The first table below looks at the demand for SIEM 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 SIEM 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
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Rank 173 169 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 31 16 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.617% 0.351% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.822% 0.506% -
Number of salaries quoted 27 12 0
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +28.57%
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%
SIEM
England

SIEM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands SIEM Jobs Demand Trend

SIEM
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands SIEM Salary Trend

SIEM
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SIEM across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands SIEM Salary Histogram

SIEM
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM 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 -2 28 £40,000 +23.07%
SIEM
England

SIEM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 51 (83.61%) CISSP
2 48 (78.69%) Cisco Certification
2 48 (78.69%) CCNA
3 47 (77.05%) Firewall
4 45 (73.77%) ACSA
5 39 (63.93%) Sentinel
6 38 (62.30%) Java
6 38 (62.30%) JavaScript
7 29 (47.54%) Risk Management
7 29 (47.54%) Intrusion Detection
8 28 (45.90%) Internet
9 25 (40.98%) Computer Forensics
10 24 (39.34%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 19 (31.15%) Security Cleared
12 17 (27.87%) SC Cleared
13 15 (24.59%) Network Security
13 15 (24.59%) Management Information System
14 9 (14.75%) SLA
15 6 (9.836%) Juniper
15 6 (9.836%) CheckPoint
15 6 (9.836%) Blue Coat
15 6 (9.836%) SCSA
15 6 (9.836%) F5
15 6 (9.836%) LogLogic
15 6 (9.836%) Q1 Labs
16 4 (6.557%) Vulnerability Management
17 2 (3.279%) Resource Management
17 2 (3.279%) Imperva
17 2 (3.279%) Sourcefire
17 2 (3.279%) McAfee

SIEM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications
1 39 (63.93%) Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 47 (77.05%) Firewall
2 29 (47.54%) Intrusion Detection
3 28 (45.90%) Internet
4 15 (24.59%) Network Security
General
1 1 (1.639%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 42 (68.85%) Security Specialist
2 15 (24.59%) Security Engineer
3 8 (13.11%) Network Engineer
3 8 (13.11%) Network Security Engineer
4 4 (6.557%) IT Security Engineer
4 4 (6.557%) Analyst
5 3 (4.918%) Network Specialist
5 3 (4.918%) Security Analyst
5 3 (4.918%) Network Support
5 3 (4.918%) Network Security Specialist
6 2 (3.279%) Network Security Analyst
6 2 (3.279%) Network Analyst
6 2 (3.279%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 1 (1.639%) Support Specialist
7 1 (1.639%) Senior Security Engineer
7 1 (1.639%) Senior Network Engineer
7 1 (1.639%) Senior Network Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (24.59%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (47.54%) Risk Management
2 25 (40.98%) Computer Forensics
3 24 (39.34%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 4 (6.557%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (3.279%) Resource Management
6 1 (1.639%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (62.30%) Java
1 38 (62.30%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 51 (83.61%) CISSP
2 48 (78.69%) Cisco Certification
2 48 (78.69%) CCNA
3 45 (73.77%) ACSA
4 19 (31.15%) Security Cleared
5 17 (27.87%) SC Cleared
6 6 (9.836%) SCSA
7 1 (1.639%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.75%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (9.836%) Juniper
1 6 (9.836%) CheckPoint
1 6 (9.836%) Blue Coat
1 6 (9.836%) F5
1 6 (9.836%) LogLogic
1 6 (9.836%) Q1 Labs
2 2 (3.279%) Imperva
2 2 (3.279%) Sourcefire
2 2 (3.279%) McAfee