The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Harrogate 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 Harrogate region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 36 29 -
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 7 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Harrogate 2.500% 1.274% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.125% 1.709% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 0
Average salary £32,500 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.77% -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.38%
All Processes & Methodologies
Harrogate
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
224 117 169
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Harrogate 80.00% 74.52% 62.83%
Number of salaries quoted 179 94 127
Average salary £35,500 £32,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.23% +3.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £19,400 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £39,900 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
North Yorkshire

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Harrogate 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 Harrogate region.

Harrogate Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Harrogate 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 6 (66.67%) Firewall
1 6 (66.67%) Network Security
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco ASA
2 5 (55.56%) CCSE
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco
2 5 (55.56%) CCSP
2 5 (55.56%) CCNP
2 5 (55.56%) CCNA
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (55.56%) CheckPoint
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco PIX
3 4 (44.44%) LAN
3 4 (44.44%) WAN
4 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (33.33%) Project Management
4 3 (33.33%) CISSP
4 3 (33.33%) ITIL
4 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 3 (33.33%) Finance
4 3 (33.33%) Service Management
4 3 (33.33%) CISM
5 1 (11.11%) Wireshark
5 1 (11.11%) Nessus
5 1 (11.11%) Snort
5 1 (11.11%) ArcSight
5 1 (11.11%) SIEM
5 1 (11.11%) Windows
5 1 (11.11%) Solaris
5 1 (11.11%) Linux

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Harrogate 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.

Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) Firewall
1 6 (66.67%) Network Security
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco ASA
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco PIX
3 4 (44.44%) LAN
3 4 (44.44%) WAN
4 1 (11.11%) Wireshark
4 1 (11.11%) Internet
4 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
1 6 (66.67%) Security Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) IT Security Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) Network Security Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) Network Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Project Manager
3 3 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
3 3 (33.33%) Senior Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Solaris
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Project Management
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL
1 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
1 3 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (11.11%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) CCSE
1 5 (55.56%) CCSP
1 5 (55.56%) CCNP
1 5 (55.56%) CCNA
1 5 (55.56%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (33.33%) CISSP
2 3 (33.33%) CISM
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Snort
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Nessus
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Cisco
1 5 (55.56%) CheckPoint
2 1 (11.11%) ArcSight