The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the M4 Corridor region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 17 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 M4 Corridor region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank - 18 8
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 0 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the M4 Corridor - 3.448% 3.922%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 5.000% 5.263%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 2
Average salary - £44,250 £63,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -30.58%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.38%
All Processes & Methodologies
M4 Corridor
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
43 40 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the M4 Corridor 89.58% 68.97% 74.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25 31 36
Average salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £36,000 £42,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £68,000 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
South East

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Information Security across the M4 Corridor region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

M4 Corridor Information Security Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Information Security across the M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the M4 Corridor region citing Information 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 Information Security.

1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) CCSA
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Media

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the M4 Corridor region citing Information 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 Information Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CCSA
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco