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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Testing
Rank - 59 -
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 0 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York - 0.493% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.639% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Average salary - £25,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £47,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +35.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
York
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
325 313 330
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 77.75% 77.09% 80.68%
Number of salaries quoted 183 219 268
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -10.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £26,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Security Testing
North Yorkshire

Security Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

York Security Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Security Testing
Salary Trend

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

York Security Testing Salary Trend

Security Testing
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the York region citing Security 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 Security Testing.

1 17 (100.00%) ISEB
1 17 (100.00%) JIRA
1 17 (100.00%) QA
1 17 (100.00%) Selenium
1 17 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 15 (88.24%) Manual Testing
2 15 (88.24%) SaaS
3 14 (82.35%) Performance Testing
4 12 (70.59%) Agile Software Development
5 7 (41.18%) ISTQB
6 6 (35.29%) HTML
6 6 (35.29%) JavaScript
6 6 (35.29%) SQL
6 6 (35.29%) CSS
7 5 (29.41%) Bugzilla
7 5 (29.41%) Test Management
7 5 (29.41%) Firebug
8 4 (23.53%) DOM
8 4 (23.53%) W3C
9 3 (17.65%) Automated Testing
10 1 (5.882%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (5.882%) Degree

Security Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the York region citing Security 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 Security Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (35.29%) HTML
1 6 (35.29%) CSS
2 4 (23.53%) DOM
Development Applications
1 17 (100.00%) JIRA
1 17 (100.00%) Selenium
2 5 (29.41%) Firebug
2 5 (29.41%) Bugzilla
Job Titles
1 17 (100.00%) Analyst
1 17 (100.00%) Test Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Junior Test Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Junior Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Junior
3 2 (11.76%) Software Tester
3 2 (11.76%) Tester
4 1 (5.882%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 15 (88.24%) SaaS
2 4 (23.53%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 15 (88.24%) Manual Testing
3 14 (82.35%) Performance Testing
4 12 (70.59%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (29.41%) Test Management
6 3 (17.65%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) JavaScript
1 6 (35.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (100.00%) ISEB
2 7 (41.18%) ISTQB
3 1 (5.882%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (5.882%) 21 CFR Part 11