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The table below looks at the demand for the Security Analyst 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 Security Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Security Analyst
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank532635
Rank change on same period last yearUp+103
Matching permanent IT job ads387365
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.226 %0.156 %
As % of the category below0.264 %0.179 %
Salaries quoted301295
Average minimum salary£40,297£40,433
Average salary£42,609£42,758
% change on same period last year-0.34 %
Average maximum salary£44,921£45,082
UK excluding London average salary£41,725£39,748
% change on same period last year+4.97 %
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching permanent IT job ads146529203659
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled85.52 %87.31 %
Salaries quoted123055164516
Average minimum salary£39,032£40,397
Average salary£42,687£44,180
% change on same period last year-3.38 %
Average maximum salary£46,342£47,963
UK excluding London average salary£38,201£39,267
% change on same period last year-2.71 %
Security Analyst UKSecurity Analyst
UK

Security Analyst
Demand Trend

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

England Security Analyst Demand Trend

Security Analyst
Salary Trend

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

England Security Analyst Salary Trend

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Analyst across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England Security Analyst Salary Histogram

Security Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 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.

LocationRank 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 EastUp+120137£45,756-0.05 %
LondonUp+15109£43,681-3.91 %
East of EnglandUp+4249£50,288+30.11 %
West MidlandsUp+3036£34,729+11.23 %
South WestUp+1822£34,659-10.70 %
YorkshireUp+1121£43,861+36.53 %
North WestUp+309£31,667-17.63 %
MidlandsNew entry-2£52,500-
North EastNew entry-1--
East MidlandsNew entry-1£30,000-
Security Analyst UKSecurity Analyst
UK

Security Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the England region that cited 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 Security Analyst in their job title.

1267 (35.27 %)Information Security
2252 (33.29 %)Firewall
3190 (25.10 %)CISSP
4159 (21.00 %)Finance
5155 (20.48 %)Cisco
6143 (18.89 %)Windows
7141 (18.63 %)Network Security
8125 (16.51 %)ISO27001
9119 (15.72 %)CheckPoint
10117 (15.46 %)ITIL
11105 (13.87 %)UNIX
1285 (11.23 %)Banking
1382 (10.83 %)Security Management
1382 (10.83 %)Oracle
1481 (10.70 %)TCP/IP
1580 (10.57 %)Degree
1678 (10.30 %)Risk Management
1777 (10.17 %)Internet
1875 (9.908 %)Active Directory
1972 (9.511 %)McAfee Security
2071 (9.379 %)VPN
2164 (8.454 %)Penetration Testing
2164 (8.454 %)Cisco PIX
2263 (8.322 %)CISM
2362 (8.190 %)Auditing
2457 (7.530 %)Nokia
2555 (7.266 %)Linux
2654 (7.133 %)WAN
2753 (7.001 %)LAN
2849 (6.473 %)Management Information System

