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This section looks at the demand for Security Testing skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Testing over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecurity Testing
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank342-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads40
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.033 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted40
Average minimum salary£50,000-
Average salary£53,750-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£57,500-
UK excluding London average salary£39,857£52,800
% change on same period last year-24.51 %
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads1201210743
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled6.467 %4.478 %
Salaries quoted101368239
Average minimum salary£50,471£54,182
Average salary£55,705£58,768
% change on same period last year-5.21 %
Average maximum salary£60,938£63,353
UK excluding London average salary£42,487£44,463
% change on same period last year-4.44 %
Security Testing LondonSecurity Testing
London

Security Testing
Demand Trend

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

City of London Security Testing Demand Trend

Security Testing
Salary Trend

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

City of London Security Testing Salary Trend

Security Testing
Salary Histogram

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

City of London Security Testing Salary Histogram

Security Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

16 (40.00 %)TestDirector
16 (40.00 %)Finance
25 (33.33 %)QA
34 (26.67 %)Selenium
34 (26.67 %)FitNesse
34 (26.67 %)AJAX
34 (26.67 %)Agile Software Development
34 (26.67 %)QuickTest Pro
34 (26.67 %)UNIX
34 (26.67 %)TOAD
43 (20.00 %)Financial Institution
43 (20.00 %)ISEB
43 (20.00 %)Banking
43 (20.00 %)Penetration Testing
43 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
52 (13.33 %)System Testing
52 (13.33 %)CEH
52 (13.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
52 (13.33 %)Performance Testing
52 (13.33 %)CISSP
52 (13.33 %)PRINCE2 Certification
52 (13.33 %)WinRunner
52 (13.33 %)Shell Script
52 (13.33 %)Firewall
52 (13.33 %)Data Security
52 (13.33 %)Risk Management
52 (13.33 %)PRINCE2
52 (13.33 %)HP
61 (6.667 %)Microsoft
61 (6.667 %)HPUX

Security Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Security Testing 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 Security Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (26.67 %)AJAX
21 (6.667 %).NET
21 (6.667 %)J2EE
21 (6.667 %)Middleware
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (6.667 %)MQSeries
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (13.33 %)Firewall
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (26.67 %)TOAD
21 (6.667 %)SQL Server
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (40.00 %)TestDirector
24 (26.67 %)QuickTest Pro
24 (26.67 %)Selenium
24 (26.67 %)FitNesse
32 (13.33 %)WinRunner
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (40.00 %)Finance
23 (20.00 %)Financial Institution
23 (20.00 %)Banking
31 (6.667 %)Government
31 (6.667 %)Games
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (46.67 %)Tester
24 (26.67 %)Analyst
24 (26.67 %)QA Analyst
33 (20.00 %)Penetration Tester
42 (13.33 %)Risk Manager
42 (13.33 %)Test Manager
42 (13.33 %)Consultant
42 (13.33 %)Systems Administrator
42 (13.33 %)Security Consultant
42 (13.33 %)Administrator
51 (6.667 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
51 (6.667 %)UNIX Administrator
51 (6.667 %)HPUX Systems Administrator
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (26.67 %)UNIX
21 (6.667 %)HPUX
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (26.67 %)Agile Software Development
23 (20.00 %)Penetration Testing
23 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
32 (13.33 %)System Testing
32 (13.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
32 (13.33 %)Performance Testing
32 (13.33 %)PRINCE2
32 (13.33 %)Data Security
32 (13.33 %)Risk Management
41 (6.667 %)DNA
41 (6.667 %)Test Scripting
41 (6.667 %)Manual Testing
41 (6.667 %)Performance Management
41 (6.667 %)SC Cleared
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (13.33 %)Shell Script
21 (6.667 %)C#
21 (6.667 %)C++
21 (6.667 %)Java
21 (6.667 %)VB
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (20.00 %)ISEB
22 (13.33 %)CISSP
22 (13.33 %)PRINCE2 Certification
22 (13.33 %)CEH
31 (6.667 %)Degree
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (33.33 %)QA
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (13.33 %)HP
21 (6.667 %)TIBCO
21 (6.667 %)Oracle
21 (6.667 %)Microsoft