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The table below looks at the demand for Penetration Testing 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 Penetration Testing over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPenetration Testing
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads00
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted00
Average minimum salary--
Average salary--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary--
UK excluding London average salary£51,522£51,628
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Merseyside IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Merseyside
Matching permanent IT job ads591448
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.345 %0.197 %
Salaries quoted522365
Average minimum salary£38,049£34,285
Average salary£41,028£37,085
% change on same period last year+10.63 %
Average maximum salary£44,006£39,885
UK excluding London average salary£42,627£44,249
% change on same period last year-3.66 %
Penetration Testing North WestPenetration Testing
North West

Penetration Testing
Demand Trend

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

Merseyside Penetration Testing Demand Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend

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

Merseyside Penetration Testing Salary Trend

Penetration Testing
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the Merseyside region citing Penetration Testing 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 Penetration Testing.

12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %)IIS
12 (100.00 %)SharePoint
12 (100.00 %)Cisco
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft
12 (100.00 %)Active Directory
12 (100.00 %)HP
12 (100.00 %)Symantec
12 (100.00 %)Sophos
12 (100.00 %)Network Security

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the Merseyside region citing Penetration Testing 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 Penetration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Merseyside IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (100.00 %)IIS
12 (100.00 %)SharePoint
Merseyside IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)Network Security
Merseyside IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Architect
12 (100.00 %)Solutions Architect
12 (100.00 %)Security Architect
Merseyside IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)SQL
Merseyside IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (100.00 %)Active Directory
Merseyside IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Cisco
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft
12 (100.00 %)HP
12 (100.00 %)Symantec
12 (100.00 %)Sophos