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This section looks at the demand for Information Security (INFOSEC) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInformation Security (INFOSEC)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank251360
Rank change on same period last yearUp+109
Matching permanent IT job ads13421066
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.722 %0.444 %
As % of the category below1.235 %0.795 %
Salaries quoted1009808
Average minimum salary£46,286£45,326
Average salary£50,655£49,003
% change on same period last year+3.37 %
Average maximum salary£55,023£52,679
UK excluding London average salary£48,481£47,635
% change on same period last year+1.77 %
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads108630134109
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled58.48 %55.90 %
Salaries quoted88900105887
Average minimum salary£43,019£44,892
Average salary£47,090£48,929
% change on same period last year-3.75 %
Average maximum salary£51,160£52,966
UK excluding London average salary£42,487£44,463
% change on same period last year-4.44 %

Information Security
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Information Security within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Information Security Demand Trend

Information Security
Salary Trend

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

Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Security over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 within the UK.

Information Security Salary Histogram

Information Security
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+1271291£50,600+3.71 %
LondonUp+96535£54,242+6.63 %
South EastUp+10246£52,906+8.95 %
City of LondonUp+68153£59,138-0.59 %
YorkshireUp+84136£42,837-3.17 %
South WestUp+58136£49,205+1.45 %
West YorkshireUp+83104£40,208-6.04 %
BerkshireUp+3191£55,744+3.19 %
West MidlandsUp+6982£36,703-15.90 %
HampshireUp+4677£49,828+17.18 %
LeedsUp+7175£37,760-14.04 %
East of EnglandUp+6065£49,829+16.15 %
North WestUp+1153£47,853+6.81 %
SurreyUp+2743£42,727-20.10 %
SomersetUp+1843£47,938-
ReadingDown-439£58,103+3.05 %
Docklands, LondonUp+6138£45,476+3.20 %
GloucestershireDown-435£58,671+33.19 %
BirminghamUp+1935£35,447-27.90 %
BasingstokeUp+332£47,265-17.80 %
EssexUp+3525£55,200+130.00 %
CheshireUp+624£52,109+38.03 %
StaffordshireUp+1524£35,000-10.82 %
Stoke-on-TrentNew entry-22£35,000-
BasildonNew entry-20--
LutonNew entry-20£46,000-
CambridgeshireUp+819£52,750+17.22 %
BradfordNo change018£54,694+15.45 %
SloughNew entry-17£49,118-
WiltshireUp+417£39,853-34.26 %

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing Information 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 Information Security.

1775 (27.82 %)CISSP
2754 (27.06 %)Finance
3643 (23.08 %)ISO27001
4425 (15.25 %)Risk Management
5410 (14.72 %)Banking
6399 (14.32 %)Firewall
7368 (13.21 %)CISM
8349 (12.53 %)Management Information System
9346 (12.42 %)Government
10328 (11.77 %)ITIL
11311 (11.16 %)Security Management
12305 (10.95 %)Windows
13293 (10.52 %)Degree
14284 (10.19 %)CISA
15244 (8.758 %)Security Cleared
16225 (8.076 %)UNIX
17220 (7.897 %)Risk Assessment
18216 (7.753 %)BS7799
19214 (7.681 %)Auditing
20205 (7.358 %)Penetration Testing
20205 (7.358 %)PCI DSS
21190 (6.820 %)Project Management
22189 (6.784 %)Information Security Management
23178 (6.389 %)Network Security
24170 (6.102 %)ISO17799
25164 (5.887 %)Business Continuity
26162 (5.815 %)Microsoft
27161 (5.779 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
28160 (5.743 %)Oracle
29159 (5.707 %)Data Protection

