The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IronPort products and/or services in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IronPort over the 3 months to 22 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 Vendors currently tracked.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within IronPort Systems.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IronPort
Rank 783 809 848
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +39
Permanent jobs citing IronPort 81 91 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.074% 0.074% 0.018%
As % of the Vendors category 0.155% 0.156% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 65 71 21
Average salary £57,500 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.77% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £64,600 £55,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £57,500 £45,000 £41,165
% change year-on-year
+27.77% +9.31%
All Vendors
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
52366 58478 57399
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 48.14% 47.68% 46.95%
Number of salaries quoted 42753 49288 47678
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000

IronPort
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing IronPort within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

IronPort Jobs Demand Trend

IronPort
Salary Trend

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

IronPort Salary Trend

IronPort
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IronPort over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 within the UK.

IronPort Salary Histogram

IronPort
Top 23 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IronPort within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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
England +20 79 £57,500 +27.77%
London +57 30 £57,500 +35.29%
North West +11 25 £43,250 +15.33%
Manchester +14 20 £43,250 +15.33%
City of London +35 18 £57,500 -
South East -28 16 £63,500 +40.33%
Hampshire -25 11 £61,500 +36.66%
Southampton - 7 £63,500 -
West Midlands - 6 £40,000 -
Warrington +13 5 - -
Cheshire +11 5 - -
Crewe +9 5 - -
Shropshire - 3 £40,000 -
Telford - 3 £40,000 -
Surrey +8 2 £64,000 +21.90%
Guildford - 2 £64,000 -
Milton Keynes - 2 £64,000 -
Buckinghamshire - 2 £64,000 -
South West 0 1 £57,500 +27.77%
Berkshire -2 1 £57,500 +27.77%
Reading -5 1 £57,500 +27.77%
Bristol -5 1 £57,500 +27.77%
Birmingham - 1 £57,500 -

IronPort
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing IronPort 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 IronPort.

1 117 (80.14%) Cisco
2 68 (46.58%) Windows
3 62 (42.47%) Firewall
4 51 (34.93%) Cisco Certification
5 45 (30.82%) Microsoft
6 43 (29.45%) CCNP
7 40 (27.40%) Active Directory
8 38 (26.03%) Wireless
9 36 (24.66%) HP
10 35 (23.97%) CheckPoint
11 34 (23.29%) Blue Coat
12 33 (22.60%) MS Excel
13 32 (21.92%) MS Exchange
13 32 (21.92%) VMware
13 32 (21.92%) Websense
13 32 (21.92%) Network Security
14 31 (21.23%) Cisco ASA
14 31 (21.23%) LAN
14 31 (21.23%) SharePoint
15 30 (20.55%) Juniper
15 30 (20.55%) Citrix
16 29 (19.86%) TCP/IP
17 28 (19.18%) SolarWinds
18 25 (17.12%) ITIL
18 25 (17.12%) Symantec
18 25 (17.12%) McAfee
18 25 (17.12%) Blackberry
19 23 (15.75%) Service Delivery
19 23 (15.75%) WAN
19 23 (15.75%) SAN

