The first 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 20 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Security Specialist
Rank 832 888 877
Rank change year-on-year
+56 -11
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Specialist 27 8 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.024% 0.007% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.007% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 26 5 9
Average salary £54,250 £43,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+24.71% -13.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,750 £43,500 £42,000
10% offered a salary of more than £98,750 £60,900 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £43,500 £20,000
% change year-on-year
+9.19% +117.50%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
104260 112424 121400
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.39% 94.97% 94.14%
Number of salaries quoted 86734 96496 103078
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 Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

This 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 Jobs Demand Trend

IT Security Specialist
Salary Trend

This 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
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IT Security Specialist over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 within the UK.

IT Security Specialist Salary Histogram

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 20 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 +33 27 £54,250 +24.71%
London +36 19 £85,000 +17.24%
Coventry - 4 £53,500 -
West Midlands - 4 £53,500 -
South East +10 3 £45,000 +3.44%
City of London +9 3 £32,500 -55.17%
Welwyn Garden City - 1 £47,500 -
Hertfordshire - 1 £47,500 -
Surrey - 1 £45,000 -
East of England - 1 £47,500 -

IT Security Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

1 47 (55.29%) Firewall
2 43 (50.59%) Information Security
3 39 (45.88%) CISSP
4 28 (32.94%) Finance
5 27 (31.76%) CISM
6 23 (27.06%) Windows
7 22 (25.88%) ITIL
8 21 (24.71%) CISA
8 21 (24.71%) SIEM
9 20 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 20 (23.53%) Intrusion Detection
10 18 (21.18%) Data Protection
10 18 (21.18%) Security Architecture
10 18 (21.18%) SQL
11 16 (18.82%) Microsoft
12 14 (16.47%) Oracle
12 14 (16.47%) Java
12 14 (16.47%) Management Information System
12 14 (16.47%) Tripwire
13 13 (15.29%) Security Management
14 11 (12.94%) Penetration Testing
14 11 (12.94%) COBIT
15 10 (11.76%) Degree
15 10 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
15 10 (11.76%) PCI DSS
15 10 (11.76%) BCP
15 10 (11.76%) Project Management
15 10 (11.76%) TCP/IP
16 9 (10.59%) Linux
16 9 (10.59%) C#

IT Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 4 (4.706%) Middleware
2 2 (2.353%) .NET
3 1 (1.176%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.353%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.176%) IIS
2 1 (1.176%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 8 (9.412%) MS Office
1 8 (9.412%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 47 (55.29%) Firewall
2 20 (23.53%) Intrusion Detection
3 10 (11.76%) TCP/IP
4 8 (9.412%) Network Security
5 6 (7.059%) Wireless
6 5 (5.882%) VPN
6 5 (5.882%) DNS
6 5 (5.882%) DHCP
7 4 (4.706%) SSH
7 4 (4.706%) SSL
8 3 (3.529%) HTTP
8 3 (3.529%) Intranet
9 1 (1.176%) ATM
9 1 (1.176%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.706%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.176%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (1.176%) AppScan
General
1 28 (32.94%) Finance
2 6 (7.059%) Law
3 4 (4.706%) Banking
3 4 (4.706%) Retail
3 4 (4.706%) Investment Banking
3 4 (4.706%) Advertising
4 3 (3.529%) Legal
5 2 (2.353%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.47%) Management Information System
2 10 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (10.59%) Cryptography
4 8 (9.412%) Computer Science
5 4 (4.706%) PKI
6 1 (1.176%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 23 (27.06%) Windows
2 9 (10.59%) Linux
3 7 (8.235%) Solaris
4 6 (7.059%) UNIX
4 6 (7.059%) AIX
5 1 (1.176%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (50.59%) Information Security
2 22 (25.88%) ITIL
3 21 (24.71%) SIEM
4 18 (21.18%) Data Protection
4 18 (21.18%) Security Architecture
5 13 (15.29%) Security Management
6 11 (12.94%) Penetration Testing
7 10 (11.76%) BCP
7 10 (11.76%) Project Management
8 9 (10.59%) Risk Management
9 8 (9.412%) Business Continuity
9 8 (9.412%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 8 (9.412%) Computer Security
9 8 (9.412%) Vulnerability Management
10 6 (7.059%) Incident Management
11 5 (5.882%) Data Security
11 5 (5.882%) Risk Assessment
11 5 (5.882%) Risk Analysis
12 3 (3.529%) PRINCE2
12 3 (3.529%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (21.18%) SQL
2 14 (16.47%) Java
3 9 (10.59%) C#
4 5 (5.882%) C++
5 2 (2.353%) Perl
Qualifications
1 39 (45.88%) CISSP
2 27 (31.76%) CISM
3 21 (24.71%) CISA
4 10 (11.76%) Degree
5 9 (10.59%) CEH
6 6 (7.059%) CCSA
7 4 (4.706%) GIAC
8 2 (2.353%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.353%) Security Cleared
8 2 (2.353%) MBA
9 1 (1.176%) CCNA
9 1 (1.176%) CCDP
9 1 (1.176%) CWNA
9 1 (1.176%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.176%) PMP
9 1 (1.176%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.176%) ISSMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (12.94%) COBIT
3 10 (11.76%) PCI DSS
4 6 (7.059%) COSO
5 5 (5.882%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (4.706%) ISO 9001
6 4 (4.706%) ISO 9002
System Software
1 7 (8.235%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.353%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 2 (2.353%) Nessus
Vendors
1 16 (18.82%) Microsoft
2 14 (16.47%) Oracle
2 14 (16.47%) Tripwire
3 7 (8.235%) Cisco
4 2 (2.353%) Qualys
5 1 (1.176%) IBM
5 1 (1.176%) Nokia
5 1 (1.176%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.176%) ArcSight