The first table below looks at the demand for GCED in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GCED over the 3 months to 20 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 Qualifications for the West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GIAC Certified Enterprise Defender (GCED)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing GCED 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 - £55,000
All Qualifications
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
908 813 633
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 24.86% 25.08% 21.63%
Number of salaries quoted 678 666 532
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +8.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,425 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
GCED
Yorkshire

GCED
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing GCED across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

West Yorkshire GCED Jobs Demand Trend

GCED
Salary Trend

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

West Yorkshire GCED Salary Trend

GCED
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing GCED 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 GCED.

1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
1 4 (100.00%) SSCP
1 4 (100.00%) CEH
1 4 (100.00%) GCIH
1 4 (100.00%) GCFA
2 3 (75.00%) GCIA
2 3 (75.00%) CISM
2 3 (75.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Performance Management
3 2 (50.00%) SIEM
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Security
3 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Perl
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) PhD
3 2 (50.00%) Service Management
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) Marketing
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (25.00%) Tripwire
4 1 (25.00%) HP
4 1 (25.00%) EMC
4 1 (25.00%) UNIX
4 1 (25.00%) Windows

GCED
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Team Leader
1 2 (50.00%) Head of Service Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Operations Team Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Services Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Services Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) UNIX
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Security
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Perl
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
1 4 (100.00%) SSCP
1 4 (100.00%) GCIH
1 4 (100.00%) GCFA
1 4 (100.00%) CEH
2 3 (75.00%) CISM
2 3 (75.00%) GCIA
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) PhD
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) HP
1 1 (25.00%) EMC
1 1 (25.00%) Novell
1 1 (25.00%) Symantec
1 1 (25.00%) Tripwire
1 1 (25.00%) ArcSight
1 1 (25.00%) LogLogic
1 1 (25.00%) Q1 Labs