The first table below looks at the demand for Penetration Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Penetration Testing 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 Surrey region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Penetration Testing
Rank 202 198 202
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +4
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 18 29 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 0.341% 0.482% 0.224%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.463% 0.649% 0.304%
Number of salaries quoted 13 18 12
Average salary £42,500 £37,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.86% -22.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £34,650
10% offered a salary of more than £55,400 £41,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -5.88%
All Processes & Methodologies
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3887 4467 3947
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 73.70% 74.25% 73.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3043 3876 3449
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £33,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Penetration Testing
South East

Penetration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Surrey Penetration Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the Surrey region.

Surrey Penetration Testing Salary Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Surrey Penetration Testing Salary Histogram

Penetration Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the Surrey 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
Guildford -8 8 £32,500 -13.33%
Weybridge - 3 £42,500 -
Reigate +3 2 £32,500 -13.90%
Woking +2 2 £32,500 -13.90%
Egham - 1 £75,000 -
Epsom - 1 £49,000 -
Penetration Testing
South East

Penetration Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey region citing Penetration Testing 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 Penetration Testing.

1 25 (64.10%) Windows
2 20 (51.28%) Java
3 16 (41.03%) Linux
3 16 (41.03%) CISSP
3 16 (41.03%) CISM
4 15 (38.46%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 14 (35.90%) Internet
6 13 (33.33%) TCP/IP
6 13 (33.33%) UNIX
6 13 (33.33%) Perl
6 13 (33.33%) PHP
6 13 (33.33%) VB
6 13 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
6 13 (33.33%) CEH
6 13 (33.33%) Management Information System
6 13 (33.33%) Business Continuity
6 13 (33.33%) Security Testing
7 12 (30.77%) Reverse Engineering
7 12 (30.77%) Risk Management
7 12 (30.77%) C#
7 12 (30.77%) C++
8 11 (28.21%) Disaster Recovery
8 11 (28.21%) Legal
8 11 (28.21%) Cryptography
9 10 (25.64%) Degree
10 9 (23.08%) SCADA
10 9 (23.08%) Embedded Systems
10 9 (23.08%) Information Security
11 8 (20.51%) Mathematics
12 7 (17.95%) iPhone

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey region citing Penetration Testing 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 Penetration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.128%) SharePoint Server
Communications & Networking
1 14 (35.90%) Internet
2 13 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 4 (10.26%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Selenium
General
1 11 (28.21%) Legal
2 6 (15.38%) Finance
3 3 (7.692%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 13 (33.33%) Tester
1 13 (33.33%) Systems Tester
1 13 (33.33%) Penetration Tester
1 13 (33.33%) Security Tester
2 6 (15.38%) Quality Manager
2 6 (15.38%) QA Manager
3 5 (12.82%) Forensic Investigator
4 4 (10.26%) Security Investigator
4 4 (10.26%) Security Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Analyst
5 3 (7.692%) Software Engineer
6 2 (5.128%) Security Operations Analyst
6 2 (5.128%) Security Operations Manager
6 2 (5.128%) IT Operations Manager
6 2 (5.128%) Information Analyst
6 2 (5.128%) Information Security Analyst
6 2 (5.128%) IT Security Analyst
6 2 (5.128%) Security Manager
6 2 (5.128%) Operations Analyst
6 2 (5.128%) IT Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 11 (28.21%) Cryptography
3 9 (23.08%) SCADA
3 9 (23.08%) Embedded Systems
4 8 (20.51%) Mathematics
5 7 (17.95%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 25 (64.10%) Windows
2 16 (41.03%) Linux
3 13 (33.33%) UNIX
4 2 (5.128%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (38.46%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 13 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
2 13 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 13 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 12 (30.77%) Reverse Engineering
3 12 (30.77%) Risk Management
4 11 (28.21%) Disaster Recovery
5 9 (23.08%) Information Security
6 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (12.82%) Database Security
7 4 (10.26%) Digital Forensics
7 4 (10.26%) Integration Testing
8 3 (7.692%) OOD
8 3 (7.692%) UML
8 3 (7.692%) OOA/OOD
8 3 (7.692%) Software Testing
8 3 (7.692%) Requirements Analysis
8 3 (7.692%) Cyber Security
9 2 (5.128%) Data Protection
9 2 (5.128%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 20 (51.28%) Java
2 13 (33.33%) Perl
2 13 (33.33%) PHP
2 13 (33.33%) VB
3 12 (30.77%) C#
3 12 (30.77%) C++
4 4 (10.26%) Python
5 3 (7.692%) C
6 2 (5.128%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (41.03%) CISSP
1 16 (41.03%) CISM
2 13 (33.33%) CEH
3 10 (25.64%) Degree
4 6 (15.38%) Security Cleared
4 6 (15.38%) ISEB Practitioner
4 6 (15.38%) ISEB
5 4 (10.26%) GIAC
5 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (10.26%) MCP
6 3 (7.692%) DV Cleared
7 2 (5.128%) PCI QSA
7 2 (5.128%) CISMP
7 2 (5.128%) CISA
8 1 (2.564%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.38%) QA
1 6 (15.38%) PCI DSS
2 3 (7.692%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.564%) COBIT
Epsom, Surrey
You will be the business's subject matter expert and as such is expected that you will be CISA,CISM or CoBiT certified with a good understanding of...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £48000 - £50000 per annum + benefits package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Woking, South East
The role of the Systems Engineer (Engineer, Support, CCNA, Woking) will be vital to the team and you will join a team that work to a follow-the-...
harringtonstarr
Posted: 22 May 2013
Woking, Surrey
The role of the Systems Engineer (Engineer, Support, CCNA, Woking) will have the potential to include overnight and weekend on-call for key production network/security issues... CheckPoint...
Harrington Starr
Posted: 22 May 2013
Woking, Surrey
A valid CCNA or equivalent knowledge/experience. Experience with Juniper Secure Access/MAGSeries Remote Access appliances... A sound understanding TCP/IP and networking concepts. A good understanding of...
Fidessa
Salary: Highly Competitive
Posted: 16 May 2013
Woking, Surrey
A good understanding of WAN environments including MPLS, VPNs and point-to-point links... CheckPoint Application Control/DLP... VoIP in an Avaya environment... Vulnerability assessments/Penetration testing... Raise/...
Fidessa
Salary: Competitive Salary
Posted: 21 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
An opportunity has arisen for an Information Security Officer and a Security Manager to make their mark by helping to shape the risk and information security governance for...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: £30000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013