The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Hampshire region. 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Hampshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Engineer
Rank 166 128 160
Rank change year-on-year
-38 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 15 49 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.435% 1.277% 0.248%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.456% 1.328% 0.264%
Number of salaries quoted 14 33 8
Average salary £39,000 £42,500 £41,165
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.23% +3.24%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £49,000 £43,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3292 3690 3411
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 95.37% 96.17% 93.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2796 3234 2881
Average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Engineer
South East

Security Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Security Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Security Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Hampshire Security Engineer Salary Trend

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Hampshire 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 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 - 10 £39,000 -
Basingstoke -35 3 £39,000 +11.42%
Winchester - 3 £39,000 -
Portsmouth - 2 £39,000 -
Andover - 2 £39,000 -
Security Engineer
South East

Security Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 27 (60.00%) Cisco
2 24 (53.33%) Firewall
3 23 (51.11%) Information Security
4 18 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
4 18 (40.00%) CISSP
5 17 (37.78%) Ethical Hacking
5 17 (37.78%) Security Cleared
6 16 (35.56%) SC Cleared
7 14 (31.11%) PCI DSS
7 14 (31.11%) Vulnerability Management
7 14 (31.11%) Management Information System
7 14 (31.11%) Finance
8 12 (26.67%) Business Continuity
8 12 (26.67%) Disaster Recovery
8 12 (26.67%) Tripwire
8 12 (26.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 12 (26.67%) QA
9 11 (24.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (24.44%) Intrusion Detection
9 11 (24.44%) Project Management
10 10 (22.22%) McAfee
10 10 (22.22%) TCP/IP
10 10 (22.22%) CHFI
10 10 (22.22%) CEH
10 10 (22.22%) Retail
10 10 (22.22%) Security Architecture
10 10 (22.22%) Qualys
10 10 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
11 9 (20.00%) Network Security
11 9 (20.00%) SIEM

Security Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (8.889%) JSP
Communications & Networking
1 24 (53.33%) Firewall
2 11 (24.44%) Intrusion Detection
3 10 (22.22%) TCP/IP
3 10 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
4 9 (20.00%) Network Security
4 9 (20.00%) Internet
4 9 (20.00%) Wireless
5 8 (17.78%) DNS
5 8 (17.78%) HTTP
5 8 (17.78%) SMTP
6 7 (15.56%) WAN
6 7 (15.56%) LAN
7 5 (11.11%) LDAP
7 5 (11.11%) FTP
7 5 (11.11%) tcpdump
8 4 (8.889%) Cisco PIX
9 3 (6.667%) X.400
9 3 (6.667%) S/MIME
9 3 (6.667%) DHCP
10 2 (4.444%) VLAN
General
1 14 (31.11%) Finance
2 10 (22.22%) Retail
3 5 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 5 (11.11%) Legal
4 2 (4.444%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 14 (31.11%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.889%) CESG
3 2 (4.444%) SaaS
3 2 (4.444%) Firmware
4 1 (2.222%) EMV
4 1 (2.222%) Smartcard
4 1 (2.222%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 9 (20.00%) UNIX
2 8 (17.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (51.11%) Information Security
2 18 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
3 17 (37.78%) Ethical Hacking
4 14 (31.11%) Vulnerability Management
5 12 (26.67%) Business Continuity
5 12 (26.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 12 (26.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 11 (24.44%) Project Management
7 10 (22.22%) Security Architecture
8 9 (20.00%) SIEM
9 5 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (8.889%) Service Delivery
11 3 (6.667%) Root Cause Analysis
11 3 (6.667%) Database Security
12 2 (4.444%) Security Testing
12 2 (4.444%) Release Management
12 2 (4.444%) Network Design
12 2 (4.444%) ERP
12 2 (4.444%) Validation
13 1 (2.222%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.222%) MATLAB
1 1 (2.222%) C
1 1 (2.222%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (40.00%) CISSP
2 17 (37.78%) Security Cleared
3 16 (35.56%) SC Cleared
4 10 (22.22%) CHFI
4 10 (22.22%) CEH
5 8 (17.78%) DV Cleared
6 7 (15.56%) GCIA
6 7 (15.56%) GIAC
7 4 (8.889%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (8.889%) CCSA
8 3 (6.667%) CCSP
9 2 (4.444%) CCSE
10 1 (2.222%) CCIE
10 1 (2.222%) CCNP
10 1 (2.222%) Check Point Certification
10 1 (2.222%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (31.11%) PCI DSS
2 12 (26.67%) QA
3 11 (24.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (8.889%) JSP 440
System Software
1 3 (6.667%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (6.667%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (6.667%) MIMEsweeper
2 2 (4.444%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (60.00%) Cisco
2 12 (26.67%) Tripwire
3 10 (22.22%) McAfee
3 10 (22.22%) Qualys
4 9 (20.00%) CheckPoint
5 8 (17.78%) Juniper
6 7 (15.56%) IronPort
7 3 (6.667%) Sophos
7 3 (6.667%) VMware
7 3 (6.667%) Symantec
7 3 (6.667%) Fortinet
7 3 (6.667%) M86 Security
8 2 (4.444%) ArcSight
8 2 (4.444%) Tandberg
8 2 (4.444%) Blue Coat
8 2 (4.444%) Nokia
8 2 (4.444%) Avaya
8 2 (4.444%) Microsoft
9 1 (2.222%) HP
9 1 (2.222%) Sourcefire
Hampshire
The successful candidate will have a good hands-on experience of the above along with a firewall vendor certification (CISCO ASA, Checkpoint - CCSA, McAfee, Juniper) This is a...
Colston Consulting
Salary: £36k - 42k per year + on-call allowance
Posted: 24 May 2013