The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Abingdon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Abingdon region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 27 22 -
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 8 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Abingdon 5.594% 0.917% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.091% 1.613% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 0
Average salary £35,225 £62,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-43.64% -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.38%
All Processes & Methodologies
Abingdon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
88 62 76
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Abingdon 61.54% 56.88% 55.07%
Number of salaries quoted 70 61 65
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £27,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
Oxfordshire

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Information Security across the Abingdon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Abingdon Information Security Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security
Salary Trend

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

Abingdon Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Abingdon region citing Information 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 Information Security.

1 10 (100.00%) Internet
1 10 (100.00%) Blog
2 8 (80.00%) Network Security
2 8 (80.00%) Law
2 8 (80.00%) Firewall
2 8 (80.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (20.00%) Workflow
3 2 (20.00%) DNS
3 2 (20.00%) HTML
3 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (20.00%) SMTP

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Abingdon region citing Information 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 Information Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (20.00%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) Internet
2 8 (80.00%) Network Security
2 8 (80.00%) Firewall
2 8 (80.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (20.00%) DNS
3 2 (20.00%) SMTP
General
1 8 (80.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Analyst
1 7 (70.00%) Security Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) Network Security Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) Network Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) JavaScript