The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Security 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the South Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 61 41 65
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +24
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 15 39 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 2.083% 4.097% 0.812%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.39% 20.97% 5.645%
Number of salaries quoted 13 25 6
Average salary £32,500 £35,500 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.45% +16.39%
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-2.35% -5.55%
All Communications & Networking
South Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
112 186 124
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 15.56% 19.54% 14.39%
Number of salaries quoted 90 150 100
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £22,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £68,000 £67,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
Network Security
Yorkshire

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Network Security across the South Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Security across the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Sheffield 0 13 £35,000 -
Doncaster -10 7 £32,500 -35.00%
Rotherham -8 1 - -
Network Security
Yorkshire

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 16 (72.73%) Cisco
2 10 (45.45%) Linux
3 9 (40.91%) Juniper
3 9 (40.91%) Firewall
3 9 (40.91%) Telecoms
3 9 (40.91%) Information Security
4 8 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (31.82%) TCP/IP
5 7 (31.82%) CCNP
5 7 (31.82%) Service Delivery
6 6 (27.27%) CCSE
6 6 (27.27%) Network Design
6 6 (27.27%) Military
6 6 (27.27%) Electronics
6 6 (27.27%) CCSP
6 6 (27.27%) CheckPoint
6 6 (27.27%) Degree
6 6 (27.27%) Network Architecture
6 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (22.73%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (22.73%) Cisco PIX
7 5 (22.73%) CCNA
7 5 (22.73%) Windows
8 4 (18.18%) ITIL
8 4 (18.18%) SLA
9 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (13.64%) SIEM
9 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
9 3 (13.64%) MPLS
9 3 (13.64%) OSPF

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 9 (40.91%) Firewall
2 7 (31.82%) TCP/IP
3 5 (22.73%) Cisco PIX
3 5 (22.73%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (13.64%) SAN
4 3 (13.64%) MPLS
4 3 (13.64%) OSPF
4 3 (13.64%) BGP
5 2 (9.091%) LAN
5 2 (9.091%) WAN
5 2 (9.091%) Internet
5 2 (9.091%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (4.545%) Wireshark
6 1 (4.545%) VPN
6 1 (4.545%) DNS
6 1 (4.545%) L2TP
6 1 (4.545%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (40.91%) Telecoms
2 6 (27.27%) Electronics
2 6 (27.27%) Military
3 1 (4.545%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Network Engineer
2 8 (36.36%) Security Analyst
2 8 (36.36%) Analyst
3 7 (31.82%) Security Engineer
3 7 (31.82%) Network Security Engineer
4 5 (22.73%) Network Analyst
4 5 (22.73%) IT Security Analyst
4 5 (22.73%) Network Security Analyst
5 4 (18.18%) Senior Network Security Engineer
5 4 (18.18%) Senior Security Engineer
5 4 (18.18%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (13.64%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 2 (9.091%) Auditor
7 2 (9.091%) Cisco Engineer
7 2 (9.091%) Information Security Auditor
8 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Manager
8 1 (4.545%) Team Leader
8 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (4.545%) Systems Engineer
8 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.091%) Freedom of Information
1 2 (9.091%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (9.091%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 10 (45.45%) Linux
2 5 (22.73%) Windows
3 2 (9.091%) Windows 2000
3 2 (9.091%) Windows NT
3 2 (9.091%) UNIX
4 1 (4.545%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Information Security
2 7 (31.82%) Service Delivery
3 6 (27.27%) Network Design
3 6 (27.27%) Network Architecture
3 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (18.18%) ITIL
5 3 (13.64%) SIEM
6 2 (9.091%) Change Control
6 2 (9.091%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (9.091%) BCP
6 2 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (9.091%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (9.091%) Risk Management
6 2 (9.091%) Business Continuity
6 2 (9.091%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (9.091%) Data Protection
7 1 (4.545%) Change Management
7 1 (4.545%) Load Balancing
7 1 (4.545%) Time Management
7 1 (4.545%) Performance Management
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (31.82%) CCNP
3 6 (27.27%) CCSE
3 6 (27.27%) Degree
3 6 (27.27%) CCSP
4 5 (22.73%) CCNA
5 3 (13.64%) CISSP
5 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
6 2 (9.091%) SC Cleared
6 2 (9.091%) CISA
6 2 (9.091%) CISM
7 1 (4.545%) JNCIS
7 1 (4.545%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) SLA
2 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (9.091%) COBIT
System Software
1 2 (9.091%) Nmap
2 1 (4.545%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.545%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.545%) Snort
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) Nessus
Vendors
1 16 (72.73%) Cisco
2 9 (40.91%) Juniper
3 6 (27.27%) CheckPoint
4 3 (13.64%) VMware
5 1 (4.545%) ArcSight
5 1 (4.545%) NetApp
5 1 (4.545%) IBM
5 1 (4.545%) Microsoft
5 1 (4.545%) HP