The first table below looks at the demand for Security Architecture skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Architecture over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Architecture
Rank 561 555 612
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +57
Permanent jobs citing Security Architecture 292 325 243
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.289% 0.287% 0.206%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.377% 0.383% 0.281%
Number of salaries quoted 188 237 202
Average salary £70,000 £63,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £46,750 £52,500 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £90,000 £80,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +9.09%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
77473 84750 86518
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 76.60% 74.76% 73.44%
Number of salaries quoted 64240 72541 72957
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%
Security Architecture
UK

Security Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Security Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Security Architecture
Salary Trend

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

England Security Architecture Salary Trend

Security Architecture
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Architecture across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Security Architecture Salary Histogram

Security Architecture
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architecture within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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 +52 180 £70,000 -
South East -21 66 £70,000 +16.66%
South West +1 15 £67,500 -1.81%
West Midlands - 8 £65,000 -
North West -14 6 £61,250 -2.00%
Yorkshire 0 5 £46,250 -5.61%
East of England +4 4 £36,050 -51.93%
Midlands +16 2 £67,500 +12.50%
East Midlands -3 2 £50,000 -41.17%
South Coast - 1 £65,000 -
Security Architecture
UK

Security Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Security Architecture 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 Security Architecture.

1 245 (44.79%) Information Security
2 191 (34.92%) Firewall
3 188 (34.37%) CISSP
4 187 (34.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 134 (24.50%) Finance
6 119 (21.76%) Internet
7 108 (19.74%) Penetration Testing
8 100 (18.28%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 98 (17.92%) Network Security
10 92 (16.82%) PKI
11 91 (16.64%) Management Information System
12 89 (16.27%) Degree
13 88 (16.09%) Security Cleared
14 84 (15.36%) PCI DSS
15 81 (14.81%) Cisco
16 76 (13.89%) CISM
17 75 (13.71%) Security Management
18 72 (13.16%) Risk Management
19 71 (12.98%) Intrusion Detection
20 65 (11.88%) SC Cleared
21 64 (11.70%) Windows
22 61 (11.15%) E-Commerce
22 61 (11.15%) Wireless
23 60 (10.97%) Business Continuity
23 60 (10.97%) Information Assurance
24 59 (10.79%) CISA
24 59 (10.79%) ITIL
25 58 (10.60%) Java
25 58 (10.60%) Vulnerability Management
26 55 (10.05%) Identity Management

