The first table below looks at the demand for IPsec skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IPsec 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
Rank 305 337 353
Rank change year-on-year
+32 +16
Permanent jobs citing IPsec 129 102 71
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.583% 0.429% 0.309%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.463% 1.962% 1.634%
Number of salaries quoted 94 93 56
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -1.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £33,000 £30,900
10% offered a salary of more than £63,750 £58,000 £56,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +1.19%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5238 5199 4346
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 23.67% 21.86% 18.94%
Number of salaries quoted 4207 4409 3625
Average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
IPsec
England

IPsec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East IPsec Jobs Demand Trend

IPsec
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing IPsec across the South East region.

South East IPsec Salary Trend

IPsec
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IPsec across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East IPsec Salary Histogram

IPsec
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Berkshire -8 47 £60,000 +41.17%
Surrey +31 41 £45,000 -10.00%
Hampshire +5 21 £45,000 +57.89%
Buckinghamshire +5 15 £31,000 -22.01%
West Sussex -8 12 £42,500 -5.55%
Sussex - 6 £45,000 -
Oxfordshire - 1 £60,000 -
IPsec
England

IPsec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing IPsec 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 IPsec.

1 195 (80.58%) Cisco
2 165 (68.18%) VPN
3 152 (62.81%) BGP
4 145 (59.92%) Firewall
5 135 (55.79%) OSPF
6 117 (48.35%) TCP/IP
7 111 (45.87%) Cisco Certification
8 106 (43.80%) LAN
9 97 (40.08%) MPLS
10 94 (38.84%) Linux
11 93 (38.43%) SSL
12 86 (35.54%) Cisco ASA
13 85 (35.12%) DNS
14 84 (34.71%) Juniper
15 78 (32.23%) EIGRP
16 76 (31.40%) CheckPoint
16 76 (31.40%) Network Security
17 75 (30.99%) WAN
18 70 (28.93%) CCIE
18 70 (28.93%) CCNP
19 54 (22.31%) VMware
20 52 (21.49%) Windows
21 50 (20.66%) WLAN
21 50 (20.66%) DHCP
22 49 (20.25%) ITIL
23 45 (18.60%) Microsoft
24 44 (18.18%) Telecoms
25 41 (16.94%) Wireless
25 41 (16.94%) VoIP
26 39 (16.12%) HTTP

