The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 175 208 182
Rank change year-on-year
+33 -26
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 96 64 81
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 1.161% 0.736% 0.854%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.418% 3.975% 4.352%
Number of salaries quoted 87 49 71
Average salary £38,000 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.55% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £37,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £51,250 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-2.35% -5.55%
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1772 1610 1861
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 21.43% 18.51% 19.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1427 1278 1501
Average salary £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.61% +3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £27,616 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
Network Security
England

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Security across the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England 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
Bedfordshire +14 47 £55,000 +22.22%
Cambridgeshire +13 31 £35,000 -22.22%
Hertfordshire 0 10 £45,000 -2.70%
Essex +19 3 £55,000 +30.95%
Norfolk - 3 £27,500 -
Suffolk -16 1 £55,000 +22.22%
East Anglia - 1 £45,000 -
Network Security
England

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

1 127 (65.13%) Firewall
2 103 (52.82%) Cisco
3 77 (39.49%) DNS
4 73 (37.44%) Cisco Certification
5 66 (33.85%) Windows
6 56 (28.72%) CCNP
7 53 (27.18%) Finance
8 47 (24.10%) DHCP
9 45 (23.08%) Change Management
10 43 (22.05%) VMware
10 43 (22.05%) Microsoft
10 43 (22.05%) Juniper
11 42 (21.54%) VPN
12 41 (21.03%) Linux
12 41 (21.03%) Disaster Recovery
13 40 (20.51%) SAN
14 37 (18.97%) Active Directory
15 36 (18.46%) NFS
16 34 (17.44%) CheckPoint
16 34 (17.44%) LAN
17 33 (16.92%) VMware Infrastructure
18 32 (16.41%) WAN
19 31 (15.90%) TCP/IP
19 31 (15.90%) Intrusion Detection
19 31 (15.90%) Windows 7
20 30 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
20 30 (15.38%) CCNA
20 30 (15.38%) SQL Server
21 29 (14.87%) Telecoms
22 28 (14.36%) MySQL

