The first table below looks at the demand for Computer Forensics 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 Computer Forensics over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Forensics
Rank 209 203 175
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -28
Permanent jobs citing Computer Forensics 1 12 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.019% 0.218% 0.512%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.025% 0.288% 0.746%
Number of salaries quoted 1 12 28
Average salary £40,000 £34,000 £35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% -4.22%
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £34,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+14.70% -9.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3948 4161 4023
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 75.26% 75.44% 68.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3460 3540 3403
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 £26,000
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%
Computer Forensics
England

Computer Forensics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Computer Forensics Jobs Demand Trend

Computer Forensics
Salary Trend

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

South West Computer Forensics Salary Trend

Computer Forensics
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Forensics within the South West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Bristol - 1 £40,000 -
Computer Forensics
England

Computer Forensics
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Computer Forensics 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 Computer Forensics.

1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) ISMS
2 1 (50.00%) RMADS

Computer Forensics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Computer Forensics 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 Computer Forensics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Support Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Security Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Support Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) IT Security Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (50.00%) RMADS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) ISMS
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001