The first table below looks at the demand for OWASP 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 OWASP over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
Rank 412 413 388
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -25
Permanent jobs citing OWASP 30 29 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.134% 0.122% 0.168%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.186% 0.167% 0.239%
Number of salaries quoted 20 23 38
Average salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,600 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-18.80% +11.11%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16122 17398 16768
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 72.11% 73.15% 70.44%
Number of salaries quoted 13192 14819 14395
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,450
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
OWASP
England

OWASP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East OWASP Jobs Demand Trend

OWASP
Salary Trend

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

South East OWASP Salary Trend

OWASP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OWASP across the South East region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

South East OWASP Salary Histogram

OWASP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OWASP within the South East region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Berkshire +5 14 £82,500 +50.00% 1
Oxfordshire - 11 £50,000 -
Hampshire +11 8 £65,000 - 1
Surrey -3 2 - - 2
OWASP
England

OWASP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing OWASP 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 OWASP.

1 24 (48.00%) Java
2 21 (42.00%) Information Security
3 18 (36.00%) .NET
3 18 (36.00%) UNIX
4 16 (32.00%) Windows
4 16 (32.00%) Finance
4 16 (32.00%) Degree
5 15 (30.00%) Security Testing
5 15 (30.00%) HP
6 13 (26.00%) Apache
7 12 (24.00%) C++
7 12 (24.00%) IIS
7 12 (24.00%) Computer Science
7 12 (24.00%) Apple iOS
8 11 (22.00%) Data Protection
8 11 (22.00%) Android
8 11 (22.00%) CSSLP
8 11 (22.00%) GWAPT
8 11 (22.00%) WebLogic
8 11 (22.00%) IBM
8 11 (22.00%) Publishing
8 11 (22.00%) AppDetective
8 11 (22.00%) Penetration Testing
9 10 (20.00%) Security Management
9 10 (20.00%) SQL
10 9 (18.00%) Linux
11 8 (16.00%) CSS
11 8 (16.00%) PCI DSS
12 7 (14.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 7 (14.00%) Change Management

