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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 25 37 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 20 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 7.463% 2.400% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.41% 11.11% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 0
Average salary £46,250 £32,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+42.30% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
All Communications & Networking
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
68 54 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 25.37% 21.60% 25.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25 27 8
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% -27.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,400 £20,450 £38,650
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £70,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Network Security
UK

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Network Security Salary Trend

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 Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim +11 20 £46,250 -
Network Security
UK

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 14 (58.33%) Juniper
1 14 (58.33%) CheckPoint
1 14 (58.33%) Blue Coat
1 14 (58.33%) F5
2 11 (45.83%) Websense
2 11 (45.83%) Cisco
3 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 8 (33.33%) Windows
3 8 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (25.00%) SQL
4 6 (25.00%) Oracle
5 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (16.67%) SAN
5 4 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (16.67%) Validation
5 4 (16.67%) VMware
5 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
5 4 (16.67%) IIS
5 4 (16.67%) MS Office
5 4 (16.67%) HP
5 4 (16.67%) EMC
5 4 (16.67%) Citrix
5 4 (16.67%) MS Excel
5 4 (16.67%) SharePoint
5 4 (16.67%) Hyper-V
5 4 (16.67%) XenServer
5 4 (16.67%) XenDesktop
5 4 (16.67%) vSphere
5 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 2 (8.333%) JSF
2 1 (4.167%) COM
Application Platforms
1 4 (16.67%) IIS
1 4 (16.67%) SharePoint
1 4 (16.67%) Lync
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) MS Office
1 4 (16.67%) MS Excel
1 4 (16.67%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 2 (8.333%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) SAN
2 2 (8.333%) Firewall
2 2 (8.333%) Wireless
2 2 (8.333%) DNS
2 2 (8.333%) Wireless Security
3 1 (4.167%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 4 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (16.67%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (8.333%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (8.333%) JDeveloper
1 2 (8.333%) Oracle Forms
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Developer
2 4 (16.67%) Technical Design Authority
3 3 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Network Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (8.333%) Oracle Developer
4 2 (8.333%) SQL Developer
4 2 (8.333%) PL/SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) EqualLogic
1 4 (16.67%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (33.33%) Windows
1 8 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (16.67%) Validation
1 4 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (12.50%) SIEM
3 2 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (8.333%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (8.333%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
1 4 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Hyper-V
1 4 (16.67%) XenServer
1 4 (16.67%) XenDesktop
1 4 (16.67%) vSphere
1 4 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 14 (58.33%) Juniper
1 14 (58.33%) CheckPoint
1 14 (58.33%) Blue Coat
1 14 (58.33%) F5
2 11 (45.83%) Websense
2 11 (45.83%) Cisco
3 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 6 (25.00%) Oracle
5 4 (16.67%) VMware
5 4 (16.67%) HP
5 4 (16.67%) EMC
5 4 (16.67%) Citrix
5 4 (16.67%) 3PAR
6 3 (12.50%) LogLogic
6 3 (12.50%) Q1 Labs
7 2 (8.333%) ESRI
7 2 (8.333%) Business Objects