The first table below looks at the demand for Data Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Data Security over the 3 months to 17 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Security
Rank 79 109 98
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -11
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 2 2 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 0.210% 0.144% 0.465%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.295% 0.213% 0.639%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 6
Average salary £41,750 £55,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.09% +22.22%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
All Processes & Methodologies
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
677 939 939
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 71.19% 67.41% 72.79%
Number of salaries quoted 570 802 778
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Data Security
East of England

Data Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex Data Security Jobs Demand Trend

Data Security
Salary Trend

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

Essex Data Security Salary Trend

Data Security
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Security within the Essex region over the 3 months to 17 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
Chelmsford - 1 £41,000 -
Data Security
East of England

Data Security
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex region citing Data Security 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 Data Security.

1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
1 6 (100.00%) PCI DSS
2 3 (50.00%) Change Control
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) SSCP
2 3 (50.00%) CISM
2 3 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (33.33%) Wealth Management
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) Network Security
4 1 (16.67%) Project Planning

Data Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex region citing Data Security 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 Data Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Security Manager
2 3 (50.00%) Information Manager
2 3 (50.00%) Information Security Manager
3 2 (33.33%) Change Manager
4 1 (16.67%) IT Security Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (50.00%) Information Security
1 3 (50.00%) Change Control
2 2 (33.33%) Wealth Management
2 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) SSCP
2 3 (50.00%) CISM
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) PCI DSS