The first table below looks at the demand for Communications Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Communications Security over the 3 months to 22 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Communications Security (COMSEC)
Rank 215 205 -
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -
Permanent jobs citing Communications Security 2 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.036% 0.095% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.047% 0.126% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £65,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+73.33% -6.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4289 3959 3536
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 77.11% 74.95% 71.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3320 3243 2981
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Communications Security
England

Communications Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
South Yorkshire +2 1 - -
West Yorkshire - 1 £65,000 -
Communications Security
England

Communications Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 11 (91.67%) ITIL
1 11 (91.67%) Telecoms
1 11 (91.67%) Aerospace
1 11 (91.67%) Military
1 11 (91.67%) Information Management
2 9 (75.00%) Electronics
2 9 (75.00%) SLA
3 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
3 7 (58.33%) Citrix
3 7 (58.33%) Windows
3 7 (58.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (58.33%) Degree
4 6 (50.00%) Service Management
4 6 (50.00%) Unicenter
4 6 (50.00%) CA
4 6 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (41.67%) Chip and PIN
5 5 (41.67%) Service Delivery
5 5 (41.67%) Management Information System
6 4 (33.33%) Incident Management
6 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 5.5
6 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (33.33%) Blackberry
6 4 (33.33%) Lotus
6 4 (33.33%) MS Office
6 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
6 4 (33.33%) Lotus Notes
6 4 (33.33%) MS Excel
6 4 (33.33%) Windows NT
6 4 (33.33%) SharePoint

Communications Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 5.5
1 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
1 4 (33.33%) Lotus Notes
1 4 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 4 (33.33%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) MS Office
1 4 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) SAN
2 1 (8.333%) Unified Communications
2 1 (8.333%) Wireless
General
1 11 (91.67%) Telecoms
1 11 (91.67%) Aerospace
1 11 (91.67%) Military
2 9 (75.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Technical Specialist
1 7 (58.33%) Server Specialist
2 5 (41.67%) Storage Specialist
3 4 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
3 4 (33.33%) Analyst
3 4 (33.33%) Service Analyst
4 3 (25.00%) Senior Technical Specialist
4 3 (25.00%) Senior Storage Specialist
4 3 (25.00%) Senior Server Specialist
5 1 (8.333%) Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Cisco Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Chip and PIN
1 5 (41.67%) Management Information System
2 4 (33.33%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Windows
1 7 (58.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (33.33%) Windows NT
2 4 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) ITIL
1 11 (91.67%) Information Management
2 6 (50.00%) Service Management
2 6 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 5 (41.67%) Service Delivery
4 4 (33.33%) Incident Management
5 3 (25.00%) Time Management
5 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (25.00%) Programme Management
6 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (16.67%) Change Management
6 2 (16.67%) Problem Management
6 2 (16.67%) Network Management
6 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) MCITP
2 2 (16.67%) NCDA
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (16.67%) MCSE
2 2 (16.67%) CCA
2 2 (16.67%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (8.333%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (8.333%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (75.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (25.00%) XenApp
2 3 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (50.00%) Unicenter
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
1 7 (58.33%) Citrix
2 6 (50.00%) CA
3 4 (33.33%) Lotus
4 3 (25.00%) NetApp
4 3 (25.00%) Websense
4 3 (25.00%) IronPort
4 3 (25.00%) Blue Coat
4 3 (25.00%) VMware
5 1 (8.333%) Cisco