The first table below looks at the demand for Information 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 Information Security 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 81 112 116
Rank change year-on-year
+31 +4
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 42 11 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 2.314% 0.547% 0.373%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.331% 0.859% 0.560%
Number of salaries quoted 19 8 6
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +35.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £46,500 £37,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £65,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year
- +8.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1261 1281 1429
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 69.48% 63.73% 66.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1091 1083 1271
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,000 £29,500
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%
Information Security
Cambridgeshire

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Salary Histogram

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

Cambridge Information Security Salary Histogram

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 40 (45.98%) ITIL
2 36 (41.38%) Windows
3 33 (37.93%) Continuous Improvement
4 28 (32.18%) Service Delivery
5 23 (26.44%) Finance
6 22 (25.29%) Management Information System
6 22 (25.29%) Business Continuity
7 21 (24.14%) UNIX
8 19 (21.84%) Degree
9 18 (20.69%) Enterprise Architecture
9 18 (20.69%) PCI DSS
10 17 (19.54%) BCP
10 17 (19.54%) Disaster Recovery
11 15 (17.24%) Electronics
11 15 (17.24%) Oracle
11 15 (17.24%) SQL
12 14 (16.09%) E-Commerce
12 14 (16.09%) CISSP
12 14 (16.09%) Information Security Management
12 14 (16.09%) Security Management
12 14 (16.09%) SC Cleared
12 14 (16.09%) Security Cleared
13 13 (14.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 13 (14.94%) Military
13 13 (14.94%) EMC
14 12 (13.79%) Microsoft
14 12 (13.79%) Linux
14 12 (13.79%) EMC NetWorker
15 11 (12.64%) Computer Science
15 11 (12.64%) Software Engineering

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 8 (9.195%) Middleware
2 7 (8.046%) .NET
3 5 (5.747%) Web Services
3 5 (5.747%) J2EE
4 1 (1.149%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 8 (9.195%) SharePoint
1 8 (9.195%) IIS
2 2 (2.299%) CMS
Business Applications
1 8 (9.195%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 11 (12.64%) SAN
2 10 (11.49%) Firewall
3 9 (10.34%) Internet
4 8 (9.195%) SNMP
5 6 (6.897%) Network Security
6 4 (4.598%) DHCP
6 4 (4.598%) TCP/IP
6 4 (4.598%) DNS
6 4 (4.598%) NetScaler
7 2 (2.299%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (2.299%) IPsec
7 2 (2.299%) X.509
7 2 (2.299%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (2.299%) iSCSI
7 2 (2.299%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (1.149%) HTTPS
8 1 (1.149%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.195%) SQL Server
1 8 (9.195%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (4.598%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (4.598%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (4.598%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 4 (4.598%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.149%) MySQL
3 1 (1.149%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 23 (26.44%) Finance
2 15 (17.24%) Electronics
3 13 (14.94%) Military
4 8 (9.195%) Financial Institution
4 8 (9.195%) Telecoms
5 6 (6.897%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.299%) Games
7 1 (1.149%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 16 (18.39%) Administrator
2 9 (10.34%) Software Engineer
3 8 (9.195%) Storage Specialist
3 8 (9.195%) Security Engineer
3 8 (9.195%) EMC Storage Specialist
3 8 (9.195%) Data Storage Specialist
3 8 (9.195%) Senior Storage Specialist
3 8 (9.195%) Security Manager
4 7 (8.046%) Architect
4 7 (8.046%) Database Specialist
4 7 (8.046%) Senior Software Engineer
5 6 (6.897%) Network Engineer
5 6 (6.897%) Project Manager
6 5 (5.747%) Compliance Manager
6 5 (5.747%) IT Consultant
6 5 (5.747%) Technical Architect
6 5 (5.747%) Consultant
6 5 (5.747%) Security Consultant
6 5 (5.747%) Business Continuity Manager
6 5 (5.747%) Business Manager
Miscellaneous
1 22 (25.29%) Management Information System
2 11 (12.64%) Computer Science
2 11 (12.64%) PKI
3 9 (10.34%) Mathematics
3 9 (10.34%) EMC Centera
3 9 (10.34%) Cryptography
4 8 (9.195%) Chip and PIN
4 8 (9.195%) CMDB
5 5 (5.747%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.299%) VHDL
6 2 (2.299%) PMI
6 2 (2.299%) EMV
6 2 (2.299%) Human Factors
6 2 (2.299%) Online Games
6 2 (2.299%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (2.299%) Kindle
7 1 (1.149%) Informatics
Operating Systems
1 36 (41.38%) Windows
2 21 (24.14%) UNIX
3 12 (13.79%) Linux
4 2 (2.299%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (45.98%) ITIL
2 33 (37.93%) Continuous Improvement
3 28 (32.18%) Service Delivery
4 22 (25.29%) Business Continuity
5 18 (20.69%) Enterprise Architecture
6 17 (19.54%) BCP
6 17 (19.54%) Disaster Recovery
7 14 (16.09%) E-Commerce
7 14 (16.09%) Information Security Management
7 14 (16.09%) Security Management
8 11 (12.64%) Software Engineering
8 11 (12.64%) Information Management
9 10 (11.49%) Penetration Testing
9 10 (11.49%) Project Management
10 8 (9.195%) ITSM
10 8 (9.195%) Data Modelling
11 7 (8.046%) OOP
11 7 (8.046%) OO
11 7 (8.046%) TDD
12 6 (6.897%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 15 (17.24%) SQL
2 9 (10.34%) Python
2 9 (10.34%) C#
2 9 (10.34%) C++
3 7 (8.046%) Java
4 4 (4.598%) T-SQL
5 2 (2.299%) C
6 1 (1.149%) R
6 1 (1.149%) Perl
Qualifications
1 19 (21.84%) Degree
2 14 (16.09%) CISSP
2 14 (16.09%) SC Cleared
2 14 (16.09%) Security Cleared
3 8 (9.195%) CISM
4 6 (6.897%) PMI Certification
5 4 (4.598%) CISA
5 4 (4.598%) PMP
5 4 (4.598%) SSCP
5 4 (4.598%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.299%) GCIA
6 2 (2.299%) GCIH
6 2 (2.299%) CEH
6 2 (2.299%) CCNP
6 2 (2.299%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.149%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (20.69%) PCI DSS
2 13 (14.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (11.49%) ISO 9000
3 10 (11.49%) COBIT
4 7 (8.046%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (6.897%) ISO 9001
6 3 (3.448%) SLA
7 2 (2.299%) DO-178B
System Software
1 9 (10.34%) EMC RecoverPoint
2 4 (4.598%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.598%) XenApp
2 4 (4.598%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (13.79%) EMC NetWorker
2 8 (9.195%) BMC PATROL
2 8 (9.195%) Control-M
Vendors
1 15 (17.24%) Oracle
2 13 (14.94%) EMC
3 12 (13.79%) Microsoft
4 9 (10.34%) Brocade
5 8 (9.195%) Remedy
5 8 (9.195%) BMC
5 8 (9.195%) Cisco
6 6 (6.897%) CheckPoint
6 6 (6.897%) Juniper
7 4 (4.598%) VMware
7 4 (4.598%) Sourcefire
7 4 (4.598%) Citrix
7 4 (4.598%) Symantec
7 4 (4.598%) F5
8 2 (2.299%) HP
8 2 (2.299%) McAfee
8 2 (2.299%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.299%) ArcSight
8 2 (2.299%) LogLogic
9 1 (1.149%) Twitter
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