The first table below looks at the demand for BS25999 skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BS25999 over the 3 months to 21 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
BS 25999
Rank 821 862 828
Rank change year-on-year
+41 -34
Permanent jobs citing BS25999 39 25 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.036% 0.021% 0.035%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.364% 0.229% 0.436%
Number of salaries quoted 24 25 36
Average salary £63,250 £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+94.61% -18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £27,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £69,000 £43,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £32,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+100.00% -16.66%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
10718 10898 9852
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 9.867% 8.993% 8.073%
Number of salaries quoted 8660 8962 8132
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%

BS25999
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing BS25999 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

BS25999 Jobs Demand Trend

BS25999
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing BS25999 within the UK.

BS25999 Salary Trend

BS25999
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BS25999 over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

BS25999 Salary Histogram

BS25999
Top 23 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BS25999 within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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
England +23 39 £63,250 +94.61%
London - 18 £52,500 -
South East +2 11 £69,000 +58.62%
Surrey - 6 £69,000 -
Berkshire +13 5 £37,500 -25.00%
Sheffield +9 5 £39,000 +21.87%
South Yorkshire +9 5 £39,000 +21.87%
Yorkshire -4 5 £39,000 +21.87%
Hampshire +1 4 £69,000 +58.62%
Farnborough - 4 £69,000 -
Aldershot - 4 £69,000 -
Reigate - 4 £69,000 -
Woking - 4 £69,000 -
Guildford - 4 £69,000 -
City of London - 4 £61,250 -
West Midlands - 3 £45,000 -
South West -11 2 - -
Bristol - 2 - -
Warwickshire - 1 £65,000 -
Sutton Coldfield - 1 £45,000 -
Reading - 1 £65,000 -
Birmingham - 1 £37,500 -
Atherstone - 1 £65,000 -

BS25999
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing BS25999 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 BS25999.

1 46 (85.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (66.67%) Information Security
2 36 (66.67%) Finance
3 34 (62.96%) Business Continuity
4 33 (61.11%) Degree
5 29 (53.70%) ITIL
6 28 (51.85%) Risk Management
6 28 (51.85%) Project Management
7 26 (48.15%) CISSP
8 24 (44.44%) CISM
9 23 (42.59%) COBIT
10 20 (37.04%) Information Security Management
10 20 (37.04%) Security Management
11 18 (33.33%) Business Development
12 17 (31.48%) IIS
13 15 (27.78%) Security Cleared
14 14 (25.93%) Disaster Recovery
15 12 (22.22%) Legal
16 11 (20.37%) C
17 10 (18.52%) Law
17 10 (18.52%) SC Cleared
18 9 (16.67%) Data Protection
19 7 (12.96%) Change Management
19 7 (12.96%) Service Management
20 6 (11.11%) BS7799
20 6 (11.11%) Management Information System
21 5 (9.259%) QA
21 5 (9.259%) DV Cleared
22 4 (7.407%) Stakeholder Management
22 4 (7.407%) PRINCE2

