The first table below looks at the demand for IPsec skills in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IPsec 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 Belfast region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing IPsec 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 0.791% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.077% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £35,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £43,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+1.17% -
All Communications & Networking
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
65 47 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 25.69% 22.49% 22.22%
Number of salaries quoted 25 21 7
Average salary £40,000 £30,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
IPsec
County Antrim

IPsec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast IPsec Jobs Demand Trend

IPsec
Salary Trend

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

Belfast IPsec Salary Trend

IPsec
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing IPsec 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 IPsec.

1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless Security
1 2 (100.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) Blue Coat
2 1 (50.00%) JNCIA
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) AIX
2 1 (50.00%) CCSA
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification

IPsec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing IPsec 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 IPsec. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless Security
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) JNCIA
1 1 (50.00%) CCSA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) Blue Coat
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco