The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Security Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IT Security Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles advertised for the Hampshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Security Specialist
Rank 174 176 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Specialist 3 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.087% 0.052% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.054% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
Average salary £52,500 £62,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £48,750 £62,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-22.00% +31.57%
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3307 3687 3328
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 95.36% 96.09% 94.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2801 3244 2810
Average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
IT Security Specialist
South East

IT Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing IT Security Specialist across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hampshire IT Security Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

IT Security Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Hampshire IT Security Specialist Salary Trend

IT Security Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Specialist within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Basingstoke -6 3 £52,500 -16.00%
IT Security Specialist
South East

IT Security Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire region that cited IT Security Specialist in their job title 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 with IT Security Specialist in their job title.

1 21 (80.77%) Finance
2 19 (73.08%) SIEM
3 18 (69.23%) Firewall
4 17 (65.38%) Tripwire
5 16 (61.54%) Information Security
6 14 (53.85%) Intrusion Detection
7 11 (42.31%) Windows
8 8 (30.77%) Linux
8 8 (30.77%) ITIL
8 8 (30.77%) COBIT
9 7 (26.92%) COSO
9 7 (26.92%) Cisco
9 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
10 6 (23.08%) AIX
10 6 (23.08%) Solaris
11 5 (19.23%) UNIX
12 4 (15.38%) TCP/IP
12 4 (15.38%) VPN
12 4 (15.38%) SSL
12 4 (15.38%) Middleware
12 4 (15.38%) PCI DSS
12 4 (15.38%) PKI
12 4 (15.38%) SSH
13 3 (11.54%) Wireless
13 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
13 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
13 3 (11.54%) Network Architecture
13 3 (11.54%) Change Management
13 3 (11.54%) MS Excel
13 3 (11.54%) PRINCE2

IT Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire region that cited IT Security Specialist in their job title 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 with IT Security Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (15.38%) Middleware
2 1 (3.846%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.846%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 18 (69.23%) Firewall
2 14 (53.85%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (15.38%) TCP/IP
3 4 (15.38%) VPN
3 4 (15.38%) SSL
3 4 (15.38%) SSH
4 3 (11.54%) Wireless
5 2 (7.692%) HTTP
6 1 (3.846%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
General
1 21 (80.77%) Finance
2 2 (7.692%) Financial Institution
3 1 (3.846%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) PKI
2 1 (3.846%) Cryptography
2 1 (3.846%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (42.31%) Windows
2 8 (30.77%) Linux
3 6 (23.08%) AIX
3 6 (23.08%) Solaris
4 5 (19.23%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (73.08%) SIEM
2 16 (61.54%) Information Security
3 8 (30.77%) ITIL
4 3 (11.54%) Network Architecture
4 3 (11.54%) Change Management
4 3 (11.54%) PRINCE2
5 2 (7.692%) Identity Management
5 2 (7.692%) Data Security
5 2 (7.692%) Reverse Engineering
5 2 (7.692%) Document Management
6 1 (3.846%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (3.846%) Incident Management
6 1 (3.846%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (3.846%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (3.846%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (3.846%) PRINCE
6 1 (3.846%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) Perl
2 1 (3.846%) C++
2 1 (3.846%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
1 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.846%) Degree
2 1 (3.846%) CISSP
2 1 (3.846%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (30.77%) COBIT
2 7 (26.92%) COSO
3 4 (15.38%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 17 (65.38%) Tripwire
2 7 (26.92%) Cisco
2 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.54%) Oracle
4 1 (3.846%) ArcSight
4 1 (3.846%) Nokia