The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Security 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Reading region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 79 90 56
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -34
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 54 42 69
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 2.490% 1.855% 3.660%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.861% 7.204% 18.21%
Number of salaries quoted 41 25 65
Average salary £45,000 £48,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.21% +7.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £43,500 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
787 583 379
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 36.28% 25.75% 20.11%
Number of salaries quoted 623 463 310
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Network Security
Berkshire

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Security across the Reading region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Reading Network Security Salary Histogram

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 72 (64.29%) Firewall
2 65 (58.04%) Cisco
3 42 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
4 39 (34.82%) Windows
5 35 (31.25%) TCP/IP
6 34 (30.36%) Juniper
7 33 (29.46%) CCNP
7 33 (29.46%) CheckPoint
8 28 (25.00%) DNS
9 26 (23.21%) Windows Server 2008
10 24 (21.43%) CCIE
11 23 (20.54%) Linux
12 22 (19.64%) F5
13 20 (17.86%) IPsec
14 19 (16.96%) Symantec
14 19 (16.96%) Cisco ASA
14 19 (16.96%) Blue Coat
14 19 (16.96%) JNCIA
15 18 (16.07%) Windows Server 2003
16 17 (15.18%) OSPF
16 17 (15.18%) Migration
16 17 (15.18%) DHCP
16 17 (15.18%) Microsoft
16 17 (15.18%) Windows 8
17 16 (14.29%) Windows 7
17 16 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
17 16 (14.29%) MS Exchange
17 16 (14.29%) BGP
18 15 (13.39%) MPLS
18 15 (13.39%) CCIP

