The first table below looks at the demand for Communications Security skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Communications Security 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 Processes & Methodologies category.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Communications Security (COMSEC)
Rank 774 860 842
Rank change year-on-year
+86 -18
Permanent jobs citing Communications Security 86 27 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.079% 0.022% 0.024%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.104% 0.030% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 10 18 24
Average salary £65,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+73.33% -6.25%
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+73.33% -6.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
82967 90341 89879
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 76.38% 74.55% 73.65%
Number of salaries quoted 68059 76794 75193
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%

Communications Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Communications Security Jobs Demand Trend

Communications Security
Salary Trend

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

Communications Security Salary Trend

Communications Security
Salary Histogram

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

Communications Security Salary Histogram

Communications Security
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Communications Security 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 +65 82 £65,000 +73.33%
South East +55 61 £65,000 -27.77%
Crawley +30 40 - -
West Sussex +27 40 - -
Basingstoke - 15 - -
Hampshire - 15 - -
North West +1 11 £65,000 -
Manchester - 9 £65,000 -
London +34 8 £65,000 +71.05%
Cheadle - 8 - -
Weybridge - 3 - -
Surrey - 3 - -
Berkshire +11 2 £65,000 -27.77%
Yorkshire -8 2 £65,000 -
Blackburn - 2 £55,000 -
Reading - 2 £65,000 -
Lancashire - 2 £55,000 -
West Midlands - 2 £65,000 -
Cheshire +9 1 £65,000 -
South Yorkshire +3 1 - -
East of England 0 1 - -
Doncaster -9 1 - -
Staffordshire - 1 £65,000 -
Oxfordshire - 1 £65,000 -
Kent - 1 £32,500 -
Cambridgeshire - 1 - -
Wokingham - 1 £65,000 -
Oxford - 1 £65,000 -
Warrington - 1 £65,000 -
Twickenham - 1 £65,000 -

Communications Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 128 (83.66%) Information Management
2 123 (80.39%) Telecoms
3 111 (72.55%) Military
4 105 (68.63%) Management Information System
5 97 (63.40%) Electronics
5 97 (63.40%) Aerospace
6 69 (45.10%) Chip and PIN
7 63 (41.18%) Degree
8 47 (30.72%) Linux
9 45 (29.41%) Windows
10 41 (26.80%) Oracle
10 41 (26.80%) Oracle 8/8i
11 40 (26.14%) C++
12 35 (22.88%) C
12 35 (22.88%) Validation
13 33 (21.57%) Rational DOORS
14 31 (20.26%) Finance
14 31 (20.26%) MS Office
15 30 (19.61%) MS Excel
15 30 (19.61%) Configuration Management
16 29 (18.95%) Software Engineering
16 29 (18.95%) Waterfall
17 28 (18.30%) Avionics
17 28 (18.30%) Requirements Management
18 27 (17.65%) Cisco
18 27 (17.65%) UML
19 25 (16.34%) SQL
19 25 (16.34%) Microsoft
19 25 (16.34%) Security Cleared
20 24 (15.69%) SC Cleared

