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This section looks at the demand for Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IPsec over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInternet Protocol Security (IPsec)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank598517
Rank change on same period last yearDown-81
Matching permanent IT job ads350620
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.188 %0.258 %
As % of the category below1.093 %1.571 %
Salaries quoted308505
Average minimum salary£42,492£44,289
Average salary£45,581£48,118
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
Average maximum salary£48,670£51,946
UK excluding London average salary£39,396£44,475
% change on same period last year-11.41 %
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads3202739463
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled17.24 %16.45 %
Salaries quoted2720231759
Average minimum salary£37,760£39,096
Average salary£40,695£42,069
% change on same period last year-3.26 %
Average maximum salary£43,631£45,041
UK excluding London average salary£37,579£39,546
% change on same period last year-4.97 %

IPsec
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing IPsec within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

IPsec Demand Trend

IPsec
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IPsec over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 within the UK.

IPsec Salary Histogram

IPsec
Top 30 Job Locations

This section 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 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-88345£45,622-5.20 %
LondonDown-68170£51,965+2.27 %
South EastUp+82128£40,158-14.76 %
SurreyUp+2936£37,125-24.07 %
BerkshireUp+5335£44,944-7.98 %
HampshireUp+1826£35,870-28.11 %
BuckinghamshireUp+3421£46,578+10.52 %
YorkshireDown-2219£39,278-14.77 %
City of LondonDown-8019£56,029+3.66 %
West YorkshireUp+517£39,353-23.19 %
Canary WharfNew entry-10£52,778-
LeedsUp+1510£32,750-42.03 %
CroydonUp+19£23,389-62.57 %
North WestUp+79£35,167-5.16 %
EghamUp+108£42,125+27.65 %
ReadingUp+238£45,929-8.37 %
Milton KeynesUp+58£53,813-
PortsmouthNew entry-7£33,625-
BasingstokeDown-237£35,286-37.54 %
BrightonNew entry-6£32,500-
WakefieldDown-86£50,833+1.66 %
ManchesterUp+266£26,333-10.35 %
East SussexNew entry-6£32,500-
DerbyshireNo change05£29,900-12.80 %
East MidlandsDown-15£29,900-13.52 %
ScotlandNew entry-5£41,333-
West MidlandsDown-125£35,000-24.96 %
MaidenheadUp+235£36,500-47.85 %
DerbyUp+125£29,900-12.80 %
SolihullNew entry-4£33,750-

IPsec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

1561 (79.24 %)VPN
2518 (73.16 %)Cisco
3393 (55.51 %)Cisco Certification
4337 (47.60 %)Firewall
5320 (45.20 %)BGP
6301 (42.51 %)MPLS
7275 (38.84 %)OSPF
8267 (37.71 %)WAN
9248 (35.03 %)CCNP
10233 (32.91 %)TCP/IP
11222 (31.36 %)LAN
12166 (23.45 %)VoIP
13162 (22.88 %)Cisco PIX
14160 (22.60 %)Windows
15158 (22.32 %)Finance
16157 (22.18 %)SSL
17155 (21.89 %)CCIE
18143 (20.20 %)Ethernet
19137 (19.35 %)EIGRP
20134 (18.93 %)CheckPoint
21128 (18.08 %)Frame Relay
22127 (17.94 %)ATM
23124 (17.51 %)DNS
24123 (17.37 %)CCNA
25114 (16.10 %)UNIX
26109 (15.40 %)Microsoft
27106 (14.97 %)Linux
27106 (14.97 %)Cisco ASA
28104 (14.69 %)CCIP
2999 (13.98 %)Active Directory