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 9 (4.615%) Web Services
2 3 (1.538%) Middleware
3 2 (1.026%) Hibernate
3 2 (1.026%) XML
3 2 (1.026%) J2EE
3 2 (1.026%) EJB
3 2 (1.026%) Spring
3 2 (1.026%) Qt
4 1 (0.513%) .NET
4 1 (0.513%) JSON
4 1 (0.513%) OpenMP
4 1 (0.513%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 27 (13.85%) MS Exchange
2 26 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 24 (12.31%) Exchange Server 2007
4 17 (8.718%) Lync
5 15 (7.692%) SharePoint Server
5 15 (7.692%) Office Communications Server
6 9 (4.615%) IIS
7 8 (4.103%) SharePoint
8 4 (2.051%) Windows Azure
9 2 (1.026%) WebLogic
9 2 (1.026%) Apache
10 1 (0.513%) Amazon AWS
10 1 (0.513%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.513%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 15 (7.692%) MS Office
2 13 (6.667%) MS Excel
3 6 (3.077%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.564%) Temenos Globus
Communications & Networking
1 127 (65.13%) Firewall
2 77 (39.49%) DNS
3 47 (24.10%) DHCP
4 42 (21.54%) VPN
5 40 (20.51%) SAN
6 34 (17.44%) LAN
7 32 (16.41%) WAN
8 31 (15.90%) TCP/IP
8 31 (15.90%) Intrusion Detection
9 25 (12.82%) Cisco IOS
10 23 (11.79%) Cisco ASA
10 23 (11.79%) HTTP
11 22 (11.28%) VoIP
12 21 (10.77%) Wireless
13 20 (10.26%) Cisco PIX
14 18 (9.231%) VLAN
15 16 (8.205%) MPLS
15 16 (8.205%) OSPF
16 15 (7.692%) BGP
16 15 (7.692%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 28 (14.36%) MySQL
3 23 (11.79%) SQL Server 2008
4 21 (10.77%) SQL Server 2005
5 16 (8.205%) Big Data
6 7 (3.590%) Text Mining
7 1 (0.513%) Data Mining
General
1 53 (27.18%) Finance
2 29 (14.87%) Telecoms
3 4 (2.051%) Marketing
4 3 (1.538%) Retail
5 2 (1.026%) Advertising
6 1 (0.513%) Banking
6 1 (0.513%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 43 (22.05%) Network Engineer
2 36 (18.46%) Support Engineer
3 27 (13.85%) Security Engineer
4 24 (12.31%) Network Manager
5 22 (11.28%) Wintel Engineer
6 20 (10.26%) Network Security Engineer
7 18 (9.231%) IT Support
8 16 (8.205%) Consultant
9 15 (7.692%) Administrator
10 14 (7.179%) IT Support Engineer
10 14 (7.179%) Architect
11 13 (6.667%) Systems Administrator
11 13 (6.667%) Security Consultant
12 11 (5.641%) Network Support
13 9 (4.615%) Network Support Engineer
13 9 (4.615%) Network Consultant
13 9 (4.615%) Network Architect
14 8 (4.103%) Security Officer
15 7 (3.590%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 7 (3.590%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.718%) Wiki
2 10 (5.128%) PKI
3 8 (4.103%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.590%) Statistics
5 5 (2.564%) Computer Science
5 5 (2.564%) Grid Computing
6 4 (2.051%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.538%) Cryptography
8 2 (1.026%) Firmware
8 2 (1.026%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.026%) iPhone
9 1 (0.513%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.513%) FMCG
9 1 (0.513%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.513%) Replication
9 1 (0.513%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 66 (33.85%) Windows
2 41 (21.03%) Linux
3 31 (15.90%) Windows 7
4 30 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
5 20 (10.26%) UNIX
6 16 (8.205%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (6.154%) Windows Server 2003
8 10 (5.128%) Windows XP
9 8 (4.103%) Windows Vista
10 6 (3.077%) SUSE
10 6 (3.077%) Debian
11 2 (1.026%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (23.08%) Change Management
2 41 (21.03%) Disaster Recovery
3 28 (14.36%) Load Balancing
4 25 (12.82%) Network Management
5 23 (11.79%) Supplier Management
5 23 (11.79%) Information Security
6 21 (10.77%) Network Design
7 19 (9.744%) ITIL
8 16 (8.205%) Penetration Testing
9 15 (7.692%) Network Load Balancing
10 11 (5.641%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 10 (5.128%) Capacity Planning
12 9 (4.615%) SIEM
13 8 (4.103%) Network Architecture
13 8 (4.103%) Incident Management
14 7 (3.590%) Enterprise Architecture
14 7 (3.590%) Data Protection
15 6 (3.077%) Parallel Computing
15 6 (3.077%) Change Control
15 6 (3.077%) Ethical Hacking
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.77%) Python
1 21 (10.77%) Bash shell
2 17 (8.718%) PHP
3 5 (2.564%) Perl
4 4 (2.051%) SQL
5 3 (1.538%) C++
5 3 (1.538%) Java
6 2 (1.026%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.513%) C-shell
7 1 (0.513%) VBScript
7 1 (0.513%) C
7 1 (0.513%) C#
7 1 (0.513%) Fortran
7 1 (0.513%) AWK
7 1 (0.513%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 73 (37.44%) Cisco Certification
2 56 (28.72%) CCNP
3 30 (15.38%) CCNA
4 25 (12.82%) Degree
5 20 (10.26%) CISSP
5 20 (10.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (9.744%) CCIE
7 18 (9.231%) MCP
8 17 (8.718%) MCSE
8 17 (8.718%) CISM
9 16 (8.205%) Postgraduate
9 16 (8.205%) CCSP
10 15 (7.692%) CCSE
10 15 (7.692%) CISA
11 14 (7.179%) CEH
11 14 (7.179%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 14 (7.179%) MCSA
12 13 (6.667%) MCTS
13 12 (6.154%) Security Cleared
13 12 (6.154%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.77%) PCI DSS
2 7 (3.590%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.077%) COBIT
4 1 (0.513%) QA
System Software
1 37 (18.97%) Active Directory
2 36 (18.46%) NFS
3 33 (16.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (11.79%) Hyper-V
4 23 (11.79%) XenServer
5 18 (9.231%) XenApp
6 17 (8.718%) Samba
7 16 (8.205%) XenDesktop
8 14 (7.179%) Microsoft App-V
9 5 (2.564%) Forefront TMG
9 5 (2.564%) UAG
9 5 (2.564%) ISA Server
10 4 (2.051%) ProxySG
10 4 (2.051%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (2.051%) Terminal Services
11 2 (1.026%) VMware ESX
11 2 (1.026%) vSphere
12 1 (0.513%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 22 (11.28%) WSUS
2 2 (1.026%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.513%) Puppet
3 1 (0.513%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 103 (52.82%) Cisco
2 43 (22.05%) Microsoft
2 43 (22.05%) Juniper
2 43 (22.05%) VMware
3 34 (17.44%) CheckPoint
4 28 (14.36%) Citrix
5 22 (11.28%) LANDesk
6 19 (9.744%) HP
7 17 (8.718%) Red Hat
7 17 (8.718%) Infoblox
8 14 (7.179%) CommVault
9 13 (6.667%) EMC
9 13 (6.667%) F5
10 10 (5.128%) Blue Coat
11 6 (3.077%) Intel
12 5 (2.564%) Sun
12 5 (2.564%) Avaya
12 5 (2.564%) Twitter
13 4 (2.051%) Apple
13 4 (2.051%) Websense
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We have an exciting opportunity for someone with a good understanding and commercial experience in networking and network security to move into a Presales Consultancy / Systems Engineer role.....
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Salary: From £30,000 to £45,000 per annum + 25 days holiday, bens and bonus
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A fantastic opportunity for a Senior Network Security Engineer to secure a position within a leading software technology company just north of London... As a ground breaking and...
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Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Be - Shares, Pension, Health
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Working in a matrix managed environment, you will make sure solutions comply with company policies and standards.The successful candidate must have relevant experience and strong knowledge in...
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Salary: Competitive
Posted: 18 May 2013
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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...
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Salary: to £40k + benefits
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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...
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Salary: to £40k + benefits
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The Ideal skill set will include DNS Services, Microsoft Exchange 2007 /2010 and SharePoint services 2007 / 2010. You will have ideally had experience in installing, usage and/or...
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Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
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