The first table below looks at the demand for Data 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 Data Security 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Security
Rank 559 651 629
Rank change year-on-year
+92 -22
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 298 217 222
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.295% 0.191% 0.188%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.385% 0.256% 0.257%
Number of salaries quoted 217 194 175
Average salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,700 £32,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £64,000 £80,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
77473 84750 86518
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 76.60% 74.76% 73.44%
Number of salaries quoted 64240 72541 72957
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 £71,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Data Security
UK

Data Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Data Security Jobs Demand Trend

Data Security
Salary Trend

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

England Data Security Salary Trend

Data Security
Salary Histogram

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

England Data Security Salary Histogram

Data Security
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Security 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
London +63 111 £50,000 -33.33%
South East +47 77 £45,000 +5.88%
South West -3 27 £37,500 -11.76%
North West +20 25 £45,000 -16.27%
East of England +4 24 £41,000 +28.12%
West Midlands -11 22 £42,500 +6.25%
East Midlands +13 18 £30,500 -36.12%
Yorkshire +4 6 £40,500 +26.56%
North East - 6 £45,000 -
Data Security
UK

Data Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 214 (34.19%) SQL
2 197 (31.47%) Finance
3 168 (26.84%) Firewall
4 166 (26.52%) Microsoft
5 139 (22.20%) Windows
6 123 (19.65%) SQL Server
7 119 (19.01%) Information Security
8 112 (17.89%) Oracle
9 104 (16.61%) ITIL
9 104 (16.61%) PCI DSS
10 103 (16.45%) Linux
11 102 (16.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 100 (15.97%) MS Excel
13 96 (15.34%) CISSP
14 83 (13.26%) Disaster Recovery
15 82 (13.10%) Business Intelligence
16 81 (12.94%) Management Information System
17 79 (12.62%) VPN
18 73 (11.66%) Cisco
18 73 (11.66%) UNIX
19 68 (10.86%) SQL Server 2008
20 67 (10.70%) Network Security
21 66 (10.54%) Project Management
22 64 (10.22%) .NET
23 62 (9.904%) Active Directory
23 62 (9.904%) SQL Server 2005
23 62 (9.904%) Data Management
23 62 (9.904%) SIEM
24 61 (9.744%) Analytics
25 60 (9.585%) LAN

