The first table below looks at the demand for Data Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Data Security over the 3 months to 20 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Security
Rank 130 140 163
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +23
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 14 8 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.577% 0.319% 0.062%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.756% 0.433% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 11 8 2
Average salary £39,500 £28,250 £66,200
Average salary % change year-on-year
+39.82% -57.32%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1852 1848 2475
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 76.28% 73.65% 76.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1469 1501 1990
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £31,250 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Data Security
East of England

Data Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Data Security Jobs Demand Trend

Data Security
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire Data Security Salary Trend

Data Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Data Security across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Hertfordshire Data Security Salary Histogram

Data Security
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Security within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Welwyn Garden City -9 10 £39,750 -20.50%
Hitchin - 3 - -
St Albans -7 1 £28,500 +4.58%
Data Security
East of England

Data Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Data 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 Data Security.

1 16 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 16 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 12 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 12 (50.00%) SQL Server 2012
2 12 (50.00%) Replication
2 12 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 12 (50.00%) SQL
2 12 (50.00%) T-SQL
2 12 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 12 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (29.17%) Windows
4 5 (20.83%) MS Excel
4 5 (20.83%) Data Protection
4 5 (20.83%) Degree
4 5 (20.83%) Information Security
5 4 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (16.67%) C
5 4 (16.67%) COBIT
5 4 (16.67%) PCI DSS
5 4 (16.67%) Windows 7
5 4 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (16.67%) Knowledge Management
5 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
5 4 (16.67%) CISSP
5 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (16.67%) Project Management
5 4 (16.67%) Windows XP
5 4 (16.67%) MS Exchange
5 4 (16.67%) TCP/IP
5 4 (16.67%) CISA

Data Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Data 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 Data Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (16.67%) MS Exchange
1 4 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 5 (20.83%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 3 (12.50%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 16 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 12 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 12 (50.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (4.167%) Big Data
General
1 3 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (4.167%) Legal
2 1 (4.167%) Retail
2 1 (4.167%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) DBA
1 10 (41.67%) SQL DBA
2 9 (37.50%) Administrator
2 9 (37.50%) Teradata DBA
3 7 (29.17%) Analyst
4 4 (16.67%) Field Service Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Field Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Support Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Systems Test Analyst
5 3 (12.50%) Test Analyst
5 3 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (8.333%) Security Analyst
6 2 (8.333%) Security Specialist
6 2 (8.333%) IT Security Specialist
7 1 (4.167%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (4.167%) Data Manager
7 1 (4.167%) IT Support
7 1 (4.167%) Business Analyst
7 1 (4.167%) SQL Server DBA
7 1 (4.167%) Database Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (50.00%) Replication
2 3 (12.50%) Clustering
2 3 (12.50%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Windows
2 4 (16.67%) Windows XP
2 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (16.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 12 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 5 (20.83%) Data Protection
2 5 (20.83%) Information Security
3 4 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
3 4 (16.67%) Knowledge Management
3 4 (16.67%) Project Management
3 4 (16.67%) Security Management
3 4 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 3 (12.50%) Validation
4 3 (12.50%) System Testing
4 3 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
4 3 (12.50%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 12 (50.00%) SQL
1 12 (50.00%) T-SQL
2 4 (16.67%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) Degree
2 4 (16.67%) CISSP
2 4 (16.67%) CISA
3 3 (12.50%) CISM
3 3 (12.50%) GIAC
3 3 (12.50%) CEH
3 3 (12.50%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) COBIT
1 4 (16.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (50.00%) Microsoft