The first table below looks at the demand for Vulnerability Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Vulnerability Management 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Vulnerability Management
Rank 139 145 163
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +18
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Management 1 5 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.041% 0.198% 0.089%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.053% 0.272% 0.116%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
Average salary £52,500 - £52,485
UK excluding London average salary £47,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+17.50% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1885 1837 2585
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 76.47% 72.93% 76.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1486 1476 2084
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 £31,500 £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%
Vulnerability Management
East of England

Vulnerability Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Vulnerability Management Jobs Demand Trend

Vulnerability Management
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire Vulnerability Management Salary Trend

Vulnerability Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Vulnerability Management 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 Vulnerability Management.

1 10 (100.00%) CISSP
1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
1 10 (100.00%) PCI DSS
2 8 (80.00%) GIAC
2 8 (80.00%) Nessus
3 5 (50.00%) COBIT
3 5 (50.00%) Retail
3 5 (50.00%) CISA
3 5 (50.00%) CISM
3 5 (50.00%) Security Management
3 5 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 5 (50.00%) Finance
4 4 (40.00%) Publishing
4 4 (40.00%) Games
4 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
4 4 (40.00%) J2EE
4 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (40.00%) CEH
4 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 4 (40.00%) Nmap
4 4 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (40.00%) Qualys
4 4 (40.00%) Data Protection
5 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (10.00%) PKI
6 1 (10.00%) Cryptography
6 1 (10.00%) UNIX
6 1 (10.00%) Windows
6 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
6 1 (10.00%) Network Security

Vulnerability Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Vulnerability Management 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 Vulnerability Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (40.00%) J2EE
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Network Security
General
1 5 (50.00%) Retail
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Publishing
2 4 (40.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Security Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Information Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Security Specialist
2 4 (40.00%) Information Security Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) IT Security Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Security Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Security Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Application Security Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Information Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (10.00%) PKI
2 1 (10.00%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) UNIX
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
2 5 (50.00%) Security Management
2 5 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 4 (40.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
5 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) Network Management
5 1 (10.00%) Database Security
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) CISSP
2 8 (80.00%) GIAC
3 5 (50.00%) CISA
3 5 (50.00%) CISM
4 4 (40.00%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (100.00%) PCI DSS
2 5 (50.00%) COBIT
3 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 8 (80.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Qualys