The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 23 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 Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 59 53 57
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +4
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 6 5 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 0.958% 1.089% 0.402%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.240% 1.429% 0.617%
Number of salaries quoted 5 5 2
Average salary £42,500 £60,000 £44,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.16% +34.07%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.52%
All Processes & Methodologies
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
484 350 324
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 77.32% 76.25% 65.19%
Number of salaries quoted 444 334 300
Average salary £38,000 £39,160 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.96% +4.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
South West

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Security across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Somerset Information Security Salary Histogram

Information Security
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bath -9 5 £42,500 -29.16%
Information Security
South West

Information Security
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 (34.78%) Management Information System
1 8 (34.78%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (17.39%) Cisco
2 4 (17.39%) CISSP
2 4 (17.39%) Nokia
2 4 (17.39%) CheckPoint
3 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.348%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (4.348%) Cyber Security
4 1 (4.348%) SIEM
4 1 (4.348%) Incident Management
4 1 (4.348%) Marketing
4 1 (4.348%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (4.348%) RMADS

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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.

General
1 1 (4.348%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (60.87%) Architect
2 13 (56.52%) Technical Architect
2 13 (56.52%) Consultant
2 13 (56.52%) Solutions Architect
2 13 (56.52%) Technical Consultant
2 13 (56.52%) Technical Solutions Architect
3 6 (26.09%) Analyst
3 6 (26.09%) Security Analyst
4 5 (21.74%) IT Security Analyst
5 4 (17.39%) Information Security Analyst
5 4 (17.39%) Information Analyst
6 2 (8.696%) Technical Security Specialist
6 2 (8.696%) Technical Specialist
6 2 (8.696%) Security Specialist
7 1 (4.348%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.348%) RMADS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (4.348%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (4.348%) Cyber Security
2 1 (4.348%) SIEM
2 1 (4.348%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) CISSP
2 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Cisco
1 4 (17.39%) Nokia
1 4 (17.39%) CheckPoint