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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Security Specialist
Rank - 220 208
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Specialist 0 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire - 0.032% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.034% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £62,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-24.00% +47.05%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4901 5818 4903
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 94.07% 94.43% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3900 4958 4077
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
IT Security Specialist
South East

IT Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire IT Security Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

IT Security Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire IT Security Specialist Salary Trend

IT Security Specialist
Top 19 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (66.67%) Firewall
1 6 (66.67%) Network Security
2 5 (55.56%) SIEM
3 2 (22.22%) PCI DSS
3 2 (22.22%) COBIT
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Banking
3 2 (22.22%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (22.22%) ITIL
4 1 (11.11%) Windows
4 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
4 1 (11.11%) B2B
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
4 1 (11.11%) CheckPoint
4 1 (11.11%) Business Development
4 1 (11.11%) Sourcefire
4 1 (11.11%) WatchGuard
4 1 (11.11%) FMCG

IT Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) Firewall
1 6 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (22.22%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
1 2 (22.22%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) SIEM
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) B2B
3 1 (11.11%) Business Development
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) PCI DSS
1 2 (22.22%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) CheckPoint
1 1 (11.11%) Sourcefire
1 1 (11.11%) WatchGuard