The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Security over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 102 72 115
Rank change year-on-year
-30 +43
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 130 185 100
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.433% 2.983% 1.861%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.233% 10.52% 9.302%
Number of salaries quoted 98 159 91
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £38,500 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £63,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -1.16%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1579 1758 1075
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 29.55% 28.35% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1202 1365 850
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £31,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Network Security
South East

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Network Security Jobs Demand Trend

Network Security
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Security across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Berkshire Network Security Salary Histogram

Network Security
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading -4 52 £47,500 -5.00% 6
Slough +2 23 £50,500 +17.44% 2
Bracknell -27 14 £38,000 -24.00% 2
Newbury +4 9 £43,750 +6.06% 4
Wokingham +10 1 £45,000 +50.00%
Network Security
South East

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Network Security 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 Network Security.

1 169 (59.51%) Firewall
2 144 (50.70%) Cisco
3 115 (40.49%) Juniper
4 106 (37.32%) TCP/IP
5 102 (35.92%) Cisco Certification
6 100 (35.21%) CheckPoint
7 96 (33.80%) Windows
8 82 (28.87%) JNCIA
9 77 (27.11%) CCNP
10 74 (26.06%) F5
11 70 (24.65%) Blue Coat
12 65 (22.89%) CISSP
13 63 (22.18%) DNS
14 60 (21.13%) CCSE
14 60 (21.13%) Cisco ASA
15 57 (20.07%) VPN
16 56 (19.72%) BGP
17 53 (18.66%) CCIE
18 52 (18.31%) CCSA
19 51 (17.96%) IPsec
20 50 (17.61%) MPLS
21 49 (17.25%) OSPF
22 45 (15.85%) Telecoms
23 44 (15.49%) Windows Server 2008
24 43 (15.14%) UNIX
25 42 (14.79%) Intrusion Detection
26 41 (14.44%) Cisco PIX
27 40 (14.08%) Microsoft
28 39 (13.73%) DHCP
29 38 (13.38%) Linux