Data Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 64 (10.22%) .NET
2 32 (5.112%) CSS
3 30 (4.792%) ASP.NET
4 29 (4.633%) Web Services
5 27 (4.313%) Middleware
6 25 (3.994%) HTML
7 24 (3.834%) .NET Framework
8 19 (3.035%) jQuery
8 19 (3.035%) WebSphere
9 17 (2.716%) Ajax
10 11 (1.757%) XML
11 10 (1.597%) COM
12 9 (1.438%) Oracle Fusion
12 9 (1.438%) JSP
12 9 (1.438%) Spring
13 7 (1.118%) J2EE
14 6 (0.958%) JSTL
14 6 (0.958%) Servlets
15 3 (0.479%) Java EE
16 2 (0.319%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 57 (9.105%) SharePoint
2 50 (7.987%) SAS
3 37 (5.911%) IIS
4 32 (5.112%) MS Exchange
5 29 (4.633%) Apache
6 20 (3.195%) Exchange Server 2010
7 19 (3.035%) WebSphere MQ
8 12 (1.917%) Oracle Workflow
9 11 (1.757%) Tomcat
10 10 (1.597%) IBM HTTP Server
10 10 (1.597%) WebSphere Application Server
10 10 (1.597%) Lotus Notes
10 10 (1.597%) Lotus Domino
10 10 (1.597%) SharePoint 2010
11 9 (1.438%) ESB
12 6 (0.958%) Office Communications Server
13 4 (0.639%) Exchange Server 2003
13 4 (0.639%) WebLogic
13 4 (0.639%) Exchange Server 2007
14 3 (0.479%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 100 (15.97%) MS Excel
2 34 (5.431%) SPSS
3 29 (4.633%) S-PLUS
4 7 (1.118%) Office 365
5 6 (0.958%) MS Office
6 5 (0.799%) MS Project
7 3 (0.479%) MS PowerPoint
8 2 (0.319%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 36 (5.751%) Oracle EBS
2 29 (4.633%) Oracle EBS R12
3 8 (1.278%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (1.118%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (0.799%) Oracle iProcurement
5 5 (0.799%) Oracle HRMS
6 3 (0.479%) Oracle 11i
6 3 (0.479%) Maximo
7 2 (0.319%) Oracle Payroll
7 2 (0.319%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.160%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.160%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.160%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.160%) Visualfiles
Communications & Networking
1 168 (26.84%) Firewall
2 79 (12.62%) VPN
3 67 (10.70%) Network Security
4 60 (9.585%) LAN
5 58 (9.265%) WAN
6 42 (6.709%) SSL
7 37 (5.911%) Internet
8 21 (3.355%) TCP/IP
9 20 (3.195%) HTTP
9 20 (3.195%) LDAP
9 20 (3.195%) Wireless
10 19 (3.035%) Cisco ASA
10 19 (3.035%) S/MIME
10 19 (3.035%) IP Telephony
11 15 (2.396%) Intranet
11 15 (2.396%) VoIP
11 15 (2.396%) Intrusion Detection
12 14 (2.236%) Cisco IOS
13 13 (2.077%) Unified Communications
13 13 (2.077%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (19.65%) SQL Server
2 68 (10.86%) SQL Server 2008
3 62 (9.904%) SQL Server 2005
4 48 (7.668%) Data Warehouse
5 39 (6.230%) SQL Server 2012
6 35 (5.591%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 35 (5.591%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 34 (5.431%) MySQL
8 31 (4.952%) Oracle Discoverer
9 30 (4.792%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 21 (3.355%) DTS
10 21 (3.355%) Ingres
10 21 (3.355%) dBASE
11 17 (2.716%) Oracle BI EE
12 16 (2.556%) Big Data
13 15 (2.396%) TOAD
14 11 (1.757%) Oracle Reports
15 10 (1.597%) QlikView
16 9 (1.438%) Oracle OLAP
16 9 (1.438%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 14 (2.236%) Visual Studio
2 10 (1.597%) Git (software)
3 8 (1.278%) JDeveloper
3 8 (1.278%) ERwin
4 7 (1.118%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (0.958%) Subversion
6 3 (0.479%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.160%) FishEye
7 1 (0.160%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.160%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.160%) JIRA
General
1 197 (31.47%) Finance
2 41 (6.550%) Banking
3 29 (4.633%) Retail
4 24 (3.834%) Marketing
5 17 (2.716%) Legal
6 16 (2.556%) Telecoms
7 8 (1.278%) Law
8 7 (1.118%) Back Office
9 6 (0.958%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (0.799%) German Language
10 5 (0.799%) Financial Institution
10 5 (0.799%) Advertising
11 4 (0.639%) Games
12 3 (0.479%) Italian Language
12 3 (0.479%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.319%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.319%) Billing
13 2 (0.319%) Local Government
14 1 (0.160%) Spanish Language
14 1 (0.160%) French Language
Job Titles
1 182 (29.07%) Analyst
2 86 (13.74%) Consultant
3 74 (11.82%) Security Analyst
4 71 (11.34%) DBA
5 55 (8.786%) Support Analyst
6 51 (8.147%) Architect
7 46 (7.348%) Administrator
8 40 (6.390%) SQL DBA
9 38 (6.070%) Data Architect
10 37 (5.911%) Applications Support
