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This section looks at the demand for Penetration Testing skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Penetration Testing over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPenetration Testing
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank170189
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching permanent IT job ads81
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.266 %0.032 %
Salaries quoted70
Average minimum salary£39,044-
Average salary£40,473-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£41,901-
UK excluding London average salary£52,659£51,450
% change on same period last year+2.34 %
East Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
East Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads30023115
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.639 %1.308 %
Salaries quoted26472507
Average minimum salary£36,033£36,369
Average salary£39,093£39,160
% change on same period last year-0.17 %
Average maximum salary£42,153£41,952
UK excluding London average salary£42,478£44,432
% change on same period last year-4.39 %
Penetration Testing EnglandPenetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

East Midlands Penetration Testing Salary Histogram

Penetration Testing
Job Locations

This section 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 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeicestershireNew entry-3£47,500-
LincolnshireNew entry-3£34,437-
Penetration Testing EnglandPenetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

14 (40.00 %)CISSP
14 (40.00 %)Benchmarking
14 (40.00 %)Risk Management
14 (40.00 %)Information Security
23 (30.00 %)Intrusion Detection
23 (30.00 %)Telecoms
23 (30.00 %)Internet
23 (30.00 %)LAN
23 (30.00 %)WAN
23 (30.00 %)VPN
32 (20.00 %)IBM
32 (20.00 %)Finance
32 (20.00 %)Risk Assessment
32 (20.00 %)Mainframe
32 (20.00 %)QA
32 (20.00 %)IBM Mainframe
41 (10.00 %)Time Management
41 (10.00 %)Banking
41 (10.00 %)Performance Testing
41 (10.00 %)Software Testing
41 (10.00 %)Project Management

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

East Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (30.00 %)LAN
13 (30.00 %)WAN
13 (30.00 %)VPN
13 (30.00 %)Internet
13 (30.00 %)Intrusion Detection
East Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (30.00 %)Telecoms
22 (20.00 %)Finance
31 (10.00 %)Banking
East Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (30.00 %)Network Manager
13 (30.00 %)Communications Manager
22 (20.00 %)Information Security Consultant
22 (20.00 %)Consultant
22 (20.00 %)Security Consultant
22 (20.00 %)IT Auditor
22 (20.00 %)Auditor
31 (10.00 %)Test Manager
31 (10.00 %)Senior Consultant
31 (10.00 %)Senior Security Consultant
East Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (20.00 %)Mainframe
12 (20.00 %)IBM Mainframe
East Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (40.00 %)Benchmarking
14 (40.00 %)Risk Management
14 (40.00 %)Information Security
22 (20.00 %)Risk Assessment
31 (10.00 %)Project Management
31 (10.00 %)Software Testing
31 (10.00 %)Performance Testing
31 (10.00 %)Time Management
East Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (40.00 %)CISSP
East Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (20.00 %)QA
East Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (20.00 %)IBM