The first table below looks at the demand for Information Assurance 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 Information Assurance over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Assurance
Rank - 246 -
Permanent jobs citing Information Assurance 0 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West - 0.071% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.097% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 0
Average salary - £67,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-4.34% +9.52%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5447 5146 4717
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 76.40% 72.98% 68.73%
Number of salaries quoted 4545 4502 4139
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,429
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Assurance
England

Information Assurance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Information Assurance Jobs Demand Trend

Information Assurance
Salary Trend

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

North West Information Assurance Salary Trend

Information Assurance
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Information Assurance 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 Assurance.

1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) J2EE
1 2 (66.67%) Hibernate
1 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (66.67%) Spring
2 1 (33.33%) HMG Infosec
2 1 (33.33%) JSP 440
2 1 (33.33%) RMADS
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) JSP
2 1 (33.33%) JBoss
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) Data Security
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management

Information Assurance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Information Assurance 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 Assurance. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) J2EE
1 2 (66.67%) Hibernate
1 2 (66.67%) Spring
2 1 (33.33%) JSP
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Java Developer
1 2 (66.67%) J2EE Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Java Software Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Java/J2EE Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Java Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior J2EE Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Java Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) RMADS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Security
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) HMG Infosec
1 1 (33.33%) JSP 440
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) JBoss
Seascale, North West
ISO 27001 Knowledge of information risk management processes and standards Knowledge of information assurance processes and standards Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language.
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 1 May 2013