The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Security over the 3 months to 21 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 Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 62 57 53
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -4
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 2 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 0.312% 0.442% 0.645%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.105% 4.255% 5.556%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 3
Average salary £60,000 £32,500 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+84.61% -48.00%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
All Communications & Networking
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
95 47 54
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 14.82% 10.38% 11.61%
Number of salaries quoted 85 45 50
Average salary £42,500 £30,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+41.66% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £60,250 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Network Security
South West

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Security across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 21 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
Bath -5 1 £80,000 +255.55%
Wells - 1 £40,000 -
Network Security
South West

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (80.00%) VMware
2 7 (70.00%) Windows
3 6 (60.00%) Linux
3 6 (60.00%) MCSE
3 6 (60.00%) ITIL
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (60.00%) Firewall
4 5 (50.00%) Backup Exec
4 5 (50.00%) Systems Analysis
4 5 (50.00%) MCITP
4 5 (50.00%) WSUS
4 5 (50.00%) WatchGuard
4 5 (50.00%) Hyper-V
4 5 (50.00%) Veeam
4 5 (50.00%) PowerShell
4 5 (50.00%) vSphere
4 5 (50.00%) SAN
4 5 (50.00%) Citrix
4 5 (50.00%) Norton AntiVirus
4 5 (50.00%) Symantec
4 5 (50.00%) MS Exchange
4 5 (50.00%) MCSA
4 5 (50.00%) C
4 5 (50.00%) VBScript
5 3 (30.00%) Cisco
6 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
6 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
6 2 (20.00%) SQL
6 2 (20.00%) QA

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 Platforms
1 5 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (20.00%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Maximo
1 1 (10.00%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) Firewall
2 5 (50.00%) SAN
3 2 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (20.00%) Unified Communications
4 1 (10.00%) Wireless
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (10.00%) LAN
4 1 (10.00%) VoIP
4 1 (10.00%) WAN
4 1 (10.00%) SMTP
4 1 (10.00%) DHCP
4 1 (10.00%) DNS
4 1 (10.00%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (10.00%) Law
1 1 (10.00%) Legal
1 1 (10.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) IT Support
1 5 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Design Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
1 1 (10.00%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) ITIL
2 5 (50.00%) Systems Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Capacity Management
3 2 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (10.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) E-Discovery
4 1 (10.00%) Release Management
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 5 (50.00%) C
1 5 (50.00%) VBScript
2 2 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) MCSE
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (50.00%) MCITP
2 5 (50.00%) MCSA
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (10.00%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 5 (50.00%) vSphere
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) Backup Exec
1 5 (50.00%) WSUS
1 5 (50.00%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (10.00%) Tivoli
2 1 (10.00%) Netcool
2 1 (10.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (80.00%) VMware
2 5 (50.00%) WatchGuard
2 5 (50.00%) Veeam
2 5 (50.00%) Citrix
2 5 (50.00%) Symantec
3 3 (30.00%) Cisco
4 1 (10.00%) SolarWinds
4 1 (10.00%) IBM
4 1 (10.00%) Remedy
4 1 (10.00%) BMC
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