The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Security over the 3 months to 22 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 92 130 126
Rank change year-on-year
+38 -4
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 85 43 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 2.295% 1.321% 0.581%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.97% 7.934% 2.988%
Number of salaries quoted 57 29 16
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -0.62%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,750 £30,000 £32,375
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £48,200 £48,750
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
All Communications & Networking
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
710 542 569
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 19.17% 16.65% 19.44%
Number of salaries quoted 573 434 475
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +6.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Network Security
Yorkshire

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Network Security Jobs Demand Trend

Network Security
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Network Security across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Security across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Yorkshire Network Security Salary Histogram

Network Security
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Leeds +28 60 £45,000 +16.12%
Bradford +21 11 £28,000 -11.11%
Wakefield -2 5 £32,500 -35.00%
Network Security
Yorkshire

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Network Security 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 Network Security.

1 106 (68.83%) Firewall
2 93 (60.39%) Cisco Certification
3 90 (58.44%) CheckPoint
4 87 (56.49%) Cisco
5 73 (47.40%) CCNP
6 65 (42.21%) Cisco ASA
7 60 (38.96%) Juniper
8 52 (33.77%) Cisco PIX
9 44 (28.57%) CCSP
10 37 (24.03%) WAN
10 37 (24.03%) F5
11 34 (22.08%) CCSE
12 33 (21.43%) LAN
13 32 (20.78%) Blue Coat
14 31 (20.13%) TCP/IP
14 31 (20.13%) CCNA
15 27 (17.53%) JNCIS
16 26 (16.88%) VPN
17 25 (16.23%) MPLS
18 24 (15.58%) ITIL
19 21 (13.64%) Linux
20 20 (12.99%) CCSA
20 20 (12.99%) Finance
21 19 (12.34%) Telecoms
21 19 (12.34%) Websense
21 19 (12.34%) E-Commerce
21 19 (12.34%) Cisco Nexus
22 18 (11.69%) Performance Management
23 17 (11.04%) FWSM
23 17 (11.04%) Incident Management

