The first table below looks at the demand for the Information Security Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security Specialist in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security Specialist
Rank 319 322 326
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +4
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Specialist 2 1 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.017% 0.008% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.008% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 5
Average salary £32,500 £47,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.57% -20.83%
UK excluding London average salary £48,000 £38,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+23.87% -13.88%
All Job Titles
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
10837 12171 14447
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 92.90% 93.16% 93.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9335 11069 13022
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Information Security Specialist
London

Information Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Information Security Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security Specialist
Salary Trend

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

City of London Information Security Specialist Salary Trend

Information Security Specialist
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited Information 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 Information Security Specialist in their job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
2 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (80.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (60.00%) Security Management
4 2 (40.00%) Advertising
4 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
4 2 (40.00%) Firewall
4 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (40.00%) CISSP
4 2 (40.00%) Intranet
4 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (40.00%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (20.00%) Internet
5 1 (20.00%) HTTP

Information Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited Information 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 Information Security Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (40.00%) Intranet
1 2 (40.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (20.00%) Internet
2 1 (20.00%) HTTP
General
1 2 (40.00%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Security Management
3 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001