The first table below looks at the demand for Computer 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 Computer Security 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Security (COMPUSEC)
Rank - - 195
Permanent jobs citing Computer Security 0 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire - - 0.020%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £36,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,250 £40,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year
-24.37% -4.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4221 3909 3548
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 76.97% 74.81% 71.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3255 3208 2998
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
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%
Computer Security
England

Computer Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire Computer Security Jobs Demand Trend

Computer Security
Salary Trend

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

Yorkshire Computer Security Salary Trend

Computer Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) PhD
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Novell
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) GCFA
1 1 (100.00%) Tripwire
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ArcSight
1 1 (100.00%) LogLogic
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM

Computer Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PhD
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) GCFA
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) GCED
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) Novell
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec
1 1 (100.00%) Tripwire
1 1 (100.00%) ArcSight
1 1 (100.00%) LogLogic
1 1 (100.00%) Q1 Labs