The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Security over the 3 months to 20 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 106 110 105
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -5
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 14 11 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.787% 0.564% 0.614%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.535% 4.435% 3.425%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 8
Average salary £40,000 £48,750 £34,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.94% +42.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,300 £39,750 £29,250
10% offered a salary of more than £64,000 £64,750 £43,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-2.94% -5.55%
All Communications & Networking
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
396 248 292
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.25% 12.70% 17.93%
Number of salaries quoted 302 223 244
Average salary £32,250 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,000 £26,600
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £44,400 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
Network Security
North West

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Security across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Warrington +23 8 £40,000 -
Crewe +2 5 - -
Runcorn - 1 £29,000 -
Chester - 1 £25,500 -
Network Security
North West

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 15 (68.18%) Finance
2 14 (63.64%) Cisco
2 14 (63.64%) Juniper
3 13 (59.09%) Windows
4 12 (54.55%) CheckPoint
5 11 (50.00%) Wireless
5 11 (50.00%) MS Office
6 10 (45.45%) MS Project
6 10 (45.45%) Active Directory
6 10 (45.45%) MS Excel
6 10 (45.45%) Telecoms
6 10 (45.45%) Migration
6 10 (45.45%) Service Management
6 10 (45.45%) Change Management
6 10 (45.45%) Symantec
6 10 (45.45%) McAfee
6 10 (45.45%) Websense
6 10 (45.45%) MIMEsweeper
6 10 (45.45%) Retail
6 10 (45.45%) Blue Coat
6 10 (45.45%) Fujitsu
6 10 (45.45%) IronPort
7 5 (22.73%) CISM
7 5 (22.73%) CISSP
8 4 (18.18%) Firewall
8 4 (18.18%) Information Security
9 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (13.64%) PCI DSS
9 3 (13.64%) CEH
9 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 1 (4.545%) HTML
1 1 (4.545%) .NET
Applications
1 11 (50.00%) MS Office
2 10 (45.45%) MS Excel
2 10 (45.45%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 11 (50.00%) Wireless
2 4 (18.18%) Firewall
3 2 (9.091%) LAN
3 2 (9.091%) TCP/IP
3 2 (9.091%) SAN
4 1 (4.545%) Intranet
4 1 (4.545%) Internet
4 1 (4.545%) VoIP
4 1 (4.545%) WAN
4 1 (4.545%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.091%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (68.18%) Finance
2 10 (45.45%) Telecoms
2 10 (45.45%) Retail
3 2 (9.091%) Banking
4 1 (4.545%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Network Specialist
2 9 (40.91%) Network Security Specialist
2 9 (40.91%) Security Specialist
3 4 (18.18%) Consultant
3 4 (18.18%) Security Consultant
4 3 (13.64%) Security Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Information Manager
4 3 (13.64%) Information Security Consultant
4 3 (13.64%) Information Security Manager
4 3 (13.64%) Lead Security Consultant
4 3 (13.64%) Security Manager
5 2 (9.091%) Firewall Engineer
5 2 (9.091%) Network Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Applications Developer
6 1 (4.545%) Senior Manager
6 1 (4.545%) Network Security Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Coordinator
6 1 (4.545%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.545%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.545%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 13 (59.09%) Windows
2 1 (4.545%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Service Management
1 10 (45.45%) Change Management
1 10 (45.45%) Migration
2 4 (18.18%) Information Security
3 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (9.091%) Security Architecture
5 1 (4.545%) Ethical Hacking
5 1 (4.545%) Project Planning
5 1 (4.545%) Security Testing
5 1 (4.545%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (4.545%) Risk Management
5 1 (4.545%) Validation
5 1 (4.545%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.545%) ITIL
5 1 (4.545%) E-Commerce
5 1 (4.545%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.091%) Java
1 2 (9.091%) PHP
1 2 (9.091%) SQL
2 1 (4.545%) Python
2 1 (4.545%) PowerHouse
2 1 (4.545%) Ruby
2 1 (4.545%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.545%) Perl
2 1 (4.545%) C
2 1 (4.545%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) CISSP
1 5 (22.73%) CISM
2 3 (13.64%) CEH
3 2 (9.091%) CISA
4 1 (4.545%) Degree
4 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (4.545%) PMP
4 1 (4.545%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (13.64%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.545%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (45.45%) MIMEsweeper
2 2 (9.091%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 14 (63.64%) Cisco
1 14 (63.64%) Juniper
2 12 (54.55%) CheckPoint
3 10 (45.45%) Symantec
3 10 (45.45%) McAfee
3 10 (45.45%) Websense
3 10 (45.45%) Blue Coat
3 10 (45.45%) Fujitsu
3 10 (45.45%) IronPort
4 2 (9.091%) VMware
5 1 (4.545%) NetApp
5 1 (4.545%) Oracle
5 1 (4.545%) SAP
5 1 (4.545%) IBM
5 1 (4.545%) Microsoft
5 1 (4.545%) HP
5 1 (4.545%) Citrix
Cheshire
As such in depth Firewall knowledge is required, including but not limited to Checkpoint, Juniper and Fortigate knowledge... A professional qualification, such as CISSP, CISM or CISA is...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Package
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cheshire
As such in depth Firewall knowledge is required, including but not limited to Checkpoint, Juniper and Fortigate knowledge... A professional qualification, such as CISSP, CISM or CISA is...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £55000 - £70000 per annum + Package
Posted: 15 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
The specialist should be experienced in supporting 2 or more of the following Security Products: RSA Envision, Logrhythm, Symantec Endpoint Security, Web and Email security technologies such as...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: offer competitive package
Posted: 17 May 2013