The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 23 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 111 111 100
Rank change year-on-year
0 -11
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 38 19 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 1.468% 0.901% 1.073%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.858% 1.137% 1.472%
Number of salaries quoted 21 19 13
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -19.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £31,000 £29,250
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.52%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2045 1671 1359
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 79.02% 79.27% 72.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1617 1428 1156
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
West Yorkshire

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Security across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Leeds Information Security Salary Histogram

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 25 (31.25%) CISSP
2 22 (27.50%) Windows
3 20 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 20 (25.00%) CheckPoint
4 19 (23.75%) Cisco
5 18 (22.50%) CISM
5 18 (22.50%) Project Management
6 17 (21.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (20.00%) Firewall
7 16 (20.00%) Linux
8 15 (18.75%) Security Management
9 13 (16.25%) Information Security Management
9 13 (16.25%) GIAC
9 13 (16.25%) Java
9 13 (16.25%) SQL
9 13 (16.25%) Security Cleared
10 12 (15.00%) Degree
11 11 (13.75%) SC Cleared
11 11 (13.75%) Network Security
11 11 (13.75%) SIEM
11 11 (13.75%) .NET
11 11 (13.75%) Oracle
11 11 (13.75%) JavaScript
11 11 (13.75%) C#
11 11 (13.75%) Finance
11 11 (13.75%) Law
11 11 (13.75%) Service Management
11 11 (13.75%) VMware
12 10 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
12 10 (12.50%) CISA

