The first table below looks at the demand for Vulnerability Assessment skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Vulnerability Assessment 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
Vulnerability Assessment
Rank 116 93 104
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +11
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 2 20 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 0.116% 1.156% 0.649%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.149% 1.513% 0.920%
Number of salaries quoted 2 19 12
Average salary £30,750 £57,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-46.52% +4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,350 £44,000 £50,000
10% offered a salary of more than £32,150 £57,500 £78,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year
-15.00% +2.04%
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%
Vulnerability Assessment
South West

Vulnerability Assessment
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol Vulnerability Assessment Jobs Demand Trend

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Trend

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

Bristol Vulnerability Assessment Salary Trend

Vulnerability Assessment
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (83.33%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Security Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 4 (66.67%) Telecoms
3 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (50.00%) Electronics
3 3 (50.00%) Chip and PIN
3 3 (50.00%) Military
3 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) Firewall
3 3 (50.00%) Cyber Security
4 2 (33.33%) Cisco
4 2 (33.33%) Windows
4 2 (33.33%) SQL
4 2 (33.33%) VPN
4 2 (33.33%) Cryptography
4 2 (33.33%) VMware
5 1 (16.67%) IPsec
5 1 (16.67%) Tripwire
5 1 (16.67%) Computer Forensics
5 1 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (16.67%) Information Security
5 1 (16.67%) DNS
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
5 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
5 1 (16.67%) DHCP
5 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP

Vulnerability Assessment
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (16.67%) IPsec
3 1 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (16.67%) DNS
3 1 (16.67%) DHCP
3 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 3 (50.00%) Electronics
2 3 (50.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Security Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) IT Security Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Support Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) Security Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Operations Support Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 3 (50.00%) Chip and PIN
3 2 (33.33%) Cryptography
4 1 (16.67%) PKI
4 1 (16.67%) RMADS
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Security Testing
3 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (50.00%) Cyber Security
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Forensics
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (16.67%) Information Security
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance
4 1 (16.67%) SIEM
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) CCNA
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (16.67%) vSphere
1 1 (16.67%) Forefront TMG
1 1 (16.67%) UAG
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco
1 2 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Tripwire
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) HP
2 1 (16.67%) Dell
2 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
2 1 (16.67%) Symantec
2 1 (16.67%) McAfee