IPsec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing IPsec 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 IPsec. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (6.198%) CSS
2 3 (1.240%) CGI
3 2 (0.826%) Web Services
3 2 (0.826%) XML
3 2 (0.826%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (0.826%) Memcached
4 1 (0.413%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 23 (9.504%) MS Exchange
2 20 (8.264%) SharePoint
3 14 (5.785%) Exchange Server 2003
4 13 (5.372%) Apache
4 13 (5.372%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 8 (3.306%) Exchange Server 2010
6 7 (2.893%) Exchange Server 2007
7 6 (2.479%) Lync
8 5 (2.066%) IIS
9 2 (0.826%) nginx
Applications
1 17 (7.025%) MS Excel
2 6 (2.479%) MS Office
3 1 (0.413%) Simulink
3 1 (0.413%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 165 (68.18%) VPN
2 152 (62.81%) BGP
3 145 (59.92%) Firewall
4 135 (55.79%) OSPF
5 117 (48.35%) TCP/IP
6 106 (43.80%) LAN
7 97 (40.08%) MPLS
8 93 (38.43%) SSL
9 86 (35.54%) Cisco ASA
10 85 (35.12%) DNS
11 78 (32.23%) EIGRP
12 76 (31.40%) Network Security
13 75 (30.99%) WAN
14 50 (20.66%) WLAN
14 50 (20.66%) DHCP
15 41 (16.94%) Wireless
15 41 (16.94%) VoIP
16 39 (16.12%) HTTP
17 36 (14.88%) SMTP
17 36 (14.88%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.959%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.240%) MySQL
3 1 (0.413%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (0.413%) Subversion
General
1 44 (18.18%) Telecoms
2 16 (6.612%) Finance
3 7 (2.893%) Advertising
4 3 (1.240%) French Language
5 2 (0.826%) Multimedia
5 2 (0.826%) Marketing
6 1 (0.413%) Legal
6 1 (0.413%) Electronics
6 1 (0.413%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.413%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 54 (22.31%) Network Engineer
2 39 (16.12%) Analyst
3 34 (14.05%) Network Analyst
4 31 (12.81%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
4 31 (12.81%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 24 (9.917%) Consultant
6 23 (9.504%) Technical Design Authority
7 22 (9.091%) Network Specialist
8 20 (8.264%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (7.025%) Security Analyst
10 16 (6.612%) Network Support
11 15 (6.198%) Support Engineer
12 14 (5.785%) Senior Network Engineer
13 13 (5.372%) Administrator
14 12 (4.959%) Team Leader
14 12 (4.959%) Network Security Analyst
15 11 (4.545%) Network Consultant
16 10 (4.132%) Support Team Leader
16 10 (4.132%) Infrastructure Team Leader
16 10 (4.132%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.612%) SecurID
2 9 (3.719%) Digital Media
3 8 (3.306%) IVR
4 6 (2.479%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (2.066%) Open Source
5 5 (2.066%) LPAR
5 5 (2.066%) PKI
5 5 (2.066%) CESG
5 5 (2.066%) Cryptography
5 5 (2.066%) HACMP
5 5 (2.066%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.240%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.240%) Clustering
7 2 (0.826%) Thin Client
7 2 (0.826%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.413%) SaaS
8 1 (0.413%) Mathematics
8 1 (0.413%) Computer Science
8 1 (0.413%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.413%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 94 (38.84%) Linux
2 52 (21.49%) Windows
3 38 (15.70%) Windows Server 2008
3 38 (15.70%) Windows Server 2003
4 33 (13.64%) UNIX
5 16 (6.612%) Windows XP
6 15 (6.198%) CentOS
7 14 (5.785%) Solaris
8 13 (5.372%) AIX
9 10 (4.132%) OpenBSD
10 8 (3.306%) Debian
10 8 (3.306%) Ubuntu
11 4 (1.653%) Windows 7
11 4 (1.653%) Windows 8
12 3 (1.240%) Fedora
13 2 (0.826%) FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (20.25%) ITIL
2 39 (16.12%) Load Balancing
3 29 (11.98%) Service Delivery
4 26 (10.74%) Network Design
5 18 (7.438%) Performance Management
6 17 (7.025%) Network Management
7 16 (6.612%) Business Continuity
8 15 (6.198%) Disaster Recovery
9 11 (4.545%) Change Management
10 10 (4.132%) BCP
10 10 (4.132%) Validation
10 10 (4.132%) Root Cause Analysis
11 9 (3.719%) Change Control
11 9 (3.719%) Project Management
12 8 (3.306%) Service Management
12 8 (3.306%) Information Security
12 8 (3.306%) Network Architecture
12 8 (3.306%) Mobile Device Management
13 7 (2.893%) Stakeholder Management
14 5 (2.066%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 22 (9.091%) Perl
1 22 (9.091%) SQL
2 12 (4.959%) Bash shell
3 10 (4.132%) PHP
3 10 (4.132%) Python
4 9 (3.719%) Shell Script
5 3 (1.240%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.240%) C++
6 2 (0.826%) C
6 2 (0.826%) VBScript
6 2 (0.826%) Java
6 2 (0.826%) Korn
6 2 (0.826%) Bourne shell
7 1 (0.413%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 111 (45.87%) Cisco Certification
2 70 (28.93%) CCIE
2 70 (28.93%) CCNP
3 38 (15.70%) CCNA
4 33 (13.64%) CCIP
4 33 (13.64%) JNCIA
5 28 (11.57%) Degree
6 26 (10.74%) JNCIP
7 23 (9.504%) JNCIE
7 23 (9.504%) JNCIS
8 11 (4.545%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (3.719%) CCSP
