The first table below looks at the demand for Information 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 Information Security over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 135 142 108
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -34
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 59 35 66
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 1.383% 0.938% 1.637%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.781% 1.267% 2.386%
Number of salaries quoted 46 15 40
Average salary £50,000 £37,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -21.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £24,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +13.88%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3313 2763 2766
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 77.64% 74.04% 68.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2845 2423 2511
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
North West

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Security across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Manchester Information Security Salary Histogram

Information Security
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
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Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
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Salford - 1 £42,500 -
Information Security
North West

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 53 (48.62%) CISSP
2 44 (40.37%) Finance
3 43 (39.45%) CISM
3 43 (39.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 37 (33.94%) CISA
5 36 (33.03%) Banking
6 32 (29.36%) Firewall
7 20 (18.35%) PKI
7 20 (18.35%) Disaster Recovery
8 18 (16.51%) ISACA
9 17 (15.60%) Penetration Testing
9 17 (15.60%) Microsoft
9 17 (15.60%) ITIL
10 16 (14.68%) Risk Management
10 16 (14.68%) Information Security Management
10 16 (14.68%) Data Security
10 16 (14.68%) Security Management
11 15 (13.76%) QA
11 15 (13.76%) PCI DSS
12 14 (12.84%) Network Security
12 14 (12.84%) Business Continuity
12 14 (12.84%) Cryptography
12 14 (12.84%) .NET
13 11 (10.09%) Java
13 11 (10.09%) Identity Management
13 11 (10.09%) COBIT
14 10 (9.174%) Business Development
14 10 (9.174%) Management Information System
15 9 (8.257%) Scrum
15 9 (8.257%) C#

