The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Security Analyst 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 IT Security Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Security Analyst
Rank 205 210 223
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +13
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Analyst 10 7 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.188% 0.125% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.195% 0.129% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 10 5 2
Average salary £32,500 £30,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% -20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+11.11% +2.85%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5123 5409 5938
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.15% 96.33% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4525 4683 5106
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%
IT Security Analyst
England

IT Security Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West IT Security Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

IT Security Analyst
Salary Trend

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

South West IT Security Analyst Salary Trend

IT Security Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IT Security Analyst across the South West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

South West IT Security Analyst Salary Histogram

IT Security Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Analyst within the South West region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Wiltshire +11 5 £32,500 +18.18% 1
Gloucestershire +12 2 £23,500 -53.00%
Bristol - 2 £36,250 -
Somerset - 1 £42,500 -
IT Security Analyst
England

IT Security Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited IT Security Analyst 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 IT Security Analyst in their job title.

1 11 (73.33%) Information Security
2 10 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
3 8 (53.33%) Cisco
4 7 (46.67%) Windows
4 7 (46.67%) CheckPoint
4 7 (46.67%) Risk Management
5 6 (40.00%) Firewall
5 6 (40.00%) Management Information System
5 6 (40.00%) SQL
5 6 (40.00%) VPN
5 6 (40.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 6 (40.00%) VMware
6 5 (33.33%) Nmap
6 5 (33.33%) Nessus
6 5 (33.33%) PKI
6 5 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (33.33%) Metasploit
6 5 (33.33%) UAG
6 5 (33.33%) SIEM
6 5 (33.33%) Symantec
7 4 (26.67%) Norton AntiVirus
7 4 (26.67%) Statistics
8 3 (20.00%) Cryptography
8 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
8 3 (20.00%) Security Testing
8 3 (20.00%) Finance
8 3 (20.00%) ITIL
8 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
8 3 (20.00%) CISSP
9 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence

IT Security Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited IT Security Analyst 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 IT Security Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) VPN
1 6 (40.00%) Firewall
2 1 (6.667%) IPsec
2 1 (6.667%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (6.667%) Network Security
2 1 (6.667%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (6.667%) DNS
2 1 (6.667%) DHCP
2 1 (6.667%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Retail
2 2 (13.33%) Financial Institution
2 2 (13.33%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (33.33%) PKI
3 4 (26.67%) Statistics
4 3 (20.00%) Cryptography
5 2 (13.33%) Mainframe
6 1 (6.667%) RMADS
Operating Systems
1 7 (46.67%) Windows
2 1 (6.667%) Windows XP
2 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (6.667%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Information Security
2 10 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
3 7 (46.67%) Risk Management
4 6 (40.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 5 (33.33%) SIEM
6 3 (20.00%) Security Testing
6 3 (20.00%) ITIL
7 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (6.667%) Risk Assessment
8 1 (6.667%) Information Assurance
8 1 (6.667%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) CISSP
1 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.667%) CCNA
2 1 (6.667%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.667%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) Nmap
1 5 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (33.33%) UAG
2 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (6.667%) vSphere
3 1 (6.667%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) Nessus
2 4 (26.67%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Cisco
2 7 (46.67%) CheckPoint
3 6 (40.00%) VMware
4 5 (33.33%) Symantec
5 2 (13.33%) Nokia
6 1 (6.667%) McAfee
6 1 (6.667%) Tripwire
6 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
6 1 (6.667%) HP
6 1 (6.667%) Dell
Wiltshire
Experience of enterprise security solutions for infrastructure and application architectures including: MS UAG, RSA/SecureIDs, VPNs & Firewalls, VMWare, Checkpoint, Symantec, PKI, Cryptography, WinTel platforms and Penetration Testing at...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £33000 - £35000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 17 June 2013
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