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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Penetration Testing
Rank 128 112 103
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -9
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 4 21 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.186% 0.923% 0.859%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.282% 1.288% 1.334%
Number of salaries quoted 3 16 16
Average salary £47,500 £37,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.66% -16.66%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1416 1630 1199
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 65.98% 71.65% 64.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1103 1373 936
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Penetration Testing
Berkshire

Penetration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Penetration Testing Salary Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the Reading region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Reading Penetration Testing Salary Histogram

Penetration Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 5 (55.56%) Firewall
2 4 (44.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (44.44%) Information Security
2 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (44.44%) PCI DSS
3 3 (33.33%) Mobile App
3 3 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 3 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (33.33%) Wireless
3 3 (33.33%) Legal
3 3 (33.33%) VPN
3 3 (33.33%) Citrix
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 2 (22.22%) Identity Management
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Network Security
4 2 (22.22%) Degree
4 2 (22.22%) COBIT
4 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
4 2 (22.22%) Marketing
5 1 (11.11%) Change Control
5 1 (11.11%) Analytics
5 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) Information Assurance
5 1 (11.11%) Security Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) SIEM
5 1 (11.11%) Database Security
5 1 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (11.11%) Information Management

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) COM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Firewall
2 3 (33.33%) Wireless
2 3 (33.33%) VPN
3 2 (22.22%) Network Security
4 1 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
4 1 (11.11%) Internet
General
1 3 (33.33%) Legal
2 2 (22.22%) Marketing
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Penetration Tester
1 3 (33.33%) Tester
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Security Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Information Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Information Security Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Risk Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Security Solutions Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Mobile App
1 3 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 1 (11.11%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Information Security
2 3 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (22.22%) Identity Management
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Change Control
4 1 (11.11%) Analytics
4 1 (11.11%) Information Assurance
4 1 (11.11%) Security Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) SIEM
4 1 (11.11%) Database Security
4 1 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (11.11%) Information Management
4 1 (11.11%) Computer Forensics
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) Security Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Information Security Management
4 1 (11.11%) Security Management
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) CISSP
2 1 (11.11%) CISA
2 1 (11.11%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (44.44%) PCI DSS
2 2 (22.22%) COBIT
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Citrix
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Qualys
Reading, Thames Valley
A blue chip client is looking for an experienced Information Security and Risk Consultant.
Hudson
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 27 April 2013
Reading, Berkshire
You will be required to: *Act as a team member and/or lead on penetration testing delivery projects covering: oInfrastructure vulnerability assessment and PCI ASV scanning oInfrastructure penetration...
OSM Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £42000 per annum + car allowance
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
The ideal candidate will have a vast amount of commercial experience building e-commerce and bespoke websites using PHP5, LAMP stack, Objected orientated methodologies, MySQL, and standards-compliant...
LA International
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013