London Security Analyst Jobs

This section looks at the demand for the Security Analyst role in IT jobs within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Security Analyst
Location Abingdon Barking Basildon Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Coventry Croydon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley East of England Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Glasgow Gloucestershire Hammersmith Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Kent Leeds London M4 Corridor Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle North East North West North Yorkshire Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Reigate Rugby Scotland Shropshire Slough Solihull South East South West Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Surrey Telford Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Walsall Warwickshire Watford West Malling West Midlands West Yorkshire Woking Wolverhampton York Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	487	527
Rank change on same period last year	+40
Matching permanent IT job ads	149	197
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.081 %	0.083 %
As % of the category below	0.220 %	0.197 %
Salaries quoted	137	159
Average minimum salary	£40,090	£40,541
Average salary	£42,404	£43,675
% change on same period last year	-2.91 %
Average maximum salary	£44,717	£46,809
UK excluding London average salary	£41,511	£40,723
% change on same period last year	+1.93 %
Job Titles London
Matching permanent IT job ads	67712	100164
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	36.97 %	42.06 %
Salaries quoted	56408	77161
Average minimum salary	£45,798	£47,393
Average salary	£49,981	£51,876
% change on same period last year	-3.65 %
Average maximum salary	£54,163	£56,359
UK excluding London average salary	£38,060	£39,458
% change on same period last year	-3.54 %
Security Analyst England

Security Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Security Analyst across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Security Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Analyst across the London region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the London region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
City of London	-10	28	£48,300	+0.97 %
Croydon	-4	13	£32,500	-13.33 %
Docklands, London	+35	7	£23,571	-29.28 %
Canary Wharf	-	7	£24,286	-
Barking	-	1	£32,500	-
Uxbridge	-	1	-	-
Hammersmith	+12	1	-	-

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Security Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the London region that cited Security Analyst 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 Security Analyst in their job title.

1 149 (50.68 %) Information Security 2 87 (29.59 %) Finance 3 82 (27.89 %) CISSP 4 76 (25.85 %) Banking 5 66 (22.45 %) CheckPoint 6 62 (21.09 %) Firewall 7 56 (19.05 %) Cisco 8 55 (18.71 %) Windows 9 43 (14.63 %) Degree 10 40 (13.61 %) Oracle 11 37 (12.59 %) Active Directory 12 35 (11.90 %) Management Information System 13 34 (11.56 %) Network Security 14 33 (11.22 %) Risk Management 15 32 (10.88 %) Security Management

15 32 (10.88 %) LAN 16 31 (10.54 %) WAN 17 30 (10.20 %) SQL 18 29 (9.864 %) UNIX 18 29 (9.864 %) ISO27001 19 28 (9.524 %) Risk Assessment 19 28 (9.524 %) Java 19 28 (9.524 %) Telecoms 19 28 (9.524 %) CISM 20 26 (8.844 %) Investment Banking 21 23 (7.823 %) BS7799 22 21 (7.143 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 23 20 (6.803 %) TCP/IP 24 19 (6.463 %) Penetration Testing 24 19 (6.463 %) Cisco Certification

