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This section looks at the demand for Penetration Testing skills within the Cambridgeshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Penetration Testing over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPenetration Testing
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank162152
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching permanent IT job ads89
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.381 %0.483 %
Salaries quoted89
Average minimum salary£72,500£32,111
Average salary£74,688£38,556
% change on same period last year+93.71 %
Average maximum salary£76,875£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£52,659£51,450
% change on same period last year+2.34 %
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Cambridgeshire
Matching permanent IT job ads20971863
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.145 %0.782 %
Salaries quoted17881565
Average minimum salary£35,729£34,892
Average salary£38,765£38,303
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Average maximum salary£41,802£41,714
UK excluding London average salary£42,478£44,432
% change on same period last year-4.39 %
Penetration Testing East of EnglandPenetration Testing
East of England

Penetration Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Cambridgeshire Penetration Testing Demand Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Penetration Testing Salary Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Cambridgeshire Penetration Testing Salary Histogram

Penetration Testing
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeDown-252£43,750+15.63 %
Penetration Testing East of EnglandPenetration Testing
East of England

Penetration Testing
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Penetration Testing 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 Penetration Testing.

18 (80.00 %)Information Security
18 (80.00 %)PCI DSS
27 (70.00 %)ISO27001
36 (60.00 %)PCI QSA
36 (60.00 %)Risk Management
36 (60.00 %)CISSP
36 (60.00 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
42 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
51 (10.00 %)Caml Language
51 (10.00 %)Police
51 (10.00 %)Objective-C
51 (10.00 %)Computer Forensics
51 (10.00 %)Pensions
51 (10.00 %)C
51 (10.00 %).NET
51 (10.00 %)Windows
51 (10.00 %)Linux
51 (10.00 %)HTTP
51 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
51 (10.00 %)SSL

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Penetration Testing 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 Penetration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (10.00 %).NET
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (10.00 %)HTTP
11 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (10.00 %)SSL
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (10.00 %)Police
11 (10.00 %)Pensions
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (60.00 %)Consultant
22 (20.00 %)Account Manager
31 (10.00 %)Penetration Tester
31 (10.00 %)Security Specialist
31 (10.00 %)Software Developer
31 (10.00 %)Tester
31 (10.00 %)Developer
31 (10.00 %)Test Manager
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (10.00 %)Windows
11 (10.00 %)Linux
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (80.00 %)Information Security
26 (60.00 %)Risk Management
32 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
41 (10.00 %)Computer Forensics
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (10.00 %)C
11 (10.00 %)Objective-C
11 (10.00 %)Caml Language
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (60.00 %)CISSP
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (80.00 %)PCI DSS
27 (70.00 %)ISO27001
36 (60.00 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
36 (60.00 %)PCI QSA