The first table below looks at the demand for Ethical Hacking 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 Ethical Hacking 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
Ethical Hacking
Rank - 188 214
Permanent jobs citing Ethical Hacking 0 27 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West - 0.488% 0.033%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.647% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 0 27 1
Average salary - £30,000 £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -15.78%
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%
Ethical Hacking
England

Ethical Hacking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Ethical Hacking Jobs Demand Trend

Ethical Hacking
Salary Trend

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

South West Ethical Hacking Salary Trend

Ethical Hacking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 12 (100.00%) Java
1 12 (100.00%) C++
1 12 (100.00%) Linux
1 12 (100.00%) SMS
1 12 (100.00%) Symbian
1 12 (100.00%) Handset
1 12 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 12 (100.00%) JTAG
1 12 (100.00%) Android
1 12 (100.00%) iPhone
1 12 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 12 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 11 (91.67%) Degree
2 11 (91.67%) C
3 7 (58.33%) C#
3 7 (58.33%) HTML
3 7 (58.33%) UML
3 7 (58.33%) JBoss
3 7 (58.33%) UNIX
3 7 (58.33%) SQL
3 7 (58.33%) VB.NET
3 7 (58.33%) .NET
3 7 (58.33%) J2EE
3 7 (58.33%) Oracle
3 7 (58.33%) EJB
3 7 (58.33%) Web Services
3 7 (58.33%) XML
3 7 (58.33%) Hibernate
3 7 (58.33%) Scrum

Ethical Hacking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (58.33%) HTML
1 7 (58.33%) .NET
1 7 (58.33%) J2EE
1 7 (58.33%) EJB
1 7 (58.33%) Web Services
1 7 (58.33%) XML
1 7 (58.33%) Hibernate
1 7 (58.33%) JSF
Communications & Networking
1 12 (100.00%) SMS
General
1 5 (41.67%) Telecoms
1 5 (41.67%) Law
1 5 (41.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Software Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (100.00%) Handset
1 12 (100.00%) iPhone
2 5 (41.67%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Linux
1 12 (100.00%) Android
1 12 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 7 (58.33%) UNIX
3 5 (41.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
2 7 (58.33%) UML
2 7 (58.33%) Scrum
2 7 (58.33%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (58.33%) Software Engineering
2 7 (58.33%) Configuration Management
2 7 (58.33%) Kanban
2 7 (58.33%) Requirements Analysis
3 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (50.00%) Software Architecture
4 5 (41.67%) Cyber Security
4 5 (41.67%) Project Management
4 5 (41.67%) MODAF
4 5 (41.67%) Information Management
4 5 (41.67%) ITIL
5 1 (8.333%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) Java
1 12 (100.00%) C++
2 11 (91.67%) C
3 7 (58.33%) C#
3 7 (58.33%) SQL
3 7 (58.33%) VB.NET
3 7 (58.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (91.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (100.00%) JTAG
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Symbian
2 7 (58.33%) JBoss
2 7 (58.33%) Oracle
3 5 (41.67%) Intel