The first table below looks at the demand for Vulnerability Assessment skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Vulnerability Assessment 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
Vulnerability Assessment
Rank 192 173 170
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -3
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 2 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.049% 0.055% 0.076%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.064% 0.076% 0.110%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 3
Average salary - £37,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -28.57%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +2.04%
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%
Vulnerability Assessment
North West

Vulnerability Assessment
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Vulnerability Assessment Jobs Demand Trend

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Trend

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

Manchester Vulnerability Assessment Salary Trend

Vulnerability Assessment
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) Cryptography
3 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Network Security
4 1 (16.67%) Polycom
4 1 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds
4 1 (16.67%) FWSM
4 1 (16.67%) Software Deployment
4 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
4 1 (16.67%) SSH
4 1 (16.67%) Network Design
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (16.67%) Information Security
4 1 (16.67%) Service Management
4 1 (16.67%) Firewall
4 1 (16.67%) Wireless
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) UNIX
4 1 (16.67%) Windows
4 1 (16.67%) LAN
4 1 (16.67%) VoIP
4 1 (16.67%) WLAN
4 1 (16.67%) WAN
4 1 (16.67%) VPN
4 1 (16.67%) SSL

Vulnerability Assessment
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (16.67%) FWSM
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) VoIP
2 1 (16.67%) WLAN
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
2 1 (16.67%) VPN
2 1 (16.67%) SSL
2 1 (16.67%) SAN
2 1 (16.67%) Internet
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) Wireless
2 1 (16.67%) SSH
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco PIX
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Consultant
1 4 (66.67%) Security Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Penetration Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) UNIX
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
2 1 (16.67%) Software Deployment
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security
2 1 (16.67%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) CCNP
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco
1 1 (16.67%) Siemens
1 1 (16.67%) Polycom
1 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds