The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 20 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 51 - 51
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 9 0 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 1.871% - 1.340%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.609% - 2.041%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 3
Average salary £51,500 - £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.38%
All Processes & Methodologies
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
345 385 245
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 71.73% 68.51% 65.68%
Number of salaries quoted 305 353 205
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,500 £22,350
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
North West

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Security across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Lancaster - 8 £51,500 -
Blackpool - 1 £23,000 -
Information Security
North West

Information Security
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 8 (88.89%) SC Cleared
1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Service Management
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) SCCM
2 1 (11.11%) SCOM
2 1 (11.11%) MS Office
2 1 (11.11%) ITIL
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) HP
2 1 (11.11%) McAfee
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint 2010

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Information Manager
2 4 (44.44%) Auditor
3 3 (33.33%) Training Manager
3 3 (33.33%) Compliance Manager
4 2 (22.22%) Audit Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Help Desk Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) IT Auditor
5 1 (11.11%) Information Security Auditor
5 1 (11.11%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
1 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL
1 1 (11.11%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) SC Cleared
1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
1 1 (11.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) HP
1 1 (11.11%) McAfee