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This section looks at the demand for Security Testing skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Testing over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecurity Testing
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads00
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted00
Average minimum salary--
Average salary--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary--
UK excluding London average salary£39,815£52,800
% change on same period last year-24.59 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads50624757
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.724 %1.983 %
Salaries quoted42724099
Average minimum salary£36,186£37,327
Average salary£39,604£40,413
% change on same period last year-2.00 %
Average maximum salary£43,022£43,499
UK excluding London average salary£42,491£44,465
% change on same period last year-4.44 %
Security Testing EnglandSecurity Testing
England

Security Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Security Testing across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands Security Testing Demand Trend

Security Testing
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Security Testing Salary Trend

Security Testing
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Security 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 Security Testing.

13 (60.00 %)SQL
13 (60.00 %)Transact-SQL
13 (60.00 %)VB
13 (60.00 %)Information Security
13 (60.00 %)Ethical Hacking
13 (60.00 %)Web Development
22 (40.00 %)Degree
22 (40.00 %)QA
22 (40.00 %)C++
22 (40.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
22 (40.00 %)Usability Testing
22 (40.00 %)Performance Testing
22 (40.00 %)Compatibility Testing
22 (40.00 %)Load Testing
22 (40.00 %)Stress Testing
22 (40.00 %)Unit Testing
22 (40.00 %)Integration Testing
22 (40.00 %)System Testing
22 (40.00 %)Automated Testing
22 (40.00 %)Regression Testing
22 (40.00 %)XUL
22 (40.00 %)Publishing
22 (40.00 %)Xcode
22 (40.00 %)MFC
22 (40.00 %)UNIX
22 (40.00 %)Windows
22 (40.00 %)RIP
22 (40.00 %)Mac OS X
22 (40.00 %)OpenGL

Security Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Security 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 Security Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (40.00 %)MFC
12 (40.00 %)OpenGL
12 (40.00 %)XUL
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (40.00 %)RIP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (40.00 %)Xcode
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (40.00 %)Publishing
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Tester
13 (60.00 %)Developer
13 (60.00 %)Web Developer
13 (60.00 %)Penetration Tester
13 (60.00 %)Web Tester
22 (40.00 %)Test Engineer
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (40.00 %)UNIX
12 (40.00 %)Windows
12 (40.00 %)Mac OS X
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)Web Development
13 (60.00 %)Information Security
13 (60.00 %)Ethical Hacking
22 (40.00 %)Automated Testing
22 (40.00 %)Regression Testing
22 (40.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
22 (40.00 %)Usability Testing
22 (40.00 %)Performance Testing
22 (40.00 %)Compatibility Testing
22 (40.00 %)Load Testing
22 (40.00 %)Stress Testing
22 (40.00 %)Unit Testing
22 (40.00 %)Integration Testing
22 (40.00 %)System Testing
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (60.00 %)SQL
13 (60.00 %)Transact-SQL
13 (60.00 %)VB
22 (40.00 %)C++
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (40.00 %)Degree
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (40.00 %)QA