The first table below looks at the demand for SIEM 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 SIEM 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Rank 203 199 194
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -5
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 13 16 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.248% 0.289% 0.365%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.329% 0.383% 0.532%
Number of salaries quoted 12 12 22
Average salary £41,750 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.28% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £22,650 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £45,900
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +28.57%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3952 4174 4136
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 75.33% 75.41% 68.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3460 3551 3494
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%
SIEM
England

SIEM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West SIEM Jobs Demand Trend

SIEM
Salary Trend

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

South West SIEM Salary Trend

SIEM
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SIEM across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West SIEM Salary Histogram

SIEM
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM 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
Bristol -14 7 £47,500 +35.71%
Wiltshire - 4 £32,000 -
Devon - 2 £55,000 -
SIEM
England

SIEM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing SIEM 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 SIEM.

1 27 (77.14%) Windows
2 17 (48.57%) Risk Management
2 17 (48.57%) Information Security
2 17 (48.57%) Penetration Testing
3 15 (42.86%) Linux
3 15 (42.86%) UNIX
3 15 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
4 13 (37.14%) MySQL
4 13 (37.14%) Oracle
4 13 (37.14%) SQL
4 13 (37.14%) Firewall
4 13 (37.14%) Management Information System
5 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
6 10 (28.57%) ITIL
6 10 (28.57%) LDAP
7 9 (25.71%) SC Cleared
7 9 (25.71%) Security Cleared
7 9 (25.71%) Android
7 9 (25.71%) Service Management
7 9 (25.71%) Active Directory
7 9 (25.71%) Apple iOS
8 8 (22.86%) Informix
8 8 (22.86%) Incident Management
9 7 (20.00%) SAP ERP
9 7 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 7 (20.00%) ERP
9 7 (20.00%) SAP
9 7 (20.00%) SQL Server
10 6 (17.14%) C#
10 6 (17.14%) HTML

SIEM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing SIEM 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 SIEM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (17.14%) HTML
1 6 (17.14%) .NET
1 6 (17.14%) CSS
1 6 (17.14%) XML
1 6 (17.14%) REST
2 1 (2.857%) COM
Application Platforms
1 6 (17.14%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.714%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (5.714%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.857%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 7 (20.00%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 13 (37.14%) Firewall
2 10 (28.57%) LDAP
3 6 (17.14%) SSL
4 5 (14.29%) VPN
5 3 (8.571%) TCP/IP
5 3 (8.571%) Ethernet
6 2 (5.714%) FTP
6 2 (5.714%) HTTP
6 2 (5.714%) Kerberos
6 2 (5.714%) SNMP
6 2 (5.714%) DNS
6 2 (5.714%) HTTPS
6 2 (5.714%) SMTP
6 2 (5.714%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (2.857%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (2.857%) FWSM
7 1 (2.857%) xDSL
7 1 (2.857%) VPLS
7 1 (2.857%) Network Security
7 1 (2.857%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (37.14%) MySQL
2 8 (22.86%) Informix
3 7 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 6 (17.14%) Oracle 8/8i
4 6 (17.14%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 6 (17.14%) Visual Studio
1 6 (17.14%) Subversion
2 4 (11.43%) Metasploit
General
1 5 (14.29%) Telecoms
2 3 (8.571%) Military
3 2 (5.714%) Financial Institution
3 2 (5.714%) Finance
3 2 (5.714%) Legal
3 2 (5.714%) Publishing
3 2 (5.714%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (31.43%) Analyst
2 10 (28.57%) Security Engineer
3 9 (25.71%) Principal Engineer
3 9 (25.71%) Principal Security Engineer
4 7 (20.00%) Security Analyst
5 6 (17.14%) Linux Engineer
6 5 (14.29%) IT Security Analyst
7 4 (11.43%) Information Analyst
8 3 (8.571%) Information Assurance Specialist
8 3 (8.571%) Information Specialist
8 3 (8.571%) Information Assurance Analyst
8 3 (8.571%) Security Specialist
9 2 (5.714%) Administrator
9 2 (5.714%) IT Administrator
9 2 (5.714%) Security Administrator
9 2 (5.714%) IT Security Administrator
9 2 (5.714%) Auditor
9 2 (5.714%) IT Support
9 2 (5.714%) Information Systems Auditor
10 1 (2.857%) Security Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (37.14%) Management Information System
2 6 (17.14%) Statistics
3 4 (11.43%) PKI
4 2 (5.714%) Cryptography
5 1 (2.857%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.857%) RMADS
Operating Systems
1 27 (77.14%) Windows
2 15 (42.86%) Linux
2 15 (42.86%) UNIX
3 9 (25.71%) Android
3 9 (25.71%) Apple iOS
4 6 (17.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (8.571%) Windows XP
6 2 (5.714%) Windows 7
7 1 (2.857%) Windows 8
7 1 (2.857%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (2.857%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (48.57%) Risk Management
1 17 (48.57%) Information Security
1 17 (48.57%) Penetration Testing
2 15 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
3 10 (28.57%) ITIL
4 9 (25.71%) Service Management
5 8 (22.86%) Incident Management
6 7 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 7 (20.00%) ERP
7 6 (17.14%) Business Continuity
8 4 (11.43%) Information Assurance
9 2 (5.714%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (5.714%) BCP
9 2 (5.714%) Change Management
9 2 (5.714%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (5.714%) Asset Management
9 2 (5.714%) Security Testing
10 1 (2.857%) Cyber Security
10 1 (2.857%) Strategic Planning
10 1 (2.857%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 13 (37.14%) SQL
2 6 (17.14%) C#
2 6 (17.14%) Java
2 6 (17.14%) JavaScript
2 6 (17.14%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 9 (25.71%) SC Cleared
1 9 (25.71%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.571%) CISSP
3 2 (5.714%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (5.714%) CISA
3 2 (5.714%) QiCA
3 2 (5.714%) Degree
4 1 (2.857%) CCIE
4 1 (2.857%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.571%) PCI DSS
1 3 (8.571%) JSP 440
2 2 (5.714%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (25.71%) Active Directory
2 5 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (11.43%) Nmap
3 4 (11.43%) UAG
4 1 (2.857%) vSphere
4 1 (2.857%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 6 (17.14%) Puppet
2 4 (11.43%) Norton AntiVirus
2 4 (11.43%) Nessus
Vendors
1 13 (37.14%) Oracle
2 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
3 7 (20.00%) SAP
4 6 (17.14%) Red Hat
4 6 (17.14%) Cisco
4 6 (17.14%) F5
4 6 (17.14%) ArcSight
5 5 (14.29%) VMware
6 4 (11.43%) CheckPoint
6 4 (11.43%) Symantec
7 1 (2.857%) Tripwire
7 1 (2.857%) McAfee
7 1 (2.857%) HP
7 1 (2.857%) 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: 20 May 2013
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Keywords: Data Communications, Data Networks, MPLS, VPLS, DWDM, DS / IPS, SIEM, NAC/NAP, Cisco, Juniper... Suitable candidates will have the following experience: Experience of building, securing and supporting...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £38000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Data Communications, Data Networks, MPLS, VPLS, DWDM, DS / IPS, SIEM, NAC/NAP, Team Leading, Cisco, Juniper... Suitable candidates will have the following experience: Proven Team Leader Experience...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 21 May 2013