The first table below looks at the demand for GPEN in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GPEN over the 3 months to 21 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
Rank 201 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing GPEN 12 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.216% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.839% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 - -
All Qualifications
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1430 1257 1105
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 25.78% 24.07% 22.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1064 1046 906
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,250 £22,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £52,400
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
GPEN
England

GPEN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire GPEN Jobs Demand Trend

GPEN
Salary Trend

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

Yorkshire GPEN Salary Trend

GPEN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GPEN within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
West Yorkshire - 12 - -
GPEN
England

GPEN
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing GPEN 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 GPEN.

1 12 (100.00%) CISSP
1 12 (100.00%) CISA
1 12 (100.00%) CISM
1 12 (100.00%) Firewall
1 12 (100.00%) Wireless
1 12 (100.00%) GCIH
1 12 (100.00%) CEH
1 12 (100.00%) Network Design
1 12 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 12 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 12 (100.00%) Degree
1 12 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 12 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 12 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 12 (100.00%) HIPAA
1 12 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 12 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 12 (100.00%) Open Source
1 12 (100.00%) GWAPT
1 12 (100.00%) OSCP
1 12 (100.00%) OSCE
1 12 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management

GPEN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing GPEN 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 GPEN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 12 (100.00%) Firewall
1 12 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) Tester
1 12 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 12 (100.00%) Security Tester
Miscellaneous
1 12 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 12 (100.00%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Network Design
1 12 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 12 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 12 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 12 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 12 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 12 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 12 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) CISSP
1 12 (100.00%) CISA
1 12 (100.00%) CISM
1 12 (100.00%) GCIH
1 12 (100.00%) CEH
1 12 (100.00%) Degree
1 12 (100.00%) GWAPT
1 12 (100.00%) OSCP
1 12 (100.00%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (100.00%) HIPAA