The first table below looks at the demand for the Information Security Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security Specialist in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the North East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security Specialist
Rank 69 - 68
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Specialist 2 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 0.290% - 0.137%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.307% - 0.140%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
Average salary £48,000 - £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £48,000 £38,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+23.87% -13.88%
All Job Titles
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
652 833 713
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 94.49% 96.75% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 565 689 596
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £72,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Information Security Specialist
England

Information Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Information Security Specialist across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North East Information Security Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security Specialist
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Information Security Specialist across the North East region.

North East Information Security Specialist Salary Trend

Information Security Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Specialist within the North East 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
Tyne and Wear - 2 £48,000 -
Information Security Specialist
England

Information Security Specialist
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East region that cited Information Security Specialist in their job title 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 with Information Security Specialist in their job title.

1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
1 5 (100.00%) CISA
1 5 (100.00%) CISM
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
1 5 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 5 (100.00%) SaaS
2 2 (40.00%) Finance

Information Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East region that cited Information Security Specialist in their job title 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 with Information Security Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
1 5 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
1 5 (100.00%) CISA
1 5 (100.00%) CISM