The first table below looks at the demand for IPsec skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IPsec over the 3 months to 19 June 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.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
Rank 532 575 661
Rank change year-on-year
+43 +86
Permanent jobs citing IPsec 360 330 223
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.330% 0.274% 0.174%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.743% 1.566% 1.075%
Number of salaries quoted 276 302 168
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,625 £35,050 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £75,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +1.19%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
20659 21070 20747
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 18.97% 17.48% 16.16%
Number of salaries quoted 16719 17451 17190
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%

IPsec
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing IPsec within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

IPsec Jobs Demand Trend

IPsec
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing IPsec within the UK.

IPsec Salary Trend

IPsec
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IPsec over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 within the UK.

IPsec Salary Histogram

IPsec
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +44 341 £45,000 - 48
South East +45 153 £45,000 - 18
London +15 111 £55,000 +10.00% 17
Surrey +48 52 £45,000 -10.00% 2
Berkshire +8 50 £50,000 +17.64% 10
City of London +9 32 £55,000 +15.78% 3
Hampshire +20 23 £45,000 +52.54% 1
South West +11 20 £47,500 +26.66% 1
East of England -7 19 £47,500 +5.55% 3
Buckinghamshire +22 18 £38,125 -4.08% 1
Reading +9 17 £60,000 +50.00% 3
Hertfordshire +16 13 £47,500 +5.55% 3
Slough 0 13 £45,000 +5.88% 1
Staines +18 12 £57,500 +10.57%
West Midlands +2 12 £32,500 -56.66% 1
High Wycombe +20 11 £33,750 -15.09%
North West +7 10 £35,000 -6.66% 6
Sussex - 10 £45,000 -
Somerset - 10 £52,500 -
Manchester -7 9 £35,000 -1.40% 5
West Sussex -10 9 £42,500 -5.55% 1
Yorkshire +11 8 £26,000 -27.77%
Wales +7 8 £50,000 +45.98% 1
Scotland +5 8 £42,500 +21.42%
South Wales +5 8 £50,000 +45.98% 1
Guildford - 8 £47,500 -
East Midlands +15 7 £67,500 +92.85% 1
Southampton +11 7 £40,000 +45.45%
Caerphilly -2 7 £50,000 +49.25% 1
Crawley -2 7 £42,500 -5.55%

IPsec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing IPsec 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 IPsec.

1 579 (86.55%) Cisco
2 522 (78.03%) VPN
3 449 (67.12%) Firewall
4 405 (60.54%) Cisco Certification
5 337 (50.37%) OSPF
6 327 (48.88%) BGP
7 286 (42.75%) LAN
8 277 (41.41%) WAN
9 266 (39.76%) TCP/IP
10 259 (38.71%) MPLS
11 257 (38.42%) SSL
12 255 (38.12%) CCNP
13 237 (35.43%) Juniper
14 226 (33.78%) Cisco ASA
15 220 (32.88%) Network Security
16 202 (30.19%) DNS
16 202 (30.19%) Linux
17 193 (28.85%) EIGRP
18 178 (26.61%) CheckPoint
19 167 (24.96%) CCIE
20 166 (24.81%) CCNA
21 146 (21.82%) Wireless
22 142 (21.23%) DHCP
23 135 (20.18%) Windows
24 126 (18.83%) Load Balancing
25 124 (18.54%) VoIP
25 124 (18.54%) VMware
26 123 (18.39%) ITIL
27 122 (18.24%) Internet
28 113 (16.89%) Microsoft

