The first table below looks at the demand for Security Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Testing 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
Security Testing
Rank - 150 158
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 0 5 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland - 0.145% 0.029%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.204% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 1
Average salary - £34,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -40.86%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +42.85%
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%
Security Testing
UK

Security Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Security Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Security Testing
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Security Testing Salary Trend

Security Testing
Top 5 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management

Security Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (100.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Graduate
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management