The first table below looks at the demand for Reverse Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Reverse Engineering over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Reverse Engineering
Rank 774 802 827
Rank change year-on-year
+28 +25
Permanent jobs citing Reverse Engineering 62 58 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.062% 0.051% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.080% 0.068% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 31 48 32
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £48,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -17.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £53,500 £64,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+12.50% +6.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
77124 84730 87633
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 76.62% 74.72% 73.42%
Number of salaries quoted 63953 72518 73888
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%
Reverse Engineering
UK

Reverse Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Reverse Engineering Jobs Demand Trend

Reverse Engineering
Salary Trend

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

England Reverse Engineering Salary Trend

Reverse Engineering
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Reverse Engineering across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England Reverse Engineering Salary Histogram

Reverse Engineering
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Reverse Engineering within the England region over the 3 months to 23 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
South East +6 20 £52,500 +36.36%
London +35 19 £60,000 +50.00%
Yorkshire +6 12 - -
North West -9 5 £45,000 -
South West -11 4 £37,500 -6.25%
East of England - 2 £35,000 -
Reverse Engineering
UK

Reverse Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Reverse Engineering 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 Reverse Engineering.

1 48 (42.48%) C++
2 45 (39.82%) Degree
3 43 (38.05%) Penetration Testing
4 40 (35.40%) Windows
5 35 (30.97%) Java
6 32 (28.32%) C
6 32 (28.32%) Android
7 31 (27.43%) Security Cleared
7 31 (27.43%) C#
8 30 (26.55%) Firewall
9 29 (25.66%) Linux
10 27 (23.89%) iPhone
11 26 (23.01%) DV Cleared
11 26 (23.01%) Open Source
11 26 (23.01%) SQL
12 22 (19.47%) CISSP
13 21 (18.58%) Digital Forensics
13 21 (18.58%) Computer Science
13 21 (18.58%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 20 (17.70%) GCIH
14 20 (17.70%) Cyber Security
15 19 (16.81%) CEH
15 19 (16.81%) Wireless
16 18 (15.93%) Network Design
16 18 (15.93%) Security Testing
16 18 (15.93%) Vulnerability Management
17 17 (15.04%) GPEN
17 17 (15.04%) Apple iOS
18 16 (14.16%) GWAPT
18 16 (14.16%) OSCP

