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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Consultant
Rank 177 171 159
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 38 52 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.739% 0.848% 0.718%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.784% 0.897% 0.763%
Number of salaries quoted 33 41 25
Average salary £50,000 £52,500 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% -16.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,200 £44,000 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £64,000 £57,500 £68,000
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year
- +2.32%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4848 5795 4847
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 94.23% 94.49% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3844 4947 4021
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,350 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Consultant
South East

Security Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Security Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Security Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Security Consultant Salary Trend

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram

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

Berkshire Security Consultant Salary Histogram

Security Consultant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant 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 +6 22 £55,000 +3.77%
Bracknell -28 2 - -
Security Consultant
South East

Security Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Security Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title.

1 31 (43.66%) Information Security
2 28 (39.44%) CheckPoint
2 28 (39.44%) Juniper
2 28 (39.44%) Cisco
3 26 (36.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (32.39%) CISSP
5 20 (28.17%) Windows
6 19 (26.76%) TCP/IP
7 18 (25.35%) Network Security
7 18 (25.35%) PCI DSS
8 17 (23.94%) F5
8 17 (23.94%) Firewall
9 16 (22.54%) Blue Coat
9 16 (22.54%) McAfee
10 15 (21.13%) CCSE
11 14 (19.72%) CCSA
11 14 (19.72%) Sourcefire
11 14 (19.72%) Project Management
12 12 (16.90%) Risk Management
13 11 (15.49%) JNCIA
13 11 (15.49%) LAN
13 11 (15.49%) UNIX
13 11 (15.49%) Security Cleared
14 10 (14.08%) SC Cleared
14 10 (14.08%) PRINCE2
14 10 (14.08%) VPN
14 10 (14.08%) Telecoms
15 9 (12.68%) Finance
15 9 (12.68%) JNCIE
15 9 (12.68%) IBM

