The first table below looks at the demand for Vulnerability Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Vulnerability Management 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
Vulnerability Management
Rank 155 147 152
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +5
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Management 2 7 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.064% 0.204% 0.116%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.086% 0.292% 0.153%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 2
Average salary £47,000 £42,500 £52,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.58% -18.66%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -
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%
Vulnerability Management
UK

Vulnerability Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Vulnerability Management Jobs Demand Trend

Vulnerability Management
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Vulnerability Management Salary Trend

Vulnerability Management
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Management 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 2 £47,000 +10.58%
Vulnerability Management
UK

Vulnerability Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 6 (54.55%) Information Security
3 5 (45.45%) CISA
3 5 (45.45%) CISM
3 5 (45.45%) CISSP
3 5 (45.45%) SIEM
4 4 (36.36%) Unified Communications
4 4 (36.36%) Security Testing
4 4 (36.36%) TCP/IP
5 3 (27.27%) Mainframe
5 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
5 3 (27.27%) Network Security
6 2 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (18.18%) Degree
6 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (18.18%) Wireless
6 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
6 2 (18.18%) Firewall
6 2 (18.18%) Security Management
6 2 (18.18%) UNIX
7 1 (9.091%) Dell
7 1 (9.091%) Financial Institution
7 1 (9.091%) Windows
7 1 (9.091%) Linux
7 1 (9.091%) LDAP
7 1 (9.091%) LAN
7 1 (9.091%) WAN
7 1 (9.091%) CICS
7 1 (9.091%) RACF
7 1 (9.091%) X.500

Vulnerability Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) CICS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) TCP/IP
1 4 (36.36%) Unified Communications
2 3 (27.27%) Network Security
3 2 (18.18%) Firewall
3 2 (18.18%) Wireless
4 1 (9.091%) X.500
4 1 (9.091%) LDAP
4 1 (9.091%) LAN
4 1 (9.091%) WAN
General
1 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Banking
2 1 (9.091%) Financial Institution
2 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Consultant
1 8 (72.73%) Security Consultant
2 4 (36.36%) Security Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Graduate
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Security Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) Senior Security Specialist
5 1 (9.091%) Principal Security Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) Principal Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Mainframe
1 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.091%) CESG
2 1 (9.091%) CESG CLAS
2 1 (9.091%) PKI
2 1 (9.091%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) UNIX
2 1 (9.091%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Information Security
2 5 (45.45%) SIEM
3 4 (36.36%) Security Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Security Management
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (9.091%) Time Management
5 1 (9.091%) Performance Management
5 1 (9.091%) Data Protection
5 1 (9.091%) Security Architecture
5 1 (9.091%) Project Management
5 1 (9.091%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (9.091%) Identity Management
5 1 (9.091%) Information Security Management
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) CISSP
1 5 (45.45%) CISA
1 5 (45.45%) CISM
2 2 (18.18%) Degree
3 1 (9.091%) PCI QSA
3 1 (9.091%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (9.091%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (9.091%) COBIT
1 1 (9.091%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) RACF
Vendors
1 1 (9.091%) Dell