The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Sevenoaks region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Sevenoaks region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 5 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sevenoaks 31.25% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 31.25% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Average salary £30,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +16.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Sevenoaks
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16 1 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sevenoaks 100.00% 25.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 16 1 6
Average salary £30,000 £30,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.63% -20.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,928 £30,500 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £90,000 £30,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
Kent

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sevenoaks Information Security Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security
Salary Trend

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

Sevenoaks Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Salary Histogram

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

Sevenoaks Information Security Salary Histogram

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Sevenoaks region citing Information Security 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 Information Security.

1 14 (100.00%) Linux
2 13 (92.86%) MySQL
3 10 (71.43%) QA
4 9 (64.29%) Degree
5 8 (57.14%) Software Testing
5 8 (57.14%) CentOS
5 8 (57.14%) PHP
5 8 (57.14%) SQL
5 8 (57.14%) Scrum
6 7 (50.00%) Extreme Programming
6 7 (50.00%) Perl
6 7 (50.00%) UNIX
6 7 (50.00%) ISEB
6 7 (50.00%) Test Scripting
7 6 (42.86%) VoIP
8 4 (28.57%) WAN
8 4 (28.57%) TCP/IP
8 4 (28.57%) DNS
9 2 (14.29%) Change Management
9 2 (14.29%) Apache
10 1 (7.143%) XML
10 1 (7.143%) DOM
10 1 (7.143%) VPN
10 1 (7.143%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (7.143%) Shell Script
10 1 (7.143%) RTP
10 1 (7.143%) Firewall
10 1 (7.143%) MVC
10 1 (7.143%) LAMP
10 1 (7.143%) CCNP

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Sevenoaks region citing Information Security 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 Information Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (7.143%) XML
1 1 (7.143%) DOM
1 1 (7.143%) LAMP
1 1 (7.143%) Kohana
1 1 (7.143%) CodeIgniter
1 1 (7.143%) RESTful
1 1 (7.143%) FreeSWITCH
Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) VoIP
2 4 (28.57%) WAN
2 4 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 4 (28.57%) DNS
3 1 (7.143%) VPN
3 1 (7.143%) RTP
3 1 (7.143%) Firewall
3 1 (7.143%) Wireshark
3 1 (7.143%) Asterisk PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (92.86%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Subversion
1 1 (7.143%) Trac
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) QA Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Systems Administrator
2 3 (21.43%) Administrator
2 3 (21.43%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 3 (21.43%) Linux Administrator
3 2 (14.29%) QA Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) PHP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Linux
2 8 (57.14%) CentOS
3 7 (50.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Software Testing
1 8 (57.14%) Scrum
2 7 (50.00%) Extreme Programming
2 7 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (7.143%) MVC
4 1 (7.143%) Automated Testing
4 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (7.143%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) PHP
1 8 (57.14%) SQL
2 7 (50.00%) Perl
3 1 (7.143%) Shell Script
3 1 (7.143%) PHP5
3 1 (7.143%) XPath
3 1 (7.143%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) Degree
2 7 (50.00%) ISEB
3 1 (7.143%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.143%) CCNP
3 1 (7.143%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (71.43%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.143%) OpenSIPS