Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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 19 March 2010 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
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank661651942
Rank change year-on-year
Down-10Up+291
Matching permanent IT job ads151922
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.017 %0.022 %0.011 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.019 %0.024 %0.011 %
Salaries quoted141713
Average salary£65,000£50,000£55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.00 %-9.090 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£45,000£40,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£55,000£62,500
UK excluding London average salary£65,000£47,500£53,750
% change year-on-year
+36.84 %-11.62 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
8006179487192657
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK93.18 %93.72 %94.40 %
Salaries quoted6618965376157185
Average salary£41,500£38,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.790 %-3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-

IT Security Specialist
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IT Security Specialist over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

IT Security Specialist Salary Histogram

IT Security Specialist
Top 14 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 19 March 2010. 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-1315£65,000+30.00 %
LondonDown-388£40,000-27.27 %
South EastDown-15£65,000+36.84 %
East of EnglandNew entry-4£70,000-
HertfordshireNew entry-4£67,500-
EssexNew entry-4£67,500-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-4£67,500-
BerkshireUp+43£65,000+13.04 %
YorkshireNew entry-2£47,500-
South YorkshireNew entry-2£47,500-
BedfordshireNew entry-2£70,000-
SheffieldNew entry-2£47,500-
ReadingUp+171£30,000-47.82 %
West DraytonNew entry-1£37,500-

IT Security Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

118 (75.00 %)PCI DSS
216 (66.67 %)CISSP
315 (62.50 %)CISA
315 (62.50 %)Information Security
410 (41.67 %)GAP Analysis
59 (37.50 %)GIAC
66 (25.00 %)Security Architecture
75 (20.83 %)Retail
75 (20.83 %)Firewall
84 (16.67 %)Data Security
84 (16.67 %)Security Management
84 (16.67 %)CheckPoint
84 (16.67 %)Penetration Testing
84 (16.67 %)Systems Analysis
84 (16.67 %)Degree
84 (16.67 %)Security Testing
93 (12.50 %)ISO27001
93 (12.50 %)PCI QSA
93 (12.50 %)Risk Assessment
93 (12.50 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
93 (12.50 %)Active Directory
93 (12.50 %)CISM
93 (12.50 %)Windows
93 (12.50 %)VPN
93 (12.50 %)Cisco
93 (12.50 %)Microsoft
102 (8.333 %)IBM
102 (8.333 %)Java
102 (8.333 %)Oracle
102 (8.333 %)SQL Server

IT Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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 Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (4.167 %)Apache
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (20.83 %)Firewall
23 (12.50 %)VPN
32 (8.333 %)Internet
32 (8.333 %)Network Security
41 (4.167 %)SSL
41 (4.167 %)IPsec
41 (4.167 %)Intrusion Detection
41 (4.167 %)LDAP
41 (4.167 %)LAN
41 (4.167 %)WAN
41 (4.167 %)TCP/IP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (8.333 %)SQL Server
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
15 (20.83 %)Retail
21 (4.167 %)Telemarketing
21 (4.167 %)Education
21 (4.167 %)Government
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (8.333 %)Cryptography
12 (8.333 %)PKI
21 (4.167 %)Management Information System
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (12.50 %)Windows
22 (8.333 %)AIX
22 (8.333 %)Linux
31 (4.167 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
115 (62.50 %)Information Security
210 (41.67 %)GAP Analysis
36 (25.00 %)Security Architecture
44 (16.67 %)Data Security
44 (16.67 %)Security Management
44 (16.67 %)Penetration Testing
44 (16.67 %)Systems Analysis
44 (16.67 %)Security Testing
53 (12.50 %)Risk Assessment
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12 (8.333 %)Java
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
116 (66.67 %)CISSP
215 (62.50 %)CISA
39 (37.50 %)GIAC
44 (16.67 %)Degree
53 (12.50 %)PCI QSA
53 (12.50 %)CISM
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
118 (75.00 %)PCI DSS
23 (12.50 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
23 (12.50 %)ISO27001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (12.50 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (4.167 %)Sun Identity Manager
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14 (16.67 %)CheckPoint
23 (12.50 %)Cisco
23 (12.50 %)Microsoft
32 (8.333 %)IBM
32 (8.333 %)Oracle
32 (8.333 %)JBoss
32 (8.333 %)Symantec
41 (4.167 %)Websense
41 (4.167 %)Sourcefire
41 (4.167 %)Sun
41 (4.167 %)Nokia
41 (4.167 %)Red Hat