The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 22 31 31
Rank change year-on-year
+9 0
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 5 13 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 2.315% 4.153% 2.597%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.106% 7.263% 4.372%
Number of salaries quoted 4 13 8
Average salary £60,000 £40,500 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+48.14% -42.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £40,500 £56,300
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £60,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year
- +8.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
161 179 183
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 74.54% 57.19% 59.42%
Number of salaries quoted 115 147 141
Average salary £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.22% -14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £39,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £85,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
England

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Security across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Midlands Information Security Salary Histogram

Information Security
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 4 (57.14%) ITIL
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (28.57%) Security Testing
3 2 (28.57%) HP
3 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Workflow
4 1 (14.29%) Adobe
4 1 (14.29%) CISSP
4 1 (14.29%) CA
4 1 (14.29%) CommVault
4 1 (14.29%) Middleware
4 1 (14.29%) Symantec
4 1 (14.29%) McAfee
4 1 (14.29%) CISA
4 1 (14.29%) CISM
4 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) IIS

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 1 (14.29%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) IIS
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Application Security Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Security Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Security Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Information Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Information Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (28.57%) Security Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Workflow
4 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CISSP
1 1 (14.29%) CISA
1 1 (14.29%) CISM
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) HP
2 1 (14.29%) Adobe
2 1 (14.29%) CA
2 1 (14.29%) CommVault
2 1 (14.29%) Symantec
2 1 (14.29%) McAfee