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Network Security 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 Network Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.597%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (3.247%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 106 (68.83%) Firewall
2 65 (42.21%) Cisco ASA
3 52 (33.77%) Cisco PIX
4 37 (24.03%) WAN
5 33 (21.43%) LAN
6 31 (20.13%) TCP/IP
7 26 (16.88%) VPN
8 25 (16.23%) MPLS
9 19 (12.34%) Cisco Nexus
10 17 (11.04%) FWSM
11 15 (9.740%) Wireless
11 15 (9.740%) BGP
12 12 (7.792%) VoIP
13 10 (6.494%) Internet
14 8 (5.195%) OSPF
14 8 (5.195%) EIGRP
15 7 (4.545%) DMZ
15 7 (4.545%) VLAN
16 5 (3.247%) DHCP
17 4 (2.597%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.948%) MySQL
General
1 20 (12.99%) Finance
2 19 (12.34%) Telecoms
3 1 (0.649%) Legal
Job Titles
1 46 (29.87%) Network Engineer
2 35 (22.73%) Security Engineer
3 34 (22.08%) Network Security Engineer
4 28 (18.18%) Architect
5 25 (16.23%) Analyst
6 24 (15.58%) Security Analyst
7 23 (14.94%) Network Analyst
7 23 (14.94%) Network Security Analyst
8 21 (13.64%) Network Manager
8 21 (13.64%) Solutions Architect
9 19 (12.34%) Firewall Engineer
10 15 (9.740%) Consultant
11 12 (7.792%) Network Architect
12 11 (7.143%) Security Consultant
13 10 (6.494%) Senior Consultant
13 10 (6.494%) Tester
13 10 (6.494%) Security Manager
13 10 (6.494%) Senior Security Consultant
13 10 (6.494%) Senior Tester
13 10 (6.494%) Penetration Tester
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.494%) Blog
2 7 (4.545%) PKI
3 4 (2.597%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.299%) Clustering
5 1 (0.649%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 21 (13.64%) Linux
2 14 (9.091%) Windows
3 2 (1.299%) Debian
3 2 (1.299%) Ubuntu
3 2 (1.299%) UNIX
4 1 (0.649%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (15.58%) ITIL
2 19 (12.34%) E-Commerce
3 18 (11.69%) Performance Management
4 17 (11.04%) Incident Management
5 15 (9.740%) Information Security
6 11 (7.143%) Supplier Management
7 10 (6.494%) Penetration Testing
7 10 (6.494%) Security Testing
8 9 (5.844%) Capacity Planning
9 8 (5.195%) Network Design
10 6 (3.896%) Configuration Management
10 6 (3.896%) Network Architecture
10 6 (3.896%) Trend Analysis
11 5 (3.247%) Problem Management
12 4 (2.597%) Stakeholder Management
12 4 (2.597%) BCP
12 4 (2.597%) Network Load Balancing
12 4 (2.597%) Change Control
13 3 (1.948%) Root Cause Analysis
13 3 (1.948%) Information Governance
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.195%) Perl
1 8 (5.195%) Bash shell
2 3 (1.948%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.649%) Java
3 1 (0.649%) SQL
Qualifications
1 93 (60.39%) Cisco Certification
2 73 (47.40%) CCNP
3 44 (28.57%) CCSP
4 34 (22.08%) CCSE
5 31 (20.13%) CCNA
6 27 (17.53%) JNCIS
7 20 (12.99%) CCSA
8 14 (9.091%) SC Cleared
8 14 (9.091%) Security Cleared
9 13 (8.442%) CCIE
10 8 (5.195%) JNCIA
10 8 (5.195%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (5.195%) CCDE
11 7 (4.545%) CISSP
12 6 (3.896%) CEH
13 5 (3.247%) CWSP
14 4 (2.597%) GCWN
15 2 (1.299%) GIAC
15 2 (1.299%) Degree
16 1 (0.649%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.195%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.896%) SLA
3 3 (1.948%) COBIT
3 3 (1.948%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.649%) BS7799
System Software
1 14 (9.091%) vSphere
2 13 (8.442%) XenServer
3 8 (5.195%) Active Directory
3 8 (5.195%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.896%) Forefront TMG
4 6 (3.896%) UAG
4 6 (3.896%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.649%) Snort
Systems Management
1 1 (0.649%) Nessus
Vendors
1 90 (58.44%) CheckPoint
2 87 (56.49%) Cisco
3 60 (38.96%) Juniper
4 37 (24.03%) F5
5 32 (20.78%) Blue Coat
6 19 (12.34%) Websense
7 15 (9.740%) VMware
8 14 (9.091%) Microsoft
9 13 (8.442%) Citrix
10 7 (4.545%) Riverbed
11 4 (2.597%) ArcSight
12 3 (1.948%) Proofpoint
12 3 (1.948%) Tripwire
13 2 (1.299%) Fortinet
14 1 (0.649%) Q1 Labs
14 1 (0.649%) LogLogic
14 1 (0.649%) Nokia
Leeds, West Yorkshire
I am urgently hiring for a Pre-Sales consultant for a multinational IT vendor based in Leeds, West Yorkshire . The organisation is in a continuous state of growth...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £28,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The Network Manager will have strong network and security experience covering Cisco Networking and Firewalls (Checkpoint, ASA, PIX) , and strong communication and influencing skills with the ability to...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent Salary and £Excellent Benefits!
Posted: 16 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
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: 21 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Technical Pre-Sales Consultant - Networking / Cisco / Presales... You may have worked with Cisco / Juniper / Checkpoint / Bluecoat / Proofpoint in the past, but the most important thing is that you...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £35000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
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: 21 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
Network Security Operations... As the Network Security Manager you will ensure the services provided are meeting agreed Service Levels and Business Partner levels of expectation. A large part...
William Hill
Salary: Excellent + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 25 April 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
You will be responsible for leading penetration testing and security assessment consulting services... This role requires you to demonstrate: Experience of all aspects of penetration testing in a...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: £excellent + big bonus + car + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The Project Manager will be tasked with streamlining existing core network security and communication infrastructure and will undertake continuous improvement... As Project Manager, you will be able to...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum Plus Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit an experienced Network & Security Operations Manager... Reporting into the Head of Infrastructure, the Network and Security Operations Manager will : - Manage key...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013