Demand Trend Salary Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the IT Security Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

IT Security Specialist
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank868850729
Rank change year-on-year
Down-18Down-121
Matching permanent IT job ads71523
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.006 %0.012 %0.024 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.006 %0.013 %0.026 %
Number of salaries quoted31122
Average salary£62,500£52,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.04 %+31.25 %
UK excluding London average salary£62,500£47,500£47,500
% change year-on-year
+31.57 %-
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11420611553789084
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK94.71 %94.23 %93.30 %
Number of salaries quoted979339761273729
Average salary£42,500£42,500£42,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33 %+2.73 %

IT Security Specialist
Demand Trend

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

IT Security Specialist Demand Trend

IT Security Specialist
Salary Trend

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

IT Security Specialist Salary Trend

IT Security Specialist
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Specialist within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-236£62,500+19.04 %
South EastDown-324£62,500-
LondonDown-202£70,000+7.69 %
BerkshireDown-262--
HampshireNew entry-2£62,500-
BasingstokeNew entry-2£62,500-
MaidenheadDown-81--
ScotlandNew entry-1--
ReadingNew entry-1--
GlasgowNew entry-1--

IT Security Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited IT Security Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

124 (47.06 %)Information Security
124 (47.06 %)Firewall
223 (45.10 %)Finance
318 (35.29 %)CISSP
318 (35.29 %)Vulnerability Assessment
416 (31.37 %)Penetration Testing
416 (31.37 %)Cisco
416 (31.37 %)Windows
416 (31.37 %)Risk Management
515 (29.41 %)Linux
614 (27.45 %)SQL
614 (27.45 %)VMware
614 (27.45 %)PCI DSS
713 (25.49 %)Symantec
811 (21.57 %)CheckPoint
811 (21.57 %)VMware Infrastructure
910 (19.61 %)Security Architecture
910 (19.61 %)Security Testing
910 (19.61 %)Statistics
910 (19.61 %)Cryptography
910 (19.61 %)PKI
910 (19.61 %)Incident Management
910 (19.61 %)VPN
910 (19.61 %)DB2
910 (19.61 %)AIX
108 (15.69 %)ISO/IEC 27001
117 (13.73 %)COBIT
117 (13.73 %)SIEM
117 (13.73 %)CISA
117 (13.73 %)Project Management

IT Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited IT Security Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (5.882 %)Regular Expression
22 (3.922 %)ODBC
22 (3.922 %).NET
31 (1.961 %)COM+
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (1.961 %)IIS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (5.882 %)MS Excel
21 (1.961 %)MS Visio
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
124 (47.06 %)Firewall
210 (19.61 %)VPN
36 (11.76 %)Network Security
44 (7.843 %)Cisco ASA
53 (5.882 %)VLAN
53 (5.882 %)MPLS
62 (3.922 %)BGP
62 (3.922 %)EIGRP
62 (3.922 %)Intrusion Detection
62 (3.922 %)FWSM
62 (3.922 %)TCP/IP
71 (1.961 %)DMVPN
71 (1.961 %)BIG-IP
71 (1.961 %)Wireshark
71 (1.961 %)Cisco IOS
71 (1.961 %)NetScreen
71 (1.961 %)DNS
71 (1.961 %)VoIP
71 (1.961 %)DHCP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (19.61 %)DB2
22 (3.922 %)SQL Server
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
123 (45.10 %)Finance
23 (5.882 %)Law
23 (5.882 %)Banking
31 (1.961 %)Retail
31 (1.961 %)Legal
31 (1.961 %)Financial Institution
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (19.61 %)Cryptography
110 (19.61 %)PKI
110 (19.61 %)Statistics
24 (7.843 %)Management Information System
33 (5.882 %)Computer Science
42 (3.922 %)Freedom of Information
51 (1.961 %)Thin Client
51 (1.961 %)Fat Client
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
116 (31.37 %)Windows
215 (29.41 %)Linux
310 (19.61 %)AIX
44 (7.843 %)UNIX
52 (3.922 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (3.922 %)Windows Server 2008
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
124 (47.06 %)Information Security
218 (35.29 %)Vulnerability Assessment
316 (31.37 %)Penetration Testing
316 (31.37 %)Risk Management
410 (19.61 %)Incident Management
410 (19.61 %)Security Testing
410 (19.61 %)Security Architecture
57 (13.73 %)SIEM
57 (13.73 %)Project Management
65 (9.804 %)Security Management
65 (9.804 %)IT Governance
74 (7.843 %)Risk Assessment
74 (7.843 %)Risk Analysis
83 (5.882 %)Problem Management
92 (3.922 %)Stakeholder Management
92 (3.922 %)Vulnerability Management
92 (3.922 %)Data Protection
101 (1.961 %)Information Assurance
101 (1.961 %)Business Continuity
101 (1.961 %)Disaster Recovery
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
114 (27.45 %)SQL
23 (5.882 %)C
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
118 (35.29 %)CISSP
27 (13.73 %)CISA
35 (9.804 %)ISEB
43 (5.882 %)Degree
43 (5.882 %)SC Cleared
43 (5.882 %)Security Cleared
52 (3.922 %)MCITP
61 (1.961 %)CISM
61 (1.961 %)CCSE
61 (1.961 %)CCNP
61 (1.961 %)Cisco Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (27.45 %)PCI DSS
28 (15.69 %)ISO/IEC 27001
37 (13.73 %)COBIT
42 (3.922 %)SLA
42 (3.922 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
51 (1.961 %)COSO
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
111 (21.57 %)VMware Infrastructure
26 (11.76 %)Active Directory
31 (1.961 %)Snort
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (3.922 %)SolarWinds Orion
21 (1.961 %)Cisco UCCX
21 (1.961 %)Cisco CUCM
21 (1.961 %)Nessus
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
116 (31.37 %)Cisco
214 (27.45 %)VMware
313 (25.49 %)Symantec
411 (21.57 %)CheckPoint
53 (5.882 %)Juniper
62 (3.922 %)Remedy
62 (3.922 %)McAfee
62 (3.922 %)Tripwire
62 (3.922 %)SolarWinds
71 (1.961 %)Infoblox
71 (1.961 %)F5
71 (1.961 %)ArcSight
71 (1.961 %)Sourcefire
71 (1.961 %)Blue Coat
71 (1.961 %)Nokia
71 (1.961 %)Microsoft
71 (1.961 %)HP
71 (1.961 %)Citrix