The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 21 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 97 77 103
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +26
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 41 47 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 2.007% 2.445% 1.538%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.692% 3.317% 2.114%
Number of salaries quoted 31 32 23
Average salary £55,000 £53,250 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.28% +52.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £69,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.38%
All Processes & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1523 1417 1514
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 74.55% 73.73% 72.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1343 1201 1328
Average salary £42,500 £41,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.40% +3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
South East

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Information Security Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security
Salary Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Security across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire Information Security Salary Histogram

Information Security
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes -17 22 £45,500 -6.66%
High Wycombe +6 11 £55,000 -
Information Security
South East

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Information Security 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 Security.

1 26 (36.11%) Management Information System
2 20 (27.78%) Finance
3 19 (26.39%) Microsoft
4 16 (22.22%) Active Directory
5 15 (20.83%) Windows
6 14 (19.44%) ITIL
7 13 (18.06%) ISMS
7 13 (18.06%) UNIX
7 13 (18.06%) Degree
8 12 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (15.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 11 (15.28%) HP
9 11 (15.28%) CISSP
10 10 (13.89%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (13.89%) Linux
10 10 (13.89%) Firewall
10 10 (13.89%) PCI DSS
10 10 (13.89%) Computer Science
10 10 (13.89%) Change Control
11 9 (12.50%) Process Architecture
11 9 (12.50%) Oracle ERP
11 9 (12.50%) Oracle Workflow
11 9 (12.50%) Process Management
11 9 (12.50%) Workflow
11 9 (12.50%) Banking
11 9 (12.50%) Data Management
11 9 (12.50%) UML
11 9 (12.50%) XML
11 9 (12.50%) Oracle
11 9 (12.50%) SSADM

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Information Security 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 Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (12.50%) XML
2 8 (11.11%) EJB
2 8 (11.11%) Web Services
3 7 (9.722%) Middleware
4 3 (4.167%) Regular Expression
5 1 (1.389%) ASP
5 1 (1.389%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 9 (12.50%) Oracle Workflow
2 7 (9.722%) Lync
2 7 (9.722%) Documentum
3 4 (5.556%) MS Exchange
4 2 (2.778%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.778%) Lotus Notes
4 2 (2.778%) IIS
4 2 (2.778%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (2.778%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 6 (8.333%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (12.50%) Oracle ERP
1 9 (12.50%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 10 (13.89%) Firewall
2 8 (11.11%) Intranet
2 8 (11.11%) Internet
2 8 (11.11%) Extranet
3 7 (9.722%) Unified Communications
3 7 (9.722%) TCP/IP
4 6 (8.333%) Network Security
5 5 (6.944%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (4.167%) LAN
6 3 (4.167%) WAN
7 2 (2.778%) IP Telephony
8 1 (1.389%) Cisco PIX
8 1 (1.389%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (1.389%) FWSM
8 1 (1.389%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (1.389%) BIG-IP
8 1 (1.389%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (9.722%) SQL Server 2005
2 7 (9.722%) GIS
2 7 (9.722%) SQL Server
3 5 (6.944%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (2.778%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (1.389%) Metasploit
General
1 20 (27.78%) Finance
2 9 (12.50%) Banking
3 4 (5.556%) Retail
4 2 (2.778%) Retail Banking
4 2 (2.778%) Legal
5 1 (1.389%) Law
5 1 (1.389%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (20.83%) Consultant
2 14 (19.44%) Sales Engineer
3 11 (15.28%) Architect
4 10 (13.89%) Enterprise Architect
5 9 (12.50%) Pre Sales Engineer
5 9 (12.50%) Pre Sales Consultant
5 9 (12.50%) Sales Consultant
6 7 (9.722%) Analyst
7 6 (8.333%) Security Consultant
8 5 (6.944%) IT Operations Manager
8 5 (6.944%) Operations Manager
8 5 (6.944%) IT Risk Manager
8 5 (6.944%) Security Analyst
8 5 (6.944%) Security Architect
8 5 (6.944%) Risk Manager
9 4 (5.556%) Security Officer
9 4 (5.556%) Security Specialist
10 3 (4.167%) Senior Network Engineer
10 3 (4.167%) Information Security Consultant
10 3 (4.167%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 26 (36.11%) Management Information System
2 10 (13.89%) Computer Science
3 7 (9.722%) Mobile App
3 7 (9.722%) SaaS
4 1 (1.389%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 15 (20.83%) Windows
2 13 (18.06%) UNIX
3 10 (13.89%) Linux
4 4 (5.556%) AIX
4 4 (5.556%) Solaris
4 4 (5.556%) Ubuntu
4 4 (5.556%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (19.44%) ITIL
2 13 (18.06%) ISMS
3 10 (13.89%) Change Control
4 9 (12.50%) Process Architecture
4 9 (12.50%) Process Management
4 9 (12.50%) Workflow
4 9 (12.50%) Data Management
4 9 (12.50%) UML
4 9 (12.50%) SSADM
4 9 (12.50%) RUP
4 9 (12.50%) DSDM
4 9 (12.50%) EAI
4 9 (12.50%) ERP
5 8 (11.11%) Systems Analysis
5 8 (11.11%) SIEM
6 7 (9.722%) Network Management
6 7 (9.722%) Asset Management
6 7 (9.722%) Document Management
6 7 (9.722%) Operations Management
6 7 (9.722%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.722%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.556%) SQL
3 1 (1.389%) Ruby
3 1 (1.389%) Perl
3 1 (1.389%) PHP
3 1 (1.389%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (18.06%) Degree
2 11 (15.28%) CISSP
3 10 (13.89%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (9.722%) MCITP
5 6 (8.333%) CISM
6 5 (6.944%) SC Cleared
6 5 (6.944%) Security Cleared
7 4 (5.556%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.778%) CISA
9 1 (1.389%) GIAC
9 1 (1.389%) GCFA
9 1 (1.389%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (15.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 10 (13.89%) PCI DSS
4 9 (12.50%) BS7799
5 5 (6.944%) COSO
5 5 (6.944%) COBIT
6 1 (1.389%) ISO 14001
6 1 (1.389%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.389%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 7 (9.722%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (1.389%) CORE IMPACT
1 1 (1.389%) Nessus
Vendors
1 19 (26.39%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.28%) HP
3 9 (12.50%) Oracle
3 9 (12.50%) Cisco
3 9 (12.50%) IBM
4 4 (5.556%) Red Hat
5 2 (2.778%) Lotus
5 2 (2.778%) Juniper
5 2 (2.778%) Twitter
6 1 (1.389%) Blue Coat
6 1 (1.389%) Nokia
6 1 (1.389%) CheckPoint
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Milton Keynes£35,000 + Benefits As a member of the Information Security team, you will ensure that the confidentiality, availability and integrity of the company's information and...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £36000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
An established Information Security Engineer is required to join a Global Blue-Chip Organisation to be responsible for, design and implement security solutions. As the Information Security Engineer,...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 17 May 2013