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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 111 87 94
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +7
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 13 18 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.707% 1.230% 0.630%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.140% 7.563% 4.762%
Number of salaries quoted 11 5 0
Average salary £35,000 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.22% -
UK excluding London average salary £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-2.94% -5.55%
All Communications & Networking
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
314 238 210
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 17.07% 16.27% 13.23%
Number of salaries quoted 291 208 180
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +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 Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Security across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Abingdon - 9 £34,000 -
Oxford -23 2 £52,500 -
Network Security
South East

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 18 (75.00%) Firewall
2 15 (62.50%) Information Security
3 13 (54.17%) TCP/IP
4 12 (50.00%) Windows
5 10 (41.67%) Internet
6 9 (37.50%) Linux
6 9 (37.50%) Red Hat
7 8 (33.33%) Law
7 8 (33.33%) Blog
8 7 (29.17%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (29.17%) Active Directory
8 7 (29.17%) SQL Server
9 6 (25.00%) Cisco
10 5 (20.83%) CISSP
10 5 (20.83%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (20.83%) MS Exchange
10 5 (20.83%) SQL Server 2000
10 5 (20.83%) CCNA
10 5 (20.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (20.83%) Network Management
10 5 (20.83%) Exchange Server 2010
10 5 (20.83%) SIEM
10 5 (20.83%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (20.83%) SQL Server 2005
10 5 (20.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 4 (16.67%) Ubuntu
11 4 (16.67%) Norton AntiVirus
11 4 (16.67%) LAMP
11 4 (16.67%) Debian
11 4 (16.67%) UNIX

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 4 (16.67%) LAMP
2 1 (4.167%) Regular Expression
Application Platforms
1 5 (20.83%) MS Exchange
1 5 (20.83%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 3 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (8.333%) IIS
3 2 (8.333%) Apache
4 1 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 2 (8.333%) MS Excel
1 2 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 18 (75.00%) Firewall
2 13 (54.17%) TCP/IP
3 10 (41.67%) Internet
4 5 (20.83%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (16.67%) SAN
5 4 (16.67%) VPN
6 3 (12.50%) DNS
6 3 (12.50%) VoIP
6 3 (12.50%) DHCP
7 2 (8.333%) PBX
7 2 (8.333%) IPv4
7 2 (8.333%) Wireless
7 2 (8.333%) iSCSI
8 1 (4.167%) LAN
8 1 (4.167%) WAN
8 1 (4.167%) OSPF
8 1 (4.167%) BGP
8 1 (4.167%) VLAN
8 1 (4.167%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (29.17%) SQL Server
2 5 (20.83%) SQL Server 2000
2 5 (20.83%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 8 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (4.167%) Italian Language
2 1 (4.167%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Analyst
1 5 (20.83%) Security Analyst
1 5 (20.83%) Network Analyst
1 5 (20.83%) Network Security Analyst
1 5 (20.83%) Sales Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Administrator
2 4 (16.67%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (8.333%) Support Engineer
3 2 (8.333%) IT Administrator
4 1 (4.167%) Senior Support Engineer
4 1 (4.167%) Senior Systems Administrator
4 1 (4.167%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 1 (4.167%) Linux Administrator
4 1 (4.167%) IT Support
4 1 (4.167%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.167%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.167%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (4.167%) Test Engineer
4 1 (4.167%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (4.167%) Network Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Blog
2 2 (8.333%) EqualLogic
2 2 (8.333%) CESG
3 1 (4.167%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 12 (50.00%) Windows
2 9 (37.50%) Linux
3 7 (29.17%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (16.67%) Debian
4 4 (16.67%) Ubuntu
4 4 (16.67%) AIX
4 4 (16.67%) Solaris
4 4 (16.67%) UNIX
5 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (4.167%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (62.50%) Information Security
2 5 (20.83%) Network Management
2 5 (20.83%) SIEM
3 3 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (8.333%) Project Management
4 2 (8.333%) Ethical Hacking
4 2 (8.333%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (8.333%) Digital Forensics
5 1 (4.167%) PRINCE
5 1 (4.167%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) SQL
2 2 (8.333%) VB
2 2 (8.333%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) CCNA
1 5 (20.83%) CISSP
1 5 (20.83%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (8.333%) CEH
3 1 (4.167%) MCITP
3 1 (4.167%) HNC
3 1 (4.167%) MCSE
3 1 (4.167%) CCNP
3 1 (4.167%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.167%) RHCE
3 1 (4.167%) PMP
3 1 (4.167%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 5 (20.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (8.333%) HIPAA
3 1 (4.167%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (29.17%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (8.333%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 9 (37.50%) Red Hat
2 6 (25.00%) Cisco
3 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 2 (8.333%) NetApp
4 2 (8.333%) Symantec
4 2 (8.333%) VMware
4 2 (8.333%) Kaspersky
Oxfordshire
Infrastructure Engineer - CCNP OR CCNA, Red Hat Linux, Routing Protocols, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, VLANs, QinQ, Virtualisation, KVM, Netfilter, IPTables... Must have skills: * Infrastructure Engineer, * Networking protocols - OSPF,...
Lawrence Harvey IT & Change
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxfordshire
Accountabilities/Responsibilities: Duties will include: - Second line IT support to internal users - Back-up first line support to internal users (as required) - Testing of hardware and software updates -...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Key Skills *Commercial FreeBSD experience *Solid experience of Network and system security *Experience of Backup/recovery management and disaster recovery provisions *Experience managing company systems (email and intranet...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £47000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013