The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Specialist
Rank 117 127 114
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 5 9 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.272% 0.416% 0.230%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.285% 0.433% 0.243%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 4
Average salary £51,500 £62,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.60% +56.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £49,500 £62,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,500 £62,500 £43,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £48,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +1.05%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1757 2079 1646
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.49% 96.16% 94.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1428 1851 1408
Average salary £34,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.42% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Security Specialist
North West

Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Security Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Security Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Security Specialist Salary Trend

Security Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Warrington +13 2 - -
Chester - 1 - - 1
Crewe - 1 - -
Security Specialist
North West

Security Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Security Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 18 (64.29%) Information Security
2 16 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (50.00%) Digital Media
3 14 (50.00%) E-Commerce
4 10 (35.71%) Cisco
4 10 (35.71%) Juniper
4 10 (35.71%) CheckPoint
4 10 (35.71%) Symantec
4 10 (35.71%) McAfee
4 10 (35.71%) Websense
4 10 (35.71%) Blue Coat
4 10 (35.71%) Wireless
4 10 (35.71%) Finance
4 10 (35.71%) IronPort
4 10 (35.71%) Network Security
5 9 (32.14%) Fujitsu
5 9 (32.14%) Migration
5 9 (32.14%) Windows
5 9 (32.14%) MS Excel
5 9 (32.14%) Service Management
5 9 (32.14%) Change Management
5 9 (32.14%) Telecoms
5 9 (32.14%) Retail
5 9 (32.14%) MIMEsweeper
5 9 (32.14%) Active Directory
5 9 (32.14%) MS Project
5 9 (32.14%) MS Office
6 2 (7.143%) Java
6 2 (7.143%) .NET
6 2 (7.143%) PKI

Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Security Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (7.143%) .NET
Applications
1 9 (32.14%) MS Excel
1 9 (32.14%) MS Project
1 9 (32.14%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (35.71%) Wireless
1 10 (35.71%) Network Security
General
1 10 (35.71%) Finance
2 9 (32.14%) Telecoms
2 9 (32.14%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 14 (50.00%) Digital Media
2 2 (7.143%) PKI
2 2 (7.143%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 9 (32.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (64.29%) Information Security
2 14 (50.00%) E-Commerce
3 9 (32.14%) Migration
3 9 (32.14%) Service Management
3 9 (32.14%) Change Management
4 2 (7.143%) Risk Management
5 1 (3.571%) Business Continuity
5 1 (3.571%) BCP
5 1 (3.571%) Data Protection
5 1 (3.571%) Integration Testing
5 1 (3.571%) Information Governance
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.143%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (3.571%) CISSP
1 1 (3.571%) Degree
1 1 (3.571%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.571%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.571%) BS7799
2 1 (3.571%) BS25999
2 1 (3.571%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (32.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (32.14%) MIMEsweeper
Vendors
1 10 (35.71%) Cisco
1 10 (35.71%) Juniper
1 10 (35.71%) CheckPoint
1 10 (35.71%) Symantec
1 10 (35.71%) McAfee
1 10 (35.71%) Websense
1 10 (35.71%) Blue Coat
1 10 (35.71%) IronPort
2 9 (32.14%) Fujitsu
Chester, North West
Should have experience with business continuity planning, information security, and preferably auditing or risk management, as well as contract and vendor specifications for integrated security and business continuity...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 10 June 2013
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