The first table below looks at the demand for Penetration Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Croydon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Penetration Testing over the 3 months to 22 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 Croydon region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Penetration Testing
Rank 37 45 37
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -8
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 3 5 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 1.031% 1.462% 2.143%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.523% 1.805% 3.125%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 6
Average salary £46,500 £35,000 £80,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+32.85% -56.25%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £40,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -6.97%
All Processes & Methodologies
Croydon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
197 277 192
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 67.70% 80.99% 68.57%
Number of salaries quoted 178 254 180
Average salary £48,500 £42,500 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.11% -26.08%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £80,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Penetration Testing
London

Penetration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the Croydon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Croydon Penetration Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the Croydon region.

Croydon Penetration Testing Salary Trend

Penetration Testing
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon region citing Penetration 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 Penetration Testing.

1 19 (100.00%) Firewall
1 19 (100.00%) PCI DSS
2 10 (52.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (42.11%) PCI QSA
4 6 (31.58%) Finance
5 5 (26.32%) Performance Management
6 4 (21.05%) Retail
7 1 (5.263%) Security Architecture
7 1 (5.263%) Banking

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon region citing Penetration 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 Penetration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 19 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 6 (31.58%) Finance
2 4 (21.05%) Retail
3 1 (5.263%) Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Security Manager
1 12 (63.16%) Operations Manager
1 12 (63.16%) IT Operations Manager
1 12 (63.16%) Security Operations Manager
2 2 (10.53%) Security Specialist
2 2 (10.53%) IT Security Specialist
3 1 (5.263%) Security Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) Security Operations Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) IT Operations Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (26.32%) Performance Management
3 1 (5.263%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (100.00%) PCI DSS