The first table below looks at the demand for Vulnerability Assessment 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 Vulnerability Assessment 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
Vulnerability Assessment
Rank 187 185 162
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -23
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 20 4 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.403% 0.089% 0.193%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.536% 0.128% 0.280%
Number of salaries quoted 18 2 8
Average salary £45,000 £31,250 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+44.00% -16.66%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +2.04%
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%
Vulnerability Assessment
England

Vulnerability Assessment
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Vulnerability Assessment Jobs Demand Trend

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Vulnerability Assessment Salary Trend

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Histogram

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

West Midlands Vulnerability Assessment Salary Histogram

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 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
Birmingham -11 16 £45,000 +40.62%
Warwickshire - 2 £27,000 -
Vulnerability Assessment
England

Vulnerability Assessment
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Vulnerability Assessment 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 Vulnerability Assessment.

1 26 (86.67%) Firewall
2 25 (83.33%) CISSP
2 25 (83.33%) Risk Management
2 25 (83.33%) SIEM
3 24 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
3 24 (80.00%) CCNA
4 23 (76.67%) Sentinel
4 23 (76.67%) ACSA
5 22 (73.33%) Java
5 22 (73.33%) JavaScript
6 20 (66.67%) Intrusion Detection
7 19 (63.33%) Computer Forensics
7 19 (63.33%) Internet
8 16 (53.33%) Management Information System
9 9 (30.00%) Security Cleared
10 7 (23.33%) SC Cleared
11 4 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
12 3 (10.00%) Network Security
12 3 (10.00%) Microsoft
12 3 (10.00%) SQL
12 3 (10.00%) Windows
13 2 (6.667%) VPN
13 2 (6.667%) Cisco
13 2 (6.667%) Citrix
13 2 (6.667%) VMware
13 2 (6.667%) Information Security
13 2 (6.667%) PCI DSS
13 2 (6.667%) VMware Infrastructure
13 2 (6.667%) PowerShell
13 2 (6.667%) Penetration Testing

Vulnerability Assessment
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Vulnerability Assessment 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 Vulnerability Assessment. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.333%) ASP
1 1 (3.333%) XML
Applications
1 1 (3.333%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 23 (76.67%) Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 26 (86.67%) Firewall
2 20 (66.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 19 (63.33%) Internet
4 3 (10.00%) Network Security
5 2 (6.667%) VPN
6 1 (3.333%) LAN
6 1 (3.333%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.333%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Ant
General
1 1 (3.333%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 24 (80.00%) Security Specialist
2 3 (10.00%) Analyst
3 2 (6.667%) Security Engineer
3 2 (6.667%) Network Security Analyst
3 2 (6.667%) Network Analyst
3 2 (6.667%) Security Analyst
4 1 (3.333%) IT Security Engineer
4 1 (3.333%) Network Engineer
4 1 (3.333%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (3.333%) Network Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (53.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.333%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (3.333%) Linux
2 1 (3.333%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (83.33%) Risk Management
1 25 (83.33%) SIEM
2 19 (63.33%) Computer Forensics
3 4 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (6.667%) Security Testing
4 2 (6.667%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (6.667%) Information Security
5 1 (3.333%) Incident Management
5 1 (3.333%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (73.33%) Java
1 22 (73.33%) JavaScript
2 3 (10.00%) SQL
3 2 (6.667%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 25 (83.33%) CISSP
2 24 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (80.00%) CCNA
3 23 (76.67%) ACSA
4 9 (30.00%) Security Cleared
5 7 (23.33%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.667%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.667%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (6.667%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.333%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.667%) Citrix
2 2 (6.667%) VMware
2 2 (6.667%) Cisco
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
oPerform audits for network/system security and risk management... This activity will account for 10% of the time worked The role holder will be responsible for delivering periodic...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 per annum + £10,000 on call allowance
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
oPerform audits for network/system security and risk management... This activity will account for 10% of the time worked The role holder will be responsible for delivering periodic...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 per annum + £10,000 on call allowance
Posted: 18 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
This activity will account for 10% of the time worked The role holder will be responsible for delivering periodic and ad-hoc host Vulnerability Assessments and Application security...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + 25% shift allowance + bens
Posted: 9 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
This activity will account for 10% of the time worked The role holder will be responsible for delivering periodic and ad-hoc host Vulnerability Assessments and Application security...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + 25% shift allowance + bens
Posted: 26 April 2013