The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Reading 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Engineer
Rank 111 110 97
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 22 22 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 1.014% 0.972% 1.273%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.067% 1.023% 1.357%
Number of salaries quoted 13 13 24
Average salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.52% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £45,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £48,300 £46,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -
All Job Titles
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2062 2151 1768
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 95.07% 95.01% 93.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1675 1848 1424
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Engineer
Berkshire

Security Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Security Engineer Salary Trend

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Reading Security Engineer Salary Histogram

Security Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 24 (70.59%) Cisco
1 24 (70.59%) Network Security
2 23 (67.65%) Firewall
3 21 (61.76%) CheckPoint
4 17 (50.00%) F5
5 14 (41.18%) Blue Coat
6 13 (38.24%) TCP/IP
7 12 (35.29%) FWSM
7 12 (35.29%) Cisco ASA
8 11 (32.35%) Juniper
8 11 (32.35%) Broadband
9 10 (29.41%) DHCP
9 10 (29.41%) SNMP
9 10 (29.41%) DNS
10 9 (26.47%) 3G
10 9 (26.47%) SMTP
10 9 (26.47%) Telecoms
10 9 (26.47%) ProxySG
10 9 (26.47%) CCSE
10 9 (26.47%) Cisco PIX
10 9 (26.47%) BIG-IP
10 9 (26.47%) Radio Access Network
11 8 (23.53%) Linux
11 8 (23.53%) CCNP
11 8 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (23.53%) Back Office
12 7 (20.59%) CRM
12 7 (20.59%) JNCIA
12 7 (20.59%) Retail
12 7 (20.59%) Billing

Security Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

Application Development
1 1 (2.941%) Middleware
Applications
1 3 (8.824%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 24 (70.59%) Network Security
2 23 (67.65%) Firewall
3 13 (38.24%) TCP/IP
4 12 (35.29%) FWSM
4 12 (35.29%) Cisco ASA
5 11 (32.35%) Broadband
6 10 (29.41%) DHCP
6 10 (29.41%) SNMP
6 10 (29.41%) DNS
7 9 (26.47%) 3G
7 9 (26.47%) SMTP
7 9 (26.47%) Cisco PIX
7 9 (26.47%) BIG-IP
7 9 (26.47%) Radio Access Network
8 5 (14.71%) Internet
9 4 (11.76%) OSPF
9 4 (11.76%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (8.824%) IPsec
10 3 (8.824%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (2.941%) VPN
General
1 9 (26.47%) Telecoms
2 8 (23.53%) Back Office
3 7 (20.59%) Retail
3 7 (20.59%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 8 (23.53%) Linux
2 6 (17.65%) UNIX
3 4 (11.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.59%) CRM
2 3 (8.824%) Validation
2 3 (8.824%) Network Design
2 3 (8.824%) Release Management
3 2 (5.882%) Load Balancing
4 1 (2.941%) Logistics
4 1 (2.941%) Performance Management
4 1 (2.941%) Security Management
4 1 (2.941%) ITIL
4 1 (2.941%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (2.941%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 9 (26.47%) CCSE
2 8 (23.53%) CCNP
2 8 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (20.59%) JNCIA
3 7 (20.59%) CCSA
4 5 (14.71%) Degree
5 3 (8.824%) CCNA
6 1 (2.941%) JNCIS
6 1 (2.941%) CISSP
System Software
1 9 (26.47%) ProxySG
2 5 (14.71%) Snort
Vendors
1 24 (70.59%) Cisco
2 21 (61.76%) CheckPoint
3 17 (50.00%) F5
4 14 (41.18%) Blue Coat
5 11 (32.35%) Juniper
6 3 (8.824%) Microsoft
6 3 (8.824%) Websense
7 1 (2.941%) LogLogic
7 1 (2.941%) Q1 Labs
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