9 9 (3.719%) CCDP
10 8 (3.306%) CCDA
11 7 (2.893%) CCA
11 7 (2.893%) MCSE
12 5 (2.066%) Security Cleared
13 4 (1.653%) MCSA
13 4 (1.653%) Citrix Certification
13 4 (1.653%) IBM AIX Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (14.46%) PCI DSS
2 21 (8.678%) SLA
3 10 (4.132%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (2.479%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.653%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 26 (10.74%) vSphere
2 23 (9.504%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (9.091%) Active Directory
4 13 (5.372%) Hyper-V
5 10 (4.132%) NFS
5 10 (4.132%) XenApp
6 9 (3.719%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 5 (2.066%) OpenSSH
7 5 (2.066%) Snort
8 4 (1.653%) FreeRADIUS
9 3 (1.240%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.826%) Terminal Server
10 2 (0.826%) Squid
Systems Management
1 14 (5.785%) CiscoWorks
2 13 (5.372%) SCCM
2 13 (5.372%) Cisco IPCC
3 9 (3.719%) Netcool
4 6 (2.479%) WSUS
4 6 (2.479%) McAfee ePO
5 4 (1.653%) OpenView
5 4 (1.653%) Nagios
6 3 (1.240%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.826%) Backup Exec
7 2 (0.826%) SolarWinds Orion
7 2 (0.826%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.413%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 195 (80.58%) Cisco
2 84 (34.71%) Juniper
3 76 (31.40%) CheckPoint
4 54 (22.31%) VMware
5 45 (18.60%) Microsoft
6 25 (10.33%) HP
7 17 (7.025%) Blue Coat
7 17 (7.025%) Avaya
8 16 (6.612%) Citrix
9 14 (5.785%) F5
10 13 (5.372%) Nortel
11 11 (4.545%) CA
12 9 (3.719%) Fortinet
13 8 (3.306%) Symantec
13 8 (3.306%) Huawei
13 8 (3.306%) Infoblox
13 8 (3.306%) Verint
14 7 (2.893%) AppSense
15 6 (2.479%) McAfee
15 6 (2.479%) BT
Slough, Berkshire
Role: Maintaining and monitoring the Network, including firewalls, VPNs and Avaya based VoIP... Use of Incident and Change management tools (ServiceNOW) Cisco equipment configuration skills including ASA, and...
Coal IT Services
Salary: £45,000 per annum + 10% Bonus + 7% On-Call + Full Bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
South East
ITIL Service Management * Experience and SLA Reporting experience... Skills/Technologies Involved The candidate should have a command of the following technologies: * BGP and OSPF routing * Multi-homed load...
GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bracknell, 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, 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
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Cisco routing & switching or Cisco Voice Support experience. Strong knowledge of IP/data technologies, MPLS VPN, access technologies... Strong understanding of MPLS and carrier backbone technologies. Other technologies...
DCL Search & Selection
Salary: £40k - 45k per year
Posted: 24 May 2013
Staines, Middlesex
Minimum of CCNP certification - Ideally CCIE certified or currently studying towards CCIE... Knowledge & experience around routing and switching technologies such as BGP, EIGRP, IS-IS, STP, HSRP & VRRP...
Zorba Consulting Limited
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus & Oncall
Posted: 21 May 2013
Gillingham, Kent
firewalls and Riverbed WAN optimisation technologies. Other essential knowledge includes switches, routers, hubs, servers, cabling, LAN, WLAN, WAN, TCP/IP, DNS, UDP, latency, VoIP, QoS, EIGRP, BGP, OSPF,...
1st Choice Computer Appointments Ltd
Salary: £40,000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Didcot, Oxford, Oxfordshire, South East
Skills: Network Consultant, Cisco switches, Cisco Routers, trunking and interconnections, IPSEC VPNs, Cisco ASA/PIX Firewalls, TCP/IP, With strong Linux Administration, Linux Servers, Centos, Redhat / Redhat Enterprise...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: £0 - £50,000 per year
Posted: 20 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Skills o Excellent written and oral communications skills o Strong facilitation and negotiation skills o Ability to moderate and build consensus o Ability to articulate and sell a...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £59000 - £61000 per annum + Car Allowance + Bonus + Overtime
Posted: 21 May 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
You'll need Systems Administration experience of infrastructure services, based on Linux (Debian/Ubuntu/CentOS) and OpenBSD. ISP networking knowledge of BGP, OSPF, DWDM, VRRP,HSRP, IPsec, all...
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Maidenhead, Berkshire
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Recruitment Genius Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
Installation, configuration and troubleshooting Layer 2, 3 and 4 protocols (STP, LLDP-MED, ARP, VRRP, OSPF, SNMP, Multicast, IPsec, TCP, UDP, etc..) *IP topology design and documentation *Migration...
GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013