The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Security over the 3 months to 19 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 110 98 95
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -3
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 9 17 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 0.533% 1.001% 1.285%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.712% 6.939% 6.452%
Number of salaries quoted 3 17 23
Average salary £50,000 £35,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+42.85% -22.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £23,400 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,200 £55,000 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -1.16%
All Communications & Networking
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
191 245 372
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 11.32% 14.43% 19.93%
Number of salaries quoted 154 208 288
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £26,500 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Network Security
South West

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 32 (94.12%) Cisco
1 32 (94.12%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (88.24%) Firewall
3 27 (79.41%) Juniper
4 25 (73.53%) CCNP
5 22 (64.71%) CheckPoint
6 21 (61.76%) Telecoms
7 19 (55.88%) Cisco ASA
8 17 (50.00%) Cisco PIX
8 17 (50.00%) F5
9 15 (44.12%) JNCIS
9 15 (44.12%) Blue Coat
9 15 (44.12%) CCSE
9 15 (44.12%) Websense
9 15 (44.12%) Finance
9 15 (44.12%) VPN
10 13 (38.24%) IPsec
10 13 (38.24%) OSPF
11 9 (26.47%) CCNA
12 8 (23.53%) DNS
12 8 (23.53%) Management Information System
13 7 (20.59%) VMware
13 7 (20.59%) Windows Server 2003
13 7 (20.59%) Active Directory
13 7 (20.59%) SQL
13 7 (20.59%) SQL Server
13 7 (20.59%) Windows
13 7 (20.59%) Windows XP
13 7 (20.59%) Windows Server 2008
13 7 (20.59%) VMware Infrastructure

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 6 (17.65%) WSH
Application Platforms
1 6 (17.65%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (88.24%) Firewall
2 19 (55.88%) Cisco ASA
3 17 (50.00%) Cisco PIX
4 15 (44.12%) VPN
5 13 (38.24%) IPsec
5 13 (38.24%) OSPF
6 8 (23.53%) DNS
7 6 (17.65%) DMVPN
7 6 (17.65%) LAN
7 6 (17.65%) VoIP
7 6 (17.65%) WAN
7 6 (17.65%) SSL
7 6 (17.65%) IPv4
7 6 (17.65%) Internet
7 6 (17.65%) BGP
7 6 (17.65%) BGP-4
8 5 (14.71%) DSL
8 5 (14.71%) 3G
8 5 (14.71%) DWDM
8 5 (14.71%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (20.59%) SQL Server
General
1 21 (61.76%) Telecoms
2 15 (44.12%) Finance
3 5 (14.71%) Legal
Job Titles
1 21 (61.76%) Network Engineer
2 16 (47.06%) Security Engineer
3 15 (44.12%) Firewall Engineer
3 15 (44.12%) Network Security Engineer
4 8 (23.53%) Administrator
5 6 (17.65%) Test Engineer
5 6 (17.65%) Systems Test Engineer
5 6 (17.65%) Cisco Engineer
5 6 (17.65%) Systems Engineer
5 6 (17.65%) Systems Administrator
6 4 (11.76%) Network Design Engineer
6 4 (11.76%) Consultant
6 4 (11.76%) Design Engineer
7 2 (5.882%) Principal Security Consultant
7 2 (5.882%) Principal Consultant
7 2 (5.882%) Pre Sales Consultant
7 2 (5.882%) Network Administrator
7 2 (5.882%) Cisco Consultant
7 2 (5.882%) Senior Network Administrator
7 2 (5.882%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) Management Information System
2 6 (17.65%) CESG
2 6 (17.65%) Clustering
3 4 (11.76%) Computer Science
4 2 (5.882%) Cryptography
5 1 (2.941%) RMADS
5 1 (2.941%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 7 (20.59%) Windows Server 2003
1 7 (20.59%) Windows
1 7 (20.59%) Windows XP
1 7 (20.59%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (17.65%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.941%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (17.65%) Network Architecture
1 6 (17.65%) Network Management
1 6 (17.65%) Capacity Management
1 6 (17.65%) Network Design
1 6 (17.65%) Network Planning
1 6 (17.65%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
1 6 (17.65%) Load Balancing
1 6 (17.65%) Project Planning
1 6 (17.65%) E-Commerce
2 3 (8.824%) Information Security
3 2 (5.882%) Validation
4 1 (2.941%) Risk Management
4 1 (2.941%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (2.941%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (2.941%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (2.941%) Information Assurance
4 1 (2.941%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (2.941%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.59%) SQL
2 6 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 6 (17.65%) Python
2 6 (17.65%) Perl
Qualifications
1 32 (94.12%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (73.53%) CCNP
3 15 (44.12%) JNCIS
3 15 (44.12%) CCSE
4 9 (26.47%) CCNA
5 6 (17.65%) CCDP
6 4 (11.76%) Degree
7 2 (5.882%) CCIE
8 1 (2.941%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.941%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (20.59%) Active Directory
1 7 (20.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (17.65%) Hyper-V
2 6 (17.65%) Xen
3 1 (2.941%) vSphere
3 1 (2.941%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 2 (5.882%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 32 (94.12%) Cisco
2 27 (79.41%) Juniper
3 22 (64.71%) CheckPoint
4 17 (50.00%) F5
5 15 (44.12%) Blue Coat
5 15 (44.12%) Websense
6 7 (20.59%) VMware
7 5 (14.71%) Nortel
7 5 (14.71%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 5 (14.71%) Siemens
7 5 (14.71%) Huawei
7 5 (14.71%) ZTE
7 5 (14.71%) Nokia Siemens Networks
8 2 (5.882%) Trapeze
8 2 (5.882%) Aruba
8 2 (5.882%) Infoblox
8 2 (5.882%) Microsoft
9 1 (2.941%) HP
9 1 (2.941%) Dell
9 1 (2.941%) McAfee