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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Testing
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 5 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 1.059% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.272% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £41,050 - -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +42.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
Swindon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
393 428 349
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 83.26% 80.60% 72.56%
Number of salaries quoted 338 374 326
Average salary £37,500 £38,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.31% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Security Testing
Wiltshire

Security Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon Security Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Security Testing
Salary Trend

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

Swindon Security Testing Salary Trend

Security Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Testing across the Swindon region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Swindon Security Testing Salary Histogram

Security Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon region citing Security 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 Security Testing.

1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
1 4 (80.00%) VMware
2 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (40.00%) Metasploit
3 2 (40.00%) UAG
3 2 (40.00%) SIEM
3 2 (40.00%) Financial Institution
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (40.00%) Symantec
3 2 (40.00%) Norton AntiVirus
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) VPN
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) Retail
3 2 (40.00%) Cryptography
3 2 (40.00%) Nessus
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (40.00%) Nmap
3 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) PKI
3 2 (40.00%) Statistics
4 1 (20.00%) Telecoms

Security Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon region citing Security 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 Security Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Metasploit
General
1 2 (40.00%) Financial Institution
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Designer
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Design Authority
2 2 (40.00%) Security Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) IT Security Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Lead Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cryptography
1 2 (40.00%) PKI
1 2 (40.00%) Statistics
2 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) SIEM
1 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Information Security
1 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (40.00%) UAG
1 2 (40.00%) Nmap
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 2 (40.00%) Nessus
2 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
1 4 (80.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (40.00%) Symantec
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix