The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 21 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 38 71 67
Rank change year-on-year
+33 -4
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 290 174 166
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 5.229% 3.332% 3.339%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.15% 19.82% 18.32%
Number of salaries quoted 211 136 131
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £27,900 £29,275
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,472 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.82% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1109 878 906
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 20.00% 16.81% 18.22%
Number of salaries quoted 852 688 760
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Firewall
England

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire Firewall Jobs Demand Trend

Firewall
Salary Trend

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

Yorkshire Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Yorkshire Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
West Yorkshire +29 193 £31,500 -21.25%
North Yorkshire +26 92 £42,500 -8.60%
South Yorkshire -9 13 £32,500 -7.14%
East Yorkshire +1 2 £32,500 -22.61%
Firewall
England

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

1 297 (47.90%) Cisco
2 267 (43.06%) Windows
3 190 (30.65%) Cisco Certification
4 189 (30.48%) CheckPoint
5 182 (29.35%) Network Security
6 178 (28.71%) Microsoft
7 173 (27.90%) VMware
8 166 (26.77%) WAN
9 149 (24.03%) DNS
10 146 (23.55%) LAN
11 145 (23.39%) Cisco ASA
12 143 (23.06%) Linux
13 140 (22.58%) TCP/IP
13 140 (22.58%) Active Directory
14 132 (21.29%) UNIX
15 125 (20.16%) CCNP
16 124 (20.00%) SAN
17 123 (19.84%) Juniper
18 122 (19.68%) VPN
18 122 (19.68%) VMware Infrastructure
19 109 (17.58%) Windows Server 2008
19 109 (17.58%) VoIP
20 102 (16.45%) CCNA
21 91 (14.68%) MS Exchange
22 90 (14.52%) Finance
23 89 (14.35%) HP
24 83 (13.39%) Cisco PIX
25 80 (12.90%) MPLS
26 79 (12.74%) BGP
26 79 (12.74%) ITIL

