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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Rank 153 153 145
Rank change year-on-year
0 -8
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 4 1 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.128% 0.029% 0.320%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.172% 0.042% 0.420%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 11
Average salary £19,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-52.50% -11.11%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £47,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.26% +35.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2319 2395 2622
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 74.09% 69.64% 76.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1378 1716 1897
Average salary £41,500 £40,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.75% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,650 £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%
SIEM
UK

SIEM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland SIEM Jobs Demand Trend

SIEM
Salary Trend

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

Scotland SIEM Salary Trend

SIEM
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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 - 4 £19,000 -
SIEM
UK

SIEM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing SIEM 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 SIEM.

1 12 (63.16%) Finance
2 8 (42.11%) Information Security
3 7 (36.84%) Management Information System
3 7 (36.84%) Unified Communications
4 5 (26.32%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (21.05%) Firewall
5 4 (21.05%) UNIX
5 4 (21.05%) Windows
5 4 (21.05%) TCP/IP
5 4 (21.05%) CISSP
5 4 (21.05%) Risk Management
5 4 (21.05%) Security Management
5 4 (21.05%) GIAC
5 4 (21.05%) Security Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Network Security
6 3 (15.79%) Cryptography
6 3 (15.79%) Information Management
6 3 (15.79%) CEH
6 3 (15.79%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (15.79%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (15.79%) LAN
6 3 (15.79%) WAN
6 3 (15.79%) ITIL
6 3 (15.79%) SSCP
6 3 (15.79%) CCSP
6 3 (15.79%) ITIL V3
6 3 (15.79%) Incident Management
7 2 (10.53%) F5
7 2 (10.53%) ArcSight

SIEM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing SIEM 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 SIEM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.263%) .NET
1 1 (5.263%) Regular Expression
Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) Unified Communications
2 4 (21.05%) TCP/IP
2 4 (21.05%) Firewall
3 3 (15.79%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (15.79%) Network Security
3 3 (15.79%) LAN
3 3 (15.79%) WAN
General
1 12 (63.16%) Finance
2 1 (5.263%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Analyst
1 9 (47.37%) Security Analyst
2 6 (31.58%) Consultant
3 5 (26.32%) Security Consultant
4 3 (15.79%) Graduate
5 2 (10.53%) Junior
5 2 (10.53%) Network Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Team Leader
5 2 (10.53%) Security Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Operations Team Leader
6 1 (5.263%) Security Operations Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Principal Security Consultant
6 1 (5.263%) IT Security Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Junior Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Operations Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) IT Operations Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Principal Consultant
6 1 (5.263%) Junior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Management Information System
2 3 (15.79%) Cryptography
3 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
3 1 (5.263%) CESG
3 1 (5.263%) CESG CLAS
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) UNIX
1 4 (21.05%) Windows
2 1 (5.263%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Information Security
2 5 (26.32%) Vulnerability Management
3 4 (21.05%) Security Testing
3 4 (21.05%) Security Management
3 4 (21.05%) Risk Management
4 3 (15.79%) ITIL
4 3 (15.79%) Information Management
4 3 (15.79%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 3 (15.79%) Incident Management
4 3 (15.79%) ITIL V3
5 2 (10.53%) Service Management
6 1 (5.263%) Change Management
6 1 (5.263%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (5.263%) Information Security Management
6 1 (5.263%) Configuration Management
6 1 (5.263%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (5.263%) ISMS
6 1 (5.263%) Data Protection
6 1 (5.263%) Digital Forensics
6 1 (5.263%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.263%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.263%) SQL
1 1 (5.263%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) CISSP
1 4 (21.05%) GIAC
2 3 (15.79%) CEH
2 3 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (15.79%) SSCP
2 3 (15.79%) CCSP
3 2 (10.53%) Degree
4 1 (5.263%) PCI QSA
4 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.263%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.263%) CISA
4 1 (5.263%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) PCI DSS
2 1 (5.263%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (5.263%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.263%) COBIT
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Juniper
1 2 (10.53%) Blue Coat
1 2 (10.53%) F5
1 2 (10.53%) ArcSight
1 2 (10.53%) LogLogic
1 2 (10.53%) Q1 Labs
1 2 (10.53%) CheckPoint
2 1 (5.263%) McAfee
2 1 (5.263%) CA
2 1 (5.263%) Novell
2 1 (5.263%) Oracle
2 1 (5.263%) IBM
2 1 (5.263%) Dell