The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Job Titles advertised for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Engineer
Rank 189 196 210
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 21 18 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.400% 0.324% 0.131%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.415% 0.340% 0.138%
Number of salaries quoted 14 13 7
Average salary £45,500 £42,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.05% -10.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,300 £28,300 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £47,000 £86,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5066 5299 5804
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.55% 95.41% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 4456 4574 4970
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Engineer
England

Security Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security Engineer across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West Security Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Security Engineer
Salary Trend

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

South West Security Engineer Salary Trend

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Engineer across the South West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South West Security Engineer Salary Histogram

Security Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the South West region over the 3 months to 23 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 -4 13 £60,000 +33.33%
Wiltshire +10 5 £45,000 -2.70%
Gloucestershire +12 2 £43,500 +16.00%
Somerset -8 1 - -
Devon - 1 - -
Dorset - 1 £57,500 -
Security Engineer
England

Security Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Security Engineer in their job title 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 with Security Engineer in their job title.

1 35 (58.33%) Cisco
1 35 (58.33%) Juniper
1 35 (58.33%) Firewall
2 33 (55.00%) Cisco ASA
3 25 (41.67%) Network Security
3 25 (41.67%) UNIX
4 24 (40.00%) Windows
5 23 (38.33%) Telecoms
5 23 (38.33%) Cisco PIX
5 23 (38.33%) Security Cleared
6 22 (36.67%) CheckPoint
7 21 (35.00%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (33.33%) CCNP
8 20 (33.33%) Blue Coat
9 19 (31.67%) CCSE
9 19 (31.67%) JNCIS
9 19 (31.67%) F5
9 19 (31.67%) Websense
9 19 (31.67%) Finance
10 17 (28.33%) SC Cleared
11 15 (25.00%) HTTP
12 14 (23.33%) TCP/IP
12 14 (23.33%) McAfee
13 13 (21.67%) VMware
13 13 (21.67%) Risk Management
13 13 (21.67%) Management Information System
13 13 (21.67%) DNS
13 13 (21.67%) DHCP
13 13 (21.67%) DV Cleared
14 12 (20.00%) M86 Security

Security Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Security Engineer in their job title 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 with Security Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.667%) COM
Applications
1 1 (1.667%) MS Office
1 1 (1.667%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (11.67%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 35 (58.33%) Firewall
2 33 (55.00%) Cisco ASA
3 25 (41.67%) Network Security
4 23 (38.33%) Cisco PIX
5 15 (25.00%) HTTP
6 14 (23.33%) TCP/IP
7 13 (21.67%) DNS
7 13 (21.67%) DHCP
8 12 (20.00%) S/MIME
8 12 (20.00%) SMTP
8 12 (20.00%) X.400
9 11 (18.33%) Ethernet
9 11 (18.33%) VLAN
10 8 (13.33%) LDAP
11 2 (3.333%) Intrusion Detection
12 1 (1.667%) Internet
12 1 (1.667%) LAN
12 1 (1.667%) VoIP
12 1 (1.667%) WAN
12 1 (1.667%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.33%) Informix
2 7 (11.67%) MySQL
General
1 23 (38.33%) Telecoms
2 19 (31.67%) Finance
3 3 (5.000%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 13 (21.67%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.667%) RMADS
3 3 (5.000%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 25 (41.67%) UNIX
2 24 (40.00%) Windows
3 10 (16.67%) Linux
4 9 (15.00%) Apple iOS
4 9 (15.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (21.67%) Risk Management
2 10 (16.67%) Information Security
2 10 (16.67%) SIEM
2 10 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 9 (15.00%) Penetration Testing
4 8 (13.33%) ITIL
4 8 (13.33%) Service Management
5 7 (11.67%) ERP
6 5 (8.333%) Information Assurance
7 4 (6.667%) ISMS
7 4 (6.667%) Network Design
7 4 (6.667%) Information Security Management
7 4 (6.667%) Security Management
8 3 (5.000%) Incident Management
9 2 (3.333%) Database Security
9 2 (3.333%) Business Continuity
10 1 (1.667%) Service Delivery
10 1 (1.667%) Change Management
10 1 (1.667%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (38.33%) Security Cleared
2 21 (35.00%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (33.33%) CCNP
4 19 (31.67%) CCSE
4 19 (31.67%) JNCIS
5 17 (28.33%) SC Cleared
6 13 (21.67%) DV Cleared
7 5 (8.333%) CISSP
8 2 (3.333%) CCNA
8 2 (3.333%) CCSA
9 1 (1.667%) JNCIA
9 1 (1.667%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.333%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (13.33%) Active Directory
3 3 (5.000%) RACF
Systems Management
1 12 (20.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 12 (20.00%) MIMEsweeper
Vendors
1 35 (58.33%) Cisco
1 35 (58.33%) Juniper
2 22 (36.67%) CheckPoint
3 20 (33.33%) Blue Coat
4 19 (31.67%) F5
4 19 (31.67%) Websense
5 14 (23.33%) McAfee
6 13 (21.67%) VMware
7 12 (20.00%) M86 Security
7 12 (20.00%) Sophos
7 12 (20.00%) Symantec
8 9 (15.00%) Microsoft
9 8 (13.33%) Oracle
10 7 (11.67%) SAP
11 3 (5.000%) IBM
12 1 (1.667%) Sybase
12 1 (1.667%) Citrix
12 1 (1.667%) Nokia
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