Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Penetration Tester role in IT jobs within the Staffordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Penetration Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Penetration Tester
Location
3 months to
18 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank57-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads10
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.169 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted00
Average minimum salary--
Average salary--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary--
UK excluding London average salary£53,667£46,210
% change on same period last year+16.13 %
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Staffordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads591626
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.383 %0.279 %
Salaries quoted436548
Average minimum salary£30,747£32,227
Average salary£33,587£35,094
% change on same period last year-4.29 %
Average maximum salary£36,427£37,960
UK excluding London average salary£38,454£39,134
% change on same period last year-1.73 %
Penetration Tester West MidlandsPenetration Tester
West Midlands

Penetration Tester
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Penetration Tester across the Staffordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Staffordshire Penetration Tester Demand Trend

Penetration Tester
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Penetration Tester across the Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Penetration Tester Salary Trend

Penetration Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Tester within the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Stoke-on-TrentNew entry-1--
Penetration Tester West MidlandsPenetration Tester
West Midlands

Penetration Tester
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Staffordshire region that cited Penetration Tester in their job title 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 with Penetration Tester in their job title.

111 (100.00 %)SQL
26 (54.55 %)Penetration Testing
35 (45.45 %)Transact-SQL
35 (45.45 %)VB
35 (45.45 %)HTTP
35 (45.45 %)Information Security
35 (45.45 %)Paros
35 (45.45 %)Fiddler
35 (45.45 %)Auditing
41 (9.091 %)Ethical Hacking

Penetration Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Staffordshire region that cited Penetration Tester in their job title 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 with Penetration Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Staffordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (45.45 %)HTTP
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (45.45 %)Paros
15 (45.45 %)Fiddler
Staffordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (45.45 %)Auditing
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (54.55 %)Penetration Testing
25 (45.45 %)Information Security
31 (9.091 %)Ethical Hacking
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (100.00 %)SQL
25 (45.45 %)Transact-SQL
25 (45.45 %)VB