The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Liverpool region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Security over the 3 months to 17 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 Liverpool region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 49 68 51
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -17
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 2 3 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 0.559% 0.588% 0.929%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.704% 3.529% 4.918%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
Average salary £57,500 £42,500 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.29% -26.08%
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-2.35% -5.55%
All Communications & Networking
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
54 85 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 15.08% 16.67% 18.89%
Number of salaries quoted 45 78 44
Average salary £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,250 £33,500 £30,800
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £54,750
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
Network Security
Merseyside

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows XP
1 2 (66.67%) DHCP
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (66.67%) NetApp
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (33.33%) PMP
2 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 2 (66.67%) DHCP
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Administrator
1 2 (66.67%) Network Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) IT Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Network Support
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows XP
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) PRINCE
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) NetApp
1 2 (66.67%) VMware