Security Specialist Jobs in England
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Security Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Specialist
Rank 605 740 663
Rank change year-on-year
+135 -77
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 245 116 200
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.241% 0.102% 0.173%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.255% 0.108% 0.184%
Number of salaries quoted 176 71 141
Average salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.04% +9.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £90,000 £70,000 £75,250
UK excluding London average salary £48,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-12.72% +10.00%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 95965 107840 108961
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.44% 94.79% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 80782 93186 92537
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £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%
Security Specialist
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Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Security Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Security Specialist
Salary Trend

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

England Security Specialist Salary Trend

Security Specialist
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Specialist across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England Security Specialist Salary Histogram

Security Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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 +77 78 £80,000 +16.36%
South East +12 59 £50,000 -9.09%
West Midlands - 53 £40,000 -
North West -9 17 £48,000 -23.20%
Yorkshire +5 14 - -
East Midlands +9 10 £50,000 -9.09%
East of England +6 7 £50,000 -6.97%
South West -2 5 £41,250 +1.85%
North East - 3 £48,000 -
Security Specialist
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Security Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited 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 Security Specialist in their job title.

1 232 (46.49%) Information Security
2 225 (45.09%) CISSP
3 176 (35.27%) Firewall
4 143 (28.66%) Finance
5 97 (19.44%) CISM
6 91 (18.24%) Windows
7 90 (18.04%) Network Security
8 85 (17.03%) Degree
8 85 (17.03%) SIEM
9 83 (16.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 79 (15.83%) Management Information System
11 78 (15.63%) Java
11 78 (15.63%) Cisco
12 77 (15.43%) CISA
13 74 (14.83%) Cisco Certification
14 73 (14.63%) Penetration Testing
15 61 (12.22%) Computer Science
16 60 (12.02%) PCI DSS
17 58 (11.62%) Intrusion Detection
18 52 (10.42%) Microsoft
19 51 (10.22%) CheckPoint
19 51 (10.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
20 49 (9.820%) Security Cleared
21 47 (9.419%) Data Protection
21 47 (9.419%) ITIL
22 46 (9.218%) Security Management
23 45 (9.018%) Risk Management
24 42 (8.417%) CCNA
25 40 (8.016%) Juniper
25 40 (8.016%) JavaScript

Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited 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 Security Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 34 (6.814%) .NET
2 11 (2.204%) Middleware
3 9 (1.804%) DHTML
4 8 (1.603%) XML
5 6 (1.202%) WPF
5 6 (1.202%) XSLT
5 6 (1.202%) ASP
6 3 (0.601%) J2EE
6 3 (0.601%) CSS
6 3 (0.601%) HTML5
7 2 (0.401%) Regular Expression
7 2 (0.401%) SAP BSP
7 2 (0.401%) SAP ALE
7 2 (0.401%) Web Dynpro
7 2 (0.401%) Web Services
8 1 (0.200%) JSP
8 1 (0.200%) Struts
8 1 (0.200%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.200%) ODBC
8 1 (0.200%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 18 (3.607%) IIS
2 3 (0.601%) MS Exchange
3 2 (0.401%) SAP Portal
3 2 (0.401%) LiveLink
3 2 (0.401%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.200%) Apache
4 1 (0.200%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.200%) Exchange Server 2000
4 1 (0.200%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 28 (5.611%) MS Excel
2 19 (3.808%) MS Office
3 9 (1.804%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 29 (5.812%) Sentinel
2 2 (0.401%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.200%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 1 (0.200%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.200%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.200%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 176 (35.27%) Firewall
2 90 (18.04%) Network Security
3 58 (11.62%) Intrusion Detection
4 35 (7.014%) TCP/IP
5 28 (5.611%) VPN
6 25 (5.010%) Internet
7 22 (4.409%) Cisco ASA
8 21 (4.208%) Wireless
9 20 (4.008%) SSL
10 18 (3.607%) DHCP
11 15 (3.006%) DNS
12 14 (2.806%) HTTP
13 13 (2.605%) DMZ
13 13 (2.605%) Cisco Nexus
14 10 (2.004%) WAN
15 9 (1.804%) LAN
15 9 (1.804%) Cisco IOS
16 7 (1.403%) ATM
16 7 (1.403%) SSH
17 6 (1.202%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.407%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.601%) MySQL
3 1 (0.200%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.200%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 5 (1.002%) AppScan
General
1 143 (28.66%) Finance
2 26 (5.210%) Retail
3 20 (4.008%) Telecoms
4 19 (3.808%) Advertising
5 16 (3.206%) Law
6 13 (2.605%) Banking
7 10 (2.004%) Legal
8 6 (1.202%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.002%) Local Government
10 4 (0.802%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.401%) Marketing
12 1 (0.200%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.200%) Arabic Language
Miscellaneous
1 79 (15.83%) Management Information System
2 61 (12.22%) Computer Science
3 29 (5.812%) Data Protection Act
4 22 (4.409%) Digital Media
5 17 (3.407%) Cryptography
6 15 (3.006%) RMADS
7 14 (2.806%) PKI
8 12 (2.405%) SaaS
9 9 (1.804%) SCADA
10 7 (1.403%) Open Source
11 6 (1.202%) Mathematics
11 6 (1.202%) CESG
11 6 (1.202%) Smartcard
12 5 (1.002%) CESG CLAS
13 4 (0.802%) Mainframe
14 2 (0.401%) Credit Risk
14 2 (0.401%) N-Tier
15 1 (0.200%) CLARiiON
15 1 (0.200%) Symmetrix
15 1 (0.200%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 91 (18.24%) Windows
2 36 (7.214%) UNIX
2 36 (7.214%) Linux
3 16 (3.206%) Solaris
4 14 (2.806%) AIX
5 10 (2.004%) Windows 2000
6 6 (1.202%) Windows 7
7 5 (1.002%) Windows XP
7 5 (1.002%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.401%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.401%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (46.49%) Information Security
2 85 (17.03%) SIEM
3 73 (14.63%) Penetration Testing
4 51 (10.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 47 (9.419%) Data Protection
5 47 (9.419%) ITIL
6 46 (9.218%) Security Management
7 45 (9.018%) Risk Management
8 39 (7.816%) Project Management
9 29 (5.812%) Change Management
10 27 (5.411%) Security Architecture
11 26 (5.210%) Vulnerability Management
12 23 (4.609%) E-Commerce
13 21 (4.208%) Incident Management
14 20 (4.008%) Ethical Hacking
14 20 (4.008%) Business Development
14 20 (4.008%) Security Testing
15 19 (3.808%) Knowledge Management
16 18 (3.607%) Data Security
16 18 (3.607%) Computer Forensics
Programming Languages
1 78 (15.63%) Java
2 40 (8.016%) JavaScript
3 31 (6.212%) SQL
4 17 (3.407%) C#
5 16 (3.206%) C
6 14 (2.806%) C++
7 6 (1.202%) Perl
8 3 (0.601%) PHP
9 2 (0.401%) Bash shell
9 2 (0.401%) VB
9 2 (0.401%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.401%) ABAP
9 2 (0.401%) Python
10 1 (0.200%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 225 (45.09%) CISSP
2 97 (19.44%) CISM
3 85 (17.03%) Degree
4 77 (15.43%) CISA
5 74 (14.83%) Cisco Certification
6 49 (9.820%) Security Cleared
7 42 (8.417%) CCNA
8 36 (7.214%) ACSA
9 35 (7.014%) CEH
10 34 (6.814%) GIAC
11 31 (6.212%) SC Cleared
12 23 (4.609%) CCSP
13 12 (2.405%) CCNP
14 11 (2.204%) CCSA
15 9 (1.804%) CCSE
16 7 (1.403%) CCIE
17 5 (1.002%) CISMP
17 5 (1.002%) SCSA
18 4 (0.802%) JNCIA
19 3 (0.601%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (16.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 60 (12.02%) PCI DSS
3 34 (6.814%) COBIT
4 20 (4.008%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 17 (3.407%) COSO
6 10 (2.004%) ISO 9001
6 10 (2.004%) SLA
7 6 (1.202%) TickIT
8 4 (0.802%) ISO 9002
9 3 (0.601%) QA
10 1 (0.200%) BS7799
10 1 (0.200%) BS25999
System Software
1 28 (5.611%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.202%) Nmap
3 4 (0.802%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.200%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.200%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (1.804%) MIMEsweeper
2 8 (1.603%) Splunk
3 6 (1.202%) Nessus
4 5 (1.002%) Tivoli
4 5 (1.002%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (0.601%) CiscoWorks
5 3 (0.601%) WebInspect
