The first table below looks at the demand for Security Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Testing over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Testing
Rank 110 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.180% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.242% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £45,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +42.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1239 1004 831
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 74.33% 69.10% 63.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1045 874 709
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 £69,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Security Testing
West Midlands

Security Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Security Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Security Testing
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Security Testing Salary Trend

Security Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Testing across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Birmingham Security Testing Salary Histogram

Security Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Security Testing 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 Security Testing.

1 4 (80.00%) Integration Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Test Scripting
1 4 (80.00%) Performance Testing
2 3 (60.00%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (60.00%) Release Management
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) HP
3 2 (40.00%) ISEB
3 2 (40.00%) ISEB Practitioner
3 2 (40.00%) Automated Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Advertising
3 2 (40.00%) Statistical Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (40.00%) Usability Testing
3 2 (40.00%) QA
3 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
4 1 (20.00%) C#
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Automation Testing
4 1 (20.00%) System Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Selenium
4 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
4 1 (20.00%) UNIX
4 1 (20.00%) HPUX
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (20.00%) Apache

Security Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (20.00%) Apache
1 1 (20.00%) Tomcat
1 1 (20.00%) WebLogic Integration
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (20.00%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (40.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Test Leader
2 2 (40.00%) QA Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Quality Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) N-Tier
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) UNIX
1 1 (20.00%) HPUX
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Performance Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Integration Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (60.00%) Release Management
3 2 (40.00%) Usability Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Automated Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Statistical Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) System Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Automation Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (20.00%) SOA
4 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) VB
2 1 (20.00%) FoxPro (VFP)
2 1 (20.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ISEB
1 2 (40.00%) ISEB Practitioner
1 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) TIBCO
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft