The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security 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 Network Security over the 3 months to 20 June 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 160 153 182
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +29
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 366 378 301
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 1.640% 1.611% 1.258%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.952% 7.297% 6.215%
Number of salaries quoted 260 329 258
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -1.16%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5265 5180 4843
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 23.59% 22.07% 20.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4193 4325 4050
Average salary £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Network Security
England

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Salary Histogram

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

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Berkshire -33 135 £45,000 -5.26% 15
Hampshire +19 59 £53,000 +17.77% 7
Buckinghamshire +17 41 £48,750 +25.00%
Surrey -28 37 £44,000 +15.78% 6
Kent -21 30 £40,000 +23.07% 5
West Sussex +16 26 £42,500 -13.26% 1
Oxfordshire -16 19 £35,000 -22.22% 2
East Sussex +3 13 £32,000 +60.00%
Sussex - 4 £65,000 -
M4 Corridor +1 1 - -
Middlesex -9 1 £40,000 -21.95% 2
Network Security
England

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1 447 (59.21%) Firewall
2 422 (55.89%) Cisco
3 290 (38.41%) Cisco Certification
4 262 (34.70%) CheckPoint
5 241 (31.92%) Juniper
6 227 (30.07%) TCP/IP
7 209 (27.68%) Windows
8 199 (26.36%) VPN
9 178 (23.58%) Cisco ASA
10 170 (22.52%) CCNP
11 151 (20.00%) WAN
12 146 (19.34%) LAN
13 144 (19.07%) CCNA
14 137 (18.15%) DNS
15 130 (17.22%) Linux
16 128 (16.95%) CCIE
16 128 (16.95%) BGP
17 123 (16.29%) F5
18 120 (15.89%) Microsoft
19 115 (15.23%) Telecoms
20 114 (15.10%) CISSP
21 106 (14.04%) Network Design
22 105 (13.91%) Windows Server 2008
23 104 (13.77%) Blue Coat
24 101 (13.38%) MPLS
25 100 (13.25%) Cisco PIX
26 99 (13.11%) OSPF
27 97 (12.85%) IPsec
28 93 (12.32%) Wireless
29 91 (12.05%) Degree