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

Application Development
1 44 (7.097%) Middleware
2 29 (4.677%) WebSphere
3 26 (4.194%) Java EE
4 22 (3.548%) SOAP
4 22 (3.548%) Web Services
4 22 (3.548%) XML
4 22 (3.548%) WSDL
5 5 (0.806%) .NET
6 4 (0.645%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (0.645%) J2EE
7 2 (0.323%) HTML
8 1 (0.161%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 91 (14.68%) MS Exchange
2 48 (7.742%) Exchange Server 2010
3 41 (6.613%) Exchange Server 2007
4 40 (6.452%) WebLogic
5 37 (5.968%) IIS
6 29 (4.677%) WebSphere Application Server
7 22 (3.548%) Exchange Server 2003
8 21 (3.387%) Lync
9 18 (2.903%) Apache
10 14 (2.258%) SharePoint
11 8 (1.290%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 7 (1.129%) Office Communications Server
13 5 (0.806%) SharePoint Server
14 4 (0.645%) SAS
14 4 (0.645%) IBM HTTP Server
15 3 (0.484%) Tomcat
16 1 (0.161%) LiveLink
16 1 (0.161%) Oracle Application Server
16 1 (0.161%) Amazon EC2
16 1 (0.161%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 68 (10.97%) MS Excel
2 34 (5.484%) MS Office
3 4 (0.645%) Google Apps
4 1 (0.161%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.161%) MS Project
4 1 (0.161%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 36 (5.806%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.161%) Bond Adapt
2 1 (0.161%) Prophet
Communications & Networking
1 182 (29.35%) Network Security
2 166 (26.77%) WAN
3 149 (24.03%) DNS
4 146 (23.55%) LAN
5 145 (23.39%) Cisco ASA
6 140 (22.58%) TCP/IP
7 124 (20.00%) SAN
8 122 (19.68%) VPN
9 109 (17.58%) VoIP
10 83 (13.39%) Cisco PIX
11 80 (12.90%) MPLS
12 79 (12.74%) BGP
13 73 (11.77%) Wireless
14 72 (11.61%) DHCP
15 61 (9.839%) OSPF
16 54 (8.710%) Internet
17 45 (7.258%) EIGRP
18 43 (6.935%) NAS
18 43 (6.935%) SSL
19 37 (5.968%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (8.065%) SQL Server
2 31 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
3 30 (4.839%) SQL Server 2005
4 12 (1.935%) MySQL
5 5 (0.806%) SQL Server 2012
6 3 (0.484%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (0.484%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.484%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.484%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.161%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.161%) MS Access
7 1 (0.161%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.161%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (0.161%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.161%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (0.161%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 4 (0.645%) Git (software)
1 4 (0.645%) Subversion
1 4 (0.645%) Visual Studio
2 2 (0.323%) MSI
General
1 90 (14.52%) Finance
2 74 (11.94%) Telecoms
3 6 (0.968%) Banking
4 5 (0.806%) Marketing
5 3 (0.484%) Retail
6 1 (0.161%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.161%) Legal
6 1 (0.161%) Games
6 1 (0.161%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 154 (24.84%) Network Engineer
2 101 (16.29%) Analyst
3 70 (11.29%) Administrator
4 55 (8.871%) Security Engineer
5 50 (8.065%) Architect
6 45 (7.258%) Network Security Engineer
7 44 (7.097%) Technical Support
8 41 (6.613%) Support Analyst
8 41 (6.613%) Consultant
9 40 (6.452%) Server Administrator
9 40 (6.452%) Senior Network Engineer
10 39 (6.290%) Security Analyst
11 35 (5.645%) Network Analyst
12 34 (5.484%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 31 (5.000%) Support Engineer
14 29 (4.677%) Network Architect
14 29 (4.677%) Technical Consultant
15 26 (4.194%) Systems Administrator
15 26 (4.194%) Solutions Architect
16 24 (3.871%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 19 (3.065%) Replication
1 19 (3.065%) Video on Demand
2 17 (2.742%) Computer Science
3 16 (2.581%) Enterprise Storage
4 15 (2.419%) Management Information System
4 15 (2.419%) Open Source
5 13 (2.097%) Celerra
6 12 (1.935%) PKI
6 12 (1.935%) Blackberry
7 7 (1.129%) Clustering
7 7 (1.129%) Handset
7 7 (1.129%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (0.806%) Thin Client
8 5 (0.806%) Fat Client
9 4 (0.645%) HP StorageWorks
9 4 (0.645%) EqualLogic
10 3 (0.484%) IVR
10 3 (0.484%) Client/Server