IPsec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
138 (5.367 %)CSS
216 (2.260 %)Windows SharePoint Services
38 (1.130 %).NET
47 (0.989 %)XML
55 (0.706 %)J2EE
64 (0.565 %)ASP
64 (0.565 %)HTML
73 (0.424 %)WebServices
82 (0.282 %)SOAP
91 (0.141 %)COM
91 (0.141 %)MFC
91 (0.141 %)XSL
91 (0.141 %)XSLT
91 (0.141 %)WSDL
91 (0.141 %)CGI
91 (0.141 %)Middleware
91 (0.141 %)VXML
91 (0.141 %)WebSphere
91 (0.141 %)FIX Protocol
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
169 (9.746 %)MS Exchange
265 (9.181 %)IIS
358 (8.192 %)Exchange Server 2003
433 (4.661 %)SharePoint
524 (3.390 %)Apache
621 (2.966 %)Exchange Server 2000
719 (2.684 %)SharePoint Server 2007
812 (1.695 %)Exchange Server 2007
910 (1.412 %)Exchange Server 5.5
109 (1.271 %)BizTalk Server
116 (0.847 %)Tomcat
125 (0.706 %)WebLogic
125 (0.706 %)iPlanet
125 (0.706 %)TeamSite
125 (0.706 %)SharePoint Portal Server
125 (0.706 %)WebLogic Portal
134 (0.565 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
143 (0.424 %)Live Communications Server
151 (0.141 %)LiveLink
151 (0.141 %)WebLogic Integration
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
131 (4.379 %)MS Excel
218 (2.542 %)MS Visio
317 (2.401 %)MS Office
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.141 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1561 (79.24 %)VPN
2337 (47.60 %)Firewall
3320 (45.20 %)BGP
4301 (42.51 %)MPLS
5275 (38.84 %)OSPF
6267 (37.71 %)WAN
7233 (32.91 %)TCP/IP
8222 (31.36 %)LAN
9166 (23.45 %)VoIP
10162 (22.88 %)Cisco PIX
11157 (22.18 %)SSL
12143 (20.20 %)Ethernet
13137 (19.35 %)EIGRP
14128 (18.08 %)Frame Relay
15127 (17.94 %)ATM
16124 (17.51 %)DNS
17106 (14.97 %)Cisco ASA
1889 (12.57 %)Cisco IOS
1983 (11.72 %)Internet
2076 (10.73 %)ISDN
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
161 (8.616 %)SQL Server
234 (4.802 %)SQL Server 2000
322 (3.107 %)SQL Server 2005
419 (2.684 %)MySQL
56 (0.847 %)PostgreSQL
65 (0.706 %)RDBMS
72 (0.282 %)MS Access
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (0.706 %)OpenDeploy
15 (0.706 %)MSI
24 (0.565 %)StarTeam
32 (0.282 %)Subversion
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1158 (22.32 %)Finance
271 (10.03 %)Telecoms
343 (6.073 %)Banking
442 (5.932 %)Financial Institution
529 (4.096 %)Pensions
624 (3.390 %)Health
715 (2.119 %)Auditing
814 (1.977 %)Back Office
912 (1.695 %)Investment Banking
1010 (1.412 %)Education
118 (1.130 %)Marketing
125 (0.706 %)Multimedia
125 (0.706 %)Government
125 (0.706 %)Publishing
134 (0.565 %)Insurance
143 (0.424 %)Construction
152 (0.282 %)Electronics
161 (0.141 %)Front Office
161 (0.141 %)Retail
161 (0.141 %)Legal
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1181 (25.56 %)Network Engineer
262 (8.757 %)Cisco Engineer
353 (7.486 %)Security Engineer
452 (7.345 %)Administrator
546 (6.497 %)Consultant
643 (6.073 %)Analyst
740 (5.650 %)Design Engineer
834 (4.802 %)Infrastructure Engineer
933 (4.661 %)Network Designer
1031 (4.379 %)Senior Network Engineer
1129 (4.096 %)Support Engineer
1129 (4.096 %)Cisco Network Engineer
1228 (3.955 %)Architect
1228 (3.955 %)Systems Administrator
1326 (3.672 %)Senior Infrastructure Engineer
1424 (3.390 %)IT Security Engineer
1522 (3.107 %)Network Architect
1619 (2.684 %)Network Support
1619 (2.684 %)IT Manager
1718 (2.542 %)Security Consultant
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
153 (7.486 %)PKI
214 (1.977 %)SecurID
310 (1.412 %)Cryptography
46 (0.847 %)Device Driver
46 (0.847 %)Blackberry
55 (0.706 %)Handset
64 (0.565 %)Firmware
73 (0.424 %)Thin Client
73 (0.424 %)Clustering
73 (0.424 %)Data Protection Act
73 (0.424 %)Fat Client
82 (0.282 %)Statistics
82 (0.282 %)Computer Science
82 (0.282 %)Smartphone
82 (0.282 %)EPoS
91 (0.141 %)Speech Recognition
91 (0.141 %)IVR
91 (0.141 %)Credit Derivative
91 (0.141 %)Client/Server
91 (0.141 %)N-Tier
