The first table below looks at the demand for Communications Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Communications Security over the 3 months to 24 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Communications Security (COMSEC)
Rank - 214 209
Permanent jobs citing Communications Security 0 1 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West - 0.018% 0.116%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.024% 0.169%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 6
Average salary - £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+73.33% -6.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3952 4174 4136
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 75.33% 75.41% 68.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3460 3551 3494
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Communications Security
England

Communications Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Communications Security Jobs Demand Trend

Communications Security
Salary Trend

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

South West Communications Security Salary Trend

Communications Security
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Communications Security 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 Communications Security.

1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) CESG
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) RMADS
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Security

Communications Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Communications Security 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 Communications Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CESG
1 1 (100.00%) RMADS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Security
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001