The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Devon 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 Devon region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 42 43 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 1 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 0.366% 0.324% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.568% 0.418% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £55,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.52%
All Processes & Methodologies
Devon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
176 239 250
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 64.47% 77.35% 58.28%
Number of salaries quoted 146 199 203
Average salary £34,000 £37,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.33% +20.96%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £26,500 £24,700
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
South West

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon Information Security Salary Trend

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 Devon 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
Plymouth - 1 £55,000 -
Information Security
South West

Information Security
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 (100.00%) JSP 440
2 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Information Assurance
2 4 (80.00%) Military
2 4 (80.00%) UNIX
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) CISSP
2 4 (80.00%) Firewall
3 3 (60.00%) SIEM
3 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Security
4 1 (20.00%) JSP
4 1 (20.00%) TELNET
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (20.00%) IPsec
4 1 (20.00%) Validation
4 1 (20.00%) LAN
4 1 (20.00%) WAN
4 1 (20.00%) HTTP
4 1 (20.00%) SNMP
4 1 (20.00%) HTTPS
4 1 (20.00%) SSL

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 (20.00%) JSP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) TELNET
2 1 (20.00%) IPsec
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) HTTP
2 1 (20.00%) SNMP
2 1 (20.00%) HTTPS
2 1 (20.00%) SSL
General
1 4 (80.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Information Assurance Specialist
1 4 (80.00%) Information Specialist
2 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Information Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Information Assurance Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) UNIX
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Information Assurance
2 3 (60.00%) SIEM
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Security
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) CISSP
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) JSP 440