The first table below looks at the demand for Communications Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Communications Security 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Communications Security (COMSEC)
Rank 755 838 833
Rank change year-on-year
+83 -5
Permanent jobs citing Communications Security 89 31 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.087% 0.027% 0.024%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.114% 0.036% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 9 20 29
Average salary £65,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+73.33% -6.25%
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+73.33% -6.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
77803 85051 89264
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 76.41% 75.04% 73.47%
Number of salaries quoted 64589 72891 75410
Average salary £46,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.15% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Communications Security
UK

Communications Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Communications Security Jobs Demand Trend

Communications Security
Salary Trend

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

England Communications Security Salary Trend

Communications Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Communications Security across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Communications Security Salary Histogram

Communications Security
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Communications Security within the 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
South East +70 59 £65,000 -27.77%
North West +18 16 £65,000 +80.55%
London +44 11 £65,000 +52.94%
Yorkshire +4 2 £65,000 -
East of England -4 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 £65,000 -
Communications Security
UK

Communications Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Communications 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 Communications Security.

1 152 (91.57%) Information Management
2 143 (86.14%) Telecoms
3 132 (79.52%) Military
4 118 (71.08%) Management Information System
5 117 (70.48%) Electronics
6 115 (69.28%) Aerospace
7 77 (46.39%) Chip and PIN
8 75 (45.18%) Degree
9 50 (30.12%) Windows
10 48 (28.92%) Linux
11 46 (27.71%) C++
12 44 (26.51%) Oracle
12 44 (26.51%) Oracle 8/8i
13 41 (24.70%) C
14 39 (23.49%) MS Office
14 39 (23.49%) Validation
14 39 (23.49%) Rational DOORS
15 36 (21.69%) Requirements Management
16 35 (21.08%) Software Engineering
16 35 (21.08%) Security Cleared
17 34 (20.48%) SC Cleared
17 34 (20.48%) Configuration Management
18 33 (19.88%) Finance
19 30 (18.07%) UML
19 30 (18.07%) SQL
20 28 (16.87%) Avionics
21 27 (16.27%) Waterfall
21 27 (16.27%) Cisco
22 26 (15.66%) Microsoft
22 26 (15.66%) Cisco Certification

