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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
Rank 432 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing GPEN 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.018% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.056% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £45,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 - -
All Qualifications
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7175 7966 6300
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 32.59% 33.52% 27.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5783 6964 5399
Average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.75% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
GPEN
England

GPEN
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing GPEN across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

South East GPEN Jobs Demand Trend

GPEN
Salary Trend

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

South East GPEN Salary Trend

GPEN
Salary Histogram

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

South East GPEN Salary Histogram

GPEN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GPEN 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
Oxfordshire - 3 £45,000 -
Hampshire - 1 £30,000 -
GPEN
England

GPEN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) GCIH
1 5 (100.00%) CEH
1 5 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Security Testing
2 4 (80.00%) HIPAA
2 4 (80.00%) Reverse Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Digital Forensics
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) Open Source
2 4 (80.00%) GWAPT
2 4 (80.00%) OSCP
2 4 (80.00%) OSCE
2 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 4 (80.00%) Network Design
2 4 (80.00%) CISA
2 4 (80.00%) CISM
2 4 (80.00%) Wireless
2 4 (80.00%) CISSP
3 1 (20.00%) Internet
3 1 (20.00%) IPsec
3 1 (20.00%) GIAC
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) Solaris
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
3 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange

GPEN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) Wireless
3 1 (20.00%) IPsec
3 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (20.00%) Wireshark
3 1 (20.00%) tcpdump
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) DNS
3 1 (20.00%) SSL
3 1 (20.00%) Internet
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Tester
1 4 (80.00%) Penetration Tester
1 4 (80.00%) Security Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Operations Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (80.00%) Open Source
2 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (20.00%) CESG
2 1 (20.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (20.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Solaris
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (80.00%) Reverse Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Digital Forensics
2 4 (80.00%) Network Design
2 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Forensics
3 1 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (20.00%) SIEM
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) GCIH
1 5 (100.00%) CEH
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) CISSP
2 4 (80.00%) CISA
2 4 (80.00%) CISM
2 4 (80.00%) GWAPT
2 4 (80.00%) OSCP
2 4 (80.00%) OSCE
3 1 (20.00%) GIAC
3 1 (20.00%) GCIA
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Snort
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Sourcefire