The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Consultant
Rank 148 158 122
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -36
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 4 2 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.122% 0.059% 0.926%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.128% 0.062% 0.984%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 33
Average salary £57,500 £47,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.05% -9.52%
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3114 3217 3353
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 95.20% 94.23% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1951 2316 2528
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Security Consultant
UK

Security Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security Consultant across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Scotland Security Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Security Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Security Consultant Salary Trend

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Consultant across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Scotland Security Consultant Salary Histogram

Security Consultant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Vacancies
Edinburgh 0 1 - -
Stirling - 1 £38,500 -
Security Consultant
UK

Security Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Security Consultant in their job title 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 with Security Consultant in their job title.

1 12 (70.59%) Finance
2 7 (41.18%) Information Security
2 7 (41.18%) CISSP
3 6 (35.29%) CISM
4 5 (29.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (29.41%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (23.53%) Mainframe
5 4 (23.53%) Project Management
5 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (23.53%) CISA
5 4 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (17.65%) Security Management
6 3 (17.65%) Unified Communications
6 3 (17.65%) Network Security
7 2 (11.76%) Release Management
7 2 (11.76%) Security Testing
7 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (11.76%) Bourne shell
7 2 (11.76%) Security Architecture
7 2 (11.76%) SIEM
7 2 (11.76%) Lumension
7 2 (11.76%) Service Management
7 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (11.76%) Java
7 2 (11.76%) Perl
7 2 (11.76%) VBScript
7 2 (11.76%) ITIL
7 2 (11.76%) Windows
7 2 (11.76%) AIX
7 2 (11.76%) Solaris

Security Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Security Consultant in their job title 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 with Security Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.882%) CICS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Unified Communications
1 3 (17.65%) Network Security
2 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
2 2 (11.76%) Wireless
3 1 (5.882%) LDAP
3 1 (5.882%) X.500
General
1 12 (70.59%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
2 2 (11.76%) Banking
3 1 (5.882%) Retail
3 1 (5.882%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Mainframe
2 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.882%) PKI
3 1 (5.882%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
1 2 (11.76%) AIX
1 2 (11.76%) Solaris
1 2 (11.76%) Windows XP
2 1 (5.882%) Linux
2 1 (5.882%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Information Security
2 5 (29.41%) Vulnerability Management
3 4 (23.53%) Project Management
3 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (17.65%) Security Management
5 2 (11.76%) Release Management
5 2 (11.76%) Security Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Security Architecture
5 2 (11.76%) SIEM
5 2 (11.76%) Service Management
5 2 (11.76%) ITIL
5 2 (11.76%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (5.882%) Information Management
6 1 (5.882%) Ethical Hacking
6 1 (5.882%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (5.882%) Incident Management
6 1 (5.882%) Resource Management
6 1 (5.882%) Service Delivery
6 1 (5.882%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) Bourne shell
1 2 (11.76%) Java
1 2 (11.76%) Perl
1 2 (11.76%) VBScript
1 2 (11.76%) Korn
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) CISSP
2 6 (35.29%) CISM
3 4 (23.53%) CISA
4 2 (11.76%) CCSA
4 2 (11.76%) Degree
5 1 (5.882%) ISSMP
5 1 (5.882%) SSCP
5 1 (5.882%) PMP
5 1 (5.882%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (11.76%) COBIT
4 1 (5.882%) ISO 9001
4 1 (5.882%) ISO 9002
System Software
1 1 (5.882%) RACF
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Lumension
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.882%) Oracle
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Good understanding and working knowledge of Microsoft Windows 2003/2008 Enterprise Architecture, Windows XP/7 Desktop and supporting products... - Scripting experience (Bourne/Korn shell, perl 5/6, VBScript,...
EXCELerate
Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum Corporate Benefits incl. Health, Pension
Posted: 18 June 2013
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