The first table below looks at the demand for Communications Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Communications Security 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 Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Communications Security (COMSEC)
Rank 75 103 -
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -
Permanent jobs citing Communications Security 42 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 2.802% 0.141% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.753% 0.166% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+73.33% -6.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1119 1202 1036
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 74.65% 84.65% 71.40%
Number of salaries quoted 919 967 883
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Communications Security
South East

Communications Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex Communications Security Jobs Demand Trend

Communications Security
Salary Trend

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

West Sussex Communications Security Salary Trend

Communications Security
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Communications Security within the West Sussex 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
Crawley +30 42 - -
Communications Security
South East

Communications Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex region citing Communications Security 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 Communications Security.

1 59 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 59 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 59 (100.00%) Military
1 59 (100.00%) Information Management
2 57 (96.61%) Electronics
3 53 (89.83%) Management Information System
4 47 (79.66%) Chip and PIN
5 31 (52.54%) Validation
6 29 (49.15%) C++
7 28 (47.46%) Avionics
8 27 (45.76%) C
8 27 (45.76%) Configuration Management
9 25 (42.37%) Windows
10 24 (40.68%) Oracle 8/8i
10 24 (40.68%) ClearCase
10 24 (40.68%) Ada
10 24 (40.68%) Oracle
10 24 (40.68%) ClearQuest
10 24 (40.68%) VxWorks
10 24 (40.68%) Middleware
10 24 (40.68%) DO-178B
10 24 (40.68%) Rational DOORS
10 24 (40.68%) Software Testing
10 24 (40.68%) Requirements Management
10 24 (40.68%) Finance
10 24 (40.68%) Embedded Software Development
11 23 (38.98%) Project Management
12 22 (37.29%) MS Office
12 22 (37.29%) Degree
13 21 (35.59%) Device Driver

Communications Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 24 (40.68%) Middleware
2 21 (35.59%) JSF
3 10 (16.95%) CSS
4 2 (3.390%) .NET
4 2 (3.390%) ASP
4 2 (3.390%) HTML
4 2 (3.390%) Web Services
4 2 (3.390%) XML
4 2 (3.390%) Ajax
4 2 (3.390%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.390%) IIS
Applications
1 22 (37.29%) MS Office
2 18 (30.51%) MS Excel
3 15 (25.42%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (3.390%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 19 (32.20%) Oracle EBS
2 14 (23.73%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (5.085%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (1.695%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.695%) LAN
1 1 (1.695%) VPN
1 1 (1.695%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (40.68%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (3.390%) MS Access
3 1 (1.695%) Cognos Impromptu
3 1 (1.695%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 24 (40.68%) ClearCase
1 24 (40.68%) ClearQuest
1 24 (40.68%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (3.390%) Visual Studio
General
1 59 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 59 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 59 (100.00%) Military
2 57 (96.61%) Electronics
3 28 (47.46%) Avionics
4 24 (40.68%) Finance
5 6 (10.17%) Billing
6 5 (8.475%) Manufacturing
7 3 (5.085%) Banking
8 1 (1.695%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (32.20%) Consultant
2 17 (28.81%) Applications Consultant
3 16 (27.12%) Oracle Consultant
4 14 (23.73%) Oracle Applications Consultant
5 13 (22.03%) Architect
6 12 (20.34%) Software Engineer
7 9 (15.25%) Technical Architect
8 7 (11.86%) Software Architect
9 4 (6.780%) Systems Architect
10 3 (5.085%) Business Manager
10 3 (5.085%) Applications Support Analyst
10 3 (5.085%) C++ Software Engineer
10 3 (5.085%) Relationships Manager
10 3 (5.085%) Applications Support
10 3 (5.085%) Support Analyst
10 3 (5.085%) Analyst
11 2 (3.390%) Team Leader
11 2 (3.390%) Oracle Financials Consultant
11 2 (3.390%) Software Team Leader
12 1 (1.695%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 53 (89.83%) Management Information System
2 47 (79.66%) Chip and PIN
3 21 (35.59%) Device Driver
4 4 (6.780%) PDA
5 3 (5.085%) Replication
6 1 (1.695%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.695%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.695%) Mathematics
6 1 (1.695%) Physics
6 1 (1.695%) Computer Science
6 1 (1.695%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 25 (42.37%) Windows
2 24 (40.68%) VxWorks
3 21 (35.59%) Linux
4 3 (5.085%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (3.390%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (100.00%) Information Management
2 31 (52.54%) Validation
3 27 (45.76%) Configuration Management
4 24 (40.68%) Software Testing
4 24 (40.68%) Requirements Management
4 24 (40.68%) Embedded Software Development
5 23 (38.98%) Project Management
6 21 (35.59%) Software Engineering
6 21 (35.59%) UML
6 21 (35.59%) OO
6 21 (35.59%) Waterfall
7 19 (32.20%) Business Intelligence
7 19 (32.20%) ERP
7 19 (32.20%) User Acceptance Testing
7 19 (32.20%) Business Process Improvement
8 18 (30.51%) Quality Management
9 13 (22.03%) Yourdon
9 13 (22.03%) SSADM
10 12 (20.34%) Digital Signal Processing
10 12 (20.34%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 29 (49.15%) C++
2 27 (45.76%) C
3 24 (40.68%) Ada
4 4 (6.780%) Java
4 4 (6.780%) SQL
5 3 (5.085%) VB
6 2 (3.390%) JavaScript
6 2 (3.390%) C#
7 1 (1.695%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (37.29%) Degree
2 13 (22.03%) PhD
3 5 (8.475%) HNC
3 5 (8.475%) HND
4 4 (6.780%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.780%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.695%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (40.68%) DO-178B
2 1 (1.695%) SLA
Vendors
1 24 (40.68%) Oracle
2 20 (33.90%) Cognos
3 11 (18.64%) Primavera
4 10 (16.95%) PTC
5 7 (11.86%) Northgate
5 7 (11.86%) Microsoft
6 3 (5.085%) ReadSoft
6 3 (5.085%) ILOG
7 2 (3.390%) SAP