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The table below looks at the demand for the Security Engineer role in IT jobs within the England 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 14 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Security Engineer
Location
3 months to
14 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank501530
Rank change on same period last yearUp+29
Matching permanent IT job ads396530
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.234 %0.229 %
As % of the category below0.273 %0.262 %
Salaries quoted330416
Average minimum salary£37,902£40,038
Average salary£41,944£44,075
% change on same period last year-4.83 %
Average maximum salary£45,987£48,113
UK excluding London average salary£40,586£40,622
% change on same period last year-0.08 %
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching permanent IT job ads144866202189
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled85.46 %87.28 %
Salaries quoted121991163471
Average minimum salary£38,926£40,261
Average salary£42,579£44,039
% change on same period last year-3.31 %
Average maximum salary£46,233£47,817
UK excluding London average salary£38,166£39,197
% change on same period last year-2.63 %
Security Engineer UKSecurity Engineer
UK

Security Engineer
Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Security Engineer Salary Trend

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 14 October 2008.

England Security Engineer Salary Histogram

Security Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the England region over the 3 months to 14 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South EastUp+68170£42,561+2.31 %
LondonDown-2099£46,124-7.84 %
West MidlandsUp+3440£39,971+22.67 %
South WestUp+630£41,054-5.52 %
East of EnglandUp+3023£33,556-29.46 %
YorkshireDown-1822£30,354-8.37 %
North WestUp+3511£40,417+14.54 %
North EastUp+172£32,500-7.14 %
Security Engineer UKSecurity Engineer
UK

Security Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

1470 (58.90 %)Firewall
2412 (51.63 %)CheckPoint
3401 (50.25 %)Cisco
4379 (47.49 %)Network Security
5245 (30.70 %)Cisco Certification
6225 (28.20 %)VPN
7216 (27.07 %)Juniper
8203 (25.44 %)Cisco PIX
9171 (21.43 %)TCP/IP
10168 (21.05 %)Nokia
11150 (18.80 %)CCNA
12134 (16.79 %)Blue Coat
13126 (15.79 %)NetScreen
14119 (14.91 %)CCNP
15111 (13.91 %)UNIX
16108 (13.53 %)Windows
17104 (13.03 %)LAN
18102 (12.78 %)CCSA
1999 (12.41 %)Cisco ASA
2095 (11.90 %)WAN
2192 (11.53 %)CCSP
2291 (11.40 %)Internet
2291 (11.40 %)CCSE
2386 (10.78 %)Linux
2485 (10.65 %)Information Security
2570 (8.772 %)SSL
2570 (8.772 %)DNS
2662 (7.769 %)Active Directory
2760 (7.519 %)MPLS
2859 (7.393 %)Security Cleared

