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This section looks at the demand for Network Security skills within the Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Security over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNetwork Security
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6092
Rank change on same period last yearUp+32
Matching permanent IT job ads2415
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.006 %
As % of the category below11.82 %5.017 %
Salaries quoted2314
Average minimum salary£52,913£36,429
Average salary£54,652£37,393
% change on same period last year+46.15 %
Average maximum salary£56,391£38,357
UK excluding London average salary£41,357£43,490
% change on same period last year-4.90 %
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Edinburgh
Matching permanent IT job ads203299
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.107 %0.122 %
Salaries quoted159226
Average minimum salary£37,674£36,667
Average salary£41,384£40,563
% change on same period last year+2.02 %
Average maximum salary£45,094£44,460
UK excluding London average salary£37,397£39,734
% change on same period last year-5.88 %
Network Security ScotlandNetwork Security
Scotland

Network Security
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Network Security across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Edinburgh Network Security Demand Trend

Network Security
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Network Security across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Security across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Edinburgh Network Security Salary Histogram

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

120 (50.00 %)Windows
120 (50.00 %)LAN
120 (50.00 %)WAN
219 (47.50 %)Cisco
318 (45.00 %)CCIE
318 (45.00 %)Cisco Certification
416 (40.00 %)Active Directory
515 (37.50 %).NET
614 (35.00 %)LDAP
614 (35.00 %)Government
614 (35.00 %)Technical Architecture
712 (30.00 %)Firewall
811 (27.50 %)Disaster Recovery
811 (27.50 %)SSL
910 (25.00 %)VPN
910 (25.00 %)IP Telephony
109 (22.50 %)Blue Coat
109 (22.50 %)IPsec
109 (22.50 %)Juniper
109 (22.50 %)CheckPoint
109 (22.50 %)OSPF
109 (22.50 %)BGP
118 (20.00 %)CCSP
118 (20.00 %)CCNP
118 (20.00 %)CISSP
125 (12.50 %)TCP/IP
133 (7.500 %)HP
133 (7.500 %)Compaq
133 (7.500 %)Blackberry
133 (7.500 %)DNS

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (37.50 %).NET
21 (2.500 %)ASP.NET
21 (2.500 %)X-Windows
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (2.500 %)Apache
Edinburgh IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (2.500 %)MS Office
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
120 (50.00 %)LAN
120 (50.00 %)WAN
214 (35.00 %)LDAP
312 (30.00 %)Firewall
411 (27.50 %)SSL
510 (25.00 %)VPN
510 (25.00 %)IP Telephony
69 (22.50 %)IPsec
69 (22.50 %)OSPF
69 (22.50 %)BGP
75 (12.50 %)TCP/IP
83 (7.500 %)DNS
91 (2.500 %)FTP
91 (2.500 %)Cisco PIX
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (2.500 %)Subversion
Edinburgh IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (35.00 %)Government
21 (2.500 %)Health
21 (2.500 %)Pensions
21 (2.500 %)Finance
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
125 (62.50 %)Architect
212 (30.00 %)Technical Architect
311 (27.50 %)Network Architect
49 (22.50 %)Consultant
49 (22.50 %)Network Consultant
58 (20.00 %)Security Consultant
58 (20.00 %)Network Security Consultant
63 (7.500 %)Support Engineer
63 (7.500 %)Infrastructure Engineer
63 (7.500 %)Infrastructure Support Engineer
72 (5.000 %)Enterprise Architect
72 (5.000 %)IT Manager
81 (2.500 %)Server Support
Edinburgh IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (7.500 %)Blackberry
21 (2.500 %)Replication
21 (2.500 %)PKI
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
120 (50.00 %)Windows
23 (7.500 %)Linux
23 (7.500 %)Windows NT
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (35.00 %)Technical Architecture
211 (27.50 %)Disaster Recovery
32 (5.000 %)ITIL
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (7.500 %)Java
21 (2.500 %)SQL
21 (2.500 %)VB
21 (2.500 %)VB.NET
21 (2.500 %)VB6
Edinburgh IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
118 (45.00 %)CCIE
118 (45.00 %)Cisco Certification
28 (20.00 %)CCSP
28 (20.00 %)CCNP
28 (20.00 %)CISSP
31 (2.500 %)Degree
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (5.000 %)BS15000
21 (2.500 %)QA
Edinburgh IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
116 (40.00 %)Active Directory
22 (5.000 %)ISA Server
22 (5.000 %)Samba
22 (5.000 %)NFS
Edinburgh IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
119 (47.50 %)Cisco
29 (22.50 %)Juniper
29 (22.50 %)CheckPoint
29 (22.50 %)Blue Coat
33 (7.500 %)HP
33 (7.500 %)Compaq
42 (5.000 %)Sourcefire
42 (5.000 %)Sun
51 (2.500 %)Microsoft
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