The first table below looks at the demand for Vulnerability Assessment 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 Vulnerability Assessment 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
Vulnerability Assessment
Rank 206 187 203
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +16
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 10 28 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.191% 0.506% 0.215%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.253% 0.671% 0.314%
Number of salaries quoted 9 27 13
Average salary £30,000 £55,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-45.45% -
90% offered a salary of more than £29,800 £33,000 £46,000
10% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £57,500 £76,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year
-15.00% +2.04%
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%
Vulnerability Assessment
England

Vulnerability Assessment
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Vulnerability Assessment Jobs Demand Trend

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Trend

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

South West Vulnerability Assessment Salary Trend

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 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
Wiltshire +11 7 £30,000 -27.27%
Bristol -23 2 £30,750 -46.52%
Devon - 1 - -
Vulnerability Assessment
England

Vulnerability Assessment
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 17 (80.95%) Penetration Testing
2 12 (57.14%) Security Testing
2 12 (57.14%) SC Cleared
2 12 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 12 (57.14%) Cisco
3 11 (52.38%) Windows
4 10 (47.62%) Metasploit
4 10 (47.62%) Nessus
4 10 (47.62%) Nmap
5 9 (42.86%) Cyber Security
5 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
5 9 (42.86%) Firewall
5 9 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (38.10%) SQL
7 7 (33.33%) Risk Management
7 7 (33.33%) SIEM
8 6 (28.57%) Statistics
8 6 (28.57%) Wireshark
8 6 (28.57%) VMware
8 6 (28.57%) Linux
8 6 (28.57%) VPN
9 5 (23.81%) CheckPoint
9 5 (23.81%) Symantec
9 5 (23.81%) Information Security
9 5 (23.81%) VMware Infrastructure
9 5 (23.81%) UAG
9 5 (23.81%) Windows 7
9 5 (23.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (23.81%) PKI
10 4 (19.05%) Cryptography

Vulnerability Assessment
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (14.29%) JSP
Applications
1 2 (9.524%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (42.86%) Firewall
2 6 (28.57%) Wireshark
2 6 (28.57%) VPN
3 3 (14.29%) TCP/IP
4 2 (9.524%) LDAP
4 2 (9.524%) SMTP
4 2 (9.524%) Ethernet
4 2 (9.524%) FTP
4 2 (9.524%) HTTP
4 2 (9.524%) Kerberos
4 2 (9.524%) SNMP
4 2 (9.524%) HTTPS
5 1 (4.762%) DHCP
5 1 (4.762%) DNS
5 1 (4.762%) IPsec
5 1 (4.762%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (4.762%) Network Security
5 1 (4.762%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.762%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (47.62%) Metasploit
General
1 4 (19.05%) Telecoms
2 3 (14.29%) Electronics
2 3 (14.29%) Military
3 2 (9.524%) Retail
3 2 (9.524%) Financial Institution
3 2 (9.524%) Finance
3 2 (9.524%) Legal
3 2 (9.524%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Security Analyst
1 7 (33.33%) Analyst
2 6 (28.57%) IT Security Analyst
2 6 (28.57%) Consultant
2 6 (28.57%) Security Consultant
2 6 (28.57%) Test Consultant
3 3 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Integration Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Systems Integration Engineer
4 2 (9.524%) IT Security Administrator
4 2 (9.524%) IT Support
4 2 (9.524%) Security Administrator
4 2 (9.524%) IT Administrator
4 2 (9.524%) Administrator
5 1 (4.762%) Support Specialist
5 1 (4.762%) Security Specialist
5 1 (4.762%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Operations Support Specialist
5 1 (4.762%) Security Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Statistics
2 5 (23.81%) PKI
3 4 (19.05%) Cryptography
3 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
4 3 (14.29%) Chip and PIN
5 1 (4.762%) RMADS
Operating Systems
1 11 (52.38%) Windows
2 6 (28.57%) Linux
3 5 (23.81%) Windows 7
4 3 (14.29%) Windows XP
5 1 (4.762%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (4.762%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (4.762%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (80.95%) Penetration Testing
2 12 (57.14%) Security Testing
3 9 (42.86%) Cyber Security
3 9 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 7 (33.33%) SIEM
5 5 (23.81%) Information Security
6 3 (14.29%) ITIL
6 3 (14.29%) Business Continuity
6 3 (14.29%) Compatibility Testing
6 3 (14.29%) ITIL V3
6 3 (14.29%) Software Distribution
7 2 (9.524%) Asset Management
7 2 (9.524%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (9.524%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (9.524%) BCP
8 1 (4.762%) Risk Assessment
8 1 (4.762%) Information Assurance
8 1 (4.762%) Incident Management
8 1 (4.762%) Computer Forensics
Programming Languages
1 8 (38.10%) SQL
2 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 12 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.762%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.762%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (9.524%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (47.62%) Nmap
2 5 (23.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (23.81%) UAG
3 1 (4.762%) Active Directory
3 1 (4.762%) vSphere
3 1 (4.762%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 10 (47.62%) Nessus
2 4 (19.05%) Norton AntiVirus
3 3 (14.29%) WSUS
3 3 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (57.14%) Cisco
2 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 6 (28.57%) VMware
4 5 (23.81%) CheckPoint
4 5 (23.81%) Symantec
5 3 (14.29%) Citrix
6 1 (4.762%) McAfee
6 1 (4.762%) HP
6 1 (4.762%) Dell
6 1 (4.762%) Tripwire
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