11 36 (5.751%) Applications Support Analyst
12 34 (5.431%) Developer
13 30 (4.792%) Data Consultant
14 28 (4.473%) Senior DBA
15 26 (4.153%) Security Manager
16 25 (3.994%) Team Leader
16 25 (3.994%) Security Consultant
17 22 (3.514%) Teradata DBA
18 21 (3.355%) Pre Sales Consultant
19 19 (3.035%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 81 (12.94%) Management Information System
2 35 (5.591%) Clustering
3 29 (4.633%) Replication
3 29 (4.633%) Data Extraction
4 22 (3.514%) SaaS
5 21 (3.355%) PKI
5 21 (3.355%) Freedom of Information
6 20 (3.195%) Reference Data
7 19 (3.035%) Cryptography
8 18 (2.875%) Neural Network
9 16 (2.556%) Video Conferencing
10 15 (2.396%) Social Media
10 15 (2.396%) Client/Server
11 14 (2.236%) N-Tier
12 13 (2.077%) PaaS
12 13 (2.077%) IaaS
13 11 (1.757%) Computer Science
14 10 (1.597%) iSeries
15 9 (1.438%) Data Protection Act
16 8 (1.278%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 139 (22.20%) Windows
2 103 (16.45%) Linux
3 73 (11.66%) UNIX
4 43 (6.869%) Windows Server 2008
5 21 (3.355%) Windows XP
6 18 (2.875%) Windows Server 2003
7 16 (2.556%) Windows 8
8 14 (2.236%) Solaris
9 10 (1.597%) Windows 7
10 7 (1.118%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (1.118%) SUSE
11 5 (0.799%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.479%) Android
12 3 (0.479%) Windows 2000 Server
13 1 (0.160%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.160%) CentOS
13 1 (0.160%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.160%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (19.01%) Information Security
2 104 (16.61%) ITIL
3 83 (13.26%) Disaster Recovery
4 82 (13.10%) Business Intelligence
5 66 (10.54%) Project Management
6 62 (9.904%) Data Management
6 62 (9.904%) SIEM
7 61 (9.744%) Analytics
8 57 (9.105%) Data Architecture
9 54 (8.626%) Data Analysis
10 51 (8.147%) Vulnerability Management
11 46 (7.348%) Data Protection
12 44 (7.029%) Waterfall
13 43 (6.869%) Master Data Management
13 43 (6.869%) ETL
14 41 (6.550%) Data Modelling
15 39 (6.230%) Data Governance
16 38 (6.070%) Penetration Testing
17 37 (5.911%) Network Design
17 37 (5.911%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 214 (34.19%) SQL
2 51 (8.147%) T-SQL
3 46 (7.348%) JavaScript
4 41 (6.550%) C#
5 35 (5.591%) Java
6 24 (3.834%) PHP
7 23 (3.674%) C
8 22 (3.514%) VB
9 21 (3.355%) Perl
10 18 (2.875%) VB.NET
11 14 (2.236%) Python
12 13 (2.077%) Ruby
13 11 (1.757%) C++
14 9 (1.438%) PL/SQL
15 7 (1.118%) Bash shell
16 6 (0.958%) VBA
17 4 (0.639%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.639%) PowerShell
18 3 (0.479%) SAS Macro
19 2 (0.319%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 96 (15.34%) CISSP
2 52 (8.307%) Degree
3 38 (6.070%) PCI QSA
4 36 (5.751%) Cisco Certification
4 36 (5.751%) CISM
5 35 (5.591%) CISA
5 35 (5.591%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (4.473%) MCSE
7 26 (4.153%) CCNA
8 14 (2.236%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 13 (2.077%) CCNP
10 10 (1.597%) CCSP
11 9 (1.438%) CEH
11 9 (1.438%) GIAC
12 8 (1.278%) Security Cleared
12 8 (1.278%) ISACA
13 7 (1.118%) ISEB
13 7 (1.118%) CCIE
13 7 (1.118%) JNCIA
14 6 (0.958%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (16.61%) PCI DSS
2 102 (16.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (5.272%) Data Quality
4 31 (4.952%) QA
5 17 (2.716%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 17 (2.716%) ISO 9001
6 13 (2.077%) SLA
7 8 (1.278%) COBIT
8 3 (0.479%) Solvency II
8 3 (0.479%) Basel II
9 1 (0.160%) HMG Infosec
9 1 (0.160%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.160%) ISO/IEC 17799
9 1 (0.160%) WCAG
System Software
1 62 (9.904%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.035%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.118%) Hyper-V
3 7 (1.118%) Terminal Services
4 6 (0.958%) vSphere
4 6 (0.958%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.639%) NFS
5 4 (0.639%) Postfix
6 3 (0.479%) VMware ESX
7 2 (0.319%) Snort
7 2 (0.319%) Xen
7 2 (0.319%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 2 (0.319%) Forefront TMG
7 2 (0.319%) Varnish
8 1 (0.160%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.160%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.160%) XenServer
8 1 (0.160%) ISA Server
8 1 (0.160%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 41 (6.550%) Nessus
2 19 (3.035%) HP SiteScope
3 13 (2.077%) Cisco IPCC
4 10 (1.597%) Nagios
