The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Officer role 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 Security Officer 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 of England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Officer
Rank 265 268 255
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Officer 4 4 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.048% 0.046% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.048% 0.067%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 3
Average salary £65,000 £41,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+56.62% -12.63%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £51,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-12.19% +7.89%
All Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7891 8411 8993
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 95.43% 96.72% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 6875 7028 7682
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Officer
England

Security Officer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Security Officer Jobs Demand Trend

Security Officer
Salary Trend

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

East of England Security Officer Salary Trend

Security Officer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Officer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England Security Officer Salary Histogram

Security Officer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Officer within the East of England 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
Hertfordshire +6 3 £65,000 +56.62%
Bedfordshire - 1 £38,000 -
Security Officer
England

Security Officer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region that cited Security Officer 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 Officer in their job title.

1 11 (91.67%) CISSP
1 11 (91.67%) CISM
2 9 (75.00%) Firewall
2 9 (75.00%) Network Design
2 9 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (75.00%) VPN
2 9 (75.00%) Cisco
2 9 (75.00%) CCNP
2 9 (75.00%) LAN
2 9 (75.00%) WAN
2 9 (75.00%) Capacity Planning
3 8 (66.67%) Network Management
3 8 (66.67%) Network Security
3 8 (66.67%) CEH
3 8 (66.67%) VLAN
3 8 (66.67%) DHCP
3 8 (66.67%) RIP
3 8 (66.67%) TCP/IP
3 8 (66.67%) VoIP
3 8 (66.67%) DNS
3 8 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 8 (66.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 8 (66.67%) Change Management
3 8 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (66.67%) MPLS
3 8 (66.67%) CISA
4 4 (33.33%) Citrix
5 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (25.00%) ISMS
5 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared

Security Officer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (25.00%) Lotus Notes
Communications & Networking
1 9 (75.00%) LAN
1 9 (75.00%) WAN
1 9 (75.00%) VPN
1 9 (75.00%) Firewall
2 8 (66.67%) Intrusion Detection
2 8 (66.67%) VLAN
2 8 (66.67%) Network Security
2 8 (66.67%) DNS
2 8 (66.67%) MPLS
2 8 (66.67%) RIP
2 8 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 8 (66.67%) DHCP
2 8 (66.67%) VoIP
3 1 (8.333%) HTTP
General
1 3 (25.00%) Back Office
1 3 (25.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) CESG
1 3 (25.00%) CESG CLAS
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Network Design
1 9 (75.00%) Capacity Planning
2 8 (66.67%) Network Management
2 8 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 8 (66.67%) Change Management
2 8 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (25.00%) Security Management
3 3 (25.00%) Information Security
3 3 (25.00%) ISMS
4 1 (8.333%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (8.333%) Penetration Testing
Qualifications
1 11 (91.67%) CISSP
1 11 (91.67%) CISM
2 9 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (75.00%) CCNP
3 8 (66.67%) CISA
3 8 (66.67%) CEH
4 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (25.00%) CRISC
5 1 (8.333%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Cisco
2 4 (33.33%) Citrix
3 3 (25.00%) Lotus
4 1 (8.333%) VMware
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New - Information Security Officer needed in Cambridge. Major provider of business critical software to major blue chip companies in the UK seek a Information Security Officer to maintain...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Great Base+Prospects
Posted: 15 May 2013