The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the East Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the East Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 88 83 39
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -44
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 1 8 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 0.110% 0.830% 5.580%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.137% 1.199% 8.578%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 38
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -9.57%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.52%
All Processes & Methodologies
East Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
730 667 443
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 80.40% 69.19% 65.05%
Number of salaries quoted 627 581 428
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
South East

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex Information Security Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security
Salary Trend

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

East Sussex Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex region citing Information Security 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 Information Security.

1 17 (89.47%) Windows
2 16 (84.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (78.95%) Asterisk PBX
3 15 (78.95%) Linux
3 15 (78.95%) VoIP
3 15 (78.95%) Mac OS X
3 15 (78.95%) Information Security Management
3 15 (78.95%) Security Management
3 15 (78.95%) Samba
4 14 (73.68%) LDAP
4 14 (73.68%) Windows 7
4 14 (73.68%) Project Planning
4 14 (73.68%) Web Development
4 14 (73.68%) Mac OS X Server
4 14 (73.68%) Mac OS
5 13 (68.42%) Ubuntu
6 9 (47.37%) ITIL
7 6 (31.58%) Social Media
8 5 (26.32%) Google
8 5 (26.32%) Games
9 3 (15.79%) Firewall
10 2 (10.53%) Business Development
10 2 (10.53%) German Language
10 2 (10.53%) Database Security
10 2 (10.53%) SaaS
10 2 (10.53%) Vulnerability Management
10 2 (10.53%) ERP
10 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
10 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
10 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex region citing Information Security 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 Information Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.263%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 15 (78.95%) Asterisk PBX
1 15 (78.95%) VoIP
2 14 (73.68%) LDAP
3 3 (15.79%) Firewall
4 2 (10.53%) VPN
5 1 (5.263%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Visual Studio
1 1 (5.263%) Git (software)
General
1 5 (26.32%) Games
2 2 (10.53%) German Language
2 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
2 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (78.95%) Administrator
2 14 (73.68%) Desktop Administrator
3 12 (63.16%) Systems Administrator
4 11 (57.89%) Linux Administrator
5 8 (42.11%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 3 (15.79%) Desktop Support
6 3 (15.79%) Desktop Support Administrator
6 3 (15.79%) Linux Support
7 2 (10.53%) Business Development Executive
8 1 (5.263%) Software Development Manager
8 1 (5.263%) Security Engineer
8 1 (5.263%) Development Manager
8 1 (5.263%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Social Media
2 2 (10.53%) SaaS
2 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.263%) Mainframe
3 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 17 (89.47%) Windows
2 15 (78.95%) Linux
2 15 (78.95%) Mac OS X
3 14 (73.68%) Windows 7
3 14 (73.68%) Mac OS X Server
3 14 (73.68%) Mac OS
4 13 (68.42%) Ubuntu
5 1 (5.263%) UNIX
5 1 (5.263%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) Information Security Management
1 15 (78.95%) Security Management
2 14 (73.68%) Project Planning
2 14 (73.68%) Web Development
3 9 (47.37%) ITIL
4 2 (10.53%) Business Development
4 2 (10.53%) Database Security
4 2 (10.53%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (10.53%) ERP
5 1 (5.263%) Project Management
5 1 (5.263%) Scrum
5 1 (5.263%) Waterfall
5 1 (5.263%) Security Architecture
5 1 (5.263%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (5.263%) Data Protection
5 1 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.263%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (5.263%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (84.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.263%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (78.95%) Samba
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Google
2 1 (5.263%) Microsoft