The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Security 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 220 290 358
Rank change year-on-year
+70 +68
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 550 437 311
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 1.258% 0.815% 0.536%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.892% 4.915% 3.876%
Number of salaries quoted 418 390 243
Average salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.33% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £40,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £77,500 £77,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
All Communications & Networking
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
7980 8891 8023
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 18.25% 16.58% 13.83%
Number of salaries quoted 6552 7523 6778
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 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Network Security
England

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Salary Histogram

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

London Network Security Salary Histogram

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 London 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
City of London +29 145 £55,000 -12.00%
Docklands, London +6 10 £45,000 -41.93%
Canary Wharf +8 7 £52,500 -27.58%
Uxbridge +7 4 £35,000 -33.33%
Southall - 3 £47,500 -
Ealing - 2 £50,000 -
Barnet - 2 £45,000 -
Clapham - 2 £50,000 -
Chiswick - 2 £28,500 -
Croydon +5 1 £50,000 -13.04%
Feltham 0 1 £40,000 -42.85%
Bromley -7 1 £42,500 +21.42%
Network Security
England

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 708 (59.90%) Cisco
2 658 (55.67%) Firewall
3 530 (44.84%) Cisco Certification
4 446 (37.73%) CheckPoint
5 368 (31.13%) CCNP
6 352 (29.78%) Juniper
7 303 (25.63%) WAN
8 295 (24.96%) VPN
9 279 (23.60%) Finance
10 269 (22.76%) LAN
11 264 (22.34%) Cisco ASA
12 237 (20.05%) CCNA
13 223 (18.87%) Degree
14 220 (18.61%) Windows
15 219 (18.53%) TCP/IP
15 219 (18.53%) Wireless
16 203 (17.17%) CCIE
17 191 (16.16%) BGP
18 175 (14.81%) F5
19 171 (14.47%) Project Management
20 169 (14.30%) OSPF
21 163 (13.79%) MPLS
22 161 (13.62%) Linux
23 157 (13.28%) Information Security
24 151 (12.77%) DNS
25 144 (12.18%) Cisco Nexus
26 142 (12.01%) Load Balancing
27 138 (11.68%) Network Design
28 137 (11.59%) ITIL
29 129 (10.91%) Microsoft

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 Development
1 25 (2.115%) ASP
2 23 (1.946%) CSS
3 17 (1.438%) .NET
4 15 (1.269%) Web Services
5 13 (1.100%) HTML5
6 12 (1.015%) DCOM
7 9 (0.761%) XML
8 8 (0.677%) HTML
8 8 (0.677%) REST
9 7 (0.592%) J2EE
9 7 (0.592%) SOAP
10 6 (0.508%) LAMP
10 6 (0.508%) Ajax
10 6 (0.508%) Flash
10 6 (0.508%) DHTML
10 6 (0.508%) WSRP
10 6 (0.508%) JSR 168
10 6 (0.508%) Java EE
11 5 (0.423%) COM
12 4 (0.338%) Django
Application Platforms
1 38 (3.215%) MS Exchange
2 33 (2.792%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 32 (2.707%) Apache
4 20 (1.692%) Exchange Server 2010
5 19 (1.607%) IIS
6 16 (1.354%) SharePoint
7 11 (0.931%) Exchange Server 2003
8 9 (0.761%) Exchange Server 2007
8 9 (0.761%) Tomcat
9 7 (0.592%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (0.592%) Amazon AWS
10 5 (0.423%) nginx
11 4 (0.338%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.338%) LiveSite
12 3 (0.254%) Confluence
12 3 (0.254%) Drupal
