The first table below looks at the demand for Security+ Certification in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security+ Certification 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 Qualifications for the London region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CompTIA Security+ Certification
Rank 606 625 621
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -4
Permanent jobs citing Security+ Certification 1 13 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.002% 0.024% 0.005%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.009% 0.101% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 1 13 3
Average salary £70,000 £45,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+55.55% +28.57%
UK excluding London average salary £47,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-18.26% -11.53%
All Qualifications
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
11114 12832 13359
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 25.28% 23.82% 23.49%
Number of salaries quoted 9042 11048 11038
Average salary £50,000 £48,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.09% -3.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Security+ Certification
England

Security+ Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Security+ Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Security+ Certification
Salary Trend

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

London Security+ Certification Salary Trend

Security+ Certification
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security+ Certification 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
City of London - 1 £70,000 -
Security+ Certification
England

Security+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (66.67%) UNIX
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Juniper
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Data Security
2 2 (66.67%) Security Management
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) CentOS
3 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Information Assurance
3 1 (33.33%) Imperva
3 1 (33.33%) Asterisk PBX
3 1 (33.33%) Network Management
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (33.33%) GSEC

Security+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) Asterisk PBX
2 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (33.33%) ISDN
2 1 (33.33%) VoIP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Information Security Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Security Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Security Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Derivative
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) UNIX
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) CentOS
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 2 (66.67%) Data Security
1 2 (66.67%) Security Management
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Information Assurance
2 1 (33.33%) Network Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) GSEC
3 1 (33.33%) MCITP
3 1 (33.33%) CISA
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) MCSE
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (33.33%) RHCE
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) Juniper
3 1 (33.33%) Imperva
3 1 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
3 1 (33.33%) Symantec
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) HP
City, London
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