6 2 (0.401%) YUM
6 2 (0.401%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.200%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.200%) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors
1 78 (15.63%) Cisco
2 52 (10.42%) Microsoft
3 51 (10.22%) CheckPoint
4 40 (8.016%) Juniper
5 29 (5.812%) Blue Coat
6 25 (5.010%) Tripwire
7 24 (4.810%) Oracle
8 19 (3.808%) McAfee
9 17 (3.407%) F5
10 12 (2.405%) IronPort
10 12 (2.405%) Aruba
10 12 (2.405%) Websense
11 11 (2.204%) HP
11 11 (2.204%) Tufin
12 9 (1.804%) Symantec
12 9 (1.804%) SAP
12 9 (1.804%) Fujitsu
12 9 (1.804%) Infoblox
13 7 (1.403%) Nokia
13 7 (1.403%) Citrix
Information Security Specialist
Surrey, South East
IT Security Skills/ Experience required: + CISSP certified or in progress. + Proven technical skills in the IT security area including networking, web application vulnerabilities, TCP/IP, VPN, network security...
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Pension/Bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
Security Specialist
Berkshire
They are seeking an experienced, extensively qualified Security Specialist (ideally CISSP) who's responsibility it will be to design and implement security aspects associated with their global infrastructure.....
TEKsystems
Salary: £80000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Information Security & Risk Specialist
London
Monitor organisational compliance across standards such as ISO27001, PCI-DSS, DPA. - Action and track information security risks through to remediation. Requirements: - In depth knowledge of information security risk...
Acumin
Salary: From £50,000 to £65,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Security Specialist / Architect (ISO27001, PCI DSS, CISSP)
London, South East
Church International has an excellent opportunity for a first class Information Security Professional to join a world leading organisation based in London. Our client seeks a highly experienced...
Church International
Salary: £60,000 - £80,000 per year
Posted: 16 May 2013
Security Specialist - Network and Information
Maidenhead, Berkshire
The successful candidate will be part of a team helping to implement the security within the global datacentre that is being relocated into their Berkshire Office. The successful...
TEKsystems
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Security Specialist - Network and Information
Berkshire
Keywords: PCIDSS, High Level Designs, ISO27001, Low Level Designs, Web Security, Encryption, Authentication, Vulnerability Testing, ITIL, Firewalls, F5, Loadbalancing, Cisco, CISSP My Client, one of the worlds foremost...
Aston Carter
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Information Security Specialist
London
Information Security/Consultancy/CISM/CRISC/SANS/GIAC/London... Ideally you will also have backed your extensive experience with a formal information security qualification such as CISM, CRISC, SANS...
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Information Security Specialist; Security Architect;
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Key Experience Required: - Deep Understanding of Security Technologies for Networks, Operating Systems and Applications - Technical Security Architecture Principles - Excellent Knowledge of Security Strategy, Policies and Standards (ISO27001, 1779...
Northern Recruitment Group
Salary: £Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013
Information Security Specialist
Reigate, South East
Undertake detailed analysis of proposals from 3rd party bids from a data protection and information security perspective... + Assist with the data protection breach and data security incident management...
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + BONUS + BENEFITS
Posted: 14 May 2013
Security Specialist
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Milton Keynes£35,000 + Benefits As a member of the Information Security team, you will ensure that the confidentiality, availability and integrity of the company's information and...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £36000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Network Security Specialist
Warrington, Cheshire
The specialist should be experienced in supporting 2 or more of the following Security Products: RSA Envision, Logrhythm, Symantec Endpoint Security, Web and Email security technologies such as...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: offer competitive package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Security Operations Specialists
Birmingham, West Midlands
This activity will account for 10% of the time worked The role holder will be responsible for delivering periodic and ad-hoc host Vulnerability Assessments and Application security...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + 25% shift allowance + bens
Posted: 9 May 2013
Security Operations Specialists
Birmingham, West Midlands
This activity will account for 10% of the time worked The role holder will be responsible for delivering periodic and ad-hoc host Vulnerability Assessments and Application security...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + 25% shift allowance + bens
Posted: 26 April 2013
Enterprise Security Sales Specialist (Risk, Security, Vulnerability)
Slough, Berkshire
It will be your role to drive and develop whilst undertaking deep technical / consultative level solution approach to selling, provide sales presentations and requirements gathering with clientele, sell...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Circa 45-50K base + 50K comm (100K OTE) + bens + Car Allowance
Posted: 20 May 2013
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