The first table below looks at the demand for Information Assurance 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 Information Assurance over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Assurance
Rank 194 167 197
Rank change year-on-year
-27 +30
Permanent jobs citing Information Assurance 16 44 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.303% 0.780% 0.288%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.402% 1.036% 0.421%
Number of salaries quoted 15 32 17
Average salary £46,000 £56,250 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.22% +2.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £40,000 £39,482
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £65,250 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year
-4.34% +4.54%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3985 4249 4042
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 75.42% 75.36% 68.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3491 3617 3415
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%
Information Assurance
England

Information Assurance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Information Assurance Jobs Demand Trend

Information Assurance
Salary Trend

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

South West Information Assurance Salary Trend

Information Assurance
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Assurance across the South West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South West Information Assurance Salary Histogram

Information Assurance
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Assurance within the South West region over the 3 months to 22 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 -2 8 £55,000 -12.00%
Gloucestershire -5 5 £44,250 -23.04%
Devon - 2 £55,000 -
Wiltshire +7 1 £44,000 -7.36%
Somerset -9 1 - -
Information Assurance
England

Information Assurance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Information Assurance 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 Information Assurance.

1 46 (73.02%) Security Cleared
2 43 (68.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (58.73%) Firewall
4 32 (50.79%) Internet
4 32 (50.79%) Business Continuity
5 31 (49.21%) PKI
5 31 (49.21%) Risk Analysis
5 31 (49.21%) HMG Infosec
5 31 (49.21%) BS7799
5 31 (49.21%) Security Architecture
6 30 (47.62%) SC Cleared
7 29 (46.03%) DV Cleared
8 27 (42.86%) Information Security
9 10 (15.87%) CISSP
9 10 (15.87%) Management Information System
10 8 (12.70%) Risk Management
10 8 (12.70%) Degree
11 7 (11.11%) Informatica
11 7 (11.11%) ETL
12 6 (9.524%) Windows
12 6 (9.524%) Information Security Management
12 6 (9.524%) Security Management
12 6 (9.524%) JSP 440
12 6 (9.524%) ISMS
12 6 (9.524%) Performance Management
13 5 (7.937%) Technical Architecture
13 5 (7.937%) RMADS
13 5 (7.937%) Data Migration
13 5 (7.937%) Data Integration
13 5 (7.937%) Risk Assessment

Information Assurance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Information Assurance 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 Information Assurance. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (3.175%) Middleware
2 1 (1.587%) WebCenter
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.175%) IIS
1 2 (3.175%) Oracle Application Server
1 2 (3.175%) Oracle 10gAS
Applications
1 2 (3.175%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (3.175%) Oracle 11i
1 2 (3.175%) Oracle Applications
1 2 (3.175%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (3.175%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 37 (58.73%) Firewall
2 32 (50.79%) Internet
3 3 (4.762%) VPN
3 3 (4.762%) LAN
3 3 (4.762%) WAN
4 2 (3.175%) NAS
4 2 (3.175%) IPsec
4 2 (3.175%) SAN
5 1 (1.587%) Network Security
5 1 (1.587%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (1.587%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.587%) Extranet
5 1 (1.587%) TELNET
5 1 (1.587%) HTTPS
5 1 (1.587%) SSL
5 1 (1.587%) DNS
5 1 (1.587%) DHCP
5 1 (1.587%) HTTP
5 1 (1.587%) SNMP
5 1 (1.587%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.175%) Data Mining
1 2 (3.175%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (3.175%) Oracle 10g
1 2 (3.175%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (1.587%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.587%) Oracle Reports
General
1 4 (6.349%) Military
2 1 (1.587%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (63.49%) Consultant
2 33 (52.38%) CLAS Consultant
3 30 (47.62%) Information Assurance Consultant
4 9 (14.29%) Analyst
5 7 (11.11%) Security Officer
5 7 (11.11%) Information Analyst
6 6 (9.524%) Security Analyst
7 5 (7.937%) Information Assurance Specialist
7 5 (7.937%) Security Engineer
7 5 (7.937%) Information Specialist
8 4 (6.349%) Information Security Officer
8 4 (6.349%) Technical Leader
8 4 (6.349%) Information Security Analyst
8 4 (6.349%) Information Security Engineer
9 3 (4.762%) Information Assurance Analyst
9 3 (4.762%) Security Consultant
10 2 (3.175%) Information Security Consultant
11 1 (1.587%) Information Assurance Leader
11 1 (1.587%) IT Security Analyst
11 1 (1.587%) Infrastructure Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 31 (49.21%) PKI
2 10 (15.87%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.937%) RMADS
3 5 (7.937%) Data Integration
4 2 (3.175%) CESG
4 2 (3.175%) Cryptography
5 1 (1.587%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.587%) CESG CLAS
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.524%) Windows
2 4 (6.349%) UNIX
3 3 (4.762%) Linux
4 2 (3.175%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (1.587%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.587%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.587%) Windows XP
5 1 (1.587%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (50.79%) Business Continuity
2 31 (49.21%) Risk Analysis
2 31 (49.21%) Security Architecture
3 27 (42.86%) Information Security
4 8 (12.70%) Risk Management
5 7 (11.11%) ETL
6 6 (9.524%) Information Security Management
6 6 (9.524%) Security Management
6 6 (9.524%) ISMS
6 6 (9.524%) Performance Management
7 5 (7.937%) Technical Architecture
7 5 (7.937%) Data Migration
7 5 (7.937%) Risk Assessment
7 5 (7.937%) Data Management
7 5 (7.937%) Migration
7 5 (7.937%) Project Management
7 5 (7.937%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (7.937%) Master Data Management
7 5 (7.937%) Infrastructure Management
8 4 (6.349%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.587%) SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (73.02%) Security Cleared
2 30 (47.62%) SC Cleared
3 29 (46.03%) DV Cleared
4 10 (15.87%) CISSP
5 8 (12.70%) Degree
6 2 (3.175%) ISEB
7 1 (1.587%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.587%) CISA
7 1 (1.587%) CISM
7 1 (1.587%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (68.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (49.21%) HMG Infosec
2 31 (49.21%) BS7799
3 6 (9.524%) JSP 440
4 5 (7.937%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.587%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 3 (4.762%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.175%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (1.587%) vSphere
3 1 (1.587%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.587%) Forefront TMG
Vendors
1 7 (11.11%) Informatica
2 5 (7.937%) Ab Initio
3 3 (4.762%) VMware
4 2 (3.175%) Oracle
5 1 (1.587%) Tripwire
5 1 (1.587%) Hyperion
5 1 (1.587%) McAfee
5 1 (1.587%) HP
5 1 (1.587%) Dell
5 1 (1.587%) Cisco
5 1 (1.587%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.587%) Siebel
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