The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 43 45 58
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +13
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 13 19 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 2.500% 3.084% 0.693%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.88% 18.63% 4.545%
Number of salaries quoted 13 18 4
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £30,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +15.70%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,850 £23,550
10% offered a salary of more than £100,000 £49,300 £58,300
UK excluding London average salary £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-2.94% -5.55%
All Communications & Networking
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
77 102 88
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 14.81% 16.56% 15.25%
Number of salaries quoted 70 97 70
Average salary £37,500 £33,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.63% -22.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,300 £22,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £100,000 £67,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
Network Security
South Yorkshire

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Salary Histogram

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

Sheffield Network Security Salary Histogram

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 10 (71.43%) Cisco
2 8 (57.14%) Firewall
2 8 (57.14%) Information Security
3 7 (50.00%) CCNP
3 7 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (35.71%) CCSE
4 5 (35.71%) Cisco PIX
4 5 (35.71%) CheckPoint
4 5 (35.71%) CCNA
4 5 (35.71%) CCSP
4 5 (35.71%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (28.57%) Linux
6 3 (21.43%) BGP
6 3 (21.43%) MPLS
6 3 (21.43%) OSPF
6 3 (21.43%) Juniper
6 3 (21.43%) SAN
6 3 (21.43%) ITIL
6 3 (21.43%) Windows
6 3 (21.43%) SLA
6 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (21.43%) VMware
6 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
7 2 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
7 2 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
7 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
7 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (14.29%) COBIT
7 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity
7 2 (14.29%) Freedom of Information

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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.

Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) Firewall
2 5 (35.71%) Cisco PIX
2 5 (35.71%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (21.43%) SAN
3 3 (21.43%) MPLS
3 3 (21.43%) OSPF
3 3 (21.43%) BGP
4 2 (14.29%) LAN
4 2 (14.29%) WAN
5 1 (7.143%) TCP/IP
5 1 (7.143%) VPN
5 1 (7.143%) DNS
5 1 (7.143%) L2TP
5 1 (7.143%) VRRP
5 1 (7.143%) Internet
5 1 (7.143%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
2 1 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Analyst
1 6 (42.86%) Security Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Network Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) IT Security Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Network Security Analyst
3 4 (28.57%) Network Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Information Security Auditor
5 2 (14.29%) Auditor
6 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Team Leader
6 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (7.143%) Security Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Network Security Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Freedom of Information
1 2 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (14.29%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Linux
2 3 (21.43%) Windows
3 1 (7.143%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Information Security
2 3 (21.43%) ITIL
3 2 (14.29%) BCP
3 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 2 (14.29%) Change Control
3 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity
3 2 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (7.143%) Load Balancing
4 1 (7.143%) Performance Management
4 1 (7.143%) ISMS
4 1 (7.143%) SIEM
4 1 (7.143%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) CCNP
1 7 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (35.71%) CCNA
2 5 (35.71%) CCSP
2 5 (35.71%) CCSE
3 2 (14.29%) CISSP
3 2 (14.29%) CISA
3 2 (14.29%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) SLA
1 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (14.29%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (7.143%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.143%) Snort
1 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) Nessus
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) Cisco
2 5 (35.71%) CheckPoint
3 3 (21.43%) VMware
3 3 (21.43%) Juniper
4 1 (7.143%) NetApp
4 1 (7.143%) ArcSight
4 1 (7.143%) IBM
4 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.143%) HP