The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire 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 17 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Engineer
Rank 115 118 114
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 5 6 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.279% 0.311% 0.121%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.292% 0.325% 0.128%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 1
Average salary £55,000 £70,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.42% +108.95%
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-8.23% -
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1713 1844 1561
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.75% 95.69% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1350 1624 1327
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Engineer
North West

Security Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Security Engineer Salary Trend

Security Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 6 (50.00%) Android
1 6 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 5 (41.67%) Security Architecture
2 5 (41.67%) Information Security
3 4 (33.33%) Cryptography
3 4 (33.33%) PKI
3 4 (33.33%) HTML
3 4 (33.33%) Java
3 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 4 (33.33%) J2EE
3 4 (33.33%) Finance
4 3 (25.00%) Change Management
4 3 (25.00%) Symantec
4 3 (25.00%) McAfee
4 3 (25.00%) Windows
4 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
5 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 2 (16.67%) ITIL
5 2 (16.67%) UNIX
5 2 (16.67%) Norton AntiVirus
5 2 (16.67%) Degree
5 2 (16.67%) Trend Micro
5 2 (16.67%) HTML5
5 2 (16.67%) Mobile App
5 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Ajax
5 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
6 1 (8.333%) Tandem
6 1 (8.333%) Banking

Security Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Application Development
1 4 (33.33%) HTML
1 4 (33.33%) J2EE
2 2 (16.67%) Ajax
2 2 (16.67%) HTML5
3 1 (8.333%) .NET
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (8.333%) MS Project
2 1 (8.333%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) Wireless
1 1 (8.333%) Network Security
General
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Banking
2 1 (8.333%) Retail
2 1 (8.333%) Financial Institution
2 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Cryptography
1 4 (33.33%) PKI
2 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (16.67%) Mobile App
3 1 (8.333%) Blackberry
3 1 (8.333%) Mainframe
3 1 (8.333%) Tandem
3 1 (8.333%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Android
1 6 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 3 (25.00%) Windows
3 2 (16.67%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (41.67%) Information Security
2 5 (41.67%) Security Architecture
3 3 (25.00%) Change Management
4 2 (16.67%) ITIL
4 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 1 (8.333%) Service Management
5 1 (8.333%) Migration
5 1 (8.333%) Network Design
5 1 (8.333%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) Java
1 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (8.333%) MIMEsweeper
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Symantec
1 3 (25.00%) McAfee
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Trend Micro
3 1 (8.333%) Juniper
3 1 (8.333%) CheckPoint
3 1 (8.333%) Cisco
3 1 (8.333%) IBM
3 1 (8.333%) Websense
3 1 (8.333%) Blue Coat
3 1 (8.333%) Fujitsu
3 1 (8.333%) IronPort
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
Cheshire
key management systems, PKI, HSMs, application cryptography, key material handling, standard and non-standard cryptographic algorithms) - Excellent understanding of secure JAVA and .NET application development... - A broad understanding...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum + banking bonus and excellent benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Cheshire
An established Information Security Engineer is required to join a Global Blue-Chip Organisation to be responsible for, design and implement security solutions. As the Information Security Engineer,...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 17 May 2013