The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Security over the 3 months to 22 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 168 144 141
Rank change year-on-year
-24 -3
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 42 67 73
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.795% 1.188% 1.235%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.631% 7.030% 7.012%
Number of salaries quoted 29 59 72
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% -36.36%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,816 £24,800 £27,550
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £51,300 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
All Communications & Networking
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
907 953 1041
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 17.17% 16.90% 17.61%
Number of salaries quoted 775 781 860
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £21,375
10% offered a salary of more than £54,750 £50,000 £50,000
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South West 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 West region.

South West Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Security across the South West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Bristol -10 17 £42,500 -
Gloucestershire +18 10 £55,000 +46.66%
Wiltshire -14 8 £37,500 +27.11%
Dorset -4 3 £37,500 -18.47%
Somerset -7 2 £60,000 +84.61%
Network Security
England

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 61 (60.40%) Firewall
2 60 (59.41%) Cisco
3 49 (48.51%) Juniper
4 48 (47.52%) Cisco Certification
5 39 (38.61%) CCNP
6 33 (32.67%) Windows
7 32 (31.68%) CheckPoint
7 32 (31.68%) VMware
8 30 (29.70%) Security Cleared
8 30 (29.70%) Cisco ASA
9 29 (28.71%) VPN
10 28 (27.72%) LAN
11 26 (25.74%) DNS
11 26 (25.74%) OSPF
11 26 (25.74%) Telecoms
11 26 (25.74%) Cisco PIX
12 24 (23.76%) Finance
12 24 (23.76%) WAN
13 23 (22.77%) SC Cleared
14 22 (21.78%) VMware Infrastructure
14 22 (21.78%) JNCIS
15 21 (20.79%) F5
16 20 (19.80%) SQL
17 19 (18.81%) TCP/IP
17 19 (18.81%) BGP
17 19 (18.81%) Websense
17 19 (18.81%) Blue Coat
17 19 (18.81%) CCSE
17 19 (18.81%) Windows Server 2008
18 18 (17.82%) IPsec