Reverse Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Reverse Engineering 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 Reverse Engineering. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (11.50%) XML
2 12 (10.62%) HTML
3 10 (8.850%) .NET
3 10 (8.850%) J2EE
3 10 (8.850%) Hibernate
4 8 (7.080%) Middleware
5 7 (6.195%) JSF
5 7 (6.195%) Web Services
5 7 (6.195%) EJB
6 5 (4.425%) iOS SDK
7 4 (3.540%) ATL
8 3 (2.655%) Spring
8 3 (2.655%) SGML
8 3 (2.655%) ASP.NET
9 2 (1.770%) CSS
9 2 (1.770%) Ajax
9 2 (1.770%) JSON
9 2 (1.770%) RESTful
9 2 (1.770%) jQuery
9 2 (1.770%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 6 (5.310%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (0.885%) GroupWise
Applications
1 9 (7.965%) MS Excel
2 5 (4.425%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.655%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 30 (26.55%) Firewall
2 19 (16.81%) Wireless
3 12 (10.62%) SMS
4 8 (7.080%) Wireshark
5 6 (5.310%) HTTP
5 6 (5.310%) TCP/IP
5 6 (5.310%) SSL
6 5 (4.425%) Network Security
7 4 (3.540%) LDAP
7 4 (3.540%) SMTP
7 4 (3.540%) DHCP
7 4 (3.540%) DNS
8 3 (2.655%) tcpdump
8 3 (2.655%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (2.655%) TELNET
8 3 (2.655%) FTP
9 2 (1.770%) VoIP
9 2 (1.770%) VPN
9 2 (1.770%) Internet
9 2 (1.770%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.195%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.310%) Data Mining
2 6 (5.310%) RDBMS
3 5 (4.425%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (2.655%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (2.655%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (2.655%) SQL Server 2000
4 3 (2.655%) MS Access
4 3 (2.655%) OLAP
5 2 (1.770%) MySQL
5 2 (1.770%) TOAD
5 2 (1.770%) IBM InfoSphere
5 2 (1.770%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 6 (5.310%) Visual Studio
2 4 (3.540%) Xcode
3 3 (2.655%) Metasploit
3 3 (2.655%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.885%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 14 (12.39%) Finance
2 9 (7.965%) Telecoms
3 8 (7.080%) Legal
4 5 (4.425%) Games
4 5 (4.425%) Law
5 4 (3.540%) Electronics
5 4 (3.540%) Banking
6 3 (2.655%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.770%) Advertising
7 2 (1.770%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.885%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 26 (23.01%) Software Engineer
2 22 (19.47%) Analyst
3 19 (16.81%) Penetration Tester
3 19 (16.81%) Tester
4 16 (14.16%) Security Tester
5 12 (10.62%) Developer
6 6 (5.310%) Senior Software Engineer
6 6 (5.310%) Security Analyst
6 6 (5.310%) Security Specialist
7 5 (4.425%) Forensic Investigator
7 5 (4.425%) C++ Software Engineer
8 4 (3.540%) Senior Manager
8 4 (3.540%) Support Specialist
8 4 (3.540%) SQL Developer
8 4 (3.540%) Security Investigator
9 3 (2.655%) Security Operations Analyst
9 3 (2.655%) Excel Developer
9 3 (2.655%) C Software Engineer
9 3 (2.655%) Operations Support Specialist
9 3 (2.655%) Senior Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 27 (23.89%) iPhone
2 26 (23.01%) Open Source
3 21 (18.58%) Computer Science
4 16 (14.16%) Cryptography
5 12 (10.62%) Handset
6 11 (9.735%) SCADA
7 10 (8.850%) Mobile App
8 9 (7.965%) Embedded Systems
9 8 (7.080%) Mathematics
10 5 (4.425%) Management Information System
11 3 (2.655%) N-Tier
12 2 (1.770%) PKI
12 2 (1.770%) Data Integration
12 2 (1.770%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (1.770%) Digital Media
13 1 (0.885%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 40 (35.40%) Windows
2 32 (28.32%) Android
3 29 (25.66%) Linux
4 17 (15.04%) Apple iOS
5 9 (7.965%) UNIX
6 5 (4.425%) Solaris
7 3 (2.655%) AIX
8 2 (1.770%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.885%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (38.05%) Penetration Testing
2 21 (18.58%) Digital Forensics
2 21 (18.58%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 20 (17.70%) Cyber Security
4 18 (15.93%) Network Design
4 18 (15.93%) Security Testing
4 18 (15.93%) Vulnerability Management
5 15 (13.27%) UML
5 15 (13.27%) Ethical Hacking
6 14 (12.39%) Software Engineering
6 14 (12.39%) Requirements Analysis
7 12 (10.62%) Information Security
7 12 (10.62%) Business Development
7 12 (10.62%) Data Protection
8 11 (9.735%) SIEM
8 11 (9.735%) OOD
9 9 (7.965%) Software Testing
9 9 (7.965%) Scrum
9 9 (7.965%) Configuration Management
9 9 (7.965%) OO
Programming Languages
1 48 (42.48%) C++
2 35 (30.97%) Java
3 32 (28.32%) C
4 31 (27.43%) C#
5 26 (23.01%) SQL
6 11 (9.735%) Python
7 8 (7.080%) JavaScript
8 7 (6.195%) Ruby
8 7 (6.195%) VB.NET
9 6 (5.310%) Perl
10 5 (4.425%) Assembly Language
11 4 (3.540%) PHP
12 3 (2.655%) VBA
13 2 (1.770%) T-SQL
13 2 (1.770%) Embedded C
13 2 (1.770%) PHP5
14 1 (0.885%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.885%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.885%) Objective-C
14 1 (0.885%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 45 (39.82%) Degree
2 31 (27.43%) Security Cleared
3 26 (23.01%) DV Cleared
4 22 (19.47%) CISSP
5 20 (17.70%) GCIH
6 19 (16.81%) CEH
7 17 (15.04%) GPEN
8 16 (14.16%) GWAPT
8 16 (14.16%) OSCP
8 16 (14.16%) OSCE
8 16 (14.16%) CISA
8 16 (14.16%) CISM
9 12 (10.62%) GIAC
10 7 (6.195%) SC Cleared
11 4 (3.540%) MCP
11 4 (3.540%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (3.540%) SSCP
11 4 (3.540%) GCIA
11 4 (3.540%) GCFA
12 2 (1.770%) EnCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.16%) HIPAA
2 12 (10.62%) JTAG
3 1 (0.885%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (5.310%) Snort
Systems Management
1 4 (3.540%) MIIS
2 1 (0.885%) Nessus
Vendors
1 15 (13.27%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.62%) Symbian
3 9 (7.965%) Oracle
4 7 (6.195%) JBoss
5 5 (4.425%) Intel
6 3 (2.655%) Cisco
6 3 (2.655%) Cognos
7 2 (1.770%) Red Gate
8 1 (0.885%) ArcSight
8 1 (0.885%) Coverity
8 1 (0.885%) Huawei
8 1 (0.885%) Blue Coat
Stockport, Cheshire
Key skills - C++ Developer, C Developer, Software Engineer, Windows Development C++ Developer / C Developer is urgently needed for a high profile client!... We are looking for C++ Developers...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
However this role is pivotal in moving future development in-house working with our current Senior PHP Developer and Mobile Application Development consultant... * An understanding of languages and...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
To make a real difference in this key area of our business, you must have substantial IT expertise, with additional experience of malware reverse engineering, phishing investigations and...
The Co-operative Bank
Salary: £34000 - £42400 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013