The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Security Specialist 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
Senior Security Specialist
Rank 852 872 850
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Specialist 10 26 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.009% 0.022% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.023% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 5 21 22
Average salary £53,500 £55,000 £61,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.72% -10.20%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,500 £37,500 £55,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £80,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £55,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year
-16.36% -10.20%
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%

Senior Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Senior Security Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Security Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Senior Security Specialist Salary Trend

Senior Security Specialist
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Security Specialist over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

Senior Security Specialist Salary Histogram

Senior Security Specialist
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Security Specialist 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
England +8 10 £53,500 -2.72%
London +36 4 £80,000 -
West Midlands - 2 £54,250 -
Coventry - 2 £54,250 -
South East -13 1 £38,500 -30.00%
North West -16 1 - -
South West - 1 £38,500 -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
West Yorkshire - 1 - -
Surrey - 1 £38,500 -
Manchester - 1 - -
Leeds - 1 - -
Bristol - 1 £38,500 -

Senior Security Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 13 (61.90%) Information Security
2 10 (47.62%) CISSP
3 9 (42.86%) Finance
4 8 (38.10%) Firewall
5 7 (33.33%) Data Protection
6 6 (28.57%) Network Security
6 6 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (28.57%) CISA
6 6 (28.57%) CISM
6 6 (28.57%) Windows
7 5 (23.81%) DHCP
7 5 (23.81%) Active Directory
7 5 (23.81%) DNS
7 5 (23.81%) Wireless
7 5 (23.81%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (19.05%) Risk Management
8 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
8 4 (19.05%) CISMP
8 4 (19.05%) Project Management
9 3 (14.29%) CheckPoint
9 3 (14.29%) MPLS
9 3 (14.29%) McAfee
9 3 (14.29%) Security Management
9 3 (14.29%) Cisco
9 3 (14.29%) TCP/IP
9 3 (14.29%) CiscoWorks
9 3 (14.29%) ITIL
9 3 (14.29%) VLAN
9 3 (14.29%) Load Balancing
9 3 (14.29%) Degree

Senior Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 8 (38.10%) Firewall
2 6 (28.57%) Network Security
3 5 (23.81%) DHCP
3 5 (23.81%) DNS
3 5 (23.81%) Wireless
3 5 (23.81%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (14.29%) MPLS
4 3 (14.29%) TCP/IP
4 3 (14.29%) VLAN
4 3 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (14.29%) Junos
4 3 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
5 2 (9.524%) HTTP
5 2 (9.524%) ATM
General
1 9 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (9.524%) Banking
2 2 (9.524%) Retail
2 2 (9.524%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.524%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (9.524%) Credit Risk
1 2 (9.524%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.762%) Mainframe
2 1 (4.762%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 6 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (4.762%) Linux
2 1 (4.762%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Information Security
2 7 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 4 (19.05%) Risk Management
3 4 (19.05%) Project Management
4 3 (14.29%) Security Management
4 3 (14.29%) ITIL
4 3 (14.29%) Load Balancing
4 3 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (14.29%) Cyber Security
5 2 (9.524%) SIEM
5 2 (9.524%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (9.524%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (9.524%) Risk Analysis
5 2 (9.524%) Security Testing
5 2 (9.524%) Business Development
5 2 (9.524%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (4.762%) OO
6 1 (4.762%) Time Management
6 1 (4.762%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (4.762%) Ethical Hacking
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.762%) C#
1 1 (4.762%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (47.62%) CISSP
2 6 (28.57%) CISA
2 6 (28.57%) CISM
3 4 (19.05%) CISMP
4 3 (14.29%) Degree
4 3 (14.29%) CEH
4 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 2 (9.524%) PCI QSA
6 1 (4.762%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (4.762%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (14.29%) COBIT
2 3 (14.29%) PCI DSS
3 1 (4.762%) BS7799
3 1 (4.762%) COSO
System Software
1 5 (23.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) CheckPoint
2 3 (14.29%) McAfee
2 3 (14.29%) Cisco
3 2 (9.524%) Tripwire