The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 17 June 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 Swindon region.

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 43 50 27
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -23
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 13 11 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 2.515% 1.871% 5.943%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.989% 2.273% 7.323%
Number of salaries quoted 13 11 28
Average salary £39,500 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.05% -5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,894 £25,000 £32,355
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £65,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +13.88%
All Processes & Methodologies
Swindon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
435 484 396
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 84.14% 82.31% 81.15%
Number of salaries quoted 374 415 377
Average salary £37,750 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.62% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
Wiltshire

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Security across the Swindon region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

Swindon Information Security Salary Histogram

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 14 (56.00%) Finance
1 14 (56.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (40.00%) Business Continuity
2 10 (40.00%) Management Information System
3 9 (36.00%) Firewall
4 8 (32.00%) RMADS
5 4 (16.00%) Systems Analysis
5 4 (16.00%) CRAMM
5 4 (16.00%) Oracle
6 3 (12.00%) CISA
6 3 (12.00%) Risk Management
6 3 (12.00%) SIEM
7 2 (8.000%) Security Architecture
7 2 (8.000%) UAG
7 2 (8.000%) SQL
7 2 (8.000%) Security Management
7 2 (8.000%) Financial Institution
7 2 (8.000%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (8.000%) Retail
7 2 (8.000%) Zachman Framework
7 2 (8.000%) TOGAF
7 2 (8.000%) Cryptography
7 2 (8.000%) Nessus
7 2 (8.000%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 2 (8.000%) Nmap
7 2 (8.000%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (8.000%) CISM
7 2 (8.000%) Windows
7 2 (8.000%) VPN
7 2 (8.000%) Business Intelligence

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.000%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (36.00%) Firewall
2 2 (8.000%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (8.000%) Metasploit
General
1 14 (56.00%) Finance
2 2 (8.000%) Financial Institution
2 2 (8.000%) Retail
3 1 (4.000%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (36.00%) Consultant
1 9 (36.00%) Security Consultant
2 8 (32.00%) Information Security Consultant
2 8 (32.00%) Security Manager
2 8 (32.00%) Managing Consultant
3 6 (24.00%) IT Security Manager
4 2 (8.000%) IT Security Analyst
4 2 (8.000%) Head of IT
4 2 (8.000%) Security Analyst
4 2 (8.000%) IT Risk Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Security Architect
4 2 (8.000%) Risk Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Architect
4 2 (8.000%) Analyst
4 2 (8.000%) Head of Security
5 1 (4.000%) Information Systems Auditor
5 1 (4.000%) Information Security Architect
5 1 (4.000%) CLAS Security Consultant
5 1 (4.000%) Information Architect
5 1 (4.000%) Auditor
Miscellaneous
1 10 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 8 (32.00%) RMADS
3 2 (8.000%) Cryptography
3 2 (8.000%) PKI
3 2 (8.000%) Statistics
4 1 (4.000%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.000%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Business Continuity
2 4 (16.00%) Systems Analysis
2 4 (16.00%) CRAMM
3 3 (12.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (12.00%) SIEM
4 2 (8.000%) Security Testing
4 2 (8.000%) Security Architecture
4 2 (8.000%) Security Management
4 2 (8.000%) Data Protection
4 2 (8.000%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (8.000%) Zachman Framework
4 2 (8.000%) TOGAF
4 2 (8.000%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (8.000%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (8.000%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (8.000%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (4.000%) Information Security Management
5 1 (4.000%) Service Management
5 1 (4.000%) Information Assurance
5 1 (4.000%) ISMS
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.000%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) CISA
2 2 (8.000%) CISM
2 2 (8.000%) CISSP
3 1 (4.000%) QiCA
3 1 (4.000%) Degree
3 1 (4.000%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.000%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.000%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (56.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (8.000%) PCI DSS
3 1 (4.000%) COBIT
System Software
1 2 (8.000%) Nmap
1 2 (8.000%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (8.000%) UAG
Systems Management
1 2 (8.000%) Norton AntiVirus
1 2 (8.000%) Nessus
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Oracle
2 2 (8.000%) Cisco
2 2 (8.000%) CheckPoint
2 2 (8.000%) Symantec
2 2 (8.000%) VMware
Swindon, South West
The role will involve providing management of, and provision of expert technical advice on, the selection, design, implementation, and operation of Information Security controls.You will be working...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £36000.00 - £43000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013