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 8 (1.060%) SOAP
2 7 (0.927%) CSS
3 6 (0.795%) REST
4 4 (0.530%) LAMP
4 4 (0.530%) XML
5 3 (0.397%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.397%) Web Services
5 3 (0.397%) CGI
6 2 (0.265%) Middleware
6 2 (0.265%) J2EE
6 2 (0.265%) Java EE
6 2 (0.265%) Spring
7 1 (0.132%) HTML5
7 1 (0.132%) Regular Expression
7 1 (0.132%) WCF
7 1 (0.132%) Windows SharePoint Services
7 1 (0.132%) .NET
7 1 (0.132%) ODBC
7 1 (0.132%) STL
Application Platforms
1 47 (6.225%) MS Exchange
2 22 (2.914%) Exchange Server 2007
3 20 (2.649%) SharePoint
4 14 (1.854%) Apache
4 14 (1.854%) IIS
4 14 (1.854%) Exchange Server 2010
5 13 (1.722%) Exchange Server 2003
6 12 (1.589%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 8 (1.060%) SharePoint 2010
8 3 (0.397%) Lync
8 3 (0.397%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.265%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.265%) Liferay
9 2 (0.265%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.132%) Moodle
10 1 (0.132%) Live Communications Server
10 1 (0.132%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.132%) CMS
Applications
1 40 (5.298%) MS Excel
2 17 (2.252%) MS Office
2 17 (2.252%) S-PLUS
3 6 (0.795%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.265%) Line 50
2 1 (0.132%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.132%) JDE OneWorld
2 1 (0.132%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 447 (59.21%) Firewall
2 227 (30.07%) TCP/IP
3 199 (26.36%) VPN
4 178 (23.58%) Cisco ASA
5 151 (20.00%) WAN
6 146 (19.34%) LAN
7 137 (18.15%) DNS
8 128 (16.95%) BGP
9 101 (13.38%) MPLS
10 100 (13.25%) Cisco PIX
11 99 (13.11%) OSPF
12 97 (12.85%) IPsec
13 93 (12.32%) Wireless
14 80 (10.60%) DHCP
15 77 (10.20%) Internet
16 58 (7.682%) EIGRP
17 49 (6.490%) HTTP
18 48 (6.358%) WLAN
19 46 (6.093%) VoIP
19 46 (6.093%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.179%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.854%) MySQL
3 11 (1.457%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (1.192%) Data Mining
5 4 (0.530%) SQL Server 2000
5 4 (0.530%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (0.265%) Redis
6 2 (0.265%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (0.132%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.132%) MS Access
7 1 (0.132%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 8 (1.060%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (0.397%) Hudson
2 3 (0.397%) Git (software)
2 3 (0.397%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.397%) Subversion
2 3 (0.397%) Maven
3 2 (0.265%) GNU Toolchain
4 1 (0.132%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.132%) Visual Studio
General
1 115 (15.23%) Telecoms
2 81 (10.73%) Finance
3 25 (3.311%) Military
3 25 (3.311%) Electronics
4 24 (3.179%) Banking
4 24 (3.179%) Retail
5 16 (2.119%) Aerospace
6 15 (1.987%) French Language
6 15 (1.987%) German Language
7 14 (1.854%) Law
8 12 (1.589%) Legal
8 12 (1.589%) Billing
9 11 (1.457%) Back Office
10 10 (1.325%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.060%) Advertising
12 5 (0.662%) Italian Language
12 5 (0.662%) Marketing
13 4 (0.530%) Spanish Language
14 1 (0.132%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.132%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 151 (20.00%) Security Engineer
2 142 (18.81%) Network Engineer
3 109 (14.44%) Consultant
4 98 (12.98%) Analyst
5 83 (10.99%) Network Security Engineer
6 73 (9.669%) Security Analyst
7 55 (7.285%) Support Engineer
8 50 (6.623%) Network Analyst
9 49 (6.490%) Technical Design Authority
10 48 (6.358%) Administrator
11 43 (5.695%) Security Consultant
12 39 (5.166%) Systems Administrator
12 39 (5.166%) Network Consultant
13 37 (4.901%) Network Manager
14 36 (4.768%) Network Security Analyst
15 29 (3.841%) Security Support Engineer
16 28 (3.709%) Pre Sales Consultant
17 27 (3.576%) Architect
18 26 (3.444%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 25 (3.311%) Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 43 (5.695%) Management Information System
2 31 (4.106%) Computer Science
3 21 (2.781%) Digital Media
4 16 (2.119%) Cryptography
5 12 (1.589%) Blackberry
5 12 (1.589%) PKI
6 11 (1.457%) Blog
7 10 (1.325%) iPhone
8 9 (1.192%) SaaS
8 9 (1.192%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.060%) PMI
10 6 (0.795%) SecurID
11 5 (0.662%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (0.662%) IVR
11 5 (0.662%) Device Driver
11 5 (0.662%) CESG
12 4 (0.530%) CCTV
12 4 (0.530%) Clustering
12 4 (0.530%) VLE
12 4 (0.530%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 209 (27.68%) Windows
2 130 (17.22%) Linux
3 105 (13.91%) Windows Server 2008
4 85 (11.26%) UNIX
5 78 (10.33%) Windows Server 2003
6 38 (5.033%) Windows 7
7 22 (2.914%) Windows 8
8 20 (2.649%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 18 (2.384%) Debian
10 16 (2.119%) Solaris
11 14 (1.854%) Ubuntu
12 10 (1.325%) Android
13 7 (0.927%) Windows XP
13 7 (0.927%) AIX
14 5 (0.662%) Embedded Linux
14 5 (0.662%) VxWorks
15 4 (0.530%) Windows 2000
16 3 (0.397%) Windows 2000 Server
17 2 (0.265%) Windows NT
17 2 (0.265%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (14.04%) Network Design
2 90 (11.92%) ITIL
3 68 (9.007%) Information Security
4 56 (7.417%) SIEM
5 48 (6.358%) Network Management
6 47 (6.225%) Project Management
7 37 (4.901%) Data Security
8 33 (4.371%) Load Balancing
8 33 (4.371%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 29 (3.841%) Disaster Recovery
10 28 (3.709%) Penetration Testing
11 27 (3.576%) Migration
11 27 (3.576%) Network Architecture
12 24 (3.179%) Validation
