The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Security over the 3 months to 21 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 88 108 105
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -3
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 59 26 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 2.247% 1.232% 0.553%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.97% 7.027% 3.279%
Number of salaries quoted 41 13 9
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -1.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £30,000 £31,800
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £44,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
All Communications & Networking
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
455 370 305
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 17.33% 17.54% 16.88%
Number of salaries quoted 380 294 252
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,450 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Network Security
West Yorkshire

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds Network Security Jobs Demand Trend

Network Security
Salary Trend

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

Leeds Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Security across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Leeds Network Security Salary Histogram

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

1 91 (79.13%) Firewall
2 77 (66.96%) Cisco
3 74 (64.35%) Cisco Certification
4 69 (60.00%) CheckPoint
5 68 (59.13%) CCNP
6 61 (53.04%) Cisco ASA
7 49 (42.61%) Cisco PIX
8 41 (35.65%) Juniper
9 38 (33.04%) CCSP
10 34 (29.57%) WAN
11 32 (27.83%) F5
12 31 (26.96%) LAN
13 27 (23.48%) TCP/IP
14 26 (22.61%) CCSE
15 23 (20.00%) Blue Coat
16 22 (19.13%) MPLS
17 21 (18.26%) Linux
18 20 (17.39%) Finance
18 20 (17.39%) ITIL
19 19 (16.52%) E-Commerce
19 19 (16.52%) Websense
19 19 (16.52%) Telecoms
19 19 (16.52%) JNCIS
20 18 (15.65%) CCNA
21 16 (13.91%) Performance Management
22 15 (13.04%) VMware
22 15 (13.04%) VPN
23 14 (12.17%) Microsoft
23 14 (12.17%) vSphere
23 14 (12.17%) FWSM

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.478%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (4.348%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 91 (79.13%) Firewall
2 61 (53.04%) Cisco ASA
3 49 (42.61%) Cisco PIX
4 34 (29.57%) WAN
5 31 (26.96%) LAN
6 27 (23.48%) TCP/IP
7 22 (19.13%) MPLS
8 15 (13.04%) VPN
9 14 (12.17%) FWSM
9 14 (12.17%) Cisco Nexus
10 12 (10.43%) Wireless
10 12 (10.43%) BGP
11 10 (8.696%) Internet
11 10 (8.696%) VoIP
12 7 (6.087%) DMZ
12 7 (6.087%) VLAN
13 5 (4.348%) DHCP
13 5 (4.348%) EIGRP
13 5 (4.348%) OSPF
14 4 (3.478%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.609%) MySQL
General
1 20 (17.39%) Finance
2 19 (16.52%) Telecoms
3 1 (0.870%) Legal
Job Titles
1 36 (31.30%) Network Engineer
2 31 (26.96%) Network Security Engineer
2 31 (26.96%) Security Engineer
3 24 (20.87%) Architect
4 23 (20.00%) Analyst
5 22 (19.13%) Security Analyst
6 21 (18.26%) Network Analyst
6 21 (18.26%) Network Security Analyst
7 19 (16.52%) Network Manager
7 19 (16.52%) Firewall Engineer
8 18 (15.65%) Solutions Architect
9 11 (9.565%) Network Architect
10 8 (6.957%) Security Manager
10 8 (6.957%) Network Security Manager
11 7 (6.087%) Operations Manager
11 7 (6.087%) Network Operations Manager
12 5 (4.348%) Data Centre Architect
12 5 (4.348%) Data Architect
12 5 (4.348%) IT Security Analyst
13 3 (2.609%) Network Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.087%) PKI
2 2 (1.739%) Clustering
3 1 (0.870%) N-Tier
3 1 (0.870%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 21 (18.26%) Linux
2 12 (10.43%) Windows
3 2 (1.739%) Debian
3 2 (1.739%) Ubuntu
3 2 (1.739%) UNIX
4 1 (0.870%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (17.39%) ITIL
2 19 (16.52%) E-Commerce
3 16 (13.91%) Performance Management
4 13 (11.30%) Incident Management
5 11 (9.565%) Information Security
6 9 (7.826%) Supplier Management
7 7 (6.087%) Capacity Planning
8 6 (5.217%) Network Architecture
9 5 (4.348%) Problem Management
9 5 (4.348%) Network Design
10 4 (3.478%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (3.478%) Trend Analysis
11 3 (2.609%) Root Cause Analysis
11 3 (2.609%) Cyber Security
11 3 (2.609%) BCP
11 3 (2.609%) Project Management
11 3 (2.609%) Configuration Management
11 3 (2.609%) Load Balancing
12 2 (1.739%) TOGAF
12 2 (1.739%) Network Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.957%) Perl
1 8 (6.957%) Bash shell
2 3 (2.609%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.870%) Java
3 1 (0.870%) SQL
Qualifications
1 74 (64.35%) Cisco Certification
2 68 (59.13%) CCNP
3 38 (33.04%) CCSP
4 26 (22.61%) CCSE
5 19 (16.52%) JNCIS
6 18 (15.65%) CCNA
7 12 (10.43%) CCSA
8 9 (7.826%) CCIE
9 6 (5.217%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (5.217%) CISSP
10 5 (4.348%) CCDE
10 5 (4.348%) CEH
11 4 (3.478%) GCWN
11 4 (3.478%) SC Cleared
11 4 (3.478%) Security Cleared
11 4 (3.478%) CWSP
12 2 (1.739%) GIAC
13 1 (0.870%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.870%) MCSE
13 1 (0.870%) CCSPA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.478%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (3.478%) SLA
2 1 (0.870%) BS7799
System Software
1 14 (12.17%) vSphere
2 13 (11.30%) XenServer
3 8 (6.957%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (6.957%) Active Directory
4 6 (5.217%) Forefront TMG
4 6 (5.217%) UAG
4 6 (5.217%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.870%) Snort
Systems Management
1 1 (0.870%) Nessus
Vendors
1 77 (66.96%) Cisco
2 69 (60.00%) CheckPoint
3 41 (35.65%) Juniper
4 32 (27.83%) F5
5 23 (20.00%) Blue Coat
6 19 (16.52%) Websense
7 15 (13.04%) VMware
8 14 (12.17%) Microsoft
9 13 (11.30%) Citrix
10 7 (6.087%) Riverbed
11 2 (1.739%) Fortinet
12 1 (0.870%) Q1 Labs
12 1 (0.870%) ArcSight
12 1 (0.870%) LogLogic
12 1 (0.870%) Nokia
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AMsource Technology
Salary: From £28,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
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4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent Salary and £Excellent Benefits!
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Salary: £Negotiable
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Salary: Excellent + Bonus + Benefits
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Salary: £excellent + big bonus + car + benefits
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Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum Plus Benefits
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