Yorkshire Penetration Testing Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Penetration Testing skills within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Penetration Testing over the 3 months to 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Bath Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Chelmsford Cheltenham City of London Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England England Essex Gatwick Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Kent Leeds Lincolnshire London Manchester Milton Keynes North West Paddington Reading Scotland Somerset South Coast South East South West Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Surrey UK Walton-on-Thames Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 18 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	200	235
Rank change on same period last year	+35
Matching permanent IT job ads	26	18
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.017 %	0.008 %
As % of the category below	0.585 %	0.312 %
Salaries quoted	12	8
Average minimum salary	£33,333	£37,750
Average salary	£38,792	£40,250
% change on same period last year	-3.62 %
Average maximum salary	£44,250	£42,750
UK excluding London average salary	£51,398	£52,670
% change on same period last year	-2.41 %
Processes & Methodologies Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	4446	5769
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	2.878 %	2.572 %
Salaries quoted	3784	4670
Average minimum salary	£35,125	£34,065
Average salary	£37,813	£36,779
% change on same period last year	+2.81 %
Average maximum salary	£40,501	£39,492
UK excluding London average salary	£42,986	£44,543
% change on same period last year	-3.49 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008.

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
West Yorkshire	+22	26	£38,792	+1.70 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Penetration 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 Penetration Testing.

1 32 (76.19 %) Information Security 2 27 (64.29 %) CISSP 3 23 (54.76 %) Cisco Certification 4 18 (42.86 %) ISO27001 5 17 (40.48 %) Finance 5 17 (40.48 %) Cisco 5 17 (40.48 %) Microsoft 6 16 (38.10 %) CCNA 7 15 (35.71 %) MS Office 8 13 (30.95 %) MS Excel 9 12 (28.57 %) CEH 10 10 (23.81 %) CISM 10 10 (23.81 %) PCI DSS 11 7 (16.67 %) Data Security 11 7 (16.67 %) CCNP

12 6 (14.29 %) Firewall 12 6 (14.29 %) Business Development 13 5 (11.90 %) Degree 13 5 (11.90 %) Security Testing 13 5 (11.90 %) Network Security 13 5 (11.90 %) Risk Management 13 5 (11.90 %) CCDP 14 4 (9.524 %) ITIL 14 4 (9.524 %) IIS 14 4 (9.524 %) COBIT 15 3 (7.143 %) Pensions 15 3 (7.143 %) Auditing 15 3 (7.143 %) Ethical Hacking 15 3 (7.143 %) Telecoms 15 3 (7.143 %) Windows

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Penetration 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 Penetration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 4 (9.524 %) IIS	Applications 1 15 (35.71 %) MS Office 2 13 (30.95 %) MS Excel
Communications & Networking 1 6 (14.29 %) Firewall 2 5 (11.90 %) Network Security 3 2 (4.762 %) VPN 4 1 (2.381 %) Intrusion Detection 4 1 (2.381 %) Wireless Security 4 1 (2.381 %) Wireless	General 1 17 (40.48 %) Finance 2 3 (7.143 %) Pensions 2 3 (7.143 %) Auditing 2 3 (7.143 %) Telecoms 3 2 (4.762 %) Government 3 2 (4.762 %) Health 4 1 (2.381 %) Insurance
Job Titles 1 11 (26.19 %) Consultant 2 10 (23.81 %) Security Consultant 3 7 (16.67 %) Security Manager 4 6 (14.29 %) Security Engineer 5 5 (11.90 %) Information Manager 5 5 (11.90 %) Information Security Manager 5 5 (11.90 %) Penetration Tester 5 5 (11.90 %) Tester 6 4 (9.524 %) Senior Consultant 7 3 (7.143 %) Senior Security Consultant 7 3 (7.143 %) Network Engineer 8 2 (4.762 %) Network Security Engineer 8 2 (4.762 %) Information Security Consultant 9 1 (2.381 %) Network Analyst 9 1 (2.381 %) Security Analyst 9 1 (2.381 %) Network Manager 9 1 (2.381 %) IT Security Consultant 9 1 (2.381 %) Network Security Consultant 9 1 (2.381 %) Network Security Analyst 9 1 (2.381 %) Network Security Manager	Miscellaneous 1 1 (2.381 %) Management Information System 1 1 (2.381 %) Biometrics
Operating Systems 1 3 (7.143 %) Windows 2 1 (2.381 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 32 (76.19 %) Information Security 2 7 (16.67 %) Data Security 3 6 (14.29 %) Business Development 4 5 (11.90 %) Security Testing 4 5 (11.90 %) Risk Management 5 4 (9.524 %) ITIL 6 3 (7.143 %) Ethical Hacking 7 2 (4.762 %) Identity Management 7 2 (4.762 %) Disaster Recovery 8 1 (2.381 %) Risk Assessment 8 1 (2.381 %) Computer Forensics
Qualifications 1 27 (64.29 %) CISSP 2 23 (54.76 %) Cisco Certification 3 16 (38.10 %) CCNA 4 12 (28.57 %) CEH 5 10 (23.81 %) CISM 6 7 (16.67 %) CCNP 7 5 (11.90 %) Degree 7 5 (11.90 %) CCDP 8 3 (7.143 %) MCSE 8 3 (7.143 %) Microsoft Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 18 (42.86 %) ISO27001 2 10 (23.81 %) PCI DSS 3 4 (9.524 %) COBIT 4 3 (7.143 %) BS7799
Vendors 1 17 (40.48 %) Cisco 1 17 (40.48 %) Microsoft 2 3 (7.143 %) CheckPoint