The first table below looks at the demand for BS7799 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BS7799 over the 3 months to 22 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
BS 7799
Rank 178 174 166
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -8
Permanent jobs citing BS7799 3 3 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.073% 0.081% 0.077%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.034% 1.141% 1.304%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 3
Average salary £35,750 £37,500 £44,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.66% -14.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,350 £37,500 £38,800
10% offered a salary of more than £39,150 £37,500 £46,800
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-4.34% +9.52%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
290 263 230
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 7.063% 7.135% 5.919%
Number of salaries quoted 261 216 198
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -3.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,900 £23,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
BS7799
North West

BS7799
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing BS7799 across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Manchester BS7799 Jobs Demand Trend

BS7799
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing BS7799 across the Manchester region.

Manchester BS7799 Salary Trend

BS7799
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing BS7799 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 BS7799.

1 8 (72.73%) Firewall
1 8 (72.73%) Information Security
2 7 (63.64%) Identity Management
2 7 (63.64%) Banking
2 7 (63.64%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (63.64%) PKI
2 7 (63.64%) Security Architecture
3 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (27.27%) SCOM
4 3 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
4 3 (27.27%) Windows
4 3 (27.27%) MS Exchange
4 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
4 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (18.18%) Citrix
6 1 (9.091%) Network Security
6 1 (9.091%) PDA
6 1 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
6 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
6 1 (9.091%) Law
6 1 (9.091%) WAN
6 1 (9.091%) VPN

BS7799
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing BS7799 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 BS7799. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (27.27%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) Firewall
2 1 (9.091%) Network Security
2 1 (9.091%) WAN
2 1 (9.091%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (63.64%) Banking
2 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
2 1 (9.091%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Consultant
1 7 (63.64%) Security Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Team Leader
2 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Team Leader
3 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
3 1 (9.091%) Information Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Support Team Leader
3 1 (9.091%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Security Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) PKI
2 1 (9.091%) PDA
2 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
1 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Information Security
2 7 (63.64%) Identity Management
2 7 (63.64%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (63.64%) Security Architecture
3 3 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Citrix