The first table below looks at the demand for Penetration Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Penetration Testing over the 3 months to 22 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 Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Penetration Testing
Rank 69 84 77
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -7
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 24 21 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 2.733% 1.657% 1.416%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.941% 2.305% 2.046%
Number of salaries quoted 21 16 10
Average salary £46,000 £34,000 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.29% +0.74%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £40,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -6.97%
All Processes & Methodologies
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
609 911 782
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 69.36% 71.90% 69.20%
Number of salaries quoted 525 755 696
Average salary £36,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.75% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,900 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Penetration Testing
South West

Penetration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire Penetration Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Penetration Testing Salary Trend

Penetration Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Gloucester +24 24 £46,000 +35.29%
Penetration Testing
South West

Penetration Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing Penetration Testing 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 Penetration Testing.

1 35 (100.00%) Linux
2 32 (91.43%) UNIX
2 32 (91.43%) DV Cleared
2 32 (91.43%) Security Cleared
3 30 (85.71%) User Acceptance Testing
3 30 (85.71%) Performance Testing
3 30 (85.71%) LAN
3 30 (85.71%) ISEB
3 30 (85.71%) LoadRunner
3 30 (85.71%) Shell Script
3 30 (85.71%) WAN
3 30 (85.71%) ITIL
4 20 (57.14%) C#
4 20 (57.14%) C++
4 20 (57.14%) Java
5 16 (45.71%) Degree
6 15 (42.86%) Mathematics
6 15 (42.86%) CGI
6 15 (42.86%) Identity Management
7 5 (14.29%) SQL
7 5 (14.29%) UML
7 5 (14.29%) Android
7 5 (14.29%) iPhone
7 5 (14.29%) Reverse Engineering
8 4 (11.43%) Requirements Analysis
9 3 (8.571%) Web Development
9 3 (8.571%) Business Development
9 3 (8.571%) OOD
9 3 (8.571%) Programme Management
9 3 (8.571%) Cryptography

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing Penetration Testing 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 Penetration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (42.86%) CGI
2 2 (5.714%) Hibernate
2 2 (5.714%) HTML
2 2 (5.714%) .NET
2 2 (5.714%) J2EE
2 2 (5.714%) EJB
2 2 (5.714%) Web Services
2 2 (5.714%) XML
2 2 (5.714%) JSF
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.714%) SharePoint Server
Communications & Networking
1 30 (85.71%) LAN
1 30 (85.71%) WAN
2 2 (5.714%) SMS
Development Applications
1 30 (85.71%) LoadRunner
Job Titles
1 15 (42.86%) Test Consultant
1 15 (42.86%) Tester
1 15 (42.86%) Consultant
2 5 (14.29%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (42.86%) Mathematics
2 5 (14.29%) iPhone
3 3 (8.571%) Cryptography
4 2 (5.714%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 35 (100.00%) Linux
2 32 (91.43%) UNIX
3 5 (14.29%) Android
4 3 (8.571%) Windows
5 2 (5.714%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (85.71%) User Acceptance Testing
1 30 (85.71%) Performance Testing
1 30 (85.71%) ITIL
2 15 (42.86%) Identity Management
3 5 (14.29%) UML
3 5 (14.29%) Reverse Engineering
4 4 (11.43%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (8.571%) Web Development
5 3 (8.571%) Business Development
5 3 (8.571%) OOD
5 3 (8.571%) Programme Management
5 3 (8.571%) OOA/OOD
5 3 (8.571%) OO
6 2 (5.714%) Configuration Management
6 2 (5.714%) Scrum
6 2 (5.714%) Ethical Hacking
6 2 (5.714%) Software Engineering
6 2 (5.714%) Software Testing
6 2 (5.714%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (5.714%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 30 (85.71%) Shell Script
2 20 (57.14%) C#
2 20 (57.14%) C++
2 20 (57.14%) Java
3 5 (14.29%) SQL
4 3 (8.571%) C
5 2 (5.714%) VB.NET
5 2 (5.714%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 32 (91.43%) DV Cleared
1 32 (91.43%) Security Cleared
2 30 (85.71%) ISEB
3 16 (45.71%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.714%) JTAG
Vendors
1 2 (5.714%) Symbian
1 2 (5.714%) JBoss
1 2 (5.714%) Oracle
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