The first table below looks at the demand for CCSP in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCSP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Buckinghamshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
Rank 71 71 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Contract jobs citing CCSP 4 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.438% 0.105% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.878% 0.420% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £425 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
213 238 233
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 23.33% 24.90% 21.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 104 110
Average daily rate £320 £275 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.36% -18.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £148 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £414 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 26
Average hourly rate £22.50 £15.00 £13.33
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% +12.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.00 £10.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £19.10 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
CCSP
South East

CCSP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire CCSP Daily Rate Trend

CCSP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCSP across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Buckinghamshire CCSP Daily Rate Histogram

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Milton Keynes +9 4 £425 - 1
High Wycombe - - - -
CCSP
South East

CCSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 10 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (90.00%) Firewall
3 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
3 8 (80.00%) SC Cleared
4 7 (70.00%) Cryptography
5 6 (60.00%) CISSP
5 6 (60.00%) CESG
6 5 (50.00%) CCNA
7 4 (40.00%) Citrix
7 4 (40.00%) SAN
7 4 (40.00%) Internet
7 4 (40.00%) Oracle
7 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
7 4 (40.00%) Windows
7 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
7 4 (40.00%) SMTP
7 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
7 4 (40.00%) VMware
7 4 (40.00%) DV Cleared
7 4 (40.00%) Information Assurance
7 4 (40.00%) NAS
7 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (40.00%) MCTS
8 3 (30.00%) PKI
8 3 (30.00%) iSCSI
8 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (30.00%) XenApp
8 3 (30.00%) Lync
8 3 (30.00%) Hyper-V
8 3 (30.00%) Clustering

CCSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Application Development
1 3 (30.00%) SOAP
1 3 (30.00%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (30.00%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) Firewall
2 4 (40.00%) SAN
2 4 (40.00%) Internet
2 4 (40.00%) SMTP
2 4 (40.00%) NAS
3 3 (30.00%) iSCSI
3 3 (30.00%) ICMP
3 3 (30.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (20.00%) Network Security
5 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
5 1 (10.00%) MPLS
5 1 (10.00%) LAN
5 1 (10.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle 8/8i
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Security Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Technical Architect
3 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Cryptography
2 6 (60.00%) CESG
3 3 (30.00%) PKI
3 3 (30.00%) Clustering
4 2 (20.00%) Thin Client
4 2 (20.00%) Fat Client
5 1 (10.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Vista
3 1 (10.00%) UNIX
3 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Information Assurance
2 3 (30.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (80.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (60.00%) CISSP
4 5 (50.00%) CCNA
5 4 (40.00%) DV Cleared
5 4 (40.00%) MCTS
6 3 (30.00%) MCSE
6 3 (30.00%) MCP
6 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (30.00%) ISEB
7 1 (10.00%) JNCIA
7 1 (10.00%) JNCIS
7 1 (10.00%) JNCIP
7 1 (10.00%) CCIE
7 1 (10.00%) CCNP
7 1 (10.00%) CCIP
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (30.00%) XenApp
2 3 (30.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 3 (30.00%) OpenView
2 1 (10.00%) SCCM
2 1 (10.00%) SCOM
2 1 (10.00%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Citrix
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (40.00%) VMware
2 3 (30.00%) Sun
2 3 (30.00%) Cisco
2 3 (30.00%) StorageTek
2 3 (30.00%) HP
3 1 (10.00%) Juniper