Security Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Security Architecture 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 Security Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 46 (8.410%) Web Services
2 25 (4.570%) .NET
3 13 (2.377%) Spring
3 13 (2.377%) J2EE
4 10 (1.828%) ASP.NET
4 10 (1.828%) WCF
4 10 (1.828%) .NET Framework
4 10 (1.828%) JSON
4 10 (1.828%) REST
4 10 (1.828%) Spring Security
5 9 (1.645%) XML
6 8 (1.463%) Middleware
6 8 (1.463%) Java EE
6 8 (1.463%) Regular Expression
6 8 (1.463%) jQuery
7 7 (1.280%) Apache Flex
7 7 (1.280%) EJB
8 6 (1.097%) SAML
8 6 (1.097%) HTML
8 6 (1.097%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 30 (5.484%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.280%) Oracle Workflow
2 7 (1.280%) WebLogic
3 6 (1.097%) MS Exchange
3 6 (1.097%) CMS
3 6 (1.097%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (1.097%) Adobe CQ
4 5 (0.914%) Documentum
5 4 (0.731%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (0.366%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.366%) Apache
6 2 (0.366%) LiveCycle
6 2 (0.366%) SAP Portal
7 1 (0.183%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.183%) SAP EP
7 1 (0.183%) IIS
Applications
1 34 (6.216%) MS Excel
2 17 (3.108%) MS Office
3 16 (2.925%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.548%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.280%) Oracle ERP
1 7 (1.280%) Oracle 11i
2 6 (1.097%) Maximo
2 6 (1.097%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.548%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.366%) RMDS
5 1 (0.183%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 191 (34.92%) Firewall
2 119 (21.76%) Internet
3 98 (17.92%) Network Security
4 71 (12.98%) Intrusion Detection
5 61 (11.15%) Wireless
6 43 (7.861%) VPN
7 31 (5.667%) Cisco IOS
7 31 (5.667%) LAN
8 28 (5.119%) TCP/IP
9 26 (4.753%) Wi-Fi
10 24 (4.388%) DMZ
11 23 (4.205%) VoIP
12 18 (3.291%) DNS
13 16 (2.925%) Broadband
14 15 (2.742%) Unified Communications
14 15 (2.742%) Cisco ASA
15 14 (2.559%) LDAP
15 14 (2.559%) DHCP
15 14 (2.559%) WAN
16 12 (2.194%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.936%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.925%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 14 (2.559%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (2.011%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (1.828%) NoSQL
6 9 (1.645%) SQL Server 2008
7 6 (1.097%) MySQL
8 5 (0.914%) GIS
8 5 (0.914%) Cognos Powerplay
9 1 (0.183%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (0.183%) BusinessObjects XI
9 1 (0.183%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
9 1 (0.183%) SAP BI
9 1 (0.183%) OLAP
9 1 (0.183%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.183%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.183%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.183%) VLDB
Development Applications
1 7 (1.280%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (0.914%) Subversion
3 2 (0.366%) JIRA
3 2 (0.366%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.183%) MSBuild
4 1 (0.183%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.183%) Visual Studio
General
1 134 (24.50%) Finance
2 45 (8.227%) Banking
3 38 (6.947%) Legal
4 26 (4.753%) Retail
5 22 (4.022%) Law
6 20 (3.656%) Advertising
7 14 (2.559%) Telecoms
7 14 (2.559%) Billing
8 13 (2.377%) Investment Banking
9 7 (1.280%) Marketing
10 6 (1.097%) Military
11 5 (0.914%) French Language
12 3 (0.548%) Games
13 2 (0.366%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.183%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.183%) Multimedia
14 1 (0.183%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 177 (32.36%) Architect
2 146 (26.69%) Consultant
3 138 (25.23%) Security Architect
4 90 (16.45%) Security Consultant
5 59 (10.79%) Security Engineer
6 44 (8.044%) CLAS Consultant
6 44 (8.044%) Analyst
7 36 (6.581%) Security Analyst
8 33 (6.033%) Security Manager
8 33 (6.033%) Information Assurance Consultant
9 31 (5.667%) Information Security Consultant
9 31 (5.667%) Infrastructure Architect
10 29 (5.302%) Enterprise Architect
11 27 (4.936%) Security Specialist
12 25 (4.570%) Senior Consultant
13 23 (4.205%) IT Security Architect
13 23 (4.205%) IT Architect
14 22 (4.022%) Support Engineer
15 21 (3.839%) IT Security Consultant
15 21 (3.839%) Information Architect
Miscellaneous
1 92 (16.82%) PKI
2 91 (16.64%) Management Information System
3 52 (9.506%) Cryptography
4 24 (4.388%) Computer Science
5 19 (3.473%) Client/Server
6 17 (3.108%) Mainframe
7 16 (2.925%) Mathematics
8 15 (2.742%) CESG
9 13 (2.377%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (2.194%) CESG CLAS
10 12 (2.194%) SaaS
11 11 (2.011%) RMADS
11 11 (2.011%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (1.828%) Fixed Income
13 7 (1.280%) Visualisation
13 7 (1.280%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 6 (1.097%) EPoS
