Merseyside Information Security Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Information Security (INFOSEC) skills within the Merseyside region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Information Security (INFOSEC)
Location Amersham Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Coventry Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Farnham Flintshire Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Gwent Halifax Hampshire Harpenden Harrogate Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hounslow Jersey Kent Knaresborough Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Prescot Preston Reading Rickmansworth Runcorn Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Stevenage Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Wareham Warrington Warwickshire Watford Wells West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wimbledon Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	64	73
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching permanent IT job ads	9	3
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	1.565 %	0.656 %
Salaries quoted	8	3
Average minimum salary	£53,125	£35,000
Average salary	£58,125	£40,000
% change on same period last year	+45.31 %
Average maximum salary	£63,125	£45,000
UK excluding London average salary	£46,273	£49,347
% change on same period last year	-6.23 %
Processes & Methodologies Merseyside
Matching permanent IT job ads	575	457
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.336 %	0.196 %
Salaries quoted	504	373
Average minimum salary	£38,095	£34,696
Average salary	£41,055	£37,417
% change on same period last year	+9.72 %
Average maximum salary	£44,014	£40,139
UK excluding London average salary	£42,638	£44,224
% change on same period last year	-3.58 %
Information Security North West

Information Security
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Information Security across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Information Security
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Information Security across the Merseyside region.

Information Security
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Security across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Liverpool	+7	5	£55,000	+37.50 %
Prescot	-	1	£62,500	-

Information Security North West

Information Security
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, 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 10 (55.56 %) Finance 2 5 (27.78 %) ISO27001 3 4 (22.22 %) SLA 4 3 (16.67 %) Information Security Management 4 3 (16.67 %) Security Management 4 3 (16.67 %) ISMS 5 2 (11.11 %) Auditing 5 2 (11.11 %) Risk Assessment 6 1 (5.556 %) CISM 6 1 (5.556 %) Firewall 6 1 (5.556 %) Microsoft 6 1 (5.556 %) CISSP 6 1 (5.556 %) McAfee Security 6 1 (5.556 %) Government 6 1 (5.556 %) Risk Management

6 1 (5.556 %) UNIX 6 1 (5.556 %) Windows 6 1 (5.556 %) PCI DSS 6 1 (5.556 %) Content Management 6 1 (5.556 %) Nessus 6 1 (5.556 %) Tripwire

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, 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.

Communications & Networking 1 1 (5.556 %) Firewall	General 1 10 (55.56 %) Finance 2 2 (11.11 %) Auditing 3 1 (5.556 %) Government
Job Titles 1 9 (50.00 %) Information Manager 1 9 (50.00 %) Information Security Manager 1 9 (50.00 %) Security Manager 2 2 (11.11 %) Security Architect 2 2 (11.11 %) Architect 2 2 (11.11 %) Analyst 2 2 (11.11 %) Consultant 2 2 (11.11 %) Security Consultant 2 2 (11.11 %) Security Analyst 3 1 (5.556 %) Information Analyst 3 1 (5.556 %) Information Security Analyst	Operating Systems 1 1 (5.556 %) UNIX 1 1 (5.556 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (16.67 %) Information Security Management 1 3 (16.67 %) Security Management 1 3 (16.67 %) ISMS 2 2 (11.11 %) Risk Assessment 3 1 (5.556 %) Content Management 3 1 (5.556 %) Risk Management	Qualifications 1 1 (5.556 %) CISSP 1 1 (5.556 %) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (27.78 %) ISO27001 2 4 (22.22 %) SLA 3 1 (5.556 %) PCI DSS	Systems Management 1 1 (5.556 %) Nessus
Vendors 1 1 (5.556 %) Microsoft 1 1 (5.556 %) McAfee Security 1 1 (5.556 %) Tripwire