The first table below looks at the demand for GSEC in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GSEC over the 3 months to 24 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 Qualifications currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)
Rank 840 897 874
Rank change year-on-year
+57 -23
Permanent jobs citing GSEC 22 2 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.020% 0.002% 0.006%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.074% 0.006% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 4
Average salary £56,250 £48,750 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -11.36%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £41,750 £47,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,750 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 - £60,000
All Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
29882 33504 32557
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 27.65% 27.76% 26.17%
Number of salaries quoted 24050 28534 27195
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%

GSEC
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing GSEC within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

GSEC Jobs Demand Trend

GSEC
Salary Trend

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

GSEC Salary Trend

GSEC
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GSEC over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

GSEC Salary Histogram

GSEC
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GSEC within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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
London +70 20 £50,000 +2.56%
England +43 20 £56,250 +15.38%
City of London - 6 £45,000 -
South East - 2 £65,000 -
Berkshire - 2 £65,000 -
Reading - 2 £65,000 -
Hounslow - 2 £65,000 -

GSEC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing GSEC 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 GSEC.

1 32 (100.00%) CISSP
2 24 (75.00%) Information Security
3 18 (56.25%) Risk Management
3 18 (56.25%) Intrusion Detection
3 18 (56.25%) PKI
3 18 (56.25%) Degree
3 18 (56.25%) Network Security
3 18 (56.25%) SIEM
4 14 (43.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (40.63%) Nessus
5 13 (40.63%) Internet
5 13 (40.63%) VPN
6 12 (37.50%) UNIX
6 12 (37.50%) Windows
6 12 (37.50%) Management Information System
6 12 (37.50%) Security Architecture
7 11 (34.38%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 11 (34.38%) Penetration Testing
7 11 (34.38%) SC Cleared
7 11 (34.38%) Security Cleared
7 11 (34.38%) GIAC
7 11 (34.38%) Advertising
8 10 (31.25%) CISA
8 10 (31.25%) ISA Server
8 10 (31.25%) McAfee
8 10 (31.25%) IBM
8 10 (31.25%) Juniper
8 10 (31.25%) CheckPoint
8 10 (31.25%) TippingPoint
8 10 (31.25%) Sourcefire

GSEC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing GSEC 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 GSEC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 18 (56.25%) Intrusion Detection
1 18 (56.25%) Network Security
2 13 (40.63%) Internet
2 13 (40.63%) VPN
3 8 (25.00%) IPsec
3 8 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 3 (9.375%) Ethereal
4 3 (9.375%) Firewall
4 3 (9.375%) Wireless
5 1 (3.125%) Asterisk PBX
5 1 (3.125%) ISDN
5 1 (3.125%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.375%) SQL Server
1 3 (9.375%) DB2
1 3 (9.375%) MySQL
General
1 11 (34.38%) Advertising
2 2 (6.250%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.125%) Finance
3 1 (3.125%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 12 (37.50%) Architect
2 12 (37.50%) Information Architect
2 12 (37.50%) Security Architect
2 12 (37.50%) Information Security Architect
3 8 (25.00%) Information Security Engineer
4 3 (9.375%) Senior Manager
5 2 (6.250%) Consultant
5 2 (6.250%) Security Consultant
5 2 (6.250%) Information Security Consultant
6 1 (3.125%) Information Security Administrator
6 1 (3.125%) Security Administrator
6 1 (3.125%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 18 (56.25%) PKI
2 12 (37.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.125%) Derivative
3 1 (3.125%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 12 (37.50%) UNIX
1 12 (37.50%) Windows
2 4 (12.50%) Linux
3 3 (9.375%) Windows 2000 Server
3 3 (9.375%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (9.375%) Windows NT
4 1 (3.125%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (3.125%) CentOS
4 1 (3.125%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (75.00%) Information Security
2 18 (56.25%) Risk Management
2 18 (56.25%) SIEM
3 12 (37.50%) Security Architecture
4 11 (34.38%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 11 (34.38%) Penetration Testing
5 9 (28.13%) Risk Assessment
6 8 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 8 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 8 (25.00%) Change Control
6 8 (25.00%) Network Design
7 4 (12.50%) Data Security
7 4 (12.50%) Security Management
7 4 (12.50%) Network Management
8 3 (9.375%) OWASP
9 1 (3.125%) Information Assurance
9 1 (3.125%) Software Testing
9 1 (3.125%) Service Management
9 1 (3.125%) Project Management
9 1 (3.125%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.00%) Python
1 8 (25.00%) Perl
1 8 (25.00%) Ruby
2 3 (9.375%) SQL
3 1 (3.125%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (100.00%) CISSP
2 18 (56.25%) Degree
3 11 (34.38%) SC Cleared
3 11 (34.38%) Security Cleared
3 11 (34.38%) GIAC
4 10 (31.25%) CISA
5 9 (28.13%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (28.13%) CCNP
6 8 (25.00%) CCIE
6 8 (25.00%) CCSP
7 5 (15.63%) CISM
8 3 (9.375%) PCI QSA
8 3 (9.375%) CEH
9 2 (6.250%) CSSLP
9 2 (6.250%) GCED
10 1 (3.125%) MCITP
10 1 (3.125%) Security+ Certification
10 1 (3.125%) MCSE
10 1 (3.125%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (3.125%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (43.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 17799
3 3 (9.375%) HIPAA
System Software
1 10 (31.25%) ISA Server
2 3 (9.375%) Nmap
3 1 (3.125%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (40.63%) Nessus
2 3 (9.375%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 10 (31.25%) McAfee
1 10 (31.25%) IBM
1 10 (31.25%) Juniper
1 10 (31.25%) CheckPoint
1 10 (31.25%) TippingPoint
1 10 (31.25%) Sourcefire
1 10 (31.25%) Blue Coat
1 10 (31.25%) ArcSight
1 10 (31.25%) Lumension
2 9 (28.13%) Cisco
3 8 (25.00%) IronPort
4 4 (12.50%) Oracle
4 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 3 (9.375%) Sybase
6 2 (6.250%) Apple
7 1 (3.125%) VMware
7 1 (3.125%) Red Hat
7 1 (3.125%) HP