"Organizations are using data to extract key decisions about the marketplace and it is critical there are no leaks.

"While companies want to retain the necessary talent to protect IP, they are not always willing to pay the salaries being sought by IT security professionals. This has led to workaround solutions, but the employment market is not yielding to the pressure."

According to Bianchini, salary increases across the board were few and far between. Contractor roles have shown little increase in salary (about 0.5 percent) but project managers have seen their salaries increase 16 percent.

Other skills in high demand are .Net and Java and J2EE.

Bianchini said the demand for specialized database administrators in the banking and finance world is comparable with the shortages in .Net, java and J2EE.