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing Information 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 Information Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
199 (3.553 %).NET
273 (2.620 %)JSP
367 (2.405 %)J2EE
435 (1.256 %)XML
528 (1.005 %)WebSphere
624 (0.861 %)Middleware
720 (0.718 %)WebServices
89 (0.323 %)ASP.NET
98 (0.287 %)HTML
98 (0.287 %)SOAP
107 (0.251 %)WSDL
107 (0.251 %)ATL
107 (0.251 %)MFC
107 (0.251 %)SAML
107 (0.251 %)Ruby on Rails
116 (0.215 %)jBPM
125 (0.179 %)ASP
125 (0.179 %)DCOM
134 (0.144 %)COM
134 (0.144 %)AJAX
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
147 (1.687 %)IIS
234 (1.220 %)MS Exchange
331 (1.113 %)WebLogic
429 (1.041 %)Apache
527 (0.969 %)Tomcat
621 (0.754 %)WebSphere Application Server
621 (0.754 %)Oracle Application Server
719 (0.682 %)Lotus Notes
818 (0.646 %)Exchange Server 2003
915 (0.538 %)SharePoint
107 (0.251 %)ESB
116 (0.215 %)CMS
125 (0.179 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
133 (0.108 %)LiveLink
133 (0.108 %)Exchange Server 2000
133 (0.108 %)SharePoint Portal Server
141 (0.036 %)Exchange Server 2007
141 (0.036 %)SAS
141 (0.036 %)WebLogic Portal
141 (0.036 %)Lotus Domino
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
178 (2.800 %)MS Excel
251 (1.831 %)MS Office
343 (1.543 %)MS Visio
416 (0.574 %)MS PowerPoint
511 (0.395 %)MS Project
511 (0.395 %)Spreadsheet
63 (0.108 %)CA Clarity
71 (0.036 %)Photoshop
71 (0.036 %)Acrobat
71 (0.036 %)QuarkXPress
71 (0.036 %)S-PLUS
71 (0.036 %)Adobe Illustrator
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
113 (0.467 %)Remedy ITSM
24 (0.144 %)SAP HR
24 (0.144 %)SAP Payroll
24 (0.144 %)Summit
32 (0.072 %)Remedy AR System
41 (0.036 %)assyst
41 (0.036 %)Dynamics CRM
41 (0.036 %)SoftGrid
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1399 (14.32 %)Firewall
2178 (6.389 %)Network Security
3149 (5.348 %)Internet
4132 (4.738 %)VPN
591 (3.266 %)Intrusion Detection
671 (2.548 %)SAN
767 (2.405 %)LAN
866 (2.369 %)HTTP
965 (2.333 %)TCP/IP
1055 (1.974 %)WAN
1143 (1.543 %)Wireless
1242 (1.508 %)SSL
1334 (1.220 %)FTP
1432 (1.149 %)VoIP
1531 (1.113 %)Cisco PIX
1619 (0.682 %)DNS
1717 (0.610 %)LDAP
1717 (0.610 %)Cisco ASA
1815 (0.538 %)NetScreen
1815 (0.538 %)Intranet
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
170 (2.513 %)SQL Server
259 (2.118 %)Datawarehouse
350 (1.795 %)RDBMS
445 (1.615 %)ETL
525 (0.897 %)BusinessObjects
624 (0.861 %)DB2
710 (0.359 %)Oracle 8/8i
710 (0.359 %)MySQL
88 (0.287 %)OLTP
97 (0.251 %)SQL Server 2005
104 (0.144 %)Oracle 10g
113 (0.108 %)SQL Server 2000
113 (0.108 %)GIS
122 (0.072 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
122 (0.072 %)DTS
131 (0.036 %)Ingres
131 (0.036 %)MS Access
131 (0.036 %)Informix
131 (0.036 %)SAP BW
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
150 (1.795 %)Paros
249 (1.759 %)Fiddler
35 (0.179 %)VSS/SourceSafe
44 (0.144 %)Subversion
52 (0.072 %)Visual Studio
61 (0.036 %)Ant
61 (0.036 %)Flash
61 (0.036 %)Eclipse
61 (0.036 %)TestDirector
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1754 (27.06 %)Finance
2410 (14.72 %)Banking
3346 (12.42 %)Government
4214 (7.681 %)Auditing
5154 (5.528 %)Pensions
6145 (5.205 %)Health
7136 (4.882 %)Telecoms
8124 (4.451 %)Legal
9119 (4.271 %)Investment Banking
1076 (2.728 %)Education
1169 (2.477 %)Financial Institution
1268 (2.441 %)Military
1366 (2.369 %)Retail
1443 (1.543 %)Insurance
1540 (1.436 %)Law
1630 (1.077 %)Marketing
1726 (0.933 %)Back Office
1815 (0.538 %)FMCG
1914 (0.503 %)Retail Banking
2011 (0.395 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1630 (22.61 %)Consultant
2470 (16.87 %)Security Consultant
3376 (13.50 %)Analyst
4311 (11.16 %)Security Manager
5282 (10.12 %)Security Analyst
6196 (7.035 %)Information Security Consultant
7194 (6.963 %)Information Manager
8182 (6.533 %)Information Security Manager
9154 (5.528 %)Architect
10137 (4.917 %)Security Officer
11126 (4.523 %)Security Specialist
12119 (4.271 %)Information Analyst
13110 (3.948 %)Information Security Analyst
14109 (3.912 %)Security Engineer
15103 (3.697 %)IT Manager
1695 (3.410 %)Senior Consultant
1789 (3.195 %)Information Security Officer
1874 (2.656 %)Administrator
1973 (2.620 %)Tester
2070 (2.513 %)IT Consultant
