The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Security Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Security Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security Specialist
Rank 822 856 820
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -36
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Specialist 22 13 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.022% 0.011% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.012% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 16 4 17
Average salary £52,500 £40,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.25% -27.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £35,860
10% offered a salary of more than £72,000 £43,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £40,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -27.27%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
96088 107696 114482
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.37% 95.02% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 80815 93104 97727
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Network Security Specialist
UK

Network Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Network Security Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Network Security Specialist
Salary Trend

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

England Network Security Specialist Salary Trend

Network Security Specialist
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Security Specialist across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Network Security Specialist Salary Histogram

Network Security Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Specialist within the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
London +48 11 £53,500 -
West Midlands - 6 £40,000 -
North West +5 2 - -
East of England - 2 £52,500 -
South East +10 1 £50,000 +17.64%
Network Security Specialist
UK

Network Security Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Network Security Specialist 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 Network Security Specialist in their job title.

1 55 (96.49%) Network Security
2 36 (63.16%) Firewall
2 36 (63.16%) Cisco
3 34 (59.65%) CheckPoint
4 32 (56.14%) Juniper
5 26 (45.61%) Blue Coat
6 22 (38.60%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (35.09%) Retail
8 19 (33.33%) Windows
9 17 (29.82%) CISSP
9 17 (29.82%) Finance
10 16 (28.07%) Cisco ASA
11 14 (24.56%) F5
11 14 (24.56%) Cisco Nexus
11 14 (24.56%) VPN
12 13 (22.81%) SSL
12 13 (22.81%) CCSP
12 13 (22.81%) IronPort
13 12 (21.05%) Tufin
13 12 (21.05%) Aruba
13 12 (21.05%) DNA
13 12 (21.05%) Change Management
13 12 (21.05%) DMZ
14 11 (19.30%) MS Office
14 11 (19.30%) CCNP
15 10 (17.54%) DHCP
15 10 (17.54%) Windows 2000
15 10 (17.54%) MS Excel
15 10 (17.54%) Symantec
15 10 (17.54%) McAfee

Network Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Network Security Specialist 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 Network Security Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (3.509%) Web Services
1 2 (3.509%) XML
Applications
1 11 (19.30%) MS Office
2 10 (17.54%) MS Excel
3 9 (15.79%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 55 (96.49%) Network Security
2 36 (63.16%) Firewall
3 16 (28.07%) Cisco ASA
4 14 (24.56%) Cisco Nexus
4 14 (24.56%) VPN
5 13 (22.81%) SSL
6 12 (21.05%) DMZ
7 10 (17.54%) DHCP
7 10 (17.54%) Wireless
7 10 (17.54%) Cisco IOS
8 6 (10.53%) LAN
8 6 (10.53%) WAN
9 5 (8.772%) HTTP
9 5 (8.772%) TCP/IP
9 5 (8.772%) TACACS
10 3 (5.263%) SMTP
10 3 (5.263%) FTP
10 3 (5.263%) OSPF
10 3 (5.263%) BGP
10 3 (5.263%) DMVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.509%) MySQL
General
1 20 (35.09%) Retail
2 17 (29.82%) Finance
3 9 (15.79%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.754%) Advertising
4 1 (1.754%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.754%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.754%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.772%) Computer Science
2 3 (5.263%) PKI
3 2 (3.509%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 19 (33.33%) Windows
2 10 (17.54%) Windows 2000
3 4 (7.018%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (21.05%) DNA
1 12 (21.05%) Change Management
2 9 (15.79%) Service Management
2 9 (15.79%) Migration
3 6 (10.53%) SIEM
4 3 (5.263%) Risk Management
4 3 (5.263%) Information Security
5 2 (3.509%) Change Control
5 2 (3.509%) Network Management
5 2 (3.509%) Security Architecture
5 2 (3.509%) Load Testing
5 2 (3.509%) Computer Security
5 2 (3.509%) Incident Management
5 2 (3.509%) Network Design
5 2 (3.509%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (3.509%) Configuration Management
5 2 (3.509%) ITIL
6 1 (1.754%) Knowledge Management
6 1 (1.754%) Load Balancing
6 1 (1.754%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.509%) C#
1 2 (3.509%) Java
1 2 (3.509%) PHP
1 2 (3.509%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (38.60%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (29.82%) CISSP
3 13 (22.81%) CCSP
4 11 (19.30%) CCNP
5 7 (12.28%) Degree
6 6 (10.53%) CEH
7 5 (8.772%) GIAC
8 4 (7.018%) Security Cleared
8 4 (7.018%) CCIE
9 3 (5.263%) SCSA
10 2 (3.509%) JNCIA
10 2 (3.509%) CCSE
10 2 (3.509%) CCSA
10 2 (3.509%) CCNA
11 1 (1.754%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.263%) PCI DSS
1 3 (5.263%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.754%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (15.79%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.018%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 9 (15.79%) MIMEsweeper
Vendors
1 36 (63.16%) Cisco
2 34 (59.65%) CheckPoint
3 32 (56.14%) Juniper
4 26 (45.61%) Blue Coat
5 14 (24.56%) F5
6 13 (22.81%) IronPort
7 12 (21.05%) Tufin
7 12 (21.05%) Aruba
8 10 (17.54%) Symantec
8 10 (17.54%) McAfee
8 10 (17.54%) Websense
8 10 (17.54%) Infoblox
9 9 (15.79%) Fujitsu
10 4 (7.018%) Microsoft
11 2 (3.509%) VMware
11 2 (3.509%) HP
11 2 (3.509%) Dell
11 2 (3.509%) Oracle
12 1 (1.754%) Citrix
12 1 (1.754%) Riverbed