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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 79 69 95
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +26
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 13 5 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 1.123% 0.687% 0.865%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.576% 0.940% 1.176%
Number of salaries quoted 9 5 9
Average salary £35,000 £51,250 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.70% +46.42%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.38%
All Processes & Methodologies
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
825 532 765
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 71.24% 73.08% 73.56%
Number of salaries quoted 694 473 690
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £27,400
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £50,120 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
South East

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Security across the Kent region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 22 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
Maidstone - 5 £30,000 -
Sevenoaks - 5 £30,000 -
Information Security
South East

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 13 (43.33%) Linux
1 13 (43.33%) Intrusion Detection
1 13 (43.33%) Penetration Testing
2 12 (40.00%) MySQL
3 9 (30.00%) Degree
3 9 (30.00%) QA
4 7 (23.33%) Test Scripting
4 7 (23.33%) CentOS
4 7 (23.33%) Software Testing
4 7 (23.33%) Scrum
4 7 (23.33%) Extreme Programming
4 7 (23.33%) PHP
4 7 (23.33%) SQL
4 7 (23.33%) UNIX
5 6 (20.00%) ISEB
5 6 (20.00%) Perl
6 5 (16.67%) VoIP
7 4 (13.33%) WAN
7 4 (13.33%) TCP/IP
7 4 (13.33%) DNS
7 4 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (13.33%) Risk Assessment
7 4 (13.33%) Firewall
8 3 (10.00%) Data Security
8 3 (10.00%) PCI DSS
9 2 (6.667%) Security Architecture
9 2 (6.667%) Change Management
9 2 (6.667%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (6.667%) VPN
9 2 (6.667%) CISSP

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 1 (3.333%) LAMP
1 1 (3.333%) XML
1 1 (3.333%) DOM
1 1 (3.333%) CodeIgniter
1 1 (3.333%) Kohana
1 1 (3.333%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.667%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 13 (43.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 5 (16.67%) VoIP
3 4 (13.33%) WAN
3 4 (13.33%) TCP/IP
3 4 (13.33%) DNS
3 4 (13.33%) Firewall
4 2 (6.667%) VPN
5 1 (3.333%) Wireless
5 1 (3.333%) Network Security
5 1 (3.333%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (40.00%) MySQL
General
1 2 (6.667%) Finance
2 1 (3.333%) Legal
2 1 (3.333%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 11 (36.67%) Consultant
1 11 (36.67%) Security Consultant
2 10 (33.33%) Information Security Consultant
3 7 (23.33%) QA Engineer
4 5 (16.67%) Security Manager
5 3 (10.00%) Linux Administrator
5 3 (10.00%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 3 (10.00%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (10.00%) Administrator
6 2 (6.667%) Security Operations Manager
6 2 (6.667%) IT Operations Manager
6 2 (6.667%) Operations Manager
7 1 (3.333%) IT Support Engineer
7 1 (3.333%) IT Security Consultant
7 1 (3.333%) PHP Developer
7 1 (3.333%) Information Manager
7 1 (3.333%) Information Security Manager
7 1 (3.333%) IT Security Manager
7 1 (3.333%) Developer
7 1 (3.333%) IT Consultant
Operating Systems
1 13 (43.33%) Linux
2 7 (23.33%) CentOS
2 7 (23.33%) UNIX
3 1 (3.333%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (43.33%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (23.33%) Test Scripting
2 7 (23.33%) Software Testing
2 7 (23.33%) Scrum
2 7 (23.33%) Extreme Programming
3 4 (13.33%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (10.00%) Data Security
5 2 (6.667%) Security Architecture
5 2 (6.667%) Change Management
5 2 (6.667%) Security Management
5 2 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (3.333%) MVC
6 1 (3.333%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (3.333%) Automated Testing
6 1 (3.333%) Problem Management
6 1 (3.333%) Risk Analysis
6 1 (3.333%) Performance Management
6 1 (3.333%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (3.333%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (23.33%) PHP
1 7 (23.33%) SQL
2 6 (20.00%) Perl
3 1 (3.333%) XPath
3 1 (3.333%) PHP5
3 1 (3.333%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 9 (30.00%) Degree
2 6 (20.00%) ISEB
3 2 (6.667%) CISSP
4 1 (3.333%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.333%) CCNP
4 1 (3.333%) CCNA
4 1 (3.333%) CISA
4 1 (3.333%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (30.00%) QA
2 4 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (10.00%) PCI DSS
4 2 (6.667%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (3.333%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (3.333%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.333%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (3.333%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (3.333%) VMware
1 1 (3.333%) Sourcefire
1 1 (3.333%) Juniper
1 1 (3.333%) CheckPoint
1 1 (3.333%) Symantec