The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Websense 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 Websense over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the 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 Websense, Inc.

Websense
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank755753636
Rank change year-on-year
Down-2Down-117
Matching permanent IT job ads120112116
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.100 %0.091 %0.121 %
As % of the Vendors category0.209 %0.195 %0.274 %
Number of salaries quoted839786
Average salary£42,500£40,000£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25 %-5.88 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£24,400£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£50,000£52,500
UK excluding London average salary£42,500£38,000£38,500
% change year-on-year
+11.84 %-1.29 %
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
574595751742374
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK47.65 %46.91 %44.38 %
Number of salaries quoted484194776133886
Average salary£45,000£45,000£45,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,500£27,500£26,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£70,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000

Websense
Demand Trend

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

Websense Demand Trend

Websense
Salary Trend

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

Websense Salary Trend

Websense
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Websense over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Websense Salary Histogram

Websense
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Websense within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-3119£42,500+2.40 %
LondonUp+959£43,000-4.44 %
South EastDown-3439£45,000+18.42 %
BerkshireDown-425£45,000+57.89 %
ReadingUp+1023£45,000+38.46 %
SurreyDown-1411£45,000-10.00 %
North WestDown-79£21,500-21.81 %
City of LondonDown-25£27,500-38.88 %
CheshireDown-125--
WarringtonDown-244--
YorkshireDown-294£50,000-
ManchesterNew entry-4£21,500-
BuryNew entry-4£21,500-
Docklands, LondonNew entry-4£72,500-
East of EnglandUp+63£25,000-
North YorkshireUp+13£50,000+11.11 %
EssexNew entry-3£25,000-
Saffron WaldenNew entry-3£25,000-
CobhamUp+62--
KentUp+52£42,500+11.84 %
CreweDown-42--
MiddlesbroughDown-102--
LeedsDown-142£42,250-
West YorkshireDown-162£50,000-
BracknellNew entry-2--
BirminghamNew entry-2£35,000-
West MidlandsNew entry-2£35,000-
WakefieldDown-81£50,000-
YorkDown-91£50,000+11.11 %
South YorkshireDown-91£50,000-

Websense
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Websense 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 Websense.

1159 (53.72 %)Cisco
1159 (53.72 %)CheckPoint
2155 (52.36 %)Firewall
3135 (45.61 %)Windows
4113 (38.18 %)Active Directory
5102 (34.46 %)Juniper
695 (32.09 %)VPN
794 (31.76 %)Network Security
881 (27.36 %)Microsoft
977 (26.01 %)DNS
1072 (24.32 %)SQL
1072 (24.32 %)F5
1171 (23.99 %)Cisco Certification
1269 (23.31 %)Windows Server 2003
1269 (23.31 %)WAN
1368 (22.97 %)MS Exchange
1467 (22.64 %)Windows Server 2008
1565 (21.96 %)Wireless
1661 (20.61 %)LAN
1758 (19.59 %)Internet
1857 (19.26 %)McAfee
1956 (18.92 %)SQL Server
2053 (17.91 %)TCP/IP
2053 (17.91 %)Blue Coat
2152 (17.57 %)Symantec
2152 (17.57 %)Linux
2152 (17.57 %)ITIL
2251 (17.23 %)CISSP
2348 (16.22 %)Nokia
2348 (16.22 %)CCSE