BS25999
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing BS25999 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 BS25999. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.852%) ASP.NET
1 1 (1.852%) COM
1 1 (1.852%) HTML
1 1 (1.852%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 17 (31.48%) IIS
2 1 (1.852%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (1.852%) Apache
2 1 (1.852%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.852%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.852%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (1.852%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (1.852%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.852%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.852%) IP Telephony
1 1 (1.852%) VLAN
1 1 (1.852%) ISDN
1 1 (1.852%) LAN
1 1 (1.852%) VoIP
1 1 (1.852%) VPN
1 1 (1.852%) SSL
1 1 (1.852%) CTI
1 1 (1.852%) OSPF
1 1 (1.852%) BGP
1 1 (1.852%) Softphone
1 1 (1.852%) Wireless
1 1 (1.852%) IPsec
1 1 (1.852%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.852%) MySQL
General
1 36 (66.67%) Finance
2 12 (22.22%) Legal
3 10 (18.52%) Law
4 3 (5.556%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (11.11%) Security Manager
1 6 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery Manager
1 6 (11.11%) Information Manager
1 6 (11.11%) Information Security Manager
2 5 (9.259%) Analyst
3 2 (3.704%) PMO Manager
3 2 (3.704%) Security Officer
3 2 (3.704%) Information Security Officer
3 2 (3.704%) Disaster Recovery Analyst
4 1 (1.852%) Head of Infrastructure
4 1 (1.852%) Head of Security
4 1 (1.852%) Security Analyst
4 1 (1.852%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (1.852%) Business Continuity Manager
4 1 (1.852%) Business Manager
4 1 (1.852%) Information Analyst
4 1 (1.852%) Project Office Manager
4 1 (1.852%) Security Specialist
4 1 (1.852%) IT Manager
4 1 (1.852%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.704%) PKI
3 1 (1.852%) IVR
3 1 (1.852%) CCTV
3 1 (1.852%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.852%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.852%) NHS
3 1 (1.852%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.852%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.704%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (66.67%) Information Security
2 34 (62.96%) Business Continuity
3 29 (53.70%) ITIL
4 28 (51.85%) Risk Management
4 28 (51.85%) Project Management
5 20 (37.04%) Information Security Management
5 20 (37.04%) Security Management
6 18 (33.33%) Business Development
7 14 (25.93%) Disaster Recovery
8 9 (16.67%) Data Protection
9 7 (12.96%) Change Management
9 7 (12.96%) Service Management
10 4 (7.407%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (7.407%) PRINCE2
10 4 (7.407%) Security Architecture
10 4 (7.407%) Penetration Testing
11 3 (5.556%) Validation
12 2 (3.704%) Project Planning
12 2 (3.704%) Network Architecture
13 1 (1.852%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.37%) C
2 1 (1.852%) PHP
Qualifications
1 33 (61.11%) Degree
2 26 (48.15%) CISSP
3 24 (44.44%) CISM
4 15 (27.78%) Security Cleared
5 10 (18.52%) SC Cleared
6 5 (9.259%) DV Cleared
7 3 (5.556%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (5.556%) CISA
8 1 (1.852%) MCSE
8 1 (1.852%) MCSA
8 1 (1.852%) CCNP
8 1 (1.852%) CCNA
8 1 (1.852%) GIAC
8 1 (1.852%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.852%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (85.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (42.59%) COBIT
3 6 (11.11%) BS7799
4 5 (9.259%) QA
5 3 (5.556%) PCI DSS
5 3 (5.556%) ISO 9000
5 3 (5.556%) SLA
6 1 (1.852%) GCP
System Software
1 2 (3.704%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.852%) vSphere
2 1 (1.852%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.852%) VMware ESX
2 1 (1.852%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (1.852%) OpenView
1 1 (1.852%) Tivoli
1 1 (1.852%) Netcool
Vendors
1 2 (3.704%) VMware
1 2 (3.704%) Cisco
1 2 (3.704%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.852%) HP
2 1 (1.852%) Citrix
2 1 (1.852%) CA
2 1 (1.852%) NetApp
2 1 (1.852%) Salesforce.com
London
Red Island Consulting is Europe’s leading provider of Information Security Management Solutions. We provide a range of Governance, Risk and Compliance services utilising a mixture of consultancy...
Red Island Consulting
Salary: From £50,000 to £65,000 per annum + Bonus and excellent benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Surrey
Previous experience of working with ISO27001, Disaster Recovery, PCI DSS Compliance, Data Protection and Business Continuity (BS25999/ISO22301) is essential. Degree level, security qualification such as CISSP/CISM/...
Alderbridge Network Recruitment
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus + £6K Car Allowance
Posted: 17 May 2013
Sheffield, Yorkshire
To support and deputise were necessary, the Capita Employee Benefits Information Security Officer (ISO) and working with CEB staff and management in order to implement an Information Assurance (...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £36000 - £39000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
To support and deputise were necessary, the Capita Employee Benefits Information Security Officer (ISO) and working with CEB staff and management in order to implement an Information Assurance (...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £36000 - £39000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Applicants are required to have in-depth knowledge of: -Microsoft Technologies, Operation Systems and Communication solutions (Windows Server, Exchange, Active Directory)- Information Security Management Methods, Tools and Techniques-...
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Huddersfield, Yorkshire
The key skills needed include: Virtualisation Technologies, VmWare, Hyper-V etc Storage Solutions, Netapp (desirable), EMC etc Storage Protocols iscsi, NFS CIFS Windows Server 2008, 2012 AD, DNS,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £36000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013