The first table below looks at the demand for Communications Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Communications 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Communications Security (COMSEC)
Rank 185 - 169
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Communications Security 9 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.222% - 0.101%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.288% - 0.147%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
Average salary £65,000 - £46,250
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+73.33% -6.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3120 2642 2718
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 76.89% 72.86% 68.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2676 2325 2455
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Communications Security
North West

Communications Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Communications Security Jobs Demand Trend

Communications Security
Salary Trend

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

Manchester Communications Security Salary Trend

Communications Security
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Communications Security within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cheadle - 8 - -
Rochdale - 1 £65,000 -
Stockport - 1 £65,000 -
Communications Security
North West

Communications Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Communications 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 Communications Security.

1 27 (96.43%) Information Management
2 25 (89.29%) Telecoms
3 23 (82.14%) Management Information System
4 19 (67.86%) Shell Script
4 19 (67.86%) Linux
5 18 (64.29%) Oracle
5 18 (64.29%) Oracle 8/8i
6 17 (60.71%) SQL
7 13 (46.43%) Java
8 10 (35.71%) Agile Software Development
8 10 (35.71%) Spring
8 10 (35.71%) Military
8 10 (35.71%) Hibernate
8 10 (35.71%) Gradle
9 9 (32.14%) Degree
10 8 (28.57%) Rational DOORS
11 7 (25.00%) Waterfall
11 7 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
11 7 (25.00%) SOA
12 6 (21.43%) Swing
12 6 (21.43%) Maven
12 6 (21.43%) PostGIS
13 5 (17.86%) Web Services
13 5 (17.86%) C++
14 4 (14.29%) JBoss
14 4 (14.29%) XML
14 4 (14.29%) JavaScript
14 4 (14.29%) PL/SQL
14 4 (14.29%) J2EE
14 4 (14.29%) VMware

Communications Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 10 (35.71%) Hibernate
1 10 (35.71%) Spring
2 6 (21.43%) Swing
2 6 (21.43%) PostGIS
3 5 (17.86%) Web Services
4 4 (14.29%) XML
4 4 (14.29%) J2EE
4 4 (14.29%) Spring MVC
4 4 (14.29%) jQuery
5 1 (3.571%) Google Maps API
5 1 (3.571%) ASP.NET
5 1 (3.571%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (14.29%) Oracle Spatial
1 4 (14.29%) ESB
2 3 (10.71%) ArchestrA
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.571%) LAN
1 1 (3.571%) WAN
1 1 (3.571%) Ethernet
1 1 (3.571%) Wireless
1 1 (3.571%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (64.29%) Oracle 8/8i
2 4 (14.29%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (10.71%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (3.571%) MySQL
4 1 (3.571%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (35.71%) Gradle
2 8 (28.57%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (21.43%) Maven
4 1 (3.571%) JIRA
General
1 25 (89.29%) Telecoms
2 10 (35.71%) Military
3 3 (10.71%) Electronics
4 2 (7.143%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.571%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (50.00%) Developer
2 10 (35.71%) Java Developer
3 4 (14.29%) Oracle Developer
3 4 (14.29%) Software Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Java Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Architect
4 3 (10.71%) Software Architect
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Software Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) Senior Manager
5 2 (7.143%) Software Development Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) Development Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Software Team Leader
6 1 (3.571%) Designer
6 1 (3.571%) Cisco Consultant
6 1 (3.571%) Test Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Team Leader
6 1 (3.571%) Consultant
6 1 (3.571%) Engineering Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Systems Designer
Miscellaneous
1 23 (82.14%) Management Information System
2 4 (14.29%) SCADA
3 3 (10.71%) CCTV
3 3 (10.71%) Chip and PIN
4 2 (7.143%) Mathematics
4 2 (7.143%) Physics
4 2 (7.143%) Computer Science
5 1 (3.571%) Open Source
5 1 (3.571%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 19 (67.86%) Linux
2 1 (3.571%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (96.43%) Information Management
2 10 (35.71%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 7 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 7 (25.00%) SOA
4 4 (14.29%) MVC
5 3 (10.71%) UML
5 3 (10.71%) Software Engineering
6 2 (7.143%) Test Strategy
6 2 (7.143%) OOP
6 2 (7.143%) OO
7 1 (3.571%) ERP
7 1 (3.571%) Validation
7 1 (3.571%) Network Design
7 1 (3.571%) Logistics
7 1 (3.571%) Requirements Management
7 1 (3.571%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (67.86%) Shell Script
2 17 (60.71%) SQL
3 13 (46.43%) Java
4 5 (17.86%) C++
5 4 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 4 (14.29%) PL/SQL
6 3 (10.71%) C#
7 2 (7.143%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (32.14%) Degree
2 1 (3.571%) CCIE
2 1 (3.571%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 4 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 18 (64.29%) Oracle
2 4 (14.29%) JBoss
2 4 (14.29%) VMware
3 3 (10.71%) Wonderware
4 1 (3.571%) Google
4 1 (3.571%) Cisco
4 1 (3.571%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.571%) SAP