The first table below looks at the demand for Computer Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Security 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Security (COMPUSEC)
Rank 247 - 230
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Computer Security 1 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.014% - 0.015%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.018% - 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
Average salary £15,500 - £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,250 £65,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year
-53.46% +54.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5530 5261 4620
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 76.56% 73.19% 68.60%
Number of salaries quoted 4642 4605 4061
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -3.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Computer Security
England

Computer Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Computer Security Jobs Demand Trend

Computer Security
Salary Trend

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

North West Computer Security Salary Trend

Computer Security
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Security within the North West 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
Manchester - 1 £15,500 -
Computer Security
England

Computer Security
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Computer 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 Computer Security.

1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) ADSL
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7

Computer Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Computer 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 Computer Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) ADSL
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft