The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the County Antrim region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Security 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the County Antrim region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 25 33 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 20 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Antrim 8.097% 2.871% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.77% 12.77% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
Average salary £46,250 - -
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-2.35% -5.55%
All Communications & Networking
County Antrim
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
65 47 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Antrim 26.32% 22.49% 21.43%
Number of salaries quoted 25 22 7
Average salary £40,000 £30,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
Network Security
Northern Ireland

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim Network Security Salary Trend

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 County Antrim region over the 3 months to 17 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
Belfast +8 20 £46,250 -
Network Security
Northern Ireland

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the County Antrim 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 14 (58.33%) Juniper
1 14 (58.33%) CheckPoint
1 14 (58.33%) Blue Coat
1 14 (58.33%) F5
2 11 (45.83%) Websense
2 11 (45.83%) Cisco
3 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 8 (33.33%) Windows
3 8 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (25.00%) SQL
4 6 (25.00%) Oracle
5 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (16.67%) SAN
5 4 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (16.67%) Validation
5 4 (16.67%) VMware
5 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
5 4 (16.67%) IIS
5 4 (16.67%) MS Office
5 4 (16.67%) HP
5 4 (16.67%) EMC
5 4 (16.67%) Citrix
5 4 (16.67%) MS Excel
5 4 (16.67%) SharePoint
5 4 (16.67%) Hyper-V
5 4 (16.67%) XenServer
5 4 (16.67%) XenDesktop
5 4 (16.67%) vSphere
5 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the County Antrim 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 2 (8.333%) JSF
2 1 (4.167%) COM
Application Platforms
1 4 (16.67%) IIS
1 4 (16.67%) SharePoint
1 4 (16.67%) Lync
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) MS Office
1 4 (16.67%) MS Excel
1 4 (16.67%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 2 (8.333%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) SAN
2 2 (8.333%) Firewall
2 2 (8.333%) Wireless
2 2 (8.333%) Wireless Security
2 2 (8.333%) DNS
3 1 (4.167%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 4 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (16.67%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (8.333%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (8.333%) Oracle Forms
1 2 (8.333%) JDeveloper
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Developer
2 4 (16.67%) Technical Design Authority
3 3 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Network Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (8.333%) Oracle Developer
4 2 (8.333%) SQL Developer
4 2 (8.333%) PL/SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Computer Science
1 4 (16.67%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 8 (33.33%) Windows
1 8 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
2 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (16.67%) Validation
1 4 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (12.50%) SIEM
3 2 (8.333%) Software Architecture
3 2 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (8.333%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) Degree
1 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (16.67%) Hyper-V
1 4 (16.67%) XenServer
1 4 (16.67%) XenDesktop
1 4 (16.67%) vSphere
Vendors
1 14 (58.33%) Juniper
1 14 (58.33%) CheckPoint
1 14 (58.33%) Blue Coat
1 14 (58.33%) F5
2 11 (45.83%) Websense
2 11 (45.83%) Cisco
3 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 6 (25.00%) Oracle
5 4 (16.67%) 3PAR
5 4 (16.67%) VMware
5 4 (16.67%) HP
5 4 (16.67%) EMC
5 4 (16.67%) Citrix
6 3 (12.50%) LogLogic
6 3 (12.50%) Q1 Labs
7 2 (8.333%) Business Objects
7 2 (8.333%) ESRI