The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the East Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Specialist
Rank 154 165 168
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 10 1 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.327% 0.029% 0.110%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.344% 0.031% 0.115%
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 4
Average salary £50,000 £55,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +37.50%
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-13.63% +10.00%
All Job Titles
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2905 3239 3482
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 94.97% 95.01% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2480 2893 2979
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security Specialist across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East Midlands Security Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Security Specialist
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Security Specialist across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Security Specialist Salary Trend

Security Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leicestershire - 6 £50,000 -
Nottinghamshire +1 2 £50,000 -9.09%
Derbyshire - 1 - -
Northamptonshire - 1 £55,000 -
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands region that cited Security Specialist in their job title 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 with Security Specialist in their job title.

1 17 (73.91%) Finance
2 13 (56.52%) Information Security
3 9 (39.13%) Security Testing
4 6 (26.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (26.09%) Web Development
4 6 (26.09%) Computer Science
4 6 (26.09%) WPF
4 6 (26.09%) Cyber Security
4 6 (26.09%) Penetration Testing
4 6 (26.09%) C#
4 6 (26.09%) C++
4 6 (26.09%) DHTML
4 6 (26.09%) Java
4 6 (26.09%) JavaScript
4 6 (26.09%) .NET
4 6 (26.09%) SQL Server
4 6 (26.09%) ASP
4 6 (26.09%) XML
4 6 (26.09%) XSLT
4 6 (26.09%) LDAP
4 6 (26.09%) ISO 9001
4 6 (26.09%) CISSP
4 6 (26.09%) Smartcard
4 6 (26.09%) Project Management
4 6 (26.09%) TickIT
5 5 (21.74%) Data Security
6 4 (17.39%) HP
6 4 (17.39%) Network Security
6 4 (17.39%) Web Application Development
6 4 (17.39%) Digital Media

Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands region that cited Security Specialist in their job title 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 with Security Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (26.09%) DHTML
1 6 (26.09%) .NET
1 6 (26.09%) ASP
1 6 (26.09%) XML
1 6 (26.09%) XSLT
1 6 (26.09%) WPF
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) LDAP
2 4 (17.39%) Network Security
3 1 (4.348%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (26.09%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (73.91%) Finance
2 4 (17.39%) Telecoms
3 3 (13.04%) Banking
4 2 (8.696%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Smartcard
1 6 (26.09%) Computer Science
2 4 (17.39%) Digital Media
3 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
4 2 (8.696%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) Information Security
2 9 (39.13%) Security Testing
3 6 (26.09%) Cyber Security
3 6 (26.09%) Penetration Testing
3 6 (26.09%) Web Development
3 6 (26.09%) Project Management
4 5 (21.74%) Data Security
5 4 (17.39%) Web Application Development
6 3 (13.04%) Risk Analysis
6 3 (13.04%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (13.04%) Security Management
6 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
6 3 (13.04%) Information Security Management
6 3 (13.04%) Information Management
7 2 (8.696%) Business Development
8 1 (4.348%) Risk Management
8 1 (4.348%) Integration Testing
8 1 (4.348%) Information Governance
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) C#
1 6 (26.09%) C++
1 6 (26.09%) Java
1 6 (26.09%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) CISSP
2 3 (13.04%) CISA
2 3 (13.04%) CISM
2 3 (13.04%) GIAC
2 3 (13.04%) CEH
2 3 (13.04%) ISSMP
3 2 (8.696%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) ISO 9001
1 6 (26.09%) TickIT
1 6 (26.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (13.04%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) HP
2 2 (8.696%) Cisco
3 1 (4.348%) Twitter