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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)
Rank 821 864 843
Rank change year-on-year
+43 -21
Permanent jobs citing GSEC 20 2 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.020% 0.002% 0.006%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.072% 0.006% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 4
Average salary £56,250 £48,750 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -11.36%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £41,750 £47,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,750 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 - £60,000
All Qualifications
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
27848 31150 30564
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 27.53% 27.48% 25.94%
Number of salaries quoted 22693 26719 25735
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
GSEC
UK

GSEC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England GSEC Jobs Demand Trend

GSEC
Salary Trend

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

England GSEC Salary Trend

GSEC
Salary Histogram

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

England GSEC Salary Histogram

GSEC
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GSEC 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 +70 20 £50,000 +2.56%
South East - 2 £65,000 -
GSEC
UK

GSEC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 29 (100.00%) CISSP
2 21 (72.41%) Information Security
3 18 (62.07%) Risk Management
3 18 (62.07%) Intrusion Detection
3 18 (62.07%) PKI
3 18 (62.07%) Network Security
3 18 (62.07%) SIEM
4 15 (51.72%) Degree
5 12 (41.38%) Security Architecture
6 11 (37.93%) Advertising
6 11 (37.93%) SC Cleared
6 11 (37.93%) Security Cleared
6 11 (37.93%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 11 (37.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (34.48%) ArcSight
7 10 (34.48%) Lumension
7 10 (34.48%) TippingPoint
7 10 (34.48%) Blue Coat
7 10 (34.48%) Nessus
7 10 (34.48%) Sourcefire
7 10 (34.48%) McAfee
7 10 (34.48%) CISA
7 10 (34.48%) Juniper
7 10 (34.48%) CheckPoint
7 10 (34.48%) Internet
7 10 (34.48%) ISA Server
7 10 (34.48%) VPN
7 10 (34.48%) IBM
8 9 (31.03%) Cisco
8 9 (31.03%) UNIX

GSEC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 18 (62.07%) Intrusion Detection
1 18 (62.07%) Network Security
2 10 (34.48%) Internet
2 10 (34.48%) VPN
3 8 (27.59%) IPsec
3 8 (27.59%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.448%) ISDN
4 1 (3.448%) VoIP
4 1 (3.448%) Asterisk PBX
General
1 11 (37.93%) Advertising
2 2 (6.897%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.448%) Finance
3 1 (3.448%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (55.17%) Security Engineer
2 12 (41.38%) Information Security Architect
2 12 (41.38%) Security Architect
2 12 (41.38%) Architect
2 12 (41.38%) Information Architect
3 8 (27.59%) Information Security Engineer
4 2 (6.897%) Information Security Consultant
4 2 (6.897%) Consultant
4 2 (6.897%) Security Consultant
5 1 (3.448%) Administrator
5 1 (3.448%) Security Administrator
5 1 (3.448%) Information Security Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 18 (62.07%) PKI
2 9 (31.03%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.448%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.448%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 9 (31.03%) UNIX
1 9 (31.03%) Windows
2 1 (3.448%) Linux
2 1 (3.448%) Oracle Linux
2 1 (3.448%) CentOS
2 1 (3.448%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (72.41%) Information Security
2 18 (62.07%) Risk Management
2 18 (62.07%) SIEM
3 12 (41.38%) Security Architecture
4 11 (37.93%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 9 (31.03%) Risk Assessment
6 8 (27.59%) Network Design
6 8 (27.59%) Change Control
6 8 (27.59%) Root Cause Analysis
6 8 (27.59%) Vulnerability Management
6 8 (27.59%) Penetration Testing
7 1 (3.448%) Service Management
7 1 (3.448%) Project Management
7 1 (3.448%) Data Security
7 1 (3.448%) Security Management
7 1 (3.448%) Validation
7 1 (3.448%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (3.448%) ITIL
7 1 (3.448%) PRINCE2
7 1 (3.448%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (27.59%) Perl
1 8 (27.59%) Python
1 8 (27.59%) Ruby
2 1 (3.448%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 29 (100.00%) CISSP
2 15 (51.72%) Degree
3 11 (37.93%) SC Cleared
3 11 (37.93%) Security Cleared
4 10 (34.48%) CISA
5 9 (31.03%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (31.03%) CCNP
6 8 (27.59%) GIAC
6 8 (27.59%) CCIE
6 8 (27.59%) CCSP
7 2 (6.897%) GCED
7 2 (6.897%) CSSLP
7 2 (6.897%) CISM
8 1 (3.448%) Security+ Certification
8 1 (3.448%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (3.448%) RHCE
8 1 (3.448%) MCSE
8 1 (3.448%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (37.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.448%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 10 (34.48%) ISA Server
2 1 (3.448%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (34.48%) Nessus
Vendors
1 10 (34.48%) ArcSight
1 10 (34.48%) Lumension
1 10 (34.48%) TippingPoint
1 10 (34.48%) Blue Coat
1 10 (34.48%) Sourcefire
1 10 (34.48%) McAfee
1 10 (34.48%) Juniper
1 10 (34.48%) CheckPoint
1 10 (34.48%) IBM
2 9 (31.03%) Cisco
3 8 (27.59%) IronPort
4 2 (6.897%) Apple
5 1 (3.448%) VMware
5 1 (3.448%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.448%) HP
5 1 (3.448%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.448%) Oracle