The first table below looks at the demand for Penetration Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Sheffield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Penetration Testing 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
Penetration Testing
Rank 54 - 62
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 4 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 0.765% - 0.169%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.964% - 0.259%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
Average salary £39,000 - £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -
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%
Penetration Testing
South Yorkshire

Penetration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield Penetration Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend

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

Sheffield Penetration Testing Salary Trend

Penetration Testing
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield region citing Penetration 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 Penetration Testing.

1 4 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (100.00%) BS25999

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (100.00%) BS25999