The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills 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 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 198 249 178
Rank change year-on-year
+51 -71
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 134 74 165
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 1.116% 0.562% 1.045%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.432% 0.735% 1.384%
Number of salaries quoted 113 64 138
Average salary £58,500 £60,750 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.70% +1.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £40,000 £43,188
10% offered a salary of more than £92,500 £92,500 £81,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +16.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
9357 10066 11925
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 77.92% 76.43% 75.53%
Number of salaries quoted 8047 9168 10641
Average salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.34% -4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £37,000 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
London

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Security across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London Information Security Salary Histogram

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

1 110 (43.31%) CISSP
2 84 (33.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 82 (32.28%) Finance
4 81 (31.89%) CISM
5 78 (30.71%) Degree
6 75 (29.53%) Risk Management
7 62 (24.41%) Management Information System
8 61 (24.02%) Security Management
9 50 (19.69%) CISA
10 49 (19.29%) Banking
10 49 (19.29%) Windows
11 47 (18.50%) ITIL
11 47 (18.50%) Firewall
12 43 (16.93%) Computer Science
13 39 (15.35%) Information Security Management
14 38 (14.96%) Microsoft
15 32 (12.60%) UNIX
16 31 (12.20%) Oracle
16 31 (12.20%) SQL
16 31 (12.20%) Linux
17 30 (11.81%) Project Management
17 30 (11.81%) Advertising
17 30 (11.81%) Data Protection
18 29 (11.42%) SQL Server
19 28 (11.02%) Disaster Recovery
20 27 (10.63%) Information Assurance
21 26 (10.24%) Intrusion Detection
22 25 (9.843%) Network Security
23 24 (9.449%) Risk Assessment
23 24 (9.449%) Active Directory

