The first table below looks at the demand for Penetration Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Penetration Testing over the 3 months to 18 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Guildford region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Penetration Testing
Rank 79 66 -
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 8 12 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 0.891% 1.739% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.208% 2.586% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 12 0
Average salary £40,000 £37,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.10% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,500 £38,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year
+5.19% -10.46%
All Processes & Methodologies
Guildford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
662 464 372
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 73.72% 67.25% 73.08%
Number of salaries quoted 548 440 354
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +8.97%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £33,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Penetration Testing
Surrey

Penetration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford Penetration Testing Salary Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the Guildford region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Guildford Penetration Testing Salary Histogram

Penetration Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 13 (76.47%) Degree
2 12 (70.59%) Reverse Engineering
2 12 (70.59%) C#
2 12 (70.59%) C++
2 12 (70.59%) Windows
2 12 (70.59%) Cryptography
3 10 (58.82%) Security Cleared
3 10 (58.82%) Embedded Systems
3 10 (58.82%) SCADA
4 9 (52.94%) Mathematics
4 9 (52.94%) Information Security
5 6 (35.29%) Integration Testing
5 6 (35.29%) Digital Forensics
5 6 (35.29%) iPhone
5 6 (35.29%) GIAC
5 6 (35.29%) Java
5 6 (35.29%) MCP
5 6 (35.29%) Python
5 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (29.41%) Business Continuity
6 5 (29.41%) Electronics
6 5 (29.41%) Data Protection
6 5 (29.41%) DV Cleared
6 5 (29.41%) Cyber Security
6 5 (29.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (23.53%) Database Security
7 4 (23.53%) PCI DSS
7 4 (23.53%) Finance
7 4 (23.53%) CISM
7 4 (23.53%) Vulnerability Assessment

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) SharePoint Server
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) Internet
General
1 5 (29.41%) Electronics
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
3 1 (5.882%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Security Investigator
2 4 (23.53%) Forensic Investigator
2 4 (23.53%) Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Security Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Information Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Information Security Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) IT Security Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Software Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Information Risk Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Security Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Information Security Risk Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Information Security Officer
4 1 (5.882%) Security Officer
4 1 (5.882%) Risk Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Information Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Information Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (70.59%) Cryptography
2 10 (58.82%) SCADA
2 10 (58.82%) Embedded Systems
3 9 (52.94%) Mathematics
4 6 (35.29%) iPhone
5 1 (5.882%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (70.59%) Windows
2 2 (11.76%) Linux
2 2 (11.76%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Reverse Engineering
2 9 (52.94%) Information Security
3 6 (35.29%) Integration Testing
3 6 (35.29%) Digital Forensics
4 5 (29.41%) Business Continuity
4 5 (29.41%) Cyber Security
4 5 (29.41%) Data Protection
5 4 (23.53%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 4 (23.53%) Database Security
6 2 (11.76%) Software Testing
6 2 (11.76%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (11.76%) Web Development
6 2 (11.76%) Business Development
6 2 (11.76%) Programme Management
6 2 (11.76%) UML
6 2 (11.76%) OOA/OOD
6 2 (11.76%) OO
6 2 (11.76%) OOD
7 1 (5.882%) BCP
7 1 (5.882%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (70.59%) C#
1 12 (70.59%) C++
2 6 (35.29%) Java
2 6 (35.29%) Python
3 2 (11.76%) C
3 2 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (76.47%) Degree
2 10 (58.82%) Security Cleared
3 6 (35.29%) GIAC
3 6 (35.29%) MCP
3 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (29.41%) DV Cleared
5 4 (23.53%) CISM
5 4 (23.53%) CISSP
5 4 (23.53%) CISMP
6 1 (5.882%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (23.53%) PCI DSS
3 1 (5.882%) BS25999