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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Officer
Rank 113 99 86
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Officer 5 1 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.294% 0.067% 0.372%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.311% 0.070% 0.389%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 3
Average salary £45,000 £34,500 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.43% +16.94%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £51,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-12.19% +7.89%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1610 1423 1284
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.71% 96.02% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1351 1272 1115
Average salary £42,255 £39,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.34% +4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £23,750
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Officer
West Midlands

Security Officer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Security Officer Jobs Demand Trend

Security Officer
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Security Officer Salary Trend

Security Officer
Top 20 Related IT Skills

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

1 8 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 8 (100.00%) Security Management
1 8 (100.00%) CISM
1 8 (100.00%) Information Security
1 8 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (87.50%) CISA
2 7 (87.50%) Business Continuity
3 4 (50.00%) Law
3 4 (50.00%) ISO 9001
3 4 (50.00%) IRCA
3 4 (50.00%) CISSP
4 2 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 2 (25.00%) PCI DSS
5 1 (12.50%) ISMS
5 1 (12.50%) Legal
5 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (12.50%) HTTP
5 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 1 (12.50%) Finance

Security Officer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) HTTP
General
1 4 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 8 (100.00%) Security Management
1 8 (100.00%) Information Security
2 7 (87.50%) Business Continuity
3 2 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (12.50%) ISMS
4 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) CISM
2 7 (87.50%) CISA
3 4 (50.00%) IRCA
3 4 (50.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (50.00%) ISO 9001
3 2 (25.00%) PCI DSS