The first table below looks at the demand for SIEM 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 SIEM 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the South East region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Rank 332 395 387
Rank change year-on-year
+63 -8
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 103 49 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.464% 0.203% 0.169%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.635% 0.277% 0.238%
Number of salaries quoted 91 30 26
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £46,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +2.70%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £37,500 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £71,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £43,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.65% +22.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16217 17664 15949
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 73.01% 73.21% 70.86%
Number of salaries quoted 13170 15139 13660
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 £29,500
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%
SIEM
England

SIEM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East SIEM Jobs Demand Trend

SIEM
Salary Trend

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

South East SIEM Salary Trend

SIEM
Salary Histogram

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

South East SIEM Salary Histogram

SIEM
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM 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
Hampshire +80 79 £50,000 +8.10%
Berkshire -16 12 £50,000 +14.28%
Surrey +19 5 £45,000 +20.00%
Middlesex +2 5 £57,500 +43.75%
Kent -15 4 £47,500 -
SIEM
England

SIEM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing SIEM 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 SIEM.

1 157 (62.06%) Firewall
2 109 (43.08%) Information Security
3 94 (37.15%) Windows
4 91 (35.97%) Linux
5 87 (34.39%) Network Security
6 80 (31.62%) Security Cleared
7 79 (31.23%) SC Cleared
7 79 (31.23%) TCP/IP
8 72 (28.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 62 (24.51%) Incident Management
10 61 (24.11%) ArcSight
11 60 (23.72%) Management Information System
12 59 (23.32%) Finance
13 58 (22.92%) Internet
14 55 (21.74%) Intrusion Detection
15 54 (21.34%) GIAC
16 53 (20.95%) Microsoft
16 53 (20.95%) Vulnerability Management
17 51 (20.16%) UNIX
18 50 (19.76%) GCIA
19 47 (18.58%) CESG
19 47 (18.58%) DV Cleared
20 46 (18.18%) Nessus
20 46 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
20 46 (18.18%) CISSP
20 46 (18.18%) Data Security
21 45 (17.79%) Active Directory
21 45 (17.79%) Change Control
22 44 (17.39%) Information Assurance
23 43 (17.00%) PCI DSS

