The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Stoke-on-Trent 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 Stoke-on-Trent region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank - 33 31
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 0 9 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent - 4.712% 2.222%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 6.767% 3.922%
Number of salaries quoted 0 9 4
Average salary - £25,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -37.50%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.38%
All Processes & Methodologies
Stoke-on-Trent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
98 133 102
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 64.90% 69.63% 56.67%
Number of salaries quoted 92 115 71
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £25,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £68,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
Staffordshire

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stoke-on-Trent 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 Stoke-on-Trent region.

Stoke-on-Trent Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 3 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 3 (100.00%) Information Governance

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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.

Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) IT Security Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Security Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Information Governance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) PCI DSS