Network Security Jobs in the City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Network Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Security over the 3 months to 24 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Network Security London / City of London
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	141	151	187
Rank change year-on-year	+10	+36
Permanent jobs citing Network Security	95	116	134
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London	1.85%	1.83%	1.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	11.34%	11.09%	8.67%
Number of salaries quoted	83	92	115
Median salary	£57,500	£55,000	£60,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+4.54%	-8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than	£30,000	£40,250	£42,200
10% offered a salary of more than	£75,000	£82,500	£74,000
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£45,000

Network Security is in the communications and computer networking skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for communications and computer networking skills.

Communications & Computer Network Skills City of London
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications and computer networking skills	838	1046	1545
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the City of London	16.28%	16.48%	14.87%
Number of salaries quoted	736	914	1340
Median salary	£55,000	£55,000	£54,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+1.85%
90% offered a salary of more than	£29,000	£33,000	£32,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£75,000	£75,000	£71,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£42,000
% change year-on-year	-	+1.19%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the City of London citing Network Security as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Communications & Networking category.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the City of London

Network Security
Salary Trend in the City of London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Network Security in the City of London.

Salary trend for Network Security in the City of London

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the City of London

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Network Security in the City of London over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the City of London

Network Security
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, IT jobs citing Network Security also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for Network Security.

1	130 (65.66%)	Firewall
2	97 (48.99%)	Cisco
3	78 (39.39%)	Cisco Certification
4	74 (37.37%)	Finance
5	72 (36.36%)	Wireless
6	69 (34.85%)	Information Security
7	63 (31.82%)	Cisco ASA
8	58 (29.29%)	Palo Alto
9	57 (28.79%)	CheckPoint
10	54 (27.27%)	F5
11	53 (26.77%)	CCNP
12	51 (25.76%)	Juniper
13	50 (25.25%)	Linux
14	49 (24.75%)	Cybersecurity
15	46 (23.23%)	Windows

16	45 (22.73%)	VPN
17	42 (21.21%)	Data Centre
18	41 (20.71%)	SIEM
19	38 (19.19%)	FortiGate
20	37 (18.69%)	Cisco Wireless
21	36 (18.18%)	Fortinet
21	36 (18.18%)	WAN
22	33 (16.67%)	CISSP
22	33 (16.67%)	ISO/IEC 27001
23	32 (16.16%)	SonicWALL
24	30 (15.15%)	Aruba
24	30 (15.15%)	Analytical Skills
25	29 (14.65%)	Extreme Networks
25	29 (14.65%)	WatchGuard
25	29 (14.65%)	CCNA

Network Security
Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	8 (4.04%)	MS Exchange
2	6 (3.03%)	SharePoint
3	4 (2.02%)	Apache
3	4 (2.02%)	IBM Notes
3	4 (2.02%)	Skype for Business
4	3 (1.52%)	Elasticsearch
4	3 (1.52%)	IIS
4	3 (1.52%)	OpenStack
4	3 (1.52%)	Tomcat
5	2 (1.01%)	JBoss
5	2 (1.01%)	nginx
5	2 (1.01%)	WebLogic
6	1 (0.51%)	Apache ServiceMix
6	1 (0.51%)	Exchange Server 2010
6	1 (0.51%)	WebSphere

Applications
1	7 (3.54%)	Microsoft Office
2	1 (0.51%)	Microsoft Project
2	1 (0.51%)	MS Visio

Cloud Services
1	14 (7.07%)	Amazon AWS
2	7 (3.54%)	IaaS
2	7 (3.54%)	Microsoft Azure
2	7 (3.54%)	SaaS
3	5 (2.53%)	Cloud Computing
3	5 (2.53%)	Virtual Private Cloud
4	4 (2.02%)	Amazon EC2
4	4 (2.02%)	Amazon S3
5	3 (1.52%)	Amazon SQS
5	3 (1.52%)	AWS CloudFormation
5	3 (1.52%)	AWS Lambda
5	3 (1.52%)	Office 365
6	1 (0.51%)	Amazon ELB
6	1 (0.51%)	PaaS

Communications & Networking
1	130 (65.66%)	Firewall
2	72 (36.36%)	Wireless
3	63 (31.82%)	Cisco ASA
4	45 (22.73%)	VPN
5	37 (18.69%)	Cisco Wireless
6	36 (18.18%)	WAN
7	27 (13.64%)	LAN
8	25 (12.63%)	TCP/IP
9	22 (11.11%)	Cisco Nexus
10	21 (10.61%)	Intrusion Detection
11	20 (10.10%)	BGP
11	20 (10.10%)	DNS
12	18 (9.09%)	MPLS
13	17 (8.59%)	Spanning Tree
14	14 (7.07%)	BIG-IP
15	13 (6.57%)	F5 BIG-IP GTM
15	13 (6.57%)	F5 BIG-IP LTM
15	13 (6.57%)	IPsec
15	13 (6.57%)	OSPF
16	11 (5.56%)	Cisco IOS

