The first table below looks at the demand for ISO/IEC 27001 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISO/IEC 27001 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ISO/IEC 27001
Rank 85 84 98
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +14
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 35 40 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.956% 2.076% 1.086%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 21.60% 20.30% 11.92%
Number of salaries quoted 19 39 18
Average salary £42,500 £60,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.16% -
UK excluding London average salary £48,000 £52,500 £49,500
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +6.06%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
162 197 151
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 9.055% 10.22% 9.113%
Number of salaries quoted 122 167 141
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 £22,000 £26,500 £29,600
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
ISO/IEC 27001
North West

ISO/IEC 27001
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Cheshire ISO/IEC 27001 Jobs Demand Trend

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire ISO/IEC 27001 Salary Trend

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cheshire ISO/IEC 27001 Salary Histogram

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Chester - 11 £35,000 -
Warrington +5 6 £45,000 -20.00%
Northwich - 5 £42,500 -
ISO/IEC 27001
North West

ISO/IEC 27001
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing ISO/IEC 27001 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 ISO/IEC 27001.

1 46 (75.41%) Information Security
2 20 (32.79%) Risk Management
2 20 (32.79%) Digital Media
3 19 (31.15%) E-Commerce
4 17 (27.87%) PCI DSS
5 13 (21.31%) Integration Testing
5 13 (21.31%) Information Governance
6 9 (14.75%) Linux
6 9 (14.75%) ITIL
7 7 (11.48%) Security Architecture
8 6 (9.836%) CISSP
9 5 (8.197%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (8.197%) Avaya
9 5 (8.197%) SAN
9 5 (8.197%) MOM
9 5 (8.197%) Nagios
9 5 (8.197%) SQL Server
9 5 (8.197%) SharePoint
9 5 (8.197%) Windows
9 5 (8.197%) VoIP
9 5 (8.197%) DHCP
9 5 (8.197%) DNS
9 5 (8.197%) SLA
9 5 (8.197%) Cisco
9 5 (8.197%) IBM
9 5 (8.197%) HP
9 5 (8.197%) Legal
9 5 (8.197%) VMware
9 5 (8.197%) VMware Infrastructure
9 5 (8.197%) Windows Server 2008

ISO/IEC 27001
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing ISO/IEC 27001 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 ISO/IEC 27001. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (8.197%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.197%) DNS
1 5 (8.197%) SAN
1 5 (8.197%) VoIP
1 5 (8.197%) DHCP
2 3 (4.918%) HTTP
2 3 (4.918%) Firewall
2 3 (4.918%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.197%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (8.197%) Legal
2 3 (4.918%) Finance
3 2 (3.279%) Banking
4 1 (1.639%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 21 (34.43%) Analyst
2 19 (31.15%) Security Specialist
3 18 (29.51%) Information Security Specialist
3 18 (29.51%) Information Specialist
4 15 (24.59%) Security Analyst
5 14 (22.95%) Graduate
6 11 (18.03%) Information Analyst
6 11 (18.03%) Information Security Analyst
7 7 (11.48%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (8.197%) Operations Manager
8 5 (8.197%) Architect
8 5 (8.197%) Security Architect
8 5 (8.197%) Technical Operations Manager
8 5 (8.197%) Technical Manager
8 5 (8.197%) IT Operations Manager
9 4 (6.557%) Security Manager
9 4 (6.557%) Systems Manager
9 4 (6.557%) Consultant
9 4 (6.557%) Security Consultant
10 3 (4.918%) Information Manager
Miscellaneous
1 20 (32.79%) Digital Media
2 1 (1.639%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (14.75%) Linux
2 5 (8.197%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (8.197%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (75.41%) Information Security
2 20 (32.79%) Risk Management
3 19 (31.15%) E-Commerce
4 13 (21.31%) Integration Testing
4 13 (21.31%) Information Governance
5 9 (14.75%) ITIL
6 7 (11.48%) Security Architecture
7 5 (8.197%) Change Control
8 4 (6.557%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (3.279%) IT Governance
10 1 (1.639%) Business Development
10 1 (1.639%) Budget Control
10 1 (1.639%) Business Continuity
10 1 (1.639%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.639%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (9.836%) CISSP
2 5 (8.197%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (6.557%) CISM
4 3 (4.918%) CEH
5 1 (1.639%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.639%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.639%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (27.87%) PCI DSS
2 5 (8.197%) SLA
3 4 (6.557%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.639%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.639%) COBIT
System Software
1 5 (8.197%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (8.197%) MOM
1 5 (8.197%) Nagios
Vendors
1 5 (8.197%) Cisco
1 5 (8.197%) IBM
1 5 (8.197%) HP
1 5 (8.197%) Avaya
1 5 (8.197%) VMware
2 4 (6.557%) Oracle