The first table below looks at the demand for Communications Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Communications Security over the 3 months to 24 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 Basingstoke region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Communications Security (COMSEC)
Rank 63 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Communications Security 14 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 2.032% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.811% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+73.33% -6.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
Basingstoke
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
498 463 409
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 72.28% 75.41% 76.88%
Number of salaries quoted 383 355 298
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £44,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +2.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £32,550 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £60,000 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Communications Security
Hampshire

Communications Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Basingstoke Communications Security Jobs Demand Trend

Communications Security
Salary Trend

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

Basingstoke Communications Security Salary Trend

Communications Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke region citing Communications 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 Communications Security.

1 17 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 17 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 17 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 17 (100.00%) Military
1 17 (100.00%) Information Management
2 15 (88.24%) Degree
2 15 (88.24%) Electronics
3 14 (82.35%) Security Cleared
3 14 (82.35%) SC Cleared
4 12 (70.59%) Resource Management
4 12 (70.59%) Network Security
4 12 (70.59%) CISSP
5 11 (64.71%) Information Security
6 10 (58.82%) CISM
6 10 (58.82%) Firewall
6 10 (58.82%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (58.82%) Check Point Certification
6 10 (58.82%) Juniper
6 10 (58.82%) CheckPoint
6 10 (58.82%) McAfee
6 10 (58.82%) Cisco
6 10 (58.82%) Information Assurance
6 10 (58.82%) CEH
6 10 (58.82%) Network Design
6 10 (58.82%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 10 (58.82%) Blue Coat
7 7 (41.18%) Change Control
8 5 (29.41%) Chip and PIN
9 3 (17.65%) UML
9 3 (17.65%) C

Communications Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke region citing Communications 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 Communications Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 12 (70.59%) Network Security
2 10 (58.82%) Firewall
3 2 (11.76%) LAN
General
1 17 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 17 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 17 (100.00%) Military
2 15 (88.24%) Electronics
3 3 (17.65%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Security Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Software Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) IT Consultant
2 3 (17.65%) Consultant
2 3 (17.65%) Security Consultant
2 3 (17.65%) IT Security Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) IT Security Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Security Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Network Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Network Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 17 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (29.41%) Chip and PIN
3 2 (11.76%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Information Management
2 12 (70.59%) Resource Management
3 11 (64.71%) Information Security
4 10 (58.82%) Information Assurance
4 10 (58.82%) Network Design
4 10 (58.82%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 7 (41.18%) Change Control
6 3 (17.65%) UML
6 3 (17.65%) Validation
6 3 (17.65%) Requirements Management
6 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
6 3 (17.65%) Digital Signal Processing
6 3 (17.65%) Signal Processing
7 2 (11.76%) Security Testing
7 2 (11.76%) SIEM
7 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (11.76%) Cyber Security
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) C
1 3 (17.65%) C++
Qualifications
1 15 (88.24%) Degree
2 14 (82.35%) Security Cleared
2 14 (82.35%) SC Cleared
3 12 (70.59%) CISSP
4 10 (58.82%) CISM
4 10 (58.82%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (58.82%) Check Point Certification
4 10 (58.82%) CEH
5 3 (17.65%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
6 2 (11.76%) MCP
6 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) Juniper
1 10 (58.82%) CheckPoint
1 10 (58.82%) McAfee
1 10 (58.82%) Cisco
1 10 (58.82%) Blue Coat
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft