The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Specialist in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Specialist
Rank 64 - 60
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 3 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 0.511% - 0.511%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.519% - 0.539%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
Average salary £50,000 - £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-13.63% +10.00%
All Job Titles
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
578 567 557
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 98.47% 97.59% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 492 488 443
Average salary £35,079 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.30% -
90% offered a salary of more than £18,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £62,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Specialist
West Midlands

Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security Specialist across the Staffordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Staffordshire Security Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Security Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Staffordshire Security Specialist Salary Trend

Security Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist within the Staffordshire 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
Stoke-on-Trent - 1 - -
Security Specialist
West Midlands

Security Specialist
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire region that cited Security Specialist 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 Security Specialist in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (66.67%) Web Application Development
2 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
2 2 (66.67%) VB
2 2 (66.67%) VB.NET
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
2 2 (66.67%) N-Tier
2 2 (66.67%) ADSL
2 2 (66.67%) DMZ
2 2 (66.67%) Web Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Information Governance

Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire region that cited Security Specialist 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 Security Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) ADSL
1 2 (66.67%) DMZ
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Web Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
1 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
1 2 (66.67%) Web Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) VB
1 2 (66.67%) VB.NET
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001