The first table below looks at the demand for Information Assurance skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Assurance over the 3 months to 17 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Assurance
Rank 200 207 191
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -16
Permanent jobs citing Information Assurance 15 16 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.292% 0.261% 0.097%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.421% 0.373% 0.142%
Number of salaries quoted 11 12 0
Average salary £60,000 £81,250 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.15% -
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-4.34% +9.52%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3567 4292 3513
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 69.33% 69.98% 68.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2719 3622 2916
Average salary £47,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.44% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Assurance
South East

Information Assurance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Information Assurance Jobs Demand Trend

Information Assurance
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Information Assurance Salary Trend

Information Assurance
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Assurance across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire Information Assurance Salary Histogram

Information Assurance
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Assurance within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Reading +11 13 £60,000 +12.14%
Slough - 8 £60,000 -
Information Assurance
South East

Information Assurance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Information Assurance 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 Assurance.

1 20 (76.92%) CISSP
2 16 (61.54%) Information Security
3 12 (46.15%) Management Information System
4 11 (42.31%) Security Cleared
5 10 (38.46%) SC Cleared
5 10 (38.46%) Security Management
6 9 (34.62%) CISA
6 9 (34.62%) CISM
7 8 (30.77%) Retail
7 8 (30.77%) ITIL V3
7 8 (30.77%) ITIL
7 8 (30.77%) CESG
7 8 (30.77%) CESG CLAS
8 7 (26.92%) Telecoms
8 7 (26.92%) Fujitsu
9 6 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (23.08%) DV Cleared
9 6 (23.08%) Finance
10 5 (19.23%) RMADS
11 4 (15.38%) Degree
11 4 (15.38%) JSP 440
12 3 (11.54%) SIEM
12 3 (11.54%) PCI DSS
13 2 (7.692%) Regular Expression
13 2 (7.692%) Security Testing
13 2 (7.692%) Banking
13 2 (7.692%) MS Excel
13 2 (7.692%) SQL
13 2 (7.692%) JSP
13 2 (7.692%) Microsoft

Information Assurance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Information Assurance 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 Assurance. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (7.692%) JSP
1 2 (7.692%) Regular Expression
2 1 (3.846%) CGI
Applications
1 2 (7.692%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.846%) Internet
1 1 (3.846%) Firewall
1 1 (3.846%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 8 (30.77%) Retail
2 7 (26.92%) Telecoms
3 6 (23.08%) Finance
4 2 (7.692%) Banking
5 1 (3.846%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Security Manager
2 9 (34.62%) Architect
2 9 (34.62%) Security Architect
2 9 (34.62%) Information Manager
2 9 (34.62%) Information Security Manager
2 9 (34.62%) IT Security Manager
3 7 (26.92%) Consultant
4 5 (19.23%) Security Consultant
5 3 (11.54%) Lead Architect
6 2 (7.692%) IT Security Consultant
6 2 (7.692%) Professional Services Consultant
6 2 (7.692%) IT Consultant
7 1 (3.846%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.846%) Security Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.846%) Information Assurance Consultant
7 1 (3.846%) CLAS Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 12 (46.15%) Management Information System
2 8 (30.77%) CESG
2 8 (30.77%) CESG CLAS
3 5 (19.23%) RMADS
4 1 (3.846%) Client/Server
4 1 (3.846%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (61.54%) Information Security
2 10 (38.46%) Security Management
3 8 (30.77%) ITIL
3 8 (30.77%) ITIL V3
4 3 (11.54%) SIEM
5 2 (7.692%) Security Testing
5 2 (7.692%) Project Management
6 1 (3.846%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.846%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (3.846%) Network Design
6 1 (3.846%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (3.846%) Incident Management
6 1 (3.846%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (3.846%) Data Protection
6 1 (3.846%) Security Architecture
6 1 (3.846%) Change Control
6 1 (3.846%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.692%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (76.92%) CISSP
2 11 (42.31%) Security Cleared
3 10 (38.46%) SC Cleared
4 9 (34.62%) CISA
4 9 (34.62%) CISM
5 6 (23.08%) DV Cleared
6 4 (15.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (15.38%) JSP 440
3 3 (11.54%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) Fujitsu
2 2 (7.692%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.846%) Qualys