The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Security Officer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IT Security Officer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Security Officer
Rank 837 863 880
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +17
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Officer 31 22 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.028% 0.018% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.019% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 30 22 2
Average salary £47,500 £51,250 £56,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.31% -8.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,400 £50,000 £53,250
10% offered a salary of more than £55,500 £72,500 £59,250
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £51,250 £56,250
% change year-on-year
-17.07% -8.88%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102828 114458 120840
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.40% 94.97% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 85533 98230 102542
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%

IT Security Officer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing IT Security Officer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

IT Security Officer Jobs Demand Trend

IT Security Officer
Salary Trend

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

IT Security Officer Salary Trend

IT Security Officer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IT Security Officer over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 within the UK.

IT Security Officer Salary Histogram

IT Security Officer
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Officer within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +26 23 £50,000 -2.43%
London +49 19 £50,000 -26.19%
Scotland - 7 £42,500 -
Croydon - 3 £54,000 -
South East +4 2 £49,250 -3.90%
City of London +1 2 £54,000 -12.19%
North West +5 1 - -
Bristol - 1 £40,000 -
Cardiff - 1 £25,204 - 1
Manchester - 1 - -
Milton Keynes - 1 £60,000 -
Reading - 1 £38,500 -
Stirling - 1 £37,500 -
Berkshire - 1 £38,500 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £60,000 -
South Wales - 1 £25,204 - 1
South West - 1 £40,000 -
Wales - 1 £25,204 - 1

IT Security Officer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited IT Security Officer in their job title 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 with IT Security Officer in their job title.

1 27 (62.79%) Information Security
2 19 (44.19%) Finance
3 16 (37.21%) Firewall
3 16 (37.21%) CISSP
4 12 (27.91%) Management Information System
4 12 (27.91%) Business Continuity
4 12 (27.91%) Penetration Testing
4 12 (27.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (27.91%) Data Protection
5 9 (20.93%) Security Management
6 8 (18.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (16.28%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (16.28%) Information Assurance
8 6 (13.95%) BCP
8 6 (13.95%) CISM
8 6 (13.95%) SLA
8 6 (13.95%) Active Directory
8 6 (13.95%) ITIL
8 6 (13.95%) Windows
9 5 (11.63%) UNIX
9 5 (11.63%) Information Security Management
9 5 (11.63%) Risk Management
10 4 (9.302%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (9.302%) Risk Assessment
10 4 (9.302%) CISA
11 3 (6.977%) ISEB
11 3 (6.977%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 3 (6.977%) Degree
12 2 (4.651%) COBIT

IT Security Officer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited IT Security Officer in their job title 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 with IT Security Officer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (2.326%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 16 (37.21%) Firewall
2 7 (16.28%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.326%) Intranet
3 1 (2.326%) Internet
3 1 (2.326%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.326%) Network Security
General
1 19 (44.19%) Finance
2 2 (4.651%) Banking
2 2 (4.651%) Legal
3 1 (2.326%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 12 (27.91%) Management Information System
2 4 (9.302%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.651%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (4.651%) Freedom of Information Act
3 2 (4.651%) Copywriting
3 2 (4.651%) RMADS
4 1 (2.326%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.95%) Windows
2 5 (11.63%) UNIX
3 1 (2.326%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (62.79%) Information Security
2 12 (27.91%) Business Continuity
2 12 (27.91%) Penetration Testing
2 12 (27.91%) Data Protection
3 9 (20.93%) Security Management
4 7 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (16.28%) Information Assurance
5 6 (13.95%) BCP
5 6 (13.95%) ITIL
6 5 (11.63%) Information Security Management
6 5 (11.63%) Risk Management
7 4 (9.302%) Risk Assessment
8 3 (6.977%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 2 (4.651%) Information Management
9 2 (4.651%) Security Testing
9 2 (4.651%) ISMS
9 2 (4.651%) Change Management
10 1 (2.326%) Information Governance
10 1 (2.326%) Data Security
10 1 (2.326%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 16 (37.21%) CISSP
2 6 (13.95%) CISM
3 4 (9.302%) CISA
4 3 (6.977%) ISEB
4 3 (6.977%) Degree
5 2 (4.651%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.326%) GIAC
6 1 (2.326%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.326%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.326%) ISACA
6 1 (2.326%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (27.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (18.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (13.95%) SLA
4 2 (4.651%) COBIT
5 1 (2.326%) JSP 440
System Software
1 6 (13.95%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (2.326%) Oracle
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