The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Officer role in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Officer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Officer
Rank 212 197 -
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Officer 5 13 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.090% 0.246% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.254% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 13 0
Average salary £28,863 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.53% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £51,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-12.19% +7.89%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5299 5117 4754
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 95.27% 96.88% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 4210 4256 4006
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Officer
England

Security Officer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire Security Officer Jobs Demand Trend

Security Officer
Salary Trend

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

Yorkshire Security Officer Salary Trend

Security Officer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Officer across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Yorkshire Security Officer Salary Histogram

Security Officer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Officer 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
West Yorkshire +1 2 £28,863 -32.08%
North Yorkshire -1 2 £65,000 +62.50%
South Yorkshire -2 1 £25,225 -27.92%
Security Officer
England

Security Officer
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Security Officer in their job title 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 with Security Officer in their job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
2 6 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (50.00%) PCI DSS
4 4 (40.00%) Network Security
5 3 (30.00%) COBIT
5 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
5 3 (30.00%) Finance
5 3 (30.00%) Information Governance
5 3 (30.00%) Configuration Management
5 3 (30.00%) CISM
5 3 (30.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (20.00%) CISA
6 2 (20.00%) UNIX
6 2 (20.00%) Windows
6 2 (20.00%) CISSP
6 2 (20.00%) CRISC
6 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
6 2 (20.00%) Matrix Management
6 2 (20.00%) BS25999
7 1 (10.00%) Degree
7 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
7 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (10.00%) Juniper
7 1 (10.00%) CheckPoint
7 1 (10.00%) BCP
7 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
7 1 (10.00%) VPN
7 1 (10.00%) CCNA
7 1 (10.00%) Firewall

Security Officer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Security Officer in their job title 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 with Security Officer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Network Security
2 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (10.00%) VPN
2 1 (10.00%) Firewall
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) UNIX
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (30.00%) Information Governance
2 3 (30.00%) Configuration Management
2 3 (30.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (20.00%) Matrix Management
4 1 (10.00%) BCP
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) CISM
2 2 (20.00%) CISA
2 2 (20.00%) CISSP
2 2 (20.00%) CRISC
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (10.00%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (50.00%) PCI DSS
3 3 (30.00%) COBIT
4 2 (20.00%) BS25999
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Juniper
1 1 (10.00%) CheckPoint
York, North Yorkshire
York Overview A global financial services client based in York are currently recruiting an Information Security Officer to work in their European HQ. In order to be considered...
Rullion IT Plus
Posted: 21 May 2013
North Yorkshire
CISSP (essential); CISM, CISA, CRISC (desirable) *Educated to degree level or equivalent in related discipline or equivalent experience (essential); Bachelors or Masters level degree in Information Security (desirable)...
LA International
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Excellent company benefitd
Posted: 16 May 2013