The first table below looks at the demand for CCSA in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCSA over the 3 months to 21 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 Hertfordshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing CCSA 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £425 £300
% change year-on-year
-29.41% +41.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
All Qualifications
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
114 175 123
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 17.43% 18.17% 14.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 74 32
Average daily rate £375 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £165 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £453 £450 £555
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 17 27
Average hourly rate £25.25 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.85% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £14.30 £19.57
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
CCSA
East of England

CCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire CCSA Jobs Demand Trend

CCSA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire CCSA Daily Rate Trend

CCSA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire CCSA Hourly Rate Trend

CCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing CCSA 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 CCSA.

1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) CCSP
1 4 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) CCSE
1 4 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
2 3 (75.00%) Fortinet
2 3 (75.00%) CCIE
3 1 (25.00%) SLA
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (25.00%) CSS
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) MCSE
3 1 (25.00%) NFS
3 1 (25.00%) MPLS
3 1 (25.00%) CCNP
3 1 (25.00%) CCNA
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Juniper
3 1 (25.00%) Thin Client
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) IPsec
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Office Management
3 1 (25.00%) Network Design
3 1 (25.00%) Sourcefire

CCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing CCSA 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 CCSA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (25.00%) MPLS
2 1 (25.00%) IPsec
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (25.00%) WAAS
2 1 (25.00%) FWSM
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Security Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Network Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (25.00%) Fat Client
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Office Management
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design
2 1 (25.00%) Release Management
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) Build Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) CCSP
1 4 (100.00%) CCSE
2 3 (75.00%) CCIE
3 1 (25.00%) MCSE
3 1 (25.00%) CCNP
3 1 (25.00%) CCNA
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) NFS
1 1 (25.00%) Snort
1 1 (25.00%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (75.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (25.00%) Juniper
3 1 (25.00%) Sourcefire
3 1 (25.00%) Blue Coat
3 1 (25.00%) Crossbeam
3 1 (25.00%) F5