The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles advertised for the Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Consultant
Rank 117 126 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 2 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.108% 0.049% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.114% 0.051% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £47,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1758 1964 2013
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 95.23% 96.18% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1561 1666 1834
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Consultant
Cambridgeshire

Security Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security Consultant across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridge Security Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Security Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge Security Consultant Salary Trend

Security Consultant
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Security Consultant in their job title 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 with Security Consultant in their job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Firewall
2 6 (66.67%) CISSP
3 5 (55.56%) Information Security
3 5 (55.56%) ITIL
3 5 (55.56%) CISM
4 4 (44.44%) CheckPoint
4 4 (44.44%) SSCP
4 4 (44.44%) Information Security Management
4 4 (44.44%) Security Management
4 4 (44.44%) Management Information System
4 4 (44.44%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (44.44%) COBIT
4 4 (44.44%) Network Security
4 4 (44.44%) PCI DSS
5 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 3 (33.33%) Juniper
6 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (11.11%) Degree
7 1 (11.11%) Information Management
7 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
7 1 (11.11%) CISA
7 1 (11.11%) Cisco
7 1 (11.11%) Wireless

Security Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Security Consultant in their job title 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 with Security Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) Firewall
2 4 (44.44%) Network Security
3 1 (11.11%) Wireless
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Information Security
1 5 (55.56%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) Information Security Management
2 4 (44.44%) Security Management
2 4 (44.44%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (11.11%) Information Management
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) CISSP
2 5 (55.56%) CISM
3 4 (44.44%) SSCP
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) COBIT
1 4 (44.44%) PCI DSS
2 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) CheckPoint
2 3 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco