The first table below looks at the demand for Computer Forensics skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Forensics 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Forensics
Rank 786 831 790
Rank change year-on-year
+45 -41
Permanent jobs citing Computer Forensics 44 32 69
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.044% 0.028% 0.059%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.057% 0.038% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 40 28 51
Average salary £40,000 £34,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% -9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,500 £48,250 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £34,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+14.70% -9.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
77284 84844 85896
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 76.63% 74.69% 73.48%
Number of salaries quoted 64164 72674 72257
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%
Computer Forensics
UK

Computer Forensics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Computer Forensics Jobs Demand Trend

Computer Forensics
Salary Trend

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

England Computer Forensics Salary Trend

Computer Forensics
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Computer Forensics across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Computer Forensics Salary Histogram

Computer Forensics
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Forensics within the 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
South East - 18 £30,000 -
West Midlands - 14 £45,000 -
London +23 6 £55,000 +29.41%
North West +5 4 £40,000 +6.66%
South West -6 1 £40,000 +17.64%
East of England - 1 - -
Computer Forensics
UK

Computer Forensics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Computer Forensics 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 Computer Forensics.

1 34 (48.57%) SIEM
2 33 (47.14%) CISSP
3 31 (44.29%) Cisco Certification
3 31 (44.29%) CCNA
3 31 (44.29%) Intrusion Detection
4 30 (42.86%) Risk Management
4 30 (42.86%) Internet
5 29 (41.43%) Firewall
6 26 (37.14%) ACSA
6 26 (37.14%) Sentinel
7 25 (35.71%) Management Information System
7 25 (35.71%) Java
7 25 (35.71%) JavaScript
8 21 (30.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 19 (27.14%) Security Cleared
10 18 (25.71%) SC Cleared
11 15 (21.43%) Linux
12 14 (20.00%) Microsoft
12 14 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
13 13 (18.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 13 (18.57%) Information Security
14 12 (17.14%) SQL
15 11 (15.71%) .NET
15 11 (15.71%) C#
15 11 (15.71%) C++
15 11 (15.71%) ASP.NET
15 11 (15.71%) Unit Testing
15 11 (15.71%) Agile Software Development
15 11 (15.71%) TDD
16 9 (12.86%) Network Security

Computer Forensics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Computer Forensics 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 Computer Forensics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (15.71%) .NET
1 11 (15.71%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.429%) MS Exchange
1 1 (1.429%) GroupWise
Applications
1 9 (12.86%) MS Office
2 7 (10.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 26 (37.14%) Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 31 (44.29%) Intrusion Detection
2 30 (42.86%) Internet
3 29 (41.43%) Firewall
4 9 (12.86%) Network Security
5 5 (7.143%) tcpdump
5 5 (7.143%) Wireshark
5 5 (7.143%) TCP/IP
5 5 (7.143%) DNS
6 4 (5.714%) HTTP
6 4 (5.714%) LDAP
6 4 (5.714%) LAN
6 4 (5.714%) WAN
6 4 (5.714%) SMTP
7 3 (4.286%) FTP
8 2 (2.857%) SSL
8 2 (2.857%) X.509
9 1 (1.429%) Wireless
9 1 (1.429%) IPsec
9 1 (1.429%) SNMP
9 1 (1.429%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.857%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (12.86%) Finance
2 8 (11.43%) Legal
3 3 (4.286%) Law
3 3 (4.286%) Banking
4 2 (2.857%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.429%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.429%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (1.429%) Marketing
5 1 (1.429%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 18 (25.71%) Security Specialist
2 11 (15.71%) Security Analyst
2 11 (15.71%) Developer
2 11 (15.71%) Analyst
2 11 (15.71%) Software Developer
3 10 (14.29%) Security Engineer
4 8 (11.43%) Consultant
5 5 (7.143%) Security Consultant
5 5 (7.143%) Operations Analyst
5 5 (7.143%) Information Security Consultant
5 5 (7.143%) Security Operations Analyst
6 4 (5.714%) IT Security Engineer
6 4 (5.714%) Trainee Analyst
6 4 (5.714%) Trainee
7 3 (4.286%) Graduate
7 3 (4.286%) Team Leader
8 2 (2.857%) Network Engineer
8 2 (2.857%) Network Security Engineer
8 2 (2.857%) Incident Manager
8 2 (2.857%) IT Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 25 (35.71%) Management Information System
2 9 (12.86%) Computer Science
3 6 (8.571%) Cryptography
4 3 (4.286%) PKI
4 3 (4.286%) Smartcard
5 2 (2.857%) Mathematics
6 1 (1.429%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.429%) CESG
6 1 (1.429%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.429%) RMADS
Operating Systems
1 15 (21.43%) Linux
2 7 (10.00%) Windows
3 4 (5.714%) Solaris
4 1 (1.429%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (48.57%) SIEM
2 30 (42.86%) Risk Management
3 21 (30.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 14 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
5 13 (18.57%) Information Security
6 11 (15.71%) Agile Software Development
6 11 (15.71%) TDD
6 11 (15.71%) Unit Testing
7 7 (10.00%) Incident Management
7 7 (10.00%) E-Discovery
7 7 (10.00%) Identity Management
8 6 (8.571%) Ethical Hacking
8 6 (8.571%) Database Security
9 5 (7.143%) Data Security
9 5 (7.143%) Security Testing
10 4 (5.714%) Reverse Engineering
10 4 (5.714%) Change Control
10 4 (5.714%) Enterprise Architecture
10 4 (5.714%) Business Development
10 4 (5.714%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 25 (35.71%) Java
1 25 (35.71%) JavaScript
2 12 (17.14%) SQL
3 11 (15.71%) C#
3 11 (15.71%) C++
4 1 (1.429%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 33 (47.14%) CISSP
2 31 (44.29%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (44.29%) CCNA
3 26 (37.14%) ACSA
4 19 (27.14%) Security Cleared
5 18 (25.71%) SC Cleared
6 9 (12.86%) Degree
7 6 (8.571%) CISA
7 6 (8.571%) CISM
7 6 (8.571%) GIAC
8 5 (7.143%) GCIA
8 5 (7.143%) GCIH
8 5 (7.143%) DV Cleared
9 2 (2.857%) CEH
9 2 (2.857%) GPEN
10 1 (1.429%) GISP
10 1 (1.429%) GCED
10 1 (1.429%) GSNA
10 1 (1.429%) GCFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (18.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.714%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.429%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.429%) COBIT
System Software
1 4 (5.714%) Snort
Vendors
1 14 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.714%) Sourcefire
3 3 (4.286%) Sun
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