The first table below looks at the demand for Computer Forensics skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Forensics over the 3 months to 21 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Forensics
Rank 100 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Computer Forensics 14 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.830% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.117% - -
Number of salaries quoted 13 0 0
Average salary £45,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £34,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+14.70% -9.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1253 1000 828
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 74.32% 69.06% 63.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1056 871 706
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £27,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Computer Forensics
West Midlands

Computer Forensics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Computer Forensics Jobs Demand Trend

Computer Forensics
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Computer Forensics across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Computer Forensics Salary Trend

Computer Forensics
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Computer Forensics 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 Computer Forensics.

1 26 (100.00%) CCNA
1 26 (100.00%) CISSP
1 26 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 26 (100.00%) Internet
1 26 (100.00%) Firewall
1 26 (100.00%) Sentinel
1 26 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 26 (100.00%) ACSA
1 26 (100.00%) SIEM
2 25 (96.15%) Risk Management
2 25 (96.15%) Java
2 25 (96.15%) JavaScript
3 19 (73.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 16 (61.54%) Management Information System
5 11 (42.31%) Security Cleared
6 10 (38.46%) SC Cleared
7 2 (7.692%) Network Security

Computer Forensics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Computer Forensics 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 Computer Forensics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 26 (100.00%) Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 26 (100.00%) Internet
1 26 (100.00%) Firewall
1 26 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (7.692%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 17 (65.38%) Security Specialist
2 9 (34.62%) Security Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) IT Security Engineer
4 2 (7.692%) Network Engineer
4 2 (7.692%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (3.846%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (3.846%) Senior Network Security Engineer
5 1 (3.846%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (61.54%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) SIEM
2 25 (96.15%) Risk Management
3 19 (73.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 25 (96.15%) Java
1 25 (96.15%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 26 (100.00%) CCNA
1 26 (100.00%) CISSP
1 26 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 26 (100.00%) ACSA
2 11 (42.31%) Security Cleared
3 10 (38.46%) SC Cleared