The first table below looks at the demand for Penetration Testing 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 Penetration Testing over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Penetration Testing
Rank 109 105 96
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -9
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 4 3 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 0.267% 0.211% 1.022%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.358% 0.249% 1.430%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 14
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +1.49%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -6.97%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1118 1204 1049
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 74.58% 84.73% 71.51%
Number of salaries quoted 920 973 897
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%
Penetration Testing
South East

Penetration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex Penetration Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend

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

West Sussex Penetration Testing Salary Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Sussex Penetration Testing Salary Histogram

Penetration Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 23 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
Worthing +2 1 - -
Crawley -4 1 £70,000 +105.88%
Penetration Testing
South East

Penetration Testing
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex region citing Penetration 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 Penetration Testing.

1 8 (66.67%) SAP
1 8 (66.67%) Finance
1 8 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 5 (41.67%) webMethods
2 5 (41.67%) ISTQB
2 5 (41.67%) SAP PSCD
2 5 (41.67%) XML
2 5 (41.67%) UNIX
2 5 (41.67%) MS Excel
2 5 (41.67%) TOAD
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) ISEB
2 5 (41.67%) Java
2 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 5 (41.67%) Oracle
2 5 (41.67%) WebLogic
2 5 (41.67%) MS Office
3 4 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 4 (33.33%) Information Security Management
3 4 (33.33%) Security Management
3 4 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 4 (33.33%) CISSP
3 4 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
3 4 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 4 (33.33%) Legal
3 4 (33.33%) Information Security
3 4 (33.33%) Information Management
3 4 (33.33%) ISSMP
4 1 (8.333%) Advertising

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex region citing Penetration 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 Penetration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (41.67%) XML
Application Platforms
1 5 (41.67%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (41.67%) MS Excel
1 5 (41.67%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (41.67%) SAP PSCD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) TOAD
General
1 8 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (8.333%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Analyst
1 8 (66.67%) Test Analyst
2 7 (58.33%) SAP Analyst
2 7 (58.33%) SAP Test Analyst
3 4 (33.33%) Security Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 4 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 4 (33.33%) Information Security Management
2 4 (33.33%) Security Management
2 4 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
2 4 (33.33%) Security Testing
2 4 (33.33%) Information Security
2 4 (33.33%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) Java
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) ISTQB
1 5 (41.67%) ISEB
2 4 (33.33%) CISSP
2 4 (33.33%) ISSMP
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) SAP
2 5 (41.67%) webMethods
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) Oracle