Websense
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Websense 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 Websense. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
125 (8.446 %)HTML
223 (7.770 %)WebSphere
321 (7.095 %).NET
416 (5.405 %)XML
512 (4.054 %)CSS
65 (1.689 %)Web Services
74 (1.351 %)ASP.NET
82 (0.676 %)Middleware
82 (0.676 %)Application Packaging
82 (0.676 %)Regular Expression
91 (0.338 %).NET Framework
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
168 (22.97 %)MS Exchange
239 (13.18 %)Exchange Server 2007
338 (12.84 %)IIS
431 (10.47 %)Exchange Server 2003
521 (7.095 %)SharePoint
620 (6.757 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
710 (3.378 %)BizTalk Server
89 (3.041 %)Lotus Domino
89 (3.041 %)Exchange Server 2010
98 (2.703 %)Exchange Server 2000
105 (1.689 %)Apache
114 (1.351 %)SAS
123 (1.014 %)Lync
132 (0.676 %)Exchange Server 5.5
141 (0.338 %)Office Communications Server
141 (0.338 %)SharePoint 2010
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
143 (14.53 %)MS Excel
218 (6.081 %)MS Office
37 (2.365 %)MS Project
46 (2.027 %)MS Visio
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (1.351 %)Line 500
22 (0.676 %)Summit
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1155 (52.36 %)Firewall
295 (32.09 %)VPN
394 (31.76 %)Network Security
477 (26.01 %)DNS
569 (23.31 %)WAN
665 (21.96 %)Wireless
761 (20.61 %)LAN
858 (19.59 %)Internet
953 (17.91 %)TCP/IP
1045 (15.20 %)SSL
1144 (14.86 %)SAN
1235 (11.82 %)DHCP
1330 (10.14 %)Cisco IOS
1330 (10.14 %)Cisco ASA
1425 (8.446 %)IPsec
1522 (7.432 %)Intrusion Detection
1621 (7.095 %)LDAP
1719 (6.419 %)Cisco PIX
1818 (6.081 %)DDNS
1818 (6.081 %)DSL
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
156 (18.92 %)SQL Server
223 (7.770 %)SQL Server 2000
223 (7.770 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (2.027 %)Data Mining
44 (1.351 %)SQL Server 2008
53 (1.014 %)MySQL
62 (0.676 %)PostgreSQL
71 (0.338 %)Hadoop
71 (0.338 %)Data Warehouse
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.338 %)Visual Studio
11 (0.338 %)NUnit
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
137 (12.50 %)Finance
227 (9.122 %)Banking
310 (3.378 %)Law
47 (2.365 %)Legal
56 (2.027 %)Telecoms
63 (1.014 %)Back Office
63 (1.014 %)Retail
63 (1.014 %)Multimedia
71 (0.338 %)Retail Banking
71 (0.338 %)Advertising
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
157 (19.26 %)Consultant
253 (17.91 %)Analyst
345 (15.20 %)Security Consultant
443 (14.53 %)Network Engineer
539 (13.18 %)Security Engineer
633 (11.15 %)Support Engineer
726 (8.784 %)Technical Support
726 (8.784 %)Network Consultant
726 (8.784 %)Network Security Consultant
821 (7.095 %)3rd Line Support
920 (6.757 %)Network Security Engineer
1019 (6.419 %)Support Analyst
1019 (6.419 %)Security Manager
1117 (5.743 %)IT Security Manager
1117 (5.743 %)Security Analyst
1216 (5.405 %)Graduate
1314 (4.730 %)Technical Engineer
1314 (4.730 %)Network Support
1412 (4.054 %)Technical Support Engineer
1511 (3.716 %)Network Support Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
125 (8.446 %)Blackberry
125 (8.446 %)PKI
223 (7.770 %)iSeries
314 (4.730 %)SaaS
411 (3.716 %)Clustering
510 (3.378 %)Management Information System
69 (3.041 %)EFT
77 (2.365 %)Thin Client
77 (2.365 %)Computer Science
77 (2.365 %)Fat Client
85 (1.689 %)iPad
85 (1.689 %)Streaming Media
85 (1.689 %)Client/Server
85 (1.689 %)AS400
94 (1.351 %)NHS
94 (1.351 %)CCTV
94 (1.351 %)Video Conferencing
103 (1.014 %)SecurID
103 (1.014 %)Data Protection Act
111 (0.338 %)Wiki
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1135 (45.61 %)Windows
269 (23.31 %)Windows Server 2003
367 (22.64 %)Windows Server 2008
