The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 24 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 Oxford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 73 50 73
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +23
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 14 12 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 1.355% 1.893% 0.375%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.874% 2.759% 0.542%
Number of salaries quoted 14 0 3
Average salary £50,000 - £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year
- +8.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
747 435 554
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 72.31% 68.61% 69.25%
Number of salaries quoted 631 386 499
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £44,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
Oxfordshire

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford Information Security Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security
Salary Trend

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

Oxford Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford region citing Information 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 Information Security.

1 18 (66.67%) Windows
2 13 (48.15%) Security Testing
2 13 (48.15%) Data Protection
3 12 (44.44%) UNIX
4 11 (40.74%) IBM
4 11 (40.74%) HP
4 11 (40.74%) Computer Science
4 11 (40.74%) AppDetective
4 11 (40.74%) CSSLP
4 11 (40.74%) GWAPT
5 10 (37.04%) Apple iOS
5 10 (37.04%) Android
5 10 (37.04%) Degree
5 10 (37.04%) Java
5 10 (37.04%) .NET
6 8 (29.63%) WebLogic
6 8 (29.63%) IIS
6 8 (29.63%) Apache
6 8 (29.63%) C++
6 8 (29.63%) Publishing
6 8 (29.63%) OWASP
7 7 (25.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (25.93%) Network Security
8 6 (22.22%) SQL
9 5 (18.52%) SQL Server
9 5 (18.52%) MS Office
9 5 (18.52%) Windows XP
9 5 (18.52%) MS Exchange
9 5 (18.52%) TCP/IP
9 5 (18.52%) CISSP

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford region citing Information 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 Information Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (37.04%) .NET
2 1 (3.704%) Regular Expression
Application Platforms
1 8 (29.63%) WebLogic
1 8 (29.63%) IIS
1 8 (29.63%) Apache
2 5 (18.52%) MS Exchange
2 5 (18.52%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 5 (18.52%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (25.93%) Network Security
2 5 (18.52%) TCP/IP
2 5 (18.52%) Firewall
2 5 (18.52%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (7.407%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (18.52%) SQL Server
1 5 (18.52%) SQL Server 2000
1 5 (18.52%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 8 (29.63%) Publishing
2 1 (3.704%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 6 (22.22%) Developer
2 5 (18.52%) Applications Developer
2 5 (18.52%) Sales Engineer
3 2 (7.407%) Software Consultant
3 2 (7.407%) Security Consultant
3 2 (7.407%) Consultant
3 2 (7.407%) Services Director
4 1 (3.704%) Test Engineer
4 1 (3.704%) Team Leader
4 1 (3.704%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 11 (40.74%) Computer Science
2 2 (7.407%) CESG
2 2 (7.407%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 18 (66.67%) Windows
2 12 (44.44%) UNIX
3 10 (37.04%) Apple iOS
3 10 (37.04%) Android
4 5 (18.52%) Windows XP
4 5 (18.52%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (18.52%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (18.52%) Windows 7
5 4 (14.81%) Ubuntu
5 4 (14.81%) Debian
5 4 (14.81%) AIX
5 4 (14.81%) Solaris
5 4 (14.81%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) Security Testing
1 13 (48.15%) Data Protection
2 8 (29.63%) OWASP
3 5 (18.52%) SIEM
3 5 (18.52%) Network Management
4 2 (7.407%) ITIL
4 2 (7.407%) Project Management
4 2 (7.407%) Ethical Hacking
4 2 (7.407%) Service Management
4 2 (7.407%) Service Delivery
4 2 (7.407%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (7.407%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (7.407%) Digital Forensics
5 1 (3.704%) Data Security
5 1 (3.704%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 10 (37.04%) Java
2 8 (29.63%) C++
3 6 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (40.74%) CSSLP
1 11 (40.74%) GWAPT
2 10 (37.04%) Degree
3 5 (18.52%) CISSP
4 2 (7.407%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (7.407%) CEH
5 1 (3.704%) PMP
5 1 (3.704%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (18.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (7.407%) ISO 9001
3 2 (7.407%) SLA
3 2 (7.407%) HIPAA
4 1 (3.704%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (18.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (40.74%) AppDetective
Vendors
1 11 (40.74%) IBM
1 11 (40.74%) HP
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) Avaya
3 4 (14.81%) Red Hat