England IT Security Specialist Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the IT Security Specialist role in IT jobs within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IT Security Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IT Security Specialist
Location Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Cambridgeshire City of London County Antrim East of England England Epsom Glasgow Gloucestershire Gwent Hampshire Leeds London Northern Ireland Peterborough Reading Scotland South East South Wales South West Surrey UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	845	946
Rank change on same period last year	+101
Matching permanent IT job ads	34	30
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.019 %	0.013 %
As % of the category below	0.022 %	0.014 %
Salaries quoted	30	20
Average minimum salary	£36,733	£42,850
Average salary	£40,977	£48,350
% change on same period last year	-15.24 %
Average maximum salary	£45,220	£53,850
UK excluding London average salary	£42,604	£46,621
% change on same period last year	-8.61 %
Job Titles England
Matching permanent IT job ads	155296	207763
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	85.93 %	87.13 %
Salaries quoted	129406	167059
Average minimum salary	£38,964	£40,615
Average salary	£42,575	£44,370
% change on same period last year	-4.04 %
Average maximum salary	£46,186	£48,125
UK excluding London average salary	£38,058	£39,448
% change on same period last year	-3.52 %
IT Security Specialist UK

IT Security Specialist
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing IT Security Specialist across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

IT Security Specialist
Salary Trend

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

IT Security Specialist
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IT Security Specialist across the England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

IT Security Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Specialist within the England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
South East	+47	14	£44,364	+28.96 %
London	+95	10	£36,950	-44.15 %
Yorkshire	+4	7	£39,967	-
West Midlands	-	2	£50,000	-
South West	-4	1	-	-
East of England	+3	1	£32,000	-20.00 %

IT Security Specialist UK

IT Security Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the England region that cited IT Security Specialist 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 IT Security Specialist in their job title.

1 33 (54.10 %) CISSP 2 22 (36.07 %) CISM 3 20 (32.79 %) Finance 4 19 (31.15 %) CISA 4 19 (31.15 %) UNIX 5 18 (29.51 %) Windows 6 15 (24.59 %) Information Security 7 14 (22.95 %) Firewall 8 13 (21.31 %) Disaster Recovery 9 12 (19.67 %) ITIL 10 11 (18.03 %) Cisco 11 10 (16.39 %) Linux 11 10 (16.39 %) Intrusion Detection 12 9 (14.75 %) ISO27001 12 9 (14.75 %) Degree

12 9 (14.75 %) Network Security 13 8 (13.11 %) TCP/IP 13 8 (13.11 %) VPN 14 7 (11.48 %) LAN 14 7 (11.48 %) WAN 14 7 (11.48 %) Security Management 14 7 (11.48 %) Risk Management 14 7 (11.48 %) Security Cleared 14 7 (11.48 %) Cisco PIX 15 6 (9.836 %) Government 15 6 (9.836 %) IPsec 15 6 (9.836 %) GIAC 15 6 (9.836 %) Solaris 16 5 (8.197 %) Cisco Certification 16 5 (8.197 %) Legal

IT Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the England region that cited IT Security Specialist 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 IT Security Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (1.639 %) JSP	Application Platforms 1 1 (1.639 %) Lotus Notes
Communications & Networking 1 14 (22.95 %) Firewall 2 10 (16.39 %) Intrusion Detection 3 9 (14.75 %) Network Security 4 8 (13.11 %) TCP/IP 4 8 (13.11 %) VPN 5 7 (11.48 %) LAN 5 7 (11.48 %) WAN 5 7 (11.48 %) Cisco PIX 6 6 (9.836 %) IPsec 7 4 (6.557 %) Wireless Security 7 4 (6.557 %) Wireless 7 4 (6.557 %) SAN 8 2 (3.279 %) HTTP 8 2 (3.279 %) DNS 8 2 (3.279 %) HTTPS 9 1 (1.639 %) Internet 9 1 (1.639 %) NetScreen	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (1.639 %) SQL Server
General 1 20 (32.79 %) Finance 2 6 (9.836 %) Government 3 5 (8.197 %) Legal 4 4 (6.557 %) Health 4 4 (6.557 %) Telecoms 4 4 (6.557 %) Auditing 5 3 (4.918 %) Banking 5 3 (4.918 %) Investment Banking 6 1 (1.639 %) Insurance 6 1 (1.639 %) Pensions 6 1 (1.639 %) Back Office	Miscellaneous 1 2 (3.279 %) Management Information System 1 2 (3.279 %) Computer Science 2 1 (1.639 %) CESG 2 1 (1.639 %) Cryptography
Operating Systems 1 19 (31.15 %) UNIX 2 18 (29.51 %) Windows 3 10 (16.39 %) Linux 4 6 (9.836 %) Solaris 5 2 (3.279 %) Windows 2000 6 1 (1.639 %) Windows Server 2003 6 1 (1.639 %) Red Hat Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (24.59 %) Information Security 2 13 (21.31 %) Disaster Recovery 3 12 (19.67 %) ITIL 4 7 (11.48 %) Security Management 4 7 (11.48 %) Risk Management 4 7 (11.48 %) Security Cleared 5 5 (8.197 %) SC Cleared 5 5 (8.197 %) DV Cleared 5 5 (8.197 %) Penetration Testing 6 4 (6.557 %) Computer Forensics 7 3 (4.918 %) Ethical Hacking 7 3 (4.918 %) Service Management 8 2 (3.279 %) Data Security 8 2 (3.279 %) Six Sigma 8 2 (3.279 %) Change Management 8 2 (3.279 %) Business Continuity 8 2 (3.279 %) Asset Management 8 2 (3.279 %) CRAMM 9 1 (1.639 %) ISMS 9 1 (1.639 %) MODAF
Qualifications 1 33 (54.10 %) CISSP 2 22 (36.07 %) CISM 3 19 (31.15 %) CISA 4 9 (14.75 %) Degree 5 6 (9.836 %) GIAC 6 5 (8.197 %) Cisco Certification 7 4 (6.557 %) CCSP 7 4 (6.557 %) CCIP 7 4 (6.557 %) EnCE 8 3 (4.918 %) Microsoft Certification 8 3 (4.918 %) ITIL Certification 9 2 (3.279 %) SSCP 9 2 (3.279 %) CISMP 10 1 (1.639 %) CCDP 10 1 (1.639 %) ISEB 10 1 (1.639 %) CCNP 10 1 (1.639 %) MCSE 10 1 (1.639 %) CCIE	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 9 (14.75 %) ISO27001 2 4 (6.557 %) COBIT 2 4 (6.557 %) HMG Infosec 3 3 (4.918 %) BS7799 4 1 (1.639 %) SLA 4 1 (1.639 %) PCI DSS
System Software 1 4 (6.557 %) Snort 2 3 (4.918 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 11 (18.03 %) Cisco 2 4 (6.557 %) Microsoft 3 2 (3.279 %) Nokia 3 2 (3.279 %) Oracle 3 2 (3.279 %) CheckPoint 4 1 (1.639 %) Lotus 4 1 (1.639 %) Red Hat 4 1 (1.639 %) Juniper