The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Security over the 3 months to 24 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 Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 76 78 66
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -12
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 10 11 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 1.199% 1.196% 0.801%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.208% 6.286% 6.024%
Number of salaries quoted 9 11 5
Average salary £35,000 £45,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.22% +80.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,300 £42,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,400 £50,000 £28,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
All Communications & Networking
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
192 175 83
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 23.02% 19.02% 13.30%
Number of salaries quoted 175 161 73
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% +6.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £22,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Network Security
Hampshire

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Security across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Southampton Network Security Salary Histogram

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 7 (53.85%) Cisco
2 6 (46.15%) Linux
3 5 (38.46%) Windows
3 5 (38.46%) Firewall
4 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
4 4 (30.77%) LAN
4 4 (30.77%) WAN
5 3 (23.08%) MS Exchange
5 3 (23.08%) DNS
5 3 (23.08%) Sun
5 3 (23.08%) Information Security
5 3 (23.08%) Sourcefire
5 3 (23.08%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (23.08%) Degree
5 3 (23.08%) Security Testing
5 3 (23.08%) SIEM
6 2 (15.38%) Digital Media
6 2 (15.38%) SCCM
6 2 (15.38%) vSphere
6 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (15.38%) F5
6 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (15.38%) ArcSight
6 2 (15.38%) Google
6 2 (15.38%) Blue Coat
6 2 (15.38%) Load Balancing
6 2 (15.38%) iSCSI
6 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (15.38%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (15.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 1 (7.692%) SOAP
1 1 (7.692%) STL
1 1 (7.692%) XML
1 1 (7.692%) .NET
1 1 (7.692%) WCF
1 1 (7.692%) REST
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) MS Exchange
2 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
3 1 (7.692%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) Firewall
2 4 (30.77%) LAN
2 4 (30.77%) WAN
3 3 (23.08%) DNS
3 3 (23.08%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (15.38%) iSCSI
4 2 (15.38%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (15.38%) NAS
4 2 (15.38%) SAN
4 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
5 1 (7.692%) LDAP
5 1 (7.692%) SMTP
5 1 (7.692%) FTP
5 1 (7.692%) HTTP
5 1 (7.692%) CTI
5 1 (7.692%) Intranet
5 1 (7.692%) Internet
5 1 (7.692%) Wireshark
5 1 (7.692%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.692%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
1 2 (15.38%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Security Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Security Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) IT Architect
2 2 (15.38%) IT Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Systems Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Webmaster
3 1 (7.692%) Network Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Network Support
3 1 (7.692%) Pre Sales Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Sales Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Support Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Lead Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Digital Media
1 2 (15.38%) Clustering
2 1 (7.692%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.692%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Linux
2 5 (38.46%) Windows
3 2 (15.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (15.38%) Windows XP
4 1 (7.692%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Information Security
1 3 (23.08%) Security Testing
1 3 (23.08%) SIEM
2 2 (15.38%) Load Balancing
2 2 (15.38%) ITIL
3 1 (7.692%) E-Commerce
3 1 (7.692%) OOD
3 1 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (7.692%) SEO
3 1 (7.692%) Project Management
3 1 (7.692%) Information Assurance
3 1 (7.692%) Matrix Management
3 1 (7.692%) Computer Forensics
3 1 (7.692%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (7.692%) Incident Management
3 1 (7.692%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (7.692%) Software Engineering
3 1 (7.692%) Multithreading
3 1 (7.692%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) C#
1 1 (7.692%) C++
1 1 (7.692%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) CISA
2 2 (15.38%) CISM
2 2 (15.38%) CISSP
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.692%) CCNP
3 1 (7.692%) CCNA
3 1 (7.692%) GIAC
3 1 (7.692%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.692%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.692%) CCSE
3 1 (7.692%) GCIA
3 1 (7.692%) GCIH
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) vSphere
1 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.692%) Snort
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) SCCM
1 2 (15.38%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Cisco
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 3 (23.08%) Sun
3 3 (23.08%) Sourcefire
4 2 (15.38%) F5
4 2 (15.38%) ArcSight
4 2 (15.38%) Google
4 2 (15.38%) Blue Coat
4 2 (15.38%) Juniper
4 2 (15.38%) Red Hat
4 2 (15.38%) CheckPoint
4 2 (15.38%) Symantec
4 2 (15.38%) Websense
4 2 (15.38%) VMware
4 2 (15.38%) HP
4 2 (15.38%) Oracle
5 1 (7.692%) Citrix
Southampton, South East
Applicants will have experience in areas such as: Clustering solutions, LAN/WAN, mobile technologies, Load balancing and Routers/Firewalls. Knowledge of a broad range of products/service providers...
Novate IT
Salary: £50000 - £56000 per annum + car allowance + bonus + bens
Posted: 21 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Applicants will have experience in areas such as: Clustering solutions, LAN/WAN, mobile technologies, Load balancing and Routers/Firewalls. Knowledge of a broad range of products/service providers...
Novate IT Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £56000 per annum + car allowance + bonus + bens
Posted: 20 May 2013