The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Security over the 3 months to 22 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 Leicestershire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 70 70 56
Rank change year-on-year
0 -14
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 9 3 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 1.297% 0.424% 0.390%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.250% 3.158% 3.448%
Number of salaries quoted 9 3 2
Average salary £27,000 £26,500 £25,665
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.88% +3.25%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
All Communications & Networking
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
144 95 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 20.75% 13.42% 11.31%
Number of salaries quoted 136 79 58
Average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £40,500 £45,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Network Security
East Midlands

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Leicester -6 7 £27,000 +3.85%
Network Security
East Midlands

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 9 (100.00%) VPN
1 9 (100.00%) Citrix
1 9 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (77.78%) xDSL
2 7 (77.78%) CCIE
2 7 (77.78%) CCNP
2 7 (77.78%) CCNA
2 7 (77.78%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (77.78%) Internet
2 7 (77.78%) MPLS
2 7 (77.78%) GPRS
2 7 (77.78%) ISDN
2 7 (77.78%) LAN
2 7 (77.78%) UMTS
2 7 (77.78%) WAN
2 7 (77.78%) TCP/IP
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) SQL
3 2 (22.22%) Windows
3 2 (22.22%) CISSP
3 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (22.22%) Security Testing
3 2 (22.22%) PCI DSS
3 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
3 2 (22.22%) VMware

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) VPN
1 9 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (77.78%) xDSL
2 7 (77.78%) Internet
2 7 (77.78%) MPLS
2 7 (77.78%) GPRS
2 7 (77.78%) ISDN
2 7 (77.78%) LAN
2 7 (77.78%) UMTS
2 7 (77.78%) WAN
2 7 (77.78%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Systems Administrator
1 7 (77.78%) Administrator
1 7 (77.78%) Network Administrator
1 7 (77.78%) IT Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Network Security Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Network Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Security Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (22.22%) Security Testing
1 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
1 2 (22.22%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
1 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) CCIE
1 7 (77.78%) CCNP
1 7 (77.78%) CCNA
1 7 (77.78%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (22.22%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (22.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Citrix
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) VMware