The first table below looks at the demand for Computer Forensics skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Forensics 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Forensics
Rank 191 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Computer Forensics 13 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.259% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.345% - -
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 0
Average salary £45,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £34,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+14.70% -9.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3770 3162 2881
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 74.98% 69.37% 69.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3158 2737 2424
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Computer Forensics
England

Computer Forensics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Computer Forensics across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands Computer Forensics Jobs Demand Trend

Computer Forensics
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Computer Forensics across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Computer Forensics Salary Trend

Computer Forensics
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Forensics within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham - 13 £45,000 -
Computer Forensics
England

Computer Forensics
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Computer Forensics 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 Computer Forensics.

1 25 (100.00%) CCNA
1 25 (100.00%) CISSP
1 25 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 25 (100.00%) Internet
1 25 (100.00%) Firewall
1 25 (100.00%) Sentinel
1 25 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 25 (100.00%) ACSA
1 25 (100.00%) SIEM
2 24 (96.00%) Risk Management
2 24 (96.00%) Java
2 24 (96.00%) JavaScript
3 18 (72.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 15 (60.00%) Management Information System
5 11 (44.00%) Security Cleared
6 10 (40.00%) SC Cleared
7 2 (8.000%) Network Security

Computer Forensics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Computer Forensics 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 Computer Forensics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 25 (100.00%) Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 25 (100.00%) Internet
1 25 (100.00%) Firewall
1 25 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (8.000%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 16 (64.00%) Security Specialist
2 9 (36.00%) Security Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) IT Security Engineer
4 2 (8.000%) Network Engineer
4 2 (8.000%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Senior Network Security Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (60.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) SIEM
2 24 (96.00%) Risk Management
3 18 (72.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 24 (96.00%) Java
1 24 (96.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 25 (100.00%) CCNA
1 25 (100.00%) CISSP
1 25 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 25 (100.00%) ACSA
2 11 (44.00%) Security Cleared
3 10 (40.00%) SC Cleared