IronPort
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing IronPort 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 IronPort. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (1.370%) COM
2 1 (0.685%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 32 (21.92%) MS Exchange
2 31 (21.23%) SharePoint
3 15 (10.27%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 14 (9.589%) Lync
5 13 (8.904%) Lotus Notes
6 8 (5.479%) Exchange Server 2010
7 7 (4.795%) IIS
7 7 (4.795%) SharePoint 2010
8 4 (2.740%) Exchange Server 2003
9 2 (1.370%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 33 (22.60%) MS Excel
2 13 (8.904%) MS Office
3 9 (6.164%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 62 (42.47%) Firewall
2 38 (26.03%) Wireless
3 32 (21.92%) Network Security
4 31 (21.23%) Cisco ASA
4 31 (21.23%) LAN
5 29 (19.86%) TCP/IP
6 23 (15.75%) WAN
6 23 (15.75%) SAN
6 23 (15.75%) Cisco IOS
7 22 (15.07%) VPN
8 19 (13.01%) VLAN
9 17 (11.64%) DNS
9 17 (11.64%) VoIP
9 17 (11.64%) Cisco Nexus
10 13 (8.904%) Intrusion Detection
11 12 (8.219%) Wireless Security
11 12 (8.219%) MPLS
11 12 (8.219%) OSPF
12 11 (7.534%) Cisco PIX
13 9 (6.164%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.219%) SQL Server 2008
1 12 (8.219%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.425%) SQL Server 2000
2 5 (3.425%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 21 (14.38%) Legal
2 19 (13.01%) Finance
3 18 (12.33%) Law
4 15 (10.27%) Telecoms
5 13 (8.904%) Advertising
6 9 (6.164%) Retail
7 5 (3.425%) Military
7 5 (3.425%) Electronics
8 4 (2.740%) Banking
9 3 (2.055%) Aerospace
9 3 (2.055%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.370%) Back Office
10 2 (1.370%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.685%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 29 (19.86%) Security Engineer
2 26 (17.81%) Team Leader
3 19 (13.01%) Network Engineer
4 16 (10.96%) Analyst
5 15 (10.27%) Consultant
6 13 (8.904%) Pre Sales Consultant
7 12 (8.219%) Network Security Specialist
7 12 (8.219%) Security Specialist
7 12 (8.219%) Network Specialist
8 11 (7.534%) Lead Designer
8 11 (7.534%) Designer
8 11 (7.534%) Infrastructure Designer
9 10 (6.849%) Cisco Consultant
9 10 (6.849%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 8 (5.479%) Information Security Engineer
10 8 (5.479%) Infrastructure Team Leader
10 8 (5.479%) Security Consultant
11 7 (4.795%) Administrator
11 7 (4.795%) Network Analyst
11 7 (4.795%) Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 25 (17.12%) Blackberry
2 19 (13.01%) Management Information System
3 10 (6.849%) Replication
4 7 (4.795%) PKI
5 5 (3.425%) Chip and PIN
6 4 (2.740%) Clustering
7 2 (1.370%) SaaS
7 2 (1.370%) Statistics
7 2 (1.370%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.370%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.685%) Handset
8 1 (0.685%) Mathematics
8 1 (0.685%) Physics
8 1 (0.685%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 68 (46.58%) Windows
2 22 (15.07%) Windows Server 2008
3 19 (13.01%) Windows Server 2003
4 17 (11.64%) Windows 7
5 7 (4.795%) UNIX
6 3 (2.055%) Linux
7 2 (1.370%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (17.12%) ITIL
2 23 (15.75%) Service Delivery
3 20 (13.70%) Root Cause Analysis
4 17 (11.64%) Information Security
5 15 (10.27%) Change Control
6 13 (8.904%) Change Management
7 11 (7.534%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (6.849%) Network Design
8 10 (6.849%) Service Management
9 9 (6.164%) Migration
9 9 (6.164%) Penetration Testing
9 9 (6.164%) Risk Assessment
9 9 (6.164%) Network Load Balancing
10 8 (5.479%) Load Balancing
10 8 (5.479%) Incident Management
10 8 (5.479%) Data Security
11 7 (4.795%) Risk Management
12 6 (4.110%) Strategic Planning
13 5 (3.425%) Database Security
13 5 (3.425%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 14 (9.589%) C
2 10 (6.849%) SQL
3 9 (6.164%) Perl
3 9 (6.164%) Python
3 9 (6.164%) Ruby
4 1 (0.685%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 51 (34.93%) Cisco Certification
2 43 (29.45%) CCNP
3 23 (15.75%) CISSP
4 22 (15.07%) Degree
5 15 (10.27%) CCIE
6 13 (8.904%) IBM Certification