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 3 (2.679%) CGI
2 1 (0.893%) Web Services
2 1 (0.893%) HTML5
2 1 (0.893%) Regular Expression
Application Platforms
1 16 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
1 16 (14.29%) MS Exchange
2 10 (8.929%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (2.679%) Apache
3 3 (2.679%) Lync
4 1 (0.893%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (2.679%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 72 (64.29%) Firewall
2 35 (31.25%) TCP/IP
3 28 (25.00%) DNS
4 20 (17.86%) IPsec
5 19 (16.96%) Cisco ASA
6 17 (15.18%) OSPF
6 17 (15.18%) DHCP
7 16 (14.29%) BGP
8 15 (13.39%) MPLS
8 15 (13.39%) VPN
9 13 (11.61%) Cisco PIX
10 12 (10.71%) FWSM
11 11 (9.821%) Wireless
11 11 (9.821%) SNMP
12 10 (8.929%) Broadband
12 10 (8.929%) HTTP
12 10 (8.929%) 3G
13 9 (8.036%) WLAN
14 8 (7.143%) Unified Communications
14 8 (7.143%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.464%) SQL Server 2000
1 5 (4.464%) SQL Server
1 5 (4.464%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 14 (12.50%) Retail
2 13 (11.61%) Telecoms
3 10 (8.929%) Finance
4 7 (6.250%) Back Office
4 7 (6.250%) Billing
5 1 (0.893%) Legal
5 1 (0.893%) Marketing
5 1 (0.893%) French Language
5 1 (0.893%) German Language
5 1 (0.893%) Banking
Job Titles
1 24 (21.43%) Security Engineer
2 21 (18.75%) Consultant
3 17 (15.18%) Network Engineer
4 12 (10.71%) Network Security Engineer
4 12 (10.71%) Administrator
5 10 (8.929%) Technical Design Authority
6 9 (8.036%) Web Designer
6 9 (8.036%) Designer
7 8 (7.143%) IP Engineer
7 8 (7.143%) Security Consultant
8 7 (6.250%) Systems Administrator
9 6 (5.357%) Security Specialist
9 6 (5.357%) IT Security Specialist
9 6 (5.357%) Sales Engineer
9 6 (5.357%) Network Consultant
9 6 (5.357%) Principal Consultant
10 5 (4.464%) Network Administrator
10 5 (4.464%) Security Analyst
10 5 (4.464%) Technical Support
10 5 (4.464%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.929%) iPhone
1 10 (8.929%) Blackberry
2 3 (2.679%) Open Source
3 2 (1.786%) PKI
3 2 (1.786%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.893%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.893%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.893%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.893%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.893%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 39 (34.82%) Windows
2 26 (23.21%) Windows Server 2008
3 23 (20.54%) Linux
4 18 (16.07%) Windows Server 2003
5 17 (15.18%) Windows 8
6 16 (14.29%) Windows 7
7 12 (10.71%) Solaris
8 10 (8.929%) Android
8 10 (8.929%) UNIX
9 7 (6.250%) Debian
10 4 (3.571%) Ubuntu
10 4 (3.571%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (15.18%) Migration
2 15 (13.39%) Network Management
3 14 (12.50%) Validation
4 13 (11.61%) SIEM
5 10 (8.929%) Network Design
6 9 (8.036%) Information Security
6 9 (8.036%) Data Migration
7 7 (6.250%) CRM
7 7 (6.250%) Metadata Management
8 4 (3.571%) Network Architecture
8 4 (3.571%) ITIL
8 4 (3.571%) Project Management
9 3 (2.679%) PRINCE2
9 3 (2.679%) Release Management
9 3 (2.679%) Load Balancing
9 3 (2.679%) Supplier Management
9 3 (2.679%) Network Planning
10 2 (1.786%) Penetration Testing
10 2 (1.786%) Data Protection
11 1 (0.893%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.571%) SQL
2 3 (2.679%) Perl
3 1 (0.893%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 42 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (29.46%) CCNP
3 24 (21.43%) CCIE
4 19 (16.96%) JNCIA
5 15 (13.39%) CCIP
6 13 (11.61%) CCNA
7 12 (10.71%) Security Cleared
7 12 (10.71%) CCSE
8 11 (9.821%) SC Cleared
9 10 (8.929%) JNCIS
9 10 (8.929%) JNCIP
9 10 (8.929%) JNCIE
10 8 (7.143%) CISSP
11 5 (4.464%) CCSA
11 5 (4.464%) Degree
12 4 (3.571%) CCDP
13 3 (2.679%) CISA
13 3 (2.679%) CISM
14 2 (1.786%) DV Cleared
15 1 (0.893%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.929%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (6.250%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (3.571%) PCI DSS
4 3 (2.679%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.786%) COBIT
System Software
1 10 (8.929%) Terminal Services
2 9 (8.036%) Active Directory
3 8 (7.143%) Forefront TMG
4 7 (6.250%) ProxySG
5 5 (4.464%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (4.464%) Snort
6 3 (2.679%) FreeRADIUS
7 1 (0.893%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.893%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.893%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.893%) XenApp
7 1 (0.893%) XenServer
7 1 (0.893%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (2.679%) FortiGate
2 2 (1.786%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (0.893%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 65 (58.04%) Cisco
2 34 (30.36%) Juniper
3 33 (29.46%) CheckPoint
4 22 (19.64%) F5
5 19 (16.96%) Symantec
5 19 (16.96%) Blue Coat
6 17 (15.18%) Microsoft
7 10 (8.929%) HP
7 10 (8.929%) Oracle
7 10 (8.929%) VMware
7 10 (8.929%) McAfee
8 9 (8.036%) Citrix
9 7 (6.250%) Websense
10 6 (5.357%) Fujitsu
11 4 (3.571%) Sourcefire
11 4 (3.571%) Fortinet
11 4 (3.571%) Red Hat
12 3 (2.679%) BT
12 3 (2.679%) Aruba
12 3 (2.679%) Twitter
Reading, Berkshire
Internet/Network Security skills - firewalls, proxies, Intrusion Detection Systems, etc. Solid Exposure of UNIX & Windows OS. Also, any Professional IT Accreditations (CISSP, CCSA, CCSE, JNCIA) would be considered...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 30000 - 40000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Our client is one of the market leading service providers in the UK managing some of the most complex customer networks within the UK by integrating a number...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Your responsibilities include: Developing, Designing and testing configuration changes to commercial off the shelf high end We Access components and technologies in this particular field with knowledge within...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £51000 per annum + £6000 Car Allowance
Posted: 22 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Your responsibilities include: Developing, Designing and testing configuration changes to commercial off the shelf high end We Access components and technologies in this particular field with knowledge within...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £50000 - £51000 per annum + £6000 Car Allowance
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
A blue chip client is looking for an experienced Information Security and Risk Consultant.
Hudson
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 27 April 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Experience: * 5+ years experience as a systems engineer in a networked Windows NT/2000/2003/2008 environment... * 8+ years Directory service solutions using Active Directory with Windows 2000,...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £45000.00 - £50000.00 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013