The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Tester 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 Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Tester
Rank 811 859 850
Rank change year-on-year
+48 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Tester 33 10 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.032% 0.009% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.009% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 10 10 9
Average salary £50,000 £53,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.54% +52.85%
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £65,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-19.23% +85.71%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
96088 107696 114482
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.37% 95.02% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 80815 93104 97727
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Security Tester
UK

Security Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Security Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Security Tester
Salary Trend

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

England Security Tester Salary Trend

Security Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Tester across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Security Tester Salary Histogram

Security Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Tester within the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Yorkshire - 22 - - 1
South East +17 5 £52,500 -6.66% 1
West Midlands - 3 £50,000 -
London +31 1 £30,000 -43.92%
East Midlands - 1 £65,000 -
North West - 1 - -
Security Tester
UK

Security Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Security Tester 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 Tester in their job title.

1 57 (91.94%) Penetration Testing
2 50 (80.65%) Security Testing
3 33 (53.23%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 32 (51.61%) CEH
5 30 (48.39%) CISM
5 30 (48.39%) CISSP
6 21 (33.87%) UNIX
6 21 (33.87%) Windows
7 20 (32.26%) Degree
8 19 (30.65%) HIPAA
8 19 (30.65%) Digital Forensics
8 19 (30.65%) GWAPT
8 19 (30.65%) Wireless
9 18 (29.03%) CISA
9 18 (29.03%) Firewall
9 18 (29.03%) Network Design
9 18 (29.03%) GCIH
9 18 (29.03%) GPEN
9 18 (29.03%) OSCP
9 18 (29.03%) OSCE
9 18 (29.03%) Vulnerability Management
9 18 (29.03%) Open Source
9 18 (29.03%) Reverse Engineering
9 18 (29.03%) Computer Science
10 16 (25.81%) VB
11 15 (24.19%) Internet
11 15 (24.19%) Linux
11 15 (24.19%) Ethical Hacking
11 15 (24.19%) Blog
11 15 (24.19%) Network Security

Security Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Security Tester 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 Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (14.52%) .NET
2 3 (4.839%) ASP
3 1 (1.613%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.452%) Apache
1 4 (6.452%) WebLogic
2 3 (4.839%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (30.65%) Wireless
2 18 (29.03%) Firewall
3 15 (24.19%) Internet
3 15 (24.19%) Network Security
4 12 (19.35%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.226%) Intranet
6 1 (1.613%) ADSL
6 1 (1.613%) HTTP
6 1 (1.613%) DMZ
6 1 (1.613%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.613%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.613%) Paros
1 1 (1.613%) Firebug
1 1 (1.613%) Fiddler
1 1 (1.613%) Metasploit
General
1 10 (16.13%) Legal
2 2 (3.226%) Finance
3 1 (1.613%) Law
3 1 (1.613%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 18 (29.03%) Open Source
1 18 (29.03%) Computer Science
2 15 (24.19%) Blog
3 12 (19.35%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.613%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.613%) Cryptography
4 1 (1.613%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 21 (33.87%) UNIX
1 21 (33.87%) Windows
2 15 (24.19%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (91.94%) Penetration Testing
2 50 (80.65%) Security Testing
3 33 (53.23%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 19 (30.65%) Digital Forensics
5 18 (29.03%) Network Design
5 18 (29.03%) Vulnerability Management
5 18 (29.03%) Reverse Engineering
6 15 (24.19%) Ethical Hacking
7 14 (22.58%) Data Protection
8 10 (16.13%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (16.13%) Risk Management
8 10 (16.13%) Business Continuity
9 8 (12.90%) Information Security
10 6 (9.677%) Web Application Development
11 3 (4.839%) OWASP
12 2 (3.226%) Security Management
12 2 (3.226%) Change Management
13 1 (1.613%) E-Commerce
13 1 (1.613%) Automated Testing
13 1 (1.613%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (25.81%) VB
2 14 (22.58%) PHP
3 13 (20.97%) Java
4 12 (19.35%) Perl
5 5 (8.065%) VB.NET
6 4 (6.452%) SQL
7 3 (4.839%) VB6
8 2 (3.226%) C
8 2 (3.226%) C++
9 1 (1.613%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (51.61%) CEH
2 30 (48.39%) CISM
2 30 (48.39%) CISSP
3 20 (32.26%) Degree
4 19 (30.65%) GWAPT
5 18 (29.03%) CISA
5 18 (29.03%) GCIH
5 18 (29.03%) GPEN
5 18 (29.03%) OSCP
5 18 (29.03%) OSCE
6 13 (20.97%) SC Cleared
6 13 (20.97%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.613%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (30.65%) HIPAA
2 2 (3.226%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.613%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 3 (4.839%) WebInspect
1 3 (4.839%) AppDetective
2 2 (3.226%) Nessus
Vendors
1 4 (6.452%) IBM
1 4 (6.452%) HP
2 2 (3.226%) Qualys
3 1 (1.613%) Google
3 1 (1.613%) Acunetix
Leeds, West Yorkshire
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Salary: £excellent + big bonus + car + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
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Salary: From £35,000 to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013