The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Engineer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Northern Ireland region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Engineer
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 19 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 7.393% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 8.636% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £42,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -
All Job Titles
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
220 202 222
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 85.60% 86.70% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 136 107 90
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% -18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £21,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Engineer
UK

Security Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security Engineer across the Northern Ireland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Northern Ireland Security Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Security Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Security Engineer across the Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Security Engineer Salary Trend

Security Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim - 19 £42,500 -
Security Engineer
UK

Security Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland region that cited Security Engineer in their job title 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 with Security Engineer in their job title.

1 21 (100.00%) Juniper
1 21 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 20 (95.24%) Firewall
2 20 (95.24%) Blue Coat
3 18 (85.71%) F5
4 17 (80.95%) Cisco
5 13 (61.90%) Websense
6 5 (23.81%) TCP/IP
7 4 (19.05%) UNIX
7 4 (19.05%) Wireless
7 4 (19.05%) CISSP
7 4 (19.05%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (19.05%) DNS
7 4 (19.05%) CCSA
7 4 (19.05%) Wireless Security
8 3 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
8 3 (14.29%) Network Security
8 3 (14.29%) LogLogic
8 3 (14.29%) SIEM
8 3 (14.29%) Q1 Labs
8 3 (14.29%) Finance
8 3 (14.29%) NetScreen
8 3 (14.29%) CCSP
9 2 (9.524%) VPN
9 2 (9.524%) IPsec
9 2 (9.524%) VLAN
9 2 (9.524%) CCSE
9 2 (9.524%) JNCIA
10 1 (4.762%) Information Security

Security Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland region that cited Security Engineer in their job title 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 with Security Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 20 (95.24%) Firewall
2 5 (23.81%) TCP/IP
3 4 (19.05%) Wireless
3 4 (19.05%) DNS
3 4 (19.05%) Wireless Security
4 3 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
4 3 (14.29%) Network Security
4 3 (14.29%) NetScreen
5 2 (9.524%) VPN
5 2 (9.524%) IPsec
5 2 (9.524%) VLAN
General
1 3 (14.29%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) UNIX
2 1 (4.762%) Windows
2 1 (4.762%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (14.29%) SIEM
2 1 (4.762%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) CISSP
1 4 (19.05%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (19.05%) CCSA
2 3 (14.29%) CCSP
3 2 (9.524%) CCSE
3 2 (9.524%) JNCIA
4 1 (4.762%) CCNA
System Software
1 1 (4.762%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 21 (100.00%) Juniper
1 21 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 20 (95.24%) Blue Coat
3 18 (85.71%) F5
4 17 (80.95%) Cisco
5 13 (61.90%) Websense
6 3 (14.29%) LogLogic
6 3 (14.29%) Q1 Labs