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 6 (5.941%) WSH
2 1 (0.990%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 7 (6.931%) MS Exchange
2 6 (5.941%) IIS
3 2 (1.980%) Lync
4 1 (0.990%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.990%) DotNetNuke
4 1 (0.990%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.990%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (2.970%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.990%) MS Office
2 1 (0.990%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (7.921%) Maximo
2 6 (5.941%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 61 (60.40%) Firewall
2 30 (29.70%) Cisco ASA
3 29 (28.71%) VPN
4 28 (27.72%) LAN
5 26 (25.74%) DNS
5 26 (25.74%) OSPF
5 26 (25.74%) Cisco PIX
6 24 (23.76%) WAN
7 19 (18.81%) TCP/IP
7 19 (18.81%) BGP
8 18 (17.82%) IPsec
8 18 (17.82%) DHCP
8 18 (17.82%) VoIP
9 14 (13.86%) HTTP
9 14 (13.86%) SSL
9 14 (13.86%) SMTP
10 12 (11.88%) MPLS
10 12 (11.88%) Ethernet
11 10 (9.901%) X.400
12 9 (8.911%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (17.82%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.990%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (0.990%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (0.990%) Rational DOORS
General
1 26 (25.74%) Telecoms
2 24 (23.76%) Finance
3 8 (7.921%) Legal
4 6 (5.941%) Military
5 4 (3.960%) Marketing
6 2 (1.980%) Law
7 1 (0.990%) Advertising
7 1 (0.990%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.990%) Banking
Job Titles
1 41 (40.59%) Network Engineer
2 25 (24.75%) Security Engineer
3 24 (23.76%) Network Security Engineer
4 19 (18.81%) Firewall Engineer
5 17 (16.83%) Analyst
6 15 (14.85%) Network Analyst
7 13 (12.87%) Architect
8 10 (9.901%) Design Engineer
8 10 (9.901%) Network Design Engineer
9 9 (8.911%) Administrator
10 8 (7.921%) Technical Design Architect
10 8 (7.921%) Technical Architect
11 7 (6.931%) Systems Administrator
11 7 (6.931%) Cisco Engineer
11 7 (6.931%) Security Analyst
12 6 (5.941%) Systems Test Engineer
12 6 (5.941%) Test Engineer
12 6 (5.941%) IT Support
12 6 (5.941%) Systems Engineer
13 5 (4.950%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.87%) Management Information System
2 8 (7.921%) CESG
3 7 (6.931%) Computer Science
3 7 (6.931%) Visualisation
4 6 (5.941%) Clustering
4 6 (5.941%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.960%) IVR
6 2 (1.980%) Cryptography
6 2 (1.980%) Open Source
7 1 (0.990%) Mobile Computing
7 1 (0.990%) Firmware
7 1 (0.990%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.990%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.990%) RMADS
7 1 (0.990%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 33 (32.67%) Windows
2 19 (18.81%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (10.89%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (8.911%) Linux
5 8 (7.921%) Windows XP
5 8 (7.921%) UNIX
6 7 (6.931%) Windows 7
7 3 (2.970%) Solaris
8 2 (1.980%) CentOS
9 1 (0.990%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.990%) BlackBerry OS
9 1 (0.990%) Android
9 1 (0.990%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (16.83%) Network Management
1 17 (16.83%) Network Design
2 11 (10.89%) Network Architecture
3 10 (9.901%) Security Architecture
3 10 (9.901%) E-Commerce
3 10 (9.901%) Capacity Management
4 9 (8.911%) ITIL
4 9 (8.911%) Business Continuity
5 8 (7.921%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
5 8 (7.921%) Network Planning
5 8 (7.921%) Project Planning
6 6 (5.941%) Information Security
6 6 (5.941%) Load Balancing
6 6 (5.941%) Performance Management
6 6 (5.941%) Release Management
6 6 (5.941%) Data Visualisation
7 5 (4.950%) Technical Architecture
7 5 (4.950%) Systems Analysis
8 4 (3.960%) Migration
9 3 (2.970%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (19.80%) SQL
2 11 (10.89%) PowerShell
3 6 (5.941%) Python
3 6 (5.941%) Perl
4 5 (4.950%) VBScript
4 5 (4.950%) C
Qualifications
1 48 (47.52%) Cisco Certification
2 39 (38.61%) CCNP
3 30 (29.70%) Security Cleared
4 23 (22.77%) SC Cleared
5 22 (21.78%) JNCIS
6 19 (18.81%) CCSE
7 16 (15.84%) CCNA
8 11 (10.89%) Degree
9 10 (9.901%) CCDP
10 9 (8.911%) MCSE
10 9 (8.911%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (5.941%) MCITP
12 5 (4.950%) MCSA
12 5 (4.950%) DV Cleared
13 4 (3.960%) CCIE
14 2 (1.980%) CCIP
15 1 (0.990%) MCP
15 1 (0.990%) CISSP
15 1 (0.990%) CCDA
15 1 (0.990%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.980%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.980%) QA
2 1 (0.990%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (0.990%) COBIT
2 1 (0.990%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (21.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (12.87%) Hyper-V
3 11 (10.89%) Active Directory
4 6 (5.941%) vSphere
4 6 (5.941%) Xen
5 4 (3.960%) Snort
6 2 (1.980%) XenApp
7 1 (0.990%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.990%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 10 (9.901%) Tivoli
1 10 (9.901%) Norton AntiVirus
2 8 (7.921%) Netcool
3 5 (4.950%) MIMEsweeper
3 5 (4.950%) Netcool/OMNIbus
3 5 (4.950%) WSUS
3 5 (4.950%) Backup Exec
4 2 (1.980%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (1.980%) Cisco UCCX
5 1 (0.990%) Nagios
5 1 (0.990%) SCOM
Vendors
1 60 (59.41%) Cisco
2 49 (48.51%) Juniper
3 32 (31.68%) CheckPoint
3 32 (31.68%) VMware
4 21 (20.79%) F5
5 19 (18.81%) Websense
5 19 (18.81%) Blue Coat
6 17 (16.83%) Microsoft
7 10 (9.901%) Symantec
7 10 (9.901%) IBM
8 8 (7.921%) SolarWinds
9 7 (6.931%) Nortel
9 7 (6.931%) Citrix
10 6 (5.941%) Remedy
10 6 (5.941%) McAfee
10 6 (5.941%) BMC
11 5 (4.950%) M86 Security
11 5 (4.950%) Alcatel-Lucent
11 5 (4.950%) Siemens
11 5 (4.950%) Sophos
Bristol, Avon
My client. Operate in 51 countries in five regions - Middle East & Africa, Europe, Asia Pacific, Australia and the Americas. Their growth has been driven by their clients' need...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + £5,000 Car + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Avon Somerset Wilts Bristol, South West
You will also provide specialist network security support to other teams within Technical Operations (including the second line Technical Operations Shift Engineering team) as well as a number...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: £45 -50k plus 5% bonus and 10% on-call allowance.
Posted: 21 May 2013
South West
Responsibilities will include design, implementation of security solutions including Checkpoint, Fortinet, Websense, Trustwave and Bluecoat... Essential skills - familiarity and experience of design and implementation in: o Check Point /...
Premier Group Recruitment
Salary: £35000.00 - £55000.00
Posted: 21 May 2013
Somerset, South West
Installation, deployment and maintenance experience of VMware, Windows 2003, 2008 and 2012 Server, Microsoft Exchange 2010, Active Directory, Blackberry Enterprise server (Ver 7), Backup Exec, MYSQL server 2005,...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
The successful Oracle/Unix specialist will work on the design and second/third-line support of large Oracle 11 databases as well as supporting and managing the clients...
Experis IT
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Swindon
The role of the Oracle Database and Unix Specialist: Information, Systems & Technology (IST) is a division of NERC providing IT support, project management, information systems and data management...
Natural Environment Research Council
Salary: £26,450 - £29,710
Posted: 22 May 2013