The first table below looks at the demand for the Information Security Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security Analyst in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security Analyst
Rank 754 817 806
Rank change year-on-year
+63 -11
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Analyst 76 46 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.075% 0.040% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.043% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 53 39 44
Average salary £42,500 £27,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+54.54% -31.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £25,000 £32,850
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,250 £51,500
UK excluding London average salary £41,000 £31,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+30.15% -21.25%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95250 107641 110251
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.45% 94.76% 94.31%
Number of salaries quoted 80210 93021 93605
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Information Security Analyst
UK

Information Security Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Information Security Analyst across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Information Security Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security Analyst
Salary Trend

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

England Information Security Analyst Salary Trend

Information Security Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

England Information Security Analyst Salary Histogram

Information Security Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Analyst 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
London +58 38 £50,000 -
North West +9 14 £35,000 +40.00%
South East +9 8 £41,000 +5.80%
West Midlands -21 6 £48,750 +95.00%
South West -4 4 £44,000 +35.38%
Yorkshire -19 4 - -
East Midlands - 2 £35,500 -
Information Security Analyst
UK

Information Security Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Information Security Analyst in their job title 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 with Information Security Analyst in their job title.

1 115 (100.00%) Information Security
2 69 (60.00%) CISSP
3 47 (40.87%) Windows
4 41 (35.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 35 (30.43%) Finance
5 35 (30.43%) CISM
6 34 (29.57%) Management Information System
7 33 (28.70%) Firewall
8 27 (23.48%) UNIX
9 25 (21.74%) CISA
10 23 (20.00%) Degree
10 23 (20.00%) Linux
11 21 (18.26%) Vulnerability Management
12 18 (15.65%) Active Directory
12 18 (15.65%) Penetration Testing
12 18 (15.65%) Security Management
13 17 (14.78%) Risk Management
13 17 (14.78%) COBIT
14 16 (13.91%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 16 (13.91%) Information Security Management
14 16 (13.91%) Microsoft
15 14 (12.17%) Legal
15 14 (12.17%) Banking
15 14 (12.17%) Nessus
15 14 (12.17%) PCI DSS
16 13 (11.30%) SQL
17 12 (10.43%) Internet
17 12 (10.43%) Retail
17 12 (10.43%) Security Cleared
18 11 (9.565%) Data Protection