IPsec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing IPsec 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 IPsec. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 33 (4.933%) CSS
2 6 (0.897%) WSH
3 3 (0.448%) J2EE
3 3 (0.448%) CGI
3 3 (0.448%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.299%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (0.299%) Web Services
4 2 (0.299%) XML
5 1 (0.149%) Memcached
5 1 (0.149%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.149%) LAMP
5 1 (0.149%) .NET
5 1 (0.149%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 58 (8.670%) MS Exchange
2 42 (6.278%) Exchange Server 2003
3 32 (4.783%) Apache
4 31 (4.634%) Exchange Server 2010
5 28 (4.185%) SharePoint
6 24 (3.587%) IIS
7 18 (2.691%) Exchange Server 2007
8 17 (2.541%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 8 (1.196%) Tomcat
10 7 (1.046%) Lync
11 5 (0.747%) Exchange Server 2000
12 3 (0.448%) MQSeries
13 2 (0.299%) SugarCRM
14 1 (0.149%) CMS
14 1 (0.149%) WebLogic
14 1 (0.149%) Exchange Server 5.5
14 1 (0.149%) nginx
Applications
1 46 (6.876%) MS Excel
2 29 (4.335%) MS Visio
3 23 (3.438%) MS Office
4 1 (0.149%) Simulink
4 1 (0.149%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.149%) JDE OneWorld
1 1 (0.149%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 522 (78.03%) VPN
2 449 (67.12%) Firewall
3 337 (50.37%) OSPF
4 327 (48.88%) BGP
5 286 (42.75%) LAN
6 277 (41.41%) WAN
7 266 (39.76%) TCP/IP
8 259 (38.71%) MPLS
9 257 (38.42%) SSL
10 226 (33.78%) Cisco ASA
11 220 (32.88%) Network Security
12 202 (30.19%) DNS
13 193 (28.85%) EIGRP
14 146 (21.82%) Wireless
15 142 (21.23%) DHCP
16 124 (18.54%) VoIP
17 122 (18.24%) Internet
18 113 (16.89%) Cisco IOS
19 106 (15.84%) Ethernet
19 106 (15.84%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (4.484%) SQL Server
2 23 (3.438%) MySQL
3 4 (0.598%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.448%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (0.299%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (0.149%) Big Data
6 1 (0.149%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 6 (0.897%) Subversion
2 2 (0.299%) JIRA
2 2 (0.299%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 1 (0.149%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.149%) Git (software)
General
1 108 (16.14%) Finance
2 75 (11.21%) Telecoms
3 30 (4.484%) Banking
4 15 (2.242%) Marketing
5 13 (1.943%) Advertising
6 11 (1.644%) Investment Banking
7 9 (1.345%) Law
8 7 (1.046%) Legal
9 5 (0.747%) Retail
10 4 (0.598%) Games
10 4 (0.598%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.448%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.448%) Electronics
11 3 (0.448%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.448%) Mandarin Language
11 3 (0.448%) French Language
12 1 (0.149%) Back Office
12 1 (0.149%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 222 (33.18%) Network Engineer
2 62 (9.268%) Consultant
3 58 (8.670%) Analyst
4 56 (8.371%) Architect
5 50 (7.474%) Network Analyst
6 49 (7.324%) Network Architect
7 43 (6.428%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 43 (6.428%) Technical Design Authority
8 40 (5.979%) Security Engineer
8 40 (5.979%) Support Engineer
9 39 (5.830%) Network Support
10 34 (5.082%) Administrator
10 34 (5.082%) Senior Network Engineer
11 27 (4.036%) Systems Administrator
12 26 (3.886%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 26 (3.886%) Cisco Engineer
13 25 (3.737%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
13 25 (3.737%) Network Consultant
14 24 (3.587%) Network Security Engineer
15 23 (3.438%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 34 (5.082%) Computer Science
2 24 (3.587%) Clustering
3 21 (3.139%) Management Information System
4 18 (2.691%) Video Conferencing
5 17 (2.541%) Client/Server
5 17 (2.541%) SecurID
6 15 (2.242%) PKI
7 13 (1.943%) Digital Media
8 11 (1.644%) CESG
9 10 (1.495%) Open Source
