The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Engineer
Rank 102 99 82
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 16 1 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.941% 0.067% 0.670%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.994% 0.070% 0.701%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 9
Average salary £39,500 £110,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-64.09% +214.28%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1610 1423 1284
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.71% 96.02% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1351 1272 1115
Average salary £42,255 £39,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.34% +4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £23,750
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Engineer
West Midlands

Security Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security Engineer across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham Security Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Security Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Security Engineer Salary Trend

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Engineer across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham Security Engineer Salary Histogram

Security Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Security Engineer in their job title 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 with Security Engineer in their job title.

1 35 (83.33%) Firewall
2 33 (78.57%) Cisco Certification
3 31 (73.81%) Network Security
4 29 (69.05%) F5
4 29 (69.05%) Juniper
4 29 (69.05%) CheckPoint
4 29 (69.05%) Blue Coat
5 23 (54.76%) CCSE
5 23 (54.76%) Telecoms
5 23 (54.76%) Finance
5 23 (54.76%) Websense
5 23 (54.76%) Cisco
5 23 (54.76%) CCNP
5 23 (54.76%) Cisco ASA
5 23 (54.76%) Cisco PIX
5 23 (54.76%) JNCIS
6 15 (35.71%) SIEM
7 13 (30.95%) CISSP
8 9 (21.43%) CCNA
8 9 (21.43%) Internet
8 9 (21.43%) SC Cleared
8 9 (21.43%) Security Cleared
8 9 (21.43%) Sentinel
8 9 (21.43%) Computer Forensics
8 9 (21.43%) Intrusion Detection
8 9 (21.43%) ACSA
9 8 (19.05%) Java
9 8 (19.05%) JavaScript
9 8 (19.05%) Risk Management
10 6 (14.29%) Q1 Labs

Security Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Security Engineer in their job title 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 with Security Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 9 (21.43%) Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 35 (83.33%) Firewall
2 31 (73.81%) Network Security
3 23 (54.76%) Cisco ASA
3 23 (54.76%) Cisco PIX
4 9 (21.43%) Internet
4 9 (21.43%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (7.143%) TCP/IP
General
1 23 (54.76%) Telecoms
1 23 (54.76%) Finance
2 3 (7.143%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.143%) Computer Science
1 3 (7.143%) Management Information System
1 3 (7.143%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.143%) Windows
1 3 (7.143%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (35.71%) SIEM
2 9 (21.43%) Computer Forensics
3 8 (19.05%) Risk Management
4 3 (7.143%) Systems Analysis
4 3 (7.143%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (7.143%) E-Discovery
4 3 (7.143%) Information Security Management
4 3 (7.143%) Security Management
4 3 (7.143%) Migration
4 3 (7.143%) Information Security
5 2 (4.762%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.05%) Java
1 8 (19.05%) JavaScript
2 3 (7.143%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (78.57%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (54.76%) CCSE
2 23 (54.76%) CCNP
2 23 (54.76%) JNCIS
3 13 (30.95%) CISSP
4 9 (21.43%) CCNA
4 9 (21.43%) SC Cleared
4 9 (21.43%) Security Cleared
4 9 (21.43%) ACSA
5 3 (7.143%) Degree
5 3 (7.143%) CISA
5 3 (7.143%) CISM
6 1 (2.381%) CEH
6 1 (2.381%) CCSP
Vendors
1 29 (69.05%) F5
1 29 (69.05%) Juniper
1 29 (69.05%) CheckPoint
1 29 (69.05%) Blue Coat
2 23 (54.76%) Websense
2 23 (54.76%) Cisco
3 6 (14.29%) Q1 Labs
3 6 (14.29%) LogLogic