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

Application Development
1 12 (4.724%) .NET
2 4 (1.575%) Web Services
2 4 (1.575%) XML
3 3 (1.181%) HTML5
3 3 (1.181%) DHTML
3 3 (1.181%) ASP.NET
3 3 (1.181%) CSS
4 2 (0.787%) J2EE
4 2 (0.787%) Web Dynpro
4 2 (0.787%) Windows SharePoint Services
4 2 (0.787%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.787%) Java EE
4 2 (0.787%) SAP ALE
4 2 (0.787%) SAP BSP
4 2 (0.787%) Apache Flex
4 2 (0.787%) K2 blackpearl
5 1 (0.394%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.394%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.394%) NHibernate
5 1 (0.394%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 6 (2.362%) SharePoint
1 6 (2.362%) IIS
2 4 (1.575%) MS Exchange
3 3 (1.181%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (1.181%) Amazon AWS
3 3 (1.181%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (1.181%) Apache
4 2 (0.787%) CMS
4 2 (0.787%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (0.787%) CloudStack
4 2 (0.787%) SAP Portal
4 2 (0.787%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.394%) ESB
5 1 (0.394%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (0.394%) GroupWise
Applications
1 22 (8.661%) MS Excel
2 8 (3.150%) MS Office
3 4 (1.575%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.787%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.394%) Office 365
5 1 (0.394%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.394%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.394%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.787%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.394%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.394%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 47 (18.50%) Firewall
2 26 (10.24%) Intrusion Detection
3 25 (9.843%) Network Security
4 22 (8.661%) TCP/IP
5 21 (8.268%) Internet
6 15 (5.906%) Wireless
7 8 (3.150%) Intranet
7 8 (3.150%) Wireless Security
8 7 (2.756%) SSL
8 7 (2.756%) VPN
8 7 (2.756%) LAN
8 7 (2.756%) WAN
9 5 (1.969%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (1.969%) LDAP
10 4 (1.575%) Ethernet
10 4 (1.575%) BGP
10 4 (1.575%) EIGRP
10 4 (1.575%) Extranet
10 4 (1.575%) DNS
10 4 (1.575%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (11.42%) SQL Server
2 13 (5.118%) RDBMS
3 5 (1.969%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (1.969%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.787%) MySQL
4 2 (0.787%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.787%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (0.394%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.394%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.394%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 4 (1.575%) Subversion
2 3 (1.181%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.394%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.394%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.394%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.394%) Xcode
General
1 82 (32.28%) Finance
2 49 (19.29%) Banking
3 30 (11.81%) Advertising
4 21 (8.268%) Investment Banking
5 16 (6.299%) Law
6 12 (4.724%) Legal
7 5 (1.969%) Marketing
7 5 (1.969%) Billing
8 3 (1.181%) Dutch Language
8 3 (1.181%) Back Office
9 2 (0.787%) Retail
9 2 (0.787%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.787%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.394%) Arabic Language
10 1 (0.394%) French Language
10 1 (0.394%) German Language
10 1 (0.394%) Polish Language
10 1 (0.394%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 53 (20.87%) Analyst
2 42 (16.54%) Security Manager
2 42 (16.54%) Security Analyst
3 35 (13.78%) Security Engineer
4 30 (11.81%) Security Specialist
5 17 (6.693%) Security Officer
6 15 (5.906%) Architect
6 15 (5.906%) Consultant
7 13 (5.118%) Security Architect
7 13 (5.118%) Information Analyst
7 13 (5.118%) Database Engineer
8 12 (4.724%) Information Security Officer
8 12 (4.724%) Information Security Analyst
8 12 (4.724%) Security Consultant
9 11 (4.331%) Risk Manager
9 11 (4.331%) Information Security Engineer
10 9 (3.543%) Developer
11 8 (3.150%) Risk Analyst
11 8 (3.150%) IT Security Analyst
12 7 (2.756%) Information Manager
Miscellaneous
1 62 (24.41%) Management Information System
2 43 (16.93%) Computer Science
3 18 (7.087%) PKI
4 17 (6.693%) Data Protection Act
5 13 (5.118%) CESG
5 13 (5.118%) CESG CLAS
6 9 (3.543%) Cryptography
7 8 (3.150%) Derivative
7 8 (3.150%) Mathematics
8 5 (1.969%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.575%) N-Tier
9 4 (1.575%) Open Source
9 4 (1.575%) Social Media
10 3 (1.181%) SaaS
10 3 (1.181%) RMADS
10 3 (1.181%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.787%) Blackberry
11 2 (0.787%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
11 2 (0.787%) Economics
11 2 (0.787%) Biology
Operating Systems
1 49 (19.29%) Windows
2 32 (12.60%) UNIX
3 31 (12.20%) Linux
4 4 (1.575%) Windows XP
5 3 (1.181%) Windows 7
5 3 (1.181%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.181%) Android
5 3 (1.181%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (1.181%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (1.181%) AIX
5 3 (1.181%) Solaris
6 2 (0.787%) Windows Mobile
7 1 (0.394%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.394%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.394%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (29.53%) Risk Management
