Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Westminster 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 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank3-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads60
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below54.55 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted60
Average minimum salary£34,667-
Average salary£36,500-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£38,333-
UK excluding London average salary£37,126£35,902
% change on same period last year+3.40 %
Westminster IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Westminster
Matching permanent IT job ads112
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.001 %
Salaries quoted112
Average minimum salary£31,323£33,333
Average salary£32,847£36,667
% change on same period last year-10.41 %
Average maximum salary£34,371£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,772£38,125
% change on same period last year-0.92 %
Firewall LondonFirewall
London

Firewall
Demand Trend

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

Westminster Firewall Demand Trend

Firewall
Salary Trend

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

Westminster Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Westminster region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Westminster Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Westminster region citing Firewall 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 Firewall.

15 (62.50 %)Oracle
15 (62.50 %)Linux
15 (62.50 %)VMware
15 (62.50 %)VMware Infrastructure
24 (50.00 %)Korn
24 (50.00 %)Web Development
24 (50.00 %)DNS
24 (50.00 %)Shell Script
33 (37.50 %)LAN
33 (37.50 %)C
33 (37.50 %)TCP/IP
42 (25.00 %)Government
42 (25.00 %)Penetration Testing
42 (25.00 %)Wireless
42 (25.00 %)Windows
42 (25.00 %)WAN
42 (25.00 %)Active Directory
42 (25.00 %)CheckPoint
42 (25.00 %)Network Security
51 (12.50 %)Security Cleared
51 (12.50 %)VMware Server
51 (12.50 %)Cisco PIX
51 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (12.50 %)ISA Server
51 (12.50 %)Websense
51 (12.50 %)Cisco
51 (12.50 %)WLAN
51 (12.50 %)SQL
51 (12.50 %)IIS
51 (12.50 %)Back Office

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Westminster region citing Firewall 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 Firewall. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Westminster IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (12.50 %)IIS
Westminster IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (50.00 %)DNS
23 (37.50 %)LAN
23 (37.50 %)TCP/IP
32 (25.00 %)WAN
32 (25.00 %)Wireless
32 (25.00 %)Network Security
41 (12.50 %)Cisco PIX
41 (12.50 %)WLAN
Westminster IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (25.00 %)Government
21 (12.50 %)Back Office
Westminster IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (62.50 %)Junior
15 (62.50 %)Systems Administrator
15 (62.50 %)DBA
15 (62.50 %)Administrator
15 (62.50 %)Oracle DBA
15 (62.50 %)Junior DBA
15 (62.50 %)Junior Oracle DBA
21 (12.50 %)Security Engineer
21 (12.50 %)Infrastructure Engineer
21 (12.50 %)Security Analyst
21 (12.50 %)Infrastructure Analyst
21 (12.50 %)Network Engineer
21 (12.50 %)Analyst
Westminster IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (62.50 %)Linux
22 (25.00 %)Windows
31 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
Westminster IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (50.00 %)Web Development
22 (25.00 %)Penetration Testing
31 (12.50 %)Security Cleared
Westminster IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (50.00 %)Shell Script
14 (50.00 %)Korn
23 (37.50 %)C
31 (12.50 %)SQL
Westminster IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (62.50 %)VMware Infrastructure
22 (25.00 %)Active Directory
31 (12.50 %)ISA Server
31 (12.50 %)VMware Server
Westminster IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (62.50 %)Oracle
15 (62.50 %)VMware
22 (25.00 %)CheckPoint
31 (12.50 %)Websense
31 (12.50 %)Cisco