Security Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the London region that cited Security Analyst 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 Security Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 15 (5.102 %) .NET 2 3 (1.020 %) JSP 2 3 (1.020 %) Struts 2 3 (1.020 %) Lucene 2 3 (1.020 %) Spring 3 2 (0.680 %) CGI 3 2 (0.680 %) J2EE	Application Platforms 1 4 (1.361 %) IIS 1 4 (1.361 %) Lotus Notes 2 2 (0.680 %) Apache 2 2 (0.680 %) Tomcat 2 2 (0.680 %) MS Exchange 2 2 (0.680 %) CICS
Applications 1 8 (2.721 %) MS Excel 2 2 (0.680 %) MS Office 3 1 (0.340 %) MS Project 3 1 (0.340 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 3 (1.020 %) Summit 2 2 (0.680 %) SAP HR 2 2 (0.680 %) SAP Payroll
Communications & Networking 1 62 (21.09 %) Firewall 2 34 (11.56 %) Network Security 3 32 (10.88 %) LAN 4 31 (10.54 %) WAN 5 20 (6.803 %) TCP/IP 6 19 (6.463 %) Internet 7 18 (6.122 %) SSL 8 16 (5.442 %) SAN 8 16 (5.442 %) VPN 9 14 (4.762 %) Intrusion Detection 10 9 (3.061 %) Cisco PIX 10 9 (3.061 %) SMTP 11 7 (2.381 %) NetScreen 12 5 (1.701 %) DMZ 13 4 (1.361 %) Intranet 13 4 (1.361 %) Extranet 13 4 (1.361 %) LDAP 13 4 (1.361 %) VoIP 13 4 (1.361 %) HTTP 13 4 (1.361 %) Reverse Proxy	Database & Business Intelligence 1 9 (3.061 %) OLTP 2 4 (1.361 %) Informix 2 4 (1.361 %) MySQL 3 2 (0.680 %) DB2
General 1 87 (29.59 %) Finance 2 76 (25.85 %) Banking 3 28 (9.524 %) Telecoms 4 26 (8.844 %) Investment Banking 5 18 (6.122 %) Auditing 6 16 (5.442 %) Online Betting 6 16 (5.442 %) Legal 7 15 (5.102 %) Pensions 7 15 (5.102 %) Financial Institution 8 14 (4.762 %) Law 9 10 (3.401 %) Back Office 10 9 (3.061 %) Health 10 9 (3.061 %) Games 11 4 (1.361 %) Online Games 12 3 (1.020 %) Insurance 12 3 (1.020 %) Education 13 2 (0.680 %) Front Office 13 2 (0.680 %) Retail 14 1 (0.340 %) Music 14 1 (0.340 %) Government	Miscellaneous 1 35 (11.90 %) Management Information System 2 12 (4.082 %) SecurID 2 12 (4.082 %) Computer Science 3 5 (1.701 %) PKI 4 4 (1.361 %) Spread Betting 4 4 (1.361 %) Data Protection Act 5 3 (1.020 %) AS400 5 3 (1.020 %) Client/Server 5 3 (1.020 %) Cryptography 6 2 (0.680 %) Fat Client 6 2 (0.680 %) Thin Client 7 1 (0.340 %) Blackberry 7 1 (0.340 %) Equities
Operating Systems 1 55 (18.71 %) Windows 2 29 (9.864 %) UNIX 3 14 (4.762 %) Linux 4 9 (3.061 %) Solaris 5 8 (2.721 %) Windows Server 2003 6 6 (2.041 %) Windows 2000 7 5 (1.701 %) VMS 7 5 (1.701 %) AIX 8 2 (0.680 %) zOS 9 1 (0.340 %) Windows XP 9 1 (0.340 %) HPUX 9 1 (0.340 %) Windows 2000 Server	Processes & Methodologies 1 149 (50.68 %) Information Security 2 33 (11.22 %) Risk Management 3 32 (10.88 %) Security Management 4 28 (9.524 %) Risk Assessment 5 19 (6.463 %) Penetration Testing 5 19 (6.463 %) ITIL 6 15 (5.102 %) Incident Management 6 15 (5.102 %) Computer Security 7 14 (4.762 %) Asset Management 8 12 (4.082 %) E-Commerce 8 12 (4.082 %) Information Security Management 8 12 (4.082 %) ISMS 9 11 (3.741 %) Risk Analysis 10 10 (3.401 %) Content Management 11 9 (3.061 %) Investment Management 12 8 (2.721 %) CRAMM 12 8 (2.721 %) Technical Architecture 12 8 (2.721 %) Disaster Recovery 13 7 (2.381 %) Identity Management 13 7 (2.381 %) Data Protection
Programming Languages 1 30 (10.20 %) SQL 2 28 (9.524 %) Java 3 4 (1.361 %) Perl 3 4 (1.361 %) PHP 3 4 (1.361 %) Tcl 3 4 (1.361 %) AWK 3 4 (1.361 %) Korn 4 3 (1.020 %) C	Qualifications 1 82 (27.89 %) CISSP 2 43 (14.63 %) Degree 3 28 (9.524 %) CISM 4 19 (6.463 %) Cisco Certification 5 16 (5.442 %) CCNA 6 13 (4.422 %) CEH 7 12 (4.082 %) GIAC 8 10 (3.401 %) CCSE 9 9 (3.061 %) CCNP 10 7 (2.381 %) CCSA 10 7 (2.381 %) CISA 11 5 (1.701 %) Microsoft Certification 12 4 (1.361 %) CISMP 13 3 (1.020 %) MCSE 14 2 (0.680 %) CCSP 14 2 (0.680 %) MCP 14 2 (0.680 %) SSCP 14 2 (0.680 %) Security+ Certification 15 1 (0.340 %) JNCIA 15 1 (0.340 %) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 29 (9.864 %) ISO27001 2 23 (7.823 %) BS7799 3 21 (7.143 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 4 15 (5.102 %) ISO17799 5 4 (1.361 %) COBIT 6 2 (0.680 %) PCI DSS 7 1 (0.340 %) COSO 7 1 (0.340 %) SLA	System Software 1 37 (12.59 %) Active Directory 2 7 (2.381 %) ISA Server 3 4 (1.361 %) NetBackup 3 4 (1.361 %) Snort 4 2 (0.680 %) Terminal Server 5 1 (0.340 %) VMware ESX 5 1 (0.340 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 7 (2.381 %) MIMEsweeper 2 5 (1.701 %) Nessus 3 4 (1.361 %) EMC NetWorker 4 2 (0.680 %) MAILsweeper	Vendors 1 66 (22.45 %) CheckPoint 2 56 (19.05 %) Cisco 3 40 (13.61 %) Oracle 4 16 (5.442 %) Microsoft 5 12 (4.082 %) Juniper 6 9 (3.061 %) Nokia 7 8 (2.721 %) Sun 8 7 (2.381 %) Symantec 8 7 (2.381 %) Sophos 8 7 (2.381 %) Websense 9 6 (2.041 %) Finjan 9 6 (2.041 %) Citrix 10 5 (1.701 %) NetIQ 10 5 (1.701 %) VMware 11 4 (1.361 %) SurfControl 11 4 (1.361 %) VERITAS 11 4 (1.361 %) Lotus 11 4 (1.361 %) SAP 12 3 (1.020 %) Calypso 12 3 (1.020 %) Bloomberg