The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Security Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IT Security Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles advertised for the South East region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Security Consultant
Rank 412 427 392
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -35
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Consultant 23 17 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.104% 0.070% 0.147%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.109% 0.074% 0.155%
Number of salaries quoted 19 16 27
Average salary £45,500 £51,250 £49,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.21% +4.59%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £44,000 £46,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year
-9.52% +7.14%
All Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
21074 22975 21253
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 94.88% 95.23% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 17479 19844 18264
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
IT Security Consultant
England

IT Security Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East IT Security Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

IT Security Consultant
Salary Trend

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

South East IT Security Consultant Salary Trend

IT Security Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IT Security Consultant across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East IT Security Consultant Salary Histogram

IT Security Consultant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Consultant within the South East region over the 3 months to 22 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
Surrey - 10 £48,750 -
Berkshire -5 8 £40,000 -21.95%
Hampshire - 3 - -
Middlesex - 2 £45,000 -
IT Security Consultant
England

IT Security Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region that cited IT Security Consultant in their job title 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 with IT Security Consultant in their job title.

1 19 (47.50%) Firewall
2 17 (42.50%) Information Security
2 17 (42.50%) Cisco
2 17 (42.50%) Security Cleared
3 16 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 16 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (37.50%) CISSP
5 14 (35.00%) Juniper
5 14 (35.00%) Degree
5 14 (35.00%) PCI DSS
6 13 (32.50%) Windows
7 12 (30.00%) CheckPoint
7 12 (30.00%) Network Security
8 11 (27.50%) CISM
9 10 (25.00%) Finance
10 9 (22.50%) CCSA
10 9 (22.50%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (22.50%) TCP/IP
10 9 (22.50%) IBM
10 9 (22.50%) Linux
10 9 (22.50%) UNIX
10 9 (22.50%) MS Excel
10 9 (22.50%) SIEM
11 7 (17.50%) CISA
11 7 (17.50%) Websense
11 7 (17.50%) Symantec
11 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
11 7 (17.50%) Vulnerability Management
11 7 (17.50%) Mathematics
11 7 (17.50%) Junos

IT Security Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region that cited IT Security Consultant in their job title 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 with IT Security Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (12.50%) Regular Expression
2 2 (5.000%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.500%) Apache
Applications
1 9 (22.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 19 (47.50%) Firewall
2 12 (30.00%) Network Security
3 9 (22.50%) TCP/IP
4 7 (17.50%) Junos
5 4 (10.00%) LAN
5 4 (10.00%) WAN
5 4 (10.00%) RIP
5 4 (10.00%) VPN
5 4 (10.00%) BGP
5 4 (10.00%) MPLS
5 4 (10.00%) OSPF
6 2 (5.000%) Internet
7 1 (2.500%) SNMP
7 1 (2.500%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.500%) SQL Server
1 3 (7.500%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (5.000%) AppScan
General
1 10 (25.00%) Finance
2 5 (12.50%) Telecoms
2 5 (12.50%) Retail
3 4 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 3 (7.500%) Military
4 3 (7.500%) Electronics
4 3 (7.500%) Aerospace
4 3 (7.500%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.50%) Mathematics
2 5 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.500%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.500%) SecurID
3 1 (2.500%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 13 (32.50%) Windows
2 9 (22.50%) Linux
2 9 (22.50%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (42.50%) Information Security
2 9 (22.50%) SIEM
3 7 (17.50%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (15.00%) Network Design
5 5 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
5 5 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
5 5 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 5 (12.50%) Information Assurance
6 4 (10.00%) Information Management
6 4 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (7.500%) Resource Management
7 3 (7.500%) Communications Security
8 2 (5.000%) Technical Architecture
8 2 (5.000%) Project Management
8 2 (5.000%) Validation
9 1 (2.500%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (2.500%) Information Security Management
9 1 (2.500%) Data Security
9 1 (2.500%) Security Management
9 1 (2.500%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.50%) SQL
2 2 (5.000%) C
2 2 (5.000%) Python
3 1 (2.500%) Java
3 1 (2.500%) Perl
3 1 (2.500%) PHP
3 1 (2.500%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 17 (42.50%) Security Cleared
2 16 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 15 (37.50%) CISSP
4 14 (35.00%) Degree
5 11 (27.50%) CISM
6 9 (22.50%) CCSA
6 9 (22.50%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (17.50%) CISA
8 6 (15.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 6 (15.00%) JNCIA
8 6 (15.00%) JNCIS
8 6 (15.00%) CCNP
8 6 (15.00%) CCNA
9 3 (7.500%) Check Point Certification
9 3 (7.500%) CEH
9 3 (7.500%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (35.00%) PCI DSS
3 3 (7.500%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (5.000%) JSP 440
4 2 (5.000%) COBIT
System Software
1 6 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (15.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.500%) Nessus
Vendors
1 17 (42.50%) Cisco
2 14 (35.00%) Juniper
3 12 (30.00%) CheckPoint
4 9 (22.50%) IBM
5 7 (17.50%) Websense
5 7 (17.50%) Symantec
5 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
6 6 (15.00%) Trend Micro
6 6 (15.00%) HP
6 6 (15.00%) Dell
6 6 (15.00%) EMC
6 6 (15.00%) Citrix
6 6 (15.00%) NetApp
6 6 (15.00%) McAfee
6 6 (15.00%) Clearswift
6 6 (15.00%) VMware
7 4 (10.00%) F5
7 4 (10.00%) Blue Coat
7 4 (10.00%) Fortinet
8 2 (5.000%) Tripwire