The first table below looks at the demand for CCSP in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCSP over the 3 months to 23 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 Qualifications for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
Rank 115 73 129
Rank change year-on-year
-42 +56
Contract jobs citing CCSP 6 67 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.250% 2.126% 0.198%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.045% 8.793% 0.831%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 5
Average daily rate £345 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.42% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £341 £236 £294
10% offered a daily rate of more than £349 £371 £330
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £365 £365
% change year-on-year
-6.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £35.00
All Qualifications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
574 762 722
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 23.91% 24.18% 23.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 286 244
Average daily rate £375 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.29% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £213 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 42
Average hourly rate £17.75 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.38% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £12.30 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.85 £47.50 £46.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CCSP
South East

CCSP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CCSP across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Berkshire CCSP Jobs Demand Trend

CCSP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CCSP across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire CCSP Daily Rate Trend

CCSP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CCSP across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire CCSP Hourly Rate Trend

CCSP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCSP within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading -11 3 £345 -1.42%
CCSP
South East

CCSP
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing CCSP 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited CCSP.

1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (85.71%) Cisco
2 6 (85.71%) CCIE
3 4 (57.14%) MPLS
3 4 (57.14%) OSPF
3 4 (57.14%) Firewall
3 4 (57.14%) Telecoms
3 4 (57.14%) Cisco PIX
3 4 (57.14%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (42.86%) Unified Communications
4 3 (42.86%) CISSP
4 3 (42.86%) Network Design
4 3 (42.86%) Nokia
4 3 (42.86%) CCNP
4 3 (42.86%) CCIP
5 2 (28.57%) CCNA
6 1 (14.29%) Redback
6 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
6 1 (14.29%) BGP
6 1 (14.29%) CCDP
6 1 (14.29%) Check Point Certification
6 1 (14.29%) Windows
6 1 (14.29%) VoIP
6 1 (14.29%) DNS
6 1 (14.29%) Load Balancing
6 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
6 1 (14.29%) FWSM
6 1 (14.29%) Twitter

CCSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing CCSP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited CCSP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) MPLS
1 4 (57.14%) OSPF
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco PIX
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (42.86%) Unified Communications
3 1 (14.29%) BGP
3 1 (14.29%) VoIP
3 1 (14.29%) DNS
3 1 (14.29%) FWSM
General
1 4 (57.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Design Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) IP Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Network Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Network Design
2 1 (14.29%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (85.71%) CCIE
3 3 (42.86%) CISSP
3 3 (42.86%) CCNP
3 3 (42.86%) CCIP
4 2 (28.57%) CCNA
5 1 (14.29%) CCDP
5 1 (14.29%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco
2 3 (42.86%) Nokia
3 1 (14.29%) Redback
3 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
3 1 (14.29%) Twitter