9 10 (1.495%) Mathematics
9 10 (1.495%) Replication
10 8 (1.196%) Cryptography
11 6 (0.897%) e-Health
12 5 (0.747%) SWIFT
12 5 (0.747%) Blackberry
12 5 (0.747%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (0.747%) IVR
13 4 (0.598%) Fat Client
13 4 (0.598%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 202 (30.19%) Linux
2 135 (20.18%) Windows
3 84 (12.56%) Windows Server 2008
4 83 (12.41%) Windows Server 2003
5 69 (10.31%) UNIX
6 37 (5.531%) Windows XP
7 36 (5.381%) Solaris
8 32 (4.783%) CentOS
9 26 (3.886%) AIX
10 21 (3.139%) Windows 7
11 10 (1.495%) Ubuntu
12 9 (1.345%) Debian
12 9 (1.345%) OpenBSD
13 7 (1.046%) Windows 8
14 6 (0.897%) Windows 2000
15 5 (0.747%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (0.747%) Windows 2000 Server
15 5 (0.747%) Fedora
16 3 (0.448%) Gentoo
16 3 (0.448%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (18.83%) Load Balancing
2 123 (18.39%) ITIL
3 99 (14.80%) Network Design
4 58 (8.670%) Network Management
5 47 (7.025%) Disaster Recovery
6 45 (6.726%) Change Management
7 38 (5.680%) Project Management
8 37 (5.531%) Business Continuity
9 36 (5.381%) Service Delivery
10 35 (5.232%) Network Architecture
11 28 (4.185%) Performance Management
12 25 (3.737%) E-Commerce
13 21 (3.139%) Change Control
14 20 (2.990%) Root Cause Analysis
15 18 (2.691%) Information Security
15 18 (2.691%) Problem Management
16 17 (2.541%) Validation
16 17 (2.541%) Service Management
17 16 (2.392%) Stakeholder Management
17 16 (2.392%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 49 (7.324%) SQL
2 37 (5.531%) Perl
3 25 (3.737%) Python
4 22 (3.288%) Bash shell
5 19 (2.840%) PHP
6 12 (1.794%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.897%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.598%) Ruby
8 4 (0.598%) VBScript
9 3 (0.448%) C
9 3 (0.448%) C++
9 3 (0.448%) Java
10 2 (0.299%) VB
11 1 (0.149%) sed
11 1 (0.149%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.149%) AWK
11 1 (0.149%) C#
Qualifications
1 405 (60.54%) Cisco Certification
2 255 (38.12%) CCNP
3 167 (24.96%) CCIE
4 166 (24.81%) CCNA
5 95 (14.20%) Degree
6 69 (10.31%) JNCIA
7 66 (9.865%) CCIP
8 60 (8.969%) JNCIS
9 58 (8.670%) JNCIP
10 51 (7.623%) JNCIE
11 42 (6.278%) CCDP
12 34 (5.082%) CCSP
13 26 (3.886%) Security Cleared
14 19 (2.840%) SC Cleared
15 18 (2.691%) CISSP
15 18 (2.691%) Microsoft Certification
16 13 (1.943%) ITIL Certification
16 13 (1.943%) CCSA
17 11 (1.644%) MCSE
17 11 (1.644%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (8.520%) SLA
2 49 (7.324%) PCI DSS
3 19 (2.840%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 8 (1.196%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.897%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.598%) ISO 9000
6 4 (0.598%) BS7799
7 3 (0.448%) QA
8 1 (0.149%) DO-178B
System Software
1 81 (12.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 73 (10.91%) Active Directory
3 34 (5.082%) vSphere
4 21 (3.139%) Hyper-V
5 18 (2.691%) NFS
6 13 (1.943%) XenApp
7 10 (1.495%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 9 (1.345%) XenServer
9 8 (1.196%) Xen
9 8 (1.196%) VMware ESX
9 8 (1.196%) VMware ESXi
10 7 (1.046%) XenDesktop
11 6 (0.897%) Snort
11 6 (0.897%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 5 (0.747%) Forefront TMG
12 5 (0.747%) ProxySG
13 4 (0.598%) VMware Workstation
13 4 (0.598%) FreeRADIUS
13 4 (0.598%) SpamAssassin
14 3 (0.448%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 34 (5.082%) Nagios
2 29 (4.335%) CiscoWorks
3 23 (3.438%) WSUS
4 18 (2.691%) SCCM
4 18 (2.691%) Cisco CUCM
5 16 (2.392%) Cacti
6 13 (1.943%) Netcool
7 11 (1.644%) WhatsUp Gold
8 10 (1.495%) McAfee ePO
8 10 (1.495%) Cisco IPCC
9 6 (0.897%) Backup Exec
9 6 (0.897%) SolarWinds Orion
9 6 (0.897%) OpenView
10 5 (0.747%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.747%) Tivoli
10 5 (0.747%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 4 (0.598%) OpenNMS
