The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 23 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Specialist
Rank 139 137 161
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 3 8 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.123% 0.316% 0.176%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.131% 0.328% 0.188%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -
UK excluding London average salary £48,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-12.72% +10.00%
All Job Titles
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2294 2439 3192
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 93.82% 96.29% 93.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1869 1978 2595
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £59,500 £59,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Specialist
East of England

Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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 -25 2 £48,750 -
Security Specialist
East of England

Security Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 6 (85.71%) CISSP
1 6 (85.71%) Security Management
1 6 (85.71%) Risk Management
1 6 (85.71%) GIAC
1 6 (85.71%) CISA
1 6 (85.71%) CISM
1 6 (85.71%) Information Security
1 6 (85.71%) CEH
1 6 (85.71%) COBIT
1 6 (85.71%) PCI DSS
2 4 (57.14%) Qualys
2 4 (57.14%) Nessus
2 4 (57.14%) Nmap
2 4 (57.14%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (42.86%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Data Security
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
5 1 (14.29%) Network Security
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (14.29%) Firewall
5 1 (14.29%) VMware
5 1 (14.29%) CCSA
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
5 1 (14.29%) Internet
5 1 (14.29%) PHP
5 1 (14.29%) MySQL
5 1 (14.29%) Web Services

Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 1 (14.29%) Web Services
1 1 (14.29%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) Internet
1 1 (14.29%) HTTP
1 1 (14.29%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) MySQL
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Security Management
1 6 (85.71%) Risk Management
1 6 (85.71%) Information Security
2 4 (57.14%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (42.86%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) CISSP
1 6 (85.71%) GIAC
1 6 (85.71%) CISA
1 6 (85.71%) CISM
1 6 (85.71%) CEH
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) CCSA
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (14.29%) CCIE
3 1 (14.29%) CCSP
3 1 (14.29%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) COBIT
1 6 (85.71%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Nessus
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Qualys
2 1 (14.29%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
Hertfordshire
Key skills: Expertise in Solaris version 10 and Red Hat Linux Stong business applications experience around Oracle, J2EE applications containers Demonstrable experience of working within a ITIL environment.
Robert Walters
Salary: £350 - £375 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013