7 12 (8.219%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (8.219%) MCSE
8 11 (7.534%) CCSP
9 9 (6.164%) CCNA
9 9 (6.164%) CISA
9 9 (6.164%) GSEC
10 8 (5.479%) CEH
10 8 (5.479%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 8 (5.479%) CISM
11 7 (4.795%) CCA
11 7 (4.795%) Citrix Certification
12 6 (4.110%) CCSA
13 3 (2.055%) Security Cleared
14 2 (1.370%) NCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.27%) SLA
2 4 (2.740%) QA
3 3 (2.055%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.055%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 40 (27.40%) Active Directory
2 21 (14.38%) XenApp
3 18 (12.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (7.534%) Snort
5 7 (4.795%) Hyper-V
6 6 (4.110%) Terminal Services
7 5 (3.425%) Microsoft App-V
7 5 (3.425%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (3.425%) XenServer
7 5 (3.425%) VMware Server
8 4 (2.740%) ProxySG
8 4 (2.740%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 20 (13.70%) SolarWinds Orion
2 14 (9.589%) HP Data Protector
3 11 (7.534%) HP SIM
4 10 (6.849%) MIMEsweeper
5 9 (6.164%) Norton AntiVirus
6 8 (5.479%) CiscoWorks
7 7 (4.795%) WSUS
8 6 (4.110%) Cisco UCCE
8 6 (4.110%) Cisco UCCX
8 6 (4.110%) Cisco CUCM
9 3 (2.055%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
10 2 (1.370%) NetBackup
10 2 (1.370%) Legato
11 1 (0.685%) SCOM
Vendors
1 117 (80.14%) Cisco
2 45 (30.82%) Microsoft
3 36 (24.66%) HP
4 35 (23.97%) CheckPoint
5 34 (23.29%) Blue Coat
6 32 (21.92%) VMware
6 32 (21.92%) Websense
7 30 (20.55%) Juniper
7 30 (20.55%) Citrix
8 28 (19.18%) SolarWinds
9 25 (17.12%) Symantec
9 25 (17.12%) McAfee
10 18 (12.33%) F5
11 15 (10.27%) IBM
11 15 (10.27%) Riverbed
12 13 (8.904%) Lotus
13 11 (7.534%) Nokia
13 11 (7.534%) Sophos
14 10 (6.849%) Intel
15 9 (6.164%) Fujitsu
Warrington, Cheshire
The specialist should be experienced in supporting 2 or more of the following Security Products: RSA Envision, Logrhythm, Symantec Endpoint Security, Web and Email security technologies such as...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: offer competitive package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
MS Exchange, IBM Lotus Notes, Cisco IronPort, PGP Encryption, Sharepoint, Lync... Preferably have achieved appropriate related qualifications (example Microsoft or IBM certification) Strong interpersonal skills to manage relationships...
The Co-operative Bank
Salary: £38500 - £48000 per annum + bonus+benefits+pension
Posted: 30 April 2013
Telford, West Midlands
We are currently working with a client based in Telford to recruit an experienced Network Team Lead to work on a permanent basis- This role is part of...
GSA Techsource
Salary: GBP0 per annum + Benefits: Excellent package
Posted: 18 May 2013
West Midlands
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Network Team Leader to join a globally recognised market leader in their field in this pivotal new role within a...
GSA Techsource
Salary: GBP0 per annum + Benefits: Fantastic Benefits Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Slough, South East
A highly successful global Managed Services and IT solutions Provider with a solid reputation seeks a high-calibre Software and Virtualisation Pre-sales Consultant for a home based...
GSA Techsource
Salary: GBP55000 to GBP65000 per annum + Benefits: Car Allowance + Bonus
Posted: 8 May 2013
Hampshire
Candidates require experience in the following technologies: Windows Server, VMware, HP Storage, Cisco firewalls & switches, System Centre Management products, Exchange, TMG, Ironport Email Gateway, Windows 7, Citrix VDI &...
Roc Search
Salary: £55000 - £63000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
Applicants for the Information Security Engineer opportunity are required to have knowledge and experience of varying information security processes and tools, including expertise in the following technologies: McAfee...
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
A leading financial services firm based in West London are seeking a 3rd Line Technical Support Analyst to join their existing IT team on a contract basis.The...
Hudson IT London
Salary: £1750 - £1900 per week
Posted: 21 May 2013