MI5 Job Applications might take another dip for a while

[NotAllThere]

Yeah, but you get access to all that information, and get your head fried.

[minestrone]

One thing I detest about spooks is the way they can hack into banks and telcos databases to get a lead on a super looking GUI.

Can they not just get the DBA login and write a select statement on toad like the rest of us?

[OwlHoot]

MI5 pay around £23K for a Data Analyst.

Absolutely pathetic wage.

£23K ?! That would barely pay for my fags and booze.

Assuming it's not a starting salary for a trainee grade, and soon upped to something realistic, I'd say it must be a "second wage earner" salary, and consequently they're angling for older people with a partner who earns the real salary.

[Dante]

All of their salaries are marketed well below the going rate - SIS are the same.

They were offering <35k for a Network Security specialist earlier this year.

Their argument is that they don't want to attract people who's primary focus is money, money, money... No wonder they don't get the best people.

That said though, i think once you've been in a while you get looked after, and can also command a premium when you come out.

[Bob Dalek]

MI5 wages: Always super-low. So, they employ rubbish, Al Qaeda nutters, or James Bond wannabes (with milk bottle bottom specs, acne and no friends).