13 2 (0.169%) SharePoint 2010
14 1 (0.085%) Rackspace Cloud
14 1 (0.085%) Lync
14 1 (0.085%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 71 (6.007%) MS Excel
2 37 (3.130%) MS Office
3 10 (0.846%) MS Project
4 6 (0.508%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.338%) Google Apps
6 3 (0.254%) MS PowerPoint
7 2 (0.169%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 5 (0.423%) Eagle PACE
2 3 (0.254%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.169%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.169%) Line 50
4 1 (0.085%) Agresso
4 1 (0.085%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 658 (55.67%) Firewall
2 303 (25.63%) WAN
3 295 (24.96%) VPN
4 269 (22.76%) LAN
5 264 (22.34%) Cisco ASA
6 219 (18.53%) TCP/IP
6 219 (18.53%) Wireless
7 191 (16.16%) BGP
8 169 (14.30%) OSPF
9 163 (13.79%) MPLS
10 151 (12.77%) DNS
11 144 (12.18%) Cisco Nexus
12 113 (9.560%) VoIP
13 112 (9.475%) EIGRP
14 108 (9.137%) Cisco PIX
15 89 (7.530%) Cisco IOS
16 86 (7.276%) Internet
17 82 (6.937%) SSL
18 76 (6.430%) DHCP
19 63 (5.330%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (5.245%) SQL Server
2 27 (2.284%) MySQL
3 13 (1.100%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (0.592%) NoSQL
4 7 (0.592%) MongoDB
4 7 (0.592%) CouchDB
4 7 (0.592%) Redis
5 6 (0.508%) SQL Server 2005
5 6 (0.508%) Informix
5 6 (0.508%) Oracle 8/8i
5 6 (0.508%) RDBMS
5 6 (0.508%) SQL Server 2008
6 4 (0.338%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.254%) DB2
8 2 (0.169%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.169%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.169%) Riak
9 1 (0.085%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.085%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.085%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 12 (1.015%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 7 (0.592%) Git (software)
2 7 (0.592%) Subversion
3 6 (0.508%) JIRA
4 4 (0.338%) Maven
4 4 (0.338%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.338%) GitHub
4 4 (0.338%) Selenium
5 3 (0.254%) Hudson
6 1 (0.085%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.085%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.085%) FitNesse
6 1 (0.085%) FishEye
6 1 (0.085%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.085%) Visual Studio
General
1 279 (23.60%) Finance
2 99 (8.376%) Telecoms
3 96 (8.122%) Banking
4 39 (3.299%) Law
5 36 (3.046%) Retail
6 33 (2.792%) Advertising
7 27 (2.284%) Legal
7 27 (2.284%) Financial Institution
8 26 (2.200%) Investment Banking
9 17 (1.438%) Back Office
10 12 (1.015%) Manufacturing
11 11 (0.931%) Marketing
12 9 (0.761%) Games
13 3 (0.254%) French Language
13 3 (0.254%) Multimedia
14 2 (0.169%) Front Office
14 2 (0.169%) Publishing
14 2 (0.169%) Spanish Language
14 2 (0.169%) Italian Language
15 1 (0.085%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 405 (34.26%) Network Engineer
2 270 (22.84%) Security Engineer
3 179 (15.14%) Network Security Engineer
4 163 (13.79%) Consultant
5 112 (9.475%) Analyst
6 107 (9.052%) Architect
7 103 (8.714%) Senior Network Engineer
8 79 (6.684%) Security Consultant
9 77 (6.514%) Network Manager
10 62 (5.245%) Security Architect
11 55 (4.653%) Network Consultant
12 46 (3.892%) Security Analyst
13 44 (3.723%) Network Support
14 43 (3.638%) Network Architect
15 42 (3.553%) Senior Security Engineer
16 40 (3.384%) Senior Network Security Engineer