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

Application Development
1 14 (12.84%) .NET
2 9 (8.257%) ASP.NET
2 9 (8.257%) WCF
3 8 (7.339%) RESTful
3 8 (7.339%) JCE
4 6 (5.505%) Hibernate
4 6 (5.505%) Spring
4 6 (5.505%) JSP
5 5 (4.587%) HTML
5 5 (4.587%) jQuery
5 5 (4.587%) CSS
6 2 (1.835%) REST
7 1 (0.917%) CSS3
7 1 (0.917%) Sass
7 1 (0.917%) LINQ
7 1 (0.917%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.917%) HTML5
7 1 (0.917%) SOAP
7 1 (0.917%) Web Services
7 1 (0.917%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 6 (5.505%) IIS
2 4 (3.670%) MS Exchange
2 4 (3.670%) Exchange Server 2000
2 4 (3.670%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (3.670%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (0.917%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 5 (4.587%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.917%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.917%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 32 (29.36%) Firewall
2 14 (12.84%) Network Security
3 7 (6.422%) TCP/IP
4 5 (4.587%) VPN
4 5 (4.587%) SSL
5 4 (3.670%) Internet
5 4 (3.670%) DNS
5 4 (3.670%) LAN
5 4 (3.670%) VoIP
5 4 (3.670%) WAN
5 4 (3.670%) DHCP
5 4 (3.670%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (3.670%) NAS
5 4 (3.670%) IPsec
5 4 (3.670%) SSH
6 1 (0.917%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.257%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.587%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (3.670%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.917%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.917%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.917%) MS Access
4 1 (0.917%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.917%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.917%) Git (software)
1 1 (0.917%) RSpec
General
1 44 (40.37%) Finance
2 36 (33.03%) Banking
3 7 (6.422%) Legal
4 4 (3.670%) Advertising
4 4 (3.670%) Retail
4 4 (3.670%) Retail Banking
4 4 (3.670%) International Banking
5 3 (2.752%) Law
6 2 (1.835%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.917%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 23 (21.10%) Consultant
1 23 (21.10%) Security Consultant
2 21 (19.27%) Security Officer
3 20 (18.35%) Information Security Officer
4 13 (11.93%) Developer
5 8 (7.339%) Security Specialist
6 7 (6.422%) Information Security Consultant
6 7 (6.422%) Security Manager
6 7 (6.422%) Information Security Specialist
6 7 (6.422%) Information Specialist
7 6 (5.505%) Architect
7 6 (5.505%) Senior Manager
7 6 (5.505%) Java Developer
8 5 (4.587%) DBA
8 5 (4.587%) IT Consultant
8 5 (4.587%) IT Security Consultant
8 5 (4.587%) Security Architect
8 5 (4.587%) SQL DBA
9 4 (3.670%) Senior Web Developer
9 4 (3.670%) Information Manager
Miscellaneous
1 20 (18.35%) PKI
2 14 (12.84%) Cryptography
3 10 (9.174%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.587%) SaaS
5 4 (3.670%) SWIFT
5 4 (3.670%) Replication
6 1 (0.917%) Tandem
6 1 (0.917%) NHS
6 1 (0.917%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.917%) PDA
6 1 (0.917%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.917%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (0.917%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.257%) Windows
2 4 (3.670%) AIX
2 4 (3.670%) Windows XP
2 4 (3.670%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (3.670%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (3.670%) Windows 2000 Server
3 3 (2.752%) UNIX
4 1 (0.917%) Debian
4 1 (0.917%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (18.35%) Disaster Recovery
2 17 (15.60%) ITIL
2 17 (15.60%) Penetration Testing
3 16 (14.68%) Risk Management
3 16 (14.68%) Information Security Management
3 16 (14.68%) Data Security
3 16 (14.68%) Security Management
4 14 (12.84%) Business Continuity
5 11 (10.09%) Identity Management
6 10 (9.174%) Business Development
7 9 (8.257%) Scrum
8 8 (7.339%) ISMS
8 8 (7.339%) OWASP
8 8 (7.339%) RAD
9 7 (6.422%) Security Architecture
10 6 (5.505%) User Stories
10 6 (5.505%) Practice Management
10 6 (5.505%) MVC
11 5 (4.587%) Data Protection
11 5 (4.587%) Computer Forensics
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.09%) Java
2 9 (8.257%) C#
2 9 (8.257%) SQL
3 6 (5.505%) C
4 4 (3.670%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.917%) VBA
5 1 (0.917%) Ruby
5 1 (0.917%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.917%) PHP
Qualifications
1 53 (48.62%) CISSP
2 43 (39.45%) CISM
3 37 (33.94%) CISA
4 18 (16.51%) ISACA
5 9 (8.257%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (8.257%) CCNA
6 4 (3.670%) CCNP
7 3 (2.752%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.752%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.917%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (39.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (13.76%) QA
2 15 (13.76%) PCI DSS
3 11 (10.09%) COBIT
4 7 (6.422%) BS7799
4 7 (6.422%) COSO
5 1 (0.917%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.670%) Active Directory
1 4 (3.670%) VMware Workstation
1 4 (3.670%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 4 (3.670%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (3.670%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (3.670%) Tivoli
1 4 (3.670%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 4 (3.670%) WSUS
2 3 (2.752%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 17 (15.60%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.339%) Juniper
2 8 (7.339%) Cisco
2 8 (7.339%) CheckPoint
3 5 (4.587%) IBM
4 4 (3.670%) Oracle
4 4 (3.670%) NetApp
4 4 (3.670%) VMware
4 4 (3.670%) WatchGuard
4 4 (3.670%) Veeam
5 1 (0.917%) Rackspace
5 1 (0.917%) Apple
5 1 (0.917%) SAP
Manchester, Lancashire
A large professional services organisation with offices throughout the UK requires an Information Security Officer to join their IT department. Reporting into the CTO, as an Information Security...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire, Greater...
Essential Skills • Excellent working knowledge and best practice delivery of ISO27001 • Business and technical auditing • Ability to troubleshoot data security issues • Accreditation in either CISM or CISA, ideally...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: to £55,000 + excellent benefits
Posted: 28 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
ISO27001, IT, Risk, Compliance Manchester, North West, UK £50000-£60000 Market leading organisation in the Centre of Manchester require and Information Security officer to join their growing IS...
Sanderson
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
You will utilise your in-depth knowledge of information security and of firewall managements tools and interfaces... Subject matter expert of one of the following : Checkpoint, Juniper or...
Proprius Recruitment
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum +Excellent Bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
The ideal candidate solid knowledge of information security, principles, practices and controls, working experience with security operations to include areas such as PKI, intrusion detection, access & identity management,...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £45,000 to £85,000 per annum plus EXCELLENT package and benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Proprius Recruitment
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £65,000 to £75,000 per annum plus excellent package inc car and b
Posted: 12 June 2013
Location: Manchester but must be willing to be...
Accenture
Salary: £42,855 to £50,000 depending level, experience and location
Posted: 6 May 2013
Manchester but must be willing to be based at and...
Accenture
Salary: £30,790 to £36,000 depending level, experience and location
Posted: 6 May 2013
Location: Manchester but must be willing to be...
Accenture
Salary: £37,250 to £43,000 depending level, experience and location
Posted: 6 May 2013