The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 89 139 133
Rank change year-on-year
+50 -6
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 54 13 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 2.072% 0.446% 0.474%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.987% 0.675% 0.708%
Number of salaries quoted 29 10 7
Average salary £48,500 £47,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.10% +35.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,100 £37,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,000 £65,000 £67,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.38%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1808 1925 1977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 69.38% 66.02% 66.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1574 1637 1726
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 £32,000 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
East of England

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Security across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cambridge +40 44 £50,000 +5.26%
Peterborough - 9 £35,000 -
Information Security
East of England

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 41 (41.00%) ITIL
2 38 (38.00%) Windows
3 34 (34.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 30 (30.00%) Service Delivery
5 24 (24.00%) UNIX
6 23 (23.00%) Finance
6 23 (23.00%) Business Continuity
7 22 (22.00%) Management Information System
8 21 (21.00%) Security Cleared
8 21 (21.00%) PCI DSS
9 20 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
10 19 (19.00%) Degree
11 18 (18.00%) PKI
11 18 (18.00%) Network Security
11 18 (18.00%) Disaster Recovery
11 18 (18.00%) Firewall
11 18 (18.00%) BCP
12 17 (17.00%) SQL
12 17 (17.00%) CISSP
12 17 (17.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 15 (15.00%) SC Cleared
13 15 (15.00%) Cisco
13 15 (15.00%) Oracle
13 15 (15.00%) Electronics
14 14 (14.00%) Linux
14 14 (14.00%) E-Commerce
14 14 (14.00%) Cisco Certification
14 14 (14.00%) Juniper
15 13 (13.00%) CCNP
15 13 (13.00%) EMC

