The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Security over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Oxford region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 87 57 69
Rank change year-on-year
-30 +12
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 1 10 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 0.099% 1.502% 1.404%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.621% 12.99% 8.163%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Average salary £60,000 £52,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -1.16%
All Communications & Networking
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
161 77 147
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 15.86% 11.56% 17.19%
Number of salaries quoted 154 55 113
Average salary £43,625 £35,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+24.64% -17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £20,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Network Security
Oxfordshire

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 6 (66.67%) Linux
1 6 (66.67%) Red Hat
1 6 (66.67%) Information Security
2 5 (55.56%) Windows
3 4 (44.44%) AIX
3 4 (44.44%) Solaris
3 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
3 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
3 4 (44.44%) UNIX
3 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
3 4 (44.44%) CISSP
3 4 (44.44%) Debian
3 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2000
3 4 (44.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (44.44%) Firewall
3 4 (44.44%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (44.44%) Ubuntu
3 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (44.44%) Network Management
3 4 (44.44%) SIEM
4 2 (22.22%) Digital Forensics
4 2 (22.22%) HIPAA
4 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (22.22%) CESG
4 2 (22.22%) Ethical Hacking
4 2 (22.22%) CEH
4 2 (22.22%) Wireless
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (22.22%) CCNA

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 1 (11.11%) LAMP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
1 4 (44.44%) Firewall
1 4 (44.44%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (22.22%) Wireless
3 1 (11.11%) OSPF
3 1 (11.11%) BGP
3 1 (11.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2000
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Sales Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Help Desk Support
2 1 (11.11%) Network Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Linux
2 5 (55.56%) Windows
3 4 (44.44%) AIX
3 4 (44.44%) Solaris
3 4 (44.44%) UNIX
3 4 (44.44%) Debian
3 4 (44.44%) Ubuntu
4 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Information Security
2 4 (44.44%) Network Management
2 4 (44.44%) SIEM
3 2 (22.22%) Digital Forensics
3 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
4 1 (11.11%) Data Security
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) CISSP
2 2 (22.22%) CEH
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (22.22%) CCNA
3 1 (11.11%) RHCE
3 1 (11.11%) PMP
3 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
3 1 (11.11%) CCNP
3 1 (11.11%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (22.22%) HIPAA
3 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Red Hat
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco