The first table below looks at the demand for Information Assurance skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Assurance 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 Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Assurance
Rank 57 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Information Assurance 29 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 3.477% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.647% - -
Number of salaries quoted 24 0 0
Average salary £45,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-4.34% +9.52%
All Processes & Methodologies
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
624 718 459
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 74.82% 78.04% 73.56%
Number of salaries quoted 565 663 418
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,000 £65,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Assurance
Hampshire

Information Assurance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton Information Assurance Jobs Demand Trend

Information Assurance
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Information Assurance across the Southampton region.

Southampton Information Assurance Salary Trend

Information Assurance
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Assurance across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Southampton Information Assurance Salary Histogram

Information Assurance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton region citing Information Assurance 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 Information Assurance.

1 39 (88.64%) Internet
2 37 (84.09%) Incident Management
3 36 (81.82%) SIEM
4 34 (77.27%) Change Control
4 34 (77.27%) Management Information System
5 33 (75.00%) Firewall
5 33 (75.00%) SC Cleared
5 33 (75.00%) Security Cleared
6 32 (72.73%) CESG
6 32 (72.73%) Client/Server
7 31 (70.45%) Information Security
8 28 (63.64%) Security Testing
9 27 (61.36%) GIAC
9 27 (61.36%) GCIA
9 27 (61.36%) LAN
9 27 (61.36%) WAN
9 27 (61.36%) Windows
9 27 (61.36%) TCP/IP
10 25 (56.82%) Linux
10 25 (56.82%) JSP
10 25 (56.82%) JSP 440
11 24 (54.55%) Solaris
12 23 (52.27%) DV Cleared
13 21 (47.73%) DNS
14 20 (45.45%) Microsoft
15 19 (43.18%) SMTP
15 19 (43.18%) FTP
15 19 (43.18%) HTTP
15 19 (43.18%) LDAP
15 19 (43.18%) Snort

Information Assurance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton region citing Information Assurance 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 Information Assurance. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 25 (56.82%) JSP
2 3 (6.818%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 17 (38.64%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 13 (29.55%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 39 (88.64%) Internet
2 33 (75.00%) Firewall
3 27 (61.36%) LAN
3 27 (61.36%) WAN
3 27 (61.36%) TCP/IP
4 21 (47.73%) DNS
5 19 (43.18%) SMTP
5 19 (43.18%) FTP
5 19 (43.18%) HTTP
5 19 (43.18%) LDAP
6 17 (38.64%) tcpdump
6 17 (38.64%) Wireshark
7 13 (29.55%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (9.091%) IPsec
8 4 (9.091%) SSL
9 1 (2.273%) Network Security
General
1 12 (27.27%) Finance
2 3 (6.818%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.273%) Law
Job Titles
1 24 (54.55%) Analyst
1 24 (54.55%) Security Analyst
2 16 (36.36%) Security Operations Manager
2 16 (36.36%) Security Manager
2 16 (36.36%) Operations Manager
3 15 (34.09%) Systems Analyst
4 4 (9.091%) IT Security Analyst
5 3 (6.818%) Operations Team Leader
5 3 (6.818%) Security Operations Analyst
5 3 (6.818%) Software Developer
5 3 (6.818%) Developer
5 3 (6.818%) Team Leader
5 3 (6.818%) Operations Analyst
5 3 (6.818%) Microsoft Developer
6 1 (2.273%) Security Architect
6 1 (2.273%) Security Engineer
6 1 (2.273%) Network Analyst
6 1 (2.273%) Consultant
6 1 (2.273%) Security Consultant
6 1 (2.273%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 34 (77.27%) Management Information System
2 32 (72.73%) CESG
2 32 (72.73%) Client/Server
3 14 (31.82%) Firmware
4 4 (9.091%) Cryptography
4 4 (9.091%) PKI
5 3 (6.818%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 27 (61.36%) Windows
2 25 (56.82%) Linux
3 24 (54.55%) Solaris
4 3 (6.818%) Windows 7
4 3 (6.818%) Windows 8
5 1 (2.273%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (84.09%) Incident Management
2 36 (81.82%) SIEM
3 34 (77.27%) Change Control
4 31 (70.45%) Information Security
5 28 (63.64%) Security Testing
6 14 (31.82%) Change Management
7 13 (29.55%) Penetration Testing
7 13 (29.55%) Ethical Hacking
7 13 (29.55%) Service Management
8 12 (27.27%) Performance Management
9 11 (25.00%) Service Delivery
10 3 (6.818%) OO
10 3 (6.818%) Security Management
10 3 (6.818%) Computer Forensics
10 3 (6.818%) Agile Software Development
11 1 (2.273%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.818%) Python
1 3 (6.818%) C#
1 3 (6.818%) C++
Qualifications
1 33 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 33 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 27 (61.36%) GIAC
2 27 (61.36%) GCIA
3 23 (52.27%) DV Cleared
4 10 (22.73%) GCIH
5 7 (15.91%) CEH
6 3 (6.818%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (56.82%) JSP 440
2 1 (2.273%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.273%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (43.18%) Snort
Vendors
1 20 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.091%) Sourcefire
3 3 (6.818%) Sun