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Network Security 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 Network Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (1.056%) CGI
2 2 (0.704%) Regular Expression
3 1 (0.352%) Windows SharePoint Services
3 1 (0.352%) HTML5
3 1 (0.352%) CSS
3 1 (0.352%) Web Services
3 1 (0.352%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 18 (6.338%) MS Exchange
2 17 (5.986%) Exchange Server 2007
3 10 (3.521%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (1.408%) Apache
5 3 (1.056%) Lync
5 3 (1.056%) IIS
6 2 (0.704%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (0.352%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.352%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.352%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.352%) Live Communications Server
Applications
1 6 (2.113%) MS Excel
2 5 (1.761%) MS Office
3 2 (0.704%) S-PLUS
Communications & Networking
1 169 (59.51%) Firewall
2 106 (37.32%) TCP/IP
3 63 (22.18%) DNS
4 60 (21.13%) Cisco ASA
5 57 (20.07%) VPN
6 56 (19.72%) BGP
7 51 (17.96%) IPsec
8 50 (17.61%) MPLS
9 49 (17.25%) OSPF
10 42 (14.79%) Intrusion Detection
11 41 (14.44%) Cisco PIX
12 39 (13.73%) DHCP
13 37 (13.03%) Internet
14 32 (11.27%) Wireless
15 30 (10.56%) LAN
16 27 (9.507%) SNMP
17 24 (8.451%) WAN
18 20 (7.042%) Broadband
19 19 (6.690%) FWSM
20 18 (6.338%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.169%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.113%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (1.761%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (0.352%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.352%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.352%) MS Access
4 1 (0.352%) Data Mining
General
1 45 (15.85%) Telecoms
2 22 (7.746%) Finance
3 19 (6.690%) Retail
4 12 (4.225%) Billing
4 12 (4.225%) French Language
4 12 (4.225%) German Language
5 10 (3.521%) Back Office
6 5 (1.761%) Marketing
7 3 (1.056%) Banking
7 3 (1.056%) Legal
8 2 (0.704%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.352%) Law
Job Titles
1 98 (34.51%) Security Engineer
2 54 (19.01%) Network Engineer
3 48 (16.90%) Consultant
4 36 (12.68%) Network Security Engineer
5 32 (11.27%) Support Engineer
6 29 (10.21%) Security Support Engineer
7 26 (9.155%) Technical Design Authority
8 20 (7.042%) Network Manager
9 17 (5.986%) Security Consultant
10 16 (5.634%) Network Consultant
11 14 (4.930%) Analyst
12 13 (4.577%) Administrator
13 12 (4.225%) Security Analyst
13 12 (4.225%) Security Specialist
14 11 (3.873%) Principal Consultant
14 11 (3.873%) IT Security Engineer
14 11 (3.873%) IP Engineer
15 9 (3.169%) Designer
15 9 (3.169%) Web Designer
16 8 (2.817%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.521%) Blackberry
1 10 (3.521%) iPhone
1 10 (3.521%) Digital Media
2 7 (2.465%) Computer Science
3 4 (1.408%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (1.056%) Open Source
4 3 (1.056%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.704%) PKI
5 2 (0.704%) SaaS
5 2 (0.704%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (0.704%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (0.704%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.352%) Kindle
6 1 (0.352%) Statistics
6 1 (0.352%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.352%) NHS
6 1 (0.352%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 96 (33.80%) Windows
2 44 (15.49%) Windows Server 2008
3 43 (15.14%) UNIX
4 38 (13.38%) Linux
5 37 (13.03%) Windows Server 2003
6 17 (5.986%) Windows 8
7 16 (5.634%) Windows 7
8 15 (5.282%) Solaris
9 12 (4.225%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 10 (3.521%) Android
11 7 (2.465%) Debian
12 4 (1.408%) Ubuntu
12 4 (1.408%) AIX
12 4 (1.408%) Windows 2000
13 2 (0.704%) Windows NT
14 1 (0.352%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (9.507%) Network Management
2 25 (8.803%) Network Design
3 20 (7.042%) Information Security
3 20 (7.042%) Migration
4 15 (5.282%) ITIL
4 15 (5.282%) Validation
4 15 (5.282%) SIEM
5 14 (4.930%) Penetration Testing
5 14 (4.930%) Project Management
6 12 (4.225%) CRM
6 12 (4.225%) Load Balancing
7 11 (3.873%) Change Management
7 11 (3.873%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (3.873%) Data Security
7 11 (3.873%) Incident Management
8 9 (3.169%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 9 (3.169%) Data Migration
8 9 (3.169%) Network Architecture
9 8 (2.817%) Network Planning
9 8 (2.817%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 17 (5.986%) SQL
2 3 (1.056%) Perl
3 1 (0.352%) VBScript
3 1 (0.352%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 102 (35.92%) Cisco Certification
2 82 (28.87%) JNCIA
3 77 (27.11%) CCNP
4 65 (22.89%) CISSP
5 60 (21.13%) CCSE
6 53 (18.66%) CCIE
7 52 (18.31%) CCSA
8 37 (13.03%) CCNA
9 35 (12.32%) JNCIS
10 32 (11.27%) CCIP
11 26 (9.155%) JNCIP
11 26 (9.155%) JNCIE
12 20 (7.042%) CISM
13 19 (6.690%) Security Cleared
14 18 (6.338%) Degree
14 18 (6.338%) CCSP
15 14 (4.930%) CCDP
15 14 (4.930%) SC Cleared
16 7 (2.465%) GIAC
17 6 (2.113%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (9.859%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (8.451%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 22 (7.746%) PCI DSS
4 19 (6.690%) SLA
5 6 (2.113%) QA
6 5 (1.761%) ISO 9001
7 4 (1.408%) COBIT
System Software
1 15 (5.282%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.225%) ProxySG
3 11 (3.873%) Terminal Services
4 8 (2.817%) Forefront TMG
5 7 (2.465%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (1.761%) Snort
7 3 (1.056%) FreeRADIUS
7 3 (1.056%) XenApp
7 3 (1.056%) XenServer
7 3 (1.056%) XenDesktop
8 2 (0.704%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.704%) ISA Server
8 2 (0.704%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 9 (3.169%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (1.056%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.704%) Nessus
3 2 (0.704%) SCCM
3 2 (0.704%) SCOM
3 2 (0.704%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (0.352%) Veritas Storage Foundation
4 1 (0.352%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.352%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.352%) Unicenter
4 1 (0.352%) Netcool
4 1 (0.352%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 144 (50.70%) Cisco
2 115 (40.49%) Juniper
3 100 (35.21%) CheckPoint
4 74 (26.06%) F5
5 70 (24.65%) Blue Coat
6 40 (14.08%) Microsoft
7 28 (9.859%) Symantec
8 24 (8.451%) Oracle
9 23 (8.099%) Websense
10 16 (5.634%) Red Hat
10 16 (5.634%) HP
11 13 (4.577%) Citrix
12 12 (4.225%) McAfee
12 12 (4.225%) VMware
13 11 (3.873%) Fortinet
14 8 (2.817%) Aruba
15 7 (2.465%) ServiceNow
15 7 (2.465%) Avaya
16 6 (2.113%) Fujitsu
17 5 (1.761%) Sourcefire
Slough, Thames Valley
Network Engineer Manager with Cisco technical skills required by Major NHS Trust to lead the networking team through various large projects - covering the design, installation and commissioning of...
Hudson
Salary: £45000 - £56000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 30 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Our client is one of the market leading service providers in the UK managing some of the most complex customer networks within the UK by integrating a number...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Our client is one of the market leading service providers in the UK managing some of the most complex customer networks within the UK by integrating a number...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
Our client is one of the market leading service providers in the UK managing some of the most complex customer networks within the UK by integrating a number...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
Skill Set Require: Check Point - ideally CCSE (CCSA Considered) Further knowledge & certifications with one or more of the following would be desirable Websense Blue Coat Aruba Infoblox Fortinet...
Advanced Resource Managers
Salary: £35000.0000 - £45000.0000 per annum + Allowance & Bonus
Posted: 12 June 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
CACI Network Services
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum Bonus, benefits and training
Posted: 22 May 2013
Berkshire
Advanced Resource Managers
Salary: £38000.0000 - £43000.0000 per annum + £6.2K Car + Bonus
Posted: 14 June 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
Advanced Resource Managers
Salary: £23000.0000 - £25000.0000 per annum + + £36K OTC
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bracknell, Thames Valley
Posted: 6 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Specialist Software Services
Salary: £20,000 - £25,000 per year
Posted: 14 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £17,000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Hudson
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus, Flex Bens
Posted: 3 June 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
Advanced Resource Managers
Salary: £40000.0000 - £55000.0000 per annum + + £72K OTC
Posted: 14 June 2013