11 4 (0.598%) Cisco UCCX
12 2 (0.299%) Norton AntiVirus
12 2 (0.299%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 579 (86.55%) Cisco
2 237 (35.43%) Juniper
3 178 (26.61%) CheckPoint
4 124 (18.54%) VMware
5 113 (16.89%) Microsoft
6 104 (15.55%) F5
7 82 (12.26%) Citrix
8 74 (11.06%) HP
9 47 (7.025%) Blue Coat
10 41 (6.129%) Fortinet
11 31 (4.634%) Brocade
12 29 (4.335%) Symantec
13 25 (3.737%) SolarWinds
14 24 (3.587%) Foundry
14 24 (3.587%) Avaya
15 23 (3.438%) Dell
16 21 (3.139%) Infoblox
16 21 (3.139%) McAfee
17 18 (2.691%) Riverbed
17 18 (2.691%) Red Hat
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Key Skills: Network, Security, Solutions, Engineer, Cisco, Firewall, Routers, Switches, VMware, ITIL, TCP/IP, UDP, VPN... VMware and Cisco virtualisation; Good communication skills; Strong organisational and planning skills;...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £50K (incl. Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Surrey
Keywords: Network Security, Cisco Firewalls, ASA, PIX, F5 LTM Load Balancers, Routing, Switching, CCNP, CCSP, CCNA Security, VPNs, Network Support My client, a managed services company are looking...
TEKsystems
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 June 2013
London
Ideal skill set / Experience: Strong CISCO design/engineering skills, CCNP standard or above. Ideally mixed vendor experience: Cisco Nexus, Arista, Juniper, F5... Cisco Programming: IOS native IOS/CATOS...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £1 per annum + AVP Banking Salary + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 11 June 2013
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Supporting the global WAN / LAN infrastructure as well as VOIP solutions all with a Cisco flavour... To apply for this position, candidates must be eligible to live and...
Connectus
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Core Competencies for the Investment Banking Network Engineer - Cisco / Juniper EXP are: * LAN and WAN Network Implementation and Support... * CCNP level or better working knowledge is preferred. Cisco -...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £70,000 to £80,000 per annum + 10% bonus & benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Berkshire
Lawrence Harvey IT & Change
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bracknell, Thames Valley
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 6 June 2013
Middlesex
Roc Search
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £32000.00 per annum + Healthcare, Life Cover, Pension
Posted: 12 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £32000.00 per annum + Pension, Health and Life cover
Posted: 18 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £32000.00 per annum + Pension, Health and Life cover
Posted: 18 June 2013
Twickenham, Middlesex
Per4orm Consulting
Salary: From £55,000 to £60,000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum
Posted: 29 May 2013
Surrey
Aston Carter
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 16 June 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Aust, Bristol, South West
Brightside Group
Salary: £28,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Derby, Derbyshire
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £60000 - £75000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Nationwide People Ltd
Salary: £60000 - 80000 Per Annum plus bonus plus benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + + Corporate benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
West Sussex
Clearwater People Solutions
Salary: £32000 - 35000 Per Annum bonus, benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + 12% pension + package
Posted: 18 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £30000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + 12% pension + package
Posted: 18 June 2013
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