The first table below looks at the demand for Penetration Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Penetration Testing over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Penetration Testing
Rank 118 82 104
Rank change year-on-year
-36 +22
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 1 33 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 0.059% 1.943% 0.803%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.076% 2.525% 1.164%
Number of salaries quoted 1 33 15
Average salary £32,500 £57,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-43.47% +4.54%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £39,250 £44,000
% change year-on-year
+1.91% -10.79%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1318 1307 1289
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 78.13% 76.97% 69.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1148 1139 1020
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,125 £56,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Penetration Testing
South West

Penetration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol Penetration Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend

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

Bristol Penetration Testing Salary Trend

Penetration Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region citing Penetration 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 Penetration Testing.

1 11 (78.57%) Management Information System
1 11 (78.57%) Risk Management
2 10 (71.43%) UNIX
2 10 (71.43%) Windows
2 10 (71.43%) SIEM
2 10 (71.43%) Vulnerability Management
3 9 (64.29%) Android
3 9 (64.29%) Apple iOS
3 9 (64.29%) Linux
4 8 (57.14%) Informix
4 8 (57.14%) LDAP
4 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
4 8 (57.14%) Active Directory
5 7 (50.00%) MySQL
5 7 (50.00%) Oracle
5 7 (50.00%) SAP
5 7 (50.00%) ERP
5 7 (50.00%) Telecoms
5 7 (50.00%) Service Management
5 7 (50.00%) ITIL
5 7 (50.00%) SAP ERP
6 4 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 4 (28.57%) Incident Management
7 3 (21.43%) Security Testing
7 3 (21.43%) Business Continuity
8 2 (14.29%) Information Security
8 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (14.29%) Firewall
8 2 (14.29%) Electronics
8 2 (14.29%) Chip and PIN

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region citing Penetration 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 Penetration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (7.143%) COM
Business Applications
1 7 (50.00%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) LDAP
2 2 (14.29%) Firewall
3 1 (7.143%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (57.14%) Informix
2 7 (50.00%) MySQL
General
1 7 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (14.29%) Electronics
2 2 (14.29%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Principal Engineer
1 9 (64.29%) Principal Security Engineer
1 9 (64.29%) Security Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Security Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Security Specialist
2 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (7.143%) Security Operations Analyst
3 1 (7.143%) IT Security Analyst
3 1 (7.143%) Support Specialist
3 1 (7.143%) Operations Support Specialist
3 1 (7.143%) Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (78.57%) Management Information System
2 2 (14.29%) Chip and PIN
2 2 (14.29%) Cryptography
3 1 (7.143%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 10 (71.43%) UNIX
1 10 (71.43%) Windows
2 9 (64.29%) Android
2 9 (64.29%) Apple iOS
2 9 (64.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Risk Management
2 10 (71.43%) SIEM
2 10 (71.43%) Vulnerability Management
3 7 (50.00%) ERP
3 7 (50.00%) Service Management
3 7 (50.00%) ITIL
4 4 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 4 (28.57%) Incident Management
5 3 (21.43%) Security Testing
5 3 (21.43%) Business Continuity
6 2 (14.29%) Information Security
6 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (14.29%) Cyber Security
7 1 (7.143%) Computer Forensics
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.143%) Degree
System Software
1 8 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.143%) UAG
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (50.00%) Oracle
2 7 (50.00%) SAP
3 1 (7.143%) CheckPoint
3 1 (7.143%) Symantec
3 1 (7.143%) Cisco
3 1 (7.143%) VMware