The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Security Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Specialist
Rank 66 - 63
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 3 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 0.435% - 0.287%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.460% - 0.294%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
Average salary £48,000 - £51,250
UK excluding London average salary £47,750 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-13.18% +10.00%
All Job Titles
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
652 852 680
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 94.63% 96.38% 97.42%
Number of salaries quoted 566 701 568
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East Security Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Security Specialist
Salary Trend

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

North East Security Specialist Salary Trend

Security Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist within the North East region over the 3 months to 22 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 - 3 £48,000 -
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East region that cited 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 Security Specialist in their job title.

1 12 (100.00%) CISM
2 10 (83.33%) CISSP
3 8 (66.67%) Information Security
4 7 (58.33%) CCSA
4 7 (58.33%) Security Architecture
5 6 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (41.67%) Incident Management
6 5 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (41.67%) CISA
6 5 (41.67%) SaaS
6 5 (41.67%) ITIL
7 4 (33.33%) ISO 9001
7 4 (33.33%) ISO 9002
7 4 (33.33%) Finance
8 3 (25.00%) Project Management
9 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
9 1 (8.333%) Change Management
9 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
9 1 (8.333%) Law
9 1 (8.333%) Legal
9 1 (8.333%) Risk Assessment
9 1 (8.333%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (8.333%) Problem Management
9 1 (8.333%) Data Protection
9 1 (8.333%) PCI DSS

Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East region that cited 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 Security Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Law
2 1 (8.333%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) SaaS
2 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.333%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Information Security
2 7 (58.33%) Security Architecture
3 6 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
4 5 (41.67%) Incident Management
4 5 (41.67%) ITIL
5 3 (25.00%) Project Management
6 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
6 1 (8.333%) Change Management
6 1 (8.333%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (8.333%) Problem Management
6 1 (8.333%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) CISM
2 10 (83.33%) CISSP
3 7 (58.33%) CCSA
4 5 (41.67%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (33.33%) ISO 9001
2 4 (33.33%) ISO 9002
3 1 (8.333%) PCI DSS