The first table below looks at the demand for Intrusion Detection skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Intrusion Detection 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Intrusion Detection
Rank 507 552 575
Rank change year-on-year
+45 +23
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 100 86 49
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.227% 0.160% 0.086%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.247% 0.962% 0.632%
Number of salaries quoted 51 74 37
Average salary £47,500 £70,000 £52,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-32.14% +34.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £40,500 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,000 £36,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+30.55% -15.29%
All Communications & Networking
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
8022 8939 7757
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 18.25% 16.59% 13.64%
Number of salaries quoted 6603 7586 6554
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £30,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Intrusion Detection
England

Intrusion Detection
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Intrusion Detection Jobs Demand Trend

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend

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

London Intrusion Detection Salary Trend

Intrusion Detection
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Intrusion Detection across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London Intrusion Detection Salary Histogram

Intrusion Detection
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Intrusion Detection within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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
City of London +12 31 £45,000 -33.33%
Brentford - 21 - -
Canary Wharf -3 2 £52,500 -30.00%
Bromley - 2 £56,000 -
Intrusion Detection
England

Intrusion Detection
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Intrusion Detection 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 Intrusion Detection.

1 136 (69.04%) Firewall
2 91 (46.19%) Information Security
3 65 (32.99%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 62 (31.47%) SIEM
5 61 (30.96%) Windows
6 60 (30.46%) CISSP
7 58 (29.44%) Juniper
8 57 (28.93%) Internet
9 53 (26.90%) Cisco
9 53 (26.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 49 (24.87%) Linux
11 48 (24.37%) Finance
12 46 (23.35%) Management Information System
13 43 (21.83%) Network Security
14 42 (21.32%) Penetration Testing
15 40 (20.30%) Vulnerability Management
16 39 (19.80%) Security Architecture
16 39 (19.80%) Wireless
16 39 (19.80%) ITIL
17 37 (18.78%) PCI DSS
18 36 (18.27%) PKI
19 35 (17.77%) Nessus
19 35 (17.77%) McAfee
20 34 (17.26%) UNIX
20 34 (17.26%) Change Management
21 33 (16.75%) Degree
21 33 (16.75%) VoIP
22 32 (16.24%) CheckPoint
22 32 (16.24%) Risk Management
23 30 (15.23%) VPN

