The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Security Architect 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 Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security Architect
Rank 841 874 847
Rank change year-on-year
+33 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Architect 19 13 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.017% 0.011% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.011% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 15 12 17
Average salary £67,500 £75,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £40,350 £42,500
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £80,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £67,500 £41,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+61.67% -24.09%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102582 114838 114977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 85352 98508 97090
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%

Network Security Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Network Security Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Network Security Architect
Salary Trend

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

Network Security Architect Salary Trend

Network Security Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Security Architect over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

Network Security Architect Salary Histogram

Network Security Architect
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 +16 18 £67,500 -11.47%
London +32 9 £70,000 -11.11%
City of London +10 7 £70,000 -6.66%
Yorkshire - 3 £60,000 -
West Yorkshire - 3 £60,000 -
Leeds - 3 £60,000 -
Manchester - 2 £67,500 -
North West - 2 £67,500 -
Berkshire +10 1 £67,500 +17.39%
South East -4 1 £67,500 +17.39%
Canary Wharf -4 1 - -
East of England - 1 £67,500 -
East Midlands - 1 £67,500 -
Bedfordshire - 1 £67,500 -
Reading - 1 £67,500 -
Nottinghamshire - 1 £67,500 -
Leighton Buzzard - 1 £67,500 -

Network Security Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Network Security Architect 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 Architect in their job title.

1 43 (100.00%) Network Security
2 37 (86.05%) Cisco Certification
3 36 (83.72%) CCIE
4 34 (79.07%) Cisco
5 30 (69.77%) Firewall
6 28 (65.12%) Juniper
7 27 (62.79%) CheckPoint
7 27 (62.79%) F5
8 26 (60.47%) LAN
8 26 (60.47%) Load Balancing
9 25 (58.14%) Wireless
10 23 (53.49%) Fortinet
11 21 (48.84%) Symantec
11 21 (48.84%) VPN
11 21 (48.84%) CCNP
12 20 (46.51%) Blue Coat
13 19 (44.19%) VMware
13 19 (44.19%) Brocade
13 19 (44.19%) VMware Infrastructure
13 19 (44.19%) HP
13 19 (44.19%) Citrix
13 19 (44.19%) SSL
13 19 (44.19%) WLAN
13 19 (44.19%) IPsec
13 19 (44.19%) Unified Communications
14 16 (37.21%) Cisco ASA
15 13 (30.23%) Cisco PIX
16 12 (27.91%) CCDP
17 10 (23.26%) CISSP
17 10 (23.26%) CCSP

Network Security Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Network Security Architect 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 Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 43 (100.00%) Network Security
2 30 (69.77%) Firewall
3 26 (60.47%) LAN
4 25 (58.14%) Wireless
5 21 (48.84%) VPN
6 19 (44.19%) SSL
6 19 (44.19%) WLAN
6 19 (44.19%) IPsec
6 19 (44.19%) Unified Communications
7 16 (37.21%) Cisco ASA
8 13 (30.23%) Cisco PIX
9 7 (16.28%) WAN
10 6 (13.95%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (2.326%) FWSM
11 1 (2.326%) BIG-IP
11 1 (2.326%) Internet
11 1 (2.326%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (4.651%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.326%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.95%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (60.47%) Load Balancing
2 7 (16.28%) Migration
3 6 (13.95%) Enterprise Architecture
3 6 (13.95%) Identity Management
4 4 (9.302%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (9.302%) Information Security
5 1 (2.326%) WAN Optimisation
5 1 (2.326%) SIEM
5 1 (2.326%) Network Design
5 1 (2.326%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (2.326%) Security Architecture
5 1 (2.326%) Network Architecture
5 1 (2.326%) Security Management
5 1 (2.326%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (2.326%) E-Commerce
Qualifications
1 37 (86.05%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (83.72%) CCIE
3 21 (48.84%) CCNP
4 12 (27.91%) CCDP
5 10 (23.26%) CISSP
5 10 (23.26%) CCSP
6 3 (6.977%) GCWN
6 3 (6.977%) JNCIE
6 3 (6.977%) CEH
6 3 (6.977%) CWSP
7 1 (2.326%) JNCIA
7 1 (2.326%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.651%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 19 (44.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (11.63%) Active Directory
2 5 (11.63%) Forefront TMG
2 5 (11.63%) UAG
Vendors
1 34 (79.07%) Cisco
2 28 (65.12%) Juniper
3 27 (62.79%) CheckPoint
3 27 (62.79%) F5
4 23 (53.49%) Fortinet
5 21 (48.84%) Symantec
6 20 (46.51%) Blue Coat
7 19 (44.19%) VMware
7 19 (44.19%) Brocade
7 19 (44.19%) HP
7 19 (44.19%) Citrix
8 3 (6.977%) Riverbed
9 2 (4.651%) Twitter
10 1 (2.326%) Nokia