The first table below looks at the demand for Vulnerability Management 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 Vulnerability Management 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
Vulnerability Management
Rank 368 418 394
Rank change year-on-year
+50 -24
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Management 58 18 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.264% 0.076% 0.125%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.362% 0.103% 0.175%
Number of salaries quoted 45 17 28
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £36,500 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £70,000 £58,250
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -
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%
Vulnerability Management
England

Vulnerability Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Vulnerability Management Jobs Demand Trend

Vulnerability Management
Salary Trend

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

South East Vulnerability Management Salary Trend

Vulnerability Management
Salary Histogram

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

South East Vulnerability Management Salary Histogram

Vulnerability Management
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Management 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
M4 Corridor - 26 £40,000 -
Berkshire +2 13 £40,000 -
Hampshire - 10 £66,500 -
Surrey +22 8 £70,000 -
Oxfordshire - 5 £45,000 -
Kent - 2 £48,750 -
Vulnerability Management
England

Vulnerability Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 118 (76.13%) Firewall
2 76 (49.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 75 (48.39%) CISSP
4 66 (42.58%) Nessus
5 61 (39.35%) Network Design
6 55 (35.48%) UNIX
6 55 (35.48%) Linux
6 55 (35.48%) SIEM
7 53 (34.19%) CEH
8 49 (31.61%) Data Security
9 47 (30.32%) Qualys
10 44 (28.39%) TCP/IP
11 43 (27.74%) VPN
11 43 (27.74%) PCI DSS
12 41 (26.45%) Information Security
13 40 (25.81%) Nmap
13 40 (25.81%) LAN
13 40 (25.81%) Network Security
14 38 (24.52%) Security Architecture
15 37 (23.87%) PCI QSA
15 37 (23.87%) ITIL
16 36 (23.23%) Penetration Testing
16 36 (23.23%) ArcSight
17 35 (22.58%) Finance
18 34 (21.94%) S-PLUS
18 34 (21.94%) Windows
19 33 (21.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
20 30 (19.35%) Internet
21 29 (18.71%) Intrusion Detection
22 25 (16.13%) German Language

Vulnerability Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 25 (16.13%) Web Services
2 4 (2.581%) XML
2 4 (2.581%) JMS
2 4 (2.581%) WSDL
2 4 (2.581%) EJB
2 4 (2.581%) JDBC
2 4 (2.581%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 21 (13.55%) IIS
1 21 (13.55%) Apache
Applications
1 34 (21.94%) S-PLUS
2 7 (4.516%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 118 (76.13%) Firewall
2 44 (28.39%) TCP/IP
3 43 (27.74%) VPN
4 40 (25.81%) LAN
4 40 (25.81%) Network Security
5 30 (19.35%) Internet
6 29 (18.71%) Intrusion Detection
7 21 (13.55%) WAN
8 18 (11.61%) Wireless
9 4 (2.581%) LDAP
9 4 (2.581%) VoIP
9 4 (2.581%) MPLS
10 3 (1.935%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (13.55%) SQL Server
General
1 35 (22.58%) Finance
2 25 (16.13%) German Language
3 21 (13.55%) French Language
4 11 (7.097%) Banking
5 10 (6.452%) Retail
6 3 (1.935%) Legal
6 3 (1.935%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.290%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 48 (30.97%) Analyst
2 46 (29.68%) Security Analyst
3 36 (23.23%) Support Engineer
4 21 (13.55%) Account Manager
4 21 (13.55%) Technical Support
4 21 (13.55%) Technical Support Engineer
4 21 (13.55%) Technical Engineer
4 21 (13.55%) Technical Account Manager
4 21 (13.55%) Technical Manager
5 15 (9.677%) Operations Analyst
5 15 (9.677%) Security Engineer
6 13 (8.387%) Security Operations Analyst
7 12 (7.742%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 12 (7.742%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (5.806%) Consultant
8 9 (5.806%) Security Consultant
9 8 (5.161%) Security Manager
10 7 (4.516%) Network Security Analyst
10 7 (4.516%) Technical Security Analyst
10 7 (4.516%) IT Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 25 (16.13%) Management Information System
1 25 (16.13%) SaaS
2 8 (5.161%) Computer Science
3 6 (3.871%) Open Source
4 5 (3.226%) Mathematics
5 4 (2.581%) PKI
6 3 (1.935%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.290%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 55 (35.48%) UNIX
1 55 (35.48%) Linux
2 34 (21.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (39.35%) Network Design
2 55 (35.48%) SIEM
3 49 (31.61%) Data Security
4 41 (26.45%) Information Security
5 38 (24.52%) Security Architecture
6 37 (23.87%) ITIL
7 36 (23.23%) Penetration Testing
8 33 (21.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 16 (10.32%) Disaster Recovery
9 16 (10.32%) Business Continuity
10 12 (7.742%) Ethical Hacking
11 11 (7.097%) Incident Management
11 11 (7.097%) Risk Analysis
11 11 (7.097%) Project Management
12 7 (4.516%) Risk Management
13 6 (3.871%) Security Testing
13 6 (3.871%) Reverse Engineering
13 6 (3.871%) Digital Forensics
14 5 (3.226%) ISMS
14 5 (3.226%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.097%) Perl
1 11 (7.097%) PHP
1 11 (7.097%) Python
1 11 (7.097%) Ruby
2 4 (2.581%) Java
Qualifications
1 75 (48.39%) CISSP
2 53 (34.19%) CEH
3 37 (23.87%) PCI QSA
4 15 (9.677%) CISM
5 13 (8.387%) Degree
6 10 (6.452%) CHFI
7 9 (5.806%) CISA
8 8 (5.161%) Security Cleared
9 5 (3.226%) SC Cleared
10 4 (2.581%) GWAPT
10 4 (2.581%) GPEN
10 4 (2.581%) OSCP
10 4 (2.581%) OSCE
10 4 (2.581%) GIAC
10 4 (2.581%) GCIH
11 3 (1.935%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.935%) CCIE
12 2 (1.290%) CCNP
13 1 (0.645%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (49.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 43 (27.74%) PCI DSS
3 14 (9.032%) QA
4 12 (7.742%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (2.581%) HIPAA
5 4 (2.581%) ISO 9001
6 2 (1.290%) SLA
7 1 (0.645%) COBIT
System Software
1 40 (25.81%) Nmap
2 17 (10.97%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.290%) ISA Server
3 2 (1.290%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 66 (42.58%) Nessus
Vendors
1 47 (30.32%) Qualys
2 36 (23.23%) ArcSight
3 22 (14.19%) Microsoft
4 21 (13.55%) Oracle
5 13 (8.387%) McAfee
6 11 (7.097%) Tripwire
6 11 (7.097%) LogLogic
6 11 (7.097%) Cisco
7 5 (3.226%) SAP
8 2 (1.290%) IBM
8 2 (1.290%) Websense
9 1 (0.645%) VMware
9 1 (0.645%) Sourcefire
9 1 (0.645%) Juniper
9 1 (0.645%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.645%) Symantec