13 22 (2.914%) Information Assurance
14 21 (2.781%) Vulnerability Management
15 20 (2.649%) Change Management
15 20 (2.649%) Incident Management
16 19 (2.517%) Service Delivery
17 18 (2.384%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (7.550%) SQL
2 22 (2.914%) C
3 21 (2.781%) Java
4 17 (2.252%) Python
5 16 (2.119%) C++
6 12 (1.589%) Perl
7 9 (1.192%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.192%) Ruby
7 9 (1.192%) C#
8 6 (0.795%) VB
9 3 (0.397%) Embedded C
10 2 (0.265%) PHP
11 1 (0.132%) VBScript
11 1 (0.132%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 290 (38.41%) Cisco Certification
2 170 (22.52%) CCNP
3 144 (19.07%) CCNA
4 128 (16.95%) CCIE
5 114 (15.10%) CISSP
6 91 (12.05%) Degree
7 90 (11.92%) JNCIA
8 87 (11.52%) CCSA
9 85 (11.26%) CCSE
10 81 (10.73%) Security Cleared
11 61 (8.079%) CCSP
12 57 (7.550%) SC Cleared
13 51 (6.755%) CISM
14 44 (5.828%) CCIP
15 40 (5.298%) JNCIS
16 39 (5.166%) JNCIE
17 36 (4.768%) Microsoft Certification
18 35 (4.636%) CCDP
19 33 (4.371%) JNCIP
20 30 (3.974%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (11.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 66 (8.742%) PCI DSS
3 47 (6.225%) SLA
4 30 (3.974%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 13 (1.722%) ISO 9000
6 9 (1.192%) QA
6 9 (1.192%) COBIT
7 6 (0.795%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.265%) HIPAA
System Software
1 60 (7.947%) VMware Infrastructure
2 53 (7.020%) Active Directory
3 18 (2.384%) XenApp
4 15 (1.987%) ProxySG
5 13 (1.722%) vSphere
5 13 (1.722%) Terminal Services
6 11 (1.457%) Forefront TMG
7 10 (1.325%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 9 (1.192%) Xen
9 8 (1.060%) Snort
9 8 (1.060%) Hyper-V
10 6 (0.795%) VMware ESX
11 5 (0.662%) XenServer
11 5 (0.662%) XenDesktop
11 5 (0.662%) NLBS
11 5 (0.662%) ISA Server
12 4 (0.530%) VMware ESXi
13 3 (0.397%) FreeRADIUS
14 2 (0.265%) NFS
14 2 (0.265%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 20 (2.649%) Norton AntiVirus
2 19 (2.517%) Nessus
3 10 (1.325%) SCCM
4 9 (1.192%) Puppet
4 9 (1.192%) Backup Exec
5 6 (0.795%) CiscoWorks
6 5 (0.662%) Cisco IPCC
7 4 (0.530%) MIMEsweeper
7 4 (0.530%) Nagios
7 4 (0.530%) SCOM
8 3 (0.397%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.397%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.265%) Cisco UCCX
10 1 (0.132%) Splunk
10 1 (0.132%) HP SIM
10 1 (0.132%) WebInspect
10 1 (0.132%) Veritas Storage Foundation
10 1 (0.132%) Unicenter
10 1 (0.132%) Netcool
10 1 (0.132%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 422 (55.89%) Cisco
2 262 (34.70%) CheckPoint
3 241 (31.92%) Juniper
4 123 (16.29%) F5
5 120 (15.89%) Microsoft
6 104 (13.77%) Blue Coat
7 89 (11.79%) VMware
8 46 (6.093%) Symantec
9 44 (5.828%) Websense
10 40 (5.298%) Oracle
11 39 (5.166%) Citrix
12 38 (5.033%) HP
13 34 (4.503%) McAfee
14 33 (4.371%) ArcSight
15 29 (3.841%) Red Hat
16 24 (3.179%) Fortinet
17 22 (2.914%) Qualys
18 21 (2.781%) Riverbed
18 21 (2.781%) Sourcefire
19 19 (2.517%) Twitter
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Posted: 18 June 2013
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Salary: £60000 - £64000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Surrey
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TEKsystems
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 June 2013
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Aston Carter
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 16 June 2013
Slough, Thames Valley
Hudson
Salary: £45000 - £56000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 30 May 2013
Woking, Surrey
Fidessa
Salary: Highly Competitive
Posted: 13 June 2013
West Sussex
Clearwater People Solutions
Salary: £32000 - 35000 Per Annum bonus, benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Slough, Berkshire
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Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Eastleigh, Hampshire
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Nationwide People Ltd
Salary: £60000 - 80000 Per Annum plus bonus plus benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
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Kent
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Salary: Excellent salary plus benefits
Posted: 7 June 2013
Oxfordshire
Tindall IT Resourcing
Salary: From £25,000 to £39,000 per annum +Many lucrative benefits
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Reading, Berkshire
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Salary: £60000 - 80000 Per Annum plus bonus plus benefits
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Berkshire
Advanced Resource Managers
Salary: £38000.0000 - £43000.0000 per annum + £6.2K Car + Bonus
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Southampton, Hampshire
Novate IT Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £62000 per annum + car allowance + bonus + bens
Posted: 18 June 2013
Southampton, South East
Novate IT
Salary: £55000 - £62000 per annum + car allowance + bonus + bens
Posted: 11 June 2013
Oxfordshire
Austin Fraser
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
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Newbury, Berkshire
Advanced Resource Managers
Salary: £23000.0000 - £25000.0000 per annum + + £36K OTC
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Salary: £45000.00 - £55000.00 per annum
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Fareham, Hampshire
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Salary: £70000 - £75000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
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