2 61 (24.02%) Security Management
3 47 (18.50%) ITIL
4 39 (15.35%) Information Security Management
5 30 (11.81%) Project Management
5 30 (11.81%) Data Protection
6 28 (11.02%) Disaster Recovery
7 27 (10.63%) Information Assurance
8 24 (9.449%) Risk Assessment
9 23 (9.055%) Penetration Testing
10 22 (8.661%) Security Architecture
10 22 (8.661%) SIEM
11 21 (8.268%) Vulnerability Management
12 20 (7.874%) Risk Analysis
12 20 (7.874%) BCP
12 20 (7.874%) Business Continuity
13 18 (7.087%) Database Security
14 16 (6.299%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 16 (6.299%) Continuous Improvement
15 15 (5.906%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (12.20%) SQL
2 11 (4.331%) Java
3 9 (3.543%) C#
4 4 (1.575%) C
5 3 (1.181%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.181%) Ruby
5 3 (1.181%) Shell Script
5 3 (1.181%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.181%) Perl
5 3 (1.181%) ABAP
6 2 (0.787%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.787%) C++
7 1 (0.394%) Bourne shell
7 1 (0.394%) Bash shell
7 1 (0.394%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.394%) PHP
7 1 (0.394%) VBScript
7 1 (0.394%) VB
7 1 (0.394%) VBA
7 1 (0.394%) Python
Qualifications
1 110 (43.31%) CISSP
2 81 (31.89%) CISM
3 78 (30.71%) Degree
4 50 (19.69%) CISA
5 19 (7.480%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (5.906%) Security Cleared
7 14 (5.512%) MBA
7 14 (5.512%) CEH
7 14 (5.512%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (4.331%) CCIE
8 11 (4.331%) GIAC
9 9 (3.543%) MCSA
10 8 (3.150%) MCITP
10 8 (3.150%) SC Cleared
11 7 (2.756%) GSEC
11 7 (2.756%) CCNP
11 7 (2.756%) CCNA
11 7 (2.756%) MCSE
12 5 (1.969%) CRISC
12 5 (1.969%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (33.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (6.693%) PCI DSS
3 15 (5.906%) COBIT
4 8 (3.150%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.575%) ISO 9001
5 4 (1.575%) SLA
5 4 (1.575%) QA
6 3 (1.181%) BS7799
7 2 (0.787%) Solvency II
7 2 (0.787%) Val IT
8 1 (0.394%) WCAG
8 1 (0.394%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 24 (9.449%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.150%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.969%) Snort
4 3 (1.181%) Forefront TMG
5 2 (0.787%) VMware ESX
5 2 (0.787%) Xen
6 1 (0.394%) UAG
6 1 (0.394%) vSphere
6 1 (0.394%) XenApp
6 1 (0.394%) XenServer
6 1 (0.394%) vCloud
6 1 (0.394%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 5 (1.969%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (0.787%) Tivoli
2 2 (0.787%) Nessus
2 2 (0.787%) SCOM
2 2 (0.787%) Ganglia
2 2 (0.787%) Puppet
3 1 (0.394%) SCCM
3 1 (0.394%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 38 (14.96%) Microsoft
2 31 (12.20%) Oracle
3 20 (7.874%) Cisco
4 11 (4.331%) McAfee
5 8 (3.150%) SAP
5 8 (3.150%) Juniper
5 8 (3.150%) VMware
6 7 (2.756%) Symantec
7 6 (2.362%) Websense
7 6 (2.362%) Citrix
8 5 (1.969%) Riverbed
8 5 (1.969%) IronPort
8 5 (1.969%) Sybase
9 4 (1.575%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.575%) IBM
9 4 (1.575%) Q1 Labs
9 4 (1.575%) F5
10 3 (1.181%) Fortinet
11 2 (0.787%) JBoss
11 2 (0.787%) Red Hat
City, London
PCI DSS Security Consultant / London / Up to 45K My client is a leading Security Consultancy who require a PCI DSS Consultant to provide on & off site consultancy support...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Up to 45K +
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
My client is a leading Security Consultancy who require a Managing Consultant to lead their team of consultants, liaise with the Project Management Office and conduct performance reviews...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Up to 70K + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
London - £40,000 My client, a forward-thinking, customer-centric organisation are looking to recruit an Information Security Executive to develop, implement and support Information Security measures throughout...
Experis IT
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
Good understanding of PCI DSS, Cobit and ISO27001/2 standards... CISM,CISSP,MCSA, Security+ A flexible approach to working hours for projects & incidents extending outside normal office hours.
clearedgeconsulting
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 29 May 2013
City of London
Senior Information Security Manager required for a luxury retail brand that is looking to develop and implement a global Information Security strategy to ensure their business integrity.This...
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 31 May 2013
City of London
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Full Benefits Package
Posted: 28 May 2013
City, London
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £45,000 to £85,000 per annum plus EXCELLENT package and benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Up to 85K + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 14 June 2013
City of London
harringtonstarr
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Royal Mail Group
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
Austin Fraser
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Change Recruitment Group
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013