The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term CESG in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CESG over the 3 months to 24 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG)
Rank 715 811 791
Rank change year-on-year
+96 -20
Permanent jobs citing CESG 126 55 59
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.125% 0.049% 0.050%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.368% 0.144% 0.143%
Number of salaries quoted 92 28 45
Average salary £50,000 £57,500 £47,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.04% +22.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £44,250 £39,482
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £57,500 £47,000
% change year-on-year
-13.04% +22.34%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
34213 38163 41237
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 33.83% 33.66% 35.00%
Number of salaries quoted 28337 32394 34737
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £48,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £29,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
CESG
UK

CESG
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing CESG across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

England CESG Jobs Demand Trend

CESG
Salary Trend

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

England CESG Salary Trend

CESG
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CESG across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England CESG Salary Histogram

CESG
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CESG within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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
South East +61 74 £45,000 -25.00%
London +69 30 £70,000 +21.73%
South West -9 7 £40,500 -29.56%
East of England +6 4 £65,000 -
West Midlands -17 3 £75,000 +66.66%
Midlands - 1 £70,000 -
South Coast - 1 £65,000 -
CESG
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CESG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing CESG 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 CESG.

1 129 (57.59%) Security Cleared
2 128 (57.14%) Information Security
3 110 (49.11%) SC Cleared
4 83 (37.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 83 (37.05%) Firewall
5 79 (35.27%) Information Assurance
6 75 (33.48%) CESG CLAS
7 73 (32.59%) Management Information System
8 63 (28.13%) DV Cleared
9 56 (25.00%) JSP 440
9 56 (25.00%) CISSP
10 53 (23.66%) Linux
11 50 (22.32%) JSP
11 50 (22.32%) DNS
11 50 (22.32%) SIEM
12 49 (21.88%) TCP/IP
13 48 (21.43%) Microsoft
14 47 (20.98%) LAN
15 45 (20.09%) WAN
15 45 (20.09%) Security Testing
16 44 (19.64%) Windows
17 42 (18.75%) Finance
18 40 (17.86%) HTTP
19 39 (17.41%) Incident Management
20 36 (16.07%) GIAC
20 36 (16.07%) FTP
20 36 (16.07%) SMTP
20 36 (16.07%) CISM
20 36 (16.07%) Internet
21 35 (15.63%) Risk Management

