The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Security Analyst role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Security Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security Analyst
Rank 791 846 828
Rank change year-on-year
+55 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Analyst 67 50 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.062% 0.041% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% 0.044% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 57 38 42
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £32,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £40,000 £33,250
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +20.30%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101791 114576 116360
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.44% 94.74% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 84727 98303 98213
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,000 £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%

Network Security Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Network Security Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Network Security Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Network Security Analyst Salary Trend

Network Security Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Security Analyst over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

Network Security Analyst Salary Histogram

Network Security Analyst
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +45 54 £32,500 -18.75%
South East +21 29 £38,500 -18.94%
Caerphilly - 13 £45,000 -
South Wales - 13 £45,000 -
Wales - 13 £45,000 -
West Yorkshire -11 12 £32,500 -18.75%
Leeds -16 12 £32,500 -18.75%
Yorkshire -29 12 £32,500 -18.75%
Kent -13 9 £23,000 -37.41%
London +37 8 £57,500 +48.38%
Crawley - 7 £42,500 -
West Sussex - 7 £42,500 -
Maidstone - 6 £23,000 -
Sheffield +10 5 £32,500 -
South Yorkshire +8 5 £32,500 -
Hampshire +1 5 £38,500 -16.75%
North Yorkshire - 5 £32,500 -
Oxfordshire - 5 £34,000 -
Abingdon - 5 £34,000 -
Doncaster - 5 £32,500 -
Harrogate - 5 £32,500 -
York - 5 £32,500 -
Wakefield - 5 £32,500 -
Staines - 3 £45,000 -
Surrey - 3 £45,000 -
West Midlands - 3 £27,000 -
City of London - 2 £51,875 -
Warwickshire - 2 £27,000 -
Nottinghamshire - 2 £27,000 -
Leicestershire - 2 £27,000 -

Network Security Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Network Security Analyst 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 Network Security Analyst in their job title.

1 121 (97.58%) Network Security
2 95 (76.61%) Firewall
3 66 (53.23%) Cisco
4 49 (39.52%) Cisco Certification
5 48 (38.71%) CheckPoint
6 47 (37.90%) WAN
7 45 (36.29%) LAN
8 43 (34.68%) VPN
9 38 (30.65%) ITIL
10 34 (27.42%) Network Design
11 33 (26.61%) TCP/IP
11 33 (26.61%) Cisco ASA
12 32 (25.81%) CCNA
13 31 (25.00%) CCNP
14 28 (22.58%) SIEM
15 27 (21.77%) PCI DSS
15 27 (21.77%) DNS
16 26 (20.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
17 24 (19.35%) CCSP
17 24 (19.35%) Juniper
17 24 (19.35%) Internet
18 23 (18.55%) DHCP
18 23 (18.55%) Qualys
19 22 (17.74%) Vulnerability Management
19 22 (17.74%) Nessus
19 22 (17.74%) Data Security
20 21 (16.94%) Information Security
20 21 (16.94%) S-PLUS
20 21 (16.94%) ArcSight
20 21 (16.94%) PCI QSA

