The first table below looks at the demand for Information Assurance skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Assurance 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Assurance
Rank 111 107 104
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Information Assurance 7 6 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 0.406% 0.347% 0.649%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.522% 0.454% 0.920%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 11
Average salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.00% +4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,000 £38,900 £55,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,000 £64,000 £90,000
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-4.34% +9.52%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1342 1322 1304
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 77.84% 76.42% 70.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1161 1159 1018
Average salary £37,500 £39,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.06% +5.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Assurance
South West

Information Assurance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol Information Assurance Jobs Demand Trend

Information Assurance
Salary Trend

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

Bristol Information Assurance Salary Trend

Information Assurance
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Assurance across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bristol Information Assurance Salary Histogram

Information Assurance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region citing Information Assurance 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 Information Assurance.

1 27 (81.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (75.76%) Security Cleared
3 24 (72.73%) Firewall
4 23 (69.70%) Internet
4 23 (69.70%) BS7799
4 23 (69.70%) Business Continuity
4 23 (69.70%) DV Cleared
4 23 (69.70%) Risk Analysis
4 23 (69.70%) HMG Infosec
4 23 (69.70%) PKI
4 23 (69.70%) Security Architecture
5 17 (51.52%) SC Cleared
6 14 (42.42%) Information Security
7 7 (21.21%) Management Information System
8 6 (18.18%) Information Security Management
8 6 (18.18%) Security Management
8 6 (18.18%) ISMS
9 5 (15.15%) Risk Management
10 4 (12.12%) CISSP
10 4 (12.12%) QMS
10 4 (12.12%) Quality Management
10 4 (12.12%) Degree
11 3 (9.091%) Information Management
11 3 (9.091%) Asset Management
11 3 (9.091%) Data Management
11 3 (9.091%) Performance Management
11 3 (9.091%) Data Migration
11 3 (9.091%) Data Integration
11 3 (9.091%) Informatica
11 3 (9.091%) Business Intelligence

Information Assurance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region citing Information Assurance 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 Information Assurance. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 24 (72.73%) Firewall
2 23 (69.70%) Internet
3 1 (3.030%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.030%) Network Security
3 1 (3.030%) IPsec
3 1 (3.030%) DHCP
3 1 (3.030%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.030%) VPN
3 1 (3.030%) DNS
3 1 (3.030%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.030%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 25 (75.76%) Consultant
2 23 (69.70%) CLAS Consultant
3 22 (66.67%) Information Assurance Consultant
4 5 (15.15%) Analyst
4 5 (15.15%) Security Analyst
5 4 (12.12%) Information Security Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) Security Officer
5 4 (12.12%) Information Analyst
5 4 (12.12%) Security Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) Information Security Analyst
5 4 (12.12%) Information Security Officer
6 3 (9.091%) Technical Leader
7 2 (6.061%) Security Consultant
7 2 (6.061%) Information Security Consultant
8 1 (3.030%) IT Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 23 (69.70%) PKI
2 7 (21.21%) Management Information System
3 3 (9.091%) Data Integration
4 2 (6.061%) Cryptography
5 1 (3.030%) RMADS
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.030%) Windows
1 1 (3.030%) Windows XP
1 1 (3.030%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (3.030%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (3.030%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (69.70%) Business Continuity
1 23 (69.70%) Risk Analysis
1 23 (69.70%) Security Architecture
2 14 (42.42%) Information Security
3 6 (18.18%) Information Security Management
3 6 (18.18%) Security Management
3 6 (18.18%) ISMS
4 5 (15.15%) Risk Management
5 4 (12.12%) QMS
5 4 (12.12%) Quality Management
6 3 (9.091%) Information Management
6 3 (9.091%) Asset Management
6 3 (9.091%) Data Management
6 3 (9.091%) Performance Management
6 3 (9.091%) Data Migration
6 3 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (9.091%) ETL
6 3 (9.091%) Migration
6 3 (9.091%) Master Data Management
6 3 (9.091%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.030%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (75.76%) Security Cleared
2 23 (69.70%) DV Cleared
3 17 (51.52%) SC Cleared
4 4 (12.12%) CISSP
4 4 (12.12%) Degree
5 1 (3.030%) CCNA
5 1 (3.030%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (81.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (69.70%) BS7799
2 23 (69.70%) HMG Infosec
3 3 (9.091%) Data Quality
4 2 (6.061%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (3.030%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.030%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.030%) vSphere
1 1 (3.030%) Forefront TMG
Vendors
1 3 (9.091%) Informatica
1 3 (9.091%) Ab Initio
2 1 (3.030%) Tripwire
2 1 (3.030%) McAfee
2 1 (3.030%) VMware
2 1 (3.030%) Cisco
2 1 (3.030%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.030%) HP
2 1 (3.030%) Dell