Security Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Security Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (5.634%) JSP
1 4 (5.634%) Regular Expression
2 2 (2.817%) XML
2 2 (2.817%) J2EE
2 2 (2.817%) CSS
2 2 (2.817%) Hibernate
2 2 (2.817%) Spring
2 2 (2.817%) Java EE
2 2 (2.817%) HTML5
3 1 (1.408%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.634%) IIS
1 4 (5.634%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (9.859%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 19 (26.76%) TCP/IP
2 18 (25.35%) Network Security
3 17 (23.94%) Firewall
4 11 (15.49%) LAN
5 10 (14.08%) VPN
6 8 (11.27%) WAN
7 6 (8.451%) Wireless
7 6 (8.451%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (7.042%) BGP
8 5 (7.042%) Cisco PIX
8 5 (7.042%) MPLS
9 4 (5.634%) OSPF
9 4 (5.634%) RIP
9 4 (5.634%) WLAN
9 4 (5.634%) Unified Communications
9 4 (5.634%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (4.225%) Junos
11 2 (2.817%) Internet
11 2 (2.817%) DHCP
11 2 (2.817%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.451%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.634%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.408%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 4 (5.634%) QuickTest Pro
1 4 (5.634%) LoadRunner
1 4 (5.634%) SilkTest
General
1 10 (14.08%) Telecoms
2 9 (12.68%) Finance
3 7 (9.859%) Retail
4 3 (4.225%) Banking
5 1 (1.408%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.634%) Management Information System
1 4 (5.634%) RMADS
2 3 (4.225%) Kindle
2 3 (4.225%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.817%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.817%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.408%) SaaS
4 1 (1.408%) CESG
4 1 (1.408%) CESG CLAS
4 1 (1.408%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (28.17%) Windows
2 11 (15.49%) UNIX
3 4 (5.634%) Windows XP
3 4 (5.634%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (5.634%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (5.634%) Windows 7
4 2 (2.817%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (43.66%) Information Security
2 14 (19.72%) Project Management
3 12 (16.90%) Risk Management
4 10 (14.08%) PRINCE2
5 9 (12.68%) Security Architecture
6 8 (11.27%) Data Protection
7 7 (9.859%) ISMS
8 6 (8.451%) Validation
9 5 (7.042%) Network Design
9 5 (7.042%) ITIL
9 5 (7.042%) Information Assurance
9 5 (7.042%) SIEM
10 4 (5.634%) Non-Functional Testing
10 4 (5.634%) Test Scripting
10 4 (5.634%) Test Automation
10 4 (5.634%) Automated Testing
10 4 (5.634%) Regression Testing
10 4 (5.634%) Migration
11 3 (4.225%) Stakeholder Management
11 3 (4.225%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.859%) SQL
2 2 (2.817%) Java
3 1 (1.408%) Perl
3 1 (1.408%) PHP
3 1 (1.408%) Python
3 1 (1.408%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 23 (32.39%) CISSP
2 15 (21.13%) CCSE
3 14 (19.72%) CCSA
4 11 (15.49%) JNCIA
4 11 (15.49%) Security Cleared
5 10 (14.08%) SC Cleared
6 9 (12.68%) JNCIE
7 8 (11.27%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (7.042%) CCIE
8 5 (7.042%) CCNP
9 4 (5.634%) ISEB
10 3 (4.225%) DV Cleared
10 3 (4.225%) Degree
10 3 (4.225%) PCI QSA
11 2 (2.817%) GSEC
11 2 (2.817%) JNCIS
11 2 (2.817%) CISA
11 2 (2.817%) CISM
11 2 (2.817%) CSSLP
11 2 (2.817%) GCED
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (36.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (25.35%) PCI DSS
3 6 (8.451%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (7.042%) COBIT
5 3 (4.225%) ISO 9001
6 2 (2.817%) JSP 440
7 1 (1.408%) BS7799
System Software
1 7 (9.859%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.042%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.634%) VMware ESX
3 4 (5.634%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 4 (5.634%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.408%) Nessus
Vendors
1 28 (39.44%) Cisco
1 28 (39.44%) Juniper
1 28 (39.44%) CheckPoint
2 17 (23.94%) F5
3 16 (22.54%) McAfee
3 16 (22.54%) Blue Coat
4 14 (19.72%) Sourcefire
5 9 (12.68%) IBM
6 7 (9.859%) Microsoft
6 7 (9.859%) HP
7 5 (7.042%) VMware
8 4 (5.634%) Oracle
8 4 (5.634%) Fortinet
8 4 (5.634%) Fujitsu
9 3 (4.225%) Crossbeam
9 3 (4.225%) Twitter
10 2 (2.817%) Symantec
11 1 (1.408%) Websense
11 1 (1.408%) Nortel
11 1 (1.408%) Citrix
Berkshire
Your role will be to participate in teh delivery of consultancy assignments in Information and Technical Security projects. At least 3 years experience in customer facing support, presales...
OSM Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + company benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
IT SECURITY /27001 CONSULTANTS OF THE WORLD, WHERE ARE YOU?! /PCI / 27001 £40-60k packages - Reading or home-based. Very interesting role for mid-level person! 27001 knowledge...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + CAR, inc OTE, training/certs
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
A blue chip client is looking for an experienced Information Security and Risk Consultant.
Hudson
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 27 April 2013
Slough, South East
A highly successful global Managed Services and IT solutions Provider with a solid reputation seeks a high-calibre Software and Virtualisation Pre-sales Consultant for a home based...
GSA Techsource
Salary: GBP55000 to GBP65000 per annum + Benefits: Car Allowance + Bonus
Posted: 8 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
CCIE Network Security Architect required for Data Centre specialist Cisco Gold Partner... You: *Must have good experience and current accreditation in Cisco and Juniper security solutions. *ASA, Pix,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £65000 - £70000 per annum + Car Allowance
Posted: 14 May 2013