CESG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing CESG 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 CESG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 50 (22.32%) JSP
2 1 (0.446%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 33 (14.73%) MS Exchange
2 11 (4.911%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (4.464%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (2.679%) IIS
4 6 (2.679%) Office Communications Server
5 5 (2.232%) Lync
6 3 (1.339%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (0.446%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (8.036%) MS Excel
2 8 (3.571%) MS Office
3 3 (1.339%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (0.893%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.893%) RMDS
Communications & Networking
1 83 (37.05%) Firewall
2 50 (22.32%) DNS
3 49 (21.88%) TCP/IP
4 47 (20.98%) LAN
5 45 (20.09%) WAN
6 40 (17.86%) HTTP
7 36 (16.07%) FTP
7 36 (16.07%) SMTP
7 36 (16.07%) Internet
8 28 (12.50%) SAN
9 25 (11.16%) Network Security
10 21 (9.375%) LDAP
11 19 (8.482%) tcpdump
12 17 (7.589%) Wireshark
13 16 (7.143%) Extranet
14 15 (6.696%) DHCP
14 15 (6.696%) DMZ
14 15 (6.696%) X.400
15 13 (5.804%) Intrusion Detection
15 13 (5.804%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.357%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.018%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (0.446%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 8 (3.571%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.446%) GitHub
General
1 42 (18.75%) Finance
2 27 (12.05%) Legal
3 19 (8.482%) Electronics
3 19 (8.482%) Back Office
4 18 (8.036%) Telecoms
5 12 (5.357%) Local Government
6 11 (4.911%) Military
6 11 (4.911%) Aerospace
7 8 (3.571%) Banking
8 7 (3.125%) Law
9 6 (2.679%) Retail
10 1 (0.446%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.446%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.446%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 48 (21.43%) Consultant
2 40 (17.86%) Security Manager
3 33 (14.73%) Analyst
4 30 (13.39%) Security Analyst
5 25 (11.16%) Architect
6 24 (10.71%) Security Architect
6 24 (10.71%) Team Leader
7 23 (10.27%) CLAS Consultant
8 21 (9.375%) Operations Manager
8 21 (9.375%) Security Operations Manager
9 19 (8.482%) Tester
9 19 (8.482%) Penetration Tester
10 17 (7.589%) Systems Analyst
11 15 (6.696%) Security Consultant
11 15 (6.696%) Firewall Engineer
12 11 (4.911%) Information Assurance Consultant
13 10 (4.464%) Support Engineer
14 8 (3.571%) Applications Support
14 8 (3.571%) Applications Support Engineer
14 8 (3.571%) Information Manager
Miscellaneous
1 75 (33.48%) CESG CLAS
2 73 (32.59%) Management Information System
3 31 (13.84%) Client/Server
3 31 (13.84%) RMADS
4 22 (9.821%) Computer Science
5 16 (7.143%) Chip and PIN
6 13 (5.804%) Firmware
7 11 (4.911%) Cryptography
8 7 (3.125%) PKI
9 3 (1.339%) Smartcard
10 2 (0.893%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.446%) Mobile Payment
11 1 (0.446%) Replication
11 1 (0.446%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.446%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 53 (23.66%) Linux
2 44 (19.64%) Windows
3 26 (11.61%) UNIX
4 23 (10.27%) Solaris
5 10 (4.464%) Windows Server 2008
6 9 (4.018%) Windows XP
6 9 (4.018%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (1.339%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (57.14%) Information Security
2 79 (35.27%) Information Assurance
3 50 (22.32%) SIEM
4 45 (20.09%) Security Testing
5 39 (17.41%) Incident Management
6 35 (15.63%) Risk Management
6 35 (15.63%) Security Management
6 35 (15.63%) Penetration Testing
7 32 (14.29%) Information Security Management
8 30 (13.39%) Change Control
9 27 (12.05%) Cyber Security
10 24 (10.71%) Ethical Hacking
11 23 (10.27%) ITIL
12 20 (8.929%) Service Management
12 20 (8.929%) Project Management
13 18 (8.036%) Change Management
14 17 (7.589%) Network Management
15 15 (6.696%) Security Architecture
16 14 (6.250%) ISMS
17 13 (5.804%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.679%) C
2 4 (1.786%) SQL
3 2 (0.893%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 129 (57.59%) Security Cleared
2 110 (49.11%) SC Cleared
3 63 (28.13%) DV Cleared
4 56 (25.00%) CISSP
5 36 (16.07%) GIAC
5 36 (16.07%) CISM
6 34 (15.18%) GCIA
7 26 (11.61%) Degree
8 24 (10.71%) CCNA
8 24 (10.71%) Cisco Certification
9 23 (10.27%) CCNP
10 18 (8.036%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (7.143%) MCSE
12 15 (6.696%) RHCE
12 15 (6.696%) CISA
13 11 (4.911%) CEH
13 11 (4.911%) PCI QSA
14 10 (4.464%) MBA
15 9 (4.018%) GCIH
16 8 (3.571%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (37.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 56 (25.00%) JSP 440
3 15 (6.696%) PCI DSS
4 9 (4.018%) HMG Infosec
5 6 (2.679%) ISO 9001
6 5 (2.232%) COBIT
7 2 (0.893%) BS7799
7 2 (0.893%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.446%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 30 (13.39%) Active Directory
2 21 (9.375%) Snort
3 15 (6.696%) vSphere
4 10 (4.464%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.339%) NFS
5 3 (1.339%) NDS
6 2 (0.893%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (2.679%) Tivoli
2 1 (0.446%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 48 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 30 (13.39%) Cisco
3 12 (5.357%) Juniper
4 10 (4.464%) CheckPoint
4 10 (4.464%) Oracle
5 8 (3.571%) Fujitsu
6 6 (2.679%) Twitter
6 6 (2.679%) CA
6 6 (2.679%) Citrix
7 5 (2.232%) Sourcefire
7 5 (2.232%) HP
8 3 (1.339%) VMware
8 3 (1.339%) NetApp
8 3 (1.339%) Lotus
9 2 (0.893%) Infoblox
9 2 (0.893%) F5
10 1 (0.446%) Blue Coat
10 1 (0.446%) Capita
10 1 (0.446%) Polycom
10 1 (0.446%) BT
Berkshire
Provide consultancy and using security guidelines to complete policy documentation and white papers. Working with Programme and project managers in ensuring that high level projects adhere to security...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: Excellent Salary Package
Posted: 24 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
You will have; - SC or DV clearance - Security Risk assessments at business, technical architecture and process level... - Applying the principles of secure network design, applications, gateways and interfaces -...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 30k - 60k
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
A leading Public sector client is looking for a contract Information Assurance Manager to support the programme's security accreditation activities... The suitable candidate will have proven demonstrable...
Reed Technology
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
As a Security Cleared Lead Security Architect your skills & qualifications will include: Current Security Clearance to SC level... As a Security Cleared Lead Security Architect desirable skills and...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + £6k Car Allowance + Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
As a Security Cleared Lead Security Architect your skills & qualifications will include : Current Security Clearance to SC level... As a Security Cleared Lead Security Architect desirable skills and...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + £6k Car Allowance + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Sheffield, Yorkshire
My client a leading Outsourcing company are looking to recruit a Security Manager (Security Assurance, Information Assurance, HMG, ISO 27001, CESG, CLAS, CISSP, CISM, Outsourcing companying, Finance, Government) - £...
Computer Futures
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Wiltshire
Skills & Experience Essential: Expert knowledge of ISO27001:2005... Previous experience of developing RMADS i.a.w... Familiar with the provisions of applicable legislation (including the Data Protection Act)...
Experis IT
Posted: 20 May 2013
Chippenham, Wiltshire
So seeking applicants with the following: * Good technical architecture experience as well as pre-sales experience * Very good knowledge of at least one of the following: UNIX/LINUX/...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £45000.00 - £55000.00 per annum + car, bonus, benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Chippenham, Wiltshire
Knowledge of at least one of the following: UNIX/LINUX/Windows operating system * Good knowledge of SAN, NAS & ISCSI technologies (Preferably NetApp) * Good knowledge of storage technologies (preferably...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £45000.00 - £55000.00 per annum + Car, Bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013