The first table below looks at the demand for SIEM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SIEM over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Rank 89 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.255% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.357% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £47,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £47,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.26% +35.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
840 517 761
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 71.37% 72.51% 72.34%
Number of salaries quoted 709 459 689
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 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £50,600 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
SIEM
South East

SIEM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent SIEM Jobs Demand Trend

SIEM
Salary Trend

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

Kent SIEM Salary Trend

SIEM
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the Kent region over the 3 months to 17 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 - 2 £48,750 -
SIEM
South East

SIEM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region citing SIEM 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 SIEM.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) Network Security
2 4 (80.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco
3 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (60.00%) HP
3 3 (60.00%) Websense
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (60.00%) Network Management
4 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (40.00%) Cacti
4 2 (40.00%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (40.00%) Forefront TMG
4 2 (40.00%) Service Management
4 2 (40.00%) CISM
4 2 (40.00%) Change Management
4 2 (40.00%) MS Office
4 2 (40.00%) Cisco PIX
4 2 (40.00%) ISA Server
4 2 (40.00%) McAfee
4 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (40.00%) QA
4 2 (40.00%) CISSP
4 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (40.00%) Aerospace

SIEM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region citing SIEM 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 SIEM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 4 (80.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (40.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (40.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) Network Security
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco PIX
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
4 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Network Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Network Management
2 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (40.00%) Service Management
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCSP
1 2 (40.00%) CCNP
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (40.00%) CISM
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) MCSE
2 1 (20.00%) MCSA
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) ISA Server
2 2 (40.00%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (20.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) OpenView
1 2 (40.00%) Cacti
1 2 (40.00%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (20.00%) HP SIM
2 1 (20.00%) MIMEsweeper
2 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) HP
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Websense
3 2 (40.00%) McAfee
3 2 (40.00%) IBM
4 1 (20.00%) Citrix
4 1 (20.00%) VMware