The first table below looks at the demand for Ethical Hacking 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 Ethical Hacking over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ethical Hacking
Rank 395 421 379
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -42
Permanent jobs citing Ethical Hacking 31 15 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.141% 0.063% 0.192%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.193% 0.086% 0.269%
Number of salaries quoted 27 14 43
Average salary £42,500 £66,250 £46,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-35.84% +42.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,000 £41,500 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £70,000 £49,900
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £40,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -13.97%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16033 17428 15958
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 73.09% 73.34% 71.07%
Number of salaries quoted 13035 14941 13658
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%
Ethical Hacking
England

Ethical Hacking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Ethical Hacking Jobs Demand Trend

Ethical Hacking
Salary Trend

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

South East Ethical Hacking Salary Trend

Ethical Hacking
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ethical Hacking across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South East Ethical Hacking Salary Histogram

Ethical Hacking
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ethical Hacking within the South East region over the 3 months to 20 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
Hampshire +23 27 £42,500 -39.28%
Surrey - 3 £42,500 -
Oxfordshire -20 1 £45,000 -
Ethical Hacking
England

Ethical Hacking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing Ethical Hacking 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 Ethical Hacking.

1 74 (81.32%) Penetration Testing
2 47 (51.65%) TCP/IP
3 45 (49.45%) Management Information System
4 44 (48.35%) Windows
5 39 (42.86%) CEH
5 39 (42.86%) Security Testing
6 38 (41.76%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 38 (41.76%) Information Security
6 38 (41.76%) Firewall
7 37 (40.66%) DV Cleared
7 37 (40.66%) Security Cleared
8 35 (38.46%) Internet
9 34 (37.36%) CISSP
9 34 (37.36%) Linux
10 33 (36.26%) SC Cleared
10 33 (36.26%) SIEM
11 26 (28.57%) UNIX
12 25 (27.47%) Intrusion Detection
12 25 (27.47%) GIAC
12 25 (27.47%) GCIA
13 24 (26.37%) LAN
13 24 (26.37%) WAN
14 23 (25.27%) tcpdump
15 22 (24.18%) Microsoft
15 22 (24.18%) LDAP
15 22 (24.18%) Finance
16 21 (23.08%) MS Excel
16 21 (23.08%) Cisco
17 20 (21.98%) FTP
17 20 (21.98%) HTTP

Ethical Hacking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 17 (18.68%) JSP
2 2 (2.198%) Web Services
2 2 (2.198%) XML
2 2 (2.198%) JMS
2 2 (2.198%) EJB
2 2 (2.198%) JDBC
2 2 (2.198%) WSDL
3 1 (1.099%) COM
3 1 (1.099%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 12 (13.19%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 21 (23.08%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 47 (51.65%) TCP/IP
2 38 (41.76%) Firewall
3 35 (38.46%) Internet
4 25 (27.47%) Intrusion Detection
5 24 (26.37%) LAN
5 24 (26.37%) WAN
6 23 (25.27%) tcpdump
7 22 (24.18%) LDAP
8 20 (21.98%) FTP
8 20 (21.98%) HTTP
9 19 (20.88%) SMTP
10 16 (17.58%) DNS
11 13 (14.29%) Wireshark
12 12 (13.19%) Wireless
13 6 (6.593%) Network Security
14 3 (3.297%) VPN
15 2 (2.198%) VoIP
15 2 (2.198%) MPLS
16 1 (1.099%) WLAN
16 1 (1.099%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.099%) SQL Server
General
1 22 (24.18%) Finance
2 12 (13.19%) Legal
3 10 (10.99%) Retail
4 9 (9.890%) Back Office
5 3 (3.297%) Military
6 1 (1.099%) Italian Language
6 1 (1.099%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.099%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 41 (45.05%) Analyst
2 40 (43.96%) Security Analyst
3 25 (27.47%) Penetration Tester
3 25 (27.47%) Tester
4 23 (25.27%) Systems Analyst
5 17 (18.68%) Security Engineer
6 16 (17.58%) Security Tester
7 14 (15.38%) Systems Tester
8 10 (10.99%) Security Specialist
9 8 (8.791%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (8.791%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
10 6 (6.593%) Security Operations Analyst
10 6 (6.593%) Lead Tester
10 6 (6.593%) Operations Analyst
11 5 (5.495%) Systems Engineer
12 3 (3.297%) IT Security Analyst
13 2 (2.198%) Security Manager
13 2 (2.198%) Security Operations Manager
13 2 (2.198%) Operations Manager
13 2 (2.198%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 45 (49.45%) Management Information System
2 18 (19.78%) CESG
3 11 (12.09%) Firmware
4 9 (9.890%) Client/Server
5 3 (3.297%) PKI
6 2 (2.198%) Statistics
7 1 (1.099%) Computer Science
7 1 (1.099%) Mobile Payment
7 1 (1.099%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 44 (48.35%) Windows
2 34 (37.36%) Linux
3 26 (28.57%) UNIX
4 17 (18.68%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (81.32%) Penetration Testing
2 39 (42.86%) Security Testing
3 38 (41.76%) Information Security
3 38 (41.76%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 33 (36.26%) SIEM
5 20 (21.98%) Change Control
5 20 (21.98%) Business Continuity
5 20 (21.98%) Incident Management
5 20 (21.98%) Disaster Recovery
6 14 (15.38%) ITIL
7 13 (14.29%) Information Assurance
8 12 (13.19%) Vulnerability Management
8 12 (13.19%) Change Management
8 12 (13.19%) Risk Management
9 11 (12.09%) Project Management
10 10 (10.99%) Security Management
10 10 (10.99%) Security Architecture
11 6 (6.593%) PRINCE
12 5 (5.495%) Validation
12 5 (5.495%) Computer Forensics
Programming Languages
1 16 (17.58%) Java
2 14 (15.38%) Perl
2 14 (15.38%) PHP
2 14 (15.38%) VB
3 9 (9.890%) SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (42.86%) CEH
2 37 (40.66%) DV Cleared
2 37 (40.66%) Security Cleared
3 34 (37.36%) CISSP
4 33 (36.26%) SC Cleared
5 25 (27.47%) GIAC
5 25 (27.47%) GCIA
6 14 (15.38%) CISM
7 12 (13.19%) GCIH
8 11 (12.09%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (10.99%) CHFI
10 9 (9.890%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (9.890%) CCNA
10 9 (9.890%) MCSE
11 2 (2.198%) CCNP
11 2 (2.198%) Degree
12 1 (1.099%) GPEN
12 1 (1.099%) PMP
12 1 (1.099%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (20.88%) PCI DSS
2 15 (16.48%) JSP 440
3 12 (13.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (9.890%) QA
5 6 (6.593%) COBIT
6 2 (2.198%) SLA
6 2 (2.198%) HIPAA
6 2 (2.198%) COSO
System Software
1 15 (16.48%) Snort
2 4 (4.396%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.099%) NFS
Systems Management
1 4 (4.396%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 22 (24.18%) Microsoft
2 21 (23.08%) Cisco
3 10 (10.99%) Tripwire
3 10 (10.99%) Qualys
4 9 (9.890%) ArcSight
5 4 (4.396%) Sourcefire
6 3 (3.297%) Sun
7 2 (2.198%) HP
7 2 (2.198%) Citrix
7 2 (2.198%) VMware
8 1 (1.099%) Oracle