The first table below looks at the demand for the Information Security Specialist role 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 Security Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security Specialist
Rank 243 - 229
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Specialist 11 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.153% - 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.160% - 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 3
Average salary £48,000 - £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £48,000 £40,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -13.51%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6890 6797 6466
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.52% 95.92% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 5851 6007 5715
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West 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 West region.

North West Information Security Specialist Salary Trend

Information Security Specialist
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Security Specialist across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West Information Security Specialist Salary Histogram

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 West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cheshire - 6 £35,000 -
Manchester - 5 £48,000 -
Information Security Specialist
England

Information Security Specialist
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 27 (100.00%) Information Security
2 19 (70.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (66.67%) Digital Media
3 18 (66.67%) E-Commerce
4 6 (22.22%) CISSP
4 6 (22.22%) CISA
4 6 (22.22%) CISM
5 5 (18.52%) Penetration Testing
5 5 (18.52%) Finance
5 5 (18.52%) SaaS
6 3 (11.11%) PKI
6 3 (11.11%) Cryptography
6 3 (11.11%) Java
6 3 (11.11%) .NET
7 2 (7.407%) Data Protection
8 1 (3.704%) PCI DSS
8 1 (3.704%) COSO
8 1 (3.704%) COBIT
8 1 (3.704%) Data Governance
8 1 (3.704%) Risk Management
8 1 (3.704%) Stakeholder Management

Information Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

Application Development
1 3 (11.11%) .NET
General
1 5 (18.52%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 18 (66.67%) Digital Media
2 5 (18.52%) SaaS
3 3 (11.11%) PKI
3 3 (11.11%) Cryptography
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (100.00%) Information Security
2 18 (66.67%) E-Commerce
3 5 (18.52%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (7.407%) Data Protection
5 1 (3.704%) Data Governance
5 1 (3.704%) Risk Management
5 1 (3.704%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) CISSP
1 6 (22.22%) CISA
1 6 (22.22%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (70.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.704%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.704%) COSO
2 1 (3.704%) COBIT