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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Communications Security (COMSEC)
Rank 376 440 409
Rank change year-on-year
+64 -31
Permanent jobs citing Communications Security 60 3 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.273% 0.013% 0.053%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.372% 0.017% 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 11
Average salary £65,000 £90,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.77% +157.14%
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+73.33% -6.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16121 17403 16154
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 73.22% 73.24% 71.03%
Number of salaries quoted 13103 14939 13836
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Communications Security
England

Communications Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Communications Security Jobs Demand Trend

Communications Security
Salary Trend

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

South East Communications Security Salary Trend

Communications Security
Salary Histogram

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

South East Communications Security Salary Histogram

Communications Security
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Communications Security within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
West Sussex +30 39 - -
Hampshire - 14 - -
Surrey - 3 - -
Berkshire +9 2 £65,000 -27.77%
East Sussex - 1 £53,500 -
Kent - 1 £32,500 -
Oxfordshire - 1 £65,000 -
Communications Security
England

Communications Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing Communications 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 Communications Security.

1 73 (93.59%) Telecoms
2 72 (92.31%) Aerospace
2 72 (92.31%) Military
2 72 (92.31%) Information Management
3 69 (88.46%) Electronics
4 68 (87.18%) Management Information System
5 53 (67.95%) Chip and PIN
6 37 (47.44%) Degree
7 32 (41.03%) C++
7 32 (41.03%) Validation
8 29 (37.18%) C
9 27 (34.62%) Requirements Management
9 27 (34.62%) Avionics
10 26 (33.33%) Windows
10 26 (33.33%) Configuration Management
11 24 (30.77%) VxWorks
11 24 (30.77%) Middleware
11 24 (30.77%) ClearQuest
11 24 (30.77%) UML
11 24 (30.77%) ClearCase
11 24 (30.77%) Ada
11 24 (30.77%) MS Office
11 24 (30.77%) Finance
11 24 (30.77%) DO-178B
11 24 (30.77%) Rational DOORS
11 24 (30.77%) Embedded Software Development
11 24 (30.77%) Software Testing
11 24 (30.77%) Software Engineering
12 23 (29.49%) Linux
13 21 (26.92%) OO

Communications Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing Communications 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 Communications Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 24 (30.77%) Middleware
2 21 (26.92%) JSF
3 9 (11.54%) CSS
4 1 (1.282%) Web Services
4 1 (1.282%) XML
4 1 (1.282%) HTML
4 1 (1.282%) .NET
4 1 (1.282%) ASP
4 1 (1.282%) Ajax
4 1 (1.282%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.846%) Site Server
2 1 (1.282%) IIS
Applications
1 24 (30.77%) MS Office
2 17 (21.79%) MS Excel
3 15 (19.23%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (2.564%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 17 (21.79%) Oracle EBS
2 13 (16.67%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (2.564%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 11 (14.10%) Network Security
2 10 (12.82%) Firewall
3 6 (7.692%) LAN
4 5 (6.410%) Wireless
5 4 (5.128%) Unified Communications
5 4 (5.128%) WAN
5 4 (5.128%) VPN
6 3 (3.846%) 3G
7 1 (1.282%) MPLS
7 1 (1.282%) OSPF
7 1 (1.282%) BGP
7 1 (1.282%) EIGRP
7 1 (1.282%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.282%) VoIP
7 1 (1.282%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (24.36%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (1.282%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 24 (30.77%) ClearCase
1 24 (30.77%) ClearQuest
1 24 (30.77%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.282%) Visual Studio
General
1 73 (93.59%) Telecoms
2 72 (92.31%) Aerospace
2 72 (92.31%) Military
3 69 (88.46%) Electronics
4 27 (34.62%) Avionics
5 24 (30.77%) Finance
6 6 (7.692%) Billing
7 4 (5.128%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.564%) Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (26.92%) Consultant
2 16 (20.51%) Applications Consultant
3 15 (19.23%) Software Engineer
4 14 (17.95%) Architect
4 14 (17.95%) Oracle Consultant
5 13 (16.67%) Oracle Applications Consultant
6 9 (11.54%) Technical Architect
7 8 (10.26%) Security Manager
8 7 (8.974%) Software Architect
9 6 (7.692%) Analyst
10 4 (5.128%) Systems Architect
11 3 (3.846%) C++ Software Engineer
11 3 (3.846%) Business Manager
11 3 (3.846%) Relationships Manager
11 3 (3.846%) Support Engineer
11 3 (3.846%) Windows Support Engineer
12 2 (2.564%) IT Security Manager
12 2 (2.564%) Software Team Leader
12 2 (2.564%) Applications Support
12 2 (2.564%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 68 (87.18%) Management Information System
2 53 (67.95%) Chip and PIN
3 21 (26.92%) Device Driver
4 4 (5.128%) PDA
5 3 (3.846%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (2.564%) Replication
6 2 (2.564%) CESG
7 1 (1.282%) Mathematics
7 1 (1.282%) Physics
7 1 (1.282%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 26 (33.33%) Windows
2 24 (30.77%) VxWorks
3 23 (29.49%) Linux
4 3 (3.846%) Windows 2000
4 3 (3.846%) Windows XP
5 2 (2.564%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.282%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (92.31%) Information Management
2 32 (41.03%) Validation
3 27 (34.62%) Requirements Management
4 26 (33.33%) Configuration Management
5 24 (30.77%) UML
5 24 (30.77%) Software Engineering
5 24 (30.77%) Software Testing
5 24 (30.77%) Embedded Software Development
6 21 (26.92%) Waterfall
6 21 (26.92%) OO
7 20 (25.64%) Project Management
8 17 (21.79%) ERP
8 17 (21.79%) Business Intelligence
8 17 (21.79%) User Acceptance Testing
8 17 (21.79%) Business Process Improvement
9 16 (20.51%) Quality Management
10 15 (19.23%) Digital Signal Processing
10 15 (19.23%) Signal Processing
11 13 (16.67%) SSADM
11 13 (16.67%) Yourdon
Programming Languages
1 32 (41.03%) C++
2 29 (37.18%) C
3 24 (30.77%) Ada
4 4 (5.128%) Java
5 2 (2.564%) SQL
6 1 (1.282%) VB
6 1 (1.282%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.282%) C#
Qualifications
1 37 (47.44%) Degree
2 16 (20.51%) Security Cleared
3 15 (19.23%) SC Cleared
4 14 (17.95%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (16.67%) PhD
6 11 (14.10%) CISSP
7 9 (11.54%) Check Point Certification
7 9 (11.54%) CISM
7 9 (11.54%) CEH
8 5 (6.410%) HNC
8 5 (6.410%) HND
9 4 (5.128%) CCNP
10 3 (3.846%) CCNA
10 3 (3.846%) Chartered Engineer
11 2 (2.564%) DV Cleared
11 2 (2.564%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (2.564%) MCP
11 2 (2.564%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (30.77%) DO-178B
Systems Management
1 3 (3.846%) NetBackup
1 3 (3.846%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 19 (24.36%) Oracle
2 17 (21.79%) Cognos
3 14 (17.95%) Cisco
4 10 (12.82%) Primavera
5 9 (11.54%) PTC
5 9 (11.54%) Blue Coat
5 9 (11.54%) Juniper
5 9 (11.54%) CheckPoint
5 9 (11.54%) McAfee
6 7 (8.974%) Microsoft
7 6 (7.692%) Northgate
8 3 (3.846%) Altiris
9 2 (2.564%) ReadSoft
9 2 (2.564%) ILOG