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1160 (22.60 %)Windows
2114 (16.10 %)UNIX
3106 (14.97 %)Linux
481 (11.44 %)Windows Server 2003
552 (7.345 %)Red Hat Linux
643 (6.073 %)Windows 2000
742 (5.932 %)SUSE
833 (4.661 %)Solaris
926 (3.672 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1021 (2.966 %)Windows XP
1118 (2.542 %)Windows 2000 Server
1214 (1.977 %)AIX
1311 (1.554 %)Windows NT
1410 (1.412 %)HPUX
157 (0.989 %)Debian
165 (0.706 %)Ubuntu
165 (0.706 %)Windows Vista
174 (0.565 %)Windows Server 2008
174 (0.565 %)Windows Mobile
174 (0.565 %)OpenBSD
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
187 (12.29 %)Network Design
247 (6.638 %)Load Balancing
344 (6.215 %)Problem Management
421 (2.966 %)ITIL
515 (2.119 %)Project Management
614 (1.977 %)DNA
713 (1.836 %)Security Cleared
812 (1.695 %)Migration
911 (1.554 %)Web Development
911 (1.554 %)E-Commerce
1010 (1.412 %)Data Protection
118 (1.130 %)Stakeholder Management
127 (0.989 %)Configuration Management
127 (0.989 %)Identity Management
127 (0.989 %)Data Security
136 (0.847 %)Penetration Testing
145 (0.706 %)Disaster Recovery
145 (0.706 %)Content Management
145 (0.706 %)Investment Management
145 (0.706 %)Network Load Balancing
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
129 (4.096 %)SQL
224 (3.390 %)Perl
314 (1.977 %)PHP
314 (1.977 %)Shell Script
413 (1.836 %)VB
58 (1.130 %)Python
58 (1.130 %)C
67 (0.989 %)Java
67 (0.989 %)AWK
76 (0.847 %)Embedded C
76 (0.847 %)Assembly Language
85 (0.706 %)PHP5
85 (0.706 %)VBScript
94 (0.565 %)JavaScript
102 (0.282 %)C++
102 (0.282 %)Transact-SQL
102 (0.282 %)PHP4
111 (0.141 %)Tcl
111 (0.141 %)Ruby
111 (0.141 %)VB.NET
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1393 (55.51 %)Cisco Certification
2248 (35.03 %)CCNP
3155 (21.89 %)CCIE
4123 (17.37 %)CCNA
5104 (14.69 %)CCIP
669 (9.746 %)CCSP
767 (9.463 %)Microsoft Certification
860 (8.475 %)MCSE
951 (7.203 %)CCSA
1029 (4.096 %)CCSE
1124 (3.390 %)CISSP
1222 (3.107 %)Degree
1318 (2.542 %)CCDP
1416 (2.260 %)MCP
1511 (1.554 %)CCDA
1610 (1.412 %)JNCIS
177 (0.989 %)Check Point Certification
186 (0.847 %)RHCE
186 (0.847 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
186 (0.847 %)JNCIA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
115 (2.119 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
25 (0.706 %)BS7799
34 (0.565 %)SLA
42 (0.282 %)ISO27001
51 (0.141 %)COBIT
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
199 (13.98 %)Active Directory
258 (8.192 %)ISA Server
323 (3.249 %)VMware Infrastructure
417 (2.401 %)VMware ESX
515 (2.119 %)NFS
515 (2.119 %)Terminal Services
611 (1.554 %)Backup Exec
710 (1.412 %)NetBackup
89 (1.271 %)Samba
96 (0.847 %)Citrix Presentation Server
105 (0.706 %)VMware Server
114 (0.565 %)Snort
123 (0.424 %)Nmap
123 (0.424 %)MetaFrame
131 (0.141 %)Terminal Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
130 (4.237 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
227 (3.814 %)OpenView
325 (3.531 %)MOM
422 (3.107 %)CiscoWorks
521 (2.966 %)Tivoli
617 (2.401 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
711 (1.554 %)WSUS
810 (1.412 %)SCOM
98 (1.130 %)HP Data Protector
107 (0.989 %)Netcool
115 (0.706 %)Nagios
115 (0.706 %)CA SiteMinder
123 (0.424 %)SCCM
131 (0.141 %)EMC NetWorker
131 (0.141 %)Norton AntiVirus
131 (0.141 %)MAILsweeper
131 (0.141 %)Nessus
131 (0.141 %)Legato
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1518 (73.16 %)Cisco
2134 (18.93 %)CheckPoint
3109 (15.40 %)Microsoft
473 (10.31 %)Nokia
571 (10.03 %)Juniper
660 (8.475 %)HP
753 (7.486 %)IBM
845 (6.356 %)Websense
937 (5.226 %)Intel
1031 (4.379 %)Brocade
1129 (4.096 %)Citrix
1227 (3.814 %)VMware
1326 (3.672 %)Red Hat
1326 (3.672 %)IronPort
1421 (2.966 %)Blue Coat
1520 (2.825 %)Altiris
1615 (2.119 %)Nortel
1615 (2.119 %)Oracle
1714 (1.977 %)Sun
1714 (1.977 %)SonicWALL