The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of WatchGuard products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WatchGuard 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 Vendors for the 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WatchGuard
Rank 199 - 200
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing WatchGuard 14 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.252% - 0.060%
As % of the Vendors category 0.536% - 0.123%
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 2
Average salary £25,000 - £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £28,000 £33,500 £29,000
% change year-on-year
-16.41% +15.51%
All Vendors
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2610 2389 2432
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 47.06% 45.75% 48.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2067 1885 2033
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
WatchGuard
England

WatchGuard
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire WatchGuard Salary Trend

WatchGuard
Salary Histogram

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

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 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 - 14 £22,500 -
South Yorkshire - 1 £52,500 -
WatchGuard
England

WatchGuard
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 26 (100.00%) Firewall
2 24 (92.31%) Windows
3 23 (88.46%) VMware
4 20 (76.92%) HP
5 17 (65.38%) Microsoft
6 16 (61.54%) Dell
6 16 (61.54%) LAN
6 16 (61.54%) WAN
6 16 (61.54%) Veeam
7 15 (57.69%) SonicWALL
7 15 (57.69%) SAN
8 14 (53.85%) Cisco
9 12 (46.15%) IBM
9 12 (46.15%) MS Exchange
9 12 (46.15%) NetApp
9 12 (46.15%) Active Directory
9 12 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
10 10 (38.46%) MS Excel
11 9 (34.62%) VoIP
11 9 (34.62%) Symantec
12 8 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2010
13 6 (23.08%) vSphere
13 6 (23.08%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (19.23%) Cacti
14 5 (19.23%) ProCurve
14 5 (19.23%) SCCM
14 5 (19.23%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
14 5 (19.23%) Nagios
14 5 (19.23%) SharePoint
14 5 (19.23%) Linux

WatchGuard
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 (46.15%) MS Exchange
2 8 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (19.23%) SharePoint
4 1 (3.846%) Lync
4 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 10 (38.46%) MS Excel
2 5 (19.23%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Prophet
Communications & Networking
1 26 (100.00%) Firewall
2 16 (61.54%) LAN
2 16 (61.54%) WAN
3 15 (57.69%) SAN
4 9 (34.62%) VoIP
5 4 (15.38%) VPN
6 3 (11.54%) SSL
6 3 (11.54%) TCP/IP
7 2 (7.692%) SNMP
8 1 (3.846%) Internet
8 1 (3.846%) DNS
8 1 (3.846%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.846%) Crystal Reports
General
1 1 (3.846%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Head of Professional Services
2 8 (30.77%) Systems Administrator
2 8 (30.77%) Administrator
3 5 (19.23%) IT Administrator
3 5 (19.23%) Senior Systems Administrator
4 4 (15.38%) Systems Support
4 4 (15.38%) Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Technical Director
5 3 (11.54%) 1st Line Support
5 3 (11.54%) Support Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (7.692%) Support Engineer
6 2 (7.692%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (7.692%) IT Support
6 2 (7.692%) IT Support Engineer
7 1 (3.846%) Senior IT Support
7 1 (3.846%) Help Desk Support Engineer
7 1 (3.846%) Systems Manager
7 1 (3.846%) Help Desk Support
7 1 (3.846%) Help Desk Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) EqualLogic
2 3 (11.54%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.846%) Celerra
3 1 (3.846%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 24 (92.31%) Windows
2 6 (23.08%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (19.23%) Linux
4 4 (15.38%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (15.38%) Windows 7
5 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (11.54%) Time Management
2 2 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (3.846%) Network Design
3 1 (3.846%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (3.846%) Load Balancing
3 1 (3.846%) Change Management
3 1 (3.846%) Benchmarking
3 1 (3.846%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.846%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (7.692%) CCNA
2 1 (3.846%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (3.846%) Degree
2 1 (3.846%) CCDP
2 1 (3.846%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (46.15%) Active Directory
1 12 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (23.08%) vSphere
3 1 (3.846%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 5 (19.23%) Cacti
1 5 (19.23%) SCCM
1 5 (19.23%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
1 5 (19.23%) Nagios
2 4 (15.38%) Backup Exec
2 4 (15.38%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 23 (88.46%) VMware
2 20 (76.92%) HP
3 17 (65.38%) Microsoft
4 16 (61.54%) Dell
4 16 (61.54%) Veeam
5 15 (57.69%) SonicWALL
6 14 (53.85%) Cisco
7 12 (46.15%) IBM
7 12 (46.15%) NetApp
8 9 (34.62%) Symantec
9 5 (19.23%) ProCurve
10 4 (15.38%) McAfee
11 3 (11.54%) Sophos
11 3 (11.54%) Apple
11 3 (11.54%) Citrix
12 2 (7.692%) CheckPoint
13 1 (3.846%) Mitel
13 1 (3.846%) EMC
13 1 (3.846%) Avaya
13 1 (3.846%) Juniper