Security Testing Jobs in the South West
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Security Testing 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 Security Testing over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Testing
Rank 205 199 192
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -7
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 11 16 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.208% 0.289% 0.223%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.276% 0.383% 0.326%
Number of salaries quoted 10 14 13
Average salary £51,400 £52,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.09% -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,850 £27,950 £47,200
10% offered a salary of more than £51,760 £74,250 £76,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +42.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 3981 4176 3989
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 75.34% 75.37% 68.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3491 3556 3375
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 £26,000
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%
Security Testing
England

Security Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Security Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Security Testing
Salary Trend

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

South West Security Testing Salary Trend

Security Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Testing across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South West Security Testing Salary Histogram

Security Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Testing within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Gloucestershire +10 5 £51,400 +97.69%
Wiltshire - 5 £41,050 -
Bristol -21 1 £32,500 -40.90%
Security Testing
England

Security Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Security Testing 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 Security Testing.

1 20 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 19 (79.17%) Cisco
3 16 (66.67%) Microsoft
4 14 (58.33%) SC Cleared
5 13 (54.17%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 13 (54.17%) Penetration Testing
6 12 (50.00%) VMware
7 10 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (41.67%) Cyber Security
8 9 (37.50%) Nessus
8 9 (37.50%) Metasploit
8 9 (37.50%) Nmap
9 8 (33.33%) MS Exchange
10 7 (29.17%) Citrix
10 7 (29.17%) Active Directory
10 7 (29.17%) Linux
10 7 (29.17%) Wireshark
11 6 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
11 6 (25.00%) DV Cleared
11 6 (25.00%) MS Excel
12 4 (16.67%) Telecoms
12 4 (16.67%) Firewall
13 3 (12.50%) Management Information System
13 3 (12.50%) Risk Management
13 3 (12.50%) Electronics
13 3 (12.50%) Military
13 3 (12.50%) SQL
13 3 (12.50%) Windows
13 3 (12.50%) VPN
13 3 (12.50%) Chip and PIN

Security Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Security Testing 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 Security Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 8 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 2 (8.333%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (29.17%) Wireshark
2 4 (16.67%) Firewall
3 3 (12.50%) VPN
Development Applications
1 9 (37.50%) Metasploit
2 1 (4.167%) Selenium
General
1 4 (16.67%) Telecoms
2 3 (12.50%) Electronics
2 3 (12.50%) Military
3 2 (8.333%) Finance
3 2 (8.333%) Retail
3 2 (8.333%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Consultant
1 7 (29.17%) Security Consultant
1 7 (29.17%) Test Consultant
2 6 (25.00%) Designer
3 5 (20.83%) Lead Designer
3 5 (20.83%) Analyst
3 5 (20.83%) Technical Design Authority
4 3 (12.50%) Security Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) IT Security Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Test Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Test Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 3 (12.50%) Chip and PIN
1 3 (12.50%) Cryptography
1 3 (12.50%) PKI
2 2 (8.333%) Statistics
3 1 (4.167%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Linux
2 3 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 13 (54.17%) Penetration Testing
2 10 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (41.67%) Cyber Security
3 6 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 2 (8.333%) SIEM
5 2 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (8.333%) Information Security
6 1 (4.167%) Automated Testing
6 1 (4.167%) Web Testing
6 1 (4.167%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 14 (58.33%) SC Cleared
3 6 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.167%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.167%) QA
System Software
1 9 (37.50%) Nmap
2 7 (29.17%) Active Directory
3 3 (12.50%) UAG
4 2 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (8.333%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 9 (37.50%) Nessus
2 2 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (8.333%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 19 (79.17%) Cisco
2 16 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 12 (50.00%) VMware
4 7 (29.17%) Citrix
5 3 (12.50%) CheckPoint
5 3 (12.50%) Symantec
IT Security Analyst (Windows) - Wiltshire
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: 20 May 2013
.Net Support Developer (C# /.Net) - Bristol - £35-38k
Bristol, Avon
Key words associated with this role: ASP.NET/ SQL Server 2008 / C# / .Net 3.5 / Oracle... Net Developer C# / ASP.Net / MVC / WCF) Analyst Programmer / Software Engineer / Microsoft...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £35,000 to £38,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Lead Platform Designer
Cheltenham, South West
Current DV clearance is desirable.- A proven background in infrastructure transformation projects.- Experience in as many of the following technical areas as possible; Microsoft Server Networks, Microsoft Desktop...
Claremont Consulting
Salary: £45000 - £57800 per annum + + BENEFITS + BONUS
Posted: 27 April 2013
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