The first table below looks at the demand for IPsec skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IPsec over the 3 months to 24 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 Hampshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
Rank 160 165 156
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -9
Permanent jobs citing IPsec 21 12 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.608% 0.313% 0.358%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.561% 1.404% 1.868%
Number of salaries quoted 12 8 7
Average salary £45,000 £28,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+57.89% -43.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £27,500 £40,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,850 £47,750 £62,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +1.19%
All Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
820 855 696
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 23.75% 22.28% 19.18%
Number of salaries quoted 656 753 564
Average salary £38,500 £41,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.09% +5.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,500 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
IPsec
South East

IPsec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire IPsec Jobs Demand Trend

IPsec
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing IPsec across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire IPsec Salary Trend

IPsec
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IPsec across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hampshire IPsec Salary Histogram

IPsec
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Southampton +6 8 £42,500 +54.54%
Basingstoke -9 3 - -
Portsmouth - 1 £44,000 -
IPsec
South East

IPsec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire region citing IPsec 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 IPsec.

1 24 (68.57%) VPN
1 24 (68.57%) Cisco
2 20 (57.14%) TCP/IP
2 20 (57.14%) SSL
3 19 (54.29%) LAN
3 19 (54.29%) WAN
3 19 (54.29%) Firewall
4 18 (51.43%) BGP
5 14 (40.00%) MPLS
6 12 (34.29%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (31.43%) Telecoms
7 11 (31.43%) CCNP
7 11 (31.43%) Cisco PIX
7 11 (31.43%) Cisco ASA
8 10 (28.57%) DNS
8 10 (28.57%) OSPF
8 10 (28.57%) EIGRP
9 9 (25.71%) CheckPoint
10 8 (22.86%) Microsoft
10 8 (22.86%) CCIE
10 8 (22.86%) MS Exchange
10 8 (22.86%) Windows
10 8 (22.86%) Network Security
10 8 (22.86%) Digital Media
11 7 (20.00%) Unified Communications
11 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
12 6 (17.14%) Blue Coat
12 6 (17.14%) Gigabit Ethernet
12 6 (17.14%) Load Balancing
12 6 (17.14%) F5

IPsec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire region citing IPsec 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 IPsec. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 8 (22.86%) MS Exchange
2 5 (14.29%) Apache
3 3 (8.571%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (68.57%) VPN
2 20 (57.14%) TCP/IP
2 20 (57.14%) SSL
3 19 (54.29%) LAN
3 19 (54.29%) WAN
3 19 (54.29%) Firewall
4 18 (51.43%) BGP
5 14 (40.00%) MPLS
6 11 (31.43%) Cisco PIX
6 11 (31.43%) Cisco ASA
7 10 (28.57%) DNS
7 10 (28.57%) OSPF
7 10 (28.57%) EIGRP
8 8 (22.86%) Network Security
9 7 (20.00%) Unified Communications
10 6 (17.14%) Gigabit Ethernet
10 6 (17.14%) Cisco Nexus
10 6 (17.14%) Ethernet
10 6 (17.14%) VoIP
10 6 (17.14%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.571%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.857%) Big Data
General
1 11 (31.43%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.857%) Electronics
2 1 (2.857%) Finance
2 1 (2.857%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 10 (28.57%) Network Engineer
1 10 (28.57%) Support Engineer
2 8 (22.86%) Network Consultant
2 8 (22.86%) Consultant
3 6 (17.14%) Network Support Engineer
3 6 (17.14%) Network Support
4 5 (14.29%) Analyst
4 5 (14.29%) Administrator
4 5 (14.29%) AIX Administrator
4 5 (14.29%) Security Analyst
5 4 (11.43%) Systems Analyst
6 3 (8.571%) Implementation Specialist
6 3 (8.571%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (8.571%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 3 (8.571%) Network Specialist
7 2 (5.714%) Senior Network Consultant
7 2 (5.714%) Senior Consultant
8 1 (2.857%) Systems Administrator
8 1 (2.857%) Security Consultant
8 1 (2.857%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.86%) Digital Media
2 5 (14.29%) HACMP
2 5 (14.29%) Client/Server
2 5 (14.29%) LPAR
2 5 (14.29%) PKI
2 5 (14.29%) Cryptography
2 5 (14.29%) CESG
3 3 (8.571%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (8.571%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 8 (22.86%) Windows
2 5 (14.29%) UNIX
2 5 (14.29%) AIX
2 5 (14.29%) Solaris
2 5 (14.29%) Linux
3 3 (8.571%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (8.571%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (17.14%) Load Balancing
2 6 (17.14%) Network Management
3 5 (14.29%) SIEM
3 5 (14.29%) Change Control
3 5 (14.29%) Incident Management
3 5 (14.29%) Information Security
4 4 (11.43%) Information Assurance
5 3 (8.571%) Project Management
5 3 (8.571%) Configuration Management
5 3 (8.571%) Data Protection
5 3 (8.571%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (8.571%) Network Load Balancing
6 1 (2.857%) Service Delivery
6 1 (2.857%) Security Testing
6 1 (2.857%) WAN Optimisation
6 1 (2.857%) Problem Management
6 1 (2.857%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (2.857%) Computer Forensics
6 1 (2.857%) Ethical Hacking
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.29%) Shell Script
1 5 (14.29%) Perl
2 3 (8.571%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (34.29%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (31.43%) CCNP
3 8 (22.86%) CCIE
4 4 (11.43%) IBM AIX Certification
5 1 (2.857%) HNC
5 1 (2.857%) CCIP
5 1 (2.857%) CCNA
5 1 (2.857%) CCDP
5 1 (2.857%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.857%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.857%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.857%) GPEN
5 1 (2.857%) GCIA
5 1 (2.857%) GCIH
5 1 (2.857%) GIAC
5 1 (2.857%) Degree
5 1 (2.857%) CEH
System Software
1 5 (14.29%) NFS
1 5 (14.29%) OpenSSH
1 5 (14.29%) Snort
2 2 (5.714%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 24 (68.57%) Cisco
2 9 (25.71%) CheckPoint
3 8 (22.86%) Microsoft
4 6 (17.14%) Blue Coat
4 6 (17.14%) F5
4 6 (17.14%) Infoblox
4 6 (17.14%) Imperva
4 6 (17.14%) Juniper
5 5 (14.29%) IBM
6 4 (11.43%) Fortinet
6 4 (11.43%) Exinda
6 4 (11.43%) ProCurve
6 4 (11.43%) HP
7 3 (8.571%) Nokia
7 3 (8.571%) BT
8 1 (2.857%) Sourcefire