The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 24 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 17 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 5.030% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.050% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Average salary £35,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year
- +8.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
281 114 179
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 83.14% 73.08% 71.03%
Number of salaries quoted 147 97 174
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% -7.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
Cheshire

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 14 (60.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (43.48%) E-Commerce
3 9 (39.13%) Digital Media
4 7 (30.43%) HTTP
4 7 (30.43%) Risk Management
5 6 (26.09%) Legal
6 5 (21.74%) Validation
6 5 (21.74%) Migration
6 5 (21.74%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (21.74%) Data Migration
6 5 (21.74%) Data Cleansing
6 5 (21.74%) Data Validation
6 5 (21.74%) SQL
7 1 (4.348%) Management Information System
7 1 (4.348%) Business Continuity

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 7 (30.43%) HTTP
General
1 6 (26.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 19 (82.61%) Analyst
2 14 (60.87%) Information Analyst
3 11 (47.83%) Information Security Analyst
3 11 (47.83%) Security Analyst
4 5 (21.74%) Business Analyst
4 5 (21.74%) Data Analyst
4 5 (21.74%) Technical Analyst
4 5 (21.74%) Technical Business Analyst
5 4 (17.39%) Information Specialist
5 4 (17.39%) Information Security Specialist
5 4 (17.39%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 9 (39.13%) Digital Media
2 1 (4.348%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) E-Commerce
2 7 (30.43%) Risk Management
3 5 (21.74%) Validation
3 5 (21.74%) Migration
3 5 (21.74%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (21.74%) Data Migration
3 5 (21.74%) Data Cleansing
3 5 (21.74%) Data Validation
4 1 (4.348%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (60.87%) ISO/IEC 27001