The first table below looks at the demand for Penetration Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Penetration Testing over the 3 months to 18 June 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 East Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Penetration Testing
Rank 163 - 158
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 3 0 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.094% - 0.376%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.124% - 0.508%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 9
Average salary £27,000 - £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,500 £38,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year
+5.19% -10.46%
All Processes & Methodologies
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2416 2403 2757
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 76.05% 73.20% 73.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2063 2094 2351
Average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Penetration Testing Salary Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

East Midlands Penetration Testing Salary Histogram

Penetration Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Vacancies
Nottinghamshire - 3 £27,000 -
Leicestershire - 2 £27,000 -
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 7 (77.78%) CISSP
1 7 (77.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (77.78%) Network Security
2 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (44.44%) Security Testing
2 4 (44.44%) CEH
2 4 (44.44%) Banking
2 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) GIAC
2 4 (44.44%) Information Security
2 4 (44.44%) CISA
2 4 (44.44%) CISM
3 3 (33.33%) SQL
3 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (22.22%) PCI DSS
4 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
4 2 (22.22%) Security Management
4 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 2 (22.22%) VMware
4 2 (22.22%) Windows
4 2 (22.22%) VPN
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 2 (22.22%) Citrix
4 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Firewall
4 2 (22.22%) Information Security Management
5 1 (11.11%) Data Security

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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.

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) ASP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) Network Security
2 2 (22.22%) VPN
2 2 (22.22%) Firewall
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
1 4 (44.44%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Security Specialist
2 3 (33.33%) Data Integrity Specialist
3 2 (22.22%) Network Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Security Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Network Security Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Information Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Tester
4 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Applications Tester
4 1 (11.11%) IT Security Specialist
4 1 (11.11%) IT Security Officer
4 1 (11.11%) Security Officer
4 1 (11.11%) Web Tester
4 1 (11.11%) Security Tester
4 1 (11.11%) Information Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Information Security
1 4 (44.44%) Security Testing
1 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Information Security Management
3 2 (22.22%) Security Management
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 1 (11.11%) Data Security
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Information Management
4 1 (11.11%) Web Application Development
4 1 (11.11%) ISMS
4 1 (11.11%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
3 1 (11.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) CISSP
2 4 (44.44%) CISA
2 4 (44.44%) CISM
2 4 (44.44%) GIAC
2 4 (44.44%) CEH
3 1 (11.11%) ISSMP
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (22.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) Citrix
1 2 (22.22%) VMware
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