Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Wigan 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
Rank20-
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£28,167-
Average salary£30,250-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£32,333-
UK excluding London average salary£37,126£35,902
% change on same period last year+3.40 %
Wigan IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Wigan
Matching permanent IT job ads1114
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.006 %
Salaries quoted1114
Average minimum salary£28,892£20,063
Average salary£30,865£21,906
% change on same period last year+40.89 %
Average maximum salary£32,838£23,750
UK excluding London average salary£37,772£38,125
% change on same period last year-0.92 %
Firewall ManchesterFirewall
Manchester

Firewall
Demand Trend

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

Wigan 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 Wigan region.

Wigan Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

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

Wigan Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Wigan 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.

16 (100.00 %)CCNA
16 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
25 (83.33 %)VPN
34 (66.67 %)DNS
34 (66.67 %)IBM
34 (66.67 %)Microsoft
34 (66.67 %)Active Directory
34 (66.67 %)HP
34 (66.67 %)EMC
34 (66.67 %)IIS
34 (66.67 %)ITIL
34 (66.67 %)Windows
34 (66.67 %)Windows 2000
34 (66.67 %)MCSE
34 (66.67 %)MCSA
34 (66.67 %)MS Excel
34 (66.67 %)MS Exchange
34 (66.67 %)LAN
34 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
34 (66.67 %)Microsoft Certification
34 (66.67 %)SAN
34 (66.67 %)NetApp
34 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
34 (66.67 %)ISA Server
34 (66.67 %)Incident Management
34 (66.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
34 (66.67 %)Replication
42 (33.33 %)Network Security
42 (33.33 %)Cisco
51 (16.67 %)CCIE

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Wigan 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.

Wigan IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (66.67 %)IIS
14 (66.67 %)MS Exchange
14 (66.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
Wigan IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (66.67 %)MS Excel
Wigan IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (83.33 %)VPN
24 (66.67 %)DNS
24 (66.67 %)SAN
24 (66.67 %)LAN
24 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
32 (33.33 %)Network Security
41 (16.67 %)Cisco PIX
Wigan IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (66.67 %)Team Leader
14 (66.67 %)Technical Team Leader
22 (33.33 %)Network Engineer
31 (16.67 %)Junior
31 (16.67 %)Junior Network Engineer
Wigan IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (66.67 %)Replication
Wigan IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (66.67 %)Windows
14 (66.67 %)Windows 2000
14 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
Wigan IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (66.67 %)ITIL
14 (66.67 %)Incident Management
21 (16.67 %)Technical Architecture
21 (16.67 %)Change Management
Wigan IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (100.00 %)CCNA
16 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
24 (66.67 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (66.67 %)MCSE
24 (66.67 %)MCSA
31 (16.67 %)CCIE
31 (16.67 %)CCSA
Wigan IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (66.67 %)Active Directory
14 (66.67 %)ISA Server
Wigan IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (66.67 %)IBM
14 (66.67 %)Microsoft
14 (66.67 %)HP
14 (66.67 %)EMC
14 (66.67 %)NetApp
22 (33.33 %)Cisco
31 (16.67 %)Nokia
31 (16.67 %)CheckPoint