The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Security Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Specialist
Rank 173 158 160
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 8 19 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.232% 0.495% 0.248%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.243% 0.515% 0.264%
Number of salaries quoted 1 16 9
Average salary £52,500 £62,500 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.00% +8.69%
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-13.63% +10.00%
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3292 3690 3411
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 95.37% 96.17% 93.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2796 3234 2881
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 £25,000 £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%
Security Specialist
South East

Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Security Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Security Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Hampshire Security Specialist Salary Trend

Security Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 -18 3 £52,500 -25.00%
Security Specialist
South East

Security Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire region that cited 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 Security Specialist in their job title.

1 33 (61.11%) Finance
2 26 (48.15%) Windows
3 24 (44.44%) Information Security
4 22 (40.74%) Firewall
5 20 (37.04%) Microsoft
5 20 (37.04%) SIEM
6 19 (35.19%) Cisco
7 18 (33.33%) Tripwire
8 17 (31.48%) COBIT
9 16 (29.63%) COSO
9 16 (29.63%) Change Management
9 16 (29.63%) ITIL
10 15 (27.78%) Intrusion Detection
11 14 (25.93%) Penetration Testing
11 14 (25.93%) AIX
11 14 (25.93%) Solaris
12 13 (24.07%) Linux
12 13 (24.07%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 13 (24.07%) PCI DSS
13 11 (20.37%) Security Management
14 10 (18.52%) UNIX
14 10 (18.52%) Ethical Hacking
15 9 (16.67%) PRINCE
15 9 (16.67%) Middleware
16 8 (14.81%) MS Excel
17 7 (12.96%) VPN
17 7 (12.96%) SSL
17 7 (12.96%) SSH
17 7 (12.96%) PKI
18 6 (11.11%) ATM

Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire region that cited 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 Security Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (16.67%) Middleware
2 4 (7.407%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.852%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 8 (14.81%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 22 (40.74%) Firewall
2 15 (27.78%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (12.96%) VPN
3 7 (12.96%) SSL
3 7 (12.96%) SSH
4 6 (11.11%) ATM
5 4 (7.407%) TCP/IP
5 4 (7.407%) Wireless
6 2 (3.704%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.556%) SQL Server
General
1 33 (61.11%) Finance
2 3 (5.556%) Financial Institution
3 1 (1.852%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.96%) PKI
2 3 (5.556%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.704%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 26 (48.15%) Windows
2 14 (25.93%) AIX
2 14 (25.93%) Solaris
3 13 (24.07%) Linux
4 10 (18.52%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (44.44%) Information Security
2 20 (37.04%) SIEM
3 16 (29.63%) Change Management
3 16 (29.63%) ITIL
4 14 (25.93%) Penetration Testing
5 13 (24.07%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 11 (20.37%) Security Management
7 10 (18.52%) Ethical Hacking
8 9 (16.67%) PRINCE
9 4 (7.407%) Identity Management
9 4 (7.407%) Data Security
9 4 (7.407%) Reverse Engineering
10 3 (5.556%) Network Architecture
10 3 (5.556%) Problem Management
10 3 (5.556%) PRINCE2
11 2 (3.704%) Document Management
11 2 (3.704%) Security Testing
12 1 (1.852%) OWASP
12 1 (1.852%) Root Cause Analysis
12 1 (1.852%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.407%) C++
1 4 (7.407%) Java
2 3 (5.556%) Perl
Qualifications
1 6 (11.11%) CISSP
2 4 (7.407%) Degree
3 3 (5.556%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.556%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.556%) CEH
4 1 (1.852%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (31.48%) COBIT
2 16 (29.63%) COSO
3 13 (24.07%) PCI DSS
4 5 (9.259%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (1.852%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 20 (37.04%) Microsoft
2 19 (35.19%) Cisco
3 18 (33.33%) Tripwire
4 4 (7.407%) Nokia
5 3 (5.556%) Oracle
6 1 (1.852%) ArcSight
6 1 (1.852%) HP