The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 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
Security Specialist
Rank 506 605 563
Rank change year-on-year
+99 -42
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 78 31 87
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.178% 0.058% 0.150%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.191% 0.062% 0.160%
Number of salaries quoted 52 16 64
Average salary £82,500 £68,750 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% +19.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £44,750 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £97,500 £80,000 £97,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-13.63% +10.00%
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%
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Security Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Security Specialist
Salary Trend

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

London Security Specialist Salary Trend

Security Specialist
Salary Histogram

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

London Security Specialist Salary Histogram

Security Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 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 +23 26 £83,750 +48.88%
Uxbridge - 1 - -
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 85 (55.92%) Information Security
2 72 (47.37%) Firewall
3 60 (39.47%) CISSP
4 57 (37.50%) Finance
5 52 (34.21%) Degree
6 47 (30.92%) CISM
7 44 (28.95%) Management Information System
8 36 (23.68%) Java
9 35 (23.03%) Windows
10 33 (21.71%) Network Security
11 29 (19.08%) Project Management
12 28 (18.42%) Computer Science
13 27 (17.76%) Data Protection
13 27 (17.76%) CISA
14 26 (17.11%) CheckPoint
15 25 (16.45%) SQL
15 25 (16.45%) Microsoft
16 24 (15.79%) Security Cleared
17 23 (15.13%) Cisco
18 21 (13.82%) .NET
18 21 (13.82%) Knowledge Management
19 20 (13.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
20 19 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
20 19 (12.50%) IIS
20 19 (12.50%) Advertising
21 18 (11.84%) Practice Management
21 18 (11.84%) C
21 18 (11.84%) Business Analysis
21 18 (11.84%) Business Development
21 18 (11.84%) Data Protection Act

Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 21 (13.82%) .NET
2 3 (1.974%) DHTML
2 3 (1.974%) J2EE
2 3 (1.974%) CSS
2 3 (1.974%) HTML5
3 2 (1.316%) SAP ALE
3 2 (1.316%) SAP BSP
3 2 (1.316%) Web Dynpro
4 1 (0.658%) X-Windows
4 1 (0.658%) Middleware
4 1 (0.658%) JSP
4 1 (0.658%) Struts
4 1 (0.658%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.658%) Spring
4 1 (0.658%) Apache Flex
4 1 (0.658%) Regular Expression
Application Platforms
1 19 (12.50%) IIS
2 2 (1.316%) SAP Portal
2 2 (1.316%) LiveLink
3 1 (0.658%) MS Exchange
3 1 (0.658%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.658%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 10 (6.579%) MS Office
2 9 (5.921%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.316%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.658%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.658%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.658%) PeopleSoft Financials
Communications & Networking
1 72 (47.37%) Firewall
2 33 (21.71%) Network Security
3 19 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
4 17 (11.18%) Cisco ASA
4 17 (11.18%) TCP/IP
5 15 (9.868%) DHCP
6 13 (8.553%) Cisco Nexus
7 11 (7.237%) DMZ
8 10 (6.579%) VPN
8 10 (6.579%) DNS
8 10 (6.579%) SSL
9 9 (5.921%) Cisco IOS
10 6 (3.947%) Intranet
11 5 (3.289%) MPLS
11 5 (3.289%) VLAN
11 5 (3.289%) Cisco PIX
11 5 (3.289%) Junos
11 5 (3.289%) NetScaler
12 4 (2.632%) Wireshark
12 4 (2.632%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.316%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.658%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (0.658%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.658%) MySQL
General
1 57 (37.50%) Finance
2 19 (12.50%) Advertising
3 12 (7.895%) Retail
3 12 (7.895%) Law
4 9 (5.921%) Legal
5 7 (4.605%) Banking
6 6 (3.947%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.658%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.658%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.658%) Local Government
7 1 (0.658%) Arabic Language
Miscellaneous
1 44 (28.95%) Management Information System
2 28 (18.42%) Computer Science
3 18 (11.84%) Data Protection Act
4 11 (7.237%) Cryptography
5 10 (6.579%) SCADA
6 6 (3.947%) RMADS
6 6 (3.947%) Mathematics
7 4 (2.632%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.658%) CESG
8 1 (0.658%) CESG CLAS
8 1 (0.658%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.658%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 35 (23.03%) Windows
2 10 (6.579%) Windows 2000
2 10 (6.579%) UNIX
3 5 (3.289%) Linux
4 2 (1.316%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (1.316%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.658%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (55.92%) Information Security
2 29 (19.08%) Project Management
3 27 (17.76%) Data Protection
4 21 (13.82%) Knowledge Management
5 18 (11.84%) Practice Management
5 18 (11.84%) Business Analysis
5 18 (11.84%) Business Development
6 17 (11.18%) Security Architecture
7 11 (7.237%) ITIL
7 11 (7.237%) DNA
7 11 (7.237%) Penetration Testing
7 11 (7.237%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 10 (6.579%) Computer Security
9 8 (5.263%) Business Continuity
9 8 (5.263%) BCP
10 7 (4.605%) Security Management
10 7 (4.605%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (4.605%) Cyber Security
11 6 (3.947%) Vulnerability Management
11 6 (3.947%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 36 (23.68%) Java
2 25 (16.45%) SQL
3 18 (11.84%) C
4 11 (7.237%) C#
5 4 (2.632%) C++
6 3 (1.974%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.316%) ABAP
8 1 (0.658%) Perl
8 1 (0.658%) PHP
8 1 (0.658%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 60 (39.47%) CISSP
2 52 (34.21%) Degree
3 47 (30.92%) CISM
4 27 (17.76%) CISA
5 24 (15.79%) Security Cleared
6 18 (11.84%) SC Cleared
7 7 (4.605%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (3.947%) CCNP
9 3 (1.974%) CCNA
9 3 (1.974%) CEH
9 3 (1.974%) PCI QSA
10 2 (1.316%) JNCIA
10 2 (1.316%) MCSE
10 2 (1.316%) CCIE
10 2 (1.316%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.316%) CCSE
11 1 (0.658%) CWNA
11 1 (0.658%) MBA
11 1 (0.658%) PMP
11 1 (0.658%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (13.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (7.895%) PCI DSS
3 6 (3.947%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.974%) SLA
4 3 (1.974%) QA
5 2 (1.316%) COBIT
System Software
1 10 (6.579%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.658%) ProxySG
2 1 (0.658%) Nmap
2 1 (0.658%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (3.947%) Splunk
2 5 (3.289%) CiscoWorks
3 1 (0.658%) Nessus
3 1 (0.658%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.658%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 26 (17.11%) CheckPoint
2 25 (16.45%) Microsoft
3 23 (15.13%) Cisco
4 17 (11.18%) Oracle
5 16 (10.53%) F5
6 15 (9.868%) Blue Coat
7 14 (9.211%) Juniper
8 11 (7.237%) Tufin
8 11 (7.237%) Aruba
9 9 (5.921%) Infoblox
10 6 (3.947%) Citrix
10 6 (3.947%) Red Hat
10 6 (3.947%) SAP
11 5 (3.289%) McAfee
12 4 (2.632%) HP
12 4 (2.632%) Dell
13 3 (1.974%) Websense
13 3 (1.974%) Riverbed
14 1 (0.658%) CA
14 1 (0.658%) IBM
London
Information Security/Consultancy/CISM/CRISC/SANS/GIAC/London... Ideally you will also have backed your extensive experience with a formal information security qualification such as CISM, CRISC, SANS...
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
As the Information Security Specialist, you will be responsible for developing cryptographic applications utilising your SME knowledge of cryptography... In addition, you will have strong application development knowledge,...
Proprius Recruitment
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum Bonus + Bens
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
SENIOR CYBER SECURITY SPECIALIST... Applies change control procedures... Requirements: Essential Technical Skills - *Strong networking knowledge - TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, WINS *A good knowledge and hands on experience of...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
SENIOR CYBER SECURITY SPECIALIST... Requirements: Essential Technical Skills *Strong networking knowledge - TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, WINS *A good knowledge and hands on experience of current Windows server operating...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013