The first table below looks at the demand for the Principal Security Consultant role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Principal Security Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Principal Security Consultant
Rank 861 887 865
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Security Consultant 1 11 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.001% 0.009% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.001% 0.010% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 1 11 6
Average salary £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.34% +3.57%
UK excluding London average salary - £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101523 114414 118763
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.40% 94.78% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 84418 98091 100446
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 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Principal Security Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Principal Security Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Principal Security Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Principal Security Consultant Salary Trend

Principal Security Consultant
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Security Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 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
London +30 1 £65,000 -13.33%
England +16 1 £65,000 -10.34%

Principal Security Consultant
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Principal Security Consultant 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 Principal Security Consultant in their job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Security
2 2 (50.00%) Information Assurance
3 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) Communications Security
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) CCNP
3 1 (25.00%) CCNA
3 1 (25.00%) CCDP
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (25.00%) Symantec
3 1 (25.00%) F5
3 1 (25.00%) ArcSight
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) Wireless

Principal Security Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Principal Security Consultant 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 Principal Security Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco PIX
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Security
2 2 (50.00%) Information Assurance
3 1 (25.00%) Communications Security
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCNP
1 1 (25.00%) CCNA
1 1 (25.00%) CCDP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (25.00%) Symantec
1 1 (25.00%) F5
1 1 (25.00%) ArcSight