The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 17 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 Cheltenham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 27 20 29
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +9
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 12 38 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 5.455% 9.645% 3.265%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.091% 12.03% 4.938%
Number of salaries quoted 12 26 8
Average salary £71,500 £34,000 £39,482
Average salary % change year-on-year
+110.29% -13.88%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.38%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
132 316 162
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 60.00% 80.20% 66.12%
Number of salaries quoted 126 223 134
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £32,500 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
Gloucestershire

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Security across the Cheltenham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cheltenham Information Security Salary Histogram

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 13 (76.47%) Security Cleared
2 12 (70.59%) DV Cleared
2 12 (70.59%) Risk Management
3 9 (52.94%) Information Security Management
3 9 (52.94%) Security Management
3 9 (52.94%) Risk Assessment
3 9 (52.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (52.94%) ISMS
3 9 (52.94%) RMADS
3 9 (52.94%) Service Management
4 7 (41.18%) Degree
5 4 (23.53%) Finance
5 4 (23.53%) CISA
5 4 (23.53%) CISM
5 4 (23.53%) CISSP
5 4 (23.53%) Network Security
6 3 (17.65%) Reverse Engineering
6 3 (17.65%) Network Architecture
6 3 (17.65%) tcpdump
6 3 (17.65%) TELNET
6 3 (17.65%) SQL
6 3 (17.65%) LDAP
6 3 (17.65%) SMTP
6 3 (17.65%) DHCP
6 3 (17.65%) FTP
6 3 (17.65%) HTTP
6 3 (17.65%) TCP/IP
6 3 (17.65%) DNS
6 3 (17.65%) SSL
6 3 (17.65%) Wireshark

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Network Security
2 3 (17.65%) tcpdump
2 3 (17.65%) Wireshark
2 3 (17.65%) LDAP
2 3 (17.65%) SMTP
2 3 (17.65%) DHCP
2 3 (17.65%) FTP
2 3 (17.65%) HTTP
2 3 (17.65%) TCP/IP
2 3 (17.65%) DNS
2 3 (17.65%) SSL
2 3 (17.65%) TELNET
3 1 (5.882%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Consultant
2 9 (52.94%) Security Consultant
2 9 (52.94%) CLAS Consultant
2 9 (52.94%) CLAS Security Consultant
3 4 (23.53%) Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) IT Consultant
4 3 (17.65%) Risk Consultant
4 3 (17.65%) Network Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) IT Risk Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Governance Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (52.94%) RMADS
2 1 (5.882%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.882%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Risk Management
2 9 (52.94%) Risk Assessment
2 9 (52.94%) ISMS
2 9 (52.94%) Service Management
2 9 (52.94%) Information Security Management
2 9 (52.94%) Security Management
3 3 (17.65%) Reverse Engineering
3 3 (17.65%) Network Architecture
4 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (5.882%) Cyber Security
4 1 (5.882%) Information Management
4 1 (5.882%) IT Governance
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (76.47%) Security Cleared
2 12 (70.59%) DV Cleared
3 7 (41.18%) Degree
4 4 (23.53%) CISSP
4 4 (23.53%) CISA
4 4 (23.53%) CISM
5 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (52.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Snort
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
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