The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Security Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IT Security Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Security Specialist
Rank 561 635 642
Rank change year-on-year
+74 +7
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Specialist 23 1 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.053% 0.002% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.002% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 23 1 7
Average salary £85,000 £70,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £70,000 £47,500
10% offered a salary of more than £100,000 £70,000 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £62,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-24.00% +47.05%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40860 50394 54260
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.43% 93.96% 93.55%
Number of salaries quoted 34360 43737 45781
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
IT Security Specialist
England

IT Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing IT Security Specialist across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London IT Security Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

IT Security Specialist
Salary Trend

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

London IT Security Specialist Salary Trend

IT Security Specialist
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IT Security Specialist across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London IT Security Specialist Salary Histogram

IT Security Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Specialist within the London region over the 3 months to 24 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
City of London - 3 £32,500 -
IT Security Specialist
England

IT Security Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited IT Security Specialist in their job title 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 with IT Security Specialist in their job title.

1 26 (72.22%) Firewall
2 17 (47.22%) CISSP
3 15 (41.67%) SQL
4 13 (36.11%) Java
4 13 (36.11%) Information Security
4 13 (36.11%) Data Protection
5 12 (33.33%) Security Architecture
5 12 (33.33%) Oracle
6 11 (30.56%) CISM
6 11 (30.56%) Finance
7 10 (27.78%) CISA
8 9 (25.00%) Cryptography
8 9 (25.00%) C#
9 8 (22.22%) MS Office
9 8 (22.22%) ITIL
9 8 (22.22%) Microsoft
9 8 (22.22%) BCP
9 8 (22.22%) Intrusion Detection
9 8 (22.22%) Business Continuity
9 8 (22.22%) Computer Security
10 7 (19.44%) Management Information System
10 7 (19.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 7 (19.44%) Degree
10 7 (19.44%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 6 (16.67%) Computer Science
12 5 (13.89%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (13.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (13.89%) Windows
13 4 (11.11%) MS Excel
13 4 (11.11%) TCP/IP

IT Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited IT Security Specialist in their job title 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 with IT Security Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.778%) .NET
1 1 (2.778%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.778%) Exchange Server 2000
1 1 (2.778%) MS Exchange
1 1 (2.778%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (22.22%) MS Office
2 4 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 26 (72.22%) Firewall
2 8 (22.22%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (11.11%) TCP/IP
4 3 (8.333%) Intranet
5 2 (5.556%) HTTP
6 1 (2.778%) DNS
6 1 (2.778%) DHCP
6 1 (2.778%) Internet
6 1 (2.778%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.778%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.778%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 11 (30.56%) Finance
2 4 (11.11%) Investment Banking
2 4 (11.11%) Advertising
2 4 (11.11%) Banking
3 2 (5.556%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.00%) Cryptography
2 7 (19.44%) Management Information System
3 6 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 5 (13.89%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.89%) Windows
2 1 (2.778%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (36.11%) Information Security
1 13 (36.11%) Data Protection
2 12 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 8 (22.22%) ITIL
3 8 (22.22%) BCP
3 8 (22.22%) Business Continuity
3 8 (22.22%) Computer Security
4 7 (19.44%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 4 (11.11%) Project Management
5 4 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (8.333%) Security Management
6 3 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (8.333%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (5.556%) IT Governance
8 1 (2.778%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (41.67%) SQL
2 13 (36.11%) Java
3 9 (25.00%) C#
4 4 (11.11%) C++
Qualifications
1 17 (47.22%) CISSP
2 11 (30.56%) CISM
3 10 (27.78%) CISA
4 7 (19.44%) Degree
5 1 (2.778%) CEH
5 1 (2.778%) CWNA
5 1 (2.778%) MBA
5 1 (2.778%) CCNA
5 1 (2.778%) CCDP
5 1 (2.778%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.778%) PMP
5 1 (2.778%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.778%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (19.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (13.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (8.333%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.778%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (2.778%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (33.33%) Oracle
2 8 (22.22%) Microsoft