The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 108 108 114
Rank change year-on-year
0 +6
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 11 18 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.645% 0.888% 0.429%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.729% 5.187% 2.174%
Number of salaries quoted 11 12 8
Average salary £37,500 £38,750 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.22% +10.71%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -1.16%
All Communications & Networking
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
295 347 414
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 17.30% 17.12% 19.73%
Number of salaries quoted 239 301 361
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Network Security
Cambridgeshire

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Security across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Cambridge Network Security Salary Histogram

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 28 (84.85%) Firewall
2 17 (51.52%) Windows
3 15 (45.45%) Linux
3 15 (45.45%) MySQL
3 15 (45.45%) Python
3 15 (45.45%) NFS
3 15 (45.45%) SAN
3 15 (45.45%) Degree
3 15 (45.45%) Bash shell
4 13 (39.39%) Cisco
4 13 (39.39%) CheckPoint
5 12 (36.36%) Samba
5 12 (36.36%) Wiki
6 11 (33.33%) Big Data
6 11 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (33.33%) Red Hat
6 11 (33.33%) Postgraduate
7 8 (24.24%) Disaster Recovery
7 8 (24.24%) ITIL
7 8 (24.24%) Data Protection
8 7 (21.21%) Incident Management
8 7 (21.21%) Text Mining
8 7 (21.21%) UNIX
8 7 (21.21%) Juniper
9 6 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (18.18%) CCNP
9 6 (18.18%) Information Security
9 6 (18.18%) Information Security Management
9 6 (18.18%) Security Management
9 6 (18.18%) Management Information System

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 Platforms
1 2 (6.061%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (6.061%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 28 (84.85%) Firewall
2 15 (45.45%) SAN
3 5 (15.15%) Cisco ASA
3 5 (15.15%) Cisco PIX
4 2 (6.061%) Wireless
4 2 (6.061%) Internet
5 1 (3.030%) FWSM
5 1 (3.030%) Unified Communications
5 1 (3.030%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (3.030%) MPLS
5 1 (3.030%) OSPF
5 1 (3.030%) BGP
5 1 (3.030%) MGCP
5 1 (3.030%) H.323
5 1 (3.030%) VoIP
5 1 (3.030%) TCP/IP
5 1 (3.030%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (45.45%) MySQL
2 11 (33.33%) Big Data
3 7 (21.21%) Text Mining
4 2 (6.061%) SQL Server
5 1 (3.030%) Data Mining
General
1 5 (15.15%) Telecoms
1 5 (15.15%) Finance
2 1 (3.030%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 14 (42.42%) Support Engineer
2 12 (36.36%) Systems Administrator
2 12 (36.36%) Network Engineer
2 12 (36.36%) Administrator
2 12 (36.36%) Security Engineer
3 10 (30.30%) IT Support
4 9 (27.27%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (18.18%) Network Security Engineer
6 5 (15.15%) Consultant
6 5 (15.15%) Systems Support
7 4 (12.12%) Network Support Engineer
7 4 (12.12%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 4 (12.12%) Linux Administrator
7 4 (12.12%) Network Support
7 4 (12.12%) Linux Support
7 4 (12.12%) Security Support Engineer
8 3 (9.091%) Senior IT Support
8 3 (9.091%) Linux Support Engineer
8 3 (9.091%) Linux Engineer
8 3 (9.091%) Senior Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (36.36%) Wiki
2 6 (18.18%) Management Information System
3 3 (9.091%) Computer Science
4 1 (3.030%) PDA
4 1 (3.030%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (51.52%) Windows
2 15 (45.45%) Linux
3 11 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (21.21%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) Disaster Recovery
1 8 (24.24%) ITIL
1 8 (24.24%) Data Protection
2 7 (21.21%) Incident Management
3 6 (18.18%) Information Security
3 6 (18.18%) Information Security Management
3 6 (18.18%) Security Management
3 6 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (6.061%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (6.061%) Release Management
4 2 (6.061%) Change Control
5 1 (3.030%) Network Management
5 1 (3.030%) Product Management
5 1 (3.030%) Business Development
5 1 (3.030%) Network Design
5 1 (3.030%) PRINCE2
5 1 (3.030%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (45.45%) Python
1 15 (45.45%) Bash shell
2 4 (12.12%) PHP
3 3 (9.091%) Perl
Qualifications
1 15 (45.45%) Degree
2 11 (33.33%) Postgraduate
3 6 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (18.18%) CCNP
4 5 (15.15%) JNCIS
5 4 (12.12%) CCSE
6 2 (6.061%) CCIE
7 1 (3.030%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (3.030%) JNCIP
7 1 (3.030%) JNCIE
7 1 (3.030%) JNCIA
7 1 (3.030%) CCIP
7 1 (3.030%) CCDP
7 1 (3.030%) CISSP
7 1 (3.030%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (3.030%) CISM
7 1 (3.030%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) COBIT
1 6 (18.18%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.030%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (45.45%) NFS
2 12 (36.36%) Samba
3 2 (6.061%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 1 (3.030%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 13 (39.39%) Cisco
1 13 (39.39%) CheckPoint
2 11 (33.33%) Red Hat
3 7 (21.21%) Juniper
4 4 (12.12%) Websense
4 4 (12.12%) Blue Coat
4 4 (12.12%) F5
5 1 (3.030%) Twitter
5 1 (3.030%) AirMagnet
Cambridge, East Anglia
Summary: Linux & Windows, networking protocols & security, Python / Scripting experience, Cambridge, to £40k + benefits... Python, bash, or other language; • Understanding of installation/management/backup of fileservers and databases, e...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £40k + benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
The CNOO will be responsible for leading the network operations and implementations.The successful candidates will have a technical background and will have a number of years experience...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £70000.00 - £80000.00 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013