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Rank 544 658 Rank change on same period last year +114 Matching permanent IT job ads 331 333 As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled 0.222 % 0.151 % As % of the category below 0.378 % 0.273 % Salaries quoted 260 245 Average minimum salary £49,504 £47,462 Average salary £55,087 £53,437 % change on same period last year +3.08 % Average maximum salary £60,670 £59,412 UK excluding London average salary £53,532 £52,738 % change on same period last year +1.50 % Processes & Methodologies UK Matching permanent IT job ads 87580 122189 As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled 58.83 % 55.45 % Salaries quoted 73512 98005 Average minimum salary £42,973 £44,478 Average salary £46,983 £48,593 % change on same period last year -3.31 % Average maximum salary £50,994 £52,707 UK excluding London average salary £42,938 £44,651 % change on same period last year -3.83 % Penetration Testing Demand Trend The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Penetration Testing Salary Trend The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the UK. Penetration Testing Salary Histogram The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Penetration Testing over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 within the UK. Penetration Testing Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 December 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 England +137 312 £55,205 +7.46 % South East +122 98 £58,093 +17.60 % London +79 94 £58,864 +8.30 % West Sussex - 41 £66,220 - Gatwick - 41 £66,220 - North West +28 31 £43,542 -10.44 % Manchester +17 28 £43,571 -9.15 % South West +18 24 £47,250 -24.40 % Yorkshire +41 23 £42,900 +7.79 % West Yorkshire +22 21 £42,375 +6.47 % Berkshire +56 18 £51,885 -20.48 % City of London -12 17 £57,917 +27.16 % West Midlands +18 15 £48,889 +33.94 % East of England +46 14 £51,727 +18.00 % Hampshire +26 14 £43,846 +3.77 % Somerset -24 13 - - Bath -26 13 - - Leeds +20 11 £41,667 +4.69 % Surrey +44 9 £50,056 +2.85 % Hammersmith - 8 £37,500 - Staffordshire +9 7 £48,333 - Worcestershire - 5 - - Cambridge +15 5 £45,000 +23.71 % Canary Wharf - 5 £69,000 - Essex - 5 £61,000 - Cambridgeshire +26 5 £45,000 +23.71 % Hertfordshire +15 4 £43,000 -26.80 % Reading +6 4 £46,250 -33.24 % Cheltenham - 4 £45,000 - Watford - 4 £43,000 - Penetration Testing Top 30 Related IT Skills For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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. 1 212 (29.65 %) Information Security 2 210 (29.37 %) CISSP 3 183 (25.59 %) Network Security 4 174 (24.34 %) Firewall 5 129 (18.04 %) Finance 6 124 (17.34 %) Security Testing 7 113 (15.80 %) Degree 8 101 (14.13 %) Cisco 9 99 (13.85 %) UNIX 10 90 (12.59 %) TCP/IP 11 88 (12.31 %) ISO27001 12 86 (12.03 %) PCI DSS 13 85 (11.89 %) Security Cleared 14 81 (11.33 %) Windows 15 76 (10.63 %) Risk Assessment 16 72 (10.07 %) Linux 17 71 (9.930 %) Microsoft 17 71 (9.930 %) Government 18 66 (9.231 %) Security Management 18 66 (9.231 %) Internet 19 65 (9.091 %) Ethical Hacking 20 64 (8.951 %) SC Cleared 21 62 (8.671 %) Perl 22 61 (8.531 %) Risk Management 23 60 (8.392 %) Java 24 59 (8.252 %) VPN 25 54 (7.552 %) Cisco Certification 26 51 (7.133 %) CheckPoint 26 51 (7.133 %) Telecoms 27 49 (6.853 %) CISM Penetration Testing Top Related IT Skills by Category For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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 Development 1 34 (4.755 %) .NET 2 20 (2.797 %) CSS 2 20 (2.797 %) Ruby on Rails 3 16 (2.238 %) ASP.NET 4 12 (1.678 %) WebServices 5 7 (0.979 %) XML 6 6 (0.839 %) JSP 7 5 (0.699 %) WebSphere 8 4 (0.559 %) Java ME 8 4 (0.559 %) AJAX 9 3 (0.420 %) Spring 9 3 (0.420 %) SOAP 9 3 (0.420 %) Struts 9 3 (0.420 %) J2EE 9 3 (0.420 %) ASP 10 2 (0.280 %) HTML 10 2 (0.280 %) Java SE 10 2 (0.280 %) FIX Protocol 10 2 (0.280 %) CGI 10 2 (0.280 %) LAMP Application Platforms 1 7 (0.979 %) IIS 2 4 (0.559 %) MS Exchange 2 4 (0.559 %) WebLogic 3 3 (0.420 %) Apache 3 3 (0.420 %) SharePoint 4 1 (0.140 %) ColdFusion 4 1 (0.140 %) Exchange Server 2003 Applications 1 17 (2.378 %) MS Excel 2 15 (2.098 %) MS Office Communications & Networking 1 183 (25.59 %) Network Security 2 174 (24.34 %) Firewall 3 90 (12.59 %) TCP/IP 4 66 (9.231 %) Internet 5 59 (8.252 %) VPN 6 44 (6.154 %) Intrusion Detection 7 40 (5.594 %) LAN 8 33 (4.615 %) Wireless 9 32 (4.476 %) VoIP 10 31 (4.336 %) WAN 11 27 (3.776 %) Cisco PIX 12 23 (3.217 %) NetScreen 13 18 (2.517 %) LDAP 14 17 (2.378 %) H.323 14 17 (2.378 %) Cisco IOS 15 16 (2.238 %) IPsec 15 16 (2.238 %) SSL 15 16 (2.238 %) WLAN 16 15 (2.098 %) HTTP 17 12 (1.678 %) FTP Database & Business Intelligence 1 49 (6.853 %) GIS 2 36 (5.035 %) SQL Server 3 20 (2.797 %) MySQL 4 15 (2.098 %) DB2 5 11 (1.538 %) Oracle 8/8i Development Applications 1 17 (2.378 %) Paros 1 17 (2.378 %) Metasploit 2 5 (0.699 %) AppScan 3 3 (0.420 %) LoadRunner 4 2 (0.280 %) Rational Robot 4 2 (0.280 %) JMeter 4 2 (0.280 %) QuickTest Pro 4 2 (0.280 %) SilkTest 4 2 (0.280 %) QARun 4 2 (0.280 %) WATIR 4 2 (0.280 %) Selenium 4 2 (0.280 %) WebLOAD 4 2 (0.280 %) FitNesse General 1 129 (18.04 %) Finance 2 71 (9.930 %) Government 3 51 (7.133 %) Telecoms 4 49 (6.853 %) Banking 5 44 (6.154 %) Auditing 6 31 (4.336 %) Financial Institution 7 25 (3.497 %) Insurance 8 20 (2.797 %) FMCG 9 17 (2.378 %) Health 10 13 (1.818 %) Education 10 13 (1.818 %) Investment Banking 10 13 (1.818 %) Pensions 11 9 (1.259 %) Legal 12 7 (0.979 %) Home Office 12 7 (0.979 %) International Banking 13 6 (0.839 %) Online Betting 13 6 (0.839 %) Games 14 4 (0.559 %) Retail 15 3 (0.420 %) Military 16 2 (0.280 %) Publishing Job Titles 1 214 (29.93 %) Consultant 2 134 (18.74 %) Tester 3 129 (18.04 %) Penetration Tester 4 95 (13.29 %) Security Manager 5 90 (12.59 %) Security Consultant 6 76 (10.63 %) Analyst 7 70 (9.790 %) Security Analyst 8 39 (5.455 %) IT Security Manager 9 36 (5.035 %) Security Specialist 10 29 (4.056 %) Senior Consultant 11 26 (3.636 %) Security Engineer 12 24 (3.357 %) Team Leader 13 22 (3.077 %) Information Manager 14 21 (2.937 %) Test Consultant 14 21 (2.937 %) Developer 15 20 (2.797 %) Operations Analyst 15 20 (2.797 %) Internet Developer 16 18 (2.517 %) Senior Analyst 16 18 (2.517 %) Applications Tester 17 15 (2.098 %) Senior Security Analyst Miscellaneous 1 45 (6.294 %) Computer Science 2 35 (4.895 %) CESG 3 24 (3.357 %) Management Information System 4 20 (2.797 %) PKI 5 19 (2.657 %) Biometrics 6 18 (2.517 %) Data Protection Act 7 16 (2.238 %) Cryptography 8 12 (1.678 %) Mainframe 9 10 (1.399 %) Client/Server 10 8 (1.119 %) CESG CLAS 11 6 (0.839 %) French Language 12 3 (0.420 %) German Language 13 2 (0.280 %) Italian Language 13 2 (0.280 %) Russian Language 13 2 (0.280 %) Spanish Language 13 2 (0.280 %) IBM Mainframe 13 2 (0.280 %) iSeries 13 2 (0.280 %) SecurID 14 1 (0.140 %) Clustering 14 1 (0.140 %) N-Tier Operating Systems 1 99 (13.85 %) UNIX 2 81 (11.33 %) Windows 3 72 (10.07 %) Linux 4 26 (3.636 %) Solaris 5 9 (1.259 %) Windows Server 2003 6 4 (0.559 %) Windows XP 6 4 (0.559 %) AIX 7 3 (0.420 %) HPUX 8 1 (0.140 %) Windows 2000 8 1 (0.140 %) Windows NT 8 1 (0.140 %) Windows Server 2008 Processes & Methodologies 1 212 (29.65 %) Information Security 2 124 (17.34 %) Security Testing 3 85 (11.89 %) Security Cleared 4 76 (10.63 %) Risk Assessment 5 66 (9.231 %) Security Management 6 65 (9.091 %) Ethical Hacking 7 64 (8.951 %) SC Cleared 8 61 (8.531 %) Risk Management 9 44 (6.154 %) Business Continuity 10 39 (5.455 %) Identity Management 11 35 (4.895 %) Vulnerability Assessment 12 33 (4.615 %) BCP 13 29 (4.056 %) Data Protection 14 26 (3.636 %) Business Development 15 19 (2.657 %) OWASP 15 19 (2.657 %) ITIL 16 18 (2.517 %) Service Delivery 17 17 (2.378 %) OSSTMM 18 16 (2.238 %) Project Management 18 16 (2.238 %) Data Security Programming Languages 1 62 (8.671 %) Perl 2 60 (8.392 %) Java 3 37 (5.175 %) C++ 4 33 (4.615 %) Python 5 32 (4.476 %) C 6 28 (3.916 %) Ruby 7 24 (3.357 %) JavaScript 7 24 (3.357 %) PHP 8 22 (3.077 %) SQL 9 11 (1.538 %) VB 10 10 (1.399 %) Shell Script 11 8 (1.119 %) C# 12 5 (0.699 %) VBScript 13 2 (0.280 %) DHTML 13 2 (0.280 %) Jython Qualifications 1 210 (29.37 %) CISSP 2 113 (15.80 %) Degree 3 54 (7.552 %) Cisco Certification 4 49 (6.853 %) CISM 5 40 (5.594 %) CEH 6 37 (5.175 %) ISEB 7 31 (4.336 %) CISA 8 21 (2.937 %) CCNA 9 20 (2.797 %) CCNP 9 20 (2.797 %) Microsoft Certification 10 18 (2.517 %) GIAC 11 13 (1.818 %) MCSE 12 12 (1.678 %) CCIE 13 11 (1.538 %) CCSP 13 11 (1.538 %) CCDP 14 8 (1.119 %) CCSE 15 6 (0.839 %) CCSA 16 4 (0.559 %) CHFI 17 2 (0.280 %) SCNA 18 1 (0.140 %) CISMP Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 88 (12.31 %) ISO27001 2 86 (12.03 %) PCI DSS 3 41 (5.734 %) PCI QSA 4 30 (4.196 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 5 15 (2.098 %) COBIT 5 15 (2.098 %) BS7799 6 9 (1.259 %) ISO17799 7 4 (0.559 %) QA 8 1 (0.140 %) HIPAA 8 1 (0.140 %) PABP 8 1 (0.140 %) COSO System Software 1 32 (4.476 %) Active Directory 2 25 (3.497 %) Nmap 3 17 (2.378 %) ISA Server 4 5 (0.699 %) WebInspect 5 2 (0.280 %) ProxySG 6 1 (0.140 %) Snort 6 1 (0.140 %) Backup Exec Systems Management 1 27 (3.776 %) Nessus 2 15 (2.098 %) CA SiteMinder 3 4 (0.559 %) MOM 4 1 (0.140 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 4 1 (0.140 %) MAILsweeper Vendors 1 101 (14.13 %) Cisco 2 71 (9.930 %) Microsoft 3 51 (7.133 %) CheckPoint 4 44 (6.154 %) Oracle 5 28 (3.916 %) Juniper 6 17 (2.378 %) Nortel 7 12 (1.678 %) Blue Coat 8 11 (1.538 %) HP 9 10 (1.399 %) Symantec 10 9 (1.259 %) Nokia 10 9 (1.259 %) Sybase 11 8 (1.119 %) IBM 12 7 (0.979 %) McAfee Security 13 6 (0.839 %) Crossbeam 14 5 (0.699 %) Reuters 15 3 (0.420 %) VMware 15 3 (0.420 %) WatchGuard 15 3 (0.420 %) IronPort 16 2 (0.280 %) Finjan 16 2 (0.280 %) Websense