The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Tester role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Tester
Rank 816 876 849
Rank change year-on-year
+60 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Tester 44 11 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.041% 0.009% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.010% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 19 11 16
Average salary £45,000 £53,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.88% +52.85%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £65,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-23.07% +85.71%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102582 114838 114977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 85352 98508 97090
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%

Security Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Security Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Security Tester
Salary Trend

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

Security Tester Salary Trend

Security Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Tester over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

Security Tester Salary Histogram

Security Tester
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Tester within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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
England +41 41 £45,000 -15.88%
Yorkshire - 22 - -
West Yorkshire - 22 - -
South East +7 11 £45,000 -5.26%
Oxfordshire - 5 £45,000 -
London +28 4 £30,000 -43.92%
Weybridge - 3 £42,500 -
Oxford - 3 £45,000 -
Surrey - 3 £42,500 -
Thames Valley - 3 £50,000 -
West Midlands - 2 £47,500 -
North West - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £65,000 -
Staffordshire - 1 £50,000 -
Nottinghamshire - 1 £65,000 -
Nottingham - 1 £65,000 -

Security Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Security Tester 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 Security Tester in their job title.

1 56 (90.32%) Penetration Testing
2 47 (75.81%) Security Testing
3 33 (53.23%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 32 (51.61%) CEH
5 30 (48.39%) CISSP
5 30 (48.39%) CISM
6 23 (37.10%) UNIX
6 23 (37.10%) Windows
7 19 (30.65%) VB
8 18 (29.03%) Degree
9 17 (27.42%) Wireless
9 17 (27.42%) Linux
9 17 (27.42%) Internet
9 17 (27.42%) HIPAA
9 17 (27.42%) Digital Forensics
9 17 (27.42%) GWAPT
10 16 (25.81%) GPEN
10 16 (25.81%) OSCP
10 16 (25.81%) OSCE
10 16 (25.81%) Vulnerability Management
10 16 (25.81%) Open Source
10 16 (25.81%) Reverse Engineering
10 16 (25.81%) Firewall
10 16 (25.81%) CISA
10 16 (25.81%) PHP
10 16 (25.81%) GCIH
10 16 (25.81%) Computer Science
10 16 (25.81%) Ethical Hacking
10 16 (25.81%) Network Design
11 15 (24.19%) Java

Security Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Security Tester 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 Security Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (12.90%) .NET
2 3 (4.839%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.452%) WebLogic
1 4 (6.452%) Apache
2 3 (4.839%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (27.42%) Wireless
1 17 (27.42%) Internet
2 16 (25.81%) Firewall
3 14 (22.58%) TCP/IP
4 13 (20.97%) Network Security
5 2 (3.226%) Intranet
6 1 (1.613%) DMZ
6 1 (1.613%) ADSL
General
1 12 (19.35%) Legal
2 2 (3.226%) Finance
3 1 (1.613%) Law
3 1 (1.613%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 16 (25.81%) Open Source
1 16 (25.81%) Computer Science
2 14 (22.58%) Management Information System
3 13 (20.97%) Blog
4 1 (1.613%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.613%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 23 (37.10%) UNIX
1 23 (37.10%) Windows
2 17 (27.42%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (90.32%) Penetration Testing
2 47 (75.81%) Security Testing
3 33 (53.23%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 17 (27.42%) Digital Forensics
5 16 (25.81%) Vulnerability Management
5 16 (25.81%) Reverse Engineering
5 16 (25.81%) Ethical Hacking
5 16 (25.81%) Network Design
6 12 (19.35%) Data Protection
6 12 (19.35%) Disaster Recovery
6 12 (19.35%) Risk Management
6 12 (19.35%) Business Continuity
7 9 (14.52%) Information Security
8 7 (11.29%) Web Application Development
9 2 (3.226%) OWASP
9 2 (3.226%) Security Management
9 2 (3.226%) Change Management
10 1 (1.613%) Automated Testing
10 1 (1.613%) E-Commerce
10 1 (1.613%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (30.65%) VB
2 16 (25.81%) PHP
3 15 (24.19%) Java
4 14 (22.58%) Perl
5 4 (6.452%) VB.NET
5 4 (6.452%) VB6
6 3 (4.839%) SQL
7 2 (3.226%) C
7 2 (3.226%) C++
Qualifications
1 32 (51.61%) CEH
2 30 (48.39%) CISSP
2 30 (48.39%) CISM
3 18 (29.03%) Degree
4 17 (27.42%) GWAPT
5 16 (25.81%) GPEN
5 16 (25.81%) OSCP
5 16 (25.81%) OSCE
5 16 (25.81%) CISA
5 16 (25.81%) GCIH
6 13 (20.97%) SC Cleared
6 13 (20.97%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.613%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (27.42%) HIPAA
2 3 (4.839%) PCI DSS
3 2 (3.226%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 3 (4.839%) WebInspect
1 3 (4.839%) AppDetective
2 1 (1.613%) Nessus
Vendors
1 4 (6.452%) IBM
1 4 (6.452%) HP
2 1 (1.613%) Qualys
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