The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Engineer
Rank 76 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 10 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 1.199% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.227% - -
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 0
Average salary £39,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -
All Job Titles
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
815 898 600
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 97.72% 97.61% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 743 840 543
Average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Engineer
Hampshire

Security Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Security Engineer Salary Trend

Security Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 10 (71.43%) Security Cleared
1 10 (71.43%) SC Cleared
2 7 (50.00%) Internet
2 7 (50.00%) LAN
2 7 (50.00%) WAN
2 7 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 7 (50.00%) GIAC
2 7 (50.00%) Information Security
2 7 (50.00%) GCIA
2 7 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 7 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 7 (50.00%) SIEM
2 7 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 5 (35.71%) tcpdump
3 5 (35.71%) SMTP
3 5 (35.71%) FTP
3 5 (35.71%) HTTP
3 5 (35.71%) LDAP
4 4 (28.57%) JSP
4 4 (28.57%) CESG
4 4 (28.57%) JSP 440
5 2 (14.29%) Database Security
5 2 (14.29%) Security Testing
5 2 (14.29%) SCCM
5 2 (14.29%) Network Security
5 2 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (14.29%) CCSA
5 2 (14.29%) Firewall
5 2 (14.29%) McAfee

Security Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 4 (28.57%) JSP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) Internet
1 7 (50.00%) LAN
1 7 (50.00%) WAN
1 7 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 5 (35.71%) tcpdump
2 5 (35.71%) SMTP
2 5 (35.71%) FTP
2 5 (35.71%) HTTP
2 5 (35.71%) LDAP
3 2 (14.29%) Network Security
3 2 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (14.29%) Firewall
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) CESG
2 2 (14.29%) Firmware
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Information Security
1 7 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 7 (50.00%) SIEM
1 7 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (14.29%) Database Security
2 2 (14.29%) Security Testing
3 1 (7.143%) Information Assurance
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) Security Cleared
1 10 (71.43%) SC Cleared
2 7 (50.00%) GIAC
2 7 (50.00%) GCIA
2 7 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) JSP 440
2 1 (7.143%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) McAfee
1 2 (14.29%) Cisco
1 2 (14.29%) Juniper
1 2 (14.29%) CheckPoint