The first table below looks at the demand for Security+ Certification 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 Security+ Certification over the 3 months to 23 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 Qualifications for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CompTIA Security+ Certification
Rank 318 - 325
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Security+ Certification 2 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.017% - 0.013%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.073% - 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
Average salary £61,250 - £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-18.26% -11.53%
All Qualifications
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
2742 2916 3275
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 23.64% 22.32% 20.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2365 2651 2970
Average salary £50,500 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.00% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £80,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
Security+ Certification
London

Security+ Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security+ Certification across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

City of London Security+ Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Security+ Certification
Salary Trend

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

City of London Security+ Certification Salary Trend

Security+ Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security+ Certification across the City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London Security+ Certification Salary Histogram

Security+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Security+ Certification 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+ Certification.

1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) UNIX
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Data Security
2 2 (66.67%) Security Management
2 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (33.33%) RHCE
3 1 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
3 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
3 1 (33.33%) Symantec
3 1 (33.33%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) GSEC
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) MCITP
3 1 (33.33%) Derivative
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) COBIT

Security+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Security+ Certification 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+ Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) Asterisk PBX
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) ISDN
1 1 (33.33%) VoIP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Security Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Information Security Compliance Officer
1 1 (33.33%) Information Security Officer
1 1 (33.33%) Security Officer
1 1 (33.33%) Information Security Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Derivative
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) UNIX
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) CentOS
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Data Security
1 2 (66.67%) Security Management
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Information Assurance
2 1 (33.33%) Network Management
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (33.33%) RHCE
3 1 (33.33%) GSEC
3 1 (33.33%) MCITP
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) MCSE
3 1 (33.33%) MCSA
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) COBIT
2 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 1 (33.33%) Symantec
2 1 (33.33%) Imperva
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) HP
City, London
A good understanding of the existing IT orientation and infrastructure *Reasonable knowledge of ITIL best practices *Good understanding of PCI DSS, Cobit and ISO27001 standards *Good understanding of...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013