The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Sheffield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Analyst in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Sheffield region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Analyst
Rank 59 61 60
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 4 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 0.683% 0.666% 0.174%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.697% 0.687% 0.177%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 1
Average salary £33,750 £32,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.46% -3.03%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £36,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -4.00%
All Job Titles
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
574 582 564
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 97.95% 96.84% 98.09%
Number of salaries quoted 517 496 499
Average salary £34,000 £34,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.49%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £44,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Security Analyst
South Yorkshire

Security Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security Analyst across the Sheffield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Sheffield Security Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Security Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Sheffield Security Analyst Salary Trend

Security Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield region that cited Security Analyst in their job title 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 with Security Analyst in their job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
1 8 (100.00%) Information Security
2 7 (87.50%) Network Security
3 6 (75.00%) CCSE
3 6 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (75.00%) CheckPoint
3 6 (75.00%) Cisco
3 6 (75.00%) CCSP
3 6 (75.00%) CCNP
3 6 (75.00%) CCNA
3 6 (75.00%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (75.00%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (12.50%) Wireshark
4 1 (12.50%) Security Testing
4 1 (12.50%) ISMS
4 1 (12.50%) BS25999
4 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
4 1 (12.50%) Nessus
4 1 (12.50%) Snort
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (12.50%) CISMP
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (12.50%) CISSP
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) Windows
4 1 (12.50%) Solaris
4 1 (12.50%) Linux
4 1 (12.50%) LAN
4 1 (12.50%) WAN

Security Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield region that cited Security Analyst in their job title 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 with Security Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (87.50%) Network Security
3 6 (75.00%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (75.00%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (12.50%) Wireshark
4 1 (12.50%) LAN
4 1 (12.50%) WAN
4 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
4 1 (12.50%) Internet
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Solaris
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Information Security
2 1 (12.50%) Security Testing
2 1 (12.50%) ISMS
2 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) Process Management
2 1 (12.50%) Information Security Management
2 1 (12.50%) Security Management
2 1 (12.50%) Information Assurance
2 1 (12.50%) SIEM
2 1 (12.50%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) CCSE
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (75.00%) CCSP
1 6 (75.00%) CCNP
1 6 (75.00%) CCNA
2 1 (12.50%) CISMP
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (12.50%) BS25999
1 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Snort
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Nessus
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) CheckPoint
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) ArcSight