The first table below looks at the demand for the Security 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 Security Specialist in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Specialist
Rank 203 209 194
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 7 6 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.133% 0.109% 0.188%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.138% 0.114% 0.197%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 8
Average salary £39,250 £40,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.08% -19.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,375 £38,900 £45,470
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,100 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-13.63% +10.00%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5066 5265 5574
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.57% 95.45% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4462 4544 4772
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 £23,500 £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%
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Security Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Security Specialist
Salary Trend

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

South West Security Specialist Salary Trend

Security Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist 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
Somerset - 4 £42,500 -
Bristol -2 3 £38,500 -
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Security 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 Security Specialist in their job title.

1 12 (70.59%) Information Security
2 6 (35.29%) CISSP
3 4 (23.53%) Penetration Testing
3 4 (23.53%) Incident Management
3 4 (23.53%) Risk Management
4 3 (17.65%) Finance
4 3 (17.65%) Business Continuity
4 3 (17.65%) CISMP
4 3 (17.65%) Data Protection
4 3 (17.65%) SIEM
4 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (11.76%) SAP Security
5 2 (11.76%) Cisco
5 2 (11.76%) Degree
5 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
5 2 (11.76%) Firewall
5 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
5 2 (11.76%) Nokia
5 2 (11.76%) CheckPoint
5 2 (11.76%) SAP
5 2 (11.76%) UNIX
6 1 (5.882%) Windows
6 1 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (5.882%) ITIL
6 1 (5.882%) CISA
6 1 (5.882%) Service Delivery
6 1 (5.882%) CESG
6 1 (5.882%) Programme Management
6 1 (5.882%) Cryptography
6 1 (5.882%) Computer Forensics

Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Security 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 Security Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Firewall
General
1 3 (17.65%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.882%) CESG
2 1 (5.882%) Cryptography
2 1 (5.882%) RMADS
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) UNIX
2 1 (5.882%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Information Security
2 4 (23.53%) Risk Management
2 4 (23.53%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (23.53%) Incident Management
3 3 (17.65%) Data Protection
3 3 (17.65%) SIEM
3 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (17.65%) Business Continuity
4 2 (11.76%) SAP Security
5 1 (5.882%) ITIL
5 1 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (5.882%) Service Delivery
5 1 (5.882%) Programme Management
5 1 (5.882%) Computer Forensics
5 1 (5.882%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (5.882%) Cyber Security
5 1 (5.882%) Information Assurance
5 1 (5.882%) Communications Security
5 1 (5.882%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) CISSP
2 3 (17.65%) CISMP
3 2 (11.76%) Degree
4 1 (5.882%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.882%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) SAP
1 2 (11.76%) Cisco
1 2 (11.76%) Nokia
1 2 (11.76%) CheckPoint