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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 52 77 67
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -10
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 4 5 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 0.897% 0.742% 1.073%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.970% 4.348% 6.098%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 3
Average salary £52,500 £35,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% -22.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £35,000 £37,000
10% offered a salary of more than £56,500 £41,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-2.35% -5.55%
All Communications & Networking
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
67 115 82
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 15.02% 17.06% 17.60%
Number of salaries quoted 55 102 62
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +19.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £31,350 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,750 £45,000 £50,750
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
Network Security
North West

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Security across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 17 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
Liverpool +19 2 £57,500 +35.29%
Network Security
North West

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (40.00%) DHCP
1 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (40.00%) PMP
1 2 (40.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (40.00%) NetApp
1 2 (40.00%) PRINCE
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (40.00%) VMware
1 2 (40.00%) Project Planning
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (20.00%) F5
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco PIX
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) CCIE
2 1 (20.00%) CCNP
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 (40.00%) DHCP
1 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco PIX
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Administrator
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Project Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Network Support
1 2 (40.00%) Network Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Support
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) PRINCE
1 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (40.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) PMP
1 2 (40.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CCIE
2 1 (20.00%) CCNP
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) NetApp
1 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) F5
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco