The first part of the table below looks at the demand for BS7799 skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BS7799 over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

BS 7799
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank859804700
Rank change year-on-year
Down-55Down-104
Matching permanent IT job ads205452
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.017 %0.044 %0.055 %
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category0.184 %0.548 %0.742 %
Number of salaries quoted184041
Average salary£57,500£60,000£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.16 %+41.17 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£48,000£45,000£31,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£80,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£57,500£52,500£37,250
% change year-on-year
+9.52 %+40.93 %
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryAll Quality Assurance & Compliance
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
1089898507005
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK8.992 %8.072 %7.357 %
Number of salaries quoted896281285618
Average salary£45,000£45,000£45,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£29,500£26,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£70,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£41,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43 %+2.50 %

BS7799
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing BS7799 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

BS7799 Demand Trend

BS7799
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing BS7799 within the UK.

BS7799 Salary Trend

BS7799
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BS7799 over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 within the UK.

BS7799 Salary Histogram

BS7799
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BS7799 within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-2320£57,500-4.16 %
North WestDown-512£57,500+30.68 %
CheshireNew entry-9£57,500-
ManchesterDown-13£37,500-14.77 %
South WestDown-133£55,000-15.38 %
South EastDown-223£73,750+40.47 %
GloucestershireNew entry-3£55,000-
LondonDown-492£60,000-6.25 %
BerkshireNew entry-2£67,500-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-1£80,000-
ReadingNew entry-1£67,500-
Milton KeynesNew entry-1£80,000-
HounslowNew entry-1£52,500-
CheltenhamNew entry-1£52,500-

BS7799
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing BS7799 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 BS7799.

143 (71.67 %)ISO/IEC 27001
234 (56.67 %)Windows
332 (53.33 %)Information Security
429 (48.33 %)Firewall
520 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
616 (26.67 %)UNIX
616 (26.67 %)CISSP
616 (26.67 %)SC Cleared
715 (25.00 %)Internet
715 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
715 (25.00 %)Risk Assessment
814 (23.33 %)Cisco
814 (23.33 %)MS Exchange
814 (23.33 %)Exchange Server 2010
913 (21.67 %)Security Architecture
913 (21.67 %)Security Management
913 (21.67 %)Finance
1012 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
1012 (20.00 %)Microsoft
1012 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2008
1012 (20.00 %)Network Security
1111 (18.33 %)Exchange Server 2007
1111 (18.33 %)Penetration Testing
1111 (18.33 %)F5
1111 (18.33 %)VPN
1210 (16.67 %)ISO/IEC 17799
1210 (16.67 %)ITIL
1210 (16.67 %)Web Services
1210 (16.67 %)Juniper
139 (15.00 %)PKI

BS7799
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing BS7799 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 BS7799. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
110 (16.67 %)Web Services
24 (6.667 %).NET
31 (1.667 %)HTML
31 (1.667 %)EJB
31 (1.667 %)CSS
31 (1.667 %)XML
31 (1.667 %)Middleware
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
114 (23.33 %)MS Exchange
114 (23.33 %)Exchange Server 2010
211 (18.33 %)Exchange Server 2007
39 (15.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
44 (6.667 %)WebLogic
53 (5.000 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
62 (3.333 %)SAS
71 (1.667 %)Lync
71 (1.667 %)Office Communications Server
71 (1.667 %)Oracle Workflow
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
17 (11.67 %)MS Excel
22 (3.333 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (1.667 %)MS Visio
31 (1.667 %)MS Office
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (5.000 %)SAP ERP
21 (1.667 %)Oracle ERP
21 (1.667 %)Oracle 11i
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
129 (48.33 %)Firewall
215 (25.00 %)Internet
215 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
312 (20.00 %)Network Security
411 (18.33 %)VPN
59 (15.00 %)LAN
59 (15.00 %)WAN
67 (11.67 %)Cisco PIX
76 (10.00 %)DNS
85 (8.333 %)BIG-IP
85 (8.333 %)Intranet
85 (8.333 %)NetScreen
85 (8.333 %)Extranet
94 (6.667 %)IPsec
103 (5.000 %)Cisco ASA
112 (3.333 %)VoIP
112 (3.333 %)Wireless
112 (3.333 %)Unified Communications
112 (3.333 %)VLAN
112 (3.333 %)Intrusion Detection
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (6.667 %)SQL Server
22 (3.333 %)Data Warehouse
31 (1.667 %)SQL Server Integration Services
31 (1.667 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
31 (1.667 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
31 (1.667 %)SQL Server 2008
31 (1.667 %)RDBMS
31 (1.667 %)SQL Server 2000
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (1.667 %)Rational Rose
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
113 (21.67 %)Finance
28 (13.33 %)Telecoms
36 (10.00 %)Banking
42 (3.333 %)Legal
51 (1.667 %)Law
51 (1.667 %)Front Office
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
129 (48.33 %)Consultant
219 (31.67 %)Security Consultant
310 (16.67 %)CLAS Consultant
47 (11.67 %)Messaging Engineer
55 (8.333 %)Architect
55 (8.333 %)Analyst
64 (6.667 %)Network Consultant
64 (6.667 %)Information Assurance Consultant
64 (6.667 %)Security Manager
64 (6.667 %)Security Architect
73 (5.000 %)Information Security Consultant
73 (5.000 %)Exchange Engineer
73 (5.000 %)Systems Integrator
73 (5.000 %)Lead Security Consultant
73 (5.000 %)Security Analyst
73 (5.000 %)IT Manager
82 (3.333 %)IT Consultant
82 (3.333 %)Infrastructure Engineer
82 (3.333 %)CLAS Security Consultant
82 (3.333 %)Lead Architect
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
19 (15.00 %)PKI
26 (10.00 %)CESG
26 (10.00 %)CESG CLAS
34 (6.667 %)Management Information System
43 (5.000 %)Clustering
43 (5.000 %)Replication
43 (5.000 %)Blackberry
52 (3.333 %)NHS
61 (1.667 %)Data Protection Act
61 (1.667 %)Informatics
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
134 (56.67 %)Windows
216 (26.67 %)UNIX
312 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
312 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2008
46 (10.00 %)Linux
54 (6.667 %)Solaris
63 (5.000 %)Windows 7
63 (5.000 %)Windows XP
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
132 (53.33 %)Information Security
215 (25.00 %)Risk Assessment
313 (21.67 %)Security Architecture
313 (21.67 %)Security Management
411 (18.33 %)Penetration Testing
510 (16.67 %)ITIL
69 (15.00 %)Network Design
69 (15.00 %)Project Management
69 (15.00 %)Disaster Recovery
69 (15.00 %)Business Continuity
78 (13.33 %)Risk Analysis
78 (13.33 %)Information Assurance
86 (10.00 %)Information Security Management
86 (10.00 %)Migration
86 (10.00 %)Project Planning
86 (10.00 %)Vulnerability Assessment
95 (8.333 %)Business Development
104 (6.667 %)SOA
104 (6.667 %)ERP
104 (6.667 %)Stakeholder Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
16 (10.00 %)SQL
24 (6.667 %)Java
32 (3.333 %)C
41 (1.667 %)T-SQL
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
120 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
216 (26.67 %)CISSP
216 (26.67 %)SC Cleared
39 (15.00 %)CISM
48 (13.33 %)Degree
57 (11.67 %)Cisco Certification
66 (10.00 %)CISA
75 (8.333 %)DV Cleared
84 (6.667 %)CCSP
84 (6.667 %)CCIP
84 (6.667 %)GIAC
93 (5.000 %)CCNA
93 (5.000 %)Microsoft Certification
102 (3.333 %)CCSA
102 (3.333 %)CCSE
102 (3.333 %)ACSA
102 (3.333 %)CISMP
111 (1.667 %)MCTS
111 (1.667 %)MCITP
111 (1.667 %)ISTQB
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
143 (71.67 %)ISO/IEC 27001
210 (16.67 %)ISO/IEC 17799
37 (11.67 %)PCI DSS
46 (10.00 %)COBIT
55 (8.333 %)QA
55 (8.333 %)HMG Infosec
55 (8.333 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
64 (6.667 %)JSP 440
72 (3.333 %)BS25999
81 (1.667 %)SLA
81 (1.667 %)ISO 9000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
19 (15.00 %)Active Directory
24 (6.667 %)vSphere
33 (5.000 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (1.667 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (1.667 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
41 (1.667 %)MailMarshal
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (1.667 %)SCOM
11 (1.667 %)WSUS
11 (1.667 %)HP Quality Center
11 (1.667 %)Tivoli
11 (1.667 %)Tivoli Monitoring
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
114 (23.33 %)Cisco
212 (20.00 %)Microsoft
311 (18.33 %)F5
410 (16.67 %)Juniper
57 (11.67 %)CheckPoint
66 (10.00 %)Blue Coat
75 (8.333 %)VMware
75 (8.333 %)McAfee
84 (6.667 %)Citrix
93 (5.000 %)Fortinet
93 (5.000 %)Veeam
93 (5.000 %)SAP
102 (3.333 %)IBM
102 (3.333 %)Oracle
102 (3.333 %)ArcSight
102 (3.333 %)Tripwire
111 (1.667 %)Trend Micro
111 (1.667 %)Nokia
111 (1.667 %)Websense
111 (1.667 %)HP