14 6 (1.097%) Credit Derivative
14 6 (1.097%) Derivative
14 6 (1.097%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 64 (11.70%) Windows
2 44 (8.044%) UNIX
3 43 (7.861%) Linux
4 27 (4.936%) Windows Server 2008
5 19 (3.473%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 19 (3.473%) Windows 7
6 16 (2.925%) HPUX
7 15 (2.742%) Windows Server 2003
8 11 (2.011%) Solaris
9 10 (1.828%) AIX
9 10 (1.828%) Apple iOS
9 10 (1.828%) Android
10 1 (0.183%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (44.79%) Information Security
2 108 (19.74%) Penetration Testing
3 100 (18.28%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 75 (13.71%) Security Management
5 72 (13.16%) Risk Management
6 61 (11.15%) E-Commerce
7 60 (10.97%) Business Continuity
7 60 (10.97%) Information Assurance
8 59 (10.79%) ITIL
9 58 (10.60%) Vulnerability Management
10 55 (10.05%) Identity Management
11 48 (8.775%) Risk Assessment
11 48 (8.775%) SIEM
12 46 (8.410%) Project Management
13 45 (8.227%) Enterprise Architecture
13 45 (8.227%) Risk Analysis
13 45 (8.227%) Security Testing
14 42 (7.678%) Stakeholder Management
14 42 (7.678%) ISMS
15 39 (7.130%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 58 (10.60%) Java
2 40 (7.313%) SQL
3 25 (4.570%) C#
4 22 (4.022%) C
4 22 (4.022%) JavaScript
5 18 (3.291%) Perl
6 10 (1.828%) T-SQL
6 10 (1.828%) Ruby
7 9 (1.645%) PowerShell
8 7 (1.280%) C++
9 3 (0.548%) ABAP
10 2 (0.366%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 188 (34.37%) CISSP
2 89 (16.27%) Degree
3 88 (16.09%) Security Cleared
4 76 (13.89%) CISM
5 65 (11.88%) SC Cleared
6 59 (10.79%) CISA
7 51 (9.324%) Cisco Certification
8 39 (7.130%) CEH
9 30 (5.484%) DV Cleared
10 27 (4.936%) CCIE
11 24 (4.388%) SSCP
12 22 (4.022%) CCNA
13 18 (3.291%) GIAC
14 15 (2.742%) CRISC
14 15 (2.742%) CHFI
15 14 (2.559%) CISMP
16 12 (2.194%) CCNP
16 12 (2.194%) CCSA
16 12 (2.194%) JNCIE
16 12 (2.194%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (34.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 84 (15.36%) PCI DSS
3 49 (8.958%) BS7799
4 37 (6.764%) COBIT
5 32 (5.850%) HMG Infosec
6 12 (2.194%) QA
7 6 (1.097%) ISO/IEC 17799
7 6 (1.097%) ISO 9000
7 6 (1.097%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (1.097%) BS25999
8 4 (0.731%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.731%) ISO 9002
9 1 (0.183%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.183%) GCP
System Software
1 49 (8.958%) Active Directory
2 26 (4.753%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (4.388%) ProxySG
4 19 (3.473%) Nmap
4 19 (3.473%) Forefront TMG
5 16 (2.925%) UAG
6 11 (2.011%) ISA Server
7 6 (1.097%) Microsoft App-V
7 6 (1.097%) PowerHA
8 4 (0.731%) SpamAssassin
9 3 (0.548%) vSphere
10 2 (0.366%) Snort
10 2 (0.366%) Tivoli Directory Server
11 1 (0.183%) NFS
Systems Management
1 46 (8.410%) Nessus
2 30 (5.484%) SCCM
3 21 (3.839%) McAfee ePO
3 21 (3.839%) CORE IMPACT
4 12 (2.194%) Norton AntiVirus
4 12 (2.194%) WSUS
4 12 (2.194%) Cisco CUCM
5 11 (2.011%) Tivoli
6 8 (1.463%) Netcool
7 6 (1.097%) SCOM
8 5 (0.914%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 2 (0.366%) Tivoli Identity Manager
9 2 (0.366%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.183%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 81 (14.81%) Cisco
2 54 (9.872%) Juniper
3 48 (8.775%) Microsoft
4 41 (7.495%) CheckPoint
5 36 (6.581%) Blue Coat
5 36 (6.581%) McAfee
5 36 (6.581%) Oracle
6 32 (5.850%) Qualys
7 31 (5.667%) VMware
8 30 (5.484%) IBM
9 24 (4.388%) Nokia
9 24 (4.388%) Symantec
10 21 (3.839%) LogLogic
11 20 (3.656%) Riverbed
12 18 (3.291%) Red Hat
13 14 (2.559%) SAP
13 14 (2.559%) ArcSight
14 13 (2.377%) Sourcefire
14 13 (2.377%) HP
14 13 (2.377%) Citrix
London
The ideal candidate will need breadth of experience across IT security covering applications security, infrastructure security, policies, security management & governance, ISO27001, network security, data security as well as...
Careerwise UK Limited
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The successful Information Security Architect will come from an extensive Security Architecture / Design background, with strong experience of working in an e-commerce and web applications environment, and...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
You will be responsible for driving the conceptualisation and implementation of all IT security architecture... Required Skills/Backgrounds:- CISSP certification- Proven experience in design, implementation and operation of...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £65000 - £70000 per annum + annual bonus + Car & Benefit
Posted: 23 May 2013
West London
Be the subject matter lead for both network and application based IT security architecture (firewalls, directory, web gateways, secure remote access as well as identity management/provisioning, privileged...
Networking People
Salary: Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Middlesex
