The first table below looks at the demand for Intrusion Detection skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Intrusion Detection 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Intrusion Detection
Rank 176 167 167
Rank change year-on-year
-9 0
Permanent jobs citing Intrusion Detection 27 14 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.539% 0.310% 0.122%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.118% 1.994% 0.678%
Number of salaries quoted 17 11 4
Average salary £45,000 £32,500 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+38.46% -48.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,100 £31,758 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £49,000 £35,000 £67,750
UK excluding London average salary £47,000 £36,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+30.55% -15.29%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
866 702 737
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.29% 15.55% 18.04%
Number of salaries quoted 715 567 580
Average salary £37,500 £34,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.69% -4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Intrusion Detection
England

Intrusion Detection
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Intrusion Detection across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Midlands Intrusion Detection Jobs Demand Trend

Intrusion Detection
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Intrusion Detection across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Intrusion Detection Salary Trend

Intrusion Detection
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Intrusion Detection across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands Intrusion Detection Salary Histogram

Intrusion Detection
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Intrusion Detection within the West Midlands region 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
Birmingham -10 15 £45,000 +38.46%
Shropshire - 8 £55,000 -
Warwickshire +4 1 - -
Intrusion Detection
England

Intrusion Detection
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Intrusion Detection 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 Intrusion Detection.

1 37 (90.24%) Firewall
2 30 (73.17%) SIEM
3 29 (70.73%) Cisco Certification
3 29 (70.73%) Sentinel
4 28 (68.29%) CCNA
5 27 (65.85%) CISSP
5 27 (65.85%) Internet
5 27 (65.85%) ACSA
6 26 (63.41%) Computer Forensics
6 26 (63.41%) Risk Management
6 26 (63.41%) Java
6 26 (63.41%) JavaScript
7 20 (48.78%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 18 (43.90%) Security Cleared
9 16 (39.02%) Management Information System
10 13 (31.71%) SC Cleared
11 11 (26.83%) Cisco
12 9 (21.95%) BGP
12 9 (21.95%) OSPF
12 9 (21.95%) Nokia
12 9 (21.95%) CheckPoint
12 9 (21.95%) Change Management
12 9 (21.95%) CiscoWorks
13 8 (19.51%) F5
13 8 (19.51%) BIG-IP
13 8 (19.51%) Network Design
14 4 (9.756%) Network Security
14 4 (9.756%) Advertising
15 2 (4.878%) SLA
15 2 (4.878%) LAN

Intrusion Detection
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Intrusion Detection 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 Intrusion Detection. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.439%) Lync
Business Applications
1 29 (70.73%) Sentinel
2 1 (2.439%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 37 (90.24%) Firewall
2 27 (65.85%) Internet
3 9 (21.95%) BGP
3 9 (21.95%) OSPF
4 8 (19.51%) BIG-IP
5 4 (9.756%) Network Security
6 2 (4.878%) LAN
7 1 (2.439%) Wireless
7 1 (2.439%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (2.439%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (2.439%) WLAN
7 1 (2.439%) WAN
7 1 (2.439%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 4 (9.756%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 19 (46.34%) Security Specialist
2 11 (26.83%) Network Engineer
3 9 (21.95%) Security Engineer
3 9 (21.95%) Implementation Engineer
3 9 (21.95%) Network Implementation Engineer
4 4 (9.756%) IT Security Engineer
5 2 (4.878%) Analyst
5 2 (4.878%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (4.878%) Network Security Analyst
5 2 (4.878%) Network Analyst
5 2 (4.878%) Security Analyst
6 1 (2.439%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (2.439%) Cisco Engineer
6 1 (2.439%) Pre Sales Consultant
6 1 (2.439%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (2.439%) Senior Security Engineer
6 1 (2.439%) Senior Network Security Engineer
6 1 (2.439%) Cisco Consultant
6 1 (2.439%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 16 (39.02%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (73.17%) SIEM
2 26 (63.41%) Computer Forensics
2 26 (63.41%) Risk Management
3 20 (48.78%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 9 (21.95%) Change Management
5 8 (19.51%) Network Design
6 1 (2.439%) Load Balancing
6 1 (2.439%) ITIL V3
6 1 (2.439%) ITIL
6 1 (2.439%) Service Management
6 1 (2.439%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 26 (63.41%) Java
1 26 (63.41%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.439%) C
Qualifications
1 29 (70.73%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (68.29%) CCNA
3 27 (65.85%) CISSP
3 27 (65.85%) ACSA
4 18 (43.90%) Security Cleared
5 13 (31.71%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.439%) CCIE
6 1 (2.439%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.878%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.439%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.439%) vSphere
1 1 (2.439%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.439%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 9 (21.95%) CiscoWorks
2 1 (2.439%) NetBackup
2 1 (2.439%) Cisco UCCE
2 1 (2.439%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (2.439%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 11 (26.83%) Cisco
2 9 (21.95%) Nokia
2 9 (21.95%) CheckPoint
3 8 (19.51%) F5
4 1 (2.439%) IronPort
4 1 (2.439%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.439%) HP
4 1 (2.439%) Citrix
4 1 (2.439%) Juniper
4 1 (2.439%) Remedy
4 1 (2.439%) VMware
Telford, Shropshire
Duties and responsibilities:- * Review completed network design definitions, turn those into detailed implementation plans, and to implement those plans * You will need to comply with a stringent change...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 15 May 2013