The first table below looks at the demand for Security 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 Security Testing over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Testing
Rank 188 188 155
Rank change year-on-year
0 -33
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 19 1 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.383% 0.022% 0.361%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.510% 0.032% 0.525%
Number of salaries quoted 12 1 15
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +42.85%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £47,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +35.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3728 3115 2859
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 75.09% 69.18% 68.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3143 2685 2417
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £26,500
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%
Security Testing
England

Security Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Security Testing
Salary Trend

This 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
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Testing across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands Security Testing Salary Histogram

Security Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Testing within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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 -4 9 £55,000 +10.00%
Staffordshire - 3 £50,000 -
Birmingham - 3 £45,000 -
Warwickshire - 2 £27,000 -
Security Testing
England

Security Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 13 (56.52%) Information Security
1 13 (56.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (47.83%) COBIT
2 11 (47.83%) Process Management
2 11 (47.83%) Information Security Management
2 11 (47.83%) Security Management
2 11 (47.83%) Management Information System
3 10 (43.48%) Risk Management
4 7 (30.43%) Legal
4 7 (30.43%) Penetration Testing
4 7 (30.43%) SQL
4 7 (30.43%) Data Protection
5 6 (26.09%) VB
5 6 (26.09%) .NET
6 5 (21.74%) Automated Testing
6 5 (21.74%) PCI DSS
6 5 (21.74%) Web Application Development
7 4 (17.39%) Performance Testing
7 4 (17.39%) Integration Testing
7 4 (17.39%) Test Scripting
7 4 (17.39%) Windows
7 4 (17.39%) E-Commerce
7 4 (17.39%) N-Tier
7 4 (17.39%) CISSP
8 3 (13.04%) DMZ
8 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
8 3 (13.04%) ADSL
8 3 (13.04%) VB.NET
8 3 (13.04%) ITIL
8 3 (13.04%) UNIX

Security Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 6 (26.09%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) WebLogic
1 1 (4.348%) Apache
1 1 (4.348%) Tomcat
1 1 (4.348%) WebLogic Integration
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) ADSL
1 3 (13.04%) DMZ
2 2 (8.696%) Firewall
2 2 (8.696%) Network Security
2 2 (8.696%) DHCP
2 2 (8.696%) VPN
2 2 (8.696%) DNS
3 1 (4.348%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.696%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.348%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.348%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Selenium
General
1 7 (30.43%) Legal
2 3 (13.04%) Retail
3 2 (8.696%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Team Leader
2 7 (30.43%) Information Manager
2 7 (30.43%) Information Security Manager
2 7 (30.43%) Security Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Tester
4 3 (13.04%) Compliance Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Test Leader
5 2 (8.696%) Network Security Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) Web Tester
5 2 (8.696%) Network Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) Security Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) Senior Manager
5 2 (8.696%) Penetration Tester
5 2 (8.696%) Security Specialist
5 2 (8.696%) QA Engineer
6 1 (4.348%) Quality Engineer
6 1 (4.348%) Applications Tester
6 1 (4.348%) Security Tester
Miscellaneous
1 11 (47.83%) Management Information System
2 4 (17.39%) N-Tier
3 1 (4.348%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Windows
2 3 (13.04%) UNIX
3 1 (4.348%) HPUX
3 1 (4.348%) Linux
3 1 (4.348%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) Information Security
2 11 (47.83%) Process Management
2 11 (47.83%) Information Security Management
2 11 (47.83%) Security Management
3 10 (43.48%) Risk Management
4 7 (30.43%) Penetration Testing
4 7 (30.43%) Data Protection
5 5 (21.74%) Web Application Development
5 5 (21.74%) Automated Testing
6 4 (17.39%) E-Commerce
6 4 (17.39%) Test Scripting
6 4 (17.39%) Performance Testing
6 4 (17.39%) Integration Testing
7 3 (13.04%) Web Testing
7 3 (13.04%) ITIL
7 3 (13.04%) Release Management
8 2 (8.696%) Usability Testing
8 2 (8.696%) Statistical Analysis
8 2 (8.696%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 2 (8.696%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) SQL
2 6 (26.09%) VB
3 3 (13.04%) VB.NET
4 2 (8.696%) VB6
4 2 (8.696%) PowerShell
5 1 (4.348%) C#
5 1 (4.348%) FoxPro (VFP)
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) CISSP
2 2 (8.696%) CISA
2 2 (8.696%) CISM
2 2 (8.696%) ISEB Practitioner
2 2 (8.696%) CEH
2 2 (8.696%) ISTQB
2 2 (8.696%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (56.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (47.83%) COBIT
3 5 (21.74%) PCI DSS
4 2 (8.696%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.696%) Active Directory
1 2 (8.696%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
1 3 (13.04%) HP
2 2 (8.696%) Citrix
2 2 (8.696%) Cisco
2 2 (8.696%) VMware
3 1 (4.348%) Oracle
3 1 (4.348%) TIBCO
Coventry
Information Security Team Lead, Information Security Manager, PCI, DPA, ISO27001, COBITMajor blue chip client is recruiting a new team of Information Security staff for it's Coventry Office...
Scope AT
Salary: £0 - £120,000+ per year
Posted: 13 May 2013
Coventry
The candidate must also a minimum of 3-5 years of solid information security management.The candidate will be expected to have a good solid understanding of IT...
Scope AT
Salary: £0 - £120,000+ per year
Posted: 13 May 2013