The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Security Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IT Security Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Security Engineer
Rank 834 885 834
Rank change year-on-year
+51 -51
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Engineer 28 13 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.026% 0.011% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.011% 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 26 4 35
Average salary £40,000 £43,750 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.57% -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £34,740 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,750 £46,750 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £43,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-8.57% -2.77%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101523 114414 118763
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.40% 94.78% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 84418 98091 100446
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

IT Security Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

IT Security Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

IT Security Engineer
Salary Trend

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

IT Security Engineer Salary Trend

IT Security Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IT Security Engineer over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

IT Security Engineer Salary Histogram

IT Security Engineer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 +40 28 £40,000 -11.11%
South East +4 13 £40,000 -11.11%
Berkshire +6 12 £40,000 -
London - 10 £57,500 -
Bracknell -24 4 £34,500 -
Slough -12 3 £40,000 -
West Midlands - 3 £39,000 -
Birmingham - 3 £39,000 -
Yorkshire - 1 £27,500 -
Surrey - 1 £33,500 -
North Yorkshire - 1 £27,500 -
Harrow - 1 £47,500 -
Camberley - 1 £33,500 -

IT Security Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited IT 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 IT Security Engineer in their job title.

1 29 (76.32%) Firewall
2 19 (50.00%) Windows
2 19 (50.00%) CISSP
3 18 (47.37%) Linux
4 17 (44.74%) TCP/IP
5 16 (42.11%) Cisco
5 16 (42.11%) Network Security
6 15 (39.47%) Microsoft
7 13 (34.21%) Juniper
8 12 (31.58%) CheckPoint
9 11 (28.95%) Windows Server 2003
9 11 (28.95%) Finance
10 10 (26.32%) Windows Server 2008
10 10 (26.32%) Websense
10 10 (26.32%) LAN
10 10 (26.32%) WAN
11 9 (23.68%) UNIX
11 9 (23.68%) VPN
11 9 (23.68%) CISM
11 9 (23.68%) Incident Management
11 9 (23.68%) Wireless
12 8 (21.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 8 (21.05%) Red Hat
12 8 (21.05%) Symantec
12 8 (21.05%) SQL
12 8 (21.05%) Oracle
13 7 (18.42%) Nokia
13 7 (18.42%) Management Information System
13 7 (18.42%) Data Protection
13 7 (18.42%) PCI DSS

IT Security Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited IT 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 IT Security Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.632%) .NET
1 1 (2.632%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.632%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (10.53%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Sentinel
2 1 (2.632%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 29 (76.32%) Firewall
2 17 (44.74%) TCP/IP
3 16 (42.11%) Network Security
4 10 (26.32%) LAN
4 10 (26.32%) WAN
5 9 (23.68%) VPN
5 9 (23.68%) Wireless
6 5 (13.16%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (10.53%) BGP
7 4 (10.53%) MPLS
7 4 (10.53%) OSPF
7 4 (10.53%) Internet
7 4 (10.53%) SSL
7 4 (10.53%) RIP
8 3 (7.895%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (5.263%) DNS
10 1 (2.632%) DHCP
10 1 (2.632%) Junos
10 1 (2.632%) Wireless Security
10 1 (2.632%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.632%) MySQL
1 1 (2.632%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.632%) AppScan
1 1 (2.632%) Subversion
General
1 11 (28.95%) Finance
2 2 (5.263%) Investment Banking
2 2 (5.263%) Banking
2 2 (5.263%) Legal
3 1 (2.632%) Games
3 1 (2.632%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.42%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.263%) Firmware
3 1 (2.632%) Online Games
3 1 (2.632%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.632%) PKI
3 1 (2.632%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 19 (50.00%) Windows
2 18 (47.37%) Linux
3 11 (28.95%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (26.32%) Windows Server 2008
5 9 (23.68%) UNIX
6 8 (21.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (2.632%) AIX
7 1 (2.632%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (23.68%) Incident Management
2 7 (18.42%) Data Protection
2 7 (18.42%) SIEM
3 6 (15.79%) ITIL
4 5 (13.16%) Information Security
5 4 (10.53%) Network Design
5 4 (10.53%) Computer Forensics
5 4 (10.53%) Business Continuity
5 4 (10.53%) BCP
6 3 (7.895%) Risk Management
7 2 (5.263%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (5.263%) Change Control
7 2 (5.263%) Knowledge Management
7 2 (5.263%) Fault Management
7 2 (5.263%) Network Management
7 2 (5.263%) Service Management
8 1 (2.632%) Data Security
8 1 (2.632%) Change Management
8 1 (2.632%) Configuration Management
8 1 (2.632%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (21.05%) SQL
2 3 (7.895%) Java
2 3 (7.895%) JavaScript
3 2 (5.263%) Perl
Qualifications
1 19 (50.00%) CISSP
2 9 (23.68%) CISM
3 5 (13.16%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (10.53%) ACSA
4 4 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 4 (10.53%) Security Cleared
4 4 (10.53%) CCNA
5 3 (7.895%) CCSA
5 3 (7.895%) CCSE
6 2 (5.263%) MCSE
6 2 (5.263%) MCSA
6 2 (5.263%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.632%) CCSP
7 1 (2.632%) Degree
7 1 (2.632%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.42%) PCI DSS
1 7 (18.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (10.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.632%) SLA
3 1 (2.632%) ISO 9000
3 1 (2.632%) BS7799
System Software
1 5 (13.16%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.895%) ProxySG
3 1 (2.632%) SpamAssassin
3 1 (2.632%) Snort
Systems Management
1 6 (15.79%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (5.263%) Nagios
Vendors
1 16 (42.11%) Cisco
2 15 (39.47%) Microsoft
3 13 (34.21%) Juniper
4 12 (31.58%) CheckPoint
5 10 (26.32%) Websense
6 8 (21.05%) Red Hat
6 8 (21.05%) Symantec
6 8 (21.05%) Oracle
7 7 (18.42%) Nokia
8 6 (15.79%) Fortinet
9 4 (10.53%) Blue Coat
10 3 (7.895%) McAfee
10 3 (7.895%) Crossbeam
10 3 (7.895%) F5
11 2 (5.263%) VMware
11 2 (5.263%) Brocade
11 2 (5.263%) Infoblox
11 2 (5.263%) IBM
12 1 (2.632%) Citrix
12 1 (2.632%) IronPort
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Key Skills: IT, Security, Engineer, Firewall, IPS, Our client, an IT managed services provider, is looking for an experienced IT Security Engineer to perform design, configuration, problem determination,...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £35K (incl. Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
London
This is a highly hands on technical role so will be perfect for an engineer with strong Symantec DLP skills who enjoys being at the fore front of...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £5 - £7 per annum + AVP Banking Salary + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
South East
Pre-Sales / Systems Engineer for SIEM / Intelligent / Unified Security - UK or Germany. A leading player in the world of SIEM / Intelligent / Unified Security is looking to strengthen their...
IT Executive Ltd
Salary: £65000 - £80000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
We are either looking for engineers with prior security experience, or candidates with a networking background, and security certification or a degree within Information Security is a huge...
Premier Group Recruitment
Salary: £20000.00 - £30000.00
Posted: 20 May 2013