The first table below looks at the demand for SIEM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SIEM 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 Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Rank 84 85 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 29 12 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.740% 0.826% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.341% 1.195% -
Number of salaries quoted 25 8 0
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £47,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.26% +35.71%
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%
SIEM
West Midlands

SIEM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham SIEM Jobs Demand Trend

SIEM
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham SIEM Salary Trend

SIEM
Salary Histogram

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

Birmingham SIEM Salary Histogram

SIEM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 51 (89.47%) CISSP
2 48 (84.21%) Cisco Certification
2 48 (84.21%) CCNA
3 47 (82.46%) Firewall
4 46 (80.70%) ACSA
5 39 (68.42%) Java
5 39 (68.42%) JavaScript
6 38 (66.67%) Sentinel
7 29 (50.88%) Risk Management
7 29 (50.88%) Internet
8 27 (47.37%) Intrusion Detection
9 26 (45.61%) Computer Forensics
10 23 (40.35%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 16 (28.07%) Management Information System
11 16 (28.07%) Security Cleared
12 15 (26.32%) SC Cleared
13 12 (21.05%) Network Security
14 7 (12.28%) SLA
15 6 (10.53%) Juniper
15 6 (10.53%) CheckPoint
15 6 (10.53%) Blue Coat
15 6 (10.53%) F5
15 6 (10.53%) LogLogic
15 6 (10.53%) Q1 Labs
16 5 (8.772%) SCSA
17 4 (7.018%) Vulnerability Management
18 2 (3.509%) Imperva
18 2 (3.509%) Resource Management
18 2 (3.509%) Sourcefire
18 2 (3.509%) McAfee

SIEM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications
1 38 (66.67%) Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 47 (82.46%) Firewall
2 29 (50.88%) Internet
3 27 (47.37%) Intrusion Detection
4 12 (21.05%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 41 (71.93%) Security Specialist
2 15 (26.32%) Security Engineer
3 8 (14.04%) Network Engineer
3 8 (14.04%) Network Security Engineer
4 4 (7.018%) IT Security Engineer
5 2 (3.509%) Network Specialist
5 2 (3.509%) Network Security Specialist
5 2 (3.509%) Network Support
5 2 (3.509%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 1 (1.754%) Analyst
6 1 (1.754%) Support Specialist
6 1 (1.754%) Security Analyst
6 1 (1.754%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (1.754%) Senior Network Security Engineer
6 1 (1.754%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (28.07%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (50.88%) Risk Management
2 26 (45.61%) Computer Forensics
3 23 (40.35%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 4 (7.018%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (3.509%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (68.42%) Java
1 39 (68.42%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 51 (89.47%) CISSP
2 48 (84.21%) Cisco Certification
2 48 (84.21%) CCNA
3 46 (80.70%) ACSA
4 16 (28.07%) Security Cleared
5 15 (26.32%) SC Cleared
6 5 (8.772%) SCSA
7 1 (1.754%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.28%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (10.53%) Juniper
1 6 (10.53%) CheckPoint
1 6 (10.53%) Blue Coat
1 6 (10.53%) F5
1 6 (10.53%) LogLogic
1 6 (10.53%) Q1 Labs
2 2 (3.509%) Sourcefire
2 2 (3.509%) Imperva
2 2 (3.509%) McAfee