The first table below looks at the demand for Penetration Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Penetration 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Penetration Testing
Rank 111 105 105
Rank change year-on-year
-6 0
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 11 3 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.600% 0.204% 0.062%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.838% 0.303% 0.095%
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 1
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +52.54%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1312 991 1057
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 71.58% 67.32% 65.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1131 889 933
Average salary £44,000 £41,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.02% -1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Penetration Testing
South East

Penetration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Penetration Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend

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

Oxfordshire Penetration Testing Salary Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Oxfordshire Penetration Testing Salary Histogram

Penetration Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the Oxfordshire 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
Oxford - 7 £45,000 -
Abingdon - 2 £60,000 -
Penetration Testing
South East

Penetration Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Penetration 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 Penetration Testing.

1 10 (47.62%) Linux
2 9 (42.86%) Python
2 9 (42.86%) UNIX
2 9 (42.86%) Windows
2 9 (42.86%) Wireless
3 8 (38.10%) Perl
3 8 (38.10%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (38.10%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 8 (38.10%) QA
3 8 (38.10%) Reverse Engineering
3 8 (38.10%) Test Automation
4 7 (33.33%) HIPAA
4 7 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
5 6 (28.57%) Open Source
5 6 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
5 6 (28.57%) Security Testing
5 6 (28.57%) CEH
5 6 (28.57%) Network Design
5 6 (28.57%) Firewall
6 5 (23.81%) CISM
6 5 (23.81%) CISSP
7 4 (19.05%) GWAPT
7 4 (19.05%) GPEN
7 4 (19.05%) OSCP
7 4 (19.05%) OSCE
7 4 (19.05%) Degree
7 4 (19.05%) Computer Science
7 4 (19.05%) CISA
7 4 (19.05%) GCIH
8 3 (14.29%) Information Security

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 9 (42.86%) Wireless
2 6 (28.57%) Firewall
3 2 (9.524%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (4.762%) Metasploit
General
1 2 (9.524%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.762%) Law
2 1 (4.762%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Test Engineer
2 8 (38.10%) Automation Engineer
2 8 (38.10%) Test Automation Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Security Tester
3 5 (23.81%) Tester
4 4 (19.05%) Penetration Tester
5 3 (14.29%) Security Specialist
5 3 (14.29%) Analyst
5 3 (14.29%) Security Analyst
6 2 (9.524%) Product Specialist
7 1 (4.762%) Project Manager
7 1 (4.762%) Technical Specialist
7 1 (4.762%) Technical Security Specialist
7 1 (4.762%) Information Specialist
7 1 (4.762%) Software Tester
7 1 (4.762%) Product Analyst
7 1 (4.762%) Information Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Open Source
2 4 (19.05%) Computer Science
3 2 (9.524%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 10 (47.62%) Linux
2 9 (42.86%) UNIX
2 9 (42.86%) Windows
3 1 (4.762%) Solaris
3 1 (4.762%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Agile Software Development
1 8 (38.10%) Reverse Engineering
1 8 (38.10%) Test Automation
1 8 (38.10%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 7 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
3 6 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (28.57%) Security Testing
3 6 (28.57%) Network Design
4 3 (14.29%) Information Security
5 2 (9.524%) Ethical Hacking
5 2 (9.524%) Software Testing
5 2 (9.524%) Static Code Analysis
5 2 (9.524%) Embedded Software Development
6 1 (4.762%) Cyber Security
6 1 (4.762%) PRINCE
6 1 (4.762%) Project Management
6 1 (4.762%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (4.762%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 9 (42.86%) Python
2 8 (38.10%) Perl
3 3 (14.29%) C
3 3 (14.29%) C++
3 3 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (4.762%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) CEH
2 5 (23.81%) CISSP
2 5 (23.81%) CISM
3 4 (19.05%) GCIH
3 4 (19.05%) Degree
3 4 (19.05%) GWAPT
3 4 (19.05%) GPEN
3 4 (19.05%) OSCP
3 4 (19.05%) OSCE
3 4 (19.05%) CISA
4 1 (4.762%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.762%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.762%) PMP
4 1 (4.762%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (38.10%) QA
2 7 (33.33%) HIPAA
3 1 (4.762%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.762%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (4.762%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (4.762%) Cisco
1 1 (4.762%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.762%) Coverity