Information Security Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Information Security Analyst in their job title 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 with Information Security Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (5.217%) .NET
2 5 (4.348%) J2EE
3 4 (3.478%) .NET Framework
3 4 (3.478%) Java EE
4 1 (0.870%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.870%) COM
Application Platforms
1 4 (3.478%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (7.826%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.609%) MS Office
3 1 (0.870%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 33 (28.70%) Firewall
2 12 (10.43%) Internet
3 11 (9.565%) Intranet
4 9 (7.826%) Intrusion Detection
5 8 (6.957%) Network Security
6 7 (6.087%) TCP/IP
7 5 (4.348%) Extranet
7 5 (4.348%) Wireless
8 4 (3.478%) DNS
9 3 (2.609%) HTTP
9 3 (2.609%) DHCP
10 2 (1.739%) Ethernet
10 2 (1.739%) Wireless Security
10 2 (1.739%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.870%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (0.870%) LAN
11 1 (0.870%) WLAN
11 1 (0.870%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.870%) SQL Server
1 1 (0.870%) Data Mining
General
1 35 (30.43%) Finance
2 14 (12.17%) Legal
2 14 (12.17%) Banking
3 12 (10.43%) Retail
4 6 (5.217%) Telecoms
5 5 (4.348%) Publishing
5 5 (4.348%) Games
6 3 (2.609%) Advertising
6 3 (2.609%) Law
6 3 (2.609%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.739%) Marketing
8 1 (0.870%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.870%) Front Office
8 1 (0.870%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 34 (29.57%) Management Information System
2 10 (8.696%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (5.217%) Computer Science
4 4 (3.478%) Cryptography
5 3 (2.609%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.739%) Digital Media
6 2 (1.739%) Derivative
6 2 (1.739%) Equity Derivative
7 1 (0.870%) PKI
7 1 (0.870%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 47 (40.87%) Windows
2 27 (23.48%) UNIX
3 23 (20.00%) Linux
4 5 (4.348%) Solaris
5 3 (2.609%) Windows 7
5 3 (2.609%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.870%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.870%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (100.00%) Information Security
2 21 (18.26%) Vulnerability Management
3 18 (15.65%) Penetration Testing
3 18 (15.65%) Security Management
4 17 (14.78%) Risk Management
5 16 (13.91%) Information Security Management
5 16 (13.91%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 11 (9.565%) Data Protection
6 11 (9.565%) ITIL
7 9 (7.826%) Project Management
7 9 (7.826%) Incident Management
8 8 (6.957%) Risk Assessment
9 7 (6.087%) Information Assurance
9 7 (6.087%) Data Security
10 6 (5.217%) Risk Analysis
10 6 (5.217%) Information Management
10 6 (5.217%) SIEM
10 6 (5.217%) ISMS
11 5 (4.348%) Investment Management
11 5 (4.348%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.30%) SQL
2 6 (5.217%) Java
3 4 (3.478%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.870%) C#
Qualifications
1 69 (60.00%) CISSP
2 35 (30.43%) CISM
3 25 (21.74%) CISA
4 23 (20.00%) Degree
5 12 (10.43%) Security Cleared
6 9 (7.826%) ISSAP
7 8 (6.957%) GIAC
8 6 (5.217%) ISSMP
9 5 (4.348%) CEH
10 4 (3.478%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.739%) CISMP
11 2 (1.739%) ISEB
12 1 (0.870%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.870%) CIMA
12 1 (0.870%) MBA
12 1 (0.870%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (35.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (14.78%) COBIT
3 14 (12.17%) PCI DSS
4 8 (6.957%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.870%) ISO/IEC 17799
5 1 (0.870%) SLA
5 1 (0.870%) BS7799
System Software
1 18 (15.65%) Active Directory
2 10 (8.696%) Snort
3 2 (1.739%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.870%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (12.17%) Nessus
2 2 (1.739%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 16 (13.91%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.565%) Cisco
3 9 (7.826%) Oracle
3 9 (7.826%) Tripwire
3 9 (7.826%) Sophos
4 7 (6.087%) CheckPoint
5 6 (5.217%) Sourcefire
6 4 (3.478%) VMware
6 4 (3.478%) JBoss
7 3 (2.609%) Remedy
8 2 (1.739%) McAfee
8 2 (1.739%) Symantec
8 2 (1.739%) Websense
8 2 (1.739%) IronPort
8 2 (1.739%) Qualys
9 1 (0.870%) Sybase
Walsgrave, Coventry
Methodical, organised, accurate and reliable, you will have a good understanding of IT platforms, networks and architectures, including MS Windows/ Applications, UNIX. Ideally, you will also already have...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 19 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Walsgrave, Coventry. £attractive. As an... with Sainsbury’s, you will authorise and monitor access to IT facilities and infrastructure, implementing established security policies. Methodical, organised, accurate and reliable,...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 15 May 2013
Coventry
Handle service requests delivered via the Remedy System for security related subjects Conduct compliance checks to ensure InfoSec policies and procedures are being applied in practice... Manage the...
Scope AT
Salary: £0 - £120,000+ per year
Posted: 13 May 2013
London
Information Security Analyst - As the successful Information Security Analyst you will be responsible the smooth running of day to day information security activities including approval/rejection of IT...
Square One Resources
Salary: From £50,000 to £65,000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Walsgrave, Coventry, West Midlands
With a recognised Information Security qualification and the ability to design processes suited to our complex IT operation, you will be expert in security risk analysis techniques, network...
Sainsburys
Salary: attractive
Posted: 19 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
With a recognised Information Security qualification and the ability to design processes suited to our complex IT operation, you will be expert in security risk analysis techniques, network...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 14 May 2013
Surrey
Experience of or a strong understanding of ISO27001, PCI DSS, Data Protection and Business Continuity... Knowledge of Penetration Testing and Vulnerability assessments... Working towards IT Security qualifications such...
Alderbridge Network Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum depending on experience + Benefits
Posted: 17 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