5 9 (1.438%) Puppet
5 9 (1.438%) SCCM
6 7 (1.118%) SCOM
7 4 (0.639%) Backup Exec
7 4 (0.639%) Norton AntiVirus
7 4 (0.639%) OSSEC
8 3 (0.479%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.319%) Ganglia
10 1 (0.160%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
10 1 (0.160%) HP Data Protector
10 1 (0.160%) MIMEsweeper
10 1 (0.160%) WSUS
10 1 (0.160%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 166 (26.52%) Microsoft
2 112 (17.89%) Oracle
3 73 (11.66%) Cisco
4 54 (8.626%) Business Objects
5 50 (7.987%) VMware
6 40 (6.390%) Citrix
7 34 (5.431%) Sybase
8 33 (5.272%) Qualys
9 31 (4.952%) Juniper
10 30 (4.792%) ArcSight
11 26 (4.153%) CheckPoint
12 25 (3.994%) IBM
13 17 (2.716%) Cognos
14 16 (2.556%) Informatica
15 15 (2.396%) SAP
15 15 (2.396%) Blue Coat
16 14 (2.236%) Teradata
17 13 (2.077%) JBoss
18 12 (1.917%) HP
19 11 (1.757%) McAfee
Nottingham, East Midlands
Skills required:*Good technical knowledge of networking fundamentals across multiple platforms and technologies including Linux, Unix as well as Windows.*Excellent knowledge of network and data security best...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £31000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
E-Commerce environment. An understanding of project management methodologies, processes and practices... Ideally educated to degree level or equivalent... Application Firewalls (WAF), incident reporting, monitoring and alerting... Solutions...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Competivite Salary - Negoitbale on application
Posted: 24 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
A large professional services organisation with offices throughout the UK requires an Information Security Officer to join their IT department. Reporting into the CTO, as an Information Security...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
CISSP, CISA, PCI- DSS, Qualified Security Assessor Audit. Seasoned Information Security Consultant is needed to join an established security consultancy in London. Candidates must have current in-depth,...
DCL Search & Selection
Salary: £47k - 52k per year + Car allowance + Bonus + Benefits.
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
Knowledge of data security standards including PCI and ISO 27001/27002. - Knowledge of threat and vulnerability management processes and supporting scanning technologies (Qualys, Nessus) - Knowledge of Operating system...
lastminute.com
Salary: Excellent + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
This position is for a hands-on Oracle HRMS Functional Support Role for Payroll... handover of changes to the UAT & Training teams... To join us, you’ll need...
UK Shared Business Services Ltd
Salary: Competitive Salary plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Experience in defining new workflows for automated infrastructure builds and software deployments (build orchestration) and helping to deliver IS business process / culture change (puppet, VMWare, Git/SVN, OSSec)...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: Excellent Basic with Benefits
Posted: 7 May 2013
Teddington, Middlesex
SEO: Windows, Active Directory, SQL, VMware, vSphere, Cisco, Windows Server... Windows Server 2008. IIS 7. SQL Server 2008. Active Directory. Cisco networks. PowerShell scripting. Advantageous skills: Microsoft Windows...
Think IT Recruitment
Salary: £40000.00 - £50000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
West Yorkshire
An understanding of project management methodologies, processes and practices... Ideally educated to degree level or equivalent... Solutions compliant with PCI data security standards. Experience in defining new workflows...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Market related
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
An understanding of project management methodologies, processes and practices... Ideally educated to degree level or equivalent... Solutions compliant with PCI data security standards. Experience in defining new workflows...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £35,000 to £40,000 + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
The Individual Of graduate calibre with extensive experience in developing and administering database applications using MS SQL Server 2005/2008/2012 in clustered and high availability environments. Technical...
RM Education
