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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ethical Hacking
Rank 150 154 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Permanent jobs citing Ethical Hacking 3 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.095% 0.029% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.129% 0.041% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Average salary - £45,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -15.78%
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2333 2445 2660
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 74.13% 70.77% 76.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1403 1740 1920
Average salary £41,000 £40,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.50% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £27,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Ethical Hacking
UK

Ethical Hacking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Ethical Hacking Jobs Demand Trend

Ethical Hacking
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Ethical Hacking across the Scotland region.

Scotland Ethical Hacking Salary Trend

Ethical Hacking
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ethical Hacking within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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
Edinburgh +8 3 - -
Ethical Hacking
UK

Ethical Hacking
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Ethical Hacking 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 Ethical Hacking.

1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Security Management
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Symantec
1 2 (66.67%) Information Management
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Forensics
1 2 (66.67%) WebInspect
1 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Qualys
1 2 (66.67%) Tufin
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Degree

Ethical Hacking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Ethical Hacking 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 Ethical Hacking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Security Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Information Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Security Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) IT Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Security Management
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Information Management
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Forensics
1 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Symantec
1 2 (66.67%) Qualys
1 2 (66.67%) Tufin
Edinburgh, Scotland
My client, a highly regarded financial services organisation in Edinburgh, is seeking an Information Security Analyst to join their growing team. The job falls under the Security Events...
Salary: £ Highly Competitive Plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013