17 37 (3.130%) Senior Consultant
18 35 (2.961%) Cisco Engineer
19 34 (2.876%) Security Manager
20 33 (2.792%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 82 (6.937%) Computer Science
2 45 (3.807%) Hedge funds
3 41 (3.469%) PKI
4 39 (3.299%) Management Information System
5 37 (3.130%) Blackberry
6 23 (1.946%) Digital Media
7 18 (1.523%) Video Conferencing
8 14 (1.184%) PMI
9 11 (0.931%) Visualisation
10 10 (0.846%) Economics
11 9 (0.761%) SaaS
11 9 (0.761%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (0.592%) Blog
12 7 (0.592%) Derivative
13 6 (0.508%) e-Health
13 6 (0.508%) Firmware
13 6 (0.508%) Taxonomies
13 6 (0.508%) Ontologies
14 5 (0.423%) Statistics
15 4 (0.338%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 220 (18.61%) Windows
2 161 (13.62%) Linux
3 112 (9.475%) UNIX
4 37 (3.130%) Windows Server 2008
5 36 (3.046%) Windows Server 2003
6 31 (2.623%) Windows 2000
7 18 (1.523%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 16 (1.354%) Windows XP
8 16 (1.354%) Windows 7
9 12 (1.015%) Windows NT
10 10 (0.846%) Ubuntu
10 10 (0.846%) Windows Vista
11 5 (0.423%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.338%) Debian
12 4 (0.338%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.254%) CentOS
14 2 (0.169%) Solaris
14 2 (0.169%) NetWare
14 2 (0.169%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.085%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (14.47%) Project Management
2 157 (13.28%) Information Security
3 142 (12.01%) Load Balancing
4 138 (11.68%) Network Design
5 137 (11.59%) ITIL
6 85 (7.191%) Capacity Planning
7 68 (5.753%) Change Control
8 64 (5.415%) Security Architecture
8 64 (5.415%) Strategic Planning
9 60 (5.076%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 60 (5.076%) Network Management
10 59 (4.992%) Penetration Testing
11 50 (4.230%) SIEM
12 49 (4.146%) Change Management
13 46 (3.892%) Disaster Recovery
14 45 (3.807%) Risk Management
15 42 (3.553%) Migration
16 41 (3.469%) Information Management
17 39 (3.299%) Enterprise Architecture
18 35 (2.961%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 96 (8.122%) SQL
2 75 (6.345%) Perl
3 35 (2.961%) PowerShell
4 30 (2.538%) Python
5 27 (2.284%) PHP
6 22 (1.861%) C
7 16 (1.354%) Java
8 10 (0.846%) Ruby
8 10 (0.846%) Bash shell
9 9 (0.761%) C++
10 8 (0.677%) JavaScript
11 6 (0.508%) VB.NET
11 6 (0.508%) C#
12 5 (0.423%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.254%) sed
13 3 (0.254%) AWK
14 1 (0.085%) Lua
14 1 (0.085%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.085%) VBScript
14 1 (0.085%) Korn
Qualifications
1 530 (44.84%) Cisco Certification
2 368 (31.13%) CCNP
3 237 (20.05%) CCNA
4 223 (18.87%) Degree
5 203 (17.17%) CCIE
6 120 (10.15%) CISSP
7 105 (8.883%) CCDP
8 80 (6.768%) CCSP
9 70 (5.922%) CCSE
10 64 (5.415%) JNCIA
11 55 (4.653%) CCIP
12 54 (4.569%) JNCIS
12 54 (4.569%) Security Cleared
13 47 (3.976%) CCSA
14 46 (3.892%) Microsoft Certification
15 43 (3.638%) SC Cleared
16 42 (3.553%) CISA
17 38 (3.215%) Check Point Certification
18 37 (3.130%) MCSE
19 36 (3.046%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (6.176%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 60 (5.076%) SLA
3 52 (4.399%) PCI DSS
4 14 (1.184%) COBIT
5 13 (1.100%) QA
6 5 (0.423%) ISO 9000
7 3 (0.254%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.085%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 106 (8.968%) Active Directory
