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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 112 136 144
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +8
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 31 17 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.178% 0.592% 0.302%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.624% 3.269% 1.380%
Number of salaries quoted 26 10 8
Average salary £35,000 £45,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.22% +28.57%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
All Communications & Networking
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
468 520 652
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 17.78% 18.11% 21.86%
Number of salaries quoted 369 439 565
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +8.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £53,250 £57,500 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Network Security
East of England

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Security across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Cambridge +9 22 £37,500 -6.25%
Peterborough +5 8 £35,000 -
Network Security
East of England

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 42 (79.25%) Firewall
2 24 (45.28%) Windows
2 24 (45.28%) Linux
3 21 (39.62%) MySQL
4 20 (37.74%) Python
4 20 (37.74%) NFS
4 20 (37.74%) Cisco
4 20 (37.74%) SAN
4 20 (37.74%) Bash shell
5 19 (35.85%) Degree
6 18 (33.96%) Information Security
6 18 (33.96%) CheckPoint
7 17 (32.08%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (32.08%) CCNP
7 17 (32.08%) Samba
7 17 (32.08%) Wiki
8 16 (30.19%) Postgraduate
8 16 (30.19%) Juniper
8 16 (30.19%) Big Data
9 14 (26.42%) UNIX
10 12 (22.64%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (18.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 10 (18.87%) Red Hat
11 10 (18.87%) PHP
12 9 (16.98%) SMTP
12 9 (16.98%) PCI DSS
13 8 (15.09%) Disaster Recovery
13 8 (15.09%) VPN
13 8 (15.09%) CCNA
14 7 (13.21%) FTP

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (3.774%) IIS
2 1 (1.887%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (3.774%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 42 (79.25%) Firewall
2 20 (37.74%) SAN
3 12 (22.64%) Cisco ASA
4 9 (16.98%) SMTP
5 8 (15.09%) VPN
6 7 (13.21%) FTP
6 7 (13.21%) HTTP
7 5 (9.434%) Cisco PIX
8 4 (7.547%) Unified Communications
8 4 (7.547%) OSPF
8 4 (7.547%) BGP
8 4 (7.547%) TCP/IP
9 3 (5.660%) WAN
9 3 (5.660%) SSL
9 3 (5.660%) LAN
9 3 (5.660%) DMVPN
10 2 (3.774%) Wireless
10 2 (3.774%) Internet
10 2 (3.774%) DNS
10 2 (3.774%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (39.62%) MySQL
2 16 (30.19%) Big Data
3 7 (13.21%) Text Mining
4 4 (7.547%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.887%) Data Mining
General
1 5 (9.434%) Telecoms
2 4 (7.547%) Finance
3 1 (1.887%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 25 (47.17%) Support Engineer
2 19 (35.85%) Network Engineer
3 15 (28.30%) Security Engineer
4 14 (26.42%) IT Support Engineer
4 14 (26.42%) IT Support
4 14 (26.42%) Administrator
5 13 (24.53%) Systems Administrator
6 11 (20.75%) Network Support
7 9 (16.98%) Network Security Engineer
7 9 (16.98%) Network Support Engineer
8 5 (9.434%) Systems Support
8 5 (9.434%) Consultant
8 5 (9.434%) IT Administrator
8 5 (9.434%) Security Support Engineer
9 4 (7.547%) Linux Support Engineer
9 4 (7.547%) Linux Engineer
9 4 (7.547%) Linux Support
9 4 (7.547%) Senior Systems Administrator
9 4 (7.547%) Sales Consultant
9 4 (7.547%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 17 (32.08%) Wiki
2 7 (13.21%) Management Information System
2 7 (13.21%) PKI
3 3 (5.660%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.887%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.887%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 24 (45.28%) Windows
1 24 (45.28%) Linux
2 14 (26.42%) UNIX
3 10 (18.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (33.96%) Information Security
2 8 (15.09%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (13.21%) ITIL
3 7 (13.21%) Data Protection
3 7 (13.21%) Incident Management
3 7 (13.21%) SIEM
4 6 (11.32%) Penetration Testing
4 6 (11.32%) Risk Management
4 6 (11.32%) Information Security Management
4 6 (11.32%) Security Management
5 3 (5.660%) Change Management
5 3 (5.660%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (3.774%) Change Control
6 2 (3.774%) Release Management
6 2 (3.774%) Network Design
7 1 (1.887%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (1.887%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (37.74%) Python
1 20 (37.74%) Bash shell
2 10 (18.87%) PHP
3 3 (5.660%) Perl
4 1 (1.887%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (35.85%) Degree
2 17 (32.08%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (32.08%) CCNP
3 16 (30.19%) Postgraduate
4 8 (15.09%) CCNA
5 6 (11.32%) Security Cleared
6 5 (9.434%) JNCIS
7 4 (7.547%) CCSE
7 4 (7.547%) CISSP
8 2 (3.774%) CCIE
9 1 (1.887%) CCDP
9 1 (1.887%) CCIP
9 1 (1.887%) MCSE
9 1 (1.887%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.887%) CISM
9 1 (1.887%) CCVP
9 1 (1.887%) JNCIA
9 1 (1.887%) JNCIP
9 1 (1.887%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.98%) PCI DSS
2 6 (11.32%) COBIT
3 5 (9.434%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (37.74%) NFS
2 17 (32.08%) Samba
3 3 (5.660%) ProxySG
4 2 (3.774%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (1.887%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.887%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 20 (37.74%) Cisco
2 18 (33.96%) CheckPoint
3 16 (30.19%) Juniper
4 10 (18.87%) Red Hat
5 7 (13.21%) Blue Coat
6 4 (7.547%) F5
6 4 (7.547%) Websense
7 3 (5.660%) IronPort
8 2 (3.774%) Microsoft
9 1 (1.887%) VMware
9 1 (1.887%) AirMagnet
9 1 (1.887%) Twitter
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Our client, a major media and communications company are looking for a Network Security Specialist with experience of Cisco, Juniper/Checkpoint to work within a 2nd/3rd line...
Proprius Recruitment
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
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
Summary: Growing security provider needs experienced Systems Architect, J2EE, Oracle programming, Cambridge or Munich, to £very competitive + benefits... Degree educated, the Architect will be experienced with mobile network...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £highly competitive + benefits
Posted: 26 April 2013