The first table below looks at the demand for Penetration Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reigate 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 Reigate region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Penetration Testing
Rank 56 58 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 1 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reigate 0.250% 1.015% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.346% 1.235% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 0
Average salary £32,500 £37,750 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.90% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Reigate
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
289 324 161
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reigate 72.25% 82.23% 79.70%
Number of salaries quoted 276 316 157
Average salary £50,000 £55,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +29.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £35,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £57,500 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Penetration Testing
Surrey

Penetration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reigate 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 Reigate region.

Reigate Penetration Testing Salary Trend

Penetration Testing
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reigate 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 6 (100.00%) Degree
1 6 (100.00%) Information Security
2 5 (83.33%) iPhone
2 5 (83.33%) Reverse Engineering
2 5 (83.33%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (83.33%) Database Security
2 5 (83.33%) SCADA
2 5 (83.33%) Mathematics
2 5 (83.33%) Cryptography
2 5 (83.33%) C#
2 5 (83.33%) C++
2 5 (83.33%) Java
2 5 (83.33%) Windows
3 1 (16.67%) CISSP
3 1 (16.67%) CISM
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (16.67%) CISMP
3 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reigate 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.

General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Forensic Investigator
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Information Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) IT Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Cryptography
1 5 (83.33%) SCADA
1 5 (83.33%) Mathematics
1 5 (83.33%) iPhone
1 5 (83.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Information Security
2 5 (83.33%) Reverse Engineering
2 5 (83.33%) Database Security
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C#
1 5 (83.33%) C++
1 5 (83.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) CISSP
2 1 (16.67%) CISM
2 1 (16.67%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS