The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Wales region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 81 83 87
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 16 13 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 1.279% 1.124% 0.098%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.850% 1.613% 0.135%
Number of salaries quoted 12 12 1
Average salary £28,000 £36,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.28% +32.72%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.38%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
865 806 740
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 69.14% 69.66% 72.34%
Number of salaries quoted 765 721 694
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
UK

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Information Security across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Wales Information Security Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Information Security across the Wales region.

Wales Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Security across the Wales region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Wales Information Security Salary Histogram

Information Security
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Wales region 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
South Wales -1 15 £28,000 -23.28%
North Wales - 1 - -
Information Security
UK

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region citing Information Security 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 Information Security.

1 22 (37.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (25.42%) E-Commerce
3 14 (23.73%) Finance
3 14 (23.73%) Digital Media
4 13 (22.03%) Project Management
5 12 (20.34%) Management Information System
5 12 (20.34%) MS Office
6 10 (16.95%) ISEB
7 9 (15.25%) Microsoft
8 8 (13.56%) CISSP
8 8 (13.56%) ITIL
9 7 (11.86%) Service Management
9 7 (11.86%) Information Security Management
9 7 (11.86%) Security Management
9 7 (11.86%) Retail
9 7 (11.86%) Business Continuity
9 7 (11.86%) Data Protection
10 6 (10.17%) Retail Banking
10 6 (10.17%) Banking
10 6 (10.17%) Freedom of Information
10 6 (10.17%) Firewall
10 6 (10.17%) SQL Server
10 6 (10.17%) Windows
11 5 (8.475%) SQL Server 2005
11 5 (8.475%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (8.475%) SQL Server 2008
12 4 (6.780%) SQL Server 2012
12 4 (6.780%) Red Gate
12 4 (6.780%) Video Editing
12 4 (6.780%) MCITP

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region citing Information Security 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 Information Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (6.780%) .NET
1 4 (6.780%) Web Services
1 4 (6.780%) XML
2 3 (5.085%) Hibernate
2 3 (5.085%) Struts
2 3 (5.085%) Spring
2 3 (5.085%) Java SE
2 3 (5.085%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.695%) XSLT
3 1 (1.695%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.695%) SOAP
3 1 (1.695%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.695%) Apache FOP
3 1 (1.695%) WCF
3 1 (1.695%) REST
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.390%) IIS
2 1 (1.695%) Apache
2 1 (1.695%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 12 (20.34%) MS Office
2 3 (5.085%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.17%) Firewall
2 4 (6.780%) LAN
2 4 (6.780%) WAN
3 1 (1.695%) Wireless
3 1 (1.695%) VoIP
3 1 (1.695%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.17%) SQL Server
2 5 (8.475%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (8.475%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (6.780%) SQL Server 2012
3 4 (6.780%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (6.780%) Oracle 8/8i
3 4 (6.780%) SQL Server 2000
3 4 (6.780%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (5.085%) JUnit
1 3 (5.085%) Subversion
General
1 14 (23.73%) Finance
2 7 (11.86%) Retail
3 6 (10.17%) Retail Banking
3 6 (10.17%) Banking
4 1 (1.695%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.695%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (23.73%) Graduate
1 14 (23.73%) Security Officer
1 14 (23.73%) Information Security Specialist
1 14 (23.73%) Information Specialist
1 14 (23.73%) Security Specialist
2 11 (18.64%) Information Security Officer
3 4 (6.780%) Team Leader
3 4 (6.780%) Administrator
3 4 (6.780%) Support Team Leader
3 4 (6.780%) Senior DBA
3 4 (6.780%) DBA
3 4 (6.780%) Project Manager
3 4 (6.780%) Analyst
4 3 (5.085%) Developer
4 3 (5.085%) Java Developer
4 3 (5.085%) Security Manager
4 3 (5.085%) Business Continuity Manager
4 3 (5.085%) Business Manager
4 3 (5.085%) IT Security Officer
5 2 (3.390%) Information Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 14 (23.73%) Digital Media
2 12 (20.34%) Management Information System
3 6 (10.17%) Freedom of Information
4 4 (6.780%) Video Editing
4 4 (6.780%) BBC
5 1 (1.695%) Mathematics
5 1 (1.695%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.17%) Windows
2 5 (8.475%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (6.780%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.695%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.42%) E-Commerce
2 13 (22.03%) Project Management
3 8 (13.56%) ITIL
4 7 (11.86%) Service Management
4 7 (11.86%) Information Security Management
4 7 (11.86%) Security Management
4 7 (11.86%) Business Continuity
4 7 (11.86%) Data Protection
5 4 (6.780%) Risk Management
6 3 (5.085%) Scrum
6 3 (5.085%) ITSM
6 3 (5.085%) BCP
6 3 (5.085%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (5.085%) Incident Management
6 3 (5.085%) TDD
6 3 (5.085%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (3.390%) Information Management
7 2 (3.390%) PRINCE2
7 2 (3.390%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (1.695%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.780%) C#
1 4 (6.780%) SQL
1 4 (6.780%) T-SQL
1 4 (6.780%) VB.NET
2 3 (5.085%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (16.95%) ISEB
2 8 (13.56%) CISSP
3 4 (6.780%) MCITP
3 4 (6.780%) MCDBA
3 4 (6.780%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.390%) Degree
4 2 (3.390%) CISA
4 2 (3.390%) CISM
4 2 (3.390%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (37.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.695%) COBIT
2 1 (1.695%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (3.390%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.695%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.695%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 9 (15.25%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.780%) Red Gate
2 4 (6.780%) Oracle
3 3 (5.085%) IBM
4 2 (3.390%) VMware
5 1 (1.695%) SAP
5 1 (1.695%) Cisco
5 1 (1.695%) Veeam