The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Shropshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 24 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 Shropshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 22 32 26
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -6
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 13 2 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Shropshire 5.909% 1.235% 4.487%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.630% 1.961% 6.542%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 7
Average salary £50,000 - £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year
- +8.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
Shropshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
135 102 107
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Shropshire 61.36% 62.96% 68.59%
Number of salaries quoted 58 67 96
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -9.72%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £21,000 £22,800
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
West Midlands

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Shropshire 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 13 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 13 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 13 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 13 (100.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (7.692%) IT Governance

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Shropshire 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.

Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Analyst
2 6 (46.15%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Security Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) IT Security Analyst
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Manager
6 1 (7.692%) Risk Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) Senior Security Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) IT Security Specialist
6 1 (7.692%) Security Risk Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) IT Governance Manager
6 1 (7.692%) IT Risk Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) Security Manager
6 1 (7.692%) Compliance Manager
6 1 (7.692%) IT Risk Manager
6 1 (7.692%) Security Specialist
6 1 (7.692%) Governance Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 13 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 13 (100.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (7.692%) IT Governance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (100.00%) PCI DSS