The first table below looks at the demand for the Information Assurance Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Assurance Specialist in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Assurance Specialist
Rank 214 - 215
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Assurance Specialist 2 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.038% - 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% - 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
Average salary £51,250 - £28,076
UK excluding London average salary £51,250 - £28,076
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5064 5285 5727
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.53% 95.48% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4455 4564 4906
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Information Assurance Specialist
England

Information Assurance Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Information Assurance Specialist across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West Information Assurance Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Information Assurance Specialist
Salary Trend

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

South West Information Assurance Specialist Salary Trend

Information Assurance Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Assurance Specialist within the South West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Devon - 1 £55,000 -
Gloucestershire - 1 £47,500 -
Information Assurance Specialist
England

Information Assurance Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Information Assurance Specialist in their job title 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 with Information Assurance Specialist in their job title.

1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Information Assurance
2 4 (80.00%) Military
2 4 (80.00%) JSP 440
2 4 (80.00%) UNIX
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
3 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) SIEM
4 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Security
4 1 (20.00%) RMADS
4 1 (20.00%) IIS
4 1 (20.00%) CISM
4 1 (20.00%) Internet
4 1 (20.00%) TELNET
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (20.00%) IPsec
4 1 (20.00%) Validation
4 1 (20.00%) LAN
4 1 (20.00%) WAN
4 1 (20.00%) HTTP
4 1 (20.00%) SNMP
4 1 (20.00%) HTTPS
4 1 (20.00%) SSL

Information Assurance Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Information Assurance Specialist in their job title 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 with Information Assurance Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) Internet
2 1 (20.00%) TELNET
2 1 (20.00%) IPsec
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) HTTP
2 1 (20.00%) SNMP
2 1 (20.00%) HTTPS
2 1 (20.00%) SSL
General
1 4 (80.00%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (20.00%) RMADS
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) UNIX
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
1 5 (100.00%) Information Assurance
2 3 (60.00%) SIEM
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Security
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) JSP 440
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001