Security Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the England region that cited 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 Security Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
137 (4.888 %)WebSphere
223 (3.038 %).NET
33 (0.396 %)J2EE
33 (0.396 %)ASP.NET
33 (0.396 %)JSP
33 (0.396 %)Struts
33 (0.396 %)Lucene
33 (0.396 %)Spring
41 (0.132 %)ISPF
41 (0.132 %)CGI
41 (0.132 %)Middleware
41 (0.132 %)Servlets
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (0.925 %)MS Exchange
25 (0.661 %)Exchange Server 2003
34 (0.528 %)IIS
43 (0.396 %)Lotus Notes
52 (0.264 %)Apache
61 (0.132 %)WebSphere MQ
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
122 (2.906 %)MS Excel
27 (0.925 %)MS Visio
35 (0.661 %)Spreadsheet
44 (0.528 %)MS Office
53 (0.396 %)MS Project
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (0.793 %)Summit
24 (0.528 %)SAP HR
33 (0.396 %)SAP R/3
33 (0.396 %)Remedy ITSM
33 (0.396 %)Remedy AR System
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1252 (33.29 %)Firewall
2141 (18.63 %)Network Security
381 (10.70 %)TCP/IP
477 (10.17 %)Internet
571 (9.379 %)VPN
664 (8.454 %)Cisco PIX
754 (7.133 %)WAN
853 (7.001 %)LAN
946 (6.077 %)NetScreen
1040 (5.284 %)Intrusion Detection
1128 (3.699 %)SMTP
1225 (3.303 %)FTP
1323 (3.038 %)HTTP
1416 (2.114 %)SSL
1416 (2.114 %)Wireless
1515 (1.982 %)SAN
1613 (1.717 %)IPsec
1613 (1.717 %)Ethereal
1710 (1.321 %)LDAP
188 (1.057 %)Extranet
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (1.717 %)OLTP
28 (1.057 %)SQL Server
34 (0.528 %)SAP BW
42 (0.264 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.132 %)MySQL
51 (0.132 %)Informix
51 (0.132 %)Oracle Reports
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (0.396 %)Synon
13 (0.396 %)AppScan
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1159 (21.00 %)Finance
285 (11.23 %)Banking
362 (8.190 %)Auditing
447 (6.209 %)Pensions
546 (6.077 %)Legal
638 (5.020 %)Telecoms
737 (4.888 %)Government
830 (3.963 %)Investment Banking
928 (3.699 %)Health
1022 (2.906 %)Financial Institution
1120 (2.642 %)Manufacturing
1216 (2.114 %)Back Office
1216 (2.114 %)Online Betting
1313 (1.717 %)Education
1313 (1.717 %)Insurance
1410 (1.321 %)Law
159 (1.189 %)Games
168 (1.057 %)Military
175 (0.661 %)Music
184 (0.528 %)Online Games
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
149 (6.473 %)Management Information System
222 (2.906 %)Computer Science
316 (2.114 %)Data Protection Act
316 (2.114 %)Client/Server
414 (1.849 %)SecurID
510 (1.321 %)Cryptography
65 (0.661 %)AS400
73 (0.396 %)PKI
73 (0.396 %)German Language
82 (0.264 %)CCTV
82 (0.264 %)Freedom of Information Act
82 (0.264 %)Freedom of Information
82 (0.264 %)Smartcard
91 (0.132 %)Blackberry
91 (0.132 %)Mainframe
91 (0.132 %)NHS
91 (0.132 %)Equities
91 (0.132 %)Mathematics
91 (0.132 %)French Language
91 (0.132 %)Spread Betting
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1143 (18.89 %)Windows
2105 (13.87 %)UNIX
355 (7.266 %)Linux
426 (3.435 %)Windows Server 2003
525 (3.303 %)Solaris
610 (1.321 %)AIX
610 (1.321 %)Windows 2000
78 (1.057 %)Windows 2000 Server
85 (0.661 %)Windows NT
94 (0.528 %)zOS
103 (0.396 %)MVS
103 (0.396 %)VMS
111 (0.132 %)OS/390
111 (0.132 %)Red Hat Linux
111 (0.132 %)Windows Server 2008
111 (0.132 %)Windows XP
111 (0.132 %)HPUX
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1267 (35.27 %)Information Security
2117 (15.46 %)ITIL
382 (10.83 %)Security Management
478 (10.30 %)Risk Management
564 (8.454 %)Penetration Testing
643 (5.680 %)Risk Assessment
733 (4.359 %)ISMS
831 (4.095 %)Incident Management
831 (4.095 %)Service Delivery
929 (3.831 %)Information Security Management
1028 (3.699 %)Security Cleared
1127 (3.567 %)Data Protection
1225 (3.303 %)Risk Analysis
1324 (3.170 %)Disaster Recovery
1421 (2.774 %)E-Commerce
1421 (2.774 %)Network Security Management
1517 (2.246 %)Ethical Hacking
1517 (2.246 %)Project Management
1517 (2.246 %)Change Management
1615 (1.982 %)Service Management
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
141 (5.416 %)Java
234 (4.491 %)SQL
322 (2.906 %)C
46 (0.793 %)Perl
54 (0.528 %)REXX
54 (0.528 %)JCL
63 (0.396 %)Python
72 (0.264 %)Shell Script
81 (0.132 %)Tcl
81 (0.132 %)Assembly Language
81 (0.132 %)PHP
81 (0.132 %)AWK
81 (0.132 %)Korn
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1190 (25.10 %)CISSP
280 (10.57 %)Degree
363 (8.322 %)CISM
446 (6.077 %)CISA
533 (4.359 %)Cisco Certification
625 (3.303 %)CCNA
722 (2.906 %)CEH
820 (2.642 %)CCSE
919 (2.510 %)GIAC
1016 (2.114 %)CISMP
1115 (1.982 %)CCNP
1211 (1.453 %)ITIL Certification
1310 (1.321 %)CCSA
149 (1.189 %)ISEB
158 (1.057 %)GSEC
167 (0.925 %)QiCA
167 (0.925 %)SCNA
167 (0.925 %)Microsoft Certification
176 (0.793 %)MCP
185 (0.661 %)SSCP
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1125 (16.51 %)ISO27001
246 (6.077 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
336 (4.756 %)COBIT
336 (4.756 %)BS7799
423 (3.038 %)ISO17799
517 (2.246 %)PCI DSS
611 (1.453 %)SLA
75 (0.661 %)ISO9001
82 (0.264 %)BS25999
91 (0.132 %)COSO
91 (0.132 %)QA
91 (0.132 %)BS15000
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
175 (9.908 %)Active Directory
210 (1.321 %)RACF
37 (0.925 %)Snort
43 (0.396 %)WebInspect
51 (0.132 %)NetBackup
51 (0.132 %)ISA Server
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
116 (2.114 %)Nessus
26 (0.793 %)MOM
26 (0.793 %)MIMEsweeper
34 (0.528 %)MAILsweeper
41 (0.132 %)OpenView
41 (0.132 %)CiscoWorks
41 (0.132 %)EMC NetWorker
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1155 (20.48 %)Cisco
2119 (15.72 %)CheckPoint
382 (10.83 %)Oracle
472 (9.511 %)McAfee Security
557 (7.530 %)Nokia
637 (4.888 %)Blue Coat
736 (4.756 %)Crossbeam
831 (4.095 %)Juniper
930 (3.963 %)SAP
1027 (3.567 %)Microsoft
1113 (1.717 %)HP
129 (1.189 %)Tripwire
129 (1.189 %)Remedy
137 (0.925 %)Nortel
137 (0.925 %)IBM
146 (0.793 %)Calypso
146 (0.793 %)Bloomberg
146 (0.793 %)Websense
155 (0.661 %)Sophos
155 (0.661 %)Symantec