The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Architect in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Architect
Rank 189 170 166
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 5 5 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.123% 0.138% 0.177%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.129% 0.143% 0.185%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 7
Average salary £50,000 £90,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-44.44% +63.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £48,250 £76,000 £51,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,250 £90,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year
-3.57% +12.00%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3875 3500 3791
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 95.49% 96.53% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3350 3122 3469
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Architect
North West

Security Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security Architect across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Manchester Security Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Security Architect
Salary Trend

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

Manchester Security Architect Salary Trend

Security Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Architect across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Manchester Security Architect Salary Histogram

Security Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region that cited Security Architect in their job title 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 with Security Architect in their job title.

1 10 (76.92%) Firewall
2 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 8 (61.54%) Banking
3 5 (38.46%) Brocade
3 5 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (38.46%) Fortinet
3 5 (38.46%) Load Balancing
3 5 (38.46%) Network Security
3 5 (38.46%) PCI DSS
3 5 (38.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (38.46%) Blue Coat
3 5 (38.46%) VMware
3 5 (38.46%) Information Security
3 5 (38.46%) Identity Management
3 5 (38.46%) Wireless
3 5 (38.46%) IPsec
3 5 (38.46%) Risk Management
3 5 (38.46%) LAN
3 5 (38.46%) WLAN
3 5 (38.46%) VPN
3 5 (38.46%) SSL
3 5 (38.46%) Cisco
3 5 (38.46%) CCIE
3 5 (38.46%) HP
3 5 (38.46%) Citrix
3 5 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (38.46%) Juniper
3 5 (38.46%) CheckPoint
3 5 (38.46%) Symantec
3 5 (38.46%) Unified Communications

Security Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region that cited Security Architect in their job title 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 with Security Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 10 (76.92%) Firewall
2 5 (38.46%) Wireless
2 5 (38.46%) IPsec
2 5 (38.46%) LAN
2 5 (38.46%) WLAN
2 5 (38.46%) VPN
2 5 (38.46%) SSL
2 5 (38.46%) Network Security
2 5 (38.46%) Unified Communications
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco PIX
General
1 8 (61.54%) Finance
1 8 (61.54%) Banking
2 3 (23.08%) Retail
2 3 (23.08%) Pharmaceutical
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
1 3 (23.08%) Mac OS
1 3 (23.08%) Windows 7
1 3 (23.08%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Identity Management
1 5 (38.46%) Risk Management
1 5 (38.46%) Information Security
1 5 (38.46%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) CCIE
1 5 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (30.77%) CCNP
2 4 (30.77%) CCDP
3 2 (15.38%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (38.46%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Cisco
1 5 (38.46%) HP
1 5 (38.46%) Citrix
1 5 (38.46%) Juniper
1 5 (38.46%) CheckPoint
1 5 (38.46%) Symantec
1 5 (38.46%) VMware
1 5 (38.46%) Blue Coat
1 5 (38.46%) Brocade
1 5 (38.46%) Fortinet
1 5 (38.46%) F5