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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 32 31 35
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 3 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in St Albans 1.695% 1.418% 1.563%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.308% 2.222% 2.098%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 3
Average salary - - £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year
- +8.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
St Albans
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
130 90 143
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in St Albans 73.45% 63.83% 74.48%
Number of salaries quoted 68 58 54
Average salary £45,000 £52,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +31.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,667 £27,250 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
Hertfordshire

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

St Albans Information Security Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security
Salary Trend

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

St Albans Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the St Albans region citing Information Security 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 Security.

1 6 (60.00%) Project Management
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
1 6 (60.00%) Earned Value Management
2 3 (30.00%) CISSP
2 3 (30.00%) Legal
2 3 (30.00%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Marketing
2 3 (30.00%) CISA
2 3 (30.00%) CISM
2 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (30.00%) UNIX
2 3 (30.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (10.00%) SLA
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Legal
2 3 (30.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Information Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Information Security Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Security Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Network Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) UNIX
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Project Management
1 6 (60.00%) Earned Value Management
2 3 (30.00%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) CISSP
1 3 (30.00%) CISA
1 3 (30.00%) CISM
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA