The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Specialist 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 Specialist 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Specialist
Rank 78 - 90
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 38 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 2.267% - 0.301%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.394% - 0.313%
Number of salaries quoted 29 0 4
Average salary £40,000 - £43,750
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 - £42,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 - £69,500
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-13.63% +10.00%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1587 1402 1278
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.69% 96.49% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1333 1251 1113
Average salary £41,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Specialist
West Midlands

Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Security Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Security Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Security Specialist Salary Trend

Security Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 58 (96.67%) CISSP
2 52 (86.67%) Cisco Certification
3 41 (68.33%) SIEM
4 40 (66.67%) Firewall
5 38 (63.33%) CCNA
6 36 (60.00%) ACSA
7 31 (51.67%) Java
7 31 (51.67%) JavaScript
8 29 (48.33%) Sentinel
9 23 (38.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 21 (35.00%) Risk Management
11 20 (33.33%) Internet
12 18 (30.00%) Intrusion Detection
13 17 (28.33%) Computer Forensics
14 16 (26.67%) Management Information System
15 14 (23.33%) CCSP
15 14 (23.33%) CEH
16 12 (20.00%) Network Security
17 8 (13.33%) Security Cleared
18 7 (11.67%) SLA
18 7 (11.67%) SC Cleared
18 7 (11.67%) Vulnerability Management
19 5 (8.333%) SCSA
20 3 (5.000%) Law
20 3 (5.000%) Information Security
20 3 (5.000%) SQL
20 3 (5.000%) ITIL
20 3 (5.000%) Windows
20 3 (5.000%) CISA
20 3 (5.000%) CISM

Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications
1 29 (48.33%) Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 40 (66.67%) Firewall
2 20 (33.33%) Internet
3 18 (30.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 12 (20.00%) Network Security
5 2 (3.333%) Cisco ASA
General
1 3 (5.000%) Law
2 1 (1.667%) Banking
2 1 (1.667%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 16 (26.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.000%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (68.33%) SIEM
2 23 (38.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 21 (35.00%) Risk Management
4 17 (28.33%) Computer Forensics
5 7 (11.67%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (5.000%) Information Security
6 3 (5.000%) ITIL
7 2 (3.333%) Ethical Hacking
7 2 (3.333%) Resource Management
7 2 (3.333%) Service Delivery
8 1 (1.667%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 31 (51.67%) Java
1 31 (51.67%) JavaScript
2 3 (5.000%) SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (96.67%) CISSP
2 52 (86.67%) Cisco Certification
3 38 (63.33%) CCNA
4 36 (60.00%) ACSA
5 14 (23.33%) CEH
5 14 (23.33%) CCSP
6 8 (13.33%) Security Cleared
7 7 (11.67%) SC Cleared
8 5 (8.333%) SCSA
9 3 (5.000%) CISA
9 3 (5.000%) CISM
10 2 (3.333%) CCSE
11 1 (1.667%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.67%) SLA
2 3 (5.000%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (3.333%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (3.333%) Cisco
1 2 (3.333%) CheckPoint
1 2 (3.333%) McAfee
1 2 (3.333%) Sourcefire
1 2 (3.333%) Imperva
Birmingham, West Midlands
This activity will account for 10% of the time worked The role holder will be responsible for delivering periodic and ad-hoc host Vulnerability Assessments and Application security...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + 25% shift allowance + bens
Posted: 9 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
This activity will account for 10% of the time worked The role holder will be responsible for delivering periodic and ad-hoc host Vulnerability Assessments and Application security...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + 25% shift allowance + bens
Posted: 26 April 2013