The first table below looks at the demand for Security+ Certification in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security+ Certification over the 3 months to 22 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 Qualifications currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CompTIA Security+ Certification
Rank 854 878 854
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -24
Permanent jobs citing Security+ Certification 10 22 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.009% 0.018% 0.013%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.033% 0.065% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 6 20 16
Average salary £47,000 £57,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.26% -11.53%
UK excluding London average salary £47,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-18.26% -11.53%
All Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
29939 34010 32034
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 27.52% 27.73% 26.20%
Number of salaries quoted 24086 28944 26762
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%

Security+ Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security+ Certification within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Security+ Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Security+ Certification
Salary Trend

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

Security+ Certification Salary Trend

Security+ Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security+ Certification over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 within the UK.

Security+ Certification Salary Histogram

Security+ Certification
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security+ Certification within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 +20 10 £47,000 -18.26%
Surrey +16 8 £47,000 -23.26%
South East +9 8 £47,000 -23.26%
Guildford 0 6 £47,000 -18.26%
Farnborough - 3 £47,000 -
Hampshire - 3 £47,000 -
Berkshire - 3 £47,000 -
Slough - 3 £47,000 -
Reading - 3 £47,000 -
London +38 2 £61,250 +36.11%
City of London - 2 £61,250 -

Security+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Security+ Certification 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 Security+ Certification.

1 18 (94.74%) CISSP
2 14 (73.68%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (68.42%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (63.16%) MCSE
4 12 (63.16%) Cisco
5 10 (52.63%) Microsoft
5 10 (52.63%) CCDA
5 10 (52.63%) Information Security
6 9 (47.37%) ITIL
6 9 (47.37%) Security Cleared
7 8 (42.11%) VMware Infrastructure
7 8 (42.11%) VMware
8 7 (36.84%) CCNA
8 7 (36.84%) NetApp
8 7 (36.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (36.84%) SC Cleared
9 6 (31.58%) Juniper
9 6 (31.58%) PRINCE2
9 6 (31.58%) Windows
9 6 (31.58%) CCNP
9 6 (31.58%) CISM
10 5 (26.32%) CISA
10 5 (26.32%) MCSA
10 5 (26.32%) MCP
10 5 (26.32%) HP
10 5 (26.32%) Citrix
10 5 (26.32%) Network Security
10 5 (26.32%) PCI DSS
11 4 (21.05%) Enterprise Architecture
11 4 (21.05%) SAP Security

Security+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Security+ Certification 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 Security+ Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) MS Exchange
1 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2007
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) Network Security
2 4 (21.05%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (21.05%) SAN
2 4 (21.05%) WAN
2 4 (21.05%) MPLS
3 2 (10.53%) Firewall
4 1 (5.263%) ISDN
4 1 (5.263%) VoIP
4 1 (5.263%) Asterisk PBX
General
1 1 (5.263%) Finance
1 1 (5.263%) Legal
1 1 (5.263%) German Language
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Architect
2 5 (26.32%) Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Technical Architect
2 5 (26.32%) Security Manager
3 4 (21.05%) Security Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) IT Security Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (10.53%) Support Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Help Desk Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Administrator
6 1 (5.263%) Senior Manager
6 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Security Administrator
6 1 (5.263%) Help Desk Support
6 1 (5.263%) Help Desk Support Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Information Security Administrator
6 1 (5.263%) Information Security Compliance Officer
6 1 (5.263%) Information Security Officer
6 1 (5.263%) Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.263%) Client/Server
2 1 (5.263%) Derivative
2 1 (5.263%) Statistics
2 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Windows
2 4 (21.05%) Linux
3 2 (10.53%) UNIX
4 1 (5.263%) Windows XP
4 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (5.263%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (5.263%) Windows 7
4 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (5.263%) CentOS
4 1 (5.263%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (5.263%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Information Security
2 9 (47.37%) ITIL
3 6 (31.58%) PRINCE2
4 4 (21.05%) Enterprise Architecture
4 4 (21.05%) SAP Security
4 4 (21.05%) Business Development
4 4 (21.05%) Information Governance
5 3 (15.79%) Risk Management
6 2 (10.53%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (10.53%) Project Management
6 2 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (10.53%) Data Security
6 2 (10.53%) Security Management
7 1 (5.263%) Service Management
7 1 (5.263%) Validation
7 1 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (5.263%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 1 (5.263%) Network Management
7 1 (5.263%) Information Assurance
7 1 (5.263%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
2 1 (5.263%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (94.74%) CISSP
2 14 (73.68%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (68.42%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (63.16%) MCSE
5 10 (52.63%) CCDA
6 9 (47.37%) Security Cleared
7 7 (36.84%) CCNA
7 7 (36.84%) SC Cleared
8 6 (31.58%) CCNP
8 6 (31.58%) CISM
9 5 (26.32%) CISA
9 5 (26.32%) MCSA
9 5 (26.32%) MCP
10 4 (21.05%) DV Cleared
11 3 (15.79%) CEH
11 3 (15.79%) CISMP
12 2 (10.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (5.263%) RHCE
13 1 (5.263%) GSEC
13 1 (5.263%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (26.32%) PCI DSS
3 1 (5.263%) ISO/IEC 17799
3 1 (5.263%) COBIT
System Software
1 8 (42.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (21.05%) VMware ESX
3 2 (10.53%) vSphere
3 2 (10.53%) vCloud
4 1 (5.263%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) NetBackup
2 1 (5.263%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 12 (63.16%) Cisco
2 10 (52.63%) Microsoft
3 8 (42.11%) VMware
4 7 (36.84%) NetApp
5 6 (31.58%) Juniper
6 5 (26.32%) HP
6 5 (26.32%) Citrix
7 4 (21.05%) SAP
8 2 (10.53%) Oracle
9 1 (5.263%) Red Hat
9 1 (5.263%) Symantec
9 1 (5.263%) 3PAR
9 1 (5.263%) Imperva
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