Communications Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Communications 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 Communications Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 24 (14.46%) Middleware
2 21 (12.65%) JSF
3 11 (6.627%) Web Services
4 10 (6.024%) XML
4 10 (6.024%) CSS
4 10 (6.024%) Spring
4 10 (6.024%) Hibernate
5 7 (4.217%) jQuery
6 6 (3.614%) PostGIS
6 6 (3.614%) Swing
7 4 (2.410%) .NET
7 4 (2.410%) J2EE
7 4 (2.410%) Spring MVC
8 3 (1.807%) Ajax
8 3 (1.807%) ASP
8 3 (1.807%) HTML
8 3 (1.807%) soapUI
9 1 (0.602%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.602%) Google Maps API
Application Platforms
1 5 (3.012%) Exchange Server 2007
1 5 (3.012%) MS Exchange
2 4 (2.410%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.410%) ESB
2 4 (2.410%) Oracle Spatial
2 4 (2.410%) Exchange Server 5.5
3 3 (1.807%) Site Server
3 3 (1.807%) IBM Notes
3 3 (1.807%) IIS
3 3 (1.807%) ArchestrA
4 1 (0.602%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (0.602%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 39 (23.49%) MS Office
2 26 (15.66%) MS Excel
3 15 (9.036%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.205%) MS Project
5 1 (0.602%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 19 (11.45%) Oracle EBS
2 14 (8.434%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (1.807%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (1.205%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 20 (12.05%) Firewall
2 17 (10.24%) Network Security
3 11 (6.627%) LAN
4 10 (6.024%) Wireless
5 9 (5.422%) VPN
6 7 (4.217%) WAN
6 7 (4.217%) Unified Communications
7 6 (3.614%) Internet
8 5 (3.012%) 3G
9 4 (2.410%) VoIP
9 4 (2.410%) MPLS
10 3 (1.807%) SAN
10 3 (1.807%) TCP/IP
10 3 (1.807%) Cisco PIX
10 3 (1.807%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (1.205%) PABX
11 2 (1.205%) EIGRP
11 2 (1.205%) OSPF
11 2 (1.205%) BGP
11 2 (1.205%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (26.51%) Oracle 8/8i
2 4 (2.410%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (1.807%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.807%) MS Access
4 2 (1.205%) Cognos Impromptu
4 2 (1.205%) TOAD
5 1 (0.602%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.602%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 39 (23.49%) Rational DOORS
2 24 (14.46%) ClearCase
2 24 (14.46%) ClearQuest
3 10 (6.024%) Gradle
4 6 (3.614%) Maven
5 4 (2.410%) JIRA
6 3 (1.807%) Visual Studio
General
1 143 (86.14%) Telecoms
2 132 (79.52%) Military
3 117 (70.48%) Electronics
4 115 (69.28%) Aerospace
5 33 (19.88%) Finance
6 28 (16.87%) Avionics
7 6 (3.614%) Billing
7 6 (3.614%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.410%) Banking
9 2 (1.205%) Marketing
10 1 (0.602%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (19.28%) Consultant
2 24 (14.46%) Software Engineer
3 19 (11.45%) Architect
4 17 (10.24%) Applications Consultant
5 16 (9.639%) Oracle Consultant
6 14 (8.434%) Developer
6 14 (8.434%) Analyst
6 14 (8.434%) Oracle Applications Consultant
7 12 (7.229%) Security Manager
8 10 (6.024%) Software Architect
8 10 (6.024%) Java Developer
9 9 (5.422%) Technical Architect
10 8 (4.819%) Security Consultant
10 8 (4.819%) Technical Specialist
11 7 (4.217%) IT Security Consultant
11 7 (4.217%) Server Specialist
11 7 (4.217%) IT Consultant
12 6 (3.614%) Systems Architect
13 5 (3.012%) Storage Specialist
13 5 (3.012%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 118 (71.08%) Management Information System
2 77 (46.39%) Chip and PIN
3 21 (12.65%) Device Driver
4 9 (5.422%) Mathematics
4 9 (5.422%) Computer Science
5 6 (3.614%) Cryptography
6 5 (3.012%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (2.410%) SCADA
7 4 (2.410%) Blackberry
7 4 (2.410%) PDA
7 4 (2.410%) PKI
7 4 (2.410%) Replication
8 3 (1.807%) CCTV
8 3 (1.807%) Physics
9 2 (1.205%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (1.205%) Smartphone
9 2 (1.205%) CESG
10 1 (0.602%) Human Factors
10 1 (0.602%) PMI
10 1 (0.602%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 50 (30.12%) Windows
2 48 (28.92%) Linux
3 24 (14.46%) VxWorks
4 13 (7.831%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (4.217%) Windows XP
6 6 (3.614%) UNIX
7 5 (3.012%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (2.410%) Windows NT
9 3 (1.807%) Windows 2000
9 3 (1.807%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (0.602%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.602%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (91.57%) Information Management
2 39 (23.49%) Validation
3 36 (21.69%) Requirements Management
4 35 (21.08%) Software Engineering
5 34 (20.48%) Configuration Management
6 30 (18.07%) UML
7 27 (16.27%) Waterfall
8 24 (14.46%) Project Management
8 24 (14.46%) Software Testing
8 24 (14.46%) Embedded Software Development
9 23 (13.86%) OO
10 21 (12.65%) Information Security
11 20 (12.05%) Resource Management
11 20 (12.05%) ERP
12 19 (11.45%) Business Intelligence
12 19 (11.45%) Business Process Improvement
12 19 (11.45%) User Acceptance Testing
13 18 (10.84%) Digital Signal Processing
13 18 (10.84%) Signal Processing
13 18 (10.84%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (27.71%) C++
2 41 (24.70%) C
3 30 (18.07%) SQL
4 24 (14.46%) Ada
5 21 (12.65%) Java
6 19 (11.45%) Shell Script
7 12 (7.229%) C#
8 7 (4.217%) JavaScript
9 6 (3.614%) Python
10 5 (3.012%) VB
11 4 (2.410%) PL/SQL
12 2 (1.205%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 75 (45.18%) Degree
2 35 (21.08%) Security Cleared
3 34 (20.48%) SC Cleared
4 26 (15.66%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (10.24%) CISSP
6 14 (8.434%) Check Point Certification
6 14 (8.434%) CEH
6 14 (8.434%) CISM
7 13 (7.831%) PhD
8 7 (4.217%) CCNP
9 6 (3.614%) Chartered Engineer
9 6 (3.614%) DV Cleared
9 6 (3.614%) HND
10 5 (3.012%) CCNA
10 5 (3.012%) CCIE
10 5 (3.012%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (3.012%) HNC
11 3 (1.807%) CCA
11 3 (1.807%) Citrix Certification
11 3 (1.807%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (14.46%) DO-178B
2 11 (6.627%) SLA
3 1 (0.602%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (5.422%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.410%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.807%) XenApp
3 3 (1.807%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.602%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (0.602%) XenServer
4 1 (0.602%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.602%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (3.614%) Unicenter
2 3 (1.807%) NetBackup
2 3 (1.807%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 44 (26.51%) Oracle
2 27 (16.27%) Cisco
3 26 (15.66%) Microsoft
4 21 (12.65%) Cognos
5 17 (10.24%) Blue Coat
6 15 (9.036%) CheckPoint
7 14 (8.434%) Juniper
7 14 (8.434%) McAfee
8 12 (7.229%) Primavera
9 10 (6.024%) PTC
10 9 (5.422%) VMware
11 8 (4.819%) Citrix
11 8 (4.819%) Northgate
12 6 (3.614%) CA
13 4 (2.410%) SAP
13 4 (2.410%) JBoss
13 4 (2.410%) NetApp
13 4 (2.410%) ILOG
14 3 (1.807%) ReadSoft
14 3 (1.807%) Altiris