The first table below looks at the demand for Snort 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 Snort over the 3 months to 19 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 System Software category for the South East region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sourcefire Snort
Rank 411 442 437
Rank change year-on-year
+31 -5
Permanent jobs citing Snort 23 6 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.104% 0.025% 0.004%
As % of the System Software category 0.890% 0.269% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 22 6 1
Average salary £43,750 £39,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.75% -16.84%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -13.15%
All System Software
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
2585 2232 2345
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 11.72% 9.339% 9.852%
Number of salaries quoted 2226 1897 1997
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%
Snort
England

Snort
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Snort Jobs Demand Trend

Snort
Salary Trend

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

South East Snort Salary Trend

Snort
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Snort across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East Snort Salary Histogram

Snort
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Snort within the South East region over the 3 months to 19 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
Hampshire +21 16 £45,000 +9.09% 1
Berkshire +21 5 £33,000 -15.38%
Kent - 2 £45,000 - 2
Snort
England

Snort
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing Snort 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 Snort.

1 36 (87.80%) Linux
2 33 (80.49%) TCP/IP
3 31 (75.61%) SIEM
4 29 (70.73%) Windows
5 28 (68.29%) LAN
5 28 (68.29%) WAN
6 27 (65.85%) DNS
7 26 (63.41%) Firewall
8 24 (58.54%) Solaris
8 24 (58.54%) SC Cleared
8 24 (58.54%) DV Cleared
8 24 (58.54%) Security Cleared
9 22 (53.66%) Wireshark
9 22 (53.66%) tcpdump
10 21 (51.22%) LDAP
10 21 (51.22%) SMTP
10 21 (51.22%) FTP
10 21 (51.22%) HTTP
10 21 (51.22%) CESG
11 20 (48.78%) Internet
11 20 (48.78%) Incident Management
12 19 (46.34%) Information Assurance
13 18 (43.90%) Microsoft
14 17 (41.46%) GCIA
14 17 (41.46%) GIAC
14 17 (41.46%) Change Control
15 16 (39.02%) Client/Server
15 16 (39.02%) MS Exchange
16 15 (36.59%) Ethical Hacking
16 15 (36.59%) Penetration Testing

Snort
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing Snort 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 Snort. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (19.51%) JSP
2 2 (4.878%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 16 (39.02%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 13 (31.71%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.439%) JDE OneWorld
Communications & Networking
1 33 (80.49%) TCP/IP
2 28 (68.29%) LAN
2 28 (68.29%) WAN
3 27 (65.85%) DNS
4 26 (63.41%) Firewall
5 22 (53.66%) Wireshark
5 22 (53.66%) tcpdump
6 21 (51.22%) LDAP
6 21 (51.22%) SMTP
6 21 (51.22%) FTP
6 21 (51.22%) HTTP
7 20 (48.78%) Internet
8 13 (31.71%) Intrusion Detection
9 8 (19.51%) Network Security
10 6 (14.63%) IPsec
11 5 (12.20%) SSL
12 2 (4.878%) DHCP
12 2 (4.878%) VoIP
12 2 (4.878%) WLAN
12 2 (4.878%) OSPF
General
1 3 (7.317%) Military
2 1 (2.439%) Law
Job Titles
1 39 (95.12%) Analyst
2 36 (87.80%) Security Analyst
3 10 (24.39%) Security Operations Analyst
3 10 (24.39%) Systems Analyst
3 10 (24.39%) Operations Analyst
4 6 (14.63%) Security Engineer
5 5 (12.20%) Junior
5 5 (12.20%) Junior Analyst
5 5 (12.20%) Forensic Analyst
6 4 (9.756%) IT Security Analyst
7 2 (4.878%) Network Engineer
8 1 (2.439%) Network Security Engineer
8 1 (2.439%) Network Analyst
8 1 (2.439%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (2.439%) Network Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 21 (51.22%) CESG
2 16 (39.02%) Client/Server
3 14 (34.15%) Management Information System
4 10 (24.39%) Firmware
4 10 (24.39%) Cryptography
5 5 (12.20%) PKI
6 1 (2.439%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 36 (87.80%) Linux
2 29 (70.73%) Windows
3 24 (58.54%) Solaris
4 11 (26.83%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (75.61%) SIEM
2 20 (48.78%) Incident Management
3 19 (46.34%) Information Assurance
4 17 (41.46%) Change Control
5 15 (36.59%) Ethical Hacking
5 15 (36.59%) Penetration Testing
6 12 (29.27%) Security Testing
6 12 (29.27%) Information Security
7 6 (14.63%) Use Case
8 5 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (9.756%) Change Management
9 4 (9.756%) Computer Forensics
10 3 (7.317%) Cyber Security
11 2 (4.878%) Security Architecture
11 2 (4.878%) Load Balancing
11 2 (4.878%) Network Design
12 1 (2.439%) Project Management
12 1 (2.439%) ITIL
12 1 (2.439%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.878%) SQL
2 1 (2.439%) C
Qualifications
1 24 (58.54%) SC Cleared
1 24 (58.54%) DV Cleared
1 24 (58.54%) Security Cleared
2 17 (41.46%) GCIA
2 17 (41.46%) GIAC
3 13 (31.71%) GCIH
4 8 (19.51%) CEH
5 2 (4.878%) CCSP
5 2 (4.878%) CCNP
5 2 (4.878%) CCNA
5 2 (4.878%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.439%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (19.51%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (4.878%) NFS
2 1 (2.439%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 18 (43.90%) Microsoft
2 11 (26.83%) Sourcefire
3 3 (7.317%) Sun
4 2 (4.878%) Riverbed
4 2 (4.878%) Cisco
4 2 (4.878%) Oracle
5 1 (2.439%) VMware
5 1 (2.439%) SAP
5 1 (2.439%) JD Edwards
5 1 (2.439%) Citrix
5 1 (2.439%) Infoblox
5 1 (2.439%) 3PAR
Gillingham, Kent, South East
The ideal person will be CCNA/CCNP/CCSP qualified and should have exposure to and knowledge of Palo Alto firewalls and Riverbed WAN optimisation technologies. Other essential knowledge...
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Salary: £40,000 per year
Posted: 24 May 2013
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Salary: Excellent salary plus benefits
Posted: 7 June 2013
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