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This section looks at the demand for the Security Engineer role in IT jobs within the City of London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Security Engineer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank317264
Rank change on same period last yearDown-53
Matching permanent IT job ads2970
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.029 %
As % of the category below0.162 %0.390 %
Salaries quoted1265
Average minimum salary£42,750£49,385
Average salary£51,208£54,554
% change on same period last year-6.13 %
Average maximum salary£59,667£59,723
UK excluding London average salary£40,727£41,094
% change on same period last year-0.89 %
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads1795417955
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled9.665 %7.484 %
Salaries quoted1525113605
Average minimum salary£48,025£51,288
Average salary£52,842£55,870
% change on same period last year-5.42 %
Average maximum salary£57,659£60,452
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Security Engineer LondonSecurity Engineer
London

Security Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Security Engineer across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London Security Engineer Demand Trend

Security Engineer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Security Engineer across the City of London region.

City of London Security Engineer Salary Trend

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Engineer across the City of London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

City of London Security Engineer Salary Histogram

Security Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

163 (86.30 %)Firewall
258 (79.45 %)CheckPoint
258 (79.45 %)Network Security
348 (65.75 %)NetScreen
348 (65.75 %)VPN
446 (63.01 %)Nokia
446 (63.01 %)TCP/IP
446 (63.01 %)Blue Coat
518 (24.66 %)UNIX
616 (21.92 %)Juniper
616 (21.92 %)Cisco
714 (19.18 %)Cisco Certification
810 (13.70 %)Finance
99 (12.33 %)SSL
99 (12.33 %)CCSP
108 (10.96 %)Windows
108 (10.96 %)Internet
108 (10.96 %)Cisco PIX
116 (8.219 %)CCSE
116 (8.219 %)Banking
116 (8.219 %)CISSP
116 (8.219 %)DNS
125 (6.849 %)CISA
125 (6.849 %)CISM
125 (6.849 %)Information Security
125 (6.849 %)Telecoms
125 (6.849 %)IronPort
134 (5.479 %)Extranet
134 (5.479 %)CCNP
134 (5.479 %)CCNA

Security Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (1.370 %)CSS
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (2.740 %)MS Excel
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
163 (86.30 %)Firewall
258 (79.45 %)Network Security
348 (65.75 %)NetScreen
348 (65.75 %)VPN
446 (63.01 %)TCP/IP
59 (12.33 %)SSL
68 (10.96 %)Internet
68 (10.96 %)Cisco PIX
76 (8.219 %)DNS
84 (5.479 %)Extranet
93 (4.110 %)OSPF
93 (4.110 %)BGP
93 (4.110 %)EIGRP
93 (4.110 %)WAN
93 (4.110 %)Intranet
102 (2.740 %)Cisco ASA
102 (2.740 %)LAN
111 (1.370 %)ISDN
111 (1.370 %)SMTP
111 (1.370 %)DHCP
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (1.370 %)RDBMS
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (13.70 %)Finance
26 (8.219 %)Banking
35 (6.849 %)Telecoms
43 (4.110 %)Financial Institution
52 (2.740 %)Investment Banking
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (4.110 %)PKI
21 (1.370 %)IPTV
21 (1.370 %)CCTV
21 (1.370 %)SecurID
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
118 (24.66 %)UNIX
28 (10.96 %)Windows
34 (5.479 %)Solaris
43 (4.110 %)Linux
51 (1.370 %)Windows 2000
51 (1.370 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (1.370 %)SUSE
51 (1.370 %)Red Hat Linux
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (6.849 %)Information Security
24 (5.479 %)ITIL
33 (4.110 %)Data Security
33 (4.110 %)Investment Management
42 (2.740 %)Risk Assessment
42 (2.740 %)E-Commerce
42 (2.740 %)Network Design
42 (2.740 %)Enterprise Architecture
42 (2.740 %)Load Balancing
51 (1.370 %)Project Management
51 (1.370 %)Service Management
51 (1.370 %)Information Security Management
51 (1.370 %)ISMS
51 (1.370 %)Security Management
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (1.370 %)Perl
11 (1.370 %)Shell Script
11 (1.370 %)Ruby
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (19.18 %)Cisco Certification
29 (12.33 %)CCSP
36 (8.219 %)CISSP
36 (8.219 %)CCSE
45 (6.849 %)CISA
45 (6.849 %)CISM
54 (5.479 %)Microsoft Certification
54 (5.479 %)CCNP
54 (5.479 %)CCNA
63 (4.110 %)MCSE
63 (4.110 %)CCSA
71 (1.370 %)GCIA
71 (1.370 %)GIAC
71 (1.370 %)CCIE
71 (1.370 %)SSCP
71 (1.370 %)MCP
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (2.740 %)BS7799
21 (1.370 %)ISO27001
21 (1.370 %)SLA
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (1.370 %)Active Directory
City of London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (4.110 %)MIMEsweeper
22 (2.740 %)MAILsweeper
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
158 (79.45 %)CheckPoint
246 (63.01 %)Nokia
246 (63.01 %)Blue Coat
316 (21.92 %)Juniper
316 (21.92 %)Cisco
45 (6.849 %)IronPort
52 (2.740 %)FaceTime
52 (2.740 %)SurfControl
61 (1.370 %)Red Hat
61 (1.370 %)Finjan
61 (1.370 %)Microsoft
61 (1.370 %)EMC
61 (1.370 %)Nortel
61 (1.370 %)Symantec
61 (1.370 %)Sophos
61 (1.370 %)Websense