Database & Business Intelligence
1	9 (4.55%)	SQL Server
2	4 (2.02%)	Amazon RDS
2	4 (2.02%)	PostgreSQL
3	3 (1.52%)	Amazon Redshift
3	3 (1.52%)	MySQL
4	1 (0.51%)	Big Data
4	1 (0.51%)	Data Warehouse
4	1 (0.51%)	MongoDB
4	1 (0.51%)	NoSQL

Development Applications
1	5 (2.53%)	Jenkins
1	5 (2.53%)	VSS/SourceSafe
2	3 (1.52%)	Burp Suite
2	3 (1.52%)	Metasploit
3	2 (1.01%)	Bitbucket
3	2 (1.01%)	Cucumber
3	2 (1.01%)	Sonatype Nexus
4	1 (0.51%)	Git (software)
4	1 (0.51%)	Hudson
4	1 (0.51%)	JMeter
4	1 (0.51%)	JUnit
4	1 (0.51%)	Maven
4	1 (0.51%)	Selenium
4	1 (0.51%)	Subversion
4	1 (0.51%)	Vagrant

General
1	74 (37.37%)	Finance
2	19 (9.60%)	Banking
3	12 (6.06%)	Telecoms
4	4 (2.02%)	Financial Institution
5	3 (1.52%)	Front Office
5	3 (1.52%)	Law
5	3 (1.52%)	Legal
6	1 (0.51%)	Investment Banking
6	1 (0.51%)	Marketing
6	1 (0.51%)	Music Industry
6	1 (0.51%)	Retail

Job Titles
1	64 (32.32%)	Network Engineer
2	61 (30.81%)	Security Engineer
3	43 (21.72%)	Network Security Engineer
4	41 (20.71%)	Analyst
5	29 (14.65%)	Security Analyst
6	21 (10.61%)	Firewall Engineer
7	15 (7.58%)	IT Analyst
8	13 (6.57%)	Cybersecurity Analyst
8	13 (6.57%)	Senior Network Engineer
9	12 (6.06%)	Information Security Engineer
9	12 (6.06%)	Security Specialist
10	11 (5.56%)	Information Analyst
10	11 (5.56%)	Information Security Analyst
10	11 (5.56%)	IT Security Analyst
10	11 (5.56%)	Linux Engineer
11	10 (5.05%)	Consultant
11	10 (5.05%)	Support Engineer
12	8 (4.04%)	Infrastructure Engineer
12	8 (4.04%)	Senior Security Engineer
12	8 (4.04%)	Support Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	19 (9.60%)	Web Services
2	11 (5.56%)	802.1X
3	2 (1.01%)	CSS
3	2 (1.01%)	J2EE
4	1 (0.51%)	Servlets
4	1 (0.51%)	XMPP

Miscellaneous
1	42 (21.21%)	Data Centre
2	30 (15.15%)	Analytical Skills
3	24 (12.12%)	Management Information System
4	12 (6.06%)	Clustering
4	12 (6.06%)	Linux Command Line
4	12 (6.06%)	PKI
5	11 (5.56%)	Computer Science
5	11 (5.56%)	Cyber Attack
6	7 (3.54%)	Fat Client
6	7 (3.54%)	Thin Client
7	5 (2.53%)	Fintech
7	5 (2.53%)	Hedge funds
7	5 (2.53%)	Video Conferencing
8	4 (2.02%)	Equities
8	4 (2.02%)	Security Operations Centre
9	3 (1.52%)	Distributed Denial-of-Service
9	3 (1.52%)	Replication
10	2 (1.01%)	Cybercrime
10	2 (1.01%)	Virtual Team
11	1 (0.51%)	Private Cloud

Operating Systems
1	50 (25.25%)	Linux
2	46 (23.23%)	Windows
3	24 (12.12%)	CentOS
4	20 (10.10%)	Ubuntu
4	20 (10.10%)	Windows Server
5	19 (9.60%)	Unix
6	18 (9.09%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7	13 (6.57%)	Windows Server 2008
7	13 (6.57%)	Windows Server 2012
8	9 (4.55%)	Debian
9	6 (3.03%)	Windows 7
10	5 (2.53%)	Kali Linux
11	4 (2.02%)	Windows 10
12	3 (1.52%)	Android
12	3 (1.52%)	Apple iOS
12	3 (1.52%)	Windows Mobile
13	2 (1.01%)	Windows 8
14	1 (0.51%)	Solaris

