Penetration Testing Jobs in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Penetration Testing 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 Penetration Testing 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 West Midlands region.

Location
 3 months to
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Penetration Testing
Rank 181 - 141
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 22 0 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.439% - 0.759%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.587% - 1.101%
Number of salaries quoted 13 0 27
Average salary £42,500 - £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 3747 3127 2816
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 74.79% 69.27% 68.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3154 2692 2372
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £27,000
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%
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Penetration Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Penetration Testing Salary Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands Penetration Testing Salary Histogram

Penetration Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the West Midlands 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
Coventry - 11 £40,250 -
Staffordshire - 3 £50,000 -
Warwickshire - 2 £27,000 -
Birmingham - 2 - -
Shropshire - 1 - -
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Penetration Testing 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 Penetration Testing.

1 15 (51.72%) Windows
1 15 (51.72%) Information Security
2 13 (44.83%) Risk Management
3 11 (37.93%) UNIX
4 10 (34.48%) SQL
4 10 (34.48%) Firewall
5 9 (31.03%) .NET
5 9 (31.03%) Web Application Development
6 8 (27.59%) VB
6 8 (27.59%) Wireless
6 8 (27.59%) CISSP
6 8 (27.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (24.14%) Remedy
7 7 (24.14%) Security Management
7 7 (24.14%) Security Testing
8 6 (20.69%) Data Protection
8 6 (20.69%) Management Information System
8 6 (20.69%) CISA
8 6 (20.69%) CISM
8 6 (20.69%) Project Management
8 6 (20.69%) Active Directory
8 6 (20.69%) DNS
8 6 (20.69%) DHCP
8 6 (20.69%) CEH
8 6 (20.69%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (20.69%) Risk Analysis
9 5 (17.24%) VB6
9 5 (17.24%) Risk Assessment
9 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
9 5 (17.24%) PCI DSS

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Penetration Testing 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 Penetration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (31.03%) .NET
2 3 (10.34%) XML
3 1 (3.448%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.897%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (34.48%) Firewall
2 8 (27.59%) Wireless
3 6 (20.69%) DNS
3 6 (20.69%) DHCP
4 4 (13.79%) VPN
5 3 (10.34%) DMZ
5 3 (10.34%) ADSL
6 2 (6.897%) Network Security
7 1 (3.448%) Internet
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Selenium
1 3 (10.34%) ClearQuest
1 3 (10.34%) ClearCase
1 3 (10.34%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (3.448%) WebDriver
General
1 3 (10.34%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (51.72%) Analyst
2 12 (41.38%) Security Analyst
3 10 (34.48%) Tester
4 8 (27.59%) Penetration Tester
5 6 (20.69%) Information Analyst
5 6 (20.69%) Information Security Analyst
6 5 (17.24%) Security Specialist
6 5 (17.24%) Web Tester
7 4 (13.79%) Security Tester
7 4 (13.79%) IT Security Analyst
7 4 (13.79%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (10.34%) Applications Tester
8 3 (10.34%) Senior Security Analyst
8 3 (10.34%) IT Security Specialist
8 3 (10.34%) Test Analyst
8 3 (10.34%) Senior Information Security Analyst
8 3 (10.34%) Senior Information Analyst
9 2 (6.897%) Information Security Engineer
9 2 (6.897%) Network Security Analyst
9 2 (6.897%) Senior Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Management Information System
1 6 (20.69%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (10.34%) Client/Server
2 3 (10.34%) N-Tier
3 2 (6.897%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 15 (51.72%) Windows
2 11 (37.93%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) Information Security
2 13 (44.83%) Risk Management
3 9 (31.03%) Web Application Development
4 7 (24.14%) Security Management
4 7 (24.14%) Security Testing
5 6 (20.69%) Data Protection
5 6 (20.69%) Project Management
5 6 (20.69%) Risk Analysis
6 5 (17.24%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (10.34%) Automated Testing
7 3 (10.34%) Use Case
7 3 (10.34%) E-Commerce
7 3 (10.34%) Web Testing
7 3 (10.34%) Test Scripting
7 3 (10.34%) Automation Testing
8 2 (6.897%) Time Management
8 2 (6.897%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 1 (3.448%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 10 (34.48%) SQL
2 8 (27.59%) VB
3 5 (17.24%) VB6
4 3 (10.34%) VB.NET
5 2 (6.897%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) CISSP
2 6 (20.69%) CISA
2 6 (20.69%) CISM
2 6 (20.69%) CEH
3 3 (10.34%) ISTQB
3 3 (10.34%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (27.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (17.24%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.448%) COBIT
System Software
1 6 (20.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.897%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.448%) Nessus
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Remedy
2 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
3 4 (13.79%) Citrix
4 2 (6.897%) Cisco
4 2 (6.897%) VMware
5 1 (3.448%) Qualys
Information Security Analyst
Coventry
Previous information security in not 100% essential but ideal, however this role could be suitable for a candidate with a good general understanding of IT infrastructure, previous minor...
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Salary: Competitive + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
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