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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 51 43 -
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 33 40 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 3.679% 5.464% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.853% 8.214% -
Number of salaries quoted 33 35 0
Average salary £60,000 £65,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.38%
All Processes & Methodologies
Guildford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
680 487 338
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 75.81% 66.53% 75.62%
Number of salaries quoted 536 466 320
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £32,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £55,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
Surrey

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Security across the Guildford region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Guildford Information Security Salary Histogram

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 25 (50.00%) CISSP
2 22 (44.00%) CISM
2 22 (44.00%) Degree
3 14 (28.00%) Linux
4 13 (26.00%) Management Information System
5 12 (24.00%) Security Management
5 12 (24.00%) MySQL
5 12 (24.00%) Information Assurance
6 11 (22.00%) Finance
6 11 (22.00%) CISA
7 10 (20.00%) Business Continuity
7 10 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (18.00%) Risk Management
8 9 (18.00%) Security Cleared
8 9 (18.00%) QA
9 8 (16.00%) Disaster Recovery
10 7 (14.00%) Scrum
10 7 (14.00%) Extreme Programming
10 7 (14.00%) PHP
10 7 (14.00%) SQL
10 7 (14.00%) UNIX
10 7 (14.00%) Test Scripting
10 7 (14.00%) Data Protection
10 7 (14.00%) PCI DSS
10 7 (14.00%) CentOS
10 7 (14.00%) Penetration Testing
10 7 (14.00%) Software Testing
11 6 (12.00%) Windows
11 6 (12.00%) Perl
11 6 (12.00%) DNS

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 (2.000%) LAMP
1 1 (2.000%) XML
1 1 (2.000%) DOM
1 1 (2.000%) J2EE
1 1 (2.000%) Kohana
1 1 (2.000%) CodeIgniter
1 1 (2.000%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.000%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.00%) DNS
2 5 (10.00%) VoIP
2 5 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (8.000%) WAN
3 4 (8.000%) TCP/IP
4 3 (6.000%) Firewall
5 2 (4.000%) Network Security
5 2 (4.000%) DHCP
6 1 (2.000%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (24.00%) MySQL
2 1 (2.000%) Data Warehouse
General
1 11 (22.00%) Finance
2 3 (6.000%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (36.00%) Security Manager
2 17 (34.00%) Information Manager
2 17 (34.00%) Information Security Manager
3 9 (18.00%) IT Security Manager
4 7 (14.00%) QA Engineer
5 6 (12.00%) Consultant
6 5 (10.00%) Analyst
6 5 (10.00%) Security Analyst
6 5 (10.00%) IT Security Analyst
6 5 (10.00%) Forensic Investigator
7 4 (8.000%) Security Consultant
8 3 (6.000%) Administrator
8 3 (6.000%) Systems Administrator
8 3 (6.000%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 3 (6.000%) Linux Administrator
9 2 (4.000%) Information Security Analyst
9 2 (4.000%) Technical Support Manager
9 2 (4.000%) Technical Manager
9 2 (4.000%) Support Manager
9 2 (4.000%) Information Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (26.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (10.00%) SCADA
2 5 (10.00%) Mathematics
2 5 (10.00%) Cryptography
2 5 (10.00%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (10.00%) iPhone
3 1 (2.000%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 14 (28.00%) Linux
2 7 (14.00%) UNIX
2 7 (14.00%) CentOS
3 6 (12.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (24.00%) Security Management
1 12 (24.00%) Information Assurance
2 10 (20.00%) Business Continuity
3 9 (18.00%) Risk Management
4 8 (16.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 7 (14.00%) Scrum
5 7 (14.00%) Extreme Programming
5 7 (14.00%) Test Scripting
5 7 (14.00%) Data Protection
5 7 (14.00%) Penetration Testing
5 7 (14.00%) Software Testing
6 5 (10.00%) Change Management
6 5 (10.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 5 (10.00%) Database Security
6 5 (10.00%) Reverse Engineering
7 3 (6.000%) Information Security Management
7 3 (6.000%) BCP
7 3 (6.000%) ITIL
7 3 (6.000%) ISMS
7 3 (6.000%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.00%) PHP
1 7 (14.00%) SQL
2 6 (12.00%) Perl
3 5 (10.00%) C#
3 5 (10.00%) C++
3 5 (10.00%) Java
4 1 (2.000%) PHP5
4 1 (2.000%) Bash shell
4 1 (2.000%) XPath
Qualifications
1 25 (50.00%) CISSP
2 22 (44.00%) CISM
2 22 (44.00%) Degree
3 11 (22.00%) CISA
4 9 (18.00%) Security Cleared
5 6 (12.00%) ISEB
6 5 (10.00%) CISMP
7 3 (6.000%) Security+ Certification
7 3 (6.000%) CEH
8 2 (4.000%) SC Cleared
8 2 (4.000%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (4.000%) CCNP
8 2 (4.000%) CCNA
9 1 (2.000%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (18.00%) QA
3 7 (14.00%) PCI DSS
4 5 (10.00%) BS25999
Vendors
1 2 (4.000%) Blue Coat
1 2 (4.000%) Sourcefire
1 2 (4.000%) F5
1 2 (4.000%) ArcSight
1 2 (4.000%) Infoblox
1 2 (4.000%) Websense
1 2 (4.000%) Alcatel-Lucent
1 2 (4.000%) CheckPoint
1 2 (4.000%) Cisco
Guildford, South East
New role for an Information Security Manager to join a leading blue chip organisation based in SurreyKey Skills:*Security Governance*Information Assurance*Risk Analysis*Knowledge of 'threat' landscape...
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + benefits + bonus
Posted: 11 May 2013