The first table below looks at the demand for GWAPT in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GWAPT over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT)
Rank 835 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing GWAPT 27 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.025% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.091% - -
Number of salaries quoted 15 0 0
Average salary £50,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 - -
All Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
29725 33452 32996
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 27.64% 27.71% 26.18%
Number of salaries quoted 23916 28443 27565
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £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 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%

GWAPT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

GWAPT Jobs Demand Trend

GWAPT
Salary Trend

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

GWAPT Salary Trend

GWAPT
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GWAPT within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 - 27 £50,000 -
South East - 15 £50,000 -
Oxfordshire - 15 £50,000 -
Oxford - 14 £50,000 -
Yorkshire - 12 - -
West Yorkshire - 12 - -

GWAPT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing GWAPT 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 GWAPT.

1 28 (100.00%) Security Testing
2 26 (92.86%) Degree
2 26 (92.86%) Computer Science
3 23 (82.14%) Data Protection
4 16 (57.14%) Open Source
4 16 (57.14%) HIPAA
4 16 (57.14%) Reverse Engineering
4 16 (57.14%) Digital Forensics
4 16 (57.14%) GPEN
4 16 (57.14%) OSCP
4 16 (57.14%) OSCE
4 16 (57.14%) Vulnerability Management
4 16 (57.14%) CISSP
4 16 (57.14%) CISA
4 16 (57.14%) CISM
4 16 (57.14%) Firewall
4 16 (57.14%) Wireless
4 16 (57.14%) GCIH
4 16 (57.14%) Penetration Testing
4 16 (57.14%) CEH
4 16 (57.14%) Network Design
4 16 (57.14%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 12 (42.86%) Information Security
5 12 (42.86%) IBM
5 12 (42.86%) HP
5 12 (42.86%) CSSLP
6 11 (39.29%) Java
6 11 (39.29%) .NET
6 11 (39.29%) AppDetective
7 10 (35.71%) Android

GWAPT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing GWAPT 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 GWAPT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (39.29%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 9 (32.14%) WebLogic
1 9 (32.14%) Apache
2 8 (28.57%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (57.14%) Firewall
1 16 (57.14%) Wireless
General
1 8 (28.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 17 (60.71%) Tester
1 17 (60.71%) Security Tester
2 16 (57.14%) Penetration Tester
3 6 (21.43%) Developer
4 5 (17.86%) Applications Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Security Consultant
5 3 (10.71%) Software Consultant
5 3 (10.71%) Consultant
6 1 (3.571%) Software Tester
6 1 (3.571%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 26 (92.86%) Computer Science
2 16 (57.14%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 10 (35.71%) Android
1 10 (35.71%) Apple iOS
2 9 (32.14%) UNIX
2 9 (32.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) Security Testing
2 23 (82.14%) Data Protection
3 16 (57.14%) Reverse Engineering
3 16 (57.14%) Digital Forensics
3 16 (57.14%) Vulnerability Management
3 16 (57.14%) Penetration Testing
3 16 (57.14%) Network Design
3 16 (57.14%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 12 (42.86%) Information Security
5 8 (28.57%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 11 (39.29%) Java
2 8 (28.57%) C++
Qualifications
1 26 (92.86%) Degree
2 16 (57.14%) GPEN
2 16 (57.14%) OSCP
2 16 (57.14%) OSCE
2 16 (57.14%) CISSP
2 16 (57.14%) CISA
2 16 (57.14%) CISM
2 16 (57.14%) GCIH
2 16 (57.14%) CEH
3 12 (42.86%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (57.14%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 11 (39.29%) AppDetective
2 1 (3.571%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 12 (42.86%) IBM
1 12 (42.86%) HP
Oxford, South East
Candidates should come from a strong software development background with expertise in either Java or C++ as well hands-on experience with security testing tools such as Checkmarx...
Volt
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013