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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 65 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 15 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 2.199% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.030% - -
Number of salaries quoted 15 0 0
Average salary £50,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.38%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
495 517 395
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 72.58% 73.13% 71.43%
Number of salaries quoted 436 453 355
Average salary £38,024 £35,000 £37,281
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.63% -6.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
East Midlands

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Security across the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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
Leicester - 13 £50,000 -
Information Security
East Midlands

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (88.89%) SQL Server
3 10 (55.56%) .NET
3 10 (55.56%) Oracle
3 10 (55.56%) C#
3 10 (55.56%) C++
3 10 (55.56%) Java
3 10 (55.56%) LDAP
3 10 (55.56%) XML
3 10 (55.56%) Smartcard
3 10 (55.56%) Blackberry
3 10 (55.56%) Finance
3 10 (55.56%) Software Engineering
3 10 (55.56%) PKI
3 10 (55.56%) Web Development
3 10 (55.56%) Mathematics
3 10 (55.56%) Computer Science
3 10 (55.56%) Android
3 10 (55.56%) Apple iOS
3 10 (55.56%) BlackBerry OS
3 10 (55.56%) Cyber Security
4 8 (44.44%) Firewall
4 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
5 6 (33.33%) MCP
5 6 (33.33%) Windows XP
5 6 (33.33%) MS Exchange
5 6 (33.33%) FTP
5 6 (33.33%) IIS
5 6 (33.33%) Back Office
5 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 10 (55.56%) .NET
1 10 (55.56%) XML
Application Platforms
1 6 (33.33%) IIS
1 6 (33.33%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 10 (55.56%) LDAP
2 8 (44.44%) Firewall
3 6 (33.33%) FTP
4 2 (11.11%) VPN
4 2 (11.11%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (88.89%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (55.56%) Finance
2 6 (33.33%) Marketing
2 6 (33.33%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Software Developer
1 10 (55.56%) Developer
1 10 (55.56%) C++ Developer
1 10 (55.56%) C++ Software Developer
2 6 (33.33%) IT Support
2 6 (33.33%) Senior IT Support
2 6 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) Senior Support Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (11.11%) Network Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Security Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Network Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (55.56%) Smartcard
1 10 (55.56%) Blackberry
1 10 (55.56%) PKI
1 10 (55.56%) Mathematics
1 10 (55.56%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (55.56%) Android
2 10 (55.56%) Apple iOS
2 10 (55.56%) BlackBerry OS
3 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 6 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Software Engineering
1 10 (55.56%) Web Development
1 10 (55.56%) Cyber Security
2 6 (33.33%) Change Control
2 6 (33.33%) Direct Marketing
2 6 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 2 (11.11%) Security Testing
3 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
3 2 (11.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (55.56%) C#
1 10 (55.56%) C++
1 10 (55.56%) Java
2 2 (11.11%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) MCP
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (33.33%) MCTS
2 2 (11.11%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (11.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Oracle
2 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.11%) Citrix
3 2 (11.11%) VMware
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco