The first table below looks at the demand for Penetration Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Penetration Testing over the 3 months to 19 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 of England region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Penetration Testing
Rank 250 246 264
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +18
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 12 19 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.149% 0.222% 0.101%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.204% 0.313% 0.138%
Number of salaries quoted 8 9 8
Average salary £48,000 £52,500 £34,625
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.57% +51.62%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,200 £33,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £54,200 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £39,250 £44,000
% change year-on-year
+1.91% -10.79%
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5883 6076 7266
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 73.06% 71.08% 73.34%
Number of salaries quoted 4978 5157 6142
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England Penetration Testing Salary Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the East of England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 19 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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Job
Vacancies
Hertfordshire +5 8 £52,500 +50.00% 1
Bedfordshire - 3 £37,000 -
Cambridgeshire +15 1 £48,500 +29.33% 1
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 22 (51.16%) Firewall
2 21 (48.84%) Information Security
3 20 (46.51%) PCI DSS
4 17 (39.53%) Security Management
4 17 (39.53%) CISSP
5 15 (34.88%) Cisco
5 15 (34.88%) CISM
5 15 (34.88%) COBIT
5 15 (34.88%) Network Security
6 14 (32.56%) Management Information System
7 12 (27.91%) CISA
8 11 (25.58%) CEH
8 11 (25.58%) ITIL
9 10 (23.26%) Information Security Management
9 10 (23.26%) Risk Assessment
9 10 (23.26%) VMware
10 9 (20.93%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (20.93%) CheckPoint
10 9 (20.93%) TCP/IP
11 7 (16.28%) Incident Management
11 7 (16.28%) Windows
12 6 (13.95%) Linux
12 6 (13.95%) OO
12 6 (13.95%) CSS
12 6 (13.95%) JavaScript
12 6 (13.95%) VPN
12 6 (13.95%) DNS
12 6 (13.95%) CCNP
12 6 (13.95%) CCDP
12 6 (13.95%) Active Directory

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 6 (13.95%) CSS
1 6 (13.95%) HTML5
2 5 (11.63%) WCF
2 5 (11.63%) jQuery
2 5 (11.63%) Ajax
2 5 (11.63%) .NET
2 5 (11.63%) XML
3 1 (2.326%) WAMP
3 1 (2.326%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.326%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (2.326%) Fireworks
1 1 (2.326%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 22 (51.16%) Firewall
2 15 (34.88%) Network Security
3 9 (20.93%) TCP/IP
4 6 (13.95%) VPN
4 6 (13.95%) DNS
4 6 (13.95%) LAN
4 6 (13.95%) WAN
4 6 (13.95%) DHCP
5 5 (11.63%) VLAN
5 5 (11.63%) MPLS
5 5 (11.63%) HTTP
5 5 (11.63%) RIP
5 5 (11.63%) VoIP
6 3 (6.977%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.302%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (11.63%) Git (software)
2 1 (2.326%) Metasploit
General
1 5 (11.63%) Finance
2 3 (6.977%) Marketing
2 3 (6.977%) Legal
3 1 (2.326%) Retail
3 1 (2.326%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (27.91%) Security Engineer
2 11 (25.58%) Network Engineer
3 8 (18.60%) Analyst
3 8 (18.60%) Security Analyst
4 6 (13.95%) Consultant
4 6 (13.95%) Security Consultant
5 5 (11.63%) Security Specialist
5 5 (11.63%) Network Security Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) Software Engineer
6 4 (9.302%) IT Consultant
6 4 (9.302%) Administrator
6 4 (9.302%) Senior Software Engineer
6 4 (9.302%) Team Leader
6 4 (9.302%) IT Security Consultant
6 4 (9.302%) Security Administrator
7 3 (6.977%) Security Manager
7 3 (6.977%) Information Manager
7 3 (6.977%) Information Security Manager
8 2 (4.651%) Developer
8 2 (4.651%) IT Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 14 (32.56%) Management Information System
2 4 (9.302%) Computer Science
2 4 (9.302%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.326%) New Media
3 1 (2.326%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 7 (16.28%) Windows
2 6 (13.95%) Linux
3 5 (11.63%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (48.84%) Information Security
2 17 (39.53%) Security Management
3 11 (25.58%) ITIL
4 10 (23.26%) Information Security Management
4 10 (23.26%) Risk Assessment
5 7 (16.28%) Incident Management
6 6 (13.95%) OO
6 6 (13.95%) Risk Management
6 6 (13.95%) Ethical Hacking
7 5 (11.63%) Performance Testing
7 5 (11.63%) Load Testing
7 5 (11.63%) Security Testing
7 5 (11.63%) Multithreading
7 5 (11.63%) Network Architecture
7 5 (11.63%) Network Management
7 5 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (11.63%) TDD
7 5 (11.63%) Change Management
7 5 (11.63%) SOA
8 4 (9.302%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.95%) JavaScript
2 5 (11.63%) C#
2 5 (11.63%) SQL
3 4 (9.302%) PHP
4 1 (2.326%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 17 (39.53%) CISSP
2 15 (34.88%) CISM
3 12 (27.91%) CISA
4 11 (25.58%) CEH
5 9 (20.93%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (13.95%) CCNP
6 6 (13.95%) CCDP
7 4 (9.302%) SSCP
7 4 (9.302%) Degree
8 3 (6.977%) GIAC
8 3 (6.977%) CCSP
9 1 (2.326%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (46.51%) PCI DSS
2 15 (34.88%) COBIT
3 6 (13.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (13.95%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.326%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.326%) CORE IMPACT
1 1 (2.326%) Nessus
Vendors
1 15 (34.88%) Cisco
2 10 (23.26%) VMware
3 9 (20.93%) CheckPoint
4 6 (13.95%) Citrix
4 6 (13.95%) F5
5 1 (2.326%) Microsoft
Buntingford, South East
The ideal candidate will have considerable commercial experience building web apps for tablets and bespoke websites using PHP5, Object Oriented Methodology, MySQL, HTML and CSS... Deadlines can be...
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 10 June 2013
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