Network Security Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Network Security Analyst 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 Network Security Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.806%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (16.94%) S-PLUS
2 2 (1.613%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.613%) Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 121 (97.58%) Network Security
2 95 (76.61%) Firewall
3 47 (37.90%) WAN
4 45 (36.29%) LAN
5 43 (34.68%) VPN
6 33 (26.61%) TCP/IP
6 33 (26.61%) Cisco ASA
7 27 (21.77%) DNS
8 24 (19.35%) Internet
9 23 (18.55%) DHCP
10 20 (16.13%) HTTP
10 20 (16.13%) SMTP
11 17 (13.71%) SSL
11 17 (13.71%) Cisco PIX
12 16 (12.90%) IPsec
13 15 (12.10%) Wireless
14 14 (11.29%) EIGRP
15 13 (10.48%) BGP
16 12 (9.677%) MPLS
16 12 (9.677%) OSPF
General
1 7 (5.645%) Law
2 6 (4.839%) Finance
3 2 (1.613%) Telecoms
3 2 (1.613%) Legal
4 1 (0.806%) Advertising
4 1 (0.806%) Banking
4 1 (0.806%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.452%) IVR
1 8 (6.452%) SecurID
2 5 (4.032%) Blog
3 4 (3.226%) Clustering
4 1 (0.806%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.806%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 17 (13.71%) Windows
2 13 (10.48%) Linux
3 10 (8.065%) Windows Server 2003
3 10 (8.065%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (4.032%) UNIX
5 1 (0.806%) Solaris
5 1 (0.806%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (30.65%) ITIL
2 34 (27.42%) Network Design
3 28 (22.58%) SIEM
4 22 (17.74%) Vulnerability Management
4 22 (17.74%) Data Security
5 21 (16.94%) Information Security
6 15 (12.10%) Service Delivery
7 12 (9.677%) Incident Management
8 10 (8.065%) E-Commerce
9 8 (6.452%) Mobile Device Management
9 8 (6.452%) Performance Management
9 8 (6.452%) Capacity Planning
10 5 (4.032%) Network Architecture
10 5 (4.032%) Trend Analysis
11 4 (3.226%) Network Management
11 4 (3.226%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 4 (3.226%) Penetration Testing
12 3 (2.419%) Risk Management
12 3 (2.419%) Security Testing
13 2 (1.613%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.419%) SQL
2 2 (1.613%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 49 (39.52%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (25.81%) CCNA
3 31 (25.00%) CCNP
4 24 (19.35%) CCSP
5 21 (16.94%) PCI QSA
6 15 (12.10%) CCSA
7 13 (10.48%) CCSE
7 13 (10.48%) Degree
7 13 (10.48%) Security Cleared
8 11 (8.871%) CISSP
9 4 (3.226%) JNCIP
9 4 (3.226%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.613%) CEH
10 2 (1.613%) JNCIA
10 2 (1.613%) CISM
10 2 (1.613%) GIAC
11 1 (0.806%) CCSPA
11 1 (0.806%) CCDP
11 1 (0.806%) GCIA
11 1 (0.806%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (21.77%) PCI DSS
2 26 (20.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (9.677%) SLA
4 1 (0.806%) COBIT
4 1 (0.806%) QA
System Software
1 8 (6.452%) Active Directory
1 8 (6.452%) Hyper-V
1 8 (6.452%) vSphere
2 5 (4.032%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.419%) ProxySG
3 3 (2.419%) Snort
4 1 (0.806%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 22 (17.74%) Nessus
2 8 (6.452%) Cisco IPCC
3 2 (1.613%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 66 (53.23%) Cisco
2 48 (38.71%) CheckPoint
3 24 (19.35%) Juniper
4 23 (18.55%) Qualys
5 21 (16.94%) ArcSight
6 13 (10.48%) VMware
6 13 (10.48%) Microsoft
7 8 (6.452%) Sun
7 8 (6.452%) Nortel
7 8 (6.452%) Avaya
7 8 (6.452%) CA
7 8 (6.452%) Verint
8 5 (4.032%) Blue Coat
9 3 (2.419%) F5
9 3 (2.419%) Websense
10 2 (1.613%) IronPort
10 2 (1.613%) Symantec
10 2 (1.613%) McAfee
10 2 (1.613%) Citrix
11 1 (0.806%) Oracle
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Our client, a market leading organisation based in Leeds, is looking for a Network Security Analyst who understands the importance of the network infrastructure on the success of...
Hotfoot Resourcing.
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 13 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
There will also be Configuration and Upgrade of existing Network equipment, Network Trend Analysis and Capacity planning... A certification will be highly desirable including CCNA/CCNP/CCSP. Any...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £1 per annum + Negotiable+Company Benefits
Posted: 8 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
CCNP/CCSP qualified... Strong knowledge of Cisco... Strong firewall experience, specifically Checkpoint. WAN/LAN Routing. Cisco Load Balancers. Understanding of MPLS Concepts... Cisco Call Manager (VOIP) Excellent communication...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent Salary + Benefits + On-Call
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Key Skills/ Experience Required: - CCNP/CCSP certifications - BGP Routing - TCP/IP - Checkpoint / ASA Firewalls - Strong Communication (verbal/written) - Problem Solving Capability - ITIL certification (Desirable) - Cisco Call Manager (VOIP)(...
Northern Recruitment Group
Salary: £Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Security Operations Analyst - Network Security, PCI, ISO27001... Knowledge of Security networking products including firewalls, IDS/ IPS and VPN's plus... ITIL standards. SIEM products such as LogRhythm or...
Zorba Consulting Limited
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus & Competitive Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013