The first table below looks at the demand for Security Testing 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 Security Testing 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
Security Testing
Rank 237 250 222
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -28
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 11 1 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.154% 0.014% 0.277%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.202% 0.019% 0.403%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 18
Average salary £45,000 £55,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.18% +57.14%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £47,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +35.71%
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%
Security Testing
England

Security Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Security Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Security Testing
Salary Trend

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

North West Security Testing Salary Trend

Security Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Testing within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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 -12 8 £45,000 -18.18%
Cheshire - 2 £46,250 -
Security Testing
England

Security Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 10 (66.67%) HP
1 10 (66.67%) ISEB
1 10 (66.67%) ISTQB
1 10 (66.67%) Release Management
1 10 (66.67%) Performance Testing
1 10 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
2 9 (60.00%) Integration Testing
2 9 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 9 (60.00%) ISEB Practitioner
3 8 (53.33%) Statistical Analysis
4 6 (40.00%) VB
5 5 (33.33%) HPUX
5 5 (33.33%) Linux
5 5 (33.33%) MS Access
5 5 (33.33%) N-Tier
5 5 (33.33%) SOA
5 5 (33.33%) Oracle
5 5 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 5 (33.33%) WebLogic
5 5 (33.33%) Apache
5 5 (33.33%) Tomcat
5 5 (33.33%) FoxPro (VFP)
5 5 (33.33%) FTP
5 5 (33.33%) WebLogic Integration
5 5 (33.33%) TIBCO
5 5 (33.33%) SUSE
6 3 (20.00%) SQL
6 3 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (20.00%) Advertising
6 3 (20.00%) UNIX

Security Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (6.667%) HTML
1 1 (6.667%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (33.33%) WebLogic
1 5 (33.33%) Apache
1 5 (33.33%) Tomcat
1 5 (33.33%) WebLogic Integration
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) FTP
2 2 (13.33%) Network Security
3 1 (6.667%) ADSL
3 1 (6.667%) HTTPS
3 1 (6.667%) DMZ
3 1 (6.667%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 5 (33.33%) MS Access
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (6.667%) Selenium
General
1 3 (20.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Test Leader
2 3 (20.00%) Tester
2 3 (20.00%) Penetration Tester
3 2 (13.33%) Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Security Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Applications Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Information Security Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Test Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) HPUX
1 5 (33.33%) Linux
1 5 (33.33%) SUSE
2 3 (20.00%) UNIX
3 1 (6.667%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Release Management
1 10 (66.67%) Performance Testing
2 9 (60.00%) Integration Testing
2 9 (60.00%) Test Scripting
3 8 (53.33%) Statistical Analysis
4 5 (33.33%) SOA
5 3 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (6.667%) Software Testing
6 1 (6.667%) Web Development
6 1 (6.667%) Risk Management
6 1 (6.667%) Validation
6 1 (6.667%) Scrum
6 1 (6.667%) Information Security
6 1 (6.667%) TDD
6 1 (6.667%) Ethical Hacking
6 1 (6.667%) System Testing
6 1 (6.667%) Web Testing
6 1 (6.667%) Load Testing
6 1 (6.667%) Stress Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) VB
2 5 (33.33%) FoxPro (VFP)
3 3 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (6.667%) VB6
4 1 (6.667%) Ruby
4 1 (6.667%) VB.NET
4 1 (6.667%) Python
4 1 (6.667%) C
4 1 (6.667%) C++
4 1 (6.667%) Java
4 1 (6.667%) Perl
4 1 (6.667%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) ISEB
1 10 (66.67%) ISTQB
2 9 (60.00%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 10 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (6.667%) Nessus
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) HP
2 5 (33.33%) TIBCO
2 5 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (6.667%) Qualys