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + + bonus
Posted: 7 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Milton Keynes£35,000 + Benefits As a member of the Information Security team, you will ensure that the confidentiality, availability and integrity of the company's information and...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £36000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Wintel - SQL - Active Directory - Exchange - Sharepoint - VMware We are actively seeking an Infrastructure Systems Engineer to work in a strong technical team for a growing financial company based...
Mint
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + 10-20% Bonus + Excellent benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
South West
My Blue chip client are looking for a number of Oracle Functional Support Analysts with the foolowing skills and experience: This role is for a hands-on Oracle...
Experis IT
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Blackpool, Lancashire
Our client seeks a Systems Administrator / SQL DBA to get involved in performance tuning, management reporting and database upgrades... You will look at performance across a SQL estate...
Quindell Plc - Metaskil
Salary: From £20,000 to £25,000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
Respond to client and business needs in a prompt and professional manner Responsible for the management and support of SharePoint infrastructure and services Support a multi-site Microsoft...
Brightred Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
London
CYBERARK SPECIALIST A leading Global Consultancy in London is seeking a CyberArk Architect/Tech Lead with exceptional knowledge within the implementation and integration of Cyber-Ark's Privileged...
Selecture Limited
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 18 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Aptitude for learning is a must Bachelor's Degree in Information Security or Information Technology preferred... Recognized security professional certification such as CISM, CISA, CISSP or ISO 27001...
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 25 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Bachelor's Degree in Information Security or Information Technology preferred... Recognized security professional certification such as CISM, CISA, CISSP or ISO 27001 Lead Auditor is highly desirable. Knowledge...
Royal Mail Group
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Reigate, South East
Undertake detailed analysis of proposals from 3rd party bids from a data protection and information security perspective... + Assist with the data protection breach and data security incident management...
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + BONUS + BENEFITS
Posted: 14 May 2013
South West London
Microsoft SharePoint... IBM HTTP Server/Apache/JBoss... Some experience of Windows, Solaris, Linux and iSeries Systems Administration. Desirable knowledge, skills and qualifications as are follows: IBM Domino/Lotus...
TD Group
Salary: Excellent salary and Excellent package
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
The ideal candidate will need breadth of experience across IT security covering applications security, infrastructure security, policies, security management & governance, ISO27001, network security, data security as well as...
Careerwise UK Limited
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Representation of NorthgateArinso BI at Customer Events/Special Interest Groups/User Groups... IBM Cognos 10 Accredited to IBM Cognos 10 Business Analytics Certification Level Proven experience of Cognos...
Northgate Information Solutions UK Limited
Posted: 20 May 2013
Ashford, Kent, South East
Main Purpose of the SQL Server DBATo be responsible for SQL infrastructure across 2 divisions of the company.We are providing our software products as part of a...
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Salary: £0 - £35,000 per year DOE
Posted: 10 May 2013
London
An excellent understanding of data management concepts: Data Architecture, Data Quality, Master Data Management, Meta Data Management, Data Governance, Data Security... - An excellent understanding of predictive analytics techniques...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £30,000 to £65,000 per annum plus attractive benefits and extensi
Posted: 21 May 2013