The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Consultant in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Kent region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Consultant
Rank 82 71 -
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 5 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.432% 0.139% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.460% 0.153% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
Average salary £47,500 £60,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.83% -
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
All Job Titles
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1087 654 1014
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 93.95% 91.21% 95.39%
Number of salaries quoted 930 583 931
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -5.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £47,500 £48,650
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Consultant
South East

Security Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent Security Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Security Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Kent Security Consultant Salary Trend

Security Consultant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the Kent region over the 3 months to 24 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
West Malling - 1 £47,500 -
Security Consultant
South East

Security Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region that cited Security Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title.

1 11 (68.75%) Information Security
2 10 (62.50%) Intrusion Detection
2 10 (62.50%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (18.75%) Network Security
3 3 (18.75%) Change Management
3 3 (18.75%) Cisco
3 3 (18.75%) CCNP
3 3 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (18.75%) CheckPoint
4 2 (12.50%) CISSP
4 2 (12.50%) Juniper
4 2 (12.50%) Project Management
4 2 (12.50%) Firewall
4 2 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (12.50%) Fortinet
4 2 (12.50%) Sourcefire
4 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (12.50%) Cisco PIX
4 2 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (6.250%) Twitter
5 1 (6.250%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (6.250%) COBIT
5 1 (6.250%) QA
5 1 (6.250%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (6.250%) Security Architecture
5 1 (6.250%) Forefront TMG
5 1 (6.250%) SIEM
5 1 (6.250%) PCI DSS
5 1 (6.250%) DV Cleared

Security Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region that cited Security Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (62.50%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (18.75%) Network Security
3 2 (12.50%) Firewall
3 2 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (12.50%) Cisco PIX
3 2 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (6.250%) Wireless
4 1 (6.250%) WLAN
General
1 1 (6.250%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Information Security
2 10 (62.50%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (18.75%) Change Management
4 2 (12.50%) Project Management
4 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (6.250%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (6.250%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (6.250%) Security Architecture
5 1 (6.250%) SIEM
5 1 (6.250%) Risk Management
5 1 (6.250%) Migration
5 1 (6.250%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) CCNP
1 3 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (12.50%) CISSP
3 1 (6.250%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) CCSE
3 1 (6.250%) CISM
3 1 (6.250%) Check Point Certification
3 1 (6.250%) CCNA
3 1 (6.250%) CCIE
3 1 (6.250%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.250%) COBIT
2 1 (6.250%) QA
2 1 (6.250%) PCI DSS
2 1 (6.250%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) Forefront TMG
1 1 (6.250%) ISA Server
1 1 (6.250%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Cisco
1 3 (18.75%) CheckPoint
2 2 (12.50%) Juniper
2 2 (12.50%) Fortinet
2 2 (12.50%) Sourcefire
3 1 (6.250%) Twitter
3 1 (6.250%) ProCurve
3 1 (6.250%) Websense
3 1 (6.250%) Symantec
3 1 (6.250%) McAfee
3 1 (6.250%) HP
3 1 (6.250%) IBM
3 1 (6.250%) Microsoft