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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 44 53 62
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +9
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 14 11 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 2.677% 1.757% 0.169%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.373% 2.607% 0.259%
Number of salaries quoted 13 11 1
Average salary £37,500 £50,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.00% +51.51%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.38%
All Processes & Methodologies
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
415 422 386
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 79.35% 67.41% 65.31%
Number of salaries quoted 355 361 332
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +1.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £50,000 £53,600
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
South Yorkshire

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Security across the Sheffield region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Sheffield Information Security Salary Histogram

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 8 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (50.00%) Network Security
2 7 (43.75%) Business Continuity
3 6 (37.50%) Firewall
4 5 (31.25%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (31.25%) CheckPoint
4 5 (31.25%) Cisco
4 5 (31.25%) CCSP
4 5 (31.25%) CCNP
4 5 (31.25%) CCNA
4 5 (31.25%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (31.25%) BS25999
4 5 (31.25%) Risk Management
4 5 (31.25%) CCSE
4 5 (31.25%) Cisco PIX
5 4 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (18.75%) Data Protection
6 3 (18.75%) Windows
6 3 (18.75%) ITIL
6 3 (18.75%) CISA
6 3 (18.75%) CISM
6 3 (18.75%) CISSP
7 2 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
7 2 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
7 2 (12.50%) BCP
7 2 (12.50%) ISMS
7 2 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (12.50%) Freedom of Information Act
7 2 (12.50%) COBIT

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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.

Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) Network Security
2 6 (37.50%) Firewall
3 5 (31.25%) Cisco ASA
3 5 (31.25%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (6.250%) Wireshark
4 1 (6.250%) LAN
4 1 (6.250%) WAN
4 1 (6.250%) TCP/IP
4 1 (6.250%) Internet
General
1 1 (6.250%) Finance
1 1 (6.250%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Security Analyst
1 6 (37.50%) Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) IT Security Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Network Security Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Network Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Information Security Auditor
3 2 (12.50%) Auditor
4 1 (6.250%) Information Security Officer
4 1 (6.250%) Security Officer
4 1 (6.250%) Head of Architecture
4 1 (6.250%) Head of Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (6.250%) Security Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Security Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Information Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Information Security Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Information Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 2 (12.50%) Freedom of Information
1 2 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (12.50%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
2 1 (6.250%) Solaris
2 1 (6.250%) Linux
2 1 (6.250%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Business Continuity
2 5 (31.25%) Risk Management
3 4 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (18.75%) ITIL
4 3 (18.75%) Data Protection
5 2 (12.50%) Incident Management
5 2 (12.50%) ISMS
5 2 (12.50%) Change Control
5 2 (12.50%) BCP
5 2 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (6.250%) Zachman Framework
6 1 (6.250%) TOGAF
6 1 (6.250%) DoDAF
6 1 (6.250%) MODAF
6 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (6.250%) Information Security Management
6 1 (6.250%) Security Management
6 1 (6.250%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) CCSP
1 5 (31.25%) CCNP
1 5 (31.25%) CCNA
1 5 (31.25%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (31.25%) CCSE
2 3 (18.75%) CISSP
2 3 (18.75%) CISA
2 3 (18.75%) CISM
3 1 (6.250%) GIAC
3 1 (6.250%) ISEB
3 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (31.25%) BS25999
3 2 (12.50%) COBIT
4 1 (6.250%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) Snort
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) Nessus
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Cisco
1 5 (31.25%) CheckPoint
2 1 (6.250%) ArcSight
Sheffield, Yorkshire
My client a leading Outsourcing company are looking to recruit a Security Manager (Security Assurance, Information Assurance, HMG, ISO 27001, CESG, CLAS, CISSP, CISM, Outsourcing companying, Finance, Government) - £...
Computer Futures
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Sheffield, Yorkshire
To support and deputise were necessary, the Capita Employee Benefits Information Security Officer (ISO) and working with CEB staff and management in order to implement an Information Assurance (...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £36000 - £39000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
To support and deputise were necessary, the Capita Employee Benefits Information Security Officer (ISO) and working with CEB staff and management in order to implement an Information Assurance (...
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Salary: £36000 - £39000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013