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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Penetration Testing
Rank 129 138 161
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +23
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 48 40 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.384% 1.042% 0.226%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.819% 1.361% 0.310%
Number of salaries quoted 25 28 8
Average salary £42,500 £38,500 £45,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.38% -14.91%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,750 £35,000 £38,200
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £70,000 £52,250
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2639 2939 2578
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 76.10% 76.60% 72.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2222 2552 2170
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £63,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Penetration Testing
South East

Penetration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Penetration Testing Salary Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Hampshire Penetration Testing Salary Histogram

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 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 -7 18 £50,000 -28.57%
Southampton +6 14 £43,750 +25.00%
Winchester - 2 £37,500 -
Farnborough +1 1 £32,500 -13.90%
Aldershot -3 1 £32,500 -13.90%
Fareham - 1 - -
Penetration Testing
South East

Penetration Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 54 (52.43%) Ethical Hacking
2 48 (46.60%) Information Security
3 38 (36.89%) Security Cleared
4 36 (34.95%) Security Testing
5 35 (33.98%) SC Cleared
6 34 (33.01%) Firewall
7 33 (32.04%) SIEM
8 32 (31.07%) Linux
9 31 (30.10%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 29 (28.16%) Windows
10 29 (28.16%) Management Information System
10 29 (28.16%) Finance
11 27 (26.21%) Intrusion Detection
12 26 (25.24%) DV Cleared
13 25 (24.27%) TCP/IP
14 24 (23.30%) WAN
15 23 (22.33%) Internet
15 23 (22.33%) CEH
15 23 (22.33%) tcpdump
16 22 (21.36%) GCIA
16 22 (21.36%) GIAC
16 22 (21.36%) LDAP
17 21 (20.39%) LAN
17 21 (20.39%) CESG
17 21 (20.39%) PCI DSS
18 20 (19.42%) Cyber Security
18 20 (19.42%) Wireless
19 19 (18.45%) JSP
19 19 (18.45%) HTTP
19 19 (18.45%) Wireshark

