The first table below looks at the demand for CCSP in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCSP over the 3 months to 22 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 North West 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
Rank 121 127 124
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -3
Contract jobs citing CCSP 2 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.085% 0.094% 0.066%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.434% 0.448% 0.437%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
Average daily rate £291 £368 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.74% +13.07%
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
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
461 669 458
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 19.58% 21.06% 15.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 334 199
Average daily rate £350 £370 £266
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.40% +39.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £189 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £515 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 26 42
Average hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £22.73
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -12.01%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.66 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £30.25 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CCSP
England

CCSP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

North West CCSP Daily Rate Histogram

CCSP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cheshire 0 1 £233 -36.73%
CCSP
England

CCSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) CCIE
2 2 (66.67%) CCNP
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) XenServer
3 1 (33.33%) XenDesktop
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 1 (33.33%) F5
3 1 (33.33%) CCEE
3 1 (33.33%) CCIA
3 1 (33.33%) Twitter
3 1 (33.33%) NetScaler
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) CCDP
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) CCA
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (33.33%) CCEA
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint

CCSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) NetScaler
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CCIE
2 2 (66.67%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) CCEE
3 1 (33.33%) CCIA
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) CCDP
3 1 (33.33%) CCA
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (33.33%) CCEA
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) XenServer
1 1 (33.33%) XenDesktop
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) F5
1 1 (33.33%) Twitter
1 1 (33.33%) VMware
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
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