The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security 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 Gloucester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 48 29 34
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +5
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 2 29 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 0.826% 7.143% 1.843%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.070% 9.119% 2.395%
Number of salaries quoted 2 21 4
Average salary £47,500 £40,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.75% +5.26%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year
- +8.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
Gloucester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
187 318 167
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 77.27% 78.33% 76.96%
Number of salaries quoted 148 231 141
Average salary £35,500 £40,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.25% -3.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £30,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £63,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
Gloucestershire

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucester Information Security Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security
Salary Trend

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

Gloucester Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Top 23 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (66.67%) RMADS
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) C
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) IIS
3 1 (33.33%) Flash
3 1 (33.33%) CGI
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) Device Driver
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) HTML5
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Security

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) Flash
1 1 (33.33%) CGI
1 1 (33.33%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Information Assurance Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Information Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) RMADS
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Device Driver
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001