The first table below looks at the demand for Reverse Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Reverse Engineering 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Reverse Engineering
Rank 798 816 832
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +16
Permanent jobs citing Reverse Engineering 70 69 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.064% 0.057% 0.039%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.084% 0.076% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 49 60 38
Average salary £42,500 £37,000 £48,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.86% -24.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,560 £33,100 £32,200
10% offered a salary of more than £70,500 £53,500 £81,850
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year
+3.89% -11.49%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
83034 90312 94559
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 76.23% 74.93% 73.66%
Number of salaries quoted 68153 76820 79397
Average salary £45,000 £47,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.25% -1.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%

Reverse Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Reverse Engineering within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Reverse Engineering Jobs Demand Trend

Reverse Engineering
Salary Trend

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

Reverse Engineering Salary Trend

Reverse Engineering
Salary Histogram

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

Reverse Engineering Salary Histogram

Reverse Engineering
Top 28 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Reverse Engineering 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 +25 69 £42,500 +14.86% 2
London +43 31 £43,750 +25.00%
North West +11 12 £40,000 +29.03% 1
Manchester -5 12 £40,000 +29.03% 1
Yorkshire +19 11 - -
West Yorkshire +7 11 - -
South East +4 11 £52,500 +38.15% 1
City of London +6 7 £40,000 -
Surrey +10 4 £52,500 +40.00%
Stockport - 4 £42,500 - 1
Oxfordshire - 4 £52,500 -
Guildford -14 3 £65,000 +74.49%
Suffolk - 2 £35,000 -
Abingdon - 2 £60,000 -
Cheadle - 2 £57,500 -
East of England - 2 £35,000 -
Berkshire +16 1 £70,000 +75.00%
Hampshire 0 1 £45,000 +21.62% 1
Basingstoke -14 1 £45,000 -
Coventry - 1 £42,500 -
Milton Keynes - 1 - -
Oxford - 1 £45,000 -
Reading - 1 £70,000 -
Lincolnshire - 1 £35,000 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
Lincoln - 1 £35,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £42,500 -
East Midlands - 1 £35,000 -

Reverse Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Reverse Engineering also 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 that cited Reverse Engineering.

1 50 (35.21%) C++
2 47 (33.10%) Penetration Testing
2 47 (33.10%) Degree
3 44 (30.99%) Windows
4 39 (27.46%) Linux
5 34 (23.94%) C
5 34 (23.94%) C#
5 34 (23.94%) Firewall
6 33 (23.24%) Java
6 33 (23.24%) Security Cleared
7 29 (20.42%) iPhone
8 28 (19.72%) Android
8 28 (19.72%) SQL
9 26 (18.31%) Open Source
10 25 (17.61%) Digital Forensics
10 25 (17.61%) DV Cleared
10 25 (17.61%) Finance
10 25 (17.61%) Cyber Security
11 24 (16.90%) CISSP
11 24 (16.90%) HTML
11 24 (16.90%) Computer Science
11 24 (16.90%) GCIH
12 23 (16.20%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 23 (16.20%) Mobile App
13 22 (15.49%) OO
14 21 (14.79%) JavaScript
14 21 (14.79%) Wireless
14 21 (14.79%) CEH
15 20 (14.08%) Network Design
15 20 (14.08%) Security Testing

Reverse Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Reverse Engineering also 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 that cited Reverse Engineering. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 24 (16.90%) HTML
2 16 (11.27%) jQuery
2 16 (11.27%) CSS
3 15 (10.56%) JSON
3 15 (10.56%) RESTful
3 15 (10.56%) Ajax
4 14 (9.859%) HTML5
5 11 (7.746%) XML
6 9 (6.338%) .NET
7 8 (5.634%) Middleware
8 7 (4.930%) Hibernate
8 7 (4.930%) J2EE
9 6 (4.225%) Web Services
9 6 (4.225%) ATL
10 5 (3.521%) iOS SDK
10 5 (3.521%) JSF
10 5 (3.521%) EJB
11 3 (2.113%) ASP.NET
12 2 (1.408%) SGML
12 2 (1.408%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 6 (4.225%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (2.113%) ESB
3 1 (0.704%) GroupWise
Applications
1 9 (6.338%) MS Excel
2 5 (3.521%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.113%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 34 (23.94%) Firewall
2 21 (14.79%) Wireless
3 10 (7.042%) Wireshark
4 9 (6.338%) SMS
4 9 (6.338%) TCP/IP
5 7 (4.930%) Network Security
6 6 (4.225%) SSL
6 6 (4.225%) HTTP
6 6 (4.225%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (3.521%) Internet
8 4 (2.817%) LDAP
8 4 (2.817%) DNS
8 4 (2.817%) SMTP
8 4 (2.817%) DHCP
9 3 (2.113%) tcpdump
9 3 (2.113%) TELNET
9 3 (2.113%) FTP
10 2 (1.408%) VoIP
10 2 (1.408%) VPN
10 2 (1.408%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.27%) MySQL
2 8 (5.634%) SQL Server
3 7 (4.930%) Data Mining
4 5 (3.521%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (3.521%) RDBMS
5 4 (2.817%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (2.113%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (2.113%) SQL Server 2000
6 3 (2.113%) OLAP
6 3 (2.113%) MS Access
6 3 (2.113%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.113%) IBM InfoSphere
7 2 (1.408%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (1.408%) TOAD
8 1 (0.704%) SQL Server 2005
8 1 (0.704%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (5.634%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.817%) Xcode
2 4 (2.817%) Metasploit
3 2 (1.408%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.704%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 25 (17.61%) Finance
2 9 (6.338%) Telecoms
3 8 (5.634%) Legal
4 5 (3.521%) Banking
4 5 (3.521%) Games
4 5 (3.521%) Electronics
5 4 (2.817%) Law
5 4 (2.817%) Investment Banking
6 3 (2.113%) Back Office
7 2 (1.408%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.408%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 28 (19.72%) Developer
2 26 (18.31%) Analyst
3 23 (16.20%) Software Engineer
4 21 (14.79%) Tester
4 21 (14.79%) Penetration Tester
5 18 (12.68%) Security Tester
6 16 (11.27%) PHP Developer
7 10 (7.042%) Security Analyst
8 8 (5.634%) Security Specialist
9 6 (4.225%) Senior Software Engineer
9 6 (4.225%) Security Investigator
10 5 (3.521%) C++ Software Engineer
10 5 (3.521%) C++ Developer
11 4 (2.817%) Senior Manager
11 4 (2.817%) Support Specialist
11 4 (2.817%) SQL Developer
11 4 (2.817%) Operations Analyst
11 4 (2.817%) Security Operations Analyst
11 4 (2.817%) Forensic Investigator
12 3 (2.113%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 29 (20.42%) iPhone
2 26 (18.31%) Open Source
3 24 (16.90%) Computer Science
4 23 (16.20%) Mobile App
5 17 (11.97%) Cryptography
6 12 (8.451%) SCADA
7 10 (7.042%) Embedded Systems
8 9 (6.338%) Mathematics
8 9 (6.338%) Handset
9 8 (5.634%) Management Information System
10 5 (3.521%) N-Tier
11 4 (2.817%) Data Integration
12 2 (1.408%) Digital Media
12 2 (1.408%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (1.408%) PKI
13 1 (0.704%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 44 (30.99%) Windows
2 39 (27.46%) Linux
3 28 (19.72%) Android
4 14 (9.859%) Apple iOS
5 8 (5.634%) UNIX
6 5 (3.521%) Solaris
7 3 (2.113%) AIX
8 2 (1.408%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.704%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (33.10%) Penetration Testing
2 25 (17.61%) Digital Forensics
2 25 (17.61%) Cyber Security
3 23 (16.20%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 22 (15.49%) OO
5 20 (14.08%) Network Design
5 20 (14.08%) Security Testing
5 20 (14.08%) Scrum
5 20 (14.08%) Vulnerability Management
6 17 (11.97%) Ethical Hacking
7 16 (11.27%) SIEM
8 15 (10.56%) Workflow
8 15 (10.56%) Requirements Analysis
9 14 (9.859%) Information Security
9 14 (9.859%) Data Protection
9 14 (9.859%) Mobile Application Development
10 13 (9.155%) UML
11 12 (8.451%) Business Development
12 11 (7.746%) Software Engineering
12 11 (7.746%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 50 (35.21%) C++
2 34 (23.94%) C
2 34 (23.94%) C#
3 33 (23.24%) Java
4 28 (19.72%) SQL
5 21 (14.79%) JavaScript
6 18 (12.68%) PHP
7 15 (10.56%) PHP5
8 13 (9.155%) Python
9 6 (4.225%) VB.NET
10 5 (3.521%) Ruby
10 5 (3.521%) Assembly Language
10 5 (3.521%) Perl
11 3 (2.113%) VBA
12 2 (1.408%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.704%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.704%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.704%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.704%) VB
13 1 (0.704%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 47 (33.10%) Degree
2 33 (23.24%) Security Cleared
3 25 (17.61%) DV Cleared
4 24 (16.90%) CISSP
4 24 (16.90%) GCIH
5 21 (14.79%) CEH
6 19 (13.38%) GPEN
7 18 (12.68%) GWAPT
7 18 (12.68%) OSCP
7 18 (12.68%) OSCE
7 18 (12.68%) CISA
7 18 (12.68%) CISM
8 16 (11.27%) GIAC
9 7 (4.930%) SC Cleared
10 6 (4.225%) MCP
10 6 (4.225%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (4.225%) GCIA
10 6 (4.225%) GCFA
11 4 (2.817%) SSCP
12 2 (1.408%) EnCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.68%) HIPAA
2 9 (6.338%) JTAG
3 4 (2.817%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.113%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (5.634%) Snort
Systems Management
1 4 (2.817%) MIIS
2 2 (1.408%) Nessus
Vendors
1 15 (10.56%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.338%) Symbian
3 8 (5.634%) Oracle
4 5 (3.521%) JBoss
5 4 (2.817%) Intel
6 3 (2.113%) Cisco
6 3 (2.113%) Cognos
7 2 (1.408%) Red Gate
7 2 (1.408%) Coverity
8 1 (0.704%) Zend
8 1 (0.704%) ArcSight
8 1 (0.704%) Huawei
8 1 (0.704%) Blue Coat
Stockport, Cheshire
Key skills - C++ Developer, C Developer, Software Engineer, Windows Development Senior C++ Developer / C Developer is urgently needed for a high profile client!... We are looking for C++...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
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