The first table below looks at the demand for Communications Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Communications Security 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Communications Security (COMSEC)
Rank 117 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Communications Security 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.117% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.167% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+73.33% -6.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1198 1400 1406
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 70.26% 69.07% 67.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1033 1178 1258
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Communications Security
Cambridgeshire

Communications Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Communications Security Jobs Demand Trend

Communications Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing Communications 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 Communications Security.

1 8 (100.00%) Chip and PIN
1 8 (100.00%) Electronics
1 8 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 8 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 8 (100.00%) Military
1 8 (100.00%) Information Security
1 8 (100.00%) Information Management
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
1 8 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 4 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 4 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) PKI
2 4 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 4 (50.00%) Internet
2 4 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (50.00%) C
2 4 (50.00%) C#
2 4 (50.00%) C++
2 4 (50.00%) Java
2 4 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (50.00%) UNIX
2 4 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Linux
2 4 (50.00%) Python

Communications Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing Communications 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 Communications Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Internet
General
1 8 (100.00%) Electronics
1 8 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 8 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 8 (100.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Security Manager
1 4 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Chip and PIN
2 4 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (50.00%) PKI
2 4 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 4 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) UNIX
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Information Security
1 8 (100.00%) Information Management
2 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 4 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 4 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (25.00%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) C
1 4 (50.00%) C#
1 4 (50.00%) C++
1 4 (50.00%) Java
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
1 4 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
1 8 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) DV Cleared