Security Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
139 (4.887 %)JSP
219 (2.381 %)WebServices
37 (0.877 %)Software Packaging
45 (0.627 %)CSS
53 (0.376 %)XML
53 (0.376 %)HTML
62 (0.251 %)CGI
71 (0.125 %)Middleware
71 (0.125 %)Spring
71 (0.125 %)WebSphere
71 (0.125 %).NET
71 (0.125 %)J2EE
71 (0.125 %)EJB
71 (0.125 %)Struts
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (2.005 %)IIS
28 (1.003 %)MS Exchange
37 (0.877 %)Exchange Server 2003
44 (0.501 %)SharePoint
53 (0.376 %)Apache
62 (0.251 %)WebLogic
71 (0.125 %)GroupWise
71 (0.125 %)CMS
71 (0.125 %)Tomcat
71 (0.125 %)Lotus Notes
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
117 (2.130 %)MS Excel
22 (0.251 %)MS Office
31 (0.125 %)MS Visio
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1470 (58.90 %)Firewall
2379 (47.49 %)Network Security
3225 (28.20 %)VPN
4203 (25.44 %)Cisco PIX
5171 (21.43 %)TCP/IP
6126 (15.79 %)NetScreen
7104 (13.03 %)LAN
899 (12.41 %)Cisco ASA
995 (11.90 %)WAN
1091 (11.40 %)Internet
1170 (8.772 %)DNS
1170 (8.772 %)SSL
1260 (7.519 %)MPLS
1358 (7.268 %)BGP
1453 (6.642 %)OSPF
1552 (6.516 %)IPsec
1641 (5.138 %)Intrusion Detection
1738 (4.762 %)SMTP
1833 (4.135 %)Ethernet
1929 (3.634 %)BIG-IP
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (1.629 %)SQL Server
27 (0.877 %)DB2
27 (0.877 %)MySQL
31 (0.125 %)Informix
31 (0.125 %)Ingres
31 (0.125 %)RDBMS
31 (0.125 %)SQL Server 2000
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (0.877 %)Ant
21 (0.125 %)ClearCase
21 (0.125 %)Eclipse
21 (0.125 %)ClearQuest
21 (0.125 %)Paros
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
152 (6.516 %)Finance
250 (6.266 %)Government
343 (5.388 %)Telecoms
427 (3.383 %)Pensions
523 (2.882 %)Manufacturing
622 (2.757 %)Health
715 (1.880 %)Banking
810 (1.253 %)Military
99 (1.128 %)Legal
108 (1.003 %)Education
108 (1.003 %)Financial Institution
108 (1.003 %)Insurance
115 (0.627 %)Back Office
124 (0.501 %)Law
124 (0.501 %)Investment Banking
124 (0.501 %)Games
133 (0.376 %)Electric
133 (0.376 %)Music
142 (0.251 %)Publishing
142 (0.251 %)Retail
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
129 (3.634 %)SecurID
212 (1.504 %)Cryptography
39 (1.128 %)Smartcard
48 (1.003 %)PKI
48 (1.003 %)CCTV
57 (0.877 %)German Language
57 (0.877 %)Management Information System
66 (0.752 %)Mainframe
75 (0.627 %)Clustering
75 (0.627 %)French Language
84 (0.501 %)Computer Science
84 (0.501 %)Italian Language
84 (0.501 %)Russian Language
84 (0.501 %)Spanish Language
93 (0.376 %)Fat Client
93 (0.376 %)Thin Client
93 (0.376 %)CESG
102 (0.251 %)IPTV
111 (0.125 %)Statistics
111 (0.125 %)NGOSS
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1111 (13.91 %)UNIX
2108 (13.53 %)Windows
386 (10.78 %)Linux
448 (6.015 %)Solaris
533 (4.135 %)Windows Server 2003
616 (2.005 %)SUSE
712 (1.504 %)Red Hat Linux
811 (1.378 %)Windows 2000
910 (1.253 %)AIX
108 (1.003 %)Windows XP
117 (0.877 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
117 (0.877 %)CentOS
125 (0.627 %)Windows 2000 Server
133 (0.376 %)HPUX
142 (0.251 %)Windows NT
142 (0.251 %)Windows Server 2008
151 (0.125 %)VMS
151 (0.125 %)Windows Vista
151 (0.125 %)FreeBSD
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
185 (10.65 %)Information Security
259 (7.393 %)Security Cleared
343 (5.388 %)ITIL
437 (4.637 %)Load Balancing
532 (4.010 %)Risk Assessment
626 (3.258 %)Incident Management
723 (2.882 %)Penetration Testing
821 (2.632 %)SC Cleared
918 (2.256 %)Time Management
1015 (1.880 %)Project Management
1112 (1.504 %)Network Design
1211 (1.378 %)Business Continuity
139 (1.128 %)Service Management
139 (1.128 %)DNA
139 (1.128 %)Workflow
139 (1.128 %)Validation
147 (0.877 %)Change Management
147 (0.877 %)Data Security
147 (0.877 %)Project Planning
156 (0.752 %)B2B
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
142 (5.263 %)C
218 (2.256 %)C++
218 (2.256 %)Perl
314 (1.754 %)Java
410 (1.253 %)Python
54 (0.501 %)SQL
63 (0.376 %)PHP
72 (0.251 %)Shell Script
72 (0.251 %)Ruby
72 (0.251 %)Groovy
81 (0.125 %)VBScript
81 (0.125 %)JavaScript
81 (0.125 %)C#
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1245 (30.70 %)Cisco Certification
2150 (18.80 %)CCNA
3119 (14.91 %)CCNP
4102 (12.78 %)CCSA
592 (11.53 %)CCSP
691 (11.40 %)CCSE
755 (6.892 %)CISSP
841 (5.138 %)CCIP
936 (4.511 %)Microsoft Certification
1033 (4.135 %)MCSE
1131 (3.885 %)CCIE
1223 (2.882 %)Degree
1316 (2.005 %)JNCIA
1414 (1.754 %)Check Point Certification
159 (1.128 %)JNCIS
159 (1.128 %)MCP
168 (1.003 %)CCDP
176 (0.752 %)SSCP
185 (0.627 %)CEH
185 (0.627 %)MCSA
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
140 (5.013 %)JSP 440
238 (4.762 %)SLA
330 (3.759 %)ISO27001
49 (1.128 %)BS7799
57 (0.877 %)ISO17799
66 (0.752 %)HMG Infosec
75 (0.627 %)PCI DSS
75 (0.627 %)QA
81 (0.125 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
162 (7.769 %)Active Directory
221 (2.632 %)ISA Server
39 (1.128 %)Terminal Services
45 (0.627 %)Snort
51 (0.125 %)AquaLogic
51 (0.125 %)Citrix Presentation Server
51 (0.125 %)NFS
51 (0.125 %)VMware ESX
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
113 (1.629 %)Norton AntiVirus
27 (0.877 %)CiscoWorks
35 (0.627 %)MOM
35 (0.627 %)OpenView
44 (0.501 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
44 (0.501 %)OVSD
53 (0.376 %)MAILsweeper
62 (0.251 %)MIMEsweeper
71 (0.125 %)CA SiteMinder
71 (0.125 %)Tivoli
71 (0.125 %)Tivoli Monitoring
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1412 (51.63 %)CheckPoint
2401 (50.25 %)Cisco
3216 (27.07 %)Juniper
4168 (21.05 %)Nokia
5134 (16.79 %)Blue Coat
656 (7.018 %)Websense
753 (6.642 %)Microsoft
846 (5.764 %)Crossbeam
939 (4.887 %)Symantec
1033 (4.135 %)WatchGuard
1033 (4.135 %)Fortinet
1130 (3.759 %)Clearswift
1227 (3.383 %)IronPort
1323 (2.882 %)Sun
1419 (2.381 %)HP
1419 (2.381 %)SonicWALL
1419 (2.381 %)McAfee Security
1517 (2.130 %)TippingPoint
1613 (1.629 %)Oracle
1712 (1.504 %)Red Hat