Intrusion Detection
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Intrusion Detection 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 Intrusion Detection. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (8.122%) Web Services
2 6 (3.046%) CSS
3 2 (1.015%) HTML
4 1 (0.508%) LAMP
4 1 (0.508%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 19 (9.645%) IIS
2 18 (9.137%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.046%) MS Exchange
4 5 (2.538%) WebLogic
4 5 (2.538%) Apache
4 5 (2.538%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.015%) Commerce Server
5 2 (1.015%) CMS
6 1 (0.508%) Lync
Applications
1 20 (10.15%) MS Excel
2 16 (8.122%) MS Visio
3 11 (5.584%) MS Office
4 1 (0.508%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.508%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 136 (69.04%) Firewall
2 57 (28.93%) Internet
3 43 (21.83%) Network Security
4 39 (19.80%) Wireless
5 33 (16.75%) VoIP
6 30 (15.23%) VPN
7 28 (14.21%) TCP/IP
8 25 (12.69%) Broadband
9 22 (11.17%) Cisco IOS
9 22 (11.17%) Wi-Fi
10 19 (9.645%) DNS
11 16 (8.122%) LAN
11 16 (8.122%) WAN
11 16 (8.122%) HTTP
11 16 (8.122%) Cisco ASA
12 13 (6.599%) Wireless Security
13 12 (6.091%) SAN
13 12 (6.091%) DHCP
14 9 (4.569%) FWSM
14 9 (4.569%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.569%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.553%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.523%) MySQL
General
1 48 (24.37%) Finance
2 17 (8.629%) Banking
3 15 (7.614%) Advertising
4 6 (3.046%) Law
5 4 (2.030%) Manufacturing
5 4 (2.030%) Marketing
6 2 (1.015%) French Language
6 2 (1.015%) Italian Language
6 2 (1.015%) Spanish Language
6 2 (1.015%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.015%) Legal
6 2 (1.015%) Retail
6 2 (1.015%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.508%) Multimedia
7 1 (0.508%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.508%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 49 (24.87%) Analyst
2 46 (23.35%) Security Engineer
3 35 (17.77%) Security Analyst
4 24 (12.18%) Consultant
5 21 (10.66%) Support Engineer
5 21 (10.66%) Security Support Engineer
6 18 (9.137%) Security Specialist
6 18 (9.137%) Security Consultant
7 17 (8.629%) Architect
8 14 (7.107%) Security Architect
8 14 (7.107%) Security Manager
8 14 (7.107%) Security Officer
9 13 (6.599%) Information Security Engineer
10 11 (5.584%) Network Engineer
11 10 (5.076%) Information Architect
11 10 (5.076%) Information Security Architect
12 9 (4.569%) Information Security Analyst
12 9 (4.569%) Information Analyst
13 7 (3.553%) Linux Systems Administrator
13 7 (3.553%) Linux Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 46 (23.35%) Management Information System
2 36 (18.27%) PKI
3 19 (9.645%) Client/Server
4 17 (8.629%) Mainframe
5 16 (8.122%) Data Protection Act
5 16 (8.122%) Computer Science
6 10 (5.076%) Visualisation
7 8 (4.061%) Derivative
7 8 (4.061%) Equity Derivative
8 6 (3.046%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (3.046%) Fixed Income
8 6 (3.046%) Credit Derivative
9 5 (2.538%) Open Source
10 4 (2.030%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (1.523%) Cryptography
12 2 (1.015%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (1.015%) SaaS
12 2 (1.015%) AS400
13 1 (0.508%) Data Integration
13 1 (0.508%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 61 (30.96%) Windows
2 49 (24.87%) Linux
3 34 (17.26%) UNIX
4 19 (9.645%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (8.122%) HPUX
6 7 (3.553%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (3.553%) Windows 2000
6 7 (3.553%) CentOS
7 5 (2.538%) AIX
8 4 (2.030%) Windows 7
9 3 (1.523%) Windows NT
10 2 (1.015%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.508%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (46.19%) Information Security
2 65 (32.99%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 62 (31.47%) SIEM
4 42 (21.32%) Penetration Testing
5 40 (20.30%) Vulnerability Management
6 39 (19.80%) Security Architecture
6 39 (19.80%) ITIL
7 34 (17.26%) Change Management
8 32 (16.24%) Risk Management
9 23 (11.68%) ISMS
10 21 (10.66%) Security Testing
11 19 (9.645%) Data Protection
12 17 (8.629%) Network Design
13 15 (7.614%) Incident Management
13 15 (7.614%) Information Management
14 14 (7.107%) Network Management
15 13 (6.599%) Project Management
16 12 (6.091%) Disaster Recovery
16 12 (6.091%) Computer Security
17 10 (5.076%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.046%) C
1 6 (3.046%) Perl
2 5 (2.538%) Java
2 5 (2.538%) Python
2 5 (2.538%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.030%) SQL
4 3 (1.523%) PHP
5 2 (1.015%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 60 (30.46%) CISSP
2 33 (16.75%) Degree
3 24 (12.18%) CISM
4 20 (10.15%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (9.645%) CISA
6 18 (9.137%) GSEC
7 15 (7.614%) Security Cleared
8 14 (7.107%) SC Cleared
9 12 (6.091%) CCNA
10 11 (5.584%) CCSP
11 9 (4.569%) CCNP
12 8 (4.061%) GIAC
13 6 (3.046%) CEH
14 5 (2.538%) CCIE
15 3 (1.523%) ACSA
15 3 (1.523%) GCIA
15 3 (1.523%) PMP
15 3 (1.523%) PMI Certification
16 2 (1.015%) DV Cleared
16 2 (1.015%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (26.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (18.78%) PCI DSS
3 27 (13.71%) COBIT
4 7 (3.553%) SLA
5 5 (2.538%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (11.68%) Active Directory
2 15 (7.614%) Snort
3 10 (5.076%) ISA Server
4 7 (3.553%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (2.538%) vSphere
6 4 (2.030%) Nmap
7 2 (1.015%) XenApp
7 2 (1.015%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.015%) Xen
Systems Management
1 35 (17.77%) Nessus
2 21 (10.66%) CORE IMPACT
2 21 (10.66%) McAfee ePO
3 6 (3.046%) CiscoWorks
4 5 (2.538%) Norton AntiVirus
5 4 (2.030%) Nagios
5 4 (2.030%) Cisco IPCC
6 2 (1.015%) Cisco UCCX
6 2 (1.015%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (1.015%) Cisco UCCE
7 1 (0.508%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.508%) SCOM
7 1 (0.508%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 58 (29.44%) Juniper
2 53 (26.90%) Cisco
3 35 (17.77%) McAfee
4 32 (16.24%) CheckPoint
5 22 (11.17%) Qualys
6 21 (10.66%) Microsoft
6 21 (10.66%) LogLogic
7 19 (9.645%) Sourcefire
8 18 (9.137%) Red Hat
9 14 (7.107%) Blue Coat
10 13 (6.599%) ArcSight
11 12 (6.091%) HP
12 10 (5.076%) IBM
12 10 (5.076%) Tripwire
12 10 (5.076%) TippingPoint
12 10 (5.076%) Lumension
13 9 (4.569%) IronPort
13 9 (4.569%) VMware
13 9 (4.569%) Sophos
14 7 (3.553%) F5
London
Essential criteria - you MUST have the following experience: Excellent understanding of TCP/IP and commonly used Internet protocols Experience in the implementation of IDS and SIEM systems... Desirable:...
Experis IT
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
Ideally you should have some experience of the following technical security skills: in-depth and broad IT networking, Network Intrusion Detection Systems, vulnerability scanners, SIEM, authentication, HSM / Cryptography...
Acumin
Salary: From £55,000 to £70,000 per annum Competitive salary, car allowance, p
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
Our client requires an Analyst to can provide support across their Cisco network environment, involving routing and switching, Firewall administration (Checkpoint / ASA/ PIX) and providing project resource for...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £48000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Understanding of Windows operating systems and command line tools, network protocols, TCP/IP fundamentals. Knowledge of network protocols, TCP/IP fundamentals. Knowledge of network based services and Client...
Proprius Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £65,000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013