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (8.000%) Middleware
2 7 (7.000%) .NET
3 5 (5.000%) J2EE
3 5 (5.000%) Web Services
4 1 (1.000%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 8 (8.000%) IIS
1 8 (8.000%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.000%) CMS
3 1 (1.000%) Apache
Business Applications
1 8 (8.000%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 18 (18.00%) Network Security
1 18 (18.00%) Firewall
2 12 (12.00%) SAN
3 9 (9.000%) Internet
4 8 (8.000%) HTTP
4 8 (8.000%) SNMP
4 8 (8.000%) VPN
5 7 (7.000%) Cisco ASA
5 7 (7.000%) FTP
5 7 (7.000%) TCP/IP
5 7 (7.000%) SMTP
6 5 (5.000%) DHCP
6 5 (5.000%) DNS
7 4 (4.000%) NetScaler
8 3 (3.000%) Unified Communications
8 3 (3.000%) DMVPN
8 3 (3.000%) BGP
8 3 (3.000%) LAN
8 3 (3.000%) WAN
8 3 (3.000%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.000%) Oracle Reports
1 7 (7.000%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.000%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (4.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (4.000%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 4 (4.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (2.000%) MySQL
4 1 (1.000%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 23 (23.00%) Finance
2 15 (15.00%) Electronics
3 13 (13.00%) Military
4 9 (9.000%) Telecoms
5 8 (8.000%) Financial Institution
6 6 (6.000%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.000%) Games
8 1 (1.000%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.000%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 17 (17.00%) Administrator
2 12 (12.00%) Network Engineer
3 10 (10.00%) Security Engineer
4 9 (9.000%) Storage Specialist
4 9 (9.000%) Senior Storage Specialist
4 9 (9.000%) EMC Storage Specialist
4 9 (9.000%) Data Storage Specialist
4 9 (9.000%) Software Engineer
5 8 (8.000%) Architect
5 8 (8.000%) Security Manager
6 7 (7.000%) Database Specialist
6 7 (7.000%) Senior Software Engineer
6 7 (7.000%) Network Support
7 6 (6.000%) Security Specialist
7 6 (6.000%) Project Manager
8 5 (5.000%) Compliance Manager
8 5 (5.000%) Business Continuity Manager
8 5 (5.000%) Business Manager
8 5 (5.000%) Analyst
8 5 (5.000%) IT Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 22 (22.00%) Management Information System
2 18 (18.00%) PKI
3 11 (11.00%) Computer Science
4 10 (10.00%) EMC Centera
5 9 (9.000%) Mathematics
5 9 (9.000%) Cryptography
6 8 (8.000%) Chip and PIN
6 8 (8.000%) CMDB
7 5 (5.000%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (2.000%) PMI
8 2 (2.000%) EMV
8 2 (2.000%) VHDL
8 2 (2.000%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (2.000%) Kindle
8 2 (2.000%) Online Games
8 2 (2.000%) Human Factors
9 1 (1.000%) Informatics
9 1 (1.000%) CESG
9 1 (1.000%) CESG CLAS
Operating Systems
1 38 (38.00%) Windows
2 24 (24.00%) UNIX
3 14 (14.00%) Linux
4 2 (2.000%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (41.00%) ITIL
2 34 (34.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 30 (30.00%) Service Delivery
4 23 (23.00%) Business Continuity
5 20 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 18 (18.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 18 (18.00%) BCP
7 14 (14.00%) E-Commerce
8 13 (13.00%) Information Security Management
8 13 (13.00%) Security Management
9 11 (11.00%) Software Engineering
9 11 (11.00%) SIEM
10 10 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
10 10 (10.00%) Information Management
11 9 (9.000%) Project Management
11 9 (9.000%) Data Modelling
12 8 (8.000%) ITSM
13 7 (7.000%) TDD
13 7 (7.000%) OOP
13 7 (7.000%) OO
Programming Languages
1 17 (17.00%) SQL
2 9 (9.000%) Python
2 9 (9.000%) C#
2 9 (9.000%) C++
3 7 (7.000%) Java
4 4 (4.000%) T-SQL
5 2 (2.000%) C
6 1 (1.000%) R
6 1 (1.000%) Perl
Qualifications
1 21 (21.00%) Security Cleared
2 19 (19.00%) Degree
3 17 (17.00%) CISSP
4 15 (15.00%) SC Cleared
5 14 (14.00%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (13.00%) CCNP
7 9 (9.000%) CCNA
8 8 (8.000%) CISM
9 5 (5.000%) PMI Certification
10 4 (4.000%) CISA
10 4 (4.000%) SSCP
10 4 (4.000%) DV Cleared
11 3 (3.000%) PMP
12 2 (2.000%) CEH
12 2 (2.000%) GCIA
12 2 (2.000%) GCIH
13 1 (1.000%) PhD
13 1 (1.000%) MCSE
13 1 (1.000%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (21.00%) PCI DSS
2 17 (17.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (10.00%) ISO 9000
3 10 (10.00%) COBIT
4 7 (7.000%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (5.000%) ISO 9001
6 3 (3.000%) SLA
7 2 (2.000%) DO-178B
System Software
1 10 (10.00%) EMC RecoverPoint
2 4 (4.000%) XenApp
2 4 (4.000%) XenDesktop
2 4 (4.000%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.000%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 12 (12.00%) EMC NetWorker
2 8 (8.000%) BMC PATROL
2 8 (8.000%) Control-M
Vendors
1 15 (15.00%) Cisco
1 15 (15.00%) Oracle
2 14 (14.00%) Juniper
3 13 (13.00%) EMC
4 11 (11.00%) Microsoft
5 10 (10.00%) CheckPoint
5 10 (10.00%) Brocade
6 8 (8.000%) Remedy
6 8 (8.000%) BMC
7 5 (5.000%) Citrix
8 4 (4.000%) Symantec
8 4 (4.000%) VMware
8 4 (4.000%) F5
8 4 (4.000%) Sourcefire
9 3 (3.000%) IronPort
9 3 (3.000%) Blue Coat
10 2 (2.000%) HP
10 2 (2.000%) McAfee
10 2 (2.000%) ArcSight
10 2 (2.000%) LogLogic
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
You will possess relevant industry qualifications (CISSP/CISM) alongside proven experience of introducing, defining and delivering an information security management system in a medium to large global organisation...
Computer Futures
Salary: £78000 - £80000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
A global end-user organisation is searching for an Information Security Director to join their growing Information Systems team. As the Information Security Director you will own the...
EU Solutions
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + gym, bonus and benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Employer: International Pharmaceutical Company Location: Cambridge Rate: £70,000 to £80,000 and relocation allowance Information Security Director A world leading, end user organisation in Pharmaceuticals seeks an...
EU Solutions
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + relocation allowance
Posted: 17 May 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Our client, a major media and communications company are looking for a Network Security Specialist with experience of Cisco, Juniper/Checkpoint to work within a 2nd/3rd line...
Proprius Recruitment
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Peterborough, East Anglia
Manage PKI Infrastructure... Preferred - Candidates should have some of the following:-Cisco CCNP-CISSP or similar -PKI knowledge -Previous SIEM Experience -LogRhythm -An awareness of Information Security standards (...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £36000 - £40000 per annum + bonus, call allowance, overtime
Posted: 18 May 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Manage PKI Infrastructure... Preferred - Candidates should have some of the following: -Cisco CCNP -CISSP or similar -PKI knowledge -Previous SIEM Experience -LogRhythm -An awareness of Information Security standards (...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £36000 - £40000 per annum + bonus, call allowance, overtime
Posted: 17 May 2013
Peterborough, East Anglia
Manage PKI Infrastructure... Preferred - Candidates should have some of the following:-Cisco CCNA -CISSP or similar -PKI knowledge -Previous SIEM Experience -LogRhythm -An awareness of Information Security standards (...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £26000 - £30000 per annum + 25% shift allowance + 5 bonus
Posted: 18 May 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Manage PKI Infrastructure... Preferred - Candidates should have some of the following: -Cisco CCNA -CISSP or similar -PKI knowledge -Previous SIEM Experience -LogRhythm -An awareness of Information Security standards (...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £26000 - £30000 per annum + 25% shift allowance + 5 bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Understanding of virtualisation technologies (VMware). Understanding of database technologies (mainly Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server)... Understanding of backup technologies (EMC NetWorker)... Project management experience. Project management certification (Prince2, PMP)...
WorldPay
Salary: Competitive + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013