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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 45 - 33
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 5 0 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warrington 1.374% - 2.151%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.779% - 3.681%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 6
Average salary £40,000 - £36,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year
- +8.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
Warrington
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
281 431 163
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warrington 77.20% 82.25% 58.42%
Number of salaries quoted 218 396 143
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -11.39%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £26,300
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
Cheshire

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warrington 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 Warrington region.

Warrington Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Security across the Warrington region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Warrington Information Security Salary Histogram

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warrington 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 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
1 3 (60.00%) UNIX
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (40.00%) Solaris
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Apache
2 2 (40.00%) Flash
2 2 (40.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) XHTML
2 2 (40.00%) MySQL
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) XML
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) Perl
2 2 (40.00%) PHP
2 2 (40.00%) JSON
2 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Ruby
2 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (20.00%) Android
3 1 (20.00%) Bash shell
3 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warrington 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 2 (40.00%) Flash
1 2 (40.00%) XHTML
1 2 (40.00%) XML
1 2 (40.00%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) VoIP
2 1 (20.00%) SNMP
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) SSL
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) MySQL
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Tester
1 3 (60.00%) Penetration Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Information Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) UNIX
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Solaris
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Android
3 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) Perl
2 2 (40.00%) PHP
2 2 (40.00%) Ruby
3 1 (20.00%) Bash shell
3 1 (20.00%) C
3 1 (20.00%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle