The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of WatchGuard products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WatchGuard over the 3 months to 22 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 Vendors for the West Yorkshire region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WatchGuard
Rank 157 - 140
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing WatchGuard 14 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.378% - 0.102%
As % of the Vendors category 0.785% - 0.205%
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 2
Average salary £22,500 - £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £28,000 £33,500 £28,750
% change year-on-year
-16.41% +16.52%
All Vendors
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1783 1497 1465
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 48.15% 45.98% 50.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1429 1172 1233
Average salary £35,000 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
WatchGuard
Yorkshire

WatchGuard
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing WatchGuard across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

West Yorkshire WatchGuard Jobs Demand Trend

WatchGuard
Salary Trend

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

West Yorkshire WatchGuard Salary Trend

WatchGuard
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WatchGuard across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Yorkshire WatchGuard Salary Histogram

WatchGuard
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WatchGuard within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Leeds - 9 £30,000 -
Huddersfield - 6 £25,000 -
Bradford - 4 £22,500 -
Halifax - 4 £22,500 -
Wakefield - 3 £22,500 -
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Yorkshire

WatchGuard
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1 22 (100.00%) Windows
1 22 (100.00%) VMware
1 22 (100.00%) Firewall
2 18 (81.82%) HP
3 16 (72.73%) Microsoft
4 14 (63.64%) Dell
4 14 (63.64%) SAN
4 14 (63.64%) LAN
4 14 (63.64%) WAN
4 14 (63.64%) Veeam
5 13 (59.09%) SonicWALL
6 12 (54.55%) MS Exchange
6 12 (54.55%) Active Directory
7 11 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
8 10 (45.45%) Cisco
8 10 (45.45%) IBM
8 10 (45.45%) NetApp
8 10 (45.45%) MS Excel
9 9 (40.91%) Symantec
10 8 (36.36%) VoIP
10 8 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2010
11 6 (27.27%) Windows Server 2008
11 6 (27.27%) vSphere
12 5 (22.73%) Cacti
12 5 (22.73%) ProCurve
12 5 (22.73%) SCCM
12 5 (22.73%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
12 5 (22.73%) Nagios
12 5 (22.73%) SharePoint
12 5 (22.73%) Linux

WatchGuard
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

Application Platforms
1 12 (54.55%) MS Exchange
2 8 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (22.73%) SharePoint
4 1 (4.545%) Lync
4 1 (4.545%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (4.545%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 10 (45.45%) MS Excel
2 5 (22.73%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.545%) Prophet
Communications & Networking
1 22 (100.00%) Firewall
2 14 (63.64%) SAN
2 14 (63.64%) LAN
2 14 (63.64%) WAN
3 8 (36.36%) VoIP
4 4 (18.18%) VPN
5 3 (13.64%) SSL
5 3 (13.64%) TCP/IP
6 1 (4.545%) DNS
6 1 (4.545%) DHCP
6 1 (4.545%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.545%) Crystal Reports
General
1 1 (4.545%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Systems Administrator
1 8 (36.36%) Administrator
1 8 (36.36%) Head of Professional Services
2 5 (22.73%) IT Administrator
2 5 (22.73%) Senior Systems Administrator
3 4 (18.18%) Systems Support
4 3 (13.64%) Support Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (13.64%) 1st Line Support
5 2 (9.091%) Support Engineer
5 2 (9.091%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (9.091%) IT Support
5 2 (9.091%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Help Desk Support Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Senior IT Support
6 1 (4.545%) Technical Director
6 1 (4.545%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Help Desk Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) EqualLogic
2 3 (13.64%) Blackberry
3 1 (4.545%) Celerra
3 1 (4.545%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 22 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (27.27%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (22.73%) Linux
4 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (18.18%) Windows 7
5 1 (4.545%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.64%) Time Management
2 2 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (4.545%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (4.545%) Benchmarking
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.545%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.545%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (4.545%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 11 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (27.27%) vSphere
4 1 (4.545%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 5 (22.73%) Cacti
1 5 (22.73%) SCCM
1 5 (22.73%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
1 5 (22.73%) Nagios
2 4 (18.18%) Backup Exec
2 4 (18.18%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) VMware
2 18 (81.82%) HP
3 16 (72.73%) Microsoft
4 14 (63.64%) Dell
4 14 (63.64%) Veeam
5 13 (59.09%) SonicWALL
6 10 (45.45%) Cisco
6 10 (45.45%) IBM
6 10 (45.45%) NetApp
7 9 (40.91%) Symantec
8 5 (22.73%) ProCurve
9 4 (18.18%) McAfee
10 3 (13.64%) Citrix
10 3 (13.64%) Sophos
10 3 (13.64%) Apple
11 1 (4.545%) Avaya
11 1 (4.545%) EMC