The first table below looks at the demand for Nmap 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 Nmap over the 3 months to 21 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 System Software category for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Mapper (Nmap)
Rank 211 212 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Permanent jobs citing Nmap 5 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.095% 0.054% -
As % of the System Software category 1.193% 0.792% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 0
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +1.19%
All System Software
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
419 379 443
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 7.930% 6.840% 7.616%
Number of salaries quoted 361 328 377
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,946 £39,000 £37,875
% change year-on-year
-0.13% +2.97%
Nmap
England

Nmap
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Nmap Jobs Demand Trend

Nmap
Salary Trend

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

South West Nmap Salary Trend

Nmap
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Nmap within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Wiltshire - 5 £32,500 -
Nmap
England

Nmap
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Nmap 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 Nmap.

1 12 (100.00%) Nessus
1 12 (100.00%) Metasploit
2 11 (91.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 11 (91.67%) Penetration Testing
2 11 (91.67%) Cisco
3 9 (75.00%) Security Testing
4 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
4 7 (58.33%) Security Cleared
4 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
4 7 (58.33%) Linux
4 7 (58.33%) Wireshark
4 7 (58.33%) Cyber Security
5 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
5 5 (41.67%) Windows
6 4 (33.33%) PKI
6 4 (33.33%) Statistics
6 4 (33.33%) Information Security
6 4 (33.33%) VMware
6 4 (33.33%) UAG
6 4 (33.33%) SIEM
6 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (33.33%) SQL
6 4 (33.33%) CheckPoint
6 4 (33.33%) Symantec
6 4 (33.33%) Norton AntiVirus
6 4 (33.33%) Firewall
6 4 (33.33%) VPN
7 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (16.67%) Financial Institution

Nmap
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Nmap 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 Nmap. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) Wireshark
2 4 (33.33%) Firewall
2 4 (33.33%) VPN
Development Applications
1 12 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 2 (16.67%) Financial Institution
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
1 2 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Test Consultant
1 7 (58.33%) Consultant
1 7 (58.33%) Security Consultant
2 5 (41.67%) Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) Security Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) IT Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) PKI
1 4 (33.33%) Statistics
2 2 (16.67%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Linux
2 5 (41.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 11 (91.67%) Penetration Testing
2 9 (75.00%) Security Testing
3 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (58.33%) Cyber Security
4 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
5 4 (33.33%) Information Security
5 4 (33.33%) SIEM
6 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
1 7 (58.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) UAG
1 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (100.00%) Nessus
2 4 (33.33%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) Cisco
2 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (33.33%) VMware
3 4 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 4 (33.33%) Symantec
Wiltshire
Experience of enterprise security solutions for infrastructure and application architectures including: MS UAG, RSA/SecureIDs, VPNs & Firewalls, VMWare, Checkpoint, Symantec, PKI, Cryptography, WinTel platforms and Penetration Testing at...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £33000 - £35000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 20 May 2013