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 19 (18.45%) JSP
2 4 (3.883%) EJB
2 4 (3.883%) Web Services
2 4 (3.883%) XML
2 4 (3.883%) JDBC
2 4 (3.883%) JMS
2 4 (3.883%) Middleware
2 4 (3.883%) WSDL
3 3 (2.913%) .NET
4 2 (1.942%) LAMP
4 2 (1.942%) HTML
4 2 (1.942%) CSS
4 2 (1.942%) CSS3
4 2 (1.942%) HTML5
5 1 (0.971%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 9 (8.738%) MS Exchange
2 2 (1.942%) CMS
2 2 (1.942%) Magento
2 2 (1.942%) Drupal
3 1 (0.971%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (0.971%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 10 (9.709%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.942%) Photoshop
2 2 (1.942%) Fireworks
3 1 (0.971%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 34 (33.01%) Firewall
2 27 (26.21%) Intrusion Detection
3 25 (24.27%) TCP/IP
4 24 (23.30%) WAN
5 23 (22.33%) Internet
5 23 (22.33%) tcpdump
6 22 (21.36%) LDAP
7 21 (20.39%) LAN
8 20 (19.42%) Wireless
9 19 (18.45%) HTTP
9 19 (18.45%) Wireshark
10 18 (17.48%) FTP
10 18 (17.48%) SMTP
11 12 (11.65%) DNS
12 7 (6.796%) SSL
13 4 (3.883%) SSH
13 4 (3.883%) VoIP
13 4 (3.883%) MPLS
13 4 (3.883%) VPN
14 2 (1.942%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.913%) MySQL
2 2 (1.942%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.971%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.883%) Metasploit
2 2 (1.942%) Subversion
3 1 (0.971%) Rational DOORS
General
1 29 (28.16%) Finance
2 14 (13.59%) Electronics
3 10 (9.709%) Retail
4 9 (8.738%) Military
5 8 (7.767%) Legal
6 7 (6.796%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.942%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.942%) Marketing
8 1 (0.971%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.971%) Games
8 1 (0.971%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 32 (31.07%) Analyst
2 29 (28.16%) Security Analyst
3 19 (18.45%) Penetration Tester
3 19 (18.45%) Tester
4 18 (17.48%) Security Engineer
5 16 (15.53%) Systems Analyst
6 14 (13.59%) Security Specialist
7 9 (8.738%) Team Leader
8 8 (7.767%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (7.767%) Operations Analyst
8 8 (7.767%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
9 6 (5.825%) Lead Tester
9 6 (5.825%) Security Operations Analyst
10 5 (4.854%) Forensic Investigator
10 5 (4.854%) Architect
10 5 (4.854%) Systems Engineer
11 4 (3.883%) Security Consultant
11 4 (3.883%) Consultant
11 4 (3.883%) IT Security Analyst
12 3 (2.913%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 29 (28.16%) Management Information System
2 21 (20.39%) CESG
3 12 (11.65%) Firmware
4 11 (10.68%) Chip and PIN
4 11 (10.68%) Client/Server
5 9 (8.738%) PKI
6 8 (7.767%) Mathematics
7 7 (6.796%) Cryptography
8 5 (4.854%) SCADA
8 5 (4.854%) iPhone
8 5 (4.854%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (1.942%) Statistics
10 1 (0.971%) Kindle
10 1 (0.971%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.971%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 32 (31.07%) Linux
2 29 (28.16%) Windows
3 14 (13.59%) Solaris
4 13 (12.62%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (52.43%) Ethical Hacking
2 48 (46.60%) Information Security
3 36 (34.95%) Security Testing
4 33 (32.04%) SIEM
5 31 (30.10%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 20 (19.42%) Cyber Security
7 16 (15.53%) Information Assurance
8 15 (14.56%) Change Control
8 15 (14.56%) Incident Management
8 15 (14.56%) Vulnerability Management
8 15 (14.56%) Change Management
9 12 (11.65%) Security Management
10 11 (10.68%) Project Management
11 10 (9.709%) Security Architecture
12 9 (8.738%) Business Continuity
13 8 (7.767%) ITIL
13 8 (7.767%) Disaster Recovery
14 5 (4.854%) Reverse Engineering
14 5 (4.854%) OWASP
14 5 (4.854%) Database Security
Programming Languages
1 15 (14.56%) Java
2 8 (7.767%) C++
3 5 (4.854%) C#
4 3 (2.913%) Python
5 2 (1.942%) C
5 2 (1.942%) PHP
5 2 (1.942%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.942%) PHP5
6 1 (0.971%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.971%) Perl
6 1 (0.971%) Jython
Qualifications
1 38 (36.89%) Security Cleared
2 35 (33.98%) SC Cleared
3 26 (25.24%) DV Cleared
4 23 (22.33%) CEH
5 22 (21.36%) GCIA
5 22 (21.36%) GIAC
6 15 (14.56%) CISSP
7 14 (13.59%) Degree
8 12 (11.65%) GCIH
9 10 (9.709%) CHFI
10 1 (0.971%) CISMP
10 1 (0.971%) GPEN
10 1 (0.971%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (20.39%) PCI DSS
2 16 (15.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (14.56%) JSP 440
4 9 (8.738%) QA
5 6 (5.825%) COBIT
6 2 (1.942%) SLA
6 2 (1.942%) COSO
7 1 (0.971%) HMG Infosec
7 1 (0.971%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 15 (14.56%) Snort
2 5 (4.854%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.883%) Nmap
4 3 (2.913%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.883%) Nessus
1 4 (3.883%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 18 (17.48%) Cisco
2 17 (16.50%) Microsoft
3 10 (9.709%) Tripwire
3 10 (9.709%) Qualys
4 6 (5.825%) Juniper
5 5 (4.854%) HP
6 4 (3.883%) Nokia
6 4 (3.883%) Sourcefire
7 3 (2.913%) Sun
7 3 (2.913%) VMware
8 2 (1.942%) Oracle
9 1 (0.971%) Google
9 1 (0.971%) IBM
Fareham, South East
There are three primary functions of this role: to maintain, develop and support internal and external company systems required by the business. This is a hands-on role...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: flexi time, 25 days hol, and more
Posted: 16 May 2013
Fareham, Hampshire
Key skills * Linux Administration (internal/external systems) * Cloud computing/infrastructure * Some Project management experience * Internet facing server and application security * Team mentoring/management * Strong experience with routing and...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: flexi time, 25 days hol, and more
Posted: 16 May 2013