452 (17.57 %)Linux
544 (14.86 %)UNIX
638 (12.84 %)Windows 7
719 (6.419 %)Windows Vista
813 (4.392 %)Windows XP
910 (3.378 %)Windows 2000
106 (2.027 %)Solaris
115 (1.689 %)Android
123 (1.014 %)Windows 2000 Server
123 (1.014 %)Windows NT
123 (1.014 %)VMS
132 (0.676 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
141 (0.338 %)CentOS
141 (0.338 %)AIX
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
152 (17.57 %)ITIL
245 (15.20 %)Information Security
339 (13.18 %)SIEM
433 (11.15 %)Network Management
528 (9.459 %)PRINCE2
625 (8.446 %)Change Management
723 (7.770 %)Security Management
822 (7.432 %)Service Delivery
921 (7.095 %)BCP
1018 (6.081 %)Technical Architecture
1018 (6.081 %)ITIL V2
1117 (5.743 %)Service Management
1216 (5.405 %)Vulnerability Assessment
1216 (5.405 %)Business Continuity
1216 (5.405 %)Capacity Planning
1314 (4.730 %)Performance Management
1314 (4.730 %)Data Security
1413 (4.392 %)Data Protection
1511 (3.716 %)Migration
169 (3.041 %)Project Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
172 (24.32 %)SQL
226 (8.784 %)C#
325 (8.446 %)C
424 (8.108 %)Java
514 (4.730 %)C++
69 (3.041 %)Perl
77 (2.365 %)JavaScript
85 (1.689 %)RPG
85 (1.689 %)Python
94 (1.351 %)PowerShell
103 (1.014 %)Shell Script
103 (1.014 %)VB
112 (0.676 %)PHP
121 (0.338 %)Bash shell
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
171 (23.99 %)Cisco Certification
251 (17.23 %)CISSP
348 (16.22 %)CCSE
440 (13.51 %)CCNP
539 (13.18 %)CCNA
626 (8.784 %)CCSA
724 (8.108 %)CCSP
821 (7.095 %)Check Point Certification
917 (5.743 %)CISM
1016 (5.405 %)Security Cleared
1115 (5.068 %)Microsoft Certification
1115 (5.068 %)MCSE
1214 (4.730 %)CISA
1310 (3.378 %)MCITP
147 (2.365 %)Degree
147 (2.365 %)MCSA
156 (2.027 %)SC Cleared
165 (1.689 %)MCP
165 (1.689 %)ISEB
174 (1.351 %)Citrix Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (4.730 %)ISO/IEC 27001
27 (2.365 %)QA
27 (2.365 %)PCI DSS
36 (2.027 %)ISO 9001
36 (2.027 %)SLA
43 (1.014 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
51 (0.338 %)BS7799
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1113 (38.18 %)Active Directory
235 (11.82 %)VMware Infrastructure
319 (6.419 %)Squid
417 (5.743 %)Snort
514 (4.730 %)VMware ESX
613 (4.392 %)vSphere
712 (4.054 %)XenApp
811 (3.716 %)ISA Server
99 (3.041 %)Hyper-V
108 (2.703 %)MailMarshal
116 (2.027 %)MetaFrame
124 (1.351 %)VMware Workstation
124 (1.351 %)Citrix Presentation Server
133 (1.014 %)Sendmail
133 (1.014 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
133 (1.014 %)XenDesktop
142 (0.676 %)SpamAssassin
151 (0.338 %)UAG
151 (0.338 %)VMware ESXi
151 (0.338 %)Xen
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
119 (6.419 %)Norton AntiVirus
216 (5.405 %)Tivoli
314 (4.730 %)SCCM
314 (4.730 %)SCOM
413 (4.392 %)McAfee ePO
512 (4.054 %)WSUS
611 (3.716 %)MIMEsweeper
77 (2.365 %)MOM
85 (1.689 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
85 (1.689 %)ARCserve
85 (1.689 %)Tivoli Monitoring
94 (1.351 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
94 (1.351 %)ZENworks
103 (1.014 %)MAILsweeper
103 (1.014 %)NetBackup
103 (1.014 %)HP SIM
112 (0.676 %)Tivoli Endpoint Manager
121 (0.338 %)Backup Exec
121 (0.338 %)Nessus
121 (0.338 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1159 (53.72 %)Cisco
1159 (53.72 %)CheckPoint
2102 (34.46 %)Juniper
381 (27.36 %)Microsoft
472 (24.32 %)F5
557 (19.26 %)McAfee
653 (17.91 %)Blue Coat
752 (17.57 %)Symantec
848 (16.22 %)Nokia
942 (14.19 %)Citrix
942 (14.19 %)VMware
1039 (13.18 %)Sourcefire
1133 (11.15 %)Riverbed
1232 (10.81 %)IBM
1232 (10.81 %)Oracle
1326 (8.784 %)Lumension
1424 (8.108 %)Fortinet
1523 (7.770 %)HP
1523 (7.770 %)Cognos
1620 (6.757 %)ArcSight