2 50 (4.230%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (2.115%) Forefront TMG
4 23 (1.946%) Snort
5 22 (1.861%) UAG
6 17 (1.438%) vSphere
6 17 (1.438%) Samba
7 12 (1.015%) VMware ESX
8 10 (0.846%) ProxySG
8 10 (0.846%) ISA Server
9 9 (0.761%) NFS
9 9 (0.761%) Squid
10 6 (0.508%) Hyper-V
11 5 (0.423%) XenApp
12 4 (0.338%) Nmap
13 3 (0.254%) XenDesktop
13 3 (0.254%) StorNext
13 3 (0.254%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.254%) Microsoft App-V
13 3 (0.254%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 35 (2.961%) Nagios
2 23 (1.946%) FortiGate
3 22 (1.861%) CiscoWorks
4 16 (1.354%) Puppet
5 13 (1.100%) Norton AntiVirus
5 13 (1.100%) Nessus
6 9 (0.761%) HP NNM
7 8 (0.677%) OpenView
7 8 (0.677%) Tivoli
7 8 (0.677%) WSUS
8 7 (0.592%) ZABBIX
8 7 (0.592%) Cacti
9 6 (0.508%) Cisco CUCM
9 6 (0.508%) SCCM
9 6 (0.508%) SolarWinds Orion
9 6 (0.508%) HP Operations Orchestration
10 4 (0.338%) Cisco IPCC
10 4 (0.338%) Backup Exec
11 3 (0.254%) Cisco UCCX
11 3 (0.254%) SCOM
Vendors
1 708 (59.90%) Cisco
2 446 (37.73%) CheckPoint
3 352 (29.78%) Juniper
4 175 (14.81%) F5
5 129 (10.91%) Microsoft
6 91 (7.699%) HP
7 84 (7.107%) VMware
8 83 (7.022%) Citrix
9 77 (6.514%) Fortinet
10 72 (6.091%) Blue Coat
11 54 (4.569%) Riverbed
12 46 (3.892%) Infoblox
13 39 (3.299%) Avaya
14 35 (2.961%) McAfee
15 34 (2.876%) Sourcefire
16 33 (2.792%) Dell
16 33 (2.792%) Oracle
17 31 (2.623%) Aruba
18 30 (2.538%) EMC
18 30 (2.538%) Symantec
East London
Network Security Engineer - Docklands, East London - up to £35,000 plus £4,800 on call allowance. The Ashdown Group has been engaged by a leading technology organisation to...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + £4,800 on-call allowance
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
CCNA. CCNP. Cisco. LAN/WAN... The duties of the network engineer will be include: Cisco networking Routing and switching Cisco ASA Cisco certifications (CCNA / CCNP) 3+ Years networking /...
Argyll Scott International
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
You will be expected to be well versed (and ideally have relevant vendor certifications with any of the following Juniper, Checkpoint, Cisco etc). Other security/Firewall certifications will...
Esum
Salary: Unspecified £Excellent + Bonus + Training + Bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
East London
Network & Security Engineer - Market leading organisation!... Key skills: Network & Security Support Engineer, Cisco (layer 2 & layer 3), Check Point, SPLAT, Cisco ASA, Load Balancer, Netscaler, Riverbed, DDoS, IPS.
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + bens - on call, pens, health+more
Posted: 19 May 2013
City, London
You will responsible for writing the code to replace SNORT Based protocols over to Cisco and to test the entire network for errors specifically through the penetration testing...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Network, Security, Firewalls, Linux, Penetration testing. Senior Network Security Engineer- London A highly successful and steadily growing company, has a new permanent requirement for a Network Security Engineer...
Oho Group Ltd.
Salary: £45000 to £60000 per annum - Excellent Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
The Cisco Engineer will be providing day to day support for the bank's voice systems, and for the bank's LAN, WLAN, WAN & Firewalls... Performing routine status...
