The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 24 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 53 80 63
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -17
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 8 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 1.790% 0.297% 0.432%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.139% 0.399% 0.612%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 2
Average salary £39,000 £67,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-42.22% +145.45%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year
- +8.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
374 501 327
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 83.67% 74.44% 70.63%
Number of salaries quoted 312 442 268
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £29,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,250 £50,000 £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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Information Security Salary Trend

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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 24 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
Liverpool +22 6 £40,000 -40.74%
Information Security
North West

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 7 (63.64%) Linux
1 7 (63.64%) UNIX
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 6 (54.55%) CISM
2 6 (54.55%) Firewall
2 6 (54.55%) CISSP
3 5 (45.45%) ISSAP
4 4 (36.36%) COBIT
4 4 (36.36%) ITIL
4 4 (36.36%) Cisco
5 3 (27.27%) SIEM
5 3 (27.27%) ISSMP
5 3 (27.27%) Retail
5 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (27.27%) Degree
5 3 (27.27%) CheckPoint
5 3 (27.27%) Service Management
6 2 (18.18%) CISA
6 2 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (18.18%) JSON
6 2 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (18.18%) Mobile App
6 2 (18.18%) ISMS
6 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
6 2 (18.18%) Solaris
6 2 (18.18%) Apache
6 2 (18.18%) Flash
6 2 (18.18%) Information Security Management
6 2 (18.18%) Security Management
6 2 (18.18%) Java

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 2 (18.18%) JSON
1 2 (18.18%) Flash
1 2 (18.18%) XML
1 2 (18.18%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) Firewall
2 1 (9.091%) VoIP
2 1 (9.091%) SNMP
2 1 (9.091%) VPN
2 1 (9.091%) DNS
2 1 (9.091%) SSL
2 1 (9.091%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) MySQL
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (27.27%) Retail
2 1 (9.091%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Analyst
1 8 (72.73%) Security Analyst
2 7 (63.64%) Information Analyst
2 7 (63.64%) Information Security Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Tester
3 2 (18.18%) Penetration Tester
3 2 (18.18%) Team Leader
4 1 (9.091%) IT Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Mobile App
2 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Linux
1 7 (63.64%) UNIX
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Solaris
3 1 (9.091%) Android
3 1 (9.091%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) ITIL
2 3 (27.27%) SIEM
2 3 (27.27%) Service Management
3 2 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (18.18%) ISMS
3 2 (18.18%) Information Security Management
3 2 (18.18%) Security Management
4 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
4 1 (9.091%) Risk Management
4 1 (9.091%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Java
1 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (9.091%) Perl
2 1 (9.091%) PHP
2 1 (9.091%) Python
2 1 (9.091%) Bash shell
2 1 (9.091%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) CISM
1 6 (54.55%) CISSP
2 5 (45.45%) ISSAP
3 3 (27.27%) ISSMP
3 3 (27.27%) Degree
4 2 (18.18%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) COBIT
2 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco
2 3 (27.27%) CheckPoint
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 2 (18.18%) Oracle