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 11 (13.75%) .NET
2 9 (11.25%) JSON
3 7 (8.750%) Ajax
3 7 (8.750%) jQuery
3 7 (8.750%) ASP.NET
3 7 (8.750%) SOAP
3 7 (8.750%) Web Services
3 7 (8.750%) WinForms
4 6 (7.500%) HTML
5 2 (2.500%) Middleware
5 2 (2.500%) ASP
5 2 (2.500%) ODBC
5 2 (2.500%) JDBC
5 2 (2.500%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 7 (8.750%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.250%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (20.00%) Firewall
2 11 (13.75%) Network Security
3 7 (8.750%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (8.750%) TCP/IP
4 5 (6.250%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (6.250%) Cisco PIX
5 4 (5.000%) LAN
5 4 (5.000%) WAN
6 3 (3.750%) DMVPN
6 3 (3.750%) HSRP
6 3 (3.750%) DHCP
6 3 (3.750%) HTTP
6 3 (3.750%) SNMP
6 3 (3.750%) VPN
6 3 (3.750%) Internet
7 1 (1.250%) Wireshark
7 1 (1.250%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.750%) SQL Server 2005
1 7 (8.750%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.500%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (2.500%) Oracle Forms
General
1 11 (13.75%) Finance
1 11 (13.75%) Law
2 4 (5.000%) Legal
3 2 (2.500%) Front Office
3 2 (2.500%) Back Office
4 1 (1.250%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (26.25%) Analyst
2 16 (20.00%) Security Manager
3 14 (17.50%) Security Analyst
4 11 (13.75%) Consultant
5 10 (12.50%) Network Manager
5 10 (12.50%) Security Consultant
5 10 (12.50%) Operations Manager
5 10 (12.50%) Network Operations Manager
6 9 (11.25%) IT Security Analyst
6 9 (11.25%) Network Security Manager
6 9 (11.25%) Security Operations Manager
6 9 (11.25%) Information Security Consultant
7 7 (8.750%) Software Developer
7 7 (8.750%) Developer
8 6 (7.500%) Team Leader
9 5 (6.250%) Network Security Analyst
9 5 (6.250%) Network Analyst
10 4 (5.000%) Information Analyst
10 4 (5.000%) Information Security Analyst
10 4 (5.000%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 20 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 7 (8.750%) PKI
3 6 (7.500%) Cryptography
4 2 (2.500%) Clustering
4 2 (2.500%) NHS
5 1 (1.250%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.250%) Mathematics
5 1 (1.250%) Physics
5 1 (1.250%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.250%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 22 (27.50%) Windows
2 16 (20.00%) Linux
3 10 (12.50%) UNIX
4 2 (2.500%) Android
4 2 (2.500%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (2.500%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.250%) HPUX
5 1 (1.250%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (22.50%) Project Management
2 15 (18.75%) Security Management
3 13 (16.25%) Information Security Management
4 11 (13.75%) SIEM
4 11 (13.75%) Service Management
5 10 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
5 10 (12.50%) ITIL
5 10 (12.50%) Supplier Management
6 9 (11.25%) CRAMM
7 7 (8.750%) Business Development
7 7 (8.750%) Waterfall
7 7 (8.750%) Practice Management
7 7 (8.750%) Extreme Programming
8 6 (7.500%) Business Continuity
8 6 (7.500%) Knowledge Management
9 4 (5.000%) TOGAF
9 4 (5.000%) ISMS
9 4 (5.000%) Logistics
9 4 (5.000%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 3 (3.750%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.25%) Java
1 13 (16.25%) SQL
2 11 (13.75%) JavaScript
2 11 (13.75%) C#
3 10 (12.50%) C
4 7 (8.750%) T-SQL
5 6 (7.500%) Perl
6 4 (5.000%) VB6
6 4 (5.000%) C++
6 4 (5.000%) VB
6 4 (5.000%) VB.NET
7 2 (2.500%) Objective-C
7 2 (2.500%) ActionScript
7 2 (2.500%) PL/SQL
7 2 (2.500%) Python
7 2 (2.500%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 25 (31.25%) CISSP
2 18 (22.50%) CISM
3 13 (16.25%) GIAC
3 13 (16.25%) Security Cleared
4 12 (15.00%) Degree
5 11 (13.75%) SC Cleared
6 10 (12.50%) CISA
6 10 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (10.00%) CCSP
7 8 (10.00%) CCNP
7 8 (10.00%) CCSE
8 7 (8.750%) CCNA
9 5 (6.250%) CEH
9 5 (6.250%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (3.750%) GCIH
10 3 (3.750%) CCSA
11 2 (2.500%) GCFA
11 2 (2.500%) SSCP
11 2 (2.500%) PhD
11 2 (2.500%) GCED
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (21.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (12.50%) BS7799
2 10 (12.50%) PCI DSS
3 7 (8.750%) QA
4 1 (1.250%) BS25999
4 1 (1.250%) COBIT
System Software
1 2 (2.500%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.500%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (2.500%) vSphere
2 1 (1.250%) XenServer
2 1 (1.250%) Snort
Systems Management
1 1 (1.250%) Nessus
Vendors
1 20 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 19 (23.75%) Cisco
3 11 (13.75%) Oracle
3 11 (13.75%) VMware
4 10 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 6 (7.500%) Juniper
5 6 (7.500%) ArcSight
6 3 (3.750%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.500%) CA
7 2 (2.500%) HP
8 1 (1.250%) LogLogic
8 1 (1.250%) Q1 Labs
8 1 (1.250%) Proofpoint
8 1 (1.250%) Tripwire
8 1 (1.250%) EMC
8 1 (1.250%) Citrix
8 1 (1.250%) Novell
8 1 (1.250%) Symantec
8 1 (1.250%) Blue Coat
Leeds, West Yorkshire
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Salary: From £19,000 to £25,000 per annum + shift allowance+ benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
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The successful Information Security Architect will come from an extensive Security Architecture / Design background, with strong experience of working in an e-commerce and web applications environment, and...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Northern Recruitment Group
Salary: £Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Maintaining, managing and updating the analytics cluster and SIEM (Security Incident Event Management) toolset... Working knowledge of web technologies, HTML and JavaScript. Knowledge of supporting SIEM technologies such...
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Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013