10 3 (0.484%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.323%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 267 (43.06%) Windows
2 143 (23.06%) Linux
3 132 (21.29%) UNIX
4 109 (17.58%) Windows Server 2008
5 62 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 53 (8.548%) Windows 7
7 50 (8.065%) HPUX
8 41 (6.613%) Windows XP
9 30 (4.839%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 15 (2.419%) Solaris
11 14 (2.258%) Windows Vista
11 14 (2.258%) Mac OS
12 12 (1.935%) Windows Server 2012
13 10 (1.613%) Debian
14 7 (1.129%) Windows 8
14 7 (1.129%) Windows 2000 Server
15 6 (0.968%) CentOS
16 5 (0.806%) AIX
17 4 (0.645%) Mac OS X
18 3 (0.484%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (12.74%) ITIL
2 65 (10.48%) Network Design
3 47 (7.581%) Information Security
4 42 (6.774%) Disaster Recovery
5 40 (6.452%) Load Balancing
6 36 (5.806%) SOA
7 30 (4.839%) PRINCE2
8 29 (4.677%) Service Management
9 28 (4.516%) Project Planning
10 24 (3.871%) WAN Optimisation
11 22 (3.548%) E-Commerce
12 20 (3.226%) SIEM
13 19 (3.065%) Workflow
13 19 (3.065%) Change Control
14 17 (2.742%) Project Management
15 14 (2.258%) Vulnerability Management
15 14 (2.258%) Business Continuity
16 13 (2.097%) ERP
16 13 (2.097%) Service Delivery
16 13 (2.097%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (9.194%) Shell Script
2 52 (8.387%) SQL
3 49 (7.903%) Java
4 18 (2.903%) Perl
5 16 (2.581%) Bash shell
6 11 (1.774%) Python
7 6 (0.968%) Ruby
8 5 (0.806%) PHP
8 5 (0.806%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.484%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.323%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.161%) PowerHouse
11 1 (0.161%) VB
11 1 (0.161%) VBA
11 1 (0.161%) C
11 1 (0.161%) C++
Qualifications
1 190 (30.65%) Cisco Certification
2 125 (20.16%) CCNP
3 102 (16.45%) CCNA
4 45 (7.258%) CCSP
5 43 (6.935%) CCSE
6 36 (5.806%) CCSA
7 35 (5.645%) Microsoft Certification
8 33 (5.323%) Security Cleared
9 29 (4.677%) Degree
10 28 (4.516%) JNCIS
11 25 (4.032%) MCSE
12 22 (3.548%) MCP
12 22 (3.548%) CCA
12 22 (3.548%) Citrix Certification
13 21 (3.387%) CEH
14 20 (3.226%) CCIE
15 19 (3.065%) CCDA
16 18 (2.903%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 18 (2.903%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 17 (2.742%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (8.871%) SLA
2 26 (4.194%) PCI DSS
3 12 (1.935%) HIPAA
4 10 (1.613%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.323%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.161%) BS7799
System Software
1 140 (22.58%) Active Directory
2 122 (19.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (8.548%) XenServer
4 49 (7.903%) vSphere
5 48 (7.742%) Hyper-V
6 44 (7.097%) XenApp
7 29 (4.677%) XenDesktop
8 18 (2.903%) ProxySG
9 10 (1.613%) UAG
10 9 (1.452%) Terminal Services
11 8 (1.290%) Forefront TMG
12 7 (1.129%) Microsoft App-V
12 7 (1.129%) NFS
13 6 (0.968%) VMware ESXi
13 6 (0.968%) Terminal Server
14 5 (0.806%) VMware ESX
15 4 (0.645%) Citrix Presentation Server
16 2 (0.323%) Xen
16 2 (0.323%) Snort
17 1 (0.161%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 22 (3.548%) WSUS
2 17 (2.742%) Backup Exec
3 15 (2.419%) SCCM
4 14 (2.258%) SolarWinds Orion
5 12 (1.935%) Puppet
6 9 (1.452%) Cacti
7 8 (1.290%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 7 (1.129%) Norton AntiVirus
8 7 (1.129%) OpenView
9 6 (0.968%) McAfee ePO
10 5 (0.806%) Nagios
10 5 (0.806%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 5 (0.806%) Nessus
11 4 (0.645%) CA Wily
11 4 (0.645%) OSSEC
11 4 (0.645%) CiscoWorks
12 3 (0.484%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 3 (0.484%) Cisco CUCM
13 2 (0.323%) YUM
13 2 (0.323%) Splunk
Vendors
1 297 (47.90%) Cisco
2 189 (30.48%) CheckPoint
3 178 (28.71%) Microsoft
4 173 (27.90%) VMware
5 123 (19.84%) Juniper
6 89 (14.35%) HP
7 75 (12.10%) F5
8 73 (11.77%) Citrix
9 56 (9.032%) Red Hat
10 54 (8.710%) Oracle
11 47 (7.581%) Blue Coat
12 31 (5.000%) Brocade
13 26 (4.194%) WatchGuard
14 24 (3.871%) EMC
15 23 (3.710%) ProCurve
15 23 (3.710%) JBoss
16 22 (3.548%) ArcSight
17 20 (3.226%) Dell
18 19 (3.065%) Websense
18 19 (3.065%) LANDesk
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Posted: 17 May 2013
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