Processes & Methodologies
1	69 (34.85%)	Information Security
2	49 (24.75%)	Cybersecurity
3	41 (20.71%)	SIEM
4	27 (13.64%)	Security Operations
5	26 (13.13%)	Security Architecture
5	26 (13.13%)	Security Monitoring
6	24 (12.12%)	Vulnerability Management
7	22 (11.11%)	ITIL
8	20 (10.10%)	Kalman Filter
9	18 (9.09%)	Incident Management
10	17 (8.59%)	Risk Analysis
11	16 (8.08%)	Network Design
11	16 (8.08%)	Project Management
12	14 (7.07%)	Network Monitoring
13	13 (6.57%)	Load Balancing
14	11 (5.56%)	Data Analysis
14	11 (5.56%)	Data Visualisation
14	11 (5.56%)	High Availability
14	11 (5.56%)	Security Management
14	11 (5.56%)	Visualisation

Programming Languages
1	15 (7.58%)	Python
2	13 (6.57%)	SQL
3	8 (4.04%)	Java
3	8 (4.04%)	PowerShell
4	6 (3.03%)	Bash Shell
4	6 (3.03%)	Perl
4	6 (3.03%)	PHP
4	6 (3.03%)	Ruby
5	5 (2.53%)	C-shell
5	5 (2.53%)	Korn
6	2 (1.01%)	Shell Script
7	1 (0.51%)	C

Qualifications
1	78 (39.39%)	Cisco Certification
2	53 (26.77%)	CCNP
3	33 (16.67%)	CISSP
4	29 (14.65%)	CCNA
5	22 (11.11%)	CISM
6	21 (10.61%)	GIAC
7	20 (10.10%)	Degree
8	16 (8.08%)	CREST Certified
9	15 (7.58%)	CISA
10	14 (7.07%)	JNCIS
11	13 (6.57%)	JNCIA
12	12 (6.06%)	GCIH
12	12 (6.06%)	Security Cleared
13	11 (5.56%)	CEH
13	11 (5.56%)	SANS
14	10 (5.05%)	Linux+ Certification
14	10 (5.05%)	LPIC
14	10 (5.05%)	RHCA
14	10 (5.05%)	RHCE
14	10 (5.05%)	RHCSA

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	33 (16.67%)	ISO/IEC 27001
2	15 (7.58%)	PCI DSS
3	4 (2.02%)	QA
4	2 (1.01%)	SLA
5	1 (0.51%)	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5	1 (0.51%)	NIST 800
5	1 (0.51%)	PMO

System Software
1	23 (11.62%)	VMware Infrastructure
2	21 (10.61%)	Active Directory
3	9 (4.55%)	Hyper-V
4	8 (4.04%)	pfSense
5	7 (3.54%)	XenApp
6	5 (2.53%)	XenDesktop
7	4 (2.02%)	Microsoft App-V
7	4 (2.02%)	vSphere
8	3 (1.52%)	Docker
8	3 (1.52%)	Snort
8	3 (1.52%)	Virtual Desktop
9	1 (0.51%)	Firmware
9	1 (0.51%)	iptables
9	1 (0.51%)	ProxySG

Systems Management
1	38 (19.19%)	FortiGate
2	15 (7.58%)	SCCM
3	4 (2.02%)	Ansible
3	4 (2.02%)	Nessus
4	3 (1.52%)	OSSEC
4	3 (1.52%)	Puppet
5	2 (1.01%)	Cisco Prime
5	2 (1.01%)	Kubernetes
5	2 (1.01%)	SCOM
5	2 (1.01%)	SCSM
6	1 (0.51%)	Cisco CUCM
6	1 (0.51%)	HP NNM
6	1 (0.51%)	SELinux

Vendors
1	97 (48.99%)	Cisco
2	58 (29.29%)	Palo Alto
3	57 (28.79%)	CheckPoint
4	54 (27.27%)	F5
5	51 (25.76%)	Juniper
6	36 (18.18%)	Fortinet
7	32 (16.16%)	SonicWALL
8	30 (15.15%)	Aruba
9	29 (14.65%)	Extreme Networks
9	29 (14.65%)	WatchGuard
10	28 (14.14%)	Red Hat
11	27 (13.64%)	VMware
12	26 (13.13%)	Microsoft
13	18 (9.09%)	Citrix
14	11 (5.56%)	Riverbed
15	8 (4.04%)	LogRhythm
16	7 (3.54%)	McAfee
16	7 (3.54%)	Sourcefire
17	6 (3.03%)	Blue Coat
17	6 (3.03%)	HP