The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Specialist in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Basingstoke region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Specialist
Rank 74 56 53
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 3 12 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 0.435% 1.954% 1.316%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.465% 2.051% 1.440%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 7
Average salary £52,500 £70,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.00% +16.66%
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-13.63% +10.00%
All Job Titles
Basingstoke
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
645 585 486
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 93.61% 95.28% 91.35%
Number of salaries quoted 510 451 358
Average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Specialist
Hampshire

Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Basingstoke Security Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Security Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Basingstoke Security Specialist Salary Trend

Security Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke region that cited Security Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 16 (66.67%) Windows
2 12 (50.00%) Finance
3 11 (45.83%) Linux
4 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
5 9 (37.50%) Cisco
5 9 (37.50%) Information Security
5 9 (37.50%) COBIT
6 8 (33.33%) PCI DSS
6 8 (33.33%) COSO
6 8 (33.33%) Change Management
6 8 (33.33%) Security Management
6 8 (33.33%) ITIL
6 8 (33.33%) UNIX
7 7 (29.17%) MS Excel
7 7 (29.17%) Firewall
7 7 (29.17%) Middleware
7 7 (29.17%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 7 (29.17%) Penetration Testing
8 6 (25.00%) PKI
8 6 (25.00%) SSH
8 6 (25.00%) SIEM
8 6 (25.00%) CISSP
8 6 (25.00%) AIX
8 6 (25.00%) Solaris
8 6 (25.00%) ATM
8 6 (25.00%) VPN
8 6 (25.00%) SSL
9 4 (16.67%) TCP/IP
9 4 (16.67%) Identity Management
9 4 (16.67%) PRINCE

Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke region that cited Security Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (29.17%) Middleware
2 2 (8.333%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.167%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 7 (29.17%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (29.17%) Firewall
2 6 (25.00%) SSH
2 6 (25.00%) ATM
2 6 (25.00%) VPN
2 6 (25.00%) SSL
3 4 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 4 (16.67%) Wireless
4 2 (8.333%) HTTP
5 1 (4.167%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (12.50%) Financial Institution
3 1 (4.167%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) PKI
2 3 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.167%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 16 (66.67%) Windows
2 11 (45.83%) Linux
3 8 (33.33%) UNIX
4 6 (25.00%) AIX
4 6 (25.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Information Security
2 8 (33.33%) Change Management
2 8 (33.33%) Security Management
2 8 (33.33%) ITIL
3 7 (29.17%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 7 (29.17%) Penetration Testing
4 6 (25.00%) SIEM
5 4 (16.67%) Identity Management
5 4 (16.67%) PRINCE
5 4 (16.67%) Reverse Engineering
5 4 (16.67%) Ethical Hacking
5 4 (16.67%) Data Security
6 3 (12.50%) Problem Management
6 3 (12.50%) Network Architecture
7 2 (8.333%) Security Testing
7 2 (8.333%) Document Management
8 1 (4.167%) Incident Management
8 1 (4.167%) Enterprise Architecture
8 1 (4.167%) OWASP
8 1 (4.167%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) Perl
2 2 (8.333%) C++
2 2 (8.333%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) CISSP
2 4 (16.67%) Degree
3 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.167%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (37.50%) COBIT
2 8 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 8 (33.33%) COSO
Systems Management
1 1 (4.167%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 9 (37.50%) Cisco
3 4 (16.67%) Tripwire
4 3 (12.50%) Nokia
4 3 (12.50%) Oracle
5 1 (4.167%) ArcSight
5 1 (4.167%) HP