The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Security Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. 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 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Security Specialist
Rank 804 866 824
Rank change year-on-year
+62 -42
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Specialist 36 6 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.035% 0.005% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.005% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 31 3 10
Average salary £55,000 £62,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.00% +19.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £62,500 £40,250
10% offered a salary of more than £100,000 £68,500 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £62,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-24.00% +47.05%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
96074 109197 109157
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.44% 94.79% 94.29%
Number of salaries quoted 80838 94319 92814
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £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%
IT Security Specialist
UK

IT Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England IT Security Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

IT Security Specialist
Salary Trend

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

England IT Security Specialist Salary Trend

IT Security Specialist
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IT Security Specialist across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England IT Security Specialist Salary Histogram

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 22 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 +68 22 £85,000 +21.42%
South East +11 6 £46,250 -26.00%
West Midlands - 5 £53,500 -
East of England - 2 £48,750 -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
IT Security Specialist
UK

IT Security Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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 54 (54.55%) Firewall
2 49 (49.49%) Information Security
3 42 (42.42%) CISSP
4 36 (36.36%) Finance
5 29 (29.29%) CISM
6 26 (26.26%) ITIL
7 25 (25.25%) Windows
7 25 (25.25%) Intrusion Detection
7 25 (25.25%) SIEM
8 21 (21.21%) CISA
9 19 (19.19%) Security Architecture
9 19 (19.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 18 (18.18%) Tripwire
10 18 (18.18%) SQL
11 17 (17.17%) Penetration Testing
11 17 (17.17%) Data Protection
12 16 (16.16%) Microsoft
13 15 (15.15%) Oracle
13 15 (15.15%) Management Information System
13 15 (15.15%) PCI DSS
13 15 (15.15%) COBIT
14 14 (14.14%) Security Management
14 14 (14.14%) Java
15 11 (11.11%) TCP/IP
15 11 (11.11%) Linux
15 11 (11.11%) Project Management
16 10 (10.10%) BCP
16 10 (10.10%) Degree
16 10 (10.10%) Data Protection Act
16 10 (10.10%) Cryptography

IT Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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 4 (4.040%) Middleware
2 2 (2.020%) .NET
3 1 (1.010%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.020%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.010%) Exchange Server 2000
2 1 (1.010%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (8.081%) MS Office
1 8 (8.081%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 54 (54.55%) Firewall
2 25 (25.25%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (11.11%) TCP/IP
4 9 (9.091%) Network Security
5 7 (7.071%) Wireless
6 5 (5.051%) VPN
6 5 (5.051%) DNS
6 5 (5.051%) DHCP
7 4 (4.040%) SSL
7 4 (4.040%) HTTP
7 4 (4.040%) SSH
8 2 (2.020%) Intranet
9 1 (1.010%) ATM
9 1 (1.010%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.051%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.010%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (1.010%) AppScan
General
1 36 (36.36%) Finance
2 6 (6.061%) Law
2 6 (6.061%) Banking
3 4 (4.040%) Advertising
3 4 (4.040%) Investment Banking
3 4 (4.040%) Retail
4 3 (3.030%) Legal
5 2 (2.020%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 15 (15.15%) Management Information System
2 10 (10.10%) Data Protection Act
2 10 (10.10%) Cryptography
3 8 (8.081%) Computer Science
4 4 (4.040%) PKI
5 1 (1.010%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 25 (25.25%) Windows
2 11 (11.11%) Linux
3 8 (8.081%) UNIX
3 8 (8.081%) Solaris
4 6 (6.061%) AIX
5 1 (1.010%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (49.49%) Information Security
2 26 (26.26%) ITIL
3 25 (25.25%) SIEM
4 19 (19.19%) Security Architecture
5 17 (17.17%) Penetration Testing
5 17 (17.17%) Data Protection
6 14 (14.14%) Security Management
7 11 (11.11%) Project Management
8 10 (10.10%) BCP
9 9 (9.091%) Risk Management
10 8 (8.081%) Computer Security
10 8 (8.081%) Vulnerability Management
11 7 (7.071%) Risk Analysis
11 7 (7.071%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 7 (7.071%) Business Continuity
11 7 (7.071%) Data Security
12 6 (6.061%) Incident Management
13 5 (5.051%) Risk Assessment
14 4 (4.040%) Service Delivery
14 4 (4.040%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (18.18%) SQL
2 14 (14.14%) Java
3 9 (9.091%) C#
4 5 (5.051%) C++
5 3 (3.030%) Perl
Qualifications
1 42 (42.42%) CISSP
2 29 (29.29%) CISM
3 21 (21.21%) CISA
4 10 (10.10%) Degree
5 9 (9.091%) CEH
6 7 (7.071%) CCSA
7 4 (4.040%) GIAC
8 3 (3.030%) SC Cleared
8 3 (3.030%) Security Cleared
8 3 (3.030%) ISSMP
9 2 (2.020%) MBA
10 1 (1.010%) PCI QSA
10 1 (1.010%) CCNA
10 1 (1.010%) CCDP
10 1 (1.010%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (1.010%) PMP
10 1 (1.010%) PMI Certification
10 1 (1.010%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (19.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (15.15%) PCI DSS
2 15 (15.15%) COBIT
3 7 (7.071%) COSO
4 5 (5.051%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (4.040%) ISO 9001
5 4 (4.040%) ISO 9002
System Software
1 7 (7.071%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.020%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 2 (2.020%) Nessus
Vendors
1 18 (18.18%) Tripwire
2 16 (16.16%) Microsoft
3 15 (15.15%) Oracle
4 7 (7.071%) Cisco
5 2 (2.020%) Qualys
6 1 (1.010%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.010%) WatchGuard
6 1 (1.010%) ArcSight
6 1 (1.010%) Sourcefire
6 1 (1.010%) IBM
6 1 (1.010%) Nokia
6 1 (1.010%) CheckPoint