I.T. Skillfinder
Salary: £50000.0000 - £55000.0000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
The engineer will join the engineering team that holds responsibility optimising and improving the banks Cisco routers and switches, Voice, LAN, WLAN, WAN, firewalls and data connectivity... Ideal...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + Banking Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Job Title: Senior Network EngineerLocation: LondonSalary: £50,000 - £65,000 per yearSenior Network Engineer with a strong focus on Network security required for a global broadcasting company based...
bluemonday recruitment
Salary: £50,000 - £65,000 per year
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
Cisco & Juniper Network Security Manager | Consultancy | CCNP... Senior technical support skill for Security products: Juniper JunOS, Netscreen Blue Coat Juniper SA, SRX, EX, MAG with SAM CISCO ASA...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits + OOH
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
You will be expected to be well versed (and ideally have relevant vendor certifications with any of the following Juniper, Checkpoint, Cisco etc). Other security/Firewall certifications will...
Esum
Salary: Unspecified £Excellent + Bonus + Training + Bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
London, England
Solid switching and routing skills and experience supporting both Layer 2 networks, and a Layer 3 LAN that closely integrates with the MAN and WAN network using BGP...
Queen Mary University of London
Salary: £42,601 - £47,559
Posted: 25 May 2013
London
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required: *Excellent hands on routing and switching, must be CCIE level... *Experience with Cisco Nexus 7k and 5k. *Experience with F5 load balancers... Education...
Roc Search
Salary: £90000 - £100000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
Senior technical support skill for Security products: Juniper JunOS, Netscreen Blue Coat Juniper SA, SRX, EX, MAG with SAM CISCO ASA CheckPoint F5 Leadership to complete project release...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits + OOH
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
Cisco & Juniper Network Security Manager | Consultancy | CCNP... Senior technical support skill for Security products: Juniper JunOS, Netscreen Blue Coat Juniper SA, SRX, EX, MAG with SAM CISCO ASA...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits + OOH
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
Requirements * Holds a minimum Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP) or Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or equivalent practical experience and expertise above this level obtained in a network...
Mortimer Spinks
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
Experience in networking technologies including TCP/IP, DNSDHCP (UNIX, Microsoft) Admin, IP Address Management and experience with switches, routers, and firewalls will be required. A bachelor's degree...
JPS Selection
Salary: From £60,000 to £68,000 per annum Upto £87k OTE and £10k car allowance
Posted: 23 May 2013
Hayes, Middlesex
In-depth working knowledge of network security technologies, specifically Cisco ASA, Juniper firewalls. Experience working with Load balancers, F5 and Brocade desirable... Minimum CCNP Security, CCIE desirable but...
Rackspace
Salary: Unspecified COMPETITIVE
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
You will be expected to be well versed (and ideally have relevant vendor certifications with any of the following Juniper, Checkpoint, Cisco etc). Other security/Firewall certifications will...
Esum
Salary: Unspecified £Excellent + Bonus + Training + Bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
Candidates who have experience of working in a scientific, research or higher education environment are highly desirable.Cisco Network Analyst Role*Support the design, implementation, operation, sustainability and...
Sand Resources
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
London
Skilled in Cisco and Checkpoint firewall administration and management... + Knowledge of Cisco UCS / VSG + Experience with Juniper WAN Accelerators, wireless technologies, VPN (client and LAN to LAN) and...
Burns Sheehan
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + 20% bonus potential + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Inspire People is seeking a CCNP/CCDP/CCIP or equivalent certified Network Analyst on behalf a new biomedical research Institute to support the design, implementation, operation, sustainability and...
Inspire People
Salary: £50000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
South West London
CISCO NETWORK TEAM LEAD / NETWORK LEAD - LAN / WAN / WIFI / VOIP / ROUTING / SWITCHING... Networking skills at CCNP level. Experience of Cisco hardware and configuration (IOS/CatOS)... Essential experience: Proven...
Reed Business Information Ltd
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum + 29 days holiday + pension + share
Posted: 8 May 2013
London
Plan and implement LAN, WAN, comms, voice and wireless network solutions in accordance with the agreed design. Work closely with Programme Streams to design and implement secure and...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
My retail client is looking for a Senior CCNP Network Security engineer... This person will be responsible for the development and support of LAN/WAN and network security...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013