The first table below looks at the demand for Information 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 Information Security over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 123 114 129
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +15
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 20 33 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.847% 1.289% 1.210%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.086% 1.794% 1.586%
Number of salaries quoted 16 23 36
Average salary £65,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+62.50% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £28,500 £31,750
10% offered a salary of more than £66,250 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +16.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1841 1839 2775
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 78.01% 71.81% 76.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1399 1476 2234
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £31,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
East of England

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Security across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Hertfordshire Information Security Salary Histogram

Information Security
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Hemel Hempstead +5 6 £50,250 +76.31% 1
Stevenage -4 4 £65,000 +80.55%
St Albans -12 3 - -
Welwyn Garden City -16 2 £68,750 +63.69%
Letchworth - 1 £52,500 -
Information Security
East of England

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 19 (42.22%) CISSP
2 18 (40.00%) Security Management
3 15 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 15 (33.33%) CISM
3 15 (33.33%) PCI DSS
4 13 (28.89%) Risk Management
4 13 (28.89%) Finance
5 11 (24.44%) Legal
5 11 (24.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (24.44%) CISA
6 9 (20.00%) Project Management
7 8 (17.78%) Windows
7 8 (17.78%) COBIT
7 8 (17.78%) Penetration Testing
7 8 (17.78%) Security Cleared
8 7 (15.56%) GIAC
9 6 (13.33%) Firewall
9 6 (13.33%) CEH
9 6 (13.33%) UNIX
9 6 (13.33%) VPN
9 6 (13.33%) Degree
9 6 (13.33%) Computer Science
9 6 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
10 5 (11.11%) ISMS
10 5 (11.11%) RMADS
10 5 (11.11%) Earned Value Management
10 5 (11.11%) Marketing
10 5 (11.11%) Information Security Management
10 5 (11.11%) Data Security
11 4 (8.889%) Risk Assessment

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Application Development
1 2 (4.444%) HTML
1 2 (4.444%) XML
2 1 (2.222%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.667%) IBM Notes
2 1 (2.222%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (8.889%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.222%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.222%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (2.222%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.33%) Firewall
1 6 (13.33%) VPN
2 4 (8.889%) TCP/IP
3 3 (6.667%) HTTP
4 2 (4.444%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (4.444%) Wireless
4 2 (4.444%) IPv6
4 2 (4.444%) SNMP
4 2 (4.444%) DNS
4 2 (4.444%) ADSL
4 2 (4.444%) Broadband
4 2 (4.444%) GPRS
4 2 (4.444%) LAN
4 2 (4.444%) UMTS
4 2 (4.444%) VoIP
4 2 (4.444%) WAN
4 2 (4.444%) DHCP
4 2 (4.444%) FTP
4 2 (4.444%) HSRP
4 2 (4.444%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.667%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.222%) BusinessObjects XI
2 1 (2.222%) Big Data
2 1 (2.222%) MySQL
General
1 13 (28.89%) Finance
2 11 (24.44%) Legal
3 5 (11.11%) Marketing
4 3 (6.667%) Retail
4 3 (6.667%) Back Office
4 3 (6.667%) Games
5 2 (4.444%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.222%) Electronics
6 1 (2.222%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.222%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (13.33%) Project Manager
1 6 (13.33%) Analyst
2 5 (11.11%) Security Engineer
2 5 (11.11%) Security Manager
2 5 (11.11%) Security Specialist
3 4 (8.889%) Security Analyst
3 4 (8.889%) Information Manager
3 4 (8.889%) Information Security Manager
3 4 (8.889%) Security Architect
3 4 (8.889%) Architect
3 4 (8.889%) Information Security Engineer
3 4 (8.889%) IT Security Specialist
4 3 (6.667%) Security Officer
4 3 (6.667%) Lead Architect
4 3 (6.667%) Network Manager
5 2 (4.444%) QA Engineer
5 2 (4.444%) Service Manager
5 2 (4.444%) Consultant
5 2 (4.444%) Security Consultant
5 2 (4.444%) Network Services Manager
Miscellaneous
1 15 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 6 (13.33%) Computer Science
3 5 (11.11%) RMADS
4 3 (6.667%) CESG
4 3 (6.667%) CESG CLAS
5 2 (4.444%) Speech Recognition
6 1 (2.222%) SaaS
6 1 (2.222%) FMCG
6 1 (2.222%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.222%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.222%) Online Games
6 1 (2.222%) Cryptography
6 1 (2.222%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 8 (17.78%) Windows
2 6 (13.33%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (40.00%) Security Management
2 13 (28.89%) Risk Management
3 9 (20.00%) Project Management
4 8 (17.78%) Penetration Testing
5 6 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (11.11%) ISMS
6 5 (11.11%) Earned Value Management
6 5 (11.11%) Information Security Management
6 5 (11.11%) Data Security
7 4 (8.889%) Risk Assessment
7 4 (8.889%) ITIL
7 4 (8.889%) Data Protection
8 3 (6.667%) Load Balancing
8 3 (6.667%) E-Commerce
8 3 (6.667%) Network Design
8 3 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (4.444%) Incident Management
9 2 (4.444%) Strategic Planning
9 2 (4.444%) Software Testing
9 2 (4.444%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.667%) C
1 3 (6.667%) SQL
2 2 (4.444%) Python
2 2 (4.444%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.444%) PHP
2 2 (4.444%) C++
3 1 (2.222%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (42.22%) CISSP
2 15 (33.33%) CISM
3 11 (24.44%) CISA
4 8 (17.78%) Security Cleared
5 7 (15.56%) GIAC
6 6 (13.33%) CEH
6 6 (13.33%) Degree
7 4 (8.889%) SC Cleared
8 3 (6.667%) CRISC
8 3 (6.667%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (4.444%) ISTQB
9 2 (4.444%) CCIE
9 2 (4.444%) ISEB
9 2 (4.444%) PhD
10 1 (2.222%) MCSE
10 1 (2.222%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (2.222%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 11 (24.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (17.78%) COBIT
4 2 (4.444%) ISO 9001
4 2 (4.444%) QA
5 1 (2.222%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 3 (6.667%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 4 (8.889%) Nessus
2 2 (4.444%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 3 (6.667%) Qualys
1 3 (6.667%) Lotus
1 3 (6.667%) Citrix
1 3 (6.667%) Cisco
2 2 (4.444%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.444%) Oracle
2 2 (4.444%) Verint
3 1 (2.222%) SolarWinds
3 1 (2.222%) Business Objects
3 1 (2.222%) SAP
3 1 (2.222%) Juniper
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Interim/Permanent) Dixons Retail has diverse business operations across store retail, eCommerce, business to business, technology services and an internal logistics and supply organisation... You will design, implement...
Dixons Retail
Salary: Up to £85,000 per annum plus Car Allowance, Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013