The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Officer role in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Officer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 advertised for the Wales region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Officer
Rank 84 94 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Officer 8 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 0.648% 0.086% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.661% 0.088% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 0
Average salary £28,000 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £51,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-12.19% +7.89%
All Job Titles
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1211 1139 992
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 98.06% 97.68% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1093 1005 911
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% -4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Officer
UK

Security Officer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Security Officer Jobs Demand Trend

Security Officer
Salary Trend

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

Wales Security Officer Salary Trend

Security Officer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Officer within the Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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 +10 8 £28,000 -30.00%
Security Officer
UK

Security Officer
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region that cited Security Officer 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 Officer in their job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Information Security
2 9 (64.29%) ISEB
3 6 (42.86%) MS Office
3 6 (42.86%) Information Security Management
3 6 (42.86%) Security Management
3 6 (42.86%) Data Protection
3 6 (42.86%) Freedom of Information
4 4 (28.57%) Banking
4 4 (28.57%) Retail
4 4 (28.57%) Firewall
4 4 (28.57%) CISSP
4 4 (28.57%) Retail Banking
4 4 (28.57%) Finance
5 3 (21.43%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (7.143%) Network Security
6 1 (7.143%) PCI DSS
6 1 (7.143%) Information Governance
6 1 (7.143%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (7.143%) COBIT
6 1 (7.143%) Configuration Management
6 1 (7.143%) Management Information System

Security Officer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region that cited Security Officer 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 Officer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 6 (42.86%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Firewall
2 1 (7.143%) Network Security
General
1 4 (28.57%) Banking
1 4 (28.57%) Retail
1 4 (28.57%) Retail Banking
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Information Security
2 6 (42.86%) Information Security Management
2 6 (42.86%) Security Management
2 6 (42.86%) Data Protection
3 3 (21.43%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (7.143%) Information Governance
4 1 (7.143%) Configuration Management
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) ISEB
2 4 (28.57%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) PCI DSS
1 1 (7.143%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.143%) COBIT