Maintain a comprehensive and current understanding of Cyber Security and Information Security threats... Qualifications and Experience Essential: - Educated to a degree level. - IT Security qualification CISSP / CISM and...
Acumin
Salary: Up to £85,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
The Architecture Team is split into two functions, one focused on delivering solution architectures for projects, the other taking a cross project, enterprise perspective, capturing the current and...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £80000 - £100000 per annum + car, bonus, bens
Posted: 18 May 2013
Harrow, Middlesex
designing security architecture based on unit cost targets Desired: * ISEB Information Security Management, or membership of the Institute of Information Security Professionals * Experience of Architecting innovative IT Security...
Mortimer Spinks
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
As a Information Security Advisor your skills and qualifications will ideally include: Minimum 3 years' experience in information security Information security risk management skills including (but not be...
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
West London
This involves working within projects and initiatives to ensure security requirements are understood and adequately addressed and that solutions are aligned with the broader GECC Enterprise Security Architecture...
GE Capital
Posted: 7 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Essential Requirements: - CLAS Registered or working towards registration - Systems/Engineering background working in the field of systems / software development including security architecture before operating successfully as an IT...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 45000 - 65000 + Car + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
They will be responsible for the creation of future roadmaps for networks and security including access management and assist with the overall infrastructure roadmap in line with the...
Hudson IT London
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
West London
designing security architecture based on unit cost targets... * Experience with EPOS, eCommerce and high volume online systems desirable. * CISSP certification. * ISEB Information Security Management or membership of the...
The People Network
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + package
Posted: 22 May 2013
Stockton-On-Tees, Cleveland
Knowledge of ITIL (ISO 20000 and Information Security (ISO 27001). Understanding of how and why ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 are utilised in business today... -An understanding of...
Gem Partnership
Salary: From £60,000 to £100,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Our client, a major media and communications company are looking for a Network Security Specialist with experience of Cisco, Juniper/Checkpoint to work within a 2nd/3rd line...
Proprius Recruitment
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
I am looking for an Information Security Consultant to join my client's rapidly expanding InfoSec practice... Ideally you will come from a big 4 background and demonstrate...
Salary: £50000 - £80000 per annum + Benefits & Bonus
Posted: 1 May 2013
South West London
You will have previously worked as an Information Security Manager within a financial software environment, trained internal auditor for ISO27001, and achieved related certifications such as CISA, CISSP,...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
North West
You will also be involved in coordinating Information Security activities, implementing solutions to improve Information Security, IT Infrastructure and IT Security; specify Information Security architecture, standards and best...
Quindell Plc - Metaskil
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum c£60k on exp plus benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
You will have; - SC or DV clearance - Security Risk assessments at business, technical architecture and process level... - Applying the principles of secure network design, applications, gateways and interfaces -...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 30k - 60k
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bromley, Kent
Purpose of Role *Accountable for the development of security architecture and strategy, as well as high level security designs where the solution is new or technology is complex *...
JM
Salary: £40000 - £65000 per annum + great benefits package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cheshire
The successful Mobile Solution Architect (Cloud, Security, Java, iOS, SSO) will have: Extensive knowledge and experience with Mobile/ Cloud architecture (Objective-C, Java, Apple, Android, C, C++, HTML)...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £55,000 to £70,000 per annum + Bonus + Market-Leading Package
Posted: 20 May 2013