The first table below looks at the demand for SIEM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SIEM 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 37 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 4.431% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.939% - -
Number of salaries quoted 33 0 0
Average salary £45,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £47,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.26% +35.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
623 746 445
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 74.61% 79.79% 72.59%
Number of salaries quoted 566 693 408
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £67,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
SIEM
Hampshire

SIEM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton SIEM Salary Trend

SIEM
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SIEM across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Southampton SIEM Salary Histogram

SIEM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 48 (77.42%) SC Cleared
1 48 (77.42%) Security Cleared
2 46 (74.19%) Information Security
2 46 (74.19%) GCIA
3 45 (72.58%) GIAC
3 45 (72.58%) Incident Management
4 43 (69.35%) Internet
5 42 (67.74%) DV Cleared
6 41 (66.13%) CESG
7 40 (64.52%) Change Control
8 37 (59.68%) Firewall
9 36 (58.06%) Management Information System
9 36 (58.06%) Information Assurance
10 35 (56.45%) Security Testing
10 35 (56.45%) LAN
10 35 (56.45%) WAN
10 35 (56.45%) TCP/IP
11 34 (54.84%) JSP
11 34 (54.84%) JSP 440
12 32 (51.61%) Windows
13 30 (48.39%) Linux
13 30 (48.39%) Client/Server
13 30 (48.39%) Ethical Hacking
14 28 (45.16%) Solaris
15 27 (43.55%) tcpdump
16 24 (38.71%) LDAP
16 24 (38.71%) SMTP
16 24 (38.71%) FTP
16 24 (38.71%) HTTP
16 24 (38.71%) Penetration Testing

SIEM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 34 (54.84%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 16 (25.81%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 11 (17.74%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 43 (69.35%) Internet
2 37 (59.68%) Firewall
3 35 (56.45%) TCP/IP
3 35 (56.45%) LAN
3 35 (56.45%) WAN
4 27 (43.55%) tcpdump
5 24 (38.71%) LDAP
5 24 (38.71%) SMTP
5 24 (38.71%) FTP
5 24 (38.71%) HTTP
6 22 (35.48%) DNS
7 18 (29.03%) Intrusion Detection
8 17 (27.42%) Wireshark
9 5 (8.065%) SSL
9 5 (8.065%) IPsec
10 3 (4.839%) Network Security
General
1 12 (19.35%) Finance
2 3 (4.839%) Manufacturing
2 3 (4.839%) Military
3 1 (1.613%) Law
Job Titles
1 40 (64.52%) Analyst
2 38 (61.29%) Security Analyst
3 21 (33.87%) Systems Analyst
4 20 (32.26%) Operations Manager
4 20 (32.26%) Security Manager
4 20 (32.26%) Security Operations Manager
5 7 (11.29%) Security Engineer
6 5 (8.065%) Operations Analyst
6 5 (8.065%) Systems Engineer
6 5 (8.065%) Security Operations Analyst
7 3 (4.839%) Operations Team Leader
7 3 (4.839%) Team Leader
7 3 (4.839%) IT Security Analyst
8 2 (3.226%) Forensic Analyst
8 2 (3.226%) Consultant
9 1 (1.613%) Sales Consultant
9 1 (1.613%) Technical Consultant
9 1 (1.613%) Senior Analyst
9 1 (1.613%) Network Analyst
9 1 (1.613%) Sales Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 41 (66.13%) CESG
2 36 (58.06%) Management Information System
3 30 (48.39%) Client/Server
4 13 (20.97%) Firmware
5 6 (9.677%) Cryptography
6 5 (8.065%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 32 (51.61%) Windows
2 30 (48.39%) Linux
3 28 (45.16%) Solaris
4 3 (4.839%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (74.19%) Information Security
2 45 (72.58%) Incident Management
3 40 (64.52%) Change Control
4 36 (58.06%) Information Assurance
5 35 (56.45%) Security Testing
6 30 (48.39%) Ethical Hacking
7 24 (38.71%) Penetration Testing
8 16 (25.81%) Change Management
9 12 (19.35%) Performance Management
9 12 (19.35%) Service Management
10 11 (17.74%) Service Delivery
11 4 (6.452%) Computer Forensics
12 3 (4.839%) Cyber Security
13 1 (1.613%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.613%) C
Qualifications
1 48 (77.42%) SC Cleared
1 48 (77.42%) Security Cleared
2 46 (74.19%) GCIA
3 45 (72.58%) GIAC
4 42 (67.74%) DV Cleared
5 12 (19.35%) GCIH
6 8 (12.90%) CEH
7 2 (3.226%) CISA
7 2 (3.226%) CISM
7 2 (3.226%) CISSP
8 1 (1.613%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.613%) CCNP
8 1 (1.613%) CCNA
8 1 (1.613%) CCSE
8 1 (1.613%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (54.84%) JSP 440
2 1 (1.613%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (35.48%) Snort
Vendors
1 16 (25.81%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.90%) Sourcefire
3 3 (4.839%) Sun
4 2 (3.226%) CheckPoint
4 2 (3.226%) Websense
4 2 (3.226%) Blue Coat
4 2 (3.226%) F5
4 2 (3.226%) ArcSight
4 2 (3.226%) Cisco