The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the County Antrim region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the County Antrim region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 36 38 26
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -12
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 5 2 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Antrim 2.041% 0.943% 6.280%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.448% 1.212% 7.927%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £70,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.52%
All Processes & Methodologies
County Antrim
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
145 165 164
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Antrim 59.18% 77.83% 79.23%
Number of salaries quoted 99 86 82
Average salary £40,750 £34,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.85% -11.68%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £15,401 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,250 £45,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
Northern Ireland

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Security across the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

County Antrim Information Security Salary Histogram

Information Security
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Belfast 0 5 £70,000 -
Information Security
Northern Ireland

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the County Antrim 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 5 (55.56%) CISSP
2 4 (44.44%) Cisco
2 4 (44.44%) Internet
3 3 (33.33%) CISA
3 3 (33.33%) CISM
3 3 (33.33%) Data Protection
4 2 (22.22%) French Language
4 2 (22.22%) CRISC
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 2 (22.22%) Finance
4 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
4 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 17799
4 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
4 2 (22.22%) DNS
5 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (11.11%) VPN
5 1 (11.11%) HTTP
5 1 (11.11%) Perl
5 1 (11.11%) SQL
5 1 (11.11%) .NET
5 1 (11.11%) MS Office
5 1 (11.11%) UNIX
5 1 (11.11%) Windows
5 1 (11.11%) AIX
5 1 (11.11%) Linux
5 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
5 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
5 1 (11.11%) Data Mining

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the County Antrim 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 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) MDX
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Internet
2 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
2 2 (22.22%) DNS
3 1 (11.11%) VPN
3 1 (11.11%) HTTP
3 1 (11.11%) LAN
3 1 (11.11%) WAN
3 1 (11.11%) Wireless
3 1 (11.11%) IPsec
3 1 (11.11%) Firewall
3 1 (11.11%) VLAN
3 1 (11.11%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (11.11%) Data Mining
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 2 (22.22%) French Language
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Security Consultant
1 2 (22.22%) Information Security Consultant
1 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Data Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Information Security Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Linux Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Information Security Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Security Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Information Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Security Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Security Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Information Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) UNIX
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) AIX
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
3 1 (11.11%) Data Management
3 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Perl
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) CISSP
2 3 (33.33%) CISA
2 3 (33.33%) CISM
3 2 (22.22%) CRISC
4 1 (11.11%) CCNA
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (11.11%) JNCIA
4 1 (11.11%) CCSA
4 1 (11.11%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Juniper
2 1 (11.11%) Red Hat
2 1 (11.11%) CheckPoint
2 1 (11.11%) Blue Coat
2 1 (11.11%) LogiXML
2 1 (11.11%) F5
2 1 (11.11%) ArcSight