SIEM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing SIEM 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 SIEM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 40 (15.81%) JSP
2 15 (5.929%) Regular Expression
3 8 (3.162%) ODBC
4 5 (1.976%) Middleware
5 4 (1.581%) WSDL
5 4 (1.581%) EJB
5 4 (1.581%) JDBC
5 4 (1.581%) Web Services
5 4 (1.581%) XML
5 4 (1.581%) JMS
6 2 (0.791%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 17 (6.719%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 33 (13.04%) MS Excel
1 33 (13.04%) S-PLUS
2 4 (1.581%) MS Office
3 2 (0.791%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 157 (62.06%) Firewall
2 87 (34.39%) Network Security
3 79 (31.23%) TCP/IP
4 58 (22.92%) Internet
5 55 (21.74%) Intrusion Detection
6 43 (17.00%) VPN
6 43 (17.00%) LAN
7 39 (15.42%) WAN
8 35 (13.83%) tcpdump
9 32 (12.65%) LDAP
10 31 (12.25%) HTTP
11 28 (11.07%) FTP
11 28 (11.07%) SMTP
12 25 (9.881%) DNS
13 22 (8.696%) Wireshark
14 10 (3.953%) Cisco ASA
15 9 (3.557%) Wireless
16 8 (3.162%) SSL
17 6 (2.372%) Cisco PIX
18 5 (1.976%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (11.86%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.743%) SQL Server 2005
3 9 (3.557%) SQL Server 2000
4 8 (3.162%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.395%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 8 (3.162%) AppScan
General
1 59 (23.32%) Finance
2 13 (5.138%) Banking
3 9 (3.557%) Telecoms
4 7 (2.767%) Retail
5 6 (2.372%) Manufacturing
6 5 (1.976%) Military
7 4 (1.581%) Aerospace
8 2 (0.791%) Financial Institution
8 2 (0.791%) Marketing
9 1 (0.395%) Law
9 1 (0.395%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 118 (46.64%) Analyst
2 112 (44.27%) Security Analyst
3 36 (14.23%) Security Specialist
4 30 (11.86%) Operations Analyst
5 27 (10.67%) Security Operations Analyst
6 25 (9.881%) Security Manager
6 25 (9.881%) IT Security Specialist
7 24 (9.486%) Operations Manager
7 24 (9.486%) Systems Analyst
7 24 (9.486%) Consultant
7 24 (9.486%) Security Operations Manager
8 17 (6.719%) Security Consultant
9 13 (5.138%) Security Engineer
10 11 (4.348%) Network Security Analyst
10 11 (4.348%) Network Analyst
10 11 (4.348%) Sales Engineer
10 11 (4.348%) Pre Sales Engineer
11 9 (3.557%) IT Security Consultant
11 9 (3.557%) Junior
11 9 (3.557%) IT Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 60 (23.72%) Management Information System
2 47 (18.58%) CESG
3 31 (12.25%) Client/Server
4 17 (6.719%) Firmware
5 12 (4.743%) PKI
6 11 (4.348%) Cryptography
7 10 (3.953%) Computer Science
8 2 (0.791%) Statistics
8 2 (0.791%) Social Media
9 1 (0.395%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.395%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 94 (37.15%) Windows
2 91 (35.97%) Linux
3 51 (20.16%) UNIX
4 41 (16.21%) Solaris
5 9 (3.557%) AIX
6 4 (1.581%) Debian
6 4 (1.581%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.186%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.791%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.395%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (43.08%) Information Security
2 62 (24.51%) Incident Management
3 53 (20.95%) Vulnerability Management
4 46 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
4 46 (18.18%) Data Security
5 45 (17.79%) Change Control
6 44 (17.39%) Information Assurance
7 41 (16.21%) ITIL
7 41 (16.21%) Security Testing
8 35 (13.83%) Network Design
9 33 (13.04%) Ethical Hacking
10 23 (9.091%) Change Management
11 16 (6.324%) Performance Management
12 15 (5.929%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 14 (5.534%) Service Management
14 13 (5.138%) Service Delivery
15 12 (4.743%) Risk Analysis
16 11 (4.348%) Network Management
17 10 (3.953%) Project Management
18 9 (3.557%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.115%) Perl
2 14 (5.534%) SQL
3 10 (3.953%) PHP
3 10 (3.953%) Python
3 10 (3.953%) Ruby
4 8 (3.162%) C
5 4 (1.581%) Java
Qualifications
1 80 (31.62%) Security Cleared
2 79 (31.23%) SC Cleared
3 54 (21.34%) GIAC
4 50 (19.76%) GCIA
5 47 (18.58%) DV Cleared
6 46 (18.18%) CISSP
7 35 (13.83%) PCI QSA
8 16 (6.324%) CISA
9 14 (5.534%) GCIH
10 13 (5.138%) CISM
11 12 (4.743%) Degree
12 8 (3.162%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (3.162%) CEH
13 6 (2.372%) MCSE
14 5 (1.976%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (1.186%) MCP
15 3 (1.186%) CCNP
16 2 (0.791%) CCIE
16 2 (0.791%) CCSP
16 2 (0.791%) MCDBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (28.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 43 (17.00%) PCI DSS
3 36 (14.23%) JSP 440
4 18 (7.115%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (2.372%) COBIT
5 6 (2.372%) COSO
6 4 (1.581%) ISO 9001
7 3 (1.186%) SLA
8 2 (0.791%) QA
System Software
1 45 (17.79%) Active Directory
2 36 (14.23%) Snort
3 2 (0.791%) ISA Server
3 2 (0.791%) Forefront TMG
4 1 (0.395%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 46 (18.18%) Nessus
2 2 (0.791%) MIMEsweeper
2 2 (0.791%) OpenView
2 2 (0.791%) SolarWinds Orion
2 2 (0.791%) Cacti
3 1 (0.395%) HP SIM
3 1 (0.395%) SCCM
Vendors
1 61 (24.11%) ArcSight
2 53 (20.95%) Microsoft
3 39 (15.42%) Qualys
4 37 (14.62%) Cisco
5 35 (13.83%) Tripwire
6 24 (9.486%) McAfee
6 24 (9.486%) Sourcefire
7 20 (7.905%) CheckPoint
8 17 (6.719%) Juniper
8 17 (6.719%) Blue Coat
8 17 (6.719%) LogLogic
9 15 (5.929%) Websense
10 13 (5.138%) F5
11 11 (4.348%) Q1 Labs
11 11 (4.348%) IBM
12 9 (3.557%) Fortinet
13 8 (3.162%) HP
13 8 (3.162%) TippingPoint
14 5 (1.976%) SAP
14 5 (1.976%) Red Hat
Basingstoke, South East
Technical Background & Desirable Experience: * Strong and demonstrable experience in the design, implementation and operation of a Security Compliance Monitoring framework in a multi platform, enterprise class business.* Demonstrable...
Hudson
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Car Allowance, Bonus + Bens.
Posted: 11 May 2013
South East
Pre-Sales / Systems Engineer for SIEM / Intelligent / Unified Security - UK or Germany. A leading player in the world of SIEM / Intelligent / Unified Security is looking to strengthen their...
IT Executive Ltd
Salary: £65000 - £80000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
Fareham, Hampshire
Technically you should have expertise with SIEM, IDS/IPS, SNORT, TCPDUMP or WIRESHARK, Unix, Linux and Windows to admin level. In addition you need to have strong TCP/...
Fenwick Ryan
Salary: £35000 - £65000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Fareham, Hampshire
Technically you should have expertise with SIEM, IDS/IPS, SNORT, TCPDUMP or WIRESHARK, Unix, Linux and Windows to admin level. In addition you need to have strong TCP/...
Fenwick Ryan
Salary: £35000 - £65000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Woking, Surrey
A valid CCNA or equivalent knowledge/experience. Experience with Juniper Secure Access/MAGSeries Remote Access appliances... A sound understanding TCP/IP and networking concepts. A good understanding of...
Fidessa
Salary: Highly Competitive
Posted: 16 May 2013
Woking, Surrey
A good understanding of WAN environments including MPLS, VPNs and point-to-point links... CheckPoint Application Control/DLP... VoIP in an Avaya environment... Vulnerability assessments/Penetration testing... Raise/...
Fidessa
Salary: Competitive Salary
Posted: 21 May 2013