchGuard
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WatchGuard within the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 20 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
Haywards HeathUp+32£29,000-17.57 %
WatchGuard South EastWatchGuard
South East

WatchGuard
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Sussex region citing WatchGuard 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 WatchGuard.

18 (80.00 %)MS Exchange
18 (80.00 %)VPN
18 (80.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
25 (50.00 %)Sophos
25 (50.00 %)Blackberry
25 (50.00 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
25 (50.00 %)DNS
25 (50.00 %)DHCP
25 (50.00 %)MCP
25 (50.00 %)Windows
25 (50.00 %)MCSE
25 (50.00 %)MCSA
25 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification
25 (50.00 %)VERITAS
25 (50.00 %)Terminal Server
25 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (30.00 %)HP
42 (20.00 %)Firewall
42 (20.00 %)Health
42 (20.00 %)VMware
42 (20.00 %)Citrix
42 (20.00 %)Juniper
42 (20.00 %)SAN
42 (20.00 %)Symantec
42 (20.00 %)Cisco

WatchGuard
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Sussex region citing WatchGuard 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 WatchGuard. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Sussex IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (80.00 %)MS Exchange
18 (80.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
25 (50.00 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
West Sussex IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (80.00 %)VPN
25 (50.00 %)DNS
25 (50.00 %)DHCP
32 (20.00 %)SAN
32 (20.00 %)Firewall
West Sussex IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (20.00 %)Health
West Sussex IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (50.00 %)Support Engineer
15 (50.00 %)IT Support Engineer
15 (50.00 %)Senior Support Engineer
23 (30.00 %)2nd Line Support
23 (30.00 %)Server Support
32 (20.00 %)Support Analyst
32 (20.00 %)Helpdesk Analyst
32 (20.00 %)Infrastructure Analyst
32 (20.00 %)Helpdesk Support
32 (20.00 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
32 (20.00 %)Infrastructure Support Analyst
32 (20.00 %)Analyst
West Sussex IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (50.00 %)Blackberry
West Sussex IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (50.00 %)Windows
15 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
West Sussex IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (50.00 %)MCP
15 (50.00 %)MCSE
15 (50.00 %)MCSA
15 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification
West Sussex IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (50.00 %)Terminal Server
West Sussex IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (50.00 %)VERITAS
15 (50.00 %)Sophos
23 (30.00 %)HP
32 (20.00 %)Citrix
32 (20.00 %)Juniper
32 (20.00 %)Symantec
32 (20.00 %)VMware
32 (20.00 %)Cisco