The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Stevenage region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 22 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 Stevenage region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 31 45 28
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -17
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 4 1 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 2.740% 0.490% 5.025%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.419% 0.617% 6.289%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 10
Average salary £65,000 £60,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% +71.42%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.38%
All Processes & Methodologies
Stevenage
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
117 162 159
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 80.14% 79.41% 79.90%
Number of salaries quoted 36 148 154
Average salary £40,000 £50,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% +17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £35,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £59,000
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 Stevenage region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 6 (46.15%) Project Management
2 6 (46.15%) Earned Value Management
3 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
3 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
4 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
4 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
4 4 (30.77%) RMADS
5 2 (15.38%) SIEM
5 2 (15.38%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Network Security
5 2 (15.38%) Cisco
5 2 (15.38%) DMZ
5 2 (15.38%) Internet
5 2 (15.38%) Change Management
5 2 (15.38%) Firewall
6 1 (7.692%) SLA

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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 2 (15.38%) Network Security
1 2 (15.38%) DMZ
1 2 (15.38%) Internet
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
General
1 8 (61.54%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Project Manager
2 5 (38.46%) Security Engineer
3 4 (30.77%) Information Security Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Network Administrator
4 2 (15.38%) Administrator
5 1 (7.692%) Network Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Security Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
1 4 (30.77%) RMADS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Project Management
1 6 (46.15%) Earned Value Management
2 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
3 2 (15.38%) SIEM
3 2 (15.38%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Cisco