The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Specialist
Rank 198 212 194
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 15 4 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.275% 0.077% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.289% 0.080% 0.103%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 2
Average salary - £40,000 £54,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -26.94%
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-13.63% +10.00%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5193 5027 4862
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 95.20% 96.84% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4117 4176 4119
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 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire Security Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Security Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Yorkshire Security Specialist Salary Trend

Security Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 +10 15 - -
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Security Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 17 (89.47%) Information Security
2 13 (68.42%) Penetration Testing
2 13 (68.42%) CISA
2 13 (68.42%) CISM
2 13 (68.42%) CISSP
3 4 (21.05%) PCI DSS
4 3 (15.79%) Linux
4 3 (15.79%) Firewall
4 3 (15.79%) Security Management
5 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
5 2 (10.53%) OSPF
5 2 (10.53%) BGP
5 2 (10.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (10.53%) IPv4
5 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
5 2 (10.53%) Perl
5 2 (10.53%) SQL
5 2 (10.53%) Python
5 2 (10.53%) LAN
5 2 (10.53%) VoIP
5 2 (10.53%) WAN
5 2 (10.53%) SMTP
5 2 (10.53%) HTTP
5 2 (10.53%) DNS
5 2 (10.53%) Cisco
5 2 (10.53%) Incident Management
5 2 (10.53%) Open Source
5 2 (10.53%) Bash shell
5 2 (10.53%) Security Architecture
5 2 (10.53%) YUM

Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Security Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) Firewall
2 2 (10.53%) OSPF
2 2 (10.53%) BGP
2 2 (10.53%) IPv4
2 2 (10.53%) LAN
2 2 (10.53%) VoIP
2 2 (10.53%) WAN
2 2 (10.53%) SMTP
2 2 (10.53%) HTTP
2 2 (10.53%) DNS
3 1 (5.263%) Network Security
3 1 (5.263%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
1 2 (10.53%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Linux
2 1 (5.263%) UNIX
2 1 (5.263%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (89.47%) Information Security
2 13 (68.42%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (15.79%) Security Management
4 2 (10.53%) Incident Management
4 2 (10.53%) Security Architecture
5 1 (5.263%) ITIL
5 1 (5.263%) OO
5 1 (5.263%) Ethical Hacking
5 1 (5.263%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) Perl
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
1 2 (10.53%) Python
1 2 (10.53%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 13 (68.42%) CISA
1 13 (68.42%) CISM
1 13 (68.42%) CISSP
2 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.263%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (5.263%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) PCI DSS
2 2 (10.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (5.263%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.263%) BS7799
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) YUM
1 2 (10.53%) Splunk
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Cisco
2 1 (5.263%) Microsoft