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1349 (12.53 %)Management Information System
2119 (4.271 %)PKI
368 (2.441 %)Mainframe
460 (2.154 %)Computer Science
556 (2.010 %)Data Protection Act
648 (1.723 %)Biometrics
745 (1.615 %)CESG
841 (1.472 %)AS400
921 (0.754 %)CESG CLAS
1019 (0.682 %)Client/Server
1118 (0.646 %)Cryptography
1217 (0.610 %)French Language
1313 (0.467 %)SecurID
149 (0.323 %)Economics
149 (0.323 %)Blackberry
158 (0.287 %)NHS
166 (0.215 %)Freedom of Information
166 (0.215 %)RMADS
175 (0.179 %)E-Learning
175 (0.179 %)Freedom of Information Act
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1305 (10.95 %)Windows
2225 (8.076 %)UNIX
3107 (3.841 %)Windows Server 2003
4101 (3.625 %)Linux
579 (2.836 %)Windows 2000
659 (2.118 %)Solaris
742 (1.508 %)AIX
824 (0.861 %)NetWare
922 (0.790 %)Windows XP
1021 (0.754 %)Windows 2000 Server
1115 (0.538 %)Windows Vista
1210 (0.359 %)zOS
1210 (0.359 %)HPUX
139 (0.323 %)MVS
145 (0.179 %)Red Hat Linux
153 (0.108 %)Mac OS X
153 (0.108 %)VMS
162 (0.072 %)CentOS
162 (0.072 %)Windows NT
171 (0.036 %)FreeBSD
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1425 (15.25 %)Risk Management
2328 (11.77 %)ITIL
3311 (11.16 %)Security Management
4244 (8.758 %)Security Cleared
5220 (7.897 %)Risk Assessment
6205 (7.358 %)Penetration Testing
7190 (6.820 %)Project Management
8189 (6.784 %)Information Security Management
9164 (5.887 %)Business Continuity
10159 (5.707 %)Data Protection
11143 (5.133 %)Disaster Recovery
12121 (4.343 %)PRINCE2
13118 (4.235 %)Service Management
14114 (4.092 %)Change Management
15112 (4.020 %)ISMS
16111 (3.984 %)Risk Analysis
17107 (3.841 %)SC Cleared
1886 (3.087 %)Service Delivery
1979 (2.836 %)Vulnerability Assessment
2068 (2.441 %)Identity Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1110 (3.948 %)SQL
289 (3.195 %)Java
367 (2.405 %)C
459 (2.118 %)VB
552 (1.866 %)Transact-SQL
634 (1.220 %)C++
728 (1.005 %)JCL
820 (0.718 %)C#
917 (0.610 %)PHP
1014 (0.503 %)Perl
1110 (0.359 %)REXX
129 (0.323 %)Ruby
138 (0.287 %)JavaScript
147 (0.251 %)Tcl
147 (0.251 %)Python
156 (0.215 %)Shell Script
164 (0.144 %)VB.NET
172 (0.072 %)VBScript
181 (0.036 %)Embedded C
181 (0.036 %)COBOL
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1775 (27.82 %)CISSP
2368 (13.21 %)CISM
3293 (10.52 %)Degree
4284 (10.19 %)CISA
5112 (4.020 %)Cisco Certification
691 (3.266 %)CCNA
783 (2.979 %)Microsoft Certification
871 (2.548 %)MCSE
949 (1.759 %)GIAC
949 (1.759 %)CEH
1043 (1.543 %)ITIL Certification
1134 (1.220 %)SSCP
1228 (1.005 %)CCSA
1228 (1.005 %)CCNP
1326 (0.933 %)CISMP
1420 (0.718 %)QiCA
1519 (0.682 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1617 (0.610 %)CCSE
1715 (0.538 %)ISEB
1811 (0.395 %)CCSP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1643 (23.08 %)ISO27001
2216 (7.753 %)BS7799
3205 (7.358 %)PCI DSS
4170 (6.102 %)ISO17799
5161 (5.779 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
690 (3.230 %)COBIT
773 (2.620 %)JSP 440
866 (2.369 %)SLA
948 (1.723 %)PCI QSA
1032 (1.149 %)QA
1131 (1.113 %)HMG Infosec
1230 (1.077 %)BS25999
138 (0.287 %)CESG Infosec
147 (0.251 %)COSO
155 (0.179 %)ISO9001
163 (0.108 %)ISO9000
163 (0.108 %)Basel II
172 (0.072 %)HIPAA
172 (0.072 %)PABP
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1124 (4.451 %)Active Directory
227 (0.969 %)RACF
315 (0.538 %)ISA Server
412 (0.431 %)VMware Infrastructure
510 (0.359 %)Backup Exec
69 (0.323 %)Oracle RAC
77 (0.251 %)Snort
77 (0.251 %)VMware ESX
83 (0.108 %)Terminal Server
92 (0.072 %)Nmap
92 (0.072 %)AquaLogic
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (0.359 %)Norton AntiVirus
29 (0.323 %)Nessus
37 (0.251 %)MOM
46 (0.215 %)MIMEsweeper
54 (0.144 %)CA SiteMinder
62 (0.072 %)OpenView
62 (0.072 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
62 (0.072 %)Netcool
62 (0.072 %)Netcool/Proviso
71 (0.036 %)MAILsweeper
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1162 (5.815 %)Microsoft
2160 (5.743 %)Oracle
3139 (4.989 %)Cisco
488 (3.159 %)CheckPoint
543 (1.543 %)IBM
543 (1.543 %)VMware
641 (1.472 %)Juniper
738 (1.364 %)Sun
738 (1.364 %)Citrix
836 (1.292 %)McAfee Security
933 (1.184 %)Remedy
1031 (1.113 %)CA
1130 (1.077 %)NetApp
1130 (1.077 %)BEA
1229 (1.041 %)BMC
1325 (0.897 %)Business Objects
1424 (0.861 %)SAP
1424 (0.861 %)Sybase
1522 (0.790 %)Symantec
1620 (0.718 %)Lotus