The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Q1 Labs products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Q1 Labs over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors for the South East region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Q1 Labs.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Q1 Labs
Rank - 440 -
Permanent jobs citing Q1 Labs 0 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East - 0.013% -
As % of the Vendors category - 0.026% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 0
Average salary - £47,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £42,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+11.76% +21.42%
All Vendors
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
11313 11419 11486
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 51.38% 48.06% 50.51%
Number of salaries quoted 9290 9727 9701
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Q1 Labs
England

Q1 Labs
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Q1 Labs across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South East Q1 Labs Jobs Demand Trend

Q1 Labs
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Q1 Labs across the South East region.

South East Q1 Labs Salary Trend

Q1 Labs
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing Q1 Labs 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 Q1 Labs.

1 12 (100.00%) Network Security
1 12 (100.00%) SIEM
2 9 (75.00%) ArcSight
3 6 (50.00%) LogLogic
3 6 (50.00%) Sourcefire
3 6 (50.00%) Snort
3 6 (50.00%) C
3 6 (50.00%) Perl
3 6 (50.00%) UNIX
3 6 (50.00%) Linux
3 6 (50.00%) Cisco
3 6 (50.00%) McAfee
3 6 (50.00%) Firewall
4 3 (25.00%) Blue Coat
4 3 (25.00%) Tripwire
4 3 (25.00%) HP
4 3 (25.00%) Juniper
4 3 (25.00%) CheckPoint
4 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 3 (25.00%) Qualys
4 3 (25.00%) F5

Q1 Labs
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing Q1 Labs 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 Q1 Labs. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 12 (100.00%) Network Security
2 6 (50.00%) Firewall
3 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Pre Sales Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Consultant
2 3 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Security Consultant
2 3 (25.00%) Security Engineer
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) UNIX
1 6 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) C
1 6 (50.00%) Perl
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) Snort
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) ArcSight
2 6 (50.00%) LogLogic
2 6 (50.00%) Cisco
2 6 (50.00%) McAfee
2 6 (50.00%) Sourcefire
3 3 (25.00%) Qualys
3 3 (25.00%) F5
3 3 (25.00%) Blue Coat
3 3 (25.00%) Tripwire
3 3 (25.00%) HP
3 3 (25.00%) Juniper
3 3 (25.00%) CheckPoint