The first table below looks at the demand for Communications Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Communications Security over the 3 months to 21 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Communications Security (COMSEC)
Rank 599 633 621
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -12
Permanent jobs citing Communications Security 8 5 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.018% 0.009% 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.023% 0.012% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 3
Average salary £65,000 £38,000 £75,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+71.05% -49.33%
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+73.33% -6.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
34969 41533 43276
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 79.53% 77.10% 76.09%
Number of salaries quoted 29032 35702 36057
Average salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
90% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Communications Security
England

Communications Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Communications Security Jobs Demand Trend

Communications Security
Salary Trend

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

London Communications Security Salary Trend

Communications Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Communications Security across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London Communications Security Salary Histogram

Communications Security
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Communications Security within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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
Croydon - 1 £65,000 -
Twickenham - 1 £65,000 -
City of London - 1 £65,000 -
Communications Security
England

Communications Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Communications 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 Communications Security.

1 5 (41.67%) Electronics
1 5 (41.67%) Military
1 5 (41.67%) Information Management
2 4 (33.33%) Cisco
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (25.00%) MS Office
3 3 (25.00%) ITIL
3 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (25.00%) Finance
3 3 (25.00%) Unified Communications
4 2 (16.67%) Banking
4 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 2 (16.67%) Windows
4 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) CCIE
4 2 (16.67%) Wireless
5 1 (8.333%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (8.333%) Firewall
5 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
5 1 (8.333%) MS Project
5 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
5 1 (8.333%) CCNA
5 1 (8.333%) EMC
5 1 (8.333%) CiscoWorks
5 1 (8.333%) CISSP
5 1 (8.333%) Linux
5 1 (8.333%) MS Visio

Communications Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Communications 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 Communications Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 3 (25.00%) MS Office
1 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (8.333%) MS Project
2 1 (8.333%) MS Visio
2 1 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (16.67%) Wireless
3 1 (8.333%) Firewall
3 1 (8.333%) SNMP
3 1 (8.333%) SAN
General
1 5 (41.67%) Electronics
1 5 (41.67%) Military
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
4 1 (8.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Tester
2 2 (16.67%) Applications Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Functional Tester
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Storage Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Network Security Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Storage Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Team Leader
3 1 (8.333%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Network Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Security Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Systems Tester
3 1 (8.333%) Team Leader
3 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
1 1 (8.333%) PMI
1 1 (8.333%) Human Factors
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (8.333%) Linux
2 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (8.333%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Information Management
2 3 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
3 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (8.333%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (8.333%) SOA
4 1 (8.333%) BCP
4 1 (8.333%) Capacity Management
4 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (8.333%) Test Management
4 1 (8.333%) Security Architecture
4 1 (8.333%) Network Management
4 1 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (8.333%) Business Continuity
4 1 (8.333%) ITIL V3
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (16.67%) CCIE
3 1 (8.333%) CCNA
3 1 (8.333%) CISSP
3 1 (8.333%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (8.333%) PMI Certification
3 1 (8.333%) EMC Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) CiscoWorks
1 1 (8.333%) WMI
1 1 (8.333%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Cisco
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.333%) EMC
3 1 (8.333%) VMware