The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Engineer 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 advertised for the West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Engineer
Rank 156 148 143
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 19 20 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.515% 0.619% 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.540% 0.636% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 10 13 2
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% -11.11%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3516 3145 2836
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 95.23% 97.34% 96.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2812 2625 2364
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Engineer
Yorkshire

Security Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security Engineer across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Yorkshire Security Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Security Engineer
Salary Trend

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

West Yorkshire Security Engineer Salary Trend

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Engineer across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Yorkshire Security Engineer Salary Histogram

Security Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the West Yorkshire 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
Leeds -12 16 £45,000 +12.50%
Bradford +7 3 £26,000 -25.71%
Security Engineer
Yorkshire

Security Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited Security Engineer 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 Security Engineer in their job title.

1 44 (93.62%) CheckPoint
2 43 (91.49%) Firewall
3 38 (80.85%) Cisco
4 37 (78.72%) Cisco Certification
4 37 (78.72%) Juniper
5 35 (74.47%) Network Security
6 33 (70.21%) CCNP
7 32 (68.09%) Cisco ASA
8 30 (63.83%) Blue Coat
9 24 (51.06%) CCSE
10 23 (48.94%) JNCIS
10 23 (48.94%) Cisco PIX
11 21 (44.68%) Finance
11 21 (44.68%) F5
12 19 (40.43%) Telecoms
12 19 (40.43%) Websense
13 14 (29.79%) VPN
14 12 (25.53%) CCNA
15 11 (23.40%) CCSP
16 10 (21.28%) WAN
16 10 (21.28%) LAN
16 10 (21.28%) MPLS
17 9 (19.15%) BGP
17 9 (19.15%) DMZ
17 9 (19.15%) Internet
17 9 (19.15%) Wireless
17 9 (19.15%) VoIP
17 9 (19.15%) ITIL
17 9 (19.15%) PKI
17 9 (19.15%) VLAN

Security Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited Security Engineer 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 Security Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 5 (10.64%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 43 (91.49%) Firewall
2 35 (74.47%) Network Security
3 32 (68.09%) Cisco ASA
4 23 (48.94%) Cisco PIX
5 14 (29.79%) VPN
6 10 (21.28%) WAN
6 10 (21.28%) LAN
6 10 (21.28%) MPLS
7 9 (19.15%) BGP
7 9 (19.15%) DMZ
7 9 (19.15%) Internet
7 9 (19.15%) Wireless
7 9 (19.15%) VoIP
7 9 (19.15%) VLAN
8 8 (17.02%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (10.64%) HTTP
10 1 (2.128%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (2.128%) BIG-IP
10 1 (2.128%) TCP/IP
10 1 (2.128%) SSL
General
1 21 (44.68%) Finance
2 19 (40.43%) Telecoms
3 2 (4.255%) Retail
4 1 (2.128%) Banking
4 1 (2.128%) Legal
4 1 (2.128%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.15%) PKI
2 2 (4.255%) Mathematics
2 2 (4.255%) Physics
2 2 (4.255%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.511%) UNIX
1 4 (8.511%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (19.15%) ITIL
2 4 (8.511%) SIEM
3 3 (6.383%) Cyber Security
4 2 (4.255%) Information Security
5 1 (2.128%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (2.128%) Load Balancing
5 1 (2.128%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 37 (78.72%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (70.21%) CCNP
3 24 (51.06%) CCSE
4 23 (48.94%) JNCIS
5 12 (25.53%) CCNA
6 11 (23.40%) CCSP
7 4 (8.511%) CCSA
7 4 (8.511%) JNCIA
8 2 (4.255%) SC Cleared
8 2 (4.255%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.383%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.128%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (17.02%) Forefront TMG
1 8 (17.02%) UAG
2 3 (6.383%) ProxySG
3 2 (4.255%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 44 (93.62%) CheckPoint
2 38 (80.85%) Cisco
3 37 (78.72%) Juniper
4 30 (63.83%) Blue Coat
5 21 (44.68%) F5
6 19 (40.43%) Websense
7 6 (12.77%) ArcSight
7 6 (12.77%) Proofpoint
8 5 (10.64%) Tripwire
8 5 (10.64%) Microsoft
9 4 (8.511%) Riverbed
10 2 (4.255%) VMware
11 1 (2.128%) Imperva
11 1 (2.128%) Nokia
11 1 (2.128%) Q1 Labs
11 1 (2.128%) LogLogic
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