Communications Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 24 (15.69%) Middleware
2 21 (13.73%) JSF
3 10 (6.536%) Hibernate
3 10 (6.536%) Spring
3 10 (6.536%) CSS
4 6 (3.922%) Web Services
4 6 (3.922%) Swing
4 6 (3.922%) PostGIS
5 5 (3.268%) jQuery
5 5 (3.268%) XML
6 4 (2.614%) J2EE
6 4 (2.614%) Spring MVC
7 3 (1.961%) .NET
8 2 (1.307%) ASP
8 2 (1.307%) HTML
9 1 (0.654%) Google Maps API
9 1 (0.654%) Ajax
9 1 (0.654%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.654%) COM
Application Platforms
1 10 (6.536%) MS Exchange
2 6 (3.922%) Exchange Server 2003
2 6 (3.922%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (3.268%) SharePoint
4 4 (2.614%) Lotus Notes
4 4 (2.614%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (2.614%) Exchange Server 5.5
4 4 (2.614%) ESB
4 4 (2.614%) Oracle Spatial
4 4 (2.614%) ArchestrA
5 3 (1.961%) Site Server
5 3 (1.961%) IIS
6 2 (1.307%) Apache
7 1 (0.654%) Force.com
7 1 (0.654%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 31 (20.26%) MS Office
2 30 (19.61%) MS Excel
3 16 (10.46%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (1.961%) MS Project
5 2 (1.307%) Office 365
6 1 (0.654%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 19 (12.42%) Oracle EBS
2 14 (9.150%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (1.961%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 17 (11.11%) Firewall
2 14 (9.150%) Wireless
2 14 (9.150%) LAN
3 13 (8.497%) Unified Communications
3 13 (8.497%) Network Security
4 11 (7.190%) WAN
5 9 (5.882%) VPN
6 8 (5.229%) SAN
7 5 (3.268%) VoIP
8 4 (2.614%) 3G
9 3 (1.961%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (1.961%) Cisco PIX
9 3 (1.961%) Internet
9 3 (1.961%) MPLS
9 3 (1.961%) TCP/IP
10 2 (1.307%) DNS
10 2 (1.307%) VLAN
10 2 (1.307%) Frame Relay
11 1 (0.654%) PABX
11 1 (0.654%) WPA2
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (26.80%) Oracle 8/8i
2 4 (2.614%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (2.614%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (1.961%) MySQL
4 2 (1.307%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.654%) QlikView
5 1 (0.654%) MS Access
5 1 (0.654%) Informix
5 1 (0.654%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 33 (21.57%) Rational DOORS
2 24 (15.69%) ClearQuest
2 24 (15.69%) ClearCase
3 10 (6.536%) Gradle
4 6 (3.922%) Maven
5 1 (0.654%) JIRA
5 1 (0.654%) Visual Studio
General
1 123 (80.39%) Telecoms
2 111 (72.55%) Military
3 97 (63.40%) Electronics
3 97 (63.40%) Aerospace
4 31 (20.26%) Finance
5 28 (18.30%) Avionics
6 6 (3.922%) Billing
6 6 (3.922%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.268%) Banking
8 1 (0.654%) Legal
8 1 (0.654%) Marketing
8 1 (0.654%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (18.30%) Consultant
2 20 (13.07%) Architect
3 19 (12.42%) Software Engineer
4 17 (11.11%) Applications Consultant
5 16 (10.46%) Oracle Consultant
6 14 (9.150%) Oracle Applications Consultant
6 14 (9.150%) Developer
7 12 (7.843%) Security Manager
7 12 (7.843%) Analyst
8 11 (7.190%) Software Architect
9 10 (6.536%) Java Developer
10 9 (5.882%) Technical Architect
11 7 (4.575%) Technical Specialist
11 7 (4.575%) Server Specialist
12 5 (3.268%) Storage Specialist
13 4 (2.614%) Network Engineer
13 4 (2.614%) Server Engineer
13 4 (2.614%) Cisco Consultant
13 4 (2.614%) Team Leader
13 4 (2.614%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 105 (68.63%) Management Information System
2 69 (45.10%) Chip and PIN
3 21 (13.73%) Device Driver
4 8 (5.229%) Blackberry
5 5 (3.268%) SCADA
5 5 (3.268%) Mathematics
5 5 (3.268%) Computer Science
6 4 (2.614%) PDA
6 4 (2.614%) CCTV
6 4 (2.614%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (2.614%) EqualLogic
7 3 (1.961%) Physics
7 3 (1.961%) CESG
8 2 (1.307%) PMI
8 2 (1.307%) Cryptography
8 2 (1.307%) PKI
8 2 (1.307%) Replication
8 2 (1.307%) SaaS
9 1 (0.654%) RMADS
9 1 (0.654%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 47 (30.72%) Linux
2 45 (29.41%) Windows
3 24 (15.69%) VxWorks
4 14 (9.150%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (4.575%) Windows XP
6 6 (3.922%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (3.922%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (3.268%) UNIX
8 4 (2.614%) Windows NT
9 3 (1.961%) Windows 7
9 3 (1.961%) Windows 2000
10 2 (1.307%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.654%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (83.66%) Information Management
2 35 (22.88%) Validation
3 30 (19.61%) Configuration Management
4 29 (18.95%) Software Engineering
4 29 (18.95%) Waterfall
5 28 (18.30%) Requirements Management
6 27 (17.65%) UML
7 24 (15.69%) Embedded Software Development
7 24 (15.69%) Project Management
7 24 (15.69%) Software Testing
8 23 (15.03%) OO
9 20 (13.07%) Business Intelligence
9 20 (13.07%) ERP
10 19 (12.42%) Business Process Improvement
10 19 (12.42%) User Acceptance Testing
11 18 (11.76%) Quality Management
11 18 (11.76%) Information Security
11 18 (11.76%) ITIL
12 16 (10.46%) Continuous Integration
12 16 (10.46%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (26.14%) C++
2 35 (22.88%) C
3 25 (16.34%) SQL
4 24 (15.69%) Ada
5 20 (13.07%) Shell Script
6 19 (12.42%) Java
7 7 (4.575%) C#
8 5 (3.268%) JavaScript
9 4 (2.614%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.307%) Python
11 1 (0.654%) VBScript
11 1 (0.654%) VB
11 1 (0.654%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.654%) Perl
Qualifications
1 63 (41.18%) Degree
2 25 (16.34%) Security Cleared
3 24 (15.69%) SC Cleared
4 22 (14.38%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (9.150%) CISSP
6 13 (8.497%) PhD
7 10 (6.536%) CISM
7 10 (6.536%) CEH
7 10 (6.536%) Check Point Certification
8 7 (4.575%) CCNP
9 6 (3.922%) DV Cleared
10 5 (3.268%) CCNA
10 5 (3.268%) CCIE
10 5 (3.268%) HNC
10 5 (3.268%) HND
11 4 (2.614%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.961%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (1.961%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (1.307%) MCP
13 2 (1.307%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (15.69%) DO-178B
2 10 (6.536%) SLA
3 3 (1.961%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.307%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.654%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.654%) COBIT
System Software
1 12 (7.843%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (3.922%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.614%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.961%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.961%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (3.922%) Unicenter
2 3 (1.961%) NetBackup
2 3 (1.961%) Backup Exec
3 2 (1.307%) Windows Intune
4 1 (0.654%) SCOM
4 1 (0.654%) WMI
4 1 (0.654%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 41 (26.80%) Oracle
2 27 (17.65%) Cisco
3 25 (16.34%) Microsoft
4 19 (12.42%) Cognos
5 14 (9.150%) VMware
6 13 (8.497%) Blue Coat
7 11 (7.190%) CheckPoint
8 10 (6.536%) PTC
8 10 (6.536%) McAfee
8 10 (6.536%) Primavera
8 10 (6.536%) Juniper
9 7 (4.575%) Citrix
10 6 (3.922%) CA
10 6 (3.922%) Northgate
11 4 (2.614%) JBoss
11 4 (2.614%) HP
11 4 (2.614%) Dell
11 4 (2.614%) Lotus
11 4 (2.614%) Wonderware
11 4 (2.614%) Barracuda Networks
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