OWASP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing OWASP 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 OWASP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (36.00%) .NET
2 8 (16.00%) CSS
3 7 (14.00%) Hibernate
4 6 (12.00%) HTML
5 5 (10.00%) JDBC
5 5 (10.00%) Web Services
5 5 (10.00%) JSON
5 5 (10.00%) Velocity
5 5 (10.00%) jQuery
6 4 (8.000%) RESTful
6 4 (8.000%) J2EE
6 4 (8.000%) Ajax
7 3 (6.000%) ASP.NET
7 3 (6.000%) XML
7 3 (6.000%) XHTML
7 3 (6.000%) WCF
8 2 (4.000%) JPA
8 2 (4.000%) Middleware
8 2 (4.000%) SOAP
8 2 (4.000%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 13 (26.00%) Apache
2 12 (24.00%) IIS
3 11 (22.00%) WebLogic
4 5 (10.00%) Tomcat
4 5 (10.00%) Jetty
5 2 (4.000%) MS Exchange
6 1 (2.000%) Confluence
6 1 (2.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (10.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.000%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.00%) LDAP
2 4 (8.000%) Firewall
3 3 (6.000%) DNS
4 1 (2.000%) SSL
4 1 (2.000%) Internet
4 1 (2.000%) Wireless
4 1 (2.000%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.000%) Network Security
4 1 (2.000%) LAN
4 1 (2.000%) VoIP
4 1 (2.000%) WAN
4 1 (2.000%) Ethernet
4 1 (2.000%) HTTP
4 1 (2.000%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.000%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.000%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.000%) MySQL
3 1 (2.000%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (2.000%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.000%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 5 (10.00%) Ant
1 5 (10.00%) JUnit
1 5 (10.00%) Metasploit
2 4 (8.000%) Visual Studio
3 2 (4.000%) Git (software)
3 2 (4.000%) JIRA
4 1 (2.000%) Selenium
4 1 (2.000%) Fiddler
4 1 (2.000%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (2.000%) WebDriver
4 1 (2.000%) FishEye
4 1 (2.000%) ClearCase
4 1 (2.000%) Eclipse
4 1 (2.000%) LoadRunner
4 1 (2.000%) JMeter
4 1 (2.000%) Xcode
4 1 (2.000%) Subversion
General
1 16 (32.00%) Finance
2 11 (22.00%) Publishing
3 2 (4.000%) Electronics
4 1 (2.000%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.000%) Legal
4 1 (2.000%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (36.00%) Developer
2 11 (22.00%) Architect
3 8 (16.00%) Applications Architect
4 7 (14.00%) Senior Java Developer
4 7 (14.00%) Senior Developer
4 7 (14.00%) Java Developer
5 5 (10.00%) Applications Developer
5 5 (10.00%) Programmer
5 5 (10.00%) Senior Programmer
5 5 (10.00%) Java Programmer
5 5 (10.00%) Security Architect
5 5 (10.00%) Senior Java Programmer
6 3 (6.000%) Penetration Tester
6 3 (6.000%) PHP Developer
6 3 (6.000%) Security Specialist
6 3 (6.000%) Tester
6 3 (6.000%) Analyst
6 3 (6.000%) Development Manager
6 3 (6.000%) Consultant
7 2 (4.000%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (24.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (12.00%) Open Source
3 2 (4.000%) Inversion of Control
3 2 (4.000%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.000%) CESG
4 1 (2.000%) CESG CLAS
4 1 (2.000%) FMCG
4 1 (2.000%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (36.00%) UNIX
2 16 (32.00%) Windows
3 12 (24.00%) Apple iOS
4 11 (22.00%) Android
5 9 (18.00%) Linux
6 1 (2.000%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (2.000%) Ubuntu
6 1 (2.000%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (2.000%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (42.00%) Information Security
2 15 (30.00%) Security Testing
3 11 (22.00%) Penetration Testing
3 11 (22.00%) Data Protection
4 10 (20.00%) Security Management
5 7 (14.00%) Change Management
5 7 (14.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 6 (12.00%) Scrum
6 6 (12.00%) Integration Testing
7 5 (10.00%) Multithreading
7 5 (10.00%) Information Security Management
7 5 (10.00%) Ethical Hacking
7 5 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
7 5 (10.00%) Performance Testing
8 4 (8.000%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (6.000%) Validation
9 3 (6.000%) MVC
9 3 (6.000%) Risk Management
9 3 (6.000%) PRINCE
9 3 (6.000%) ISMS
Programming Languages
1 24 (48.00%) Java
2 12 (24.00%) C++
3 10 (20.00%) SQL
4 6 (12.00%) JavaScript
5 5 (10.00%) Shell Script
5 5 (10.00%) Bash shell
6 4 (8.000%) PHP
6 4 (8.000%) C#
7 1 (2.000%) PHP5
7 1 (2.000%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (32.00%) Degree
2 11 (22.00%) CSSLP
2 11 (22.00%) GWAPT
3 3 (6.000%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.000%) CISM
3 3 (6.000%) ISEB
3 3 (6.000%) CISSP
4 2 (4.000%) ISEB Practitioner
4 2 (4.000%) CEH
4 2 (4.000%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.000%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.000%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.000%) CISA
5 1 (2.000%) MCP
5 1 (2.000%) Postgraduate
5 1 (2.000%) MCSE
5 1 (2.000%) MCSA
5 1 (2.000%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.00%) PCI DSS
2 5 (10.00%) QA
3 4 (8.000%) COBIT
4 3 (6.000%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (4.000%) COSO
6 1 (2.000%) SLA
Systems Management
1 11 (22.00%) AppDetective
2 6 (12.00%) WebInspect
3 5 (10.00%) Nessus
3 5 (10.00%) CORE IMPACT
4 1 (2.000%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (30.00%) HP
2 11 (22.00%) IBM
3 5 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.000%) TIBCO
5 1 (2.000%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.000%) Red Gate
5 1 (2.000%) Cisco
5 1 (2.000%) Juniper
Reading, Thames Valley
Acting as the security champion you will operate across multiple teams and work closely with the development team supporting them in the development and maintenance of secure applications...
Hudson
Salary: £80000 - £100000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 21 May 2013
Surrey
Experience in some or all of the following would be beneficial: - Network architecture - Firewall configuration and rules - IDS/IPS - Linux/Unix - Host and perimeter malware protection - Web security (...
Acumin
Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum plus excellent benefits package
Posted: 14 June 2013
Basingstoke, South East
Based in Basingstoke, the role requires a solid foundation in operational security management, incident response, change management, web application security assessments, vulnerability assessments, forensic investigation and ethical hacking /...
Hudson
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Car Allow+ Bens
Posted: 28 May 2013
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