The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the M4 Corridor 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 M4 Corridor region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 12 17 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 1 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the M4 Corridor 2.174% 3.390% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.846% 5.714% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Average salary - £55,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
All Communications & Networking
M4 Corridor
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
26 35 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the M4 Corridor 56.52% 59.32% 26.79%
Number of salaries quoted 11 32 15
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Network Security
South East

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Network Security across the M4 Corridor region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

M4 Corridor 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 M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the M4 Corridor 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 7 (87.50%) Cisco
2 6 (75.00%) Firewall
3 5 (62.50%) UNIX
3 5 (62.50%) Linux
3 5 (62.50%) Sourcefire
3 5 (62.50%) Snort
3 5 (62.50%) C
3 5 (62.50%) Perl
3 5 (62.50%) McAfee
3 5 (62.50%) ArcSight
3 5 (62.50%) SIEM
3 5 (62.50%) Q1 Labs
4 3 (37.50%) Digital Media
5 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
5 2 (25.00%) Degree
5 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (12.50%) Process Management
6 1 (12.50%) VPN
6 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
6 1 (12.50%) IPsec
6 1 (12.50%) Electronics
6 1 (12.50%) Legal
6 1 (12.50%) CCSA
6 1 (12.50%) Information Security
6 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (12.50%) Business Development
6 1 (12.50%) BGP
6 1 (12.50%) HND
6 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
6 1 (12.50%) CCIE

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the M4 Corridor 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 6 (75.00%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) VPN
2 1 (12.50%) IPsec
2 1 (12.50%) BGP
2 1 (12.50%) Internet
2 1 (12.50%) MPLS
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco PIX
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (12.50%) BSS
General
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Electronics
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Pre Sales Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Network Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Junior Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Junior
3 1 (12.50%) Graduate
3 1 (12.50%) Junior Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Digital Media
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) PMI
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
2 1 (12.50%) Social Network
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) UNIX
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) SIEM
2 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (12.50%) Process Management
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security
3 1 (12.50%) Business Development
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 1 (12.50%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C
1 5 (62.50%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) CCSA
2 1 (12.50%) HND
2 1 (12.50%) CCIE
2 1 (12.50%) CCSP
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
2 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Snort
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco
2 5 (62.50%) Sourcefire
2 5 (62.50%) McAfee
2 5 (62.50%) ArcSight
2 5 (62.50%) Q1 Labs
3 1 (12.50%) Juniper