The first table below looks at the demand for Computer Forensics 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 Computer Forensics 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
Computer Forensics
Rank 418 - 417
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Computer Forensics 18 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.082% - 0.018%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.112% - 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 17 0 3
Average salary £30,000 - £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £34,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+14.70% -9.33%
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%
Computer Forensics
England

Computer Forensics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Computer Forensics Jobs Demand Trend

Computer Forensics
Salary Trend

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

South East Computer Forensics Salary Trend

Computer Forensics
Salary Histogram

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

South East Computer Forensics Salary Histogram

Computer Forensics
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Forensics 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
Buckinghamshire - 11 £30,000 -
Hampshire - 5 £42,500 -
Berkshire - 2 £52,500 -
Computer Forensics
England

Computer Forensics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 15 (78.95%) Linux
2 11 (57.89%) C#
2 11 (57.89%) C++
2 11 (57.89%) SQL
2 11 (57.89%) .NET
2 11 (57.89%) ASP.NET
2 11 (57.89%) Agile Software Development
2 11 (57.89%) TDD
2 11 (57.89%) Unit Testing
3 7 (36.84%) SIEM
4 6 (31.58%) Penetration Testing
4 6 (31.58%) Windows
5 5 (26.32%) TCP/IP
5 5 (26.32%) GIAC
5 5 (26.32%) GCIA
5 5 (26.32%) GCIH
5 5 (26.32%) Ethical Hacking
5 5 (26.32%) Information Security
5 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
5 5 (26.32%) DV Cleared
5 5 (26.32%) Security Cleared
5 5 (26.32%) Wireshark
5 5 (26.32%) Intrusion Detection
5 5 (26.32%) Security Testing
5 5 (26.32%) tcpdump
6 4 (21.05%) Change Control
6 4 (21.05%) Incident Management
6 4 (21.05%) Sourcefire
6 4 (21.05%) Snort
6 4 (21.05%) Internet

Computer Forensics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 11 (57.89%) .NET
1 11 (57.89%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) TCP/IP
1 5 (26.32%) Intrusion Detection
1 5 (26.32%) Wireshark
1 5 (26.32%) tcpdump
2 4 (21.05%) DNS
2 4 (21.05%) Internet
2 4 (21.05%) LAN
2 4 (21.05%) WAN
3 3 (15.79%) SMTP
3 3 (15.79%) FTP
3 3 (15.79%) HTTP
3 3 (15.79%) LDAP
4 2 (10.53%) Network Security
5 1 (5.263%) Firewall
5 1 (5.263%) IPsec
5 1 (5.263%) SSL
General
1 1 (5.263%) Finance
1 1 (5.263%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Software Developer
1 11 (57.89%) Developer
2 5 (26.32%) Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Security Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Operations Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) IT Security Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Security Operations Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) Risk Consultant
4 1 (5.263%) Network Security Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) Forensic Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) Incident Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Consultant
4 1 (5.263%) Network Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.263%) CESG
2 1 (5.263%) Cryptography
2 1 (5.263%) PKI
2 1 (5.263%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.263%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 15 (78.95%) Linux
2 6 (31.58%) Windows
3 4 (21.05%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Agile Software Development
1 11 (57.89%) TDD
1 11 (57.89%) Unit Testing
2 7 (36.84%) SIEM
3 6 (31.58%) Penetration Testing
4 5 (26.32%) Information Security
4 5 (26.32%) Ethical Hacking
4 5 (26.32%) Security Testing
5 4 (21.05%) Incident Management
5 4 (21.05%) Change Control
6 3 (15.79%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (15.79%) Information Assurance
7 2 (10.53%) Reverse Engineering
8 1 (5.263%) Security Architecture
8 1 (5.263%) Data Protection
8 1 (5.263%) Database Security
8 1 (5.263%) Mobile Device Management
8 1 (5.263%) Information Management
8 1 (5.263%) Project Management
8 1 (5.263%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (57.89%) C#
1 11 (57.89%) C++
1 11 (57.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) GIAC
1 5 (26.32%) GCIA
1 5 (26.32%) GCIH
1 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
1 5 (26.32%) DV Cleared
1 5 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.263%) GPEN
2 1 (5.263%) CEH
2 1 (5.263%) CISSP
2 1 (5.263%) CISA
2 1 (5.263%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (5.263%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.263%) COBIT
System Software
1 4 (21.05%) Snort
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Sourcefire
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Sun
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