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This section looks at the demand for the Security Specialist role in IT jobs within the City of London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Security Specialist
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank323332
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching permanent IT job ads232
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.128 %0.011 %
Salaries quoted232
Average minimum salary£51,087£75,000
Average salary£52,848£75,000
% change on same period last year-29.53 %
Average maximum salary£54,609£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£46,282£44,839
% change on same period last year+3.21 %
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads1795417955
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled9.665 %7.484 %
Salaries quoted1525113605
Average minimum salary£48,025£51,288
Average salary£52,842£55,870
% change on same period last year-5.42 %
Average maximum salary£57,659£60,452
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Security Specialist LondonSecurity Specialist
London

Security Specialist
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Security Specialist across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London Security Specialist Demand Trend

Security Specialist
Salary Trend

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

City of London Security Specialist Salary Trend

Security Specialist
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Specialist across the City of London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

City of London Security Specialist Salary Histogram

Security Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

124 (64.86 %)Finance
220 (54.05 %)Information Security
313 (35.14 %)Insurance
313 (35.14 %)Firewall
412 (32.43 %)Cisco
511 (29.73 %)CheckPoint
511 (29.73 %)Internet
610 (27.03 %)Cisco Certification
610 (27.03 %)ISO17799
610 (27.03 %)ISO27001
610 (27.03 %)Blue Coat
610 (27.03 %)Law
610 (27.03 %)Data Protection
79 (24.32 %)CCSA
79 (24.32 %)CCSE
79 (24.32 %)CCNP
88 (21.62 %)Nokia
88 (21.62 %)VoIP
88 (21.62 %)OSPF
88 (21.62 %)BGP
88 (21.62 %)VMware
88 (21.62 %)Cisco IOS
97 (18.92 %)Fat Client
97 (18.92 %)BS7799
97 (18.92 %)Financial Institution
97 (18.92 %)DNS
97 (18.92 %)DHCP
97 (18.92 %)Thin Client
97 (18.92 %)CCNA
106 (16.22 %)Risk Management

Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (13.51 %)MS Project
15 (13.51 %)MS Office
22 (5.405 %)MS Visio
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (35.14 %)Firewall
211 (29.73 %)Internet
38 (21.62 %)OSPF
38 (21.62 %)BGP
38 (21.62 %)VoIP
38 (21.62 %)Cisco IOS
47 (18.92 %)DNS
47 (18.92 %)DHCP
56 (16.22 %)Network Security
64 (10.81 %)Intrusion Detection
73 (8.108 %)VPN
82 (5.405 %)VLAN
82 (5.405 %)NetScreen
82 (5.405 %)Cisco PIX
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
124 (64.86 %)Finance
213 (35.14 %)Insurance
310 (27.03 %)Law
47 (18.92 %)Financial Institution
55 (13.51 %)Health
55 (13.51 %)Legal
63 (8.108 %)Government
72 (5.405 %)Police
72 (5.405 %)Auditing
72 (5.405 %)Banking
72 (5.405 %)Investment Banking
81 (2.703 %)Online Games
81 (2.703 %)Games
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (18.92 %)Thin Client
17 (18.92 %)Fat Client
25 (13.51 %)Data Protection Act
33 (8.108 %)Cryptography
42 (5.405 %)Management Information System
51 (2.703 %)PKI
51 (2.703 %)French Language
51 (2.703 %)Russian Language
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (8.108 %)Windows
21 (2.703 %)UNIX
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
120 (54.05 %)Information Security
210 (27.03 %)Data Protection
36 (16.22 %)Security Management
36 (16.22 %)Risk Management
43 (8.108 %)Disaster Recovery
43 (8.108 %)Network Design
43 (8.108 %)Risk Analysis
52 (5.405 %)Business Continuity
61 (2.703 %)Change Management
61 (2.703 %)Asset Management
61 (2.703 %)Ethical Hacking
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (2.703 %)Java
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (27.03 %)Cisco Certification
29 (24.32 %)CCNP
29 (24.32 %)CCSA
29 (24.32 %)CCSE
37 (18.92 %)CCNA
42 (5.405 %)Degree
51 (2.703 %)CCSP
51 (2.703 %)CISSP
51 (2.703 %)CISM
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (27.03 %)ISO17799
110 (27.03 %)ISO27001
27 (18.92 %)BS7799
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (2.703 %)VMware Infrastructure
City of London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (5.405 %)MIMEsweeper
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (32.43 %)Cisco
211 (29.73 %)CheckPoint
310 (27.03 %)Blue Coat
48 (21.62 %)Nokia
48 (21.62 